Fire in Copra
Brigades from nine stations attended a fire which broke out at midday yesterday in 450 tons of copra stacked in a partly completed factory owned by Desikoko, Ltd., in Gardeners…
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£5000 Fire at Copra Store
Nearly £5000 worth of copra was destroyed by a fire at the storehouse of the "Desikoko" co. Pty., Ltd., in Gardners Road, Mascot, yesterday…
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The Chief Secietaiy, Mr. Tonklng, said yesterday that a police survey had shown that the damage from bushfires in 1930-40 would be less than £200,000…
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Fearing that her child was trapped inside, a mother ran into a blazing shack yesterday, and suffered burns on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reichstag Fire Trial Lawyer Executed
"THE DAILY NEWS" CABLE SERVICE. LONDON, Friday.--Czech sources report that Dr. Ivan Sekanina, the famous lawyer who defended…
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COMPANY OFFICER Mrs. J. P. Wilson in Fire Service Station at Westminster, London. Tens of thousands of men and women have enrolled and been trained for the Auxiliary Fire Service. A.F.S. WOMEN care for cars and fire engines, take charge of watchrooms in all fire stations,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Keep the Home Fires Burning 20 Girls Of Group Work For 20 Men
TEN years ago 20 young men and 20 girls formed themselves into a group at Manly known as the Ipuka…
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John Charles McKenzie, 19, laborer, was fined £5 and ordered to pay 15s compensation, at Central police Court to-day, after pleading guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Veteran Retires
One of the oldest and best-known linen in the N.S.W. Fire Brigades has retired after 40 years of service. He is Station Officer Fred Ryan, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stole Part of Fire Alarm
The theft of an earpiece from a fire alarm cost John Charles McKenzie, 19. laborer, a line of £5 in Central Police Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Passer-By Stops Factory Fire
The presence of mind of a man who yesterday saw the reflection of a fire through a window saved the furniture factory of P. and R. Roder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stole Earpiece of Fire Alarm
John Charles McKenzie, 19, laborer, of Devonshire Street, City, was charged at Central Police Court yesterday with having stolen the earpiece from a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dead in Fire After Collision Melbourne
The driver of a petrol waggon, G. E. Matthew, of Taunton-averue Oakleigh, was burned to death this afternoon when his waggon collided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Ball
Poinsettias and greenery on the walls, and flags and bunting on the stage, with a central design representing the rising sun, were the effective…
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During an inquest to-day into the death from burns of Violet Gillmer, 25, the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) criticised the action of a man who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Children Blamed for Fire in Mine
LITHGOW, Tuesday.--Children are blamed for a fire which broke out in the disused Dallas mine, in Wright Road, today…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Not Enough Fire Escapes. Flat Plans Held Up
The City Council has decided to enforce the building regulations prouding for adequate fire escapes, in addition to ordinary stairs, in high city buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Finance Editor's Column Larger Profit And Steady Div. For Automobile Fire
NET premium income of Automobile Fire and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., for the year ended April 30 was £2112 higher at £132,562…
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“We should ask the Board to outline to us what basis it works on to arrive at these decisions so as we will know in the future whether our requests are…
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At the annual meeting of the Automobile Fire, and General Insurance Co. of Australia, Ltd., in Melbourne yesterday, the chairman Mr. Brunel Kay, said that althought sales of…
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