Bush Fire Prevention
An appeal to the public to play its part in helping to minimise the risk of bushfires during the summer months was issued this Week by the…
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Bush Fires in St. George. All Brigades Kept Busy
The hot weather during the week has kept all fire brigades in the St. George and Sutherland district busy every day, attending…
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Some sensational statements were made at Parramatta Council about the capers of the Board of Fire Commissioners, which, if bulf of them are even…
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Bales of fibre values at £100 were damaged when a fire broke out in a shed in Phillip-street, Parramatta about 11 o'clock yesterday morning…
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A FIHE broke out in a store room at the rear of the shop occupied by Moran and Cato, High Street, Penrith, on Saturday…
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A 10-YEAR-OLD boy is believed to have been responsible for a for which destroyed one shop and damaged another one in Elizabeth…
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A BOY'S magnifying glass, which set fire to crackers in a shop window in Elizabeth Street, Paddington, yesterday…
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True heat-wave conditions were general over New South Wales yesterday.Scorching heat, with temperatures of more than 100 degrees, was…
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Smoke from bushfires in the Dandenong hills and on the flat country beyond has been seen passing over Gabo Island in the south and towns…
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FIRE again raged over hundreds of acres of parched bushland in the suburbs during yesterday and last night. At Naremburn the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clipper Burned at Sea, All Dead Took Fire Dumping Petrol Is Theory Trail Of Oil On Waves Led Search Vessel To The Scene Of Wreck New York
THE Pan-American Airways' flying-boat Samoan Clipper has been burned at sea. Captain Edwin Musick and his crew of six are dead…
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Metropolitan brigades [?] busy yesterday attending outbreaks of fire in shrub and grassland areas in many suburbs. In all [?]…
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At sundown yesterday volunteers who were fighting the bushfires rrear Toonallook Station. in the Albury district, reported that the Ure was under control, but that a rising wlna…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Destroys Woolshed. Gilgandra, Thuisday
A woolshed and its contents, including a quantity of seed wheat, was destroyed by Are on Gordon Anderson's Karringal property, 20 miles from Gilgandra yesterday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bogus Fire Calls. Ambulance Also Hoaxed
Police are trying to find a person who hoaxed the fire brigade twice and the Central District Ambulance once yesterday. Within ten minutes the fire brigade was…
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Central District Ambulance and the Fire, Brigade were victims of a bogus call yesterday. The ambulance received a telephone…
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While research was proceeding, practically the highest efficiency in the prevention of aeroplanes catching fire in midair had been reached…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bank Hold-up. Armed Robbery at Crendon. Clerk Fires at Thief
A man armed with an automatic pistol, and wearing a grey dustcoat with dark glasses over his eyes, bailed up the agency office of the Bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Curtain of Fire. Illuminations on Harbour. 150th Anniversary
A curtain of fire, 120 feet in length, with a drop of 25 feet, will be one of the magnigicent pyrotechnic displays during the 150th Anniversary…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Audit Officer Under Fire Figures Challenged by Spooner's Counsel Crum Says Never Divulged Report To Lang Renshaw's Voucher
YOU said yesterday that you took the credit for stopping people from getting the better of the State. Don't you think some credit is due to Mr. Spooner for having you appointed ?"…
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