Savage Bombay Riots Troops fire on mobs; many dead
BOMBAY, Sat. -- Anti-British riots in Bombay became more serious today when British troops and police fired on some of the 300,000 strikers…
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Timber Yard Fire Checked
Firemen from Balmain and Stanmore prevented serious damage being done by fire to the Empire Timber Co. yards, Elliott Street, Balmain,…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A ship's officer wearing a gas mask worked alone in a blazing hold of the Empire Splendour…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A ship's officer wearing a gas mask worked alone in a blazing hold of the Empire Splendour…
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BOMBAY, Sunday. -- Riots against the British in Bombay were carefully planned, the Deputy British Police Commissioner (Mr. A. E. Coffin) said today…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A ship's officer wearing a gas mask worked alone in a blazing hold of the Empire Splendour…
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LONDON, Monday.--Handcuffed together and under heavy armed guard, more than 300 prisoners who mutinied and wrecked the Aldershot Glasshouse (detention barracks)…
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LONDON, Monday.--Handcuffed together and under heavy armed guard, more than 300 prisoners who mutinied and wrecked the Aldershot Glasshouse (detention barracks)…
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Heavy penalties for carelessness and negligence in starting bushfires are provided in a proposed Bushires Bill, said the…
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Legislation aimed at reducing outbreaks of bushfires in N.S.W. is being drafted by the Bushfires Advisory Committee for…
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Legislation aimed at reducing outbreaks of bushfires in N.S.W. is being drafted by the Bushfires Advisory Committee for…
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A protest against young players touring Australia to play exhibition matches was made by Mr. R. Gostelow. councillor, at the New South Wales…
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The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission in a reserved judgment today increased the salaries of Fire Brigade officers…
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The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission in a reserved judgment today increased the salaries of Fire Brigade officers…
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Alderman L. Duff (Woollahra) was elected yesterday to represent metropolitan councils on the New South Wales Board…
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The Public Works Department wants an air-raid siren returned from Baulkham Hills, but the shire council wants to keep it for use as…
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LONDON, Feb. 26 (A.A.P.).— Police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds when disturbances again broke put to-day, says…
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BOMBAY, Wednesday.--Congress leader Pandit' Nehru called on every Indian in the Army, Navy, Air Force and police, "to refuse to fire on his brother Indian on the order of an Englishman."…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Police fired on demonstrators who held up an express train and stoned it at a point outside Madras yesterday…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Police fired on demonstrators who held up an express train and stoned it at a point outside Madras yesterday…
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