Three people lost their lives, several others were critically burned, a flax mill was destroyed, thousands of pounds of damage was done to property, and hundreds of sheep, cattle, and horses were burned in disastrous ...
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Article : 10 wordsGreat help in fighting the bush fires between Yallourn and Sale was given by Army and Air Force personnel yesterday afternoon and last ...
Article : 144 wordsTravelling at terrific speed, a fire, which began 1½ miles away, almost overwhelmed Darnum, a township on the main Gippsland line about 4 ...
Article : 418 wordsHundreds of youths and girls, and men and women of all ages, invaded the Victorian Manpower Directorate offices yesterday to register for ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Weather Bureau advised last night that the fire danger in western and SW districts had been removed by winds backing SW. It ...
Article : 67 wordsOne of the biggest fires in the history of the Frankston district swept miles of farm country yesterday. Outbuildings at Ballan Park, the ...
Article : 250 wordsAfter a special meeting of the Forests Commission, and after consultation with the Director of Meteorological Services, radio ...
Article : 99 wordsBush fires, which started many miles away yesterday morning, were raging round Yarram last night. A fire at Jack River, was the most ...
Article : 242 wordsAs a result of action taken by the Milk Board to divert supplies from manufacturing plants, no prospect of milk rationing exists at present. The ...
Article : 97 wordsCANBERRA, Mon: A special committee of departmental experts will be set up soon to report on possible plans for postwar housing in country ...
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Advertising : 36 wordsFarmers' incomes had risen and production of every basic food now in short supply for civilian consumption had substantially increased ...
Article : 129 wordsTwo Red Cross trucks left Melbourne last night carrying food, blankets, toilet requisites, and other urgent articles for bush fire sufferers. ...
Article : 72 wordsOf 144 applications for permission to rebuild homes and other buildings lost in recent bush fires, 100 had been granted and the others were ...
Article : 129 wordsWODONGA, Mon: Fire fighters in the Bethanga-Talgarno area have had a strenuous time fighting a fire which broke out yesterday near the ...
Article : 60 wordsIt is not proposed to wait until after the war to begin a plan for training discharged servicemen desiring to settle on the land, Mr ...
Article : 196 wordsCANBERRA, Mon: An increase in the payment to wheatgrowers for the first advance on the 1944-45 wheat crop was announced by Mr ...
Article : 184 words"The Army has not refused—nor will it refuse—any reasonable request for assistance from victims of the recent tragic bush fires,'' Mr Forde, ...
Article : 147 wordsBENDIGO, Mon: Fire which broke out in the Guttram redgum forest at Culfern, about 6 miles from Koondrook, on Friday afternoon, and ...
Article : 82 wordsTwo houses were destroyed by a fire in the Dewhurst district, between Emerald and Upper Beaconsfield, at 4pm yesterday. Chief damage was ...
Article : 47 words12.35 and 1.30, Community Varieties, at Melbourne Town Hall; 3 o'c. Alan Grant presents Milady's Matinee; 5 o'c, Jerry of the Circus; 6.15, ...
Article : 47 wordsFirst in with used balls will be the first to receive a supply of re-covered balls. Take your used balls now to the Melbourne Sports Depot, 55 ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 15 Feb 1944, Page 3
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