Fire Brigades May Fight ’Hoppers
Bush fire brigades may assist in the control of grasshoppers. In response to personal representations made by the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires & bushfires, 1954
391 stories in Riverina's papers · page 13 of 20
Bushfire brigades to fight 'hoppers
Bush Fire Brigades may assist in the control of grasshoppers. In response to personal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Touchy Fire Order to U.s. Pacific Forces Application of "Hostile Intent"
WASHINGTON, Tuesday—The United States Navy units off Communist China mainland will fire on any forces which may approach "with obviously hostile intent," America's defence chief in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prevention of Bush Fires Essay Competition for Silver Cup Presented by Sergeant Gould
Sergt. N. Gould, in charge of the Coolamon Police District, in carrying out the policy of his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attlee party's trip is under more fire
LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): The Moscow-Peking journey of Clement Attlee's Labor Parry group was again under fire today on both sides of the Atlantic—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →P.M.'s guard under fire
CANBERRA, Wednesday: Mr. Curtin (Lab., N.S.W.) today accused the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) of employing a bodyguard to "satisfy his ego"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumut Man on Trial Allegation of Starting Bush Fire With Trick Cigarettes
IN the Gundagai Quarter Session to-day the trial commenced, before His Honor Judge Brennan and a jury of 24-year-old Henry oJseph Pepp[?]ell, who has been indicted on a charge of maliciously setting fire to natural grass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pensioner Dies in Fire
MELBOURNE, Sunday: An elderly pensioner perished in a fire which destroyed portion of a house in North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Conference at Cootamundra
Coptamimdra has been selected as the centre for the 1954 Regional Conference on fire prevention. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Tumut Dairy Farmer Found Not Guilty Accusation of Lighting Bush Fire With Trick Cigarette
After a retirement of only ten minutes, a jury at the Gundagai Quarter Sessions this week found a 24 year old Tumut dairy farmer, Henry Joseph Peppernell, not guilty of maliciously setting fire to natural grass. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fittings Ripped Off Abandoned Car Destroyed by Fire, and Pushed Off Road
A new model baby Fiat car, which was recently abandoned and pushed off the Hume Highway a few miles to the north- east of Juglong was found to be minus several parts when a towing service went out to bring the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unregistered Vehicles at Bush Fires
Unregistered motor vehicles can now be registered for bush fire fighting purposes in the name of a bush fire brigade at the small…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chain of Fire Places on Monaro Highway
The Hume-Snowy Fire Protection organisation has built a twenty-two fire places on the Monaro highway, and plans to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tumut Man Found Not Guilty Allegation of Setting Fire with Trick Cigarettes
At the Gundagai Quarter Sessions this week, 24-year-old Henry Joseph Peppernell, of Brungle Road, Tumut, faced a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Say Man Is Mentally Off the Beam ''Cowboy" Discharged on Charge of Starting Bush Fire
After a retirement of only ten minutes a jury at the Gundagai Quarter Sessoinis found a 24 year old Tumut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gunman Fires Five Bullets Into Bedroom
MELBOURNE, Monday—Two bullets ripped through the bedroom of a house occupied by a bedridden ex-serviceman and his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bidgeemia Bush Fire Brigade Annual Meeting
[?] annual meeting of the Bidgeemia Bush Fire Brigade was held in the Bidgeemia Hall on Sept. 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Fire at Inverell
INVERELL, Tuesday.—Fire yesterday destroyed most of Inverell's newest and biggest shopping block…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£250,000 fire at Inverell
INVERELL, Monday: Fire early today destroyed most of Inverell's newest and biggest stopping block…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Engine Crashes Through Garden Fence Child Killed; Four Seriously Injured
SYDNEY, TuesdayâA 12-year-old child was crushed to death and four people were seriously injured when a fire engine swerved out of control with its siren shrieking, and hurtled through the fence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →