Insurance Firms to Pay More to Fire Brigades
SYDNEY, Thursday: Insurance companies will have to pay 75 per cent of the costs of the New South Wales Fire Brigades Board…
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Fire at Leeton
LEETON, Sunday: A fire in Mr, T. W. Stewart's radio shop in Pine Avenue, late this afternoon, caused damage to…
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A fire broke out in the electrical shop of Mr. T. Stewart, in Pine Avenue, just after five o'clock, last Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Holiday, Bon-fires, Crackers, Speeches. The Way Junee Celebrated 1949 Empire Day
Empire Day in Junee yesterday was essentially a children's day, with celebrations in the town and district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Rail Strikers Shotdead in Berlin Communist Police Fire Into Crowd
BERLIN, Tuesday (A. A. P.): Two rail strikers have been killed in renewed fighting in Berlin, when Communist railway police fired into a mob…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Visit of Fire Brigade Officers
Mr. Watt and Sixth-Officer Millage, of the N.S.W. Fire Brigades Board, visited Tumbarumba on Monday, in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Gundagai Woman Badly Burned When Clothes Catch on Fire
Mrs Henry Paton, of South Gundagai received severe burns to the body on Tuesday night last, when her clothes caught on fire. Medical attention was immediately summoned, and she was rushed to Hospital by ambulance where her condition today is reported as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Allegedly Started Fires in Japan Which Cost £143,805/2/9
CANBERRA, Thursday: Damage to Commonwealth property in Japan by fires started by ex-soldier Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Gundagai Woman Badly Burned When Clothes Catch On Fire
Mrs. Henry Paton, of South Gundagai, received severe burns to the body on Tuesday night last when her clothes caught on fire…
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At the request of the Shire Council, two officers of the N. S. W. Fire Brigades Board visited Tumbarumba last week…
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A serious fire at the Ardlethan power house was narrowly averted. Mr. Ford, driver of the plant,…
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CALCUTTA, Monday: One person was killed and 25 injured when police opened fire here on a crowd who broke up…
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The public are invited to be present in Mountford Park at 11 a.m. on Monday next, when the Leeton High School cadets will fire three volleys…
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LEETON, Thursday: A fire broke out in the residence of Mr. V. Downey shortly alter midnight…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: The Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley) said today that it was apparent that the major proportion of the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Police believe schoolboys started a fire which caused damage estimated at £100 in the Granville…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday:—Desperate cracksmen set fire to the McLeod soap works at North Melbourne early today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Calwell Under Fire in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter): Retaliatory legislation to Mr. Calwell's wartime refugees bill is being considered by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire to Request Commissioners for New Fire Engine
'The Gundagai Shire Council [?] to renew its request to the Board of Fire Commissioners for the installation of a new and modern fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Public Meeting To-night Proposed Fire Brigade for Tumbarumba
A public meeting convened by dm Shire president Cr. S. H.Todd) in response to several requests, will be held in…
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