Fanned by a 50-mile-an-hour gale. a bush fire. which broke out near Clyde yesterday, swept through a pine plantation at the foot of Mount Macedon, and ...
Article : 95 wordsA desperate struggle in the bedroom of a house in Wellington-street, Colling- wood. yesterday afternoon preceded a double tragedy in which a husband and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 499 wordsAlthough no official statement was made after the conference yesterday between the emergency committee of the Australasian Council of Trade Unions and the representatives of the coal-mining industry unions, it is understood ...
Article : 248 wordsApparently with the object of frightening delegates at the opening session yesterday of the annual conference of the Australlap Women's National League ...
Article : 692 wordsDARWIN, Monday.--Passengers on the Empire flying boats may have to sleep on board, close to a mosquito infested swamp. when the wet season from ...
Article : 165 wordsYALLOURN, Monday.--Fanned by a strong north-westerly wind, a bush fire is raging on the outskirts of the town, and menacing houses in ...
Article : 171 wordsDARWIN, Monday.--Judge Wells, in the Supreme Court, referred to the recent visit of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee, and said that members ...
Article : 196 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.--At daylight this morning about 300 striking colliery employes marched through the bush to a small pit at Fassifern; near Newcastle. ...
Article : 213 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.--Further criticism of the Prime Minister for his failure to intervene in the coal strike was made by Labor members of the Senate when ...
Article : 375 wordsADELAIDE, Monday.--South Australian courts of summary jurisdiction had the right to hear complaints under the Trading Stamp Act against companies ...
Article : 270 wordsFanned by the strong northerly wind, a fire which broke out in the wash house of a house in Rennie-street, Thornbury. yesterday afternoon, quickly spread to ...
Article : 150 wordsBEALIBA, Monday.--A bush fire broke out at Burke's Flat to-day. Over 100 acres or forest were destroyed. The fire is now under control. Owing to the ...
Article : 65 wordsWARRAGULI.--Bush fires made their appearance to-day when, with heavy gales blowing. the Strezlecki Ranges to the south of Warragul were ablaze. Fires ...
Article : 40 wordsThe strong, gusty winds affected airline schedules. Having battled against head winds all the way from Hobart. the Douglas D[?] airline Kurana was an ...
Article : 89 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.--Critical references to appointments to the staff of the Australian Broadcasting Commission were made in the Senate to-day by the ...
Article : 168 wordsBelieved to have been caused by a piece of blazing paper, which was blown by the strong wind from an adjacent property where rubbish was being burnt, ...
Article : 202 wordsBRISBANE, Monday.--Queensland coal owners are expected to make the next move in the coal strike. It is believed that the proprietors of ...
Article : 268 wordsAfter an illness of several months, Mr. Elijah Connor, former superintendent of police. of Napier-street. Essendon, died on Sunday night and will be buried at ...
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Advertising : 448 wordsAt the meeting of Footscray council a representative of the Powlett River branch of the Australian Coal Employes' Federation outlined the claims of coal ...
Article : 152 wordsArrangements have been made by the Postal department to replace the existing £1 stamp on November 1, 1938, from which date the new issue will be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 137 wordsMr. Samuel Edgeley Hulme, who died suddenly yesterday afternoon while playing golf on Malvern municipal links, was a member of the State "Hansard" ...
Article : 129 wordsPERTH Monday.-- When bound for Colombo in the liner Oathay to meet her husband Mrs. A. G. Chipperfield developed acute appendicitis, and ...
Article : 179 wordsWithin the next few days a committee of four members of the Union of Locomotive Enginemen will bring under the notice of electric train drivers the ...
Article : 204 wordsA public meeting in Port Melbourne town hall last night was addressed by Messrs. Murphy, M.L.A., and Corrigan (secretary of the local branch of the ...
Article : 77 wordsMany friends will regret to learn of the death of Mr. Lionel G. Caskie, barrister and solicitor, of Greville-street, Prahran. After a service conducted by ...
Article : 146 wordsIt was stated at the meeting of the City Council yesterday that there was two months supply of coal available for the city's electrical plant. ...
Article : 29 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.--The inter-State liner Canberra reached Sydney to-day from Townsville and Brisbane, and after her cargo has been discharged she will ...
Article : 91 wordsThe "Times" correspondent at Barcelona says that the head quarters of the International Brigade states that its organised evacuation from Spain will ...
Article : 108 wordsMrs. Catherine Curtin, mother of Mr. John Curtin, Leader of the Australian Labor party in the Federal Parliament, died on Saturday at her home, No. 7 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 201 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.--The State conference of the Australian Railways Union to-day decided that in the event of the new award to be delivered by the ...
Article : 84 wordsA Melbourne ship owner stated yesterday that if the strike continued shipping companies would be forced to lay up more inter-State coal-burning freighters. ...
Article : 93 wordsEmployes of the Metropolitan Board are anticipating a conference with the board this week regarding conditions and rates of pay, according to the Victorian ...
Article : 124 wordsHOBART, Monday.--The decision of the State Government to ban the annual mock commemoration of University students as a result of attacks on public ...
Article : 110 wordsDismissal notices have been given to a number of employes in the telephone branch of the Postmaster-General's department. Most of the men had been ...
Article : 130 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.--Another claimant to the £426,000 estate of Thomas Walker, of Concord, was announced before the Master in Equity to-day. She is ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Hertzog) has called a special Cabinet meeting for Wednesday to discuss the international situation. ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Tue 27 Sep 1938, Page 14
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