Bush Fire Damage £460,000
Bush fire damage in New South Wains during the 1952-53 season totalled £460,000. This was revealed in the annual…
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Plane for Fire Spotting
CANBERRA, Friday: The R.A.A.F. will provide air reconnaissance and patrol aircraft this summer for bushfire spotting in Victoria, New South Wales and the-Australian Capital Territory. The R.A.A.F. aircraft will…
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The Bush Fire Prevention Campaign opened today. Object of the campaign is to bring, before the public, notice,…
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Police cannot take control of a fire which is being directed by a bush fire captain. The chairman of the Bush…
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The Acting Chief Secretary, Mr. J. F. McGrath, said on Thursday that Mr. A. H. Campbell, of Balgowlah, had been elected as volunteer…
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The annual meeting was held in the, Brookdale Hall on 26th Oct. There was a fairly good attendance. Several apologies were…
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Not many turned up to the meeting of the Lockhart Bush Fire Brigade, convened for Friday last, but with Mr. George Gooden in the chair, supported by Mr. Hugh Buchanan, all necessary business was attended to…
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SYDNEY, Thursday, Two young; boys playing with matches caused an explosion and fire which wrecked…
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The annual meeting of the "B" Area Bush Fire Brigade of the Murrumbidgee Shire was held at "Cooinbil" on October 25, there being…
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A fire in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dal Robertson, 26 Gundagai road, yesterday afternoon, completely destroyed…
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Damage, serious in itself, but which could have been much more serious, has been caused by children at cottages…
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It was decided at the annual meeting of the Kyeamba Shire and District Bushfire Advisory Council yesterday that bushfire captains should have the power…
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When noted that Cr. S. R. Martin.,had succeeded Cr. G. Brabin sip captain of the Eurongilly Bush Fire Brigade,…
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A man's home was completely destroyed by fire in the Boree Creek district last Friday. The home and its contents were valued at about…
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When a regulator at the electricity transformer station in Junee "blew up" early on Saturday morning last da-…
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Mr. R. B. Selleck (Shire Clerk) who recently accepted appointment as Shire Bush Fire Control Officer, requests public attention…
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MELBOURNE, Monday: Police fired a warning shot over the heads of two youths who had attempted to escape from an allegedly stolen utility in Lygon…
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ALBURY, Tuesday: The action of the Riverina Council's University League Executive in approving and…
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Electricity Commission officers visited Junee on Monday afternoon last and repaired damage to the local…
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