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On Tuesday night the Randwick Council will be confronted with a letter from the Fire Brigades' Board, stating the exact amount of the levy which they must contribute under the Fire Brigades Act, and it will then…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The balance-sheet issued by the Regent-street First Relief Fund committee discloses that the total receipts amounted to £140 1s 10d. Of this £52 19s 3d represented the net proceeds from a concert given in aid of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A little after midnight on Saturday a fire broke out in a wooden shed at the rear of the residence of Mrs. Caroline Gardiner, 25 Barry-street, Neutral Bay. The local fire brigade was quickly on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The question of increasing the contributions or suburban councils to the Fire Brigades Board was before the Hurstville Council on Thursday evening, when the clerk, who read the communication from the board secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Tuesday.—The neighboring hills are enveloped in smoke during the past two days. The thermometer registered 86deg yesterday in a cool shade…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BOMBALA, Monday.--To-day was one of the hottest days experienced this summer. The thermometer registered 96deg. in the shade. Bush fires are raging all round. Several farmers have had a quantity of fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A big bush fire is raging at Rydalmere, and is approaching the Convent. The police and a number of local residents are out fighting the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The annual meeting of the Rockdale Fire Brigade was held at the fire station on Friday evening, when, in tho unavoidable absence of the Mayor (Alderman W. G. Judd, J.P.), Alderman A. E. Green was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Members of the Waratah and Mayfield Fire Brigade congratulated themselves, at their annual meeting, held recently, on a very good year's work during 1898. The revenue for the period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A bushfire was raging yesterday near Rydalmere, and towards the afternoon it appeared dangerously close to the grounds of the convent at Subiaco. A number of ready helpers turned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The balance-sheet issued by the Regent-street Fire Relief Fund committee discloses that the total receipts amounted to £140 is 10d. Of this, £52 19s 3d represented the net proceeds from a concert given in aid of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A letter was read at a meeting of the Paddington Council last night from Mr. W. Taylor, the representative of the municipalities on the Fire Brigades Board with reference to the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The circular from the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board notifying an increase in the amount of contribution by Marrickville for the ensuing year was read to the meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WYALONG, Monday.—An inquiry was held on Saturday in connection with the destruction by fire of a wooden building used as a post and telegraph office and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—Since Sunday fires have made their appearance in the Megalong Valley, spreading up the mountains towards Katoomba. The town is almost enveloped in smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ARMIDALE, Tuesday,--To-day was one of the most disagreeable ever experienced locally; clouds of dust were blown tip the streets for hours, rendering outside business decidedly unpleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Monday, a bush fire, which at one time threatened to assume dangerous proportions, broke out on the bank of the Parramatta River, near the boundary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARKES, Tuesday.A fire broke out last night at a house at the Kohinoor Mine rented by Mr. W. H. Bracken from the company, and used as a boarding-house. Everything was destroyed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARKES, Tuesday.--At half-past 8 o'clock last night a boarding-house, at the Kohinoor mine, was burned to tile ground. Salvage worth £25 was secured. The loss is about £60. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In replying to the comments of the clerk of the clerk of the Burwood Borough Council, Mr. Barry, secretary to the Fire Brigades Board, writes, pointing out that the only question at issue is as to whether the Burwood Council…
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