Mental Gymnastcs in Rapid Fire Multiplication
Among the problems given by Miss Anna, the well-known teacher of mathematics, was the following:--The number 41096 is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1929
299 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 15
Pulse of the District Gleanings From Adjacent Centres Topics O' Trangie Getting Ready for Show C.W.A. MEETS On the Ashes of the Fire
Trangie residents have been notified that as it result of a request by n number of consumers of the electric current, henceforth the light will be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Blaze at Balmain Man Badly Burnt Sydney
Leonard Wilson (26), of Balmain, was shockingly burnt at his home last night, when a tin of benzine upset and burst into flames. The flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mechanics' Institute Quick-fire Meeting
Owing in counter calls. Wednesday night's meeting of the above committee was but sparsely attended several [?]voidables being received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Warning at Sea
Another use for the invisible ray was demonstrated recently. The demonstration showed how a fire in a ship's hold can be detected by smoke crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bon-fires and Bungers Making Preparations Empire Day Celebration
An enthusiastic meeting of the committee of the Royal Society of St. George, created to further the Empire Day movement, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Blaze Timber Mill Destroyed Suspicious Circumstances MELBOURNE
Portas Timber Mill at Fairfield, near Melbourne, was practically destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Suspicious Fire. Sydney
When the police made investigations after a fire had been extinguisted, they discovered a number of petrol soaked rags on the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Into the Danube Fokker Carrier Fires Two Airmen Drowned Vienna
There was a spectacular and tragic mishap alien a Fokker cargo-carrier, flying from Vienna to Budapest, developed, engine trouble and dived into the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Big Timber Mill Melbourne
Porta's [?]mber mill at Fairfield, near Melbourne, was practically destroyed by fire, the damage amounting to between £60,000 and £70,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the Fire What Police Found SYDNEY
When the police made an investigation after a fire had been extinguished at the premises of the Oxford Tailoring Company at Redfern they…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire, Smoke and a Punch. Lead to Court Case
IT is not often that a fire in one's back yard premises leads to a court case, but this happened last Friday, when Magistrate Adams was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bourke Fire Brigade. Motor Fire Engine
We learn that the Board of Fire Commissioners intend paying a visit to Bourke on the 13th of June. They will meet the Mayor and Aldermen of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Talbagar-street
Some small boys rushing into the Tumor Cafe last night informed the proprietors that the rear of the premises was on fire. The wash-house…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destruction of Car by Fire. a Question of Value and Insurance. Owner of Car Committed for Trial
ON the night of April 16th, a Buick car, owned and driven by Oscar Smith, a youth living at Barrendong, was destroyed by fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Warialda Sydney
Three shops were destroyed by fire at Warialda yesterday. Owing to a high wind blowing at[?]the time, the flames spread rapidly and all efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Sea Delay and Damage Auckland
The steamer Sussex, on which a fire occurred in mid-ocean on the voyage from Samarang, reached Auckland yesterday. Six holes were cut through the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Bell Rings
At 4 o'clock on Sunday mornnig of last week the ringing of the five bell roused locals from their peaceful slumbers. The night was clear and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Set Fire to Coonamble
Naked as the day he was horn, a man named James Robinson confronted Constable Bleechmore, of Coonamble on Monday, at Glencalre…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Engine for Bourke
A public meeting of townspeople is called for to-night, Friday, at the Council Chambers, for the purpose of seeing what can be done towards…
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