Bush Fire Relief
"Bush Fires," a graphic pictorial survey of the tragic bush fires in Victoria, containing many pages of photographs, has been published by…
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Stars To Aid Bush Fire Fund
Visiting stars, Larry Adler and Antal Dorati have offered their services for the concert, which the Australian Broadcasting Commission is…
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LAUNCESTON, Sunday.-- Tasmania's fast-diminishing "mosquito-fleet" of auxiliary ketches may soon come into its own again…
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TWO visiting musicians, Larry Adler and Antal Dorati, have generously given their services for a benefit concert which the Australian Broadcasting Commission will hold next Thursday night…
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Damage at between £5,000 and £6,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the tin room and machine shon of the Sunshine Biscuit Co.. Victoria Street, Ballarat, early to-day…
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Jim Gilchrist, the tall young N.S.W. player, stole the limelight from Davis Cup tour aspirants in the Australian championships tournament at Kooyong yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Inquiry Into Bushfires. Victorian Move. Royal Commission Possible. MELBOURNE
Requests for the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate the recent disastrous bushfires in Victoria will be discussed by the State…
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Sir,—As a practical and immediate help to the poor folks so cruelly deprived by the recent fires, would it be reasonable to ask the Railways Department to establish a depot for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preventing Bushfires. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Much criticism has been expressed about the lack of bushfire organisation. As captain of the Penrose Bushfire Brigade I have no hesitation in stating that all the…
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THEIR Excellencies Lord and Lady Gowrie will attend the special concert which the Australian Broadcasting Commission will hold next…
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The State Government will be asked to accept full responsibility for distributing money collected for the Lord Mayor's New South Wales…
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The full proceeds from the sale of Bush Fires, a pictorial survey of Victoria's tragic week, will go to the relief of bushfire victims…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pensions and Bush Fires. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Pensioners who had their homes destroyed last Saturday in the bushfires which overtook New South Wales and Victotia are, as a result, liable to have, their old-age…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Readers On Bush Fire Menace How Kembla Wharfies Saved Lives and Property Govt. Must Aid Sufferers
“All members of the Waterside Workers' Federation. Will you go immediately to the Wollongong police station. Your secretary (Mr. Roach) will take charge."…
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Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire these days, but the. N.R.M.A. technical department paints out that the risk of fire can be promoted by neglect. The…
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Mr. H. L. Woone, of Essex, England, has bought five fire engines with equipment and uniforms for the brigade, and he runs the show himself. For years I've wanted a fire…
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Foster Irvin, 29, a motor driver, of Alfred Street, Glebe, was badly burned about the face, arms, and chest when his clothes, which had been splashed with petrol, caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Royal Commission. Inquiry Into Causes of Fires. Melbourne
The State Cabinet decided to-night to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the causes of the recent bushfires and to suggest means of preventing similar widespread…
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Detective-sergeant Tassell and Detective McNeal were informed yesterday that a woman had visited Walter Beveridge's weatherboard cottage near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Blame Woman for Fire Soldier's Cottage Destroyed
Mary Ann Beveridge, 50, domestic, was charged at Central Police Station last night with having maliciously set fire to a house in Arthur Street. French's Forest,…
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