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  2. BIG HARVEST LOSSES IN WIDESPREAD FIRES

    THOUSANDS of pounds damage was caused by fires in country towns and over grass land yesterday. With intense heat and drying winds helping the flames, fire brigades and volunteers, working often without adequate ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 133 words
  3. STATION FIRES NEAR WAGGA

    WAGGA (N.S.W.), Wednesday.—Fire which broke out in Borambola district late today was burning fiercely in ...

    Article : 181 words
  4. Ararat Church Destroyed

    ARARAT, Wednesday. — Ararat’s historic and handsome Church of England was destroyed by lire today. As the flames roared through the roof, rising 80ft., the fire brigade worked without hope, powerless to save the building because of the intense heat. ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. CATTLE DOG AS STARTER; TRAINER FINED £5

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—D. Lewis, trainer of Te Hero, was fined £5 at Kensington races today for having taken a cattle-dog to the course in an attempt to make the horse start. Te Hero refused to leave the ...

    Article : 203 words
  6. Maffra Fire Sweeps 100 Acres of Hay

    MAFFRA, Wednesday.—In a temperature of 104 deg., while the harvest was being brought in on Messrs. Gray Bros.' property, [?] miles from Maffra, a motor truck caught fire and set the hay alight. The driver, Ted Gray, had a narrow escape. ...

    Article : 131 words
  7. DASH THROUGH FLAMES

    TO escape from flames when he was trapped behind a furnace at the premises of All Metals Smelters, Rosslyn Street, ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. Great Area Of Grass Burnt Near Sale

    SALE, Wednesday. — With the ther-mometer registering 105 in the shade, the biggest grass fire in the district this season broke' out at ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. Whole Block Menaced In Tatura Blaze

    TPATURA, Wednesday. — Fire today menaced a block of wooden business houses in Hogan Street, Tatura. Starting in a storage shed behind ...

    Article : 78 words
  10. AIR VICE-MARSHAL'S POSITION FOR CABINET DISCUSSION

    THE Prime Minister (Mr. Menzics) will return to Melbourne today from Macedon to preside at a meeting of the War Cabinet. CABJNET will receive a detailed report from the Minister for Air ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. Sand Castle Builder In Beach Rescue

    WHlLE children were busy building sand castles in The Sun contest at Frankston yesterday, a 12-years-old girl got into difficulties 100 yards ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. Today's Forecast

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 words
  13. GERMAN EXPLOSIVES OFF COAST: BOY HURT

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Tins of German depth-finding ex-plosives, washed up on the South Coast, haye puzxled naval and army officers in Sydney. They cannot explain their presence in the sea. ...

    Article : 143 words
  14. Queensland Deficit Higher

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A deficit of £1,219,532 lor the first six months of the financial year is shown in Government accounts. For the ...

    Article : 33 words
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    THE DRIVER HAD A NARROW ESCAPE late last night when this sedan crashed on a rockery in Dandenong Road, near Windsor Bridge. A palm tree prevented it crashing through the railway fence on to -the line 50ft. below. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  16. Woman And Daughter Killed By Express

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday.— Mrs. Lorn Smith, CO, and her daughter, Agnes Smith, 24, were killed when the Rotorua express ...

    Article : 37 words
  17. GIFT BOOK THAT WILL BE SHELVED

    BEAUTIFULLY bound and printed, and generously illustrated by photographs, a book entitled Memoirs of My Life was received unexpectedly yesterday by the Lord Mayor (C. Coles) from James George Kanka, of Chicago. ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. Polar Ship Starts South

    DUNEDIN (N.Z.), Wednesday.— Rear Admiral Byrd's polar expedition ship Polar Star sailed for (he Antarctic from Dunedin today. ...

    Article : 23 words
  19. Mort's Dock To Duifcf Warship

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Tile Federal *¦Government lias decided that one of two Tribal class destroyers will be built at Mort’s Dockyud. ’igi ...

    Article : 37 words
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