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Fires & bushfires, 1951

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Red China Rejects Peace Move Cease-fire Plan for Korea Fails

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday.--Communist China yesterday rejected the latest United Nations proposals for a cease fire in Korea, says British United Press. The announcement was made in a Peking Radio broadcast by the Chinese Communist Foreign Minister (Chou En-Lai) who counter-proposed a seven-nation…

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Red China Rejects Peace Move Cease-fire Plan for Korea Fails

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday.--Communist China yesterday rejected the Safest United Nations proposals for a cease fire in Korea, says British United Press. The announcement was made in a Peking Radio broadcast by the Chinese Communist Foreign Minister (Chou En-Lai) who counter-proposed a seven-nation…

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Bushfires Rage in Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1951 · page 16

BRISBANE, Wednesday.— Bushfires in the central western areas have now destroyed nearly 70,000 acres of…

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Huge fires menace stations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thurs. -- Fierce bushfires are burning in southwestern Queensland…

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Fires Still Raging In S.W. Queensland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Business premises in the area were closed to-day to provide reinforcements for the volunteers fighting bushfires raging on a 50-mile-wide front near Charlesville and Wyandra,…

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Police Probe Fire Death

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 21

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Police are searching for a man with a long criminal record who made a false…

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Police Probe Fire Death

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 21

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- Police are searching for a man with a long criminal record who made a false…

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Police Probe Fire Death

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Police are searching for a man with a long criminal record who made a false…

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Police Probe Fire Death

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 21

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Police are searching for a man with a long criminal record who made a false…

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Fire Grate for Stove

The Land · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 23

"Eugowra": Write to Wards Stoves Pty. Ltd., 105 Pitt Street, Sydney, for fire grate for No. 7 Rover Fuel Stove. State clearly…

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Police Probe Fire Death

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Police are searching for a man with a long criminal record who made a false…

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Three Policemen Die in Fire

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Friday.--Three police officers from Adelaide were burned to death while fighting a fierce bushfire in a gully at Upper Sturt Estate today…

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Thief Started Fires in Offices, Police Allege Mining Papers Burned

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.-- Detectives of the Arson Squad said yesterday they were satisfied that a…

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Thief Started Fires in Offices, Police Allege Mining Papers Burned

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

LITHGOW, Friday.--Detectives of the Arson Squad said yesterday they were satisfied that a…

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concrete posts resist fire, rot, white ants

The Land · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 16

CONCRETE fencing posts possess all the qualities of strength and resistance to fire, rot and white ants. These qualities mean money…

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Australia Demands Cease Fire As Prelude to Meeting on Korea Object To Terms In Red China Reply

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The Australian Government could not agree to discussions on Korea unless a ceasefire was agreed on first, Mr. K. Shann…

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Australia Demands Cease Fire As Prelude to Meeting on Korea Object To Terms In Red China Reply

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The Australian Government could not agree to any discussions on Korea unless a ceasefire was agreed on first,…

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Australia Demands Cease Fire As Prelude to Meeting on Korea Object To Terms In Red China Reply

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The Australian Government could not agree to any discussions on Korea unless a ceasefire was agreed on first, Mr. K…

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Australia Demands Cease Fire As Prelude to Meeting on Korea Object To Terms In Red China Reply

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Friday.--The Australian Government could not agree to any discussions on Korea unless a ceasefire was agreed to first, Mr. K. Shann…

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3 Feared Dead In Bushfire

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Three police cadets are believed to have lost their lives while fighting raging…

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