Bushfires
AT a meeting of the Bush Fires Advisory Committee on Friday, it was decided to appoint a technical sub-committee to investigate the possibilities of…
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All Pulling Weight Lord Mayor's Bushfire Appeal
CYCLISTS in Sydney are intent on making the charity carnival in aid of the Lord Mayor's bush-fire appeal a huge success. The carnival will be…
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The Weather Bureau forecast to-night that there will be northerly winds and rising temperatures to-morrow, and issued a warning that the danger from bushfires will be acute…
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At a public meeting at Goulburn it was decided to establish a fund to assist persons in neighbouring centres, including Towrang, Wingello, and Penrose, who suffered losses in…
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The Lord Mayor, Alderman Nock, announced yesterday that the subscriptions to the New South Wales Bushfires Disaster Fund received at the…
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The Bushfires Advisory Committee has forwarded to councils colored posters designed to create a bushfire consciousness in the public Councils…
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AUCKLAND, Thursday.--A blaze in Wellington early this morning, burned 30 to 40 buildings, razed the new four-storey Social Security building, and caused…
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Two women and 18 men were defendants in 22 charges of fire lighting in prohibited areas, heard at Fern Tree Gully to-day before Mr. H…
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Damage of nearly £10,000 was done to shops in Millaa Millaa, North Queensland, by a fire early yesterday…
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Confronted by a dramatic declaration by a witness that all the evidence pointed to one man having started the fire, the City Coroner, Mr. Tingate, declined to close the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Night Flight From Fire £80,000 Damage in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Occupants of more than 40 flats and houses fled in their night attire from an £80,000 fire in Wellington today…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£80,000 Damage in N.Z. FIRE. Government Building. Homes Also Lost. Wellington (N.z.)
Damage estimated at £80,000 was caused by a fire early to-day, which destroyed a four-storey wooden building which was being erected for the…
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The possibility of Royal Australia Air Force co-operation in the establishment of aerial patrols over bush and forest areas to give warning of…
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Sir,—I applaud Mr. Wilson for his very practical and sensible method of controlling bushfires. He advocates the cleaning up of all inflammable material in the winter months,…
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The local appeal to provide relief for the bushfire victims in New South Wales and Victoria has met with a ready response. One box of clothing and linen has already been…
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I have been extremely interested in the letters on the bush fire menace published in the “Weekly” of January 20 and 24 and also the letters and…
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The Country Women's Association of N.S.W. has launched a State-wide appeal on behalf of the victims of the recent bushfires…
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FIRE RUIN in the Toorongo (Victoria) forest involves a loss of £240,000. Urgent steps are being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →H. G. Wells In His Second Exclusive Article For "Smith's" Writes On: Bush Fires and Defence of Australia Bold, Offensive Action Is Our Only Chance Slow Awakening To Need For Defence Measures
THIS is the second of the series of articles by H. G. Wells, written here in Australia, to which "Smith's Weekly" has secured the exclusive publication rights for Australia and New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rains Quell Victorian Fires. Melbourne
Fairly extensive rains, brought by a cool change which advanced from the west with unexpected rapidity, quelled bushfires in most of the danger areas in Victoria yesterday…
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