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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1949

4 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Ten Men Still Missing from Foundedered Steamer off South Coast (By Wiee) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 1

A message from Sydney states:—Chances of finding the ten missing seamen from the steamer "Bombo," which founddered off Wollongong on Tuesday night…

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Cost Might Wreck Wheal Agreement

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 6

A serious shortcoming in the now International Wheat Agreement to pointed out by the "Fortnightly…

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Aluminium Funnel for British Railways' Steamer

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 October 1949 · page 1

An interesting exhibit at the Engineering and Marine Exhibition which opened recently at Olympia, London, was an aluminium alloy funnel, the funnel is fabricated for the new British Railways' streamlined Cross Channel steamer the "T.S.S. Brighton." The weight-saving of…

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Housewives vote could wreck Govt. SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 October 1949 · page 3

With less than two months to the fateful 1949 poll, the chief political parties are intensifying their campaigns to gain electoral support…

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