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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1941

29 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Budget May Wreck Government

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 September 1941 · page 2

CANBERRA, This Afternoon. Labor members who are beginning to assemble here for this week's vital Budget session are inclined to the…

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Schooner’s Blast. Destroys R.A.F. Plane. Two Italian Liners Sunk. LONDON

Leader · Wednesday 24 September 1941 · page 2

Pressing home an attack on an enemy schooner in the Mediterranean, an R.A.F. bomber flew so low that it…

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SUNSPOTS Overseas Broadcasts Wrecked

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 September 1941 · page 22

SUNSPOTS are spoiling the reception in Australia of the overseas news broadcasts. Some radio messages from…

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Churches Unite Over the Wreckage of 3000 Places of Worship

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 October 1941 · page 24

MOVEMENTS of Britain's population will be taken into account before decisions are finally made to build again…

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Steamer V U-boat London

National Advocate · Monday 13 October 1941 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer that was hit by a torpedo in the Atlantic, and which succeeded in driving off the U-boat, has reached port. After securing a hit with a torpedo, the U-boat surfaced, evidently with the…

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Wrecked Plane Tanks Said to Contain Water DARWIN

National Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1941 · page 3

Extraordinary suggestions that petrol tanks of a crashed ambulance plane had contained water was made at an inquest here today…

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Wrecked Ambulance Plane Tanks Contained Water ?

Leader · Friday 14 November 1941 · page 4

Extraordinary suggestions, that there was water in the tanks of an ambulance plane which crashed during a flight,…

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Almost Wrecked Ship, Sailor’s Love for Hula Girl. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 17 November 1941 · page 1

Dieater almost betel the ketch. Golden Hind, the owner, Mr. H. R. Jenkins, and the Tongan crew of two, because of a Tongan…

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Christian Churches Unite Over Wreckage of 3,000 Places of Worship LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 1

Movements of Britain's population will be taken into account before decisions are finally made to build the churches bombed by Nazi airmen…

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