Compulsory Dipping By Studs Suggested Keep Watchful Eye On Bushfire Dangers
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 December 1943 · page 3
MANY graziers hope to have the dipping of sheep by registered studs made compulsory. In several country centres consideration is being given to post-war schemes of development of a national character. This is a matter in…
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The Sun · Sunday 12 December 1943 · page 4
The khaki-clad reporter on the troops' newspaper "Guinea Gold was taking down the news from the radio…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£150 Destroyed in Cottage Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 December 1943 · page 4
A weatherboard cottage owned by Mr. John Duffy in Waratah Street. Mona Vale, was destroyed by Are yesterday afternoon Just after Mr. Duffy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2600-mile Flight To Fire Jap Oil Centre
The Sun · Monday 13 December 1943 · page 1
Liberators flew 2600 miles on Friday night to strike for the third time at the oil refining centre at Balikpapan (Borneo). At the same time other Liberators blasted the wharf and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Oil Blaze on Harbor
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 2
Flames leapt 50 feet into the air when a large patch of oil went up in a spectacular blaze near two ships on the…
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Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 2
Flames leapt 50 feet into the air and smoke billowed over Hie harbor when a large patch of oil went up in a spectacular blaze near two ships today. OIL beneath a wharf is believed to…
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Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 2
Flames leapt 50 feet into the air and smoke billowed over the harbor when a large patch of oil went up in a spectacular blaze near two ships today. OIL beneath a wharf is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oil Fire Causes Big Smoke Pall
Daily Mirror · Tuesday 14 December 1943 · page 2
Flames leapt 50 feet info the air and smoke billowed over the harbor when a large patch of oil went up in a spectacular blaze near two ships today. OIL beneath a wharf is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Fire Fighting
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1943 · page 9
The Bush Fires Advisory Committee advised Baulkham Hills Council last week that a consignment of fire fighting equipment for distribution to local…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire Destroys Caneite
The Sun · Wednesday 15 December 1943 · page 5
Hundreds of bales of caneite, owned by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., and stored in the grounds of a factory at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extinguishing Oil Fires. (New York Times Photo.)
Construction · Wednesday 15 December 1943 · page 8
Oil tanks are a favourite target for attack from the air, and the U.S. Navy has consequently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oil on Fire in Harbour Burning Shirt Blamed
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 December 1943 · page 9
A burning shirt, thrown overboard from a steamer moored in the Harbour, is blamed for having started a fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nazis Fire Ortona On Adriatic
The Sun · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 1
LONDON, Thursday.-- Ortona, Adriatic seaport on which the left flank of the German line in Italy rests, is in flames. Allied pilots, reporting this, say that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Girl Guides' "Break-up" Party and Camp-fire
The Biz · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 4
A very pleasant afternoon was spent at Fairfield School of Arts lost Saturday, to celebrate the Christmas break-up of Fairfield Girl Guides and Brownies. Parents…
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The Biz · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 2
A very pleasant afternoon was spent at Fairfield School of Arts last Saturday, to celebrate the Christmas break-up of Fairfield Girl G[?]ides and Brownies. Patents…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 December 1943 · page 3
Sir,âA copy of a pamphlet entitled "Seven Good Reasons" and signed by the Chief Secietary has just come into my possession. It tells very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Narrow Fire-Breaks Are Useless"
The Land · Friday 17 December 1943 · page 2
The opinion that 10 feet fire-breaks are too narrow was expressed by the Captain of the Holmwood Bushfire Brigade (Mr. T. B. Chapman)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Action on Oil Fire in Harbour
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1943 · page 7
It was learned from various maritime authorities yesterday that no official inquiry was likely into the seepage of diesel oil which caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Readers Views Fire Danger From Old Tractors to the Editor of "The Land."
The Land · Friday 17 December 1943 · page 6
Sir,—At present, there are numerors old tractors being used in the wheat belt. A recent serious fire, which occurred twice in two days,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oil on Fire In Sydney Harbour
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 December 1943 · page 2
It is learned from maritime authorities that no official inquiry is likely into the seepage of diesel oil which caught fire on the…
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