State Forest in Danger. Fight Against Bushfire. GOULBURN
Since Tuesday morning, firefighters some of whom are reaching a state of exhaustion from loss of sleep, have been waging a desperate battle to save…
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Caused Huge Bushfire
MELBOURNE, Friday.--A fire lit by James Healey, 47, to boil his billy got out of control and swept over 500,000 acres of country, doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bushfires, Drought Were Disregarded Happy Crowd of Punters Stayed for Dance to Aid War Fund. Canberra
Canberra picnic races were held triumphantly today in spite of a trio of disasters--war, bushfires, and drought. After the outbreak of war most Picnic Race Clubs cancelled…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--A meeting of residents of Torquay, the seaside town which was almost destroyed by bushfires on Wednesday, has been called to…
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MOSS VALE, Saturday. -- For three days and three nights this week two forestry officers and 80 employees fought a fierce bushfire in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →French Govt. Under Fire Public Outcry Over Defeat Of Finland Vast Armies Paralysed in the West Enemies Mingle LONDON
While French political circles are seething with dissatisfaction over the Government's conduct of the war, and demanding Cabinet reconstruction to enable a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Between you and me... They take bushfires in their stride at Canberra... Easter plans in town and out... Sidelights on Red Cross Day
I'VE always admired country people for their happy knack of motoring a hundred miles or so to a picnic race meeting and arriving uncreased and cool…
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LONDON, Sunday.--Paris states that there was artillery action on the Western Front yesterday, principally in the Saar region…
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Dunford, of Cobden, were awakened last night by the roaring of flames near their bed. They just had time to remove their eight sleeping children to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Clergyman Is Saved by Aborigines Remarkable Rescue in Launch Fire Darwin
"I OWE my life to two aborigines," said the Rev. W. B. Chaseling last night when he arrived here from Arnheim Land. The Rev. [?] and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heads Wartime Govt. at 71 Chamberlain Policy Is Under Fire LONDON
Recalling that Mr. Chamberlain will be 71 tomorrow, the Parliamentary correspondent of "The Times" forecasts a searching debate when the Prime Minister surveys in the Commons on…
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In the Agricultural Hall at the Show is an unusual exhibit by the Bush Fires Advisory Committee. Vivid photographs of fires and…
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Fires in the western district of Victoria last week covered 300,000 acres and burned 50,000 sheep, according to a provisional estimate by…
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WEST WYALONG, Monday. -- George Thurling was fined £10 at Wyalong Police Court for having started a bushfire. This was the first prosecution in the…
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"In the event of an outbreak of fire, the neighbors congregate to fight it, and experience shows that there is very little…
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A little charred bundle, placed carefully in a box and locked in a drawer at Parramatta Police Station,…
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OBERON, Tuesday. -- George Moate, 83, a partially-crippled prospector, was burned to death in his slab shack at Mount Werong…
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The vigilance of officers of the Australian Newsprint Mills Pty., Ltd., in preventing forest fires, has been suggested as an example to the…
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So intense was the heat of a fire which to-day destroyed a garage and two cars at Ashfield that the door handles on one car-- a late model…
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"It's at 31 Hall Street," said Fireman P. Eldridge, after taking a fire call at Auburn Fire Station on Thursday. "What?" exclaimed senior fireman A…
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