Pauper's Grave for Fire Heroes Union Intervenes Melbourne
Arrangements had been made to give a pauper's burial to several men killed in the Rubicon and two…
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Labor Council Moves for Fire Control Sydney, Jan. 20
“The labor movement should not only be interested in the relief of the distress arising from the bushfires, but also in advocating a policy for preventing such loss of life and property in the future," said the president of the Labor Council, J. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wide Fire Inquiry Advocated Destruction In Forests MELBOURNE
Wide powers and comprehensive terms of reference for the Royal Commission which is to inquire into the Victorian bushfires were recommended to the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) to-day by a deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pearls Thrown Into Fire. Accused Girl Thought They Were Beads. Auckland Allegation. Auckland
A probationary nurse, aged 19, who is alleged to have stolen a pearl necklace valued at £265 from a titled woman patient, was said in the Magistrate's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bushfire Fund. £5,373, SUBSCRIBED. Committee Meets
Already £5,373 has been subscribed for the relief of sufferers in the recent disastrous bushfircs in this State, according to a statement made at a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Bushfire Incident
Two Party members, while travelling up to the fires in a private were "duly impressed" by the private standing of several other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fireman on Bushfires
I would like to say a word in defence of those who were enjoying the surf, and who knew nothing of the appeals over the air for…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--Compulsory dug-outs at all bush mills will be constructed in Victoria This was indicated by the Timber…
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For those left destitute by the recent disastrous bushfires an appeal is being made through the fund which has been established by the Lord Mayor of Sydney…
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The City Treasurer (Mr. Brackpool) announced at yesterday's meeting of the Bushfire Fund Committee that contributions had…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The A.L.P. and the Trades Hall Council to-day led a deputation to the Premier of Victoria, Mr. Dunstan, about the Victorian bushfires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Australian Worker Adelaide, Monday. The Bush Fires
THE heat wave ended on Sunday, January 15, to everybody's relief. On Monday there was rain, and a consequent drop of temperature. It…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Foundling Home Blaze
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The Foundling Hospital, at Broadmeadows, containing 270 children, was in danger of destruction by fire this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Council of N.S.W. Authorised Report. the Bush Fire Tragedy. Prevention the Policy for Labor
PRESIDENT J. H. HUGHES reported to the Labor Council last week that he had accepted an invitation of the Lord Mayor to be represented on a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire Surrounded How £700,000 Loss Was Averted Big Factory Blaze Still Mystery
Complete destruction by fire of the factory of Australian Glass Manufacturers Pty. Ltd., Waterloo, which would have involved a loss of £700,000, was averted by surrounding the flames that had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Danger of Car Fires
Not a great number of motor vehicles catch fire nowadays, but the N.R.M.A. technical department points out that the risk of fire can be promoted by neglect…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tasmanian Fires. Hobart
Many serious bushfires are raging in the northern part of Tasmania, particularly on the north-west coast, and so serious has the position become that the Minister for Forestry,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Persistent Scrub Fires. Dunedoo
Homes and properties in the Boomley, Co[?]bora, and Elong districts are menaced by fierce fires, which have been raging on a 20-mile front in the Boomley scrub for the past three…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire Engine Goes Below
BURSTING EARLY YESTERDAY, a six-inch water main transformed the Town Hall-Wynyard section of the underground railway into a subterranean river. This fire engine was taken into the underground on a rail-motor to pump…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Council Thanks Cabravale Fire Fighters
"To have allowed the fires to get out of hand may have resulted in enormous damage and loss to the district, and I know that the public…
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