Fire Causes Huge Damage to Local Store Prompt action by Fire Brigade averts total loss
Manilla Express · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 1
Damage of stock estimated at £16,000, and a total damage upwards of £26,000 was caused to Stoddart and Haywara's general store at the corner of Manilla and Court streets, late…
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Manilla Express · Friday 22 February 1952 · page 6
According to the Wee Waa Herald a passenger indulging in an orgy of lighting scraps of paper and dropping them from…
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North West Champion · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, has announced that he is considering a complete…
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Manilla Express · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1
At the last meeting of Mandowa Shire Council, a letter was received from Mr. S. E. Spicer, "Pillerine" Manilla, advising Council of the re-formation of the Bush Fire Bridgade in the…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2
The Board of Fire Commissioners has informed Namoi Shire Council they would consider establishment of a fire…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 17 March 1952 · page 6
On March 28, the Captain of Narrabri Fire Brigade, Mr. J. V. Hardman, will be presented with a long service medal by…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 1
Among resolutions to be submitted to the Shires Association annual conference by Namoi Shire Council is one…
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North West Champion · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 4
Boomi Shire Council on Tuesday decided to notify Bush Fire Brigade Captains that individual brigades should not order fire…
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North West Champion · Thursday 20 March 1952 · page 8
Ernest William Gentz was fined at Moree Petty Sessions on Monday for lighting a fire in the open during a fire…
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North West Champion · Thursday 27 March 1952 · page 9
Hands Miles Coleman was fined at Moxee Petty Sessions On Monday for using fire during a bush fire period, without…
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The North Western Courier · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1
Boggabri U[?] Committee has asked the Shire Council to secure the land comprised in the old School of…
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The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 1
Insurance companies in U.S.A. are urging farmers to use 'wet' water for putting out fires. They explain that…
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North West Champion · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 9
Renovations and pointing of Moree Fire Station are likely to follow a visit by members of the Board of Fire Commissioners and Deputy Chief Officer C A. Milledge, to Moree at the…
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North West Champion · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2
Moree Volunteer Fixe Brigade will celebrate its jubilee this year with a firemen's gathering…
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The North Western Courier · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 7
Following discussions of the proposed establishment of a fire brigade at Boggabri, with members of the…
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North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 2
A warning to bush fire brigade members to be vigilant and keep equipment in order, even, though it had rained and winter was approaching, was expressed by the President of Welbon Plains…
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North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 9
Moree Council on Monday night decided to await the result of an appeal by the Board of Fire Commissioners before…
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North West Champion · Thursday 24 April 1952 · page 9
Boomi and district residents subscribed £120 towards the fund for Mr. J. Bell who was the victim of fire last summer…
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Manilla Express · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 1
A deputation comprising Messrs. E. C. Spicer, H. V. Dowe and Ron Kirk, of the newly formed Wongo Creek Bush Fire Brigade, waited on the Mandowa Shire Council at its meeting held on Friday last…
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Manilla Express · Friday 25 April 1952 · page 4
Federal Treasurer Sir Arthur Fadden in fighting mad. After a long silence since his return from the January…
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