State Proclaims Fire Danger Area Amid Bushfire Threat
The Chief Secretary announced a fire danger proclamation until March 31 allowing land burning only with council permits. Violations risk heavy penalties for lighted cigarettes and improperly incinerated debris. Fires across the state, including Wentworth Falls and Katoomba, prompted evacuations as volunteers fought blazes, while drought worsens stock losses and grim prospects for NSW crops.
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Kelly
Wentworth Falls
Katoomba
Blue Mountains
Sydney
Northern
N.S.W
Territory's Anti Malaria Drive Aims at New Guinea
Dr. Peters leads a malaria control program in the territory, spraying villages with insecticides and inspecting children monthly while testing adults at intervals. Malaria hinders progress as widespread sickness drains energy and land is neglected.
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Port Moresby
A.A.P Reuter
W. Peters
New Guinea
Peters
Prison Escapees Surrender to Policeman's Wife
Two Melbourne inmates Wil lans Thomas Clarke and Robert Frederick Archer who escaped from a gaol surrendered to Mrs H Eyres wife of the station officer after a lengthy hunt. They had broken a door climbed the roof and escaped into rough country before giving themselves up.
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H. Eyres
Mr. Eyres
Willans Thomas Clarke
Hournsey
Melbourne
Robert Frederick Archer
Carlton
Tod
W. Callaghan
Todo
23rd U S Nuclear Test in Nevada
The United States yesterday detonated its 23rd nuclear device in its current series, the last but one in the program. The blast rated above normal yield, equating to more than 1,000 tons of T N T, and was triggered from a balloon 1500 feet above the desert in Nevada.
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Nevada
A. P.reuter
United States
Mrs Burgmann Opens Sunday School Fete at Conner
Mrs E H Burgmann officially opened the St Philip s Church of England Sunday School fete on the site of the new church in Macpherson Street Conner. The first fete to raise funds for St Philips raised 1125 through parcel work sweets cake plant and a dolls stall and afternoon tea. A merry go round and a lucky dip provided entertainment. Pamela Juri presented Mrs Burgmann with a bouquet.
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E. H. Burgmann
St. Philip's Church of England
Macpherson Street
Conner
St. Philips
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