Single Riding Shire Proposal Resumed Fire Ban Criticised—public Library; Technical College Supported West Water Difficulties
The North Western Courier · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 4
Councillors covered a wide scope of subjects at the New Year meeting of the Namoi Shire. Support was given for Public Library, Technical Education and Abattoirs projects at Narrabri. Train services were also…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lowjima Still Under Fire Landing Reports Heavy Flack
The North Western Courier · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1
NEW YORK, Sunday. American land and sea forces are still battering at Iwojima Island, 750 miles south of Tokio…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Advance Units in Saarburg Rhineland Blasted By Intense Fire LONDON
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 1
Sixteen German towns and villages were captured yesterday by the United States Third Army in the Moselle-Saar triangle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Destroyed Fences
The North Western Courier · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 2
As owner of stock on a t.s.r. without lawful excuse, John Bligh Wyatt, pleaded guilty to the offence, and was fined £2 and costs…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 1
Troops of the Third Army run across a Bailey Bridge in Luxembourg under the spatter of constant enemy shell fire. U.S. Office of War Information picture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drew Enemy Fire at Cost of His Life
The North Western Courier · Thursday 15 March 1945 · page 2
The story of how, in an effort to direct the attention of a pocket of Japanese to avert heavy casualties on his unit, he was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Started with Malicious Intent Wee Waa Verdict
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 March 1945 · page 6
Mr. J. M. de Lepervanche, Coroner, conducted an enquiry at Wee Waa into fires which occurred at the Manchester Unity Buildings on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bremen Under Fire Hanover in Allied Trip London
The North Western Courier · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 1
British troops striking out for Bremen and the North Sea, were on Saturday night seven miles from Bremen, which they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bombs Shower Tokio Heaviest Raid of Pacific War WASHINGTON
The North Western Courier · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 1
More than 550 Super Portresses at 2 a.m. on Monday, Japanese time, launched the heaviest raid of the Pacific war on Tokio, unloading 4500…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Shell 82 Miles Secret Nazi Gun Discovered
The North Western Courier · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 7
A German gun, with a range of 82 miles, designed to fire six-inch shells against London, was found partly installed at a point on the French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dingoes Under Fire P.P. Board Discussion
The North Western Courier · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 4
There was considerable discussion at the meeting of the Narrabri P.P. Board when the report on the recent conference between representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →House Gutted by Fire
The North Western Courier · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 1
On Friday night a house occupied by Mr. Sadler, a railway employee, and his family, was gutted by fire. The alarm was given at about 10.30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defence Against Bush Fires Now Is the Time to Prepare
The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 2
During the 1944-45 bush fire season 313 outbreaks of fire were reported by the police to the Bush Fires Advisory Committee. These reports…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 7
When a bushfire sweeps across the country, destroying crops, homes, timber and soil, killing stock and perhaps human beings—…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 8 October 1945 · page 1
The potential danger arising from bush and grass fires is much greater this year, than it has teen for a number of years past, and adequate…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fires In Namoi Shire One Seventh Caused by Tractors
The North Western Courier · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 1
During past bush fire seasons nearly one seventh of the outbreaks in Namoi Shire were due to the use of tractors in harvesting although…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killarney Blaze
The North Western Courier · Monday 12 November 1945 · page 4
A grass fire occurred near Narrabri on Saturday morning near the railway line at Killarney. The fire spread during the day, fanned by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Precautions
The North Western Courier · Monday 19 November 1945 · page 3
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Baddeley, directs the attention of country people to the Regulation under the Careless Use of Fire Act, 1912, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires Reported
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 1
Two bush fires were reported to District Forester this afternoon, one in the vicinity of Lucky Flat and Plums' Well, and the second at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bellata Grass Fire
The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 November 1945 · page 6
A fire which is considered to have been started by lightning broke out on Edgeroi Station on Sunday afternoon, but a rain…
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