N.Z. Govt. Alarmed at Fires Auckland
The number of destructive fires in New Zealand industrial plants and stores in the last 12 months is causing the…
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Birthday Party Fire. Girl's Death from Burns
Burns, believed to have been caused by lighted candles from a birthday cake, were stated at an inquest yestetday to have been responsible for the death of…
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Sde Warburg “Field of Warburg” is a name that will appear on the next Palestine map, supplanting an un-named unknown thistle-covered tract of 650…
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Damage estimated at £1600 was caused when a two-story building was totally destroyed by fire at Hattersley Street, Banksia, early yesterday morning…
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FOLLOWING the suggestion of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Reid) in "The Land" last week, that farmers should produce the foodstuffs needed by themselves and their families on their own holdings, a neeton district "woman on the land," Mrs. L. Bushby informs…
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Charcoal collected out of the bush from charred logs left, by bushfires would hardly be suitable for use in charcoal gas units, the N.R.M.A…
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TWO youths, 19 and 18 respectively, charged at Campsie Court last week with arson, allegedly admitted to police that after…
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ORANGE, Saturday. -- The body of John Angus McLachlan, 73, was found badly burned in a small…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Keep the Home Fires Burning Keep the Home fires burning While your hearts are yearning Though your lads [?]re Gaiters For The Nurses With A.I.F.
COMFORTS fund groups are busy complying with an urgent request from A.I.F. nurses for gaiters as protection…
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LOCKHART. Sunday.--Fire destroyed George Cummins' motor garage, three cars, and three trucks at Lockhart this afternoon…
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Twenty tons of British bombs last night started a huge fire in the German naval base at Emden. The fire could be seen 70 miles…
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LOCKHART, Sunday.--Fire destroyed George Cummins' motor garage, three cars, and three trucks at Lockhart this afternoon…
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Six cars and motor trucks and several wireless sets were lost when fire destroyed a brick garage in the main street this afternoon. Three firemen had narrow escapes when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Under Fire in France — Sidney Women in Canteen Refugees in a "River of Humanity" LONDON, June 5
MRS. TIMOTHY BOWDENâwho was formerly Miss Pauline Copland, of Wagga, New South Walesâwas told to leave Le Havre with other members of the Y.M.C.A. canteen…
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Fire broke out early this morning in the factory of Felt and Textiles of Australia, Ltd., Doody Street, Alexandria. Fire brigades saved the buildings and machinery. Slight damage…
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Every large building should have a trained fire squad on each floor, Mr. H. N. Martin, fire engineer of the Sydney County Council, told…
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A fire which destroyed the cabin of a petrol waggon yesterday, in Albyn Street, Bexley, was prevented from spreading to the tank behind,…
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On Thursday last a fire occurred in the brooder house at Mrs. F. Pod[?] poultry farm, of Station Street. Fairfield. Guildford and Fairfield Five Brigades…
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Seven A.I.F. artillerymen rushed from Ingleburn Camp yesterday to rescue a six-month-old baby from a…
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Seven A.I.P. artillerymen rushed from Ingleburn Camp yesterday to rescue a six-months-old baby from a burning cot. The child, Nancy Brown, is in a serious…
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