Ambulance and Fire Brigade Sirens Heard in Junee Streets On Saturday Last
Saturday could be described as "sirea day" in Junee. The ambulance started it off by using the siren through the…
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£1 Million Loss in Bush I Fires
Men in the Coonamble district estimate their bush fire losses at nearly £1 million. They say 50,000 sheep died on surrounding properties, many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Eases Bush Fire Danger But Position Will Again Become Acute
Good rain which fell early this week (137 points were recorded at Gundagai) has temporarily eased the bush fire danger, but if a hot dry spell follows, the position will again become acute…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matong Bush Fire Brigade Mr. R. Richardson Retires As President After 20 Years
At the annual meeting of the Matong Bush Fire Brigade Mr. Rupert Richardson did not seek re-election as President, owing to his retirement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Discusses Fire Danger
Carrathool Shire Council, at its meeting last week, discussed at length bush fire precautions, particularly means of co-operation of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Has Cootamundra a Fire Bug ?
The Captain of the Cootamundra Fire Brigade, Mr Frank Holder, said that a man was alleged to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney Started by Petrol Motor Exploding
SYDNEY, Thursday— A petrol motor explosion slightly injured two men and set fire to three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council to Proceed with Application for Rededication of Fire Station Site
A letter from the Tumbarumba School of Arts Committee before last week's meeting of the Shire Council stated that at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fantastic Situation in Korean Cease-fire All Ground Fighting Stops, But Order Denied Reds Play Volley Ball in View of Allied Troops
WASHINGTON, Thursday. —President Truman's press secretary, Mr. Joseph Short, tost night declared that there could be no cease-fire in Korea until the armistice agreement had been signed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tootal Bush Fire Brigade
At the annual meeting of the Tooyal Bush Fire Brigade held at the Tooyal Hall, on Monday night last, there was an attendance of 16…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hints on bush fire danger
The secretary of the Mitchell Shire Bushfire Advisory Council (Mr. W. J. Caspersonn), interviewed yesterday, issued a warning and a few hints on bushfires to the public…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dullah Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Dullah Bush Fire Brigade was held at Mr. Les Parmenterâs residence on the 21st November…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Confusion the Cause [?] of Korea [?] CEASEFIRE Guns blaze again
TOKYO, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter): A [?]interpreted order probably caused yesterday's [?] demonstration of friendliness toward the [?] in Korea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fined for lighting fires in open air Countryside a Tinder Box Says Magistrate
At the Leeton Court of Petty Sessions yesterday morning bsforc Mr. K. Smith, S.M., two Yanco residents were convicted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Korean War Resumed As Reds Make Big Bid for Air Supremacy Misreading of Orders Brought Strange Cease-fire
TOKIO, Friday.—Communist Jets, in record- breaking numbers, streaked through the clear Korean skies yesterday in a challenge to Allied air supremacy…
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NEW YORK, Fri. (A.A.P.): On Wednesday the front lines at Korea had fallen strangley silent and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire-fighting in Sydney
Fireman fighting a fire which occurred in Sydney during, the week. The [?] shows fireman on extension [?]dders pouring water on to the blaze. The fire was eventually got under control…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bushfire Danger and the Law: Point in Wagga Lecture
During the bushfire danger period in the Wagga district, which proclaimed yesterday until March 30, Wagga police will watch for offers throwing away cigarettes and cigar butts and lighted matches, particularly from cars, in danger areas; lighting camp fires in danger areas a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grassfire Breaks Up Bushfire Meeting
The second largest grassland fire in the Riverina this season destroyed 200 acres ad[?]acent to the Wagga Abattoirs yesterday afternoon. The fire started about 2 p.m. when burning-off opera-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machinery on Fire But No Bush Fire. Presence of Mind By Farmer Saved Blaze
Mr. A. C. McKelvie, of Marrar, was lucky on Friday afternoon last that a fire did not break out on his property during stripping…
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