Fire Brigade Hours Men Must Work 78 Each Week
The Full Bench of the industrial Commission to-day fixed working hours for Fire Brigadesmen in Sydney and Newcastle at 78 a week, to…
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Chamberlain Under Fire
LONDON, Monday.--British Left Wing observers are sharply critical of the action of the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) in spending the last weekend…
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DET.-SERGT. DELANEY, of the C.I.B. Arson Squad, will arrive in Tumut tomorrow to investigate the cause of a £6000 fire, at…
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A disastrous fire occurred in the main business centre of Tumut at midnight, and destroyed seven out of 11 shops in Tweedle's building and shopping block at the intersection…
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FOLLOWING a fire which severely damaged a block of shops between Fitzroy and Wynyard Streets, Tumut, early yesterday morning, the…
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Detective-Sergeant Delaney, of the C.I.B. Arson Squad, who yesterday investigated a £6000 fire which gutted a building at Tumut on Sunday, was…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--The Coroner (Mr. Johnston) returned an open finding at his inquiry today into a fire which occurred at the home of William…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Brigade Award Unpopular Among Employees
A special meeting of members of the Fire Brigades Association will be held at 11 am to-day in the Trades Hall, when dissatisfaction with the…
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Fire destroyed a weatherboard house, owned by Lindsay Pack, and occupied by William Rooks, his wife, and family, early this morning. The fire had a good hold before it was…
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Evidence that there was little trace of furniture in a house which was destroyed by fire at Kearsley in the early morning of February 6 was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horror, Fire, Death in Bombed City Refugees Crowd Roads in Flight Franco's Columns Sweep on Barcelona
LERIDA, 10 miles within the Catalan border, was an uncanny city, when I saw it today still smoking…
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Has it ever occurred to you that sufficient growing timber to have built numerous homes is destroyed every year by bush fires. In addition…
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Amid twisted iron and dense clouds of smoke, firemen early to-day fought a terrific fire at the newly-construrted linseed oil factory of James Barnes…
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A fire broke out carly this morning in the oil hillls of James Barnes Pty., Ltd., in Bourke Road, Alexandria. The damage was estimated to be at least…
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Elimination of first-class travel on suburban trains will be considered by the Railway Department after Easter…
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A deputation from the Fire Brigades Association to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) yesterday suggested that unless working hours were reduced, stop-work…
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The Deputy-Chief of the Fire Brigade, Mr. Beare, told members of the Royal Motor Yacht Club on Tuesday night that a fire on a vessel in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unique Red Flowers. Local Fire-wheel Trees in Bloom
In several private gardens in various parts of St. George the magnificent and unique flowers of the Queensland fire-wheel tree are this…
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The destruction by fire of a sports club at Smithfield on February 16 and the death, two days later, of the proprietor, James Leslie Morris (67), retired hairdresser, who was found on the back lawn at his home with his throat…
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TUMUT, Thursday.--The coroner (Mr. Blakeney) today found that a £7000 fire at Tweedie's Building had been caused by accident, and that no blame attached…
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