"Cease Fire" Comforts for Soldiers
CANBERRA, Thurs.: About 2700 Australian servicemen in Korea and Korea waters will receive a special "cease fire"…
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Cottage Destroyed by Fire on Fivebough Road
A four roomed cottage occupied by Mr. George Makeham, on Farm 59, Frivebough Road, about 3 miles from Leeton was…
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The main attraction at the Broadway Theatre to-night and again Saturday matinee and night effectively glorifies…
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PANMUNJON, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter): The Neutral Nations Supervisory Armistice Commission probably will hold its first meeting on August 7. The Military Armistice Commission fixed this date…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Five men were overcome by ammonia fumes during a fire which destroyed part of the freezing…
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The Chief Secretary, Mr. C. A. Kelly, said on Thursday the Rural Bank of N.S.W. had decided to finance a Rural Bank Bush Fire…
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About 2,700 Australian servicemen in Korea and Korean waters will receive a special "cease fire" gift parcel of comforts to mark the occasion…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: Nearly half of the small tobacco township of Dimbulah on the Atherton Tablelands was destroyed by fire early this morning…
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Mr. Justice Hereon in the Supreme Court this week awarded the Australian Woolbrokers and Produce…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday: Twelve company directors narrowly escaped death when the ceiling of their sound…
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On Wednesday next the V.A.Ds. will assemble at the fire station at 6.50 p.m. to begin lectures on fire drill…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The N.S.W. Commissioner for Railways today lodged notice of an appeal against the £45,000 award which Mr. Justice Herron made to the Australian Woolbrokers and Produce Co. Ltd. last month…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday—Between 21 and 25 hones are feared killed in a fire raging in the State coal mine at Lithgow…
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LITHGOW, Thursday—The fire in the State coal mine at Lithgow flared up again, today, and is out of control…
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The Commissioner for Railways on Monday lodged an appeal to the Full Court against the judgment and verdict entered against him in favour of…
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At last Tuesdayâs Shire Council meeting, the president (Cr. Dyason) said council had recoiled a letter from the Bushfire Advisory Committee…
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A small cell, with a radioactive element which can be held in the palm of the hand, was the latest fire detector to be shown at the British Industries Exhibition held in London. Picture shows a man lighting a match below…
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SYDNEY, Monday: More than 80 men and women groped their way through dense smoke to safety…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mulrooney in Same Boat As McGRATH Footballer's Eligibility Still Under Fire
An application by the Temora Club to the Country Rugby League may cruel Junee's prospects of playing…
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Fat being rendered down at the rear of the butcherâs shop nest to Mrs. Sissiansâ shop on Tuesday afternoon…
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