Board of Fire Commissioners
The Chief Secretaty (Mr. Chaffey) stated yesterday that arrangements have been made to hold an election to fill the vacancy on the Board of Fire Commissioners caused by the…
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Vacancy on Fire Bd
The Chief Secretary, Mr. Chaffey, stated yesterday that arrangements have been made to hold an election to fill the vacancy on the Board…
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ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday. -- With severe burns on the body, thighs, legs, feet, and hands, John Ahsee, 50, single, dairyman, walked one mile today for…
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WHILE the Chinese and Japanese battled along the new front line today, we were given a first look at war's results in the territory freshly occupied by the Japanese. Five miles north of the…
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Trapped in a blazing kitchen when her clothing ignited while she was preparing breakfast, Mrs. Mary Kain, 82, widow, suffered fatal burns at…
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SHELTERING beneath the bough[?] of a tree from heavy rain and hall off Jones Road, Kenthurst, late yesterday, a relief worker, Leslie…
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While the Chinese and Japanese are readjusting their new positions, following the Chinese withdrawal, the threat of serious development in the local…
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A fire which broke out at the factory of Michael Nairn and Co., linoleum manufacturers. Auburn, to-day, did only slight damage…
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After a lull of four weeks, the fire bug, who is held responsible for 16 outbreaks in Ballarat this year, unsuccessfully attempted to burn down…
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THE WARD ROAD JAIL in Shanghai, with 6000 prisoners inside it, was caught between fires caused by bombardments. Many were killed. This picture, taken from the roof of the jail, shows the destruction in the surrounding areas…
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THIS WAS the hospital section of the Ward Road Jail, Shanghai, until a shell went through it. The jail, with 6000 prisoners, was caught between two outbreaks of fire Many shells struck it, and there was a large death-roll. THE BREMEN steams into Circular Quay. A superimposed picture showing how the German…
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Slight damage was caused by a fire which broke out in Michael Nairn and Co, Ltd.'s linoleum factory in Newtown Street, Auburn, yesterday…
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A Chinese jumped out of bed and ran to safety across a fire-swept floor of a two-storey building in Harbor Street, City, last night…
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Mr. J. J. Harrison, managing director of Australian Soaps, Limited, said at the annual meeting yesterday, when referring to the damage to the company's prospects through a…
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Tommy Wong, a Chinese, narrowly escaped with his life last night when fire broke out in a shop attached to the house where he slept, in…
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IN an effort to combat cholera, whole villages behind the lines are being dynamited, then soaked with petrol and set on…
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BLAZING timber mills, near Seymour, last night set alight to a passing cattle train…
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CROSS-FIRE in the Federal election campaign opened in earnest tonight, when statements were issued on behalf of…
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BRITAIN, Bulgaria, France, Egypt, Greece, Rumania, Turkey, Russia and Yugoslavia have made a further anti-piracy Pact for the Mediterranean. It extends the accord directed against submarines…
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The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) last night issued a warning to motorists and campers against bushfires during the weekend. The past few days of warm, dry,…
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