Fire at "Stonleigh"
On Saturday last, a fire occurred at Mr. J. A. Anderson's "Stoneleigh" property, Lockhart, when a hay stack was destroyed…
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Hopes Linger for Cease-fire
LAKE SUCCESS (A.A.P.): The United Nations' three-man Mediation Committee held an urgent meeting yesterday to discuss plans in the light of Communist China's reception of the U.N.O. ceasefire formula for Korea. THE mediators also worked on…
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LAKE SUCCESS, Monday (A.A.P.): The Chinese Communist Government is willing is negotiate an overall…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday — Trapped by a fire in an upstairs bedroom of a house this morning, a man jumped 20 feet to the ground…
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On Saturday last a Chevrolet sedan car, owned by Mr. Stephen Williamson, of Shepardstown and driven by his son, Mr. Peter…
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LAKE, SUCCESS, Tuesday — The United Notions' Cease Fire Committee on Korea has offered to meet the Chinese Communist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£605 to Run Junee Fire Brigade
It is estimated by Fire Commissioners that it will cost £605 to maintain the Junee Fire Brigade during 1951…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Bush Fire Danger
The hot, dry spell has emphasised the great danger of bush fires, and particular care will have to be taken during the…
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The whole of New South Wales with the exception of the coastal area from Nunbucca Shire to the Queensland border, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guns Blaze in Defence of Hungnam Beachhead Siege Army Now Using Artillery
TOKIO, Thursday (AAP-Reuter) — North Korean troops yesterday probed the American ring of steel and gunfire round the Hungnam beachhead, spearing at one point to within three and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inquest on Men Dead in City Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday: A first class fireman told the City Coroner's Court today that he had not thought there was any…
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A grass fire broke out on the Gundagai district property, “Widgeongully” on Monday afternoon, and before it was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General Wu's Farewell "Merry Xmas, but Your Cease-Fire Move is a Plot"
NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Communist China's envoy (General Wu Hsiu-Chuan) yesterday criticised the United Nations' cease-fire efforts as "trickery and a plot"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Bushfires Near Lockhart Damage Small
LOCKHART, Wed.—There has been four outbreaks of fire within the Lockhart Shire during the last 24 hours…
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SYDNEY, Thursday — The Forestry Commission, as a supplement to its own extensive fire-prevention and fire-control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Luxury Cruiser Destroyed by Fire Owner's Lucky Escape
SYDNEY, Friday—The owner of the £7000 luxury cruster, Manana, escaped in a small dinghy when the boat caught fire at…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Employees at Mascot areodrome started a collection for a family of six, whose living quarters were…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: Looters' smashed shopwindows and grabbed goods from them as fire was destroying Prahran markets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Melbourne
ONE OF THE BIGGEST fires to Melbourne for many years on Tuesday afternoon destroyed the Prahran Market, 12 shops and a…
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