Land-rover Fire Engine For Commercial Vehicle Show
A Land-Rover equipped as a self-contained fire fighting unit and more versatile than the standard fire engine will be introduced at the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1952
108 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6
Three Dead In Cottage Fire
A weatherboard cottage on Caloolabah Station, near Urana, was burned down on Sunday night, Though screams from within were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notes and News Bush Fire Brigade
There was a large attendance at Saturday's meeting of the Tallaganda Bush Fire Brigade. Owing to the time of the meeting being changed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Where Does It Go? Racecourse Trustees Under Fire
At last meeting of Braidwood Jockey Club committee, when the matter was mentioned of approaching the trustees of the racecourse for funds to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Control Executive Committee Meets
On Tuesday afternoon the Executive Committee, appointed at the recent Bush Fire Conference in Queanbeyan, met under the chairmanship of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Bulletin
First issue of a quarterly publication the âBush Fire Bulletinâ is just to hand. It is designed to assist in securing full co-operation in bush fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Registration of Trucks Used in Fighting Bush Fires
In the legislative Assembly Mr. G. R. Crawford (C.P., Barwon) questioned the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheehan) regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Danger Period
A letter from the Chief Secretary’s Department received by the Municipal Council, informed that the danger period for bush fires in this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Registration of Trucks Used in Fighting Bush Fires
In the Legislative Assembly Mr. G. R. Crawford (C.P., Barvon) questioned the Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) regarding the registration…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Danger Period
With the issue by the Chief Secretary of a proclamation restricting the lighting of fires, and setting out the obligation of citizens under the Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy State Forest Loss in Bosh Fires
Bushfires last season destroyed 1,006,455 acres of State forest and caused damage estimated at £1,000,000 This is revealed in the latest report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Menace “What Can Be Done to Beat It”
With the prolific growth of grass in many districts, the above subject is of social and national interest. In view of the fact that in N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Brigade Preparing for Emergencies
Despite the fact that there had been confusion regarding the time of the above meeting, over 20 were in attendance at the Institute when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan District Bush Fire Association
The annual general meeting of the Association was held in the office of Woodgers & Calthorpe Ltd. Queanbeyan, on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irate Ratepayer Pastures Protection Board Under Fire
Often ratepayers become peeved when they receive Form 17 from the Braidwood P.P. Board, but apparently the "Final Notice" to those who have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Bushfire Bill. Shock for Shire Council
Councillors sat up and stared at last Tuesday's Shire meeting when a letter was received from the Goolac Bush Fire Brigade, enclosing an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Fight Fires With Bombs, Radios!" £1 Million for New Plant Sought
Nitrogen bombs, "walkie - talkie" radios, mobile water tankers, motor trailer pumps, and chemical extinguishers should be used for fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fire Captains To Meet Nov. 25
At the request of the Queanbeyan District Bush Fire Association, Yarrowlumla Shire Council resolved, at its meeting this week, on the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangers of Bushfires Australia's No. 1 ENEMY
Robertson resident, Mr. W. G. Henderson, gave a talk over radio station 2BL recentlyon bushfire prevention, entitled "This Is War."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire Queries
The following questions on bush fire control have been answered by the Bush Fire Committee: Q. Can a member of the Police…
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