Grass Fire
A fire occurred on Saturday night, on vacant land off Wilga Street, Fairfield. Burning grsass and scrub was extinguished by Guildford and Fairfield brigades…
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Two Fires in Parkes. Parkes
Two fires occurred at Parkes within half an hour. A confectionery shop occupied by Frederick Woods and Thomas Clyne in Clarinda Street,…
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Springwood's fire brigade is desirous of representing its town at the demonstration to be held at Katoomba early in March. Unless funds can be…
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Final arrangements have been made for the forthcoming volunteer fire brigade demonstration, to be held at the end of the month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Fairfield Fire
Fairfield Fire Brigade attended a call to Wilga Street, Fairfield, last Tuesday evening, where an area of scrub was ablaze, but was quickly extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Losses in Forest Fires. Threat Near Wagga. WAGGA
The fires which have been raging in mountainous country east of Wagga now appear to be under control, but have already caused extensive damage…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Concrete Fencing Posts Easily Made, Fire-Resistant Supports for Boundary and Subdivisional Lines
ON many farms and stations then are seasons or periods when general farm work becomes slack, Labor required for the real productive work of the farm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Farmer Must Keep on Building Though Fires Destroy and Storms Wreck, the Homesteads Rise Again Vast Range of Material at Service of Man on the Land
REPLACEMENT of farm structures after bushfires have taken toll is necessary and imperative, whether it entails replacing only a few fencing posts or the entire accommodation of the farm, as happened in some N.S.W districts during the fires of last month…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Prevention of Bushfires. Possible Use of Air Force Planes. MELBOURNE
Methods of bushfire prevention and control are to be discussed at a conference to be held between representatives of the Federal Cabinet and State Governments…
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Continued on Trove, page 18 →Portable Wireless To Fight Bushfires
PORTABLE wireless transmitting and receiving sets, weighing only 25 lb. each, are being tested by forest rangers in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Countrywomen Assist Victims of Bushfires
THE Country Women's Association of N.S.W. have arranged a concert which will be held tomorrow night at St. James's Hall to raise…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Milk For Bushfire Refugee
A BUSHFIRE ORPHAN, this kitten takes his milk from the bottle like any other baby. He has been adopted by Patricia Trenfield, of South Yarra (Melbourne), and has been christened Noodles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires (To the Editor)
MANY destructive bush fires are deliberately set by leaseholders in scrub country, under the mistaken impression that fires improve…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bogong Fires Out. Tumut
Rain has extinguished bushfires on the Bogong mountains, which were burning on a front of 25 miles. The loss of stock, especially sheep, will not…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Dawn Fire Scares Hotel Boarders
PARKES, Friday.--Boarders dashed to save suit cases and cars when a fire broke out just before dawn in a radio and sports shop in Tattersall's Hotel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country News. Bullet Explodes in Fire. Ballina
Although she received three separate wounds when a bullet struck her after exploding in a fire at her home in Cumbalum, Mrs. A. T. Glen had a remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heroism of Nun. Death in Fire. Convent Inmates Saved Quebec, Feb. 17
A heroic nun, a Sister of the Seven Sorrows, gave her life to save 20 nuns and 12 girl boarding students during a night fire which destroyed the Guardian…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Radio Warning of Bushfires. New Equipment Tested
Portable radio equipment intended to give swift warning of forest fires, and to permit communications between look-outs, was tested yesterday at Mount Stromlo, Canberra, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Flood After Bushfires. Refugees' Discomforts. MELBOURNE
Refugees at Woods Point who had lost their homes in the bushfires endured some of the diseomforts of floods early this morning when their camp was…
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