Bush Fire Fighters Wide Powers of Captains of Bush Fire Brigades
Powers given to bush fire captains are wider than those given to members of the police force This was disclosed at a Mulwarree…
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Fires & bushfires, 1950
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World Conference of Girl Guides Princess Margaret to Attend Camp Fire
Representatives of the Girl Guide Movement in all parts of the world will attend the 13th World Conference of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The conference is to be held at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, and a camp fire meeting will be…
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About 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Mr. E. G. Clayton was working in a storeroom at the rear of his pharmacy in Monaro Street, Queanbeyan. A bottle…
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The Bush Fire Committee of the Chief Secretary’s Department will call a conference of the fourteen shires in “H” Division (these extend from Young…
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A fire, which was the third biggest in Sydney’s history, destroyed the Railway Department’s bulk store at Lilyfield yesterday. Stores and…
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Yesterday at the Triumph Theatre, Queanbeyan, the Hon. Clive Evatt, Chief Secretary, opened a Regional Conference of Shire Councils and…
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The first grass fire of this season occurred in Early Street on Wednesday afternoon. The local Fire Brigade was in attendance and had…
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“Bush fire hazard this year will be as serious as any in the long hush fire experience of the State. Our aim should be a fire-free summer—the higher we aim, the more we will achieve.”…
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"Bosh fire dancer this year will be as serious as any in the lang bush fire experience of the State. Our aim should be a fire—free…
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At last Shire meeting Cr. Dunshea reported that he had attended the recent bush fire conference in Queanbeyan, where he had been given a…
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On Wednesday night last the annual meeting of the Bush Fire Brigade, held in the Sutton Hall, was well attended. The President,…
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Careless smoking is America’s greatest, single cause of fire, states [?] Lester Walker in the October Reader’s Digest. In the careless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Board of Fire; Commissioners Visit Queanbeyan Fireman Honoured
On the itinerary of inspection, representatives of the Board of Fire Commissioners of N.S.W visited Captain’s Plat on Tuesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →80 Miners Die in Fire LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P)
Me[?]sages of sympathy from the King and Queen and the Prime Minister, Mr. Atlee, have been received by t[?]e relatives of the 80 miners…
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The Postmaster-General (the Hon. H. L. Anthony, M.P.) announced this week that the Post Office will, as in past years, assist rural fire brigades…
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An appeal to motorists to display extra care to prevent the starting of bushfires is made by the N.R.M.A and R.A.C.A…
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The Postmaster-General (the Hon. H. L. Anthony, M.P.) announces that the Post Office will, as in past years, assist rural fire brigades to combat…
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Mr. D. Chapman agreed that the better course would be to wait till next meeting. The voluntary brigade was a very keen body. If you are going to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade Caustic Criticism on Public Apathy. Suggestion to Hand Control. to the Shire
The attendance at Saturday's annual meeting of the Braidwood Bush Fire Brigade was most disappointing, and several members trenchantly…
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In Sydney this week a Supreme Court jury, after a five day hearing, decided that a refrigerator had not caused a fire in the homestead of…
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