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The bush fires which on Saturday placed the town of Hornsby in such imminent danger of destruction, again broke out yesterday morning, and before they were completely…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →At the police court to-day Harry Lowe, aged 44 years, was committed for trial, charged with maliciously setting fire to the dwellinghouse of Walter Alfred Loadsman. The place…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Information has been received from Nanango, stating that a block of six business places including the Palace Hotel and palace Theatre, were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Late on Tuesduy night a fire broke out on the barque Archibald Russell, lying at Port Pirie. Fumigation was carried on on Tuesday, and it was thought that it was that which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The death of James Handcock, 48, of the North Sydney Fire Brigade, from Injuries received while going to a fire on the afternoons of Tuesday, January 21, was the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. John Redmond to-night addressed a great meeting in the Corn Exchange, Ipswich, under the auspices of the Ipswich Liberal Association The Corn Exchange is an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bush fires have been raging in different parts of the Stale, and in some cases severe losses of crops have been sustained. On Monday tires were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further particulars are to hand with reference to the fires along the Howkesbury. At Sackville thousands of acres of grass were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram passengers from Coogee this morning were alarmed to see fires on the tram line bordering Centennial Park, and it was feared by some that bush fires, which during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. N. G. Sparks, who has been appointed to succeed the late Mr. Webb as Superintendent of the New South Wales Fire Brigades…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →As the old Fire Station recently vacated was built by the Government on land belonging to Hurstville Municipality, the building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recently Australian meat shippers protested to the Minister for Customs against the proposed regulation providing that exported meat should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At yesterday's meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Fire Commissioners, It was decided to recommend that Deputy Chief Officer Sparks be appointed to the position of chief officer,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A fire occurred in a [?] by Charles [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday the Board of Fire Commissioners decided to recommend to the Government the appointment of Mr. Nicholas George Sparks, the present second officer of the Metropolitan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the year the membership of the Fire Brigade Employees' Union has been increased by 95, and the total on the roll is now 875…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mayor of Rockdale (Alderman [?]) at the meeting of the council, nott[?] the alderment that the election on their brother alderman (Mr. W. Taylor, M.L.A.), was b[?]d…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New South Wales Fire Brigades' Board met yesterday afternoon and recommended the appointment of the deputy-chief officer, Mr. Sparks, to the position of chief…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"Our award was a record. No other award yet given in the history of indus[?] arbitration in this State, or anywhere else in the Commonwealth, has given absolutely…
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