Theatre crowd sees city fire
Several thousand theatregoers last night packed the George Street entrance to Wynyard station when a fire swept…
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Hague says cease-fire ordered in Indonesia
LONDON, Sat. -- The Dutch Commander-in-Chief in Indonesia has ordered all local commands in Java to cease fire, according to an unofficial report from The Hague. But Dutch New Year…
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The South Australian yawl Nerida caught fire in Constitution Dock,…
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HOBART, Sunday.— The explosion of a petrol stove set fire to the 41-foot cutter Nerida in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cease Fire in Kashmir India, Pakistan Agree Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
LONDON, Jan. 2.—India and Pakistan have agreed on a cease-fire in Kashmir. The cease-fire agreement came…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Cease-fire" Orders To Dutch In Java From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
LONDON, Jan. 1.—The Dutch commander-in-chief in Indonesia, Lieut.-General S. H. Spoor, has circulated "cease-fire" orders to all local commanders in Java, according to usually reliable…
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A LARGE bushfire swept down a gully near Pacific Highway, Lane Cove, this afternoon threatening more than 100 houses…
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BATAVIA, Tuesday.-- The Republicans fired 13 oilwells and eight oil tanks in Jambs (South Sumatra) before bolting. They also fired Jambi's whole business centre,…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Blazing trees which crashed and broke high-tension lines caused a power blackout in the Mt. Wilson area last night. A BIG bushfire was reported…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Blazing trees which crashed and broke high-tension lines caused a power blackout in the Mt. Wilson area last hight. A BIG bushfire was reported…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Blazing trees which crashed and broke high-tension lines caused a power blackout in the Mt. Wilson area last night. A BIG bushfire was reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Decision by Jews Cease-fire Still Not In Force Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.
LONDON, Jan. 3.—The Israeli Cabinet, at a three-hour meeting in Tel Aviv yesterday, failed to reach a decision on…
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Firemen battled more than two hours against a bushfire which threatened homes in a valley near Lane Cove today…
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A LARGE bushfire swept down a gully near Pacific Highway, Lane Cove, this afternoon, threatening more than 100 houses…
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Brigades form Headquarters, lane Cove, Neutral Bay and Crow's Nest are bathling with a traffic bushfire in a thickly-wooded valley near…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Bushfire Menaces 100 Sydney Homes Big Outbreak In Lane Cave District Flames Near Back Fences
LARGE bushfire swept down a gully near Pacific Highway, Lane Cove, this afternoon, threatening more than 100 houses…
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Firemen were called to 20 bush and scrub fires in the metropolitan area yesterday. The fires were not extensive…
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LONDON, Jan. 4 (A.A.P.).—The Indonesian Republicans fired 13 oil wells and eight oil tanks before leaving Djambi, South Sumatra, on December 29, says a "Daily Mail" correspondent…
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Safety in numbers still holds with the Cannon family, of Forbes. Six of the seven boys of the family once again…
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THIS WAS A FIRE—then the freeze came. Water cascading over the front of these retail stores in Minneapolis (USA), swept by fire at Christmas, transformed the ruins into a glistening ice palace…
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