N.Z. SENSATION Suspected Attempt on Life of Lord Galway Hotel Set on Fire
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday: It is believed that a deliberate attempt was made this morning to burn down a hotel at Nelson at which the…
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Leeton Sensation Fire Brigade Captain Deposed Members Talk of Resigning in Body LEETON
During the week-end Third Officer Tuck, of the New South Wales Fire Brigade, and Station Officer Ball came to Leeton and, acting under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. Sensation Suspected Attempt on Life of Lord Gal Way Hotel Set on fire Wellington (N.z.)
It is believed that a deliberate attempt was made this morning to burn down a hotel at Nelson at which the Governor-General (Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Leeton Fire Officer's Suspension Many Public Protests Developments Awaited LEETON
Except for an increasing wave of public protest and indignation over the relieving from duty of Mr. F. O. Mountford, captain of the Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Fire Brigade Captain Deposed Members Talk of Resigning in Body
During the week-end Third Officer Tuck, of the N.S.W. Fire Brigade, and Station Officer Ball went to Leeton and, acting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gilmore Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Gilmore Bush Fire Brigade took place at the Agricultural Bureau Hall on Friday night last. In attendance were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Bush Fire Reported From Woomargama District
Reports reached Wagga yesterday that an extensive bush fire was racing in country a few miles from Woomargama Village. Following inquiries It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Adelaide Fire
Damage estimated at £120,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the warehouse of the Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co., Ltd., in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Leeton Sensation Fire Brigade Captain Deposed
During the week-end Third Officer Tuck, or the New South Wales Fire Brigade sad Station Officer Ball came to Leeton and, acting under the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leeton Fire Brigade the Captain's Position Letter Prom Board Chairman Leeton
Councillor R. A. Struck (president of Willimbong Shire) has received from Mr. T. J. Smith (chairman of the Board of Fire commissioners of New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Officer To Probe Suspension of Captain? Silence Settles On Leeton Fire Station Sensation Shire President Tells Board of Councillors' Rights
ALTHOUGH there has been no further official move in the latest Leeton cause celebre, in which the Captain of the local…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interest Slackened: Leeton District Bushfire Brigades Shire Perturbed; Valuable Organisations Less Dangerous Season Advanced As Reason For Lethargy
LAST summer prolific grass growth which following the phenonmenal winter, season led to Leeton district settlers becoming…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woomargama Forest Fire
The position of the forest fire in the Woomargama district was slightly better yesterday and in the absence of windy days there is no immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raid on Berlin British Bombers Swoop Low Fires and Explosions London
"Last night our bombers attacked objectives in the Berlin area, causing fires and explosions," states an Air Ministry communique. "Other forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Berlin Bombed R.A.F. Planes Continuously Over City Big Fires Started London
The Berlin radio announces that R.A.F., planes raided the city last night dropping explosive and incendiary bombs through low clouds "on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Around Sydney Sydney
More than 23 fires were reported the suburbs to-day. Firemen had many anxious moments keeping the flames from reaching houses…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Bush Fires Outbreak Near Orange Sydney
Residents co-operated with the police and firemen to attack blazing bushland which surrounded two houses at Asquith, near Hornsby. The flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather Snow at Hobart No Hint Op Rain in N.S.W. Bush Fires Sydney
While hazardous bush fires wrought havoc in some parts of New South Wales to-day, notably in the outer suburbs of Sydney, Hobart reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire Two Firemen Killed
MELBOURNE, Monday. Two firemen were killed when the first floor of a Clifton Hill factory collapsed on sunday night in a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Middle East British Air Raids Fires and Explosions London
As R.A.F. communique, issued in Cairo, states that continued attacks on grounded planes at Asmara resulted in two probably destroyed. A fire was…
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