Double contribution to fire prevention costs
The Broadcaster · Tuesday 30 January 1968 · page 5
Property owners are being asked to contribute twice each year towards the operation of the NSW Board of Fire Commissioners, Ald. H. Maley claimed at Tuesday night's meeting of Holroyd Council…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire talk declined
The Broadcaster · Tuesday 6 February 1968 · page 2
Holroyd Council has declined an offer to send representatives to a fire prevention meeting at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rabbinical poll methods under fire
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 15 February 1968 · page 8
(JCNS) Legal circles in Tel Aviv are questioning the procedure adopted for the election of two Chief Rabbis, Ashkenazi and Sephardi, for the city. After more than six months’…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dandenong blaze: where the 'water bomber' was needed
Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1968 · page 3
MELBOURNE: "Last week's fire in the Dandenongs was a classic example of where a modern water bomber could have been used, Mr. W. Webber, secretary of the Victorian Fire Brigade Union, said in an interview with Tribune…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Out to Draw Fire
Tribune · Wednesday 28 February 1968 · page 10
"Here," wrote Syd Davis to Tribune, "is an article on the need for a broad wage! campaign and a warning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Planes, guns stop Jordan fire in biggest strike since June
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 29 February 1968 · page 7
Jordan begged the US Ambassador in Israel to arrange for a cease-fire after Israeli planes and artillery launched the biggest strike made by Israeli forces since the June War. The hammer blows, which smashed Jordanian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seafood shop opens with blaze of colour
The Broadcaster · Tuesday 2 April 1968 · page 5
In a blaze of festive colour Charles Seafoods store was opened at Merrylands last Wednesday. This bright new addition to the Merrylands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire destroys printery
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 16 May 1968 · page 5
Fire destroyed printing equipment, valued at $20,000, owned by 70-year-old North Parramatta printer William…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire hazard in stores
Tribune · Wednesday 29 May 1968 · page 11
The big department stores in Melbourne should be forced by law to keep their stairways and exits completely clear…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire Damages Herald Office
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 5 September 1968 · page 5
Fire caused thousands of dollars worth of damage at the printing works of the “Jewish Herald" in Melbourne last Tuesday, "The Age" reported. The blaze came only three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Warning on fire dangers
The Broadcaster · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 7
National Fire Prevention Week in Holroyd commences at 11 am. to-day, Tuesday, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Story of Fires That Need Not Have Happened
Tribune · Wednesday 6 November 1968 · page 12
SYDNEY: A public inquiry would show that last week's New South Wales' bushfires, which took three lives and a heavy toll of people's homes and property, need never have happened. Evidence gathered by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Experts Probing Lydda Blaze
The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 14 November 1968 · page 6
(JCNS) The fire at Lydda airport last week was probably caused by a workman’s oxyacetylene torch setting fire to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letter from the Editor Spirit of the Bushfire
Tribune · Wednesday 27 November 1968 · page 2
THE bushfire season is once again bringing tragedy -- basically unnecessary -- but also heroism and fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mayor Launches Fire Aid Appeal
The Broadcaster · Tuesday 3 December 1968 · page 1
The Mayor of Holroyd, Aid. R. W. Devlin, last Friday night, launched an appeal to assist the victims of bushfires in the Blue Mountains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Core of the Fire Problem
Tribune · Wednesday 4 December 1968 · page 2
AMID the tragedies, devastation, heartbreak and heroism of last week's bushfires in New South Wales came new revelations that reinforce…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young and old in fire appeal
The Broadcaster · Tuesday 10 December 1968 · page 2
The very young and the very old have shown the way in Holroyd Council's appeal to assist victims of bushfires in the Blue Mountains. The first donation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Realists' break-up aids burnt-out writer
Tribune · Wednesday 18 December 1968 · page 4
TO BE "WITH IT" in Brisbane, it is not enough to be a frequenter of FOCO. The crest of the year's wave is the Realist Writers'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unionists' helping hand for fire and storm victims
Tribune · Wednesday 18 December 1968 · page 12
TRADE UNIONISTS in two States played a big part recently in volunteer work to help the victims of disasters -- the bush-fires in the NSW Blue Mountains and storm at Killarney in Queensland…
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