Hawaiian Swimmer Just Catches Steamer Home Sydney
The record-breaking Hawaiian swimmer, Kiyoshi Nakama, to-day caught the Mariposa with only a few minutes to spare, after a succession of…
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Tennis at Easter Home Allegedly Wrecked Former Boarder For Trial Strange Court Story Melbourne
Pleading guilty in the Flemington court to-day to a charge of having unlawfully and maliciously caused £266 worth of damage to the property of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lifeboat Takes off 84 Passengers From Stricken Ship LONDON, April 9
The Holy head life Loat has taken off 84 passengers from the steamer Hilary which went aground near Carmel Head, sir miles from Helyhead, while en…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Steamer Taken by Japanese London, April 9
It is reported from Swatow that a Japanese warship, despite the intervention of the British destroyer Thracian, intercepted the British steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Intercept British Shipping Steamer Prevented from Loading Salt SHANGHAI
A Japanese warship, despite the intervention of the British destroyer, Thracian, intercepted the British steamer Sagres, loading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fishing Launch Wrecked. Two Men Drowned. AUCKLAND
Louis Murphy (50) and Joan Henrickson (30) were drowned yesterday, when a launch, which was bringing eight men back from an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New York World Fair Italian Steamer Cruises Cancelled Rome, April 15
Because the Bank of Italy will not authorise the issue of the necessary foreign currency, Italian steamer cruises to the New York world fair…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kept "Raiders" Away Air Force's Deadly Efficiency German Master of Steamer lgneres Plane's Signals RICHMOND
Having had a taste yesterday of the deadly efficiency of the reconnaissance work of the Royal Australian Air Force, "enemy"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Six Lives Lost in Lifeboat Disaster London, April 22
Six lives were lost when the Culler coat motor lifeboat capsized in the breakers during a practice rim to-day. Resc[?]s saved several of the crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Lifeboat Capsizes Six of Crew Lost LONDON
Six members of the crew of the Cullercoat motor lifeboat lost their Jives when the boat capsized in the breakers during a practice run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unexpected Return of Ketch to Australia Family on Board Sydney
The auxiliary ketch Hispanola, which left Sydney 16 days ago for America, via Lord Howe Island, unexpectedly returned to Broken Bay to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →260 Aliens Arrive on Overseas Steamer Many Are Refugees Perth
A. total of 260 aliens arrived at Fremantle to-day by the Ormonde, bound for the different States. The majority are refugees though a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb Outrage ; Five Shops Wrecked London, April 26
Five shops in various parts of Liverpool were partially wrecked by the explosion of bombs early this morning. No one was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →King and Queen to Go to Canada by Steamer London, April 27
Mr. Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons to-day that after further consideration it had been decided that H.M.S. Repulse would not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Flyer Crashes; Machine Wrecked Calcutta, May 3
The attempted flight from Paris to Saigon by the French aviator, Denis, has ended disastrously. Denis, who was suffering from sun-stroke made a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Note Tells of Plight Four Shipwrecked Men One Blinded by Sandy Blight, Darwin
A fortnight after their lugger was sank. and. they -were , ship wrecked on the barren north-west coast of Australia, a pencilled note…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Crashes Into Wharf in Thick Fog Sydney
The interstate freighter, Wanaka, crashed into the “wharf at Kirribilli early this morning while groping through the fog which enshrouded the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Coastal Steamer Arrives Sydney
After a voyage of 69 days from Glasgow. the North Coast Steam Navigation Company's new steamer, Bangalow, entered Sydney Harbor to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Missing Ketch. Sydney
Grave fears are! expressed for the safety of the ketch, Hispaniola, which left Palm Beach, 21 days ago, for Lord Howe Island, and has not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Cruiser Arrests Greek Steamer London, May 29
H.M.S. Sutton to-day arrested a Greek steamer which was attempting to smuggle 400 Jews to Palestine. The vessel was taken to Haifa…
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