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Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
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Fighting in the Western Desert has died down, but the area is still ` strown with the wreckage of battle. Picture shows: Guns being recovered in the background and a knocked-out enemy carrier in the foreground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →RECIFE (Brazil) Jan. 26.— Alter 61 days in an open lifeboat Mrs. Gordon, of Victoria, Australia, and James Whyte,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON February 5 —An important railway bridge between Salonika and Gerll has been blown up by Greek patriots, says…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three persons had a lucky escape from injury yesterday afternoon when a rowing boat, from which they were fishing in the harbour, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. V. M. Ware, of Scone, recently received a letter from her son, Ron. Ware, of the Merchant Navy, telling her of his experiences…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWCASTLE Wednesday — The Newcastle Trades Hall Council is to be asked th orhanise a general beer strike to force…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LOS ANGELES Feb. 25 Lieut ; John Sturdiee, of the Royal Canadian Navy said U-boat commanders attempt to mislead attacking warships by propelling prisoners through, torpedo tubes, together with debris-and oil, creating an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. V. M. Ware, of Scone, recently received a letter from her son, Ron Ware, of the Merchant Navy, telling her of his experiences when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEWCASTLE Mon.—Proposals for a beer strike in the district will be considered to-night at the Trade Hall when more than 800…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From the unions' viewpoint, all hotels in the Newcastle district are on the black list. No arrangements have yet been made to picket hotels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA Friday — Not a single ship, man, or piece of enemy equipment got through the terrific air blitz which Allied aircraft launched on the Japanese convoy of 22 ships heading for New Guinea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small parties of survivors from Japanese ships sunk in the Bismarck Sea are drifting ashore. Fifty-five reached the coast of New Guinea,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON March 6.—An [?] Plane is believed to have been [?] people in flight” by a submerged British submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →As the ships came into port under a blue sky and through a light heat haze, every porthole trained a head, the open decks were crowded. First…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY Wed.—The super structure of a 10,000 ton [?] was damaged by fire in an Australia port early to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CANBERRA Thursday. - Newcastle’s Ker quota is to be examined by the Minister for Customs (Senator Keanc) to see If…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An improvised raft was washed ashore near Terrigal on Wednesday. Earlier it had been sighted about two miles off the coast, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under a section of the Crimes Act, which provides for penal servitude for 14 years, Isaac Harvey, 52, was charged at the Wyong Court with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON May 16—The unprecedented activity of the Allied air forces operating from Britain and elsewhere last week is no longer regarded in London as merely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unprecedented activity of Allied Air Forces operating from Britain and elsewhere last week is no longer regarded in London…
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