Dust Haze, Wind and Fires Bureau Warns
SYDNEY, Friday: Squally winds blew a dust haze over large parts of the State yesterday, and the Weather…
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Govt. Imposes Ban on Lighting of Open Fires
SYDNEY, Friday: The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) to-night invoked National Security Regulations to impose a virtual blanket prohibition on the lighting of fires in the open…
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The strange series of fires in Sydney is continuing. Firemen are shown fighting a blaze at All Saints' Church,…
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CASINO, Sunday: Left without partners when their companions were rushed in trucks to Ellengowan to help fight bushfires which were…
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CORAKI, Monday: Northern New South Wales is being threatened by a disastrous bush fire, which has been burning since Friday, and which today…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Thousands of gallons of fuel in Harbor-side storage tanks were menaced by a bushfire which swept through the dry scrub…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday: Reporting that Grafton is still ringed by bush fires, the manager of the Grafton co-operative Dairy Company, Mr. A. E…
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The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) has invoked National Security Regulations to impose a virtual blanked prohibition on…
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GRAFTON, Tuesday: Left poor and weak by months of drought, valuable dairy cattle were dying in hundreds in bush fires on the northern rivers belt, said the manager of the Grafton Co-operative Dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Penalties in Queensland Fire Bill
BRISBANE, Tuesday: A fine of up to £ 100, or five years' imprisonment, for breaches of the law relating to Rural Fires is provided in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police on Watch for Firebug Blaze Starts In Wool Store
SYDNEY, Thursday: Kerosene was poured into a hollow under a door of a five-storey wool store at Ultime…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Restrictions which were imposed last Friday on lighting fires in the open, have been repealed…
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Restrictions which were imposed last Friday week on lighting fires in the open have been repealed. This was announced by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Fire On Amsterdam Crowds
AMSTERDAM, Monday (A.A.P.): Police fired on a crowd which was demonstrating against troops And transports being sent to the Dutch…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A large veneer and plywood factory containing valuable new machinery, stocks of irreplaceable timbers…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man who was found lying dazed in Ranger's road, Cremorne, to-night told the police that he had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Method of Gauging Fire Hazards Organisations to be Warned
SYDNEY, Tuesday: A "Burning Index"—a new method of estimating bush fire hazard—has been 'devised by the Forestry Commission…
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Restrictions which were imposed on lighting fires in the open, have been repealed. This was announced last Friday by the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DISASTROUS N.Z. FIRE Block of Buildings Gone
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday: Including thousands of bales which would have been shipped to Spain but for the attitude of the waterside…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday: Including thousands of bales which would have been shipped to Spain but for the attitude of the waterside workers to General France, wool worth £700,000 was lost…
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