Want Bush Fires Act Amended
At a meeting of Urbenville P.P.U. branch a subcommittee was formed to review the existing Bush Fires Act and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
335 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 17
First Bush Fire Brigade
The Wyneden area Bush Fire Brigade was formed at a meeting held for that purpose in the Wyneden Hall on…
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Grafton ambulance bearer, F. Gear, was almost trapped in an office of the ambulance building when a…
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Melbourne, Monday.—Rain which fell over much of Victoria during the weekend removed, at least…
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CANBERRA, Monday.—Investigation officers of the Taxation Department have begun visiting centres in N.S.W. to…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—As a sequel to the fire which burned out the C.R.C.C. camp near Casino on…
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Urbenville branch of the Primary Producers' Union has asked the State Member, Col. M .F. Bruxner, to urge a Royal Commission into the Bush Fires Act, and matters…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, said today he was considering a complete…
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GUADALAJARA (Mexico), Thursday (AAP).—Six persons died here last night when a fire broke out near…
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On-the-spot investigations of losses suffered by farmers in bushfires will be made by taxation officials in…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Chief Secretary, Mr. Clive Evatt, today extended the total ban on…
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SYDNEY, Sunday—Men, women and children dressed only in night attire, leaped from windows when fire…
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Arrangements have been made for officers of the N.S.W. Department of Taxation to visit Kyogle on Thursday to…
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MULLUMBIMBY, Monday.—Fines totalling £130 were imposed in Mullumbimby Court of Petty Sessions on three farmers for lighting fires during the fire danger…
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Few Lismore district farmers have applied so far for tax concessions for bushfire damage to…
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panionway. An extension ladder was lowered to the man at the bow of the ship and he climbed to…
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MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday.—Three men were fined by Mr. K. Anderson. S.M., in Murwillumbah Court of Petty…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The total prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open on coastal and tableland areas of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 60 years old woman was suffocated while she slept, when a burning cigarette set fire to…
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VALETTA (Malta). Monday (AAP).—A fire broke out aboard a naval bpxge in Valetta harbour yesterday—near…
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