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THE Premier, Mr. Stevens, is playing with fire again. His latest outburst is the proposal to reduce the membership of the Legislative Assembly, but not a word about his hand-picked Legislative Council. But a greater pinprick is that his Ministers,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A weatherboard house between Coff's Harbour and Woolgoolga, on the Pacific Highway, owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham, was destroyed by fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The City Coroner (Mr. Oram), recording an open verdict at the inquiry yesterday into the cause of the fire which seriously damaged Hardwieke House, York-street, on February…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A bushfire broke out at Dee Why last night. Brigadesmen are mystified by recent outbreaks in view of the chilly weather conditions. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For hours, on Monday night firemen and civilians fought a big bushfire at Taren Point, spurred on by the fact that if the wind changed nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two small fires were attended by the Lidcombe Fire Brigade last Saturday. When grass on an allotment in Dewrang-street, Lidcombe, caught fire, it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society, Ltd., reports net premiums in the fire department for 1934 amounting to £74,192. Claims paid and outstanding were £10,261…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →When G. B Yeomans, a grazier was burning off rank grass, the fire got out of control. During his efforts to prevent the spread of the fire Yeoman's clothing caught fire. Portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Hurstville Health Inspector. Mr. H. Doig. reported at the last meeting of the council that he had great difficulty in disposing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AMBROSE PALMER, heavyweight champion of Australia, had another narrow escape last night, when, opposed to Pietro Georgi, of America, at Leichhardt Stadium (Sydney), he just managed to win the verdict at…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fate dealt a relief worker and his wife and family a cruel blow yesterday when their humpy at Bomorah Point. Long…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thieves broke into the office of the Shell Oil Company's depot, near Grafton railway station, late at night, and, after blowing the safe with high explosives and stealing £2/5/8,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A fire yesterday destroyed a motor car, which had been stored in a Shed al Ross Hill. It is believed that rats had bared the wire from the battery, causing a short circuit. The car,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Giving evidence to-day at an inquiry into the origin of a fire which occurred in premises in Heber-street, Moree, previously occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FROST, a fire, a drought, mice, grasshoppers, depression, starvation prices for wheat... THERE'S no doubt about it, Leslie James Regan, returned soldier farmer of the Narromine District, has had his troubles—an…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Clouds of smoke from a shop in Marrickville-road, Marrickville, early on Saturday night attracted the attention of Constable Grebert, who, observing the proximity of a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the inquiry regarding the fire that occurred in premises in Heber-street, Morer, previously occupied by William Henry Spokes, butcher, on February 26, the Coroner, Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A CIGARETTE carelessly tossed into piles of rubbish inside the robullt section of the Foreign Office caused a serious fire. Extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire early this morning gutted the fiveroomed weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. M. Daley. Mr. and Mrs. Daley have been absent for three weeks. A bucket brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A bush fire swept Mollee Station, destroying about 700 acres of good grass country. Neighbours assembled at the alarm and more than 30 men saved many square miles of country…
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