Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tuesday 17 January 1939, page 8


AERIAL EYE FOR FOREST GUARDIANS

WHILE the menfolk fought against the terrifying onrush of fire in Victoria, women and children found tempor-ary refuge from the flames in the upper reaches of the Yarra River.

NARBETHONG post office, which was also a store and petrol filling station, was razed by a bush fire which swept the countryside. The steel pillar of the petrol pump withstood the furnace heat.

AERIAL PATROLS play a big part in fire prevention and 'spotting' in the Canadian forest areas. The patrols are maintained by the provincial governments. Aerial forest rangers are shown questioning canoeists in Prince Albert Park, Saskatchewan.

MISS D. Cordery, of Lismore, train-ing at the Valley baths yesterday for the State and Country champion ships which will begin at the Valley baths to-morrow night. A number of country swimmers have already arrived for the carnival.

MR. J. FRANCIS, M.H.R., hon. secretary of the Queensland section of the Australian Defence League, addressing the crowd at the opening of the new recruiting depot at the General Post Office yesterday.

ONLY girl among the youthful migrants who reached Brisbane from the United Kingdom yester-day under the aegis of the Salvation Army was Miss Mona Esser, shown here with the Lord Mayor (Alder-man Jones).

PROBLEM of feeding refugees in the burnt-out areas of Victoria is being speedily solved by the Melbourne bush fire relief committee. Picture shows foodstuffs being packed for transportation to the stricken areas.

PRIZE of 10/- will be paid to the wearer of the lucky "ring" in this photograph taken during The Courier-Mail sand garden competition at Lota yesterday. The prize is available at the local newsagency.