Weather Increases Bush Fire Danger
With temperatures rising throughout the State, the danger of bushfires was increasing, said the Divisional Meteorologist (Wing - Commander…
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Fires Affect Future Wool Prospects
IN the extensive bushfires which occurred recently, sheep losses emphasise one of the numerous risks with which stockowners are always…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Weather Bureau has issued a warning that north-east to northerly winds today will renew the danger of bush…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Weather Bureau has issued a warning that north-east to northerly winds today will renew the danger of bush…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Weather Bureau has issued a warning that north-east to northerly winds today will renew the danger of bush…
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REFERRING to the prevalence of bushfires in the country the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hort[?], said his department was…
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FIRE fighters did magnificent work during the recent bushfire outbreak in New South Wales said the Chief Secretary (Mr. Baddeley)…
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A warning that conditions in the week-end were likely to increase the danger of bushfires was issued by the Divisional Metcorologist, Mr. Mares,…
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STEPS necessary to obtain fencing wire and steel posts to repair bushfire damage were outlined yesterday by the…
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A FIRE broke out on a vessel in an Australian port this afternoon. Fire brigades attended and soon had the outbreak under…
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A FIRE broke out on a vessel in an Australian port this afternoon. Fire brigades attended and soon had the outbreak under…
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THE N.R.M.A. declares that while the blame for staring bushfires has often been wrongly laid upon motorists, they must still accept their…
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I HAVE just come from some of the bushfire areas in Victoria. That State has passed through a month of unparalleled distress, tragedy and almost unbelievable economic loss. ft is difficult to convey, even to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tribute To N.S.W. Bushfire Fighters
A TRIBUTE to the valuable service rendered by bush fire fighters during recent outbreaks in New South Wales wan paid by the…
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BUSHFIRES have again swept portions of the country side, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their waits. Everyone will sympathise with those who have suffered losses of stock, buildings, fodder, fencing and plant…
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The Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General Designate of Australia, expressed deep sympathy with sufferers in the bushfires in…
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THIS week both Cinesound and Australian Movietone specialise on the Victorian bushfires. Cameraman Geoffrey Thompson, in his coverage of hundreds of miles, brings to the screen some of the most graphic pictures of the…
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ONCE again we have had the scourge of bush fires; once again there is a public outcry; and once again we are hearing the same Governmental excuses--the…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—A belief that the only way to minimise bushfires in grass land was to make it compulsory to burn fire-breaks was…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—Fire which started in the crew's quarters of a vessel in Newcastle this afternoon damaged three cabins and destroyed…
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