Scouts Camp Fire Concert
A VERY enjoyable Camp Fire Concert and supper was held at the Scouts Hall on Saturday last. Scoutmaster Les Roberts put a…
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Disposal of Incendiary Bombs and Control of Fires Interesting and Spectacular Demonization
Most interesting and informative lectures and demonstrations on the disposal of incendiary [?] and the control of [?] was given in Cowabbic Street…
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A spectacular and highly interesting demonstration with lectures on different types of incendiary bombs and methods of combating them, as well as methods of rescuing people from smoke-filled rooms, and the various causes of fires and the best way to prevent them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Exchange Sales Fire Market in Sydney
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Sydney [?] Exchange to-day revealed a [?] market and no sales for bank [?] were recorded but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stockinbingal Fire Cottage Destroyed
At 7.30 on Saturday night at fire broke out in a big w.b. cottage in Britannia street, Stockinbingal (beyond the school), owned by the estate of the…
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LONDON, Tues.—Night raiders on the south coast last night dropped flares, explosives and incendiaries, and then, when the fires were almost…
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A representative conference of bush fire brigades of the Narraburra Shire unanimously agreed that a system of compulsory fire breaks be introduced…
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NEW YORK, Tuesday.—A fire started for the fifth time aboard the liner Layfayette, formerly the Normandie to-night, but was quickly quenched…
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On Saturday night a fire broke out in a big weatherboard cottage in Stockinbingal, owned by the estate of the late T. Ellwood, and…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday. — The whole of Belmont No. 1 Colliery, which employs between 70 and 80 men, is to be flooded to put out…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday. — When the caretaker inadvertently locked Judge Lukin in the High Court building last…
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Extensive damage, including the destruction of the interior, was caused by a fire which broke out in the Mary Immaculate Catholic…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—When a fire broke out on the second floor of a building in William-street to-day, two panic-stricken women were trapped in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Police are satisfied that a fire bug, probably mentally deranged, was responsible for four separate fires which broke out…
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Sharp criticism and helpful suggestions from the chief officer of the Sydney and Metropolitan Fire Brigade (Mr. C. Richardson) have…
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THE euchre tournaments on Wednesday and Saturday nights in the Band Hall, have been running for many months and still appear…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allied Air Activities Over Timor Koepang Attacked Fires on Aerodrome Dilli Harbor Bombed Enemy Intercepted at Port Moresby
MELBOURNE, Thursday—Enemy targets in Timor, including the seaplane base of Dilli, were attacked by the…
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LONDON, Friday.—Probably unique a British history a farmer and his [?]ers were decorated for carrying their farm on the British coast…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The award was announced to-night of three Victoria Crosses for daring and valor in recent…
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SYDNEY, Sunday—A large quantity of wool was considerably damaged by fire and water when a fire broke out at a wool scouring works in Botany…
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