Function in Aid of Bush Fire Victims
On Tuesday evening last, 4th March, the nursing staff of the Leeton District Hospital entertained friends at the Nurses'…
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Grass Fires
The Leeton Fire Brigade was called out last Friday evening to a grass fire in the rear premises of the Leeton Convent. The…
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ADELAIDE, Monday: Two fires which broke out today at the Royal Adelaide Exhibition at Wayville are…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday—Youths who were eligible for call-up for National Service training, but who were helping…
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If an article that appeared in Britain's "Daily Express" is any criterion of how stories about Australia are treated. it is no wonder that People overseas get wrong idces about happenings and conditions in this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ping and the Bush Fires
In times of emergency, post office activities are directed to the sole end of maintaining communications. This means…
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A very large crowd of district land[?] assembled at the Memorial Hall last Wednesday evening to hear an…
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Insurance companies in the USA are urging farmers to use "wet water" for putting out fires…
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Two families—one from Tarcutta and another from Ladysmith—who lost everything except the clothes they wore in the recent disastrous bushfires, will benefit from a gift and donation…
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The president of Wagga Apex (Mr. N. Barnes) said last night that the Manly and Maitland Clubs had each sent…
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A committee meeting held at the Police Station last Monday dealt with various correspondence, including advice that the…
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The Gundagai Shire President (Cr. C. B. Stribley) has launched an appeal for stock fodder to assist…
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The recently re-organised Cootamundra Motor Cycle Club was, on Friday afternoon…
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BRISBANE, Monday — A are cause £50,000 damage when it gutted a building at Brunswick. The valley, on Saturday night…
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SYDENY, Sunday: Fireman carried an unconscious man to safety during a fire which burnt out the top floor of the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: A fire caused £50,000 damage when it gutted a building at Bruns wick, The Valley, last night…
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At last week’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council it was decided to request the Chief Secretaries Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Locrhart Rsl Sponsors Fund for Bush Fire Victim
At the monthly meeting of the Lockhart sub-branch of the R.S.L. it was unanimously decided by the members present that the subbranch sponsor a fund to assist Mr. Gordon Taber, of Kywong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wild Pigs Ravage the North-west Worse Than Bush Fires or Drought
SYDNEY, Tuesday—An official of a grazing firm said to-day that hordes of wild pigs were doing more damage in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urana Shire Works' Loan Temporarily Held Up The Fire Danger Period Extended to End of March
The monthly meeting of the Urana Shire Council was held on Tuesday. Cr. J. M. Smith (president) presided and other…
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