news in Brief £5000 FIRE
Damage estimated at £5000 was caused by a fire last night in the tablet sugar storehouse of the…
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Ship on Fire Races to Port
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The British steamer Wansford, carrying a cargo of Indian coal, is racing to Port Adelaide with a fire in No. 2 hold…
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THE hollowness of Belgrade pretensions to "freedom of religion" in Yugoslavia was again illustrated by news from that country, that the warfare of its Communist regime is directed against all Christian Churches and aims at wiping…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Destroyed by Fire Help Offered for Family
At 8.15 a.m. last Friday morning, the small two-roomed fibro dwelling occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W. Chandler and four-year-old daughter Gloria, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cease-fire in Palestine Truce Plans Accepted From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
LONDON, June 9.—Arab and Jewish spokesmen to-day announced they would accept proposals for a month's truce in Palestine, to begin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Holds of Freighter
ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Masked firemen boarded the British freighter Wansford when she arrived at Outer…
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MONTREAL, Saturday.--Forest rangers have reported that limited success was achieved yesterday in…
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THIS STREET in Tel Aviv, capital of Israel, was strewn with dead after a raid on the city. Fighting between Jews and Arabs ceased at 4 p.m. (Sydney time) yesterday…
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TELAVIV, Saturday.—A spokesman for the Chief of Operations of the Army of Israel declared today that "no real truce has come into effect in Palestine."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Watchman Fires Shot
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A shot was fired early yesterday by a nightwatchman, after a front door of a…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- A shot was fired early yesterday by a 'nightwatchman, after a front door of a…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A shot wag fired early yesterday by a nightwatchman, after a front door of a…
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WORCESTER, Mass. -- The sun, shining through a goldfish bowl, set fire to a chair in Earl Lind's home. Two fire…
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The committee has been formed, with permission from the Under Secretary's Department, for the purpose of raising funds to assist Mr. and Mrs. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Govt. Policy Under Fire
CANBERRA, Friday. -- One of the deepest criticisms of the Government's foreign policy was that it had weakened the ties between Great…
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CANBERRA, Friday. -- One of the deepest criticisms of the Government's foreign policy was that it had weakened the ties between Great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Claims Against Railways
The Commissioner for Railways will contest 17 remaining claims by Quirindi district landholders for fire damage caused by a train, solely on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Big Fire in St. Lucia
CASTRIES, Monday.--About 1000 people lost their homes in a fire at Castries, capital of St. Lucia, in the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Damage in Council Tar Plant
A TWO - STOREY building housing a tar plant in the Rockdale Council yards, Prince's Highway. Rockdale,…
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A TWO STOREY building housing a tar plant in the Rockdale Council yards, Prince's Highway, Rockdale,…
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