Serious Fire at Junee Sub-station Costly Damage To Equipment
When a regulator at the electricity transformer station in Junee “blew up” early on Saturday morning last damage…
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Bush fire danger period Proclaimed Until March 31 NEXT
A proclamation governing the lighting of fires in the open-air has been gazetted, which makes the bush fire period as from October 1 to March 31 next…
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The Culcairn Shire Council confirmed appointments by the Merri Meric and Walbundrie South bush fire brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire Menace Looms Up Again Action Against Sydney Union
SYDNEY, Monday — More than thirty thousand volunteer firefighters have been alerted as the threat of bush fires became more menacing in New South Wales today…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: Fire yesterday destroyed a private hotel in Edgecliff, leaving the 40 residents with only the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Volunteers Fight N.S.W. BUSHFIRES Homes threatened in many centres
SYDNEY, Sunday: Thousands of volunteer firemen battled to save homes, bush and grasslands throughout N.S.W. today. Big fires are raging on the North and South Coasts, and…
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The President of the Urana Shire Council, Cr. J. M. Smith, makes an appeal to all the citizens of the Shire for their co-operation in taking all precautions necessary in order to minimise the danger of bush fires during the coming…
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SYDNEY, Monday: The Board of Fire Commissioners today applied to the Industrial Commission for deregisrration of the New South Wales Fire Brigade…
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The annual meeting of Boree Creek and District Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Memorial Hall. There was a fair attendance…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday — About 100 soldiers today joined volunteer firefighters, police, and civilians in a desperate effort to halt a huge bush fire threatening the township of Menai, on the Woniora…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urana Appeal on Bushfires
The president of the Urana Shire Council (Councillor J. M. Smith) makes an appeal to all the citizens of the shire for their co-operation in taking all precautions necessary in order to…
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SYDNEY, Monday: Despite cooler weather, bushfire brigades all over the State are on the alert for a further spread…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday — North Coast farms, forests, and plantations today were threatened by bush fires. Many hundreds of volunteers fighting fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grainshed Fire at Ganmain Station Blaze Was Over in a Few Minutes
The Station Master at Ganmain has told railway officials in Junee that shortly after the grain-shed caught…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →S.r.c.c Action to Curb Fire Danger
The Southern Riverine County Council is taking steps to lessen the danger of bushfires in its district. Work will begin within the…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: In sweltering heat-ware conditions today, bushfires in many parts of the State gained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Radio Link to Help Bushfire Operations
The Forestry Commission office in Wagga has evolved a plan to link by radio all its State Forests and plantations in the eastern Riverina as a means of providing constant communications at all times…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boree Creek News Bush Fire Brigade Elects Officers
The annual meeting of the Boree Creek and District Bush Fire Brigade' was held in the Memorial hall. There was a fair attendance, although in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire Danger in Urana Shire Precautionary Measures Urged
The President of the Urana Shire Council (Cr. J. M. Smith) makes an appeal to all the citizens of the Shire for their co-operation in taking all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumut and Batlow Linked in Big Bush Fire Radio Hook-up
The Forestry Commission office in Wagga has evolved a plan to link by radio all its State Forests and plantations in the eastern Riverina as a means of providing constant communication at all times. Tumut and Batlow are included…
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