Bush Fire Relief Unemployment Tax to Be Raided
Originally imposed for the alleviation of unemployment, the wages and special income tax is now used to defray the…
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Disastrous Bush Fires. Homes Gutted at Sylvania & Port Hacking Many Totally Destroyed
The worst heat wave in the history of Australia last Saturday- was responsible for bush fires which wiped out many homes and week-end cottages in the Sylvania and Port Hacking districts, in Sutherland Shire. An inspection of these areas revealed the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Miles of Fire. Huge Blaze at Wetherill Park
Just after noon on Saturday fire broke out in Frank Street, Wetherill Park, and in a short time one of the worst conflagrations ever witnessed by residents in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crowds Watch Factory Blaze
Crowds watching flames and smoke pouring from the furniture factory of Charles Dickinson. Ltd., at Leichhardt, which was totally destroyed by fire this afternoon. Damage is estimated at £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires at Liverpool
Liverpool Fire Brigade had a busy time on Friday and Saturday fighting fires in the district. In no case was any damage done, other than the burning of…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday.--Glyn Williams, stock inspector, of Railway Gully, near Grafton, was charged at the Grafton Court today, before Mr. A. J. Bryant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summer Fires Boost Winter Egg Prices
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Because of bushfires winter egg prices in the district this winter may be higher than for many years…
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The fusing of a wire in the refrigerator caused a fire at Geddes' meat market, Liverpool. Mr. E. Wheeler, next door, fortunately noticed and…
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Liverpool Fire Brigade had a busy time on Friday and Saturday fighting fires in the district. In no case was an[?] damage done, other than the burning of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fires Force Birds 200 Miles To Sea
Two hundred miles off the Australian coast, passengers and crew of the Port Dunedin rubbed their eyes when:-- Fifty swallows and starlings…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires in the District Guildford Brigade's Calls
On Thursday night, Guildford Brigade was called to a grass are in Loscoe St., Fairfield. On Friday, Guildford and Merrylands…
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IN common with other Victorian sportsmen and the general public, riders and followers of the cycling sport have been moved to deep sympathy for sufferers in the bush fires that have swept from one end of the State to the other…
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GRAFTON, Wednesday. -- Charged with lighting inflammable material within ten yards of grass lands, which were thereby damaged, Glyn Williams, a stock…
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FIRE PERIL at King's Cross and other congested flat areas will be combated by the City Council…
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Fourth Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition Copyright, "Sun" and N.A.N.A., Aboard Motorship Wyatt Earp, December 13…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires Drive Birds to Sea. Found 200 Miles Out
When the motor-ship Port Dunedin was 200 miles from Melbourne on her voyage from London to Sydney, a number of birds, including a hawk, a white cockatoo, swallows,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mares and Foals Destroyed by Fire
IN the disastrous fire which penetrated into the bush country in the Mt. Torrens (S.A.) district this week, two brood mares and their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragedy in the Bushland. Fires Take Toll of Much Wild Life
In the terrific furnace heat of last I Saturday, coupled with the overwhelming devastation by bush fires run riot, wild animals, birds, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Demand on Water Supply. Heat Wave and Fires. No Serious Failures
In spite of a record consumption of 194,614,630 gallons of water on Saturday—the hottest day known in Sydney—there were no major failures in the supply…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The Fire Demon Present Help and Future Protection
THE heat wave that swept the eastern half of Australia last week was of unparalleled ferocity, high thermometer readings being…
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