Filming the Bushfires
Damage caused by the bushfires raging in the west is shown in a special Cinesound review film now being shown at the State Theatrette and all Greater Union Theatres. A sound truck was rushed to…
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Bushfire Fund
The sum of £3 has been sent to "The Sunday Sun" by Mrs. Darley to form the nucleus of a Bush-fire Fund. The money has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfires Now on Screen Union Theatre Draw
The Unions Theatres management is to be congratulated on the expedition with which it has obtained Cinesound films of the…
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A Cinesound truck was sent to Cobar to film the bushfires, and for nearly a week cameramen and sound engineers were recording a film which…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →All Eager To Fight Bush Fires City Scheme
WITH surf club members prominent in the list, the roll of men offering to join the City Volunteer Bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In Search of Cold Camp-Fires
"It has always been the desert places of the earth that have produced the hardiest manhood, the races of greatest endurance, those that never die out, the great Warrior races of history." IN all my travels it was never brought home to…
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About £50 worth of chaff, hay, and straw was burnt early yesterday morning, when a shed at the rear of 568 Parramatta-road, Petersham, caught alight. Mr. John Barratt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Children Rescued From Fire. Dubbo
A weatherboard cottage, of four rooms, in Luke-street, was partly destroyed by fire last night. The sole occupants at the time were three children, who were soundly sleeping,…
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An attempt was made last night to destroy by fire a house owned by Mrs. Daisy Quinian, in Punchbowl-road, Lakemba…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Loco Starts Big Grass Fire ALBURY
More than 5000 acres of grass land were swept and miles of fencing destroyed by a fire which travelled at a great rate before a stiff breeze…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wizard Smith On Ninety-Mile Beach New Quardsmen At The Cobar Fires
THE CAR AND THE MAN on Ninety-mile Beach (N.Z.) for the first lime.--The F. H. Stewarl Enterprise, in which "Wizard" Smith (in the cockpit) is to attempt the world's land speed record, being steered off the trailer. THE SAVOUR FLOATING from the pots tended by the cooks in the foreground was appetising to the fire-fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Grant for Clothes Government Will Reimburse Fire Fighters
The Acting-Premier, Mr. Baddeley, said yesterday that Mr. Tye, secretary of the Unemployment Relief Council, had inspected the bush fire area, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dashed Hopes Light Shower At Cobar Fire Menace
COBAR, Tuesday.--A few drops of rain at Cobar to-day raised hopes of a steady fall that would have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →May Refuse to Fight Fires Cobar Men Incensed At Arrival of Boo Guard COBAR
Bitter resentment has been stirred among citizens here following the arrival of Campbell's canaries. The bushfires have now been out since…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Guard on Watch at Strategic Points Fires Die Down Little Rain in Some Areas High Wind Cobar
With the main detachment at Wilson's Tank, about 40 miles out, and another base at Ampitheatre, 12 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BUSHFIRES. Cobar District Losses. 1,900,000 Acres Burnt. Cobar
The total area of country burnt in the Cobar district amounts to not less than 1,900,000 acres. Of the principal areas burnt, Nelyambo suffered most, losing 300,000 of its…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Payment for W0rkless Bushfire Fighters Lost Their Clothing and Boots Generous Move by Govt. Warm Tribute
The State Government has decided to send £65 to Cobar and £35 to Bourke for the purpose of replacing clothing and boots…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Topics Bush Fires and Politics
THERE is reason for some suspicion that the bush fires in the Cobar district have been dragged into State politics, for we find the New Guard, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Quiet Year Few Fires at Granville
Granville firemen spent a quiet year during 1931. There were only 17 calls—about one every three weeks. In 1930 there were 22…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Threat to Brewongle
BATHURST, Thursday.--The first serious bush fire of the year in the Bathurst district occurred yesterday at Brewongle. It broke out on the…
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