U.S. Airman Assaulted. Fire Soldiers Convicted
A Jury at Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday lound five A.I.F. men guilty of having assaulted and occasioned acrual bodily harm to Sergeant James Keriotis,…
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Prisoners Jeer As Fire At Gaol Is Fought
While firemen fought a fire in the tailor's workshop at Parramatta Gaol early yesterday morning, prisoners shouted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Faulty Flues Corrected By Simple Building Job Enjoy Your Winter Fire
LONG ago it was said that "there is no smoke without fire." I'm quite ready to accept that, but still prefer my winter fire without smoke. A fire that belches smoke into the room, either periodically or continually is not my idea of comfort, and there are many fireplaces that do behave that way…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bad Week for Japanese Fire-Bombs On Cities Allies Rule Germany Four Zones
LARGE forces of Superfortresses have delivered smashing attacks against important Japanese centres this week. During the past few days, Tokio, Osaka Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya have figured in the list of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Osaka Again Target In Fire Raid From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
NEW YORK, June 7.—More than 450 Super-Fortresses this afternoon made another incendiary assault on Osaka,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Centralised Bushfire Control Criticised by Shire Councils
A RESOLUTION, protesting against continued centralisation of power in relation to bush fire prevention and control under a National Security Regulation, no longer justified by the war situation, was carried by the Shires Association conference this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Hose Used To Rescue Cat
A powerful jet of water from a fire-hose was used yesterday to release a cat from a narrow drainpipe…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—Enemy scorn for humanitarian methods was displayed on Tarakan when a 75mm. gun fired on Australian…
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NEW YORK, Sat. -- The havoc caused in Tokio by Super-Fortress fire raids is described in "Terror in Japan," the title article of the latest issue of Collier's Magazine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cunliffe curse was hanging fire
A parliamentarian's words this week reminded long-memoried Britons of the Cunliffe curse. The speaker was Dr. Hugh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sailors Fire Captured Gun
MACHINE-GUN CAPTURED from the Japanese is used against them by members of a light naval craft, A.B. J. Peprick (left) and Sub- Lieutenant F. J. Waller, at Terebu in the Wewak area. New Guinea--Australian Official photo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cease Fire by Petain 'Premature'
LONDON, Sunday.--Marshal Petain ordered cessation of hostilities against Germany at a time when France need not have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Families Left Homeless After Fire
A fire that destroyed one cottage at Bexley at 2.30 a.m. yesterday and made another uninhabitable has left two families homeless and destitute. They have no clothes, food, or…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Macarthur Under Fire
General MacArthur and General Sir Leslie Morshead, commander of the Australians, came under hot sniper fire when they went ashore soon after the Australians hit the beaches on Labuan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cease Fire in Syria "Disobeyed"
LONDON, Monday.--French forces in Syria continued to bombard Damascus (capital) after the cease fire had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Soldiers Sent To Jail
Five Australian soldiers were sentenced at Parramatta Court yesterday to jail terms ranging from three and a half years to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bridge Built Under Fire
[?]their ingenuity and an rage by building this pontoon bridge white under enemy fire. The picture shows a 25-pounder of the 8th Division Artillery Regiment moving over the bridge spanning Minga Creek, on the road to Wewak Point. -Australian Official Photo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Want Special Rate Levy Move by Bushfire Brigades
Representatives of 16 Baulkham Hills Shire bushfire brigades met at Castle Hill on Thursday, and unanimously decided to ask the council to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blaze in Flat Woman Saves Child
Mrs. Alice Patterson, 60, was hurnt about the face, arms, legs, and hands when she went to the rescue of her granddaughter,…
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