Tackle Bush Fires Federally
"Bush fire fighting should be a civil defence job," said the Canberra Times in an editorial fast week…
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Forest Fires Reduce Timber Supplies
"Timber being a long-term crop, forest fire losses have a far-reaching effect on future community prosperity," says the N.S.W. Bushfire Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prosecutions for Fire Lighting
Fairfield police have been keeping a strict watch on the starting of fires in the municipality since the bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in Lunn's Paddock, Cabramatta
A grass fire broke out in Lunn's Paddock, Cabramatta, on December 30. Cabramatta, brigade, under Captain Frank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trapped by Fire Three Men for Two Days
Three Sydney, men were trapped for two days, at the headwaters of the Clyde River on the South Coast, while a bushfire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire Fighters GLENBROOK
Glenbrook Fire Brigade was very active in helping to combat bush fires 0t Springwood and Faulconbridge during the holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Canley Heights
When a grass fire broke out in Cambridge Road, Canley Heights, last Saturday afternoon it threatened [?]ulty sheds belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Folding Street, Fairfield
A large scrub fire sent Fairfield Fire Brigade scurrying put on Tuesday afternoon if last week and the volunteers effected a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Ban Helps Hospitals Paper Appeal
"The Chief Secretary Department's ban on lighting fires in suburban backyards had helped Hospital Waste Paper Appeal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fairfield Volunteer Fire Brigade on T.v.!
Fairfield Volunteer Fire Brigade was on T.V. last Monday night, Two young, enthusiastic members of this very…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Pensioners Assn., Penrith Branch Support for Burnt-out Pensioner (By the Secretary)
At the Penrith Branch meeting of the Old Age and Invalid Pensioners' Association held on Tuesday, January 15, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ban on Backyard Fires Helps Hospitals
"The Chief Secretary's ban on lighting fires in suburban backyards had helped hospital wastepaper appeal collections,"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Caused by Engine Soon Extinguished
Shortly after passenger train No. 37, on Sunday, passed through Kingswood railway station at 10.7 a.m., and through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fairfield Fires
A large area of grass caught [?]light at the rear of Fairfield High School last Saturday afternoon and the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Ban Helps Hospital
"The Chief Secretary's Department's ban on lighting fires in suburban backyards has helped…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Misfortune for Boys Macquarie Fields Fire Appeal Commenced
On Saturday December 29 last. a group of 41 boys and officers, all members of the British Empire Boys' Brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Cycle Catches Fire Driver Fatally Burnt
About 6.15 p.m. on Saturday, Anthony Byrne, 19 years, who was residing at Chandos Street, Ashfield, was riding a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Saudi Arabia Opens Fire
TEL AVIV, Wed.: Artillery and machine-gun fire was directed by Saudi Arabian positions on Friday, at an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Bigger and Better Fires at Fairfield"
When Ald. Fraser asked the Mayor of Fairfield who responsible for lighting a fire which occurred recently at…
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A large grass fire in Collins St. Yennora (where the new T. V. factory is being erected) gained the attention of Fairfield…
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