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Northern Rivers · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1952

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Prevention Measures Against Bushfires

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 August 1952 · page 6

Farmers should give consideration now to the safeguarding of crops, pasture, and fences against summer bushfires, advised the Department of Agriculture Assistant Principal Agronomist, Mr…

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Cabinet Under Fire at Joint Meeting

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 August 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Menzies. Fadden Cabinet came under fire on three counts during a joint meeting of the Government parties today…

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Bail On Fire Charges

Northern Star · Saturday 9 August 1952 · page 4

The Supreme Court has granted an application by Norman James Sheppard, of Bridge Street. North…

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Apprentice to Ride Pure Fire

Northern Star · Tuesday 12 August 1952 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Monday. —Apprentice D. Paterson will ride crack Victorian colt, Pure Fire, in the…

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Third Fire In Seaside Flats

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 5

Detectives are investigating the third fire this year in a block of flats on the corner of Cashmore…

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Greeks Again Fire At Bulgarians

Northern Star · Wednesday 13 August 1952 · page 1

ATHENS, Tuesday (AAP).— Greek frontier guards fired a machine gun at two Bulgarian soldiers…

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Ship On Fire

Northern Star · Thursday 14 August 1952 · page 1

THE HAGUE, Wednesday (AAP). —The Swedish ship, Anna salen, in which thousands of immigrants are sailing to new homes in…

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149 Fires in Rich Forests

Northern Star · Friday 15 August 1952 · page 5

VANCOUVER (British Columbia), Thursday (AAP).—Wind-whipped flames roared across thousands of acres of…

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Set Fire to Brother's Bed

Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday. — A man who set fire to the bed of his "lazy brother" was convicted of a malicious…

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Egyptians on Trial Over Fire and Riots

Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1952 · page 1

ALEXANDRIA, Friday (AAP).—Between 50 and 70 Egyptian Workers, involved in the bloody riots ing the cottom mill town of Kafr El Dawar, went on trial yesterday before a special military tribunal empowered under martial law to impose the death penalty…

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11,000 U.S. Fire Fatalities in Year

Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP). —Fires in the United States killed 11,000 persons in 1951—more than half as many…

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Two Killed in Auckland Fire

Northern Star · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 5

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Sunday.—A man and a woman perished in a blazing two storey wooden house at…

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Tomki Move to Reform Fire Brigades

Northern Star · Monday 18 August 1952 · page 4

CASINO, Sunday.—A general improvement in the bush fire-fighting methods within Tomki Shire will be the outcome of moves being made by the council to re-form the district bush fire brigades…

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Estimate For Fire Station

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 1

Estimates are to be obtained from local builders as to what it would cost to build next to Kyogle Baths, a brick fire…

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Shire Council News Fire Control Officer a Problem

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 August 1952 · page 3

A letter from the Chief Secretary's Department inviting the Kyogle Shire council to nominate a person for the appointment as Fire Control Officer of the area was…

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Police Fire to Prevent Riot

Northern Star · Monday 25 August 1952 · page 5

COLOMBO, Sunday (AAP). —Police opened fire yesterday afternoon to prevent a riot between Ceylonese and…

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Arrest After Chase Police Fire Shot

Northern Star · Saturday 30 August 1952 · page 4

A police constable yesterday fired fa shot at a man he was pursuing near Old Bonalbo…

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Bushfires Conference To Be Held In Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 September 1952 · page 1

A conference on the prevention and control of bushfires is to be held in Kyogle within the next few months. This was the intention outlined by Mr. C…

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Best of World News in Brief Ship Fire

Northern Star · Friday 5 September 1952 · page 5

NORFOLK (Virginia), Thursday (AAP)—Fire swept through the crew's quarters of the 8000 ton Norwegian freighter…

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Fire Brigades to Obey Traffic Regulations

Northern Star · Saturday 6 September 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday,—The executive of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade Association has directed all members to observe traffic regulations when proceeding to fires. The direction applies at all fire stations in N.S.W. which have…

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