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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1948

418 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 21

Arabs Miss Cease Fire Deadline But Want 36 Hours' Extension

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday: The United Nations' deadline for cease fire in Palestine—fixed for 8. p.m. (Palestine time) last…

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Allegedly Set Fire to Home

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: A man had set fire to a home to destroy. fingerprints after he had broken Into and entered the dwelling…

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Charged with Setting Fire to Home

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A man had set fire to a home to destroy fingerprints after he had broken into and entered the…

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"Blaze of Noon"

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 1

"Blaze of Noon" is the picturisation of Ernest K. Gann's best-selling novel of the pioneer days of the air mail. Showing at the Plaza Theatre…

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Fire in Thompson Street

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

The Cootarmundra fire brigade was called out last night to extinguish a chimney fire that had broke out at the home of Mrs…

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Country Fire Brigades

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 2

Thirteen country councils have applied for on award variation to enable them to employ, only one trained fire officer. At…

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Government Under Fire Canberra Sittings Will Be Lively

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 1 June 1948 · page 6

Resumption of the sittings of Federal Parliament will certainly also mean a resumption of the concentrated attack upon the…

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Government Under Fire Canberra Sittings Will Be Lively

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 4

Resumption of the sittings of Federal Parliament in a few days' time will certainly also mean a resumption of the…

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Cease Fire Order Accepted by Arabs and Jews Four Weeks' Truce

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Wednesday: Both the Arabs and the Jews have accepted the United Nations Security Council's cease-fire…

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Fire Alarm False

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 2

A false alarm called Wagga Fire Brigade to the Murrumbidgee Flour Mill yesterday afternoon. The brigade found…

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Thirty-two Bags of Sugar Lost in Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 2

An electric radiator is believed to have started a fire in a Crookwell bulk store. The fire broke out in a stack…

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Government Under Fire Canberra Sittings Will Be Lively

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 4

Resumption of the sittings of Federal Parliament in a few days’ time will certainly also mean a resumption of the concentrated attack…

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U.N.O. Cease-fire Order Violated, Jews Claim

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Israel military headquarters claim that Egyptian troops today violated the U.N.O. cease-fire order—accepted by both Jews and Arabs—when they attacked Negab…

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Cease-fire Order Being Violated Counter Claims In Palestine

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: As the U.N.O. Security Council met at Lake Success to consider the Arab States and Israel's…

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Mysterious Fires Sabotage Probable Motive Organised Gang Suspected

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 June 1948 · page 4

A Melbourne message states:— A series of mysterious fires on the ship “Pemba” in Melbourne’s dockland has focused the attention of…

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Civic Matters Flood Prevention in Wagga; Glazed Cricket Wickets; Fire Brigade Move

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1948 · page 4

The Wagga City Council has decided to support a proposal by the New South Wales Board of Fire Commissioners that the Wagga Fire District could operate efficiently with only one permanent officer…

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Thirty Two Bags of Sugar Lost in Fire

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 June 1948 · page 2

An electric radiator is believed to have started a Fire in a Crookwell well bulk store last week. The fire broke out in a stack of…

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U.N.O. Cease-fire in Palestine Believed Fixed for

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.): War correspondents in Amman, capital of Transjordan, say they have reliably learned that the date for the cease-fire in Palestine has been fixed for next Thursday…

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Chimney Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 2

The Cootamundra Fire Brigade was called out at about 8.30 last night to extinguish a chimney fire at the home of Mrs…

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Cease-fire Order by Both Sides Jews and Arab Accept Unconditional Truce

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday — Fighting men of the Arab Legion have been ordered to cease fire in Palestine at eight a.m. local time…

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