Commission's Ban on Use of Hoi Water Bottles Will Be Under Fire At Conference
The Hospital Commission's ban on the use of hot water bottles will form a large portion of the discussion at…
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Bushfire Control
Mitchell Shire Bushfire Advisory Council secretary (Mr. W. J. Caspersonn) has emphasised the importance of…
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MELBOURNE, Friday: Believed to have been started by thieves, a fire which swept the premises of Coburn Modes…
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The Jindalee Shire has convened a conference for all persons end organisations interested in the suppression…
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A small shed containing paints and tools was completely destroyed by fire late Saturday afternoon…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday— Bushfires are threatening N.S.W. earlier than usual this year, the secretary of the State Bushfire…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Children playing with matches started 100 fires which had to be extinguished by Fire…
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Bush fires were threatening N.S.W. earlier than usual this year, Secretary of the State Bush Fire Advisory…
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The N.S.W. Government seemed “case-hardened” in its rejection of pleas by rural producers against its…
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Children playing with matches started 100fires which had to be extinguished by Fire Brigades last year, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bushfire Conference Starts Today Demonstrations Equipment at Railway Dam
The regional conference for bushfire prevention got away to a flying start this morning at the railway dam, when a crowd of approximately 200 attended a demonstration of firefighting equipment…
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Until such times as the extreme danger period arrives, captains in the Illabo Shire area will be given a…
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A Bush Fire Danger Period has been proclaimed over the whole of the eastern and central divisions of N.S.W. It brings into force certain regulations controlling…
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IT is hereby notified that the Shire of Carrathool is included in the area in respect of which a Bush Fire Danger Period, as…
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The bush fire danger period is now in force within the shire of Leeton and adjoining shires having been…
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A fire broke out in a wood heap in the back yard of the block of flats in Maple Street, owned by Mr. S. Stavrow, about…
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The chairman of the Bushfire Committee Mr. H. E. Messer, said, at the Regional Conference here yesterday, that he was most impressed with the bushfire fighting organisation in the Jindolee Shire,…
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The Kyeamba Shire Council has changed its general policy concerning the issuing of permits to burn-off. The change was made…
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With the prospect of a long and dry summer, farmers have already started to worry about the fire hazard. Although it is only mid-October, the danger is already acute…
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BERRY, Sunday: Two boys aged sis and seven were questioned by police following destruction of a church Messrs. H. Clark (Mangoplah), and K. Parker (Holbrook) wait for the judge with their…
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