Boys Suspected of Causing Theatre Fire
A fire in the Hub Theatre, Bedford Street, New-town, is believed to have been started deliberately by boys. Constable, Bell, of Newtown,…
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Theatre Set on Fire Police Blame Youths
Police believe youths set fire to the Hub Theatre No. 2, in Bedford Street, Newtown, yesterday morning…
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LONDON, Monday.-- Desperate street battles are raging in Berlin as the Russians close in on the Unter den Linden. The capital is dying in a sea of flames. Sixteen suburbs have fallen and Russians last night were advancing on the heart of the…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday-- Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which completely gutted the wool- scouring plant of…
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NORTH OF CHEMNITZ, April 23.— Excitement is at fever-heat along the U.S. First Army front, where the longawaited link-up with the Russians is expected hourly. Less than 20 miles separates the two Allied armies on this Dresden sector,…
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A conference called by Blue Mountains Shire Council to discuss bush Are prevention and control was held in the Roxy Theatre, Springwood, on 13th…
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Australian troops taking cover behind the natural protection of a beach bank as Japanese shells come over in the Aitape sector of New Guinea. (Australian official picture.)…
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AT last meeting of the executive of the Shires' Association, it was decided to move for the elimination of the payment of sales tax on…
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DARING adventurer on the sea of romance, David Robertson Scott Fithie, chestnut-haired, 19-years-old radio…
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LONDON, Sat. -- Two thousand Germans were made to dig the graves of 1100 men burnt to death at Gardeslegen…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Regent picture theatre in Collins Street, one of the city's best appointed theatres, was gutted by fire at 1 a.m. today…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-- Eighteen businesses in Regent-place are closed today, following the destruction by…
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WHILE they wait for the imminent announcement of the cense fire in Europe, Australians, lacking a lead from their Government, are in doubt as to what they may or may not lawfully…
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FIVE years ago, Marshal Petai[?] opened the gates to Hitler’s fascists on the grounds that “whereas victory would mean…
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WAGGA, Wednesday.--A fire broke out in the grandstand during the running of the Eulomo Handicap at Wagga races this…
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WAGGA, Wednesday.--During the running of the First Improvers' Handicap, the main grandstand. Hacked to capacity…
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CALCUTTA, Wednesday. -- British 14th Army troops are only 28 miles from the northern outskirts of…
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A Royal Air Force plane blew up in the air over Petersham yesterday morning, killing the pilot and the observer, and scattering blazing wreckage over a wide area…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Fire broke out in a suburban theatre tonight during the screening of…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Because of superstition the Duchess of Gloucester refused to pass under two extension ladders erected to form a V over King William Street today…
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