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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1941

46 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Bush Fire Menace

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 1
Also in The Braidwood Review and District Advocate

The N.R.M.A. asks the co-operation of the public in the prevention of bush fires. A cigarette butt thrown from a car, and a camp fire not…

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A German Fire-raider Pays the Price

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1941 · page 8

Shortly after the start of a night raid on London this German bomber was shot down on the outskirts of the city. A load of incendiary bombs burned up in the crash, and the pilot was burned to death…

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The Menace of Bush Fires

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 November 1941 · page 2
Also in The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal

Years of drought have brought thousands of square miles of country in our State into grave danger from bush fires this summer. Bone-dry grass and…

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Controlling Bush Fires State Subsidy to Be Raised

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 1

An increased subsidy for the work of combating bush fires was promised by the Chief Secretary. Mr. Baddeley, when he opened the conference…

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