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  2. DEATH ROLL NOW 68 Lives Lost in 9 Days

    In nine days bush fires have killed 68 persons in Victoria. Two of these were reported yesterday. More than one-half of the bodies were ...

    Article : 512 words
  3. TOWNS ARE SAFE Heavy Damage In S.W.

    Towns in many areas of the State reported last night that fires had been checked by cooler conditions and rain, although there was ...

    Article : 965 words
  4. TO DIRECT RELIEF

    State Cabinet appointed last night a Bush Fire Sub-committee to deal with all applications for relief by sufferers from the bush ...

    Article : 1,393 words
  5. ONE CONTROL URGED Fighting Fires in Australia

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Action will probably be taken in the near future to build up an official organisation for the prevention of ...

    Article : 324 words
  6. £5,000 FOR FUND City Council

    On the unanimous recommendation of the finance committee, the Melbourne City Council voted £5,000 to the Lord Mayor's bush ...

    Article : 226 words
  7. COMPULSORY DUG-OUTS Commission May Act

    As a result of the tragedies in the bush fires, the Forests Commission may ask the Ministry to vest in it authority to compel ...

    Article : 610 words
  8. The 1846 Argus

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 words
  9. WORK OF RED CROSS

    The tremendous task of organising relief for nearly 1,500 refugees in the bush Are areas has been undertaken by the Red Cross Society in Melbourne, with ...

    Article : 200 words
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    Advertising : 308 words
  11. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE

    If there were any reason to believe that present relief measures for bush-fire sufferers were inadequate, the Federal Government would assist, the Prime ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. INQUIRY SOUGHT

    After an interview with the deputy leader of the State Parliamentary Labour party (Mr. cremean) yesterday, the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) agreed to ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. LORD MAYOR'S FUND

    Further contributions of £2,567/16/9 to the Lord Mayor's (1939) Bush Fire Relief Fund, the total of which is now £11,204/12/10, were announced yesterday ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. CREW CONTRIBUTES

    Hearing of the widespread suffering caused by the bush fires, all officers and men of the British freighter Pilar de Larrinaga, which is lying at anchor in the ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. WIDE POLICE INQUIRY

    Police investigations into the causes of all bush fires are being intensified, and when inquiries are completed many prosecutions ...

    Article : 203 words
  16. RUTH DRAPER—£100

    The Governor (Lord Huntingfield) has received the following cable message from Miss Ruth Draper, the famous diseuse, who visited Melbourne last year:— ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. INSPECTION OF AREAS

    A two-days' inspection of the bush fire areas will be made this week by the Premier (Mr. Dunstan), who will probably be accompanied by the Minister for Lands ...

    Article : 310 words
  18. SMOKE AFFECTS N.Z.

    AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday. —Unusual effects of light, apparently due to the combination of low clouds and smoke from the bush fires in Australia, were ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. WOOD'S POINT REFUGEES

    Advice of the safety of a number of refugees from Wood's Point was received yesterday by the Forests Commission through an amateur radio station. ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. NEW TOWN ON ASHES

    Councillor Hemsworth, chairman of the Warrandyte branch of the Public Assistance Committee and organiser of relief for Warrandyte, has plans for building a better ...

    Article : 284 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 215 words
  22. FUNERALS OF VICTIMS

    MOE, Monday.—This afternoon the remains of Mr. Albert Bentley Saxton and his wife, who were suffocated in a dugout at Saxton's sawmill, Tanjil Bren, were ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. POSTAL DAMAGE £35,000

    Damage estimated so far at £35,000 has been caused to telephone and telegraphic equipment by the bush fires, the Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. FREDERICK TOPPING

    The funeral of Mr. Frederick Topping, of Warrandyte, took place in the Preston Cemetery yesterday. Mr. Topping, who was aged 72 years, was burned in a fire ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. PAGES OF FIRE PICTURES

    This weeks issue of "The Austialasian," which will be on sale to-morrow morning, will contain seven pages of pictures of the bush fire scenes in all the important ...

    Article : 83 words
  26. SERVICES PRAISED

    The Governor (Lord Huntingfield) has requested the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) to convey through the Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) the following ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. FUNERAL OF BOY

    NHILL, Monday.—There was a tragic scene at the Nhill Cemetery yesterday when Walter Habel, suffering burns and shock, and supported by his sister and ...

    Article : 85 words
  28. Advertising

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    Advertising : 65 words
  29. N.Z. SYMPATHY

    CANBERRA, Monday.—His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Gowrie) has received the following message from the Governor-General of New Zealand ...

    Article : 76 words
  30. Advertising

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    Advertising : 23 words
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