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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1971

11 stories in Sydney's papers

What's a Nice Fire-eater Like You Doing in a Trap Like This?

Now · Wednesday 19 May 1971 · page 3

Tony Spencer used to be a professional fire-eater and magician. Then he joined the cast of "Hair". He decided he was getting in a rut and ought to be doing something exciting for a change. So he moved into the Flea Market in Kings Cross…

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FIRE- Works BAN?

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 22 June 1971 · page 1

Holroyd alderemen want to see fireworks banned. Shocked at the injuries…

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Travel Cruising Fire Dragon Cruise to the Far East

Tharunka · Wednesday 1 September 1971 · page 10

Fire Dragon Cruise to the Far East offers 25% discount to overseas students returning home. P & O’s “Fire Dragon” cruise in…

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Fires in open banned

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 5 October 1971 · page 3

A general ban on the lighting of fires in the open came into operation for Holroyd on Friday,…

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Probe into huge blaze

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 October 1971 · page 3

A single campfire spark may have triggered the blaze which led to goods valued at more than $125,000 being destroyed at Guildford last week…

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Making music—country style They guard against fire

The Biz · Thursday 28 October 1971 · page 3

Rehearsing for their performance at the Country Music Spectacular at Cabramatta Civic Hall are the Cross Country Music Group. The group has appeared in Sydney. Melbourne and Brisbane. The show will be presented at 8 pm on Saturday, October 30…

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Red Tape Hampers Women Fire Fighters 6000 at show

The Biz · Thursday 28 October 1971 · page 1

Horsley Park Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade members, many of them women, are upset at the long delays encountered in delivery of vital fire-fighting equipment…

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Big losses caused by recent fires

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 2 November 1971 · page 1

Fire damage estimated at $500,000 has been caused to district commercial premises during the past month. The latest, in an electrical works installation at Yennora,…

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For right to work & not some "right" to fire

Tribune · Wednesday 17 November 1971 · page 4

THE forecasts of unemployment of 120,000-plus by next January present a challenge to the Left of the trade union movement around the workers' right to work as against the bosses' "sacred" right to hire…

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Club Dreams Disappear in Fire Sporting equipment ruined

The Broadcaster · Monday 20 December 1971 · page 3

A Holroyd football club lost everything it owned when fire completely gutted a…

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Club Loses Gear in Blaze Unarmed Combat

The Biz · Wednesday 22 December 1971 · page 8

Sporting gear worth $800 was lost when fire destroyed a canteen building at Guildford West sports ground. The gear had been built up by Holroyd Rangers…

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