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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1976

22 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

The new school year begins: Why are the Progressive schools under fire?

Tribune · Wednesday 18 February 1976 · page 7

The annual return to school has been hailed by Lindsay Thompson, the Victorian Minister for Education, with a…

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Factory blaze

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 February 1976 · page 1

FIREMEN came from Guildford, Merrylands and Smithfield to fight a $500,000 blaze in a 'Yennora factory last week. More pictures and story page 3…

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Fire Wrecks Factory

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 24 February 1976 · page 3

Four Guildford men wore given hospital treatment after a $500,000 fire in a furniture factory at Yennora last week…

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ZIMBABWE: Smith under fire

Tribune · Wednesday 3 March 1976 · page 9

There is some fast foot work going on behind the scenes in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Ian Smith, Prime Minister, is under heavy pressure from Britain in…

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Set the world on fire International Women's Day, by Alexandra Kollontai. (Written in 1920 - first translated into English in 1972

Tribune · Wednesday 3 March 1976 · page 6

"The first International Women's Day took place in 1911 (on March 19). Its success exceeded all expectation…

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Playing with (nuclear) fire

Tribune · Wednesday 21 April 1976 · page 6

The nuclear power industry is in a bit of a pickle. In the last two years there has been a growing…

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Fire Burns Down Brisrane Shule Rebuilding Appeal Launched

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 May 1976 · page 1

BRISBANE: Arson is suspected as the cause of the fire which completely destroyed South Brisbane Synagogue last Saturday. The president of the congregation, Mr…

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Soviet artist’s fire death

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 10 June 1976 · page 9

LONDON: Mr Yevgeny Rukhin, a 33-year-old dissident Soviet artist, who is believed…

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Complex machine to fight fires in aircraft

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 6 July 1976 · page 8

Air Force fireman Corporal Reg Reilly, of Guildford, is surrounded by complex equipment in a new fire…

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Shule Fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 22 July 1976 · page 10

I wish to make reference to an article (3.6) and to protest against the statement in the third…

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Shoppers see blaze gut house Firemen Blame Radiator

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 10 August 1976 · page 2

Firemen from Guildford, Merrylands and Parramatta were called to a fire in a house behind Merrylands…

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Fire fighters walk out over super

Tribune · Wednesday 25 August 1976 · page 4

MELBOURNE: Firefighters staged their first ever total walkout from duty last Wednesday…

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Gunmen Fire at Jewish Shops in Buenos Aires

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 26 August 1976 · page 11

BUENOS AIRES: Gunmen fired last week on at least eight shops in a Buenos Aires Jewish neighbourhood, a spokesman for the local Jewish community said, calling it an apparent anti-Semitic action. No casualties were reported…

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'Facilities Inadequate' Fires Alarm Risk is acute: Mayor

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 31 August 1976 · page 1

SMITHFIELD industrial area and surrounding districts face an acute fire hazard because of poor fire-fighting facilities in Holroyd…

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$1m leather dye factory blaze

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 7 September 1976 · page 2

DAMAGE from the fire at Stahl-Armstrong Industries at Smithfieid, has been estimated at more than $1 million. The plant 'produced leather dyes. Staff from neighboring factories were evacuated when it was feared the…

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Fire bombs damage Zionist buildings

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 October 1976 · page 11

ROME: Incendiary bombs thrown by unknown persons at the offices here of the Jewish Agency, the Italian Zionist Federation and the Keren Hayesod last week caused damage but no casualties. The incident occurred…

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Mayor Its Out on Fire Apathy

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 12 October 1976 · page 1

MAYOR of Holroyd, Ald R. W. Devlin, has criticised public apathy for his bid to obtain…

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The ‘Worst’ Fire Hazard Union want updated equipment

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 26 October 1976 · page 1

A CAMPAIGN for improved fire fighting equipment at the Smithfield-Yennora industrial area was strengthened last week by claims that it is one of…

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The 'Emergency' in India Gandhi Under Fire on Sterilization, Censorship Constitutional Amendments

Tribune · Wednesday 3 November 1976 · page 9

INDIA: The Gandhi government is under fire over its amendment to the constitution, its sterilisation policy and its clamp down on newspapers…

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Soviet Campaign Comes Under Fire

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 18 November 1976 · page 5

The lack of coordination evident in the activities of the Australian Campaign for Soviet Jewry came under fire from Perth activist Rabbi Uri Themal last week…

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