But Plenty Remain To Keep Home Fires Burning
Referee · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 10
NEW ZEALAND critics who deplore the tapping of that country's thoroughbred resources by Australian buyers have more food for thought in the fact that many of the picks of the catalogue were among the 46…
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Daily News · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Wed.--A fire which started in suspicious circumstances menaced Little Tribe Street, a small thoroughfare in a poor section of South Melbourne…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 9
The cause or the recent £65,000 fire at the factory of Australian Glass Manufacturers Pty., Ltd., could not be…
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The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 5
FARMERS in South-eastern Australia recently witnessed the appalling spectacle of many thousands of pounds worth of fencing, crops, stock, and homesteads being destroyed by fire. Valuable timber, both mature and growing to maturity, became ashes. Sawmills, bridges, and whole townships were blotted out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the N.S.W. Beef Cattle Studs Devons and Polled Herefords Make Headway in South Fires Cause Damage at Yass
The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 12
MR. P. C. KENSIT, of Aubyn Vale Devon stud, Narrawa, via Crookwell, thinks that importations of recent times, and those now being made must greatly improve the Devon breed in Australia…
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The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 15
"SKYLARK" (Hungarby).—We have only half finished our dipping. We have been dipping two mornings to one evening, but were unable to continue because of the smoke on…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7
Larry Adler will play a mouth-organ transcription of the solo part in a Vivaldi concerto at the Town Hall to-night, with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. The concert is being held under the…
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The Sun · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 20
Gifts to the Lord Mayor's Bushfire Disaster Relief Fund now total £4940. Money to be sent in from Sydney theatres, the 2GB appeal, and from…
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Daily News · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 5
To aid the Lord Mayors Bushfire Relief Fund, Larry Adler, mouth-organ virtuoso, and Antal Dorati, conductor of the Russian Ballet, have offered their services for…
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Daily News · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5
Victims of the recent bush fires will benefit by £380 as the result of the concert staged by the A.B.C. at the Town Hall last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£10,000 Fire Loss Chiropodist Sent for Trial Inquiry Story Of Blaze At Sydney Arcade
The Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6
A fire which caused damage stated to amount to about £10,000 to several shops in the Sydney Arcade, was maliciously caused by Harry Olienikoff, 24, chiropodist, the Acting City…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 7
One of the district's old landmarks, the woolshed on Nundah, owned by Mr. R. T. Perry, has been destroyed by fire. It was erected many years ago when Narromine…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 8
Harry Oleinikoff, 24, chiropodist, will appear In the Coroner's Court today on a charge of having maliciously set fire to a shop…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 7
Fay Simpkins, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. Allan Simpkins, of Portland was seriously burnt when her clothes caught fire at her home. The child was playing in the…
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The Sun · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 6
Pleading guilty to a charge of having ignited scrub on Friday, January 13, which destroyed the house of F. C. Johnson, at Timboon South,…
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The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 3
ACTION by the Commonwealth to convene a conference of all Australian Governments to discuss a Commonwealth-wide…
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The Land · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 12
WHEN a bushfire threatened the homestead of Mr. J. Thatcher, of Cavan, in the Yass district, he adopted an ingenious…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 9
Sir,—Referring to Mr. Hungerford's letter, I should like to know, if his idea of burning off all bush land every four years was carried out, how the deaths of birds and animals…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Southerly Interferes with 18-Footer Championship— Defence Council — Rebuilding Bushfire Damage
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 14
Competitors in the 2nd heat of the 18-footer championship of Australia hurriedly lowering sails in the calm which preceded the severe…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 4
To assist some of the families who suffered losses through the recent bushfires, Miss Ida Ferguson, assisted by Miss Agnes Chapman (both of Mosman), arranged a successful…
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