New Steamer for Newcastle
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 6
The steamer Mulubinba, the latest addition to the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's fleet was the centre of interest at King's Wharf to-day. It was the new visit of the new ship to Newcastle. The pictures show the Mulubinba's bows, portion of the cargo-handling gear and funnel (centre) and a view of the "cruiser" stern. (Inset is Captain C. F. Tinkler, in command of the ship. AN ARTIST'S SKETCH PLAN of the new layout of the Railway-street, Cook's Hill area if the City Council's £90,000 rehousing plan is carried out. Officials ex-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Cargo Steamer Arrives Interest in the Mulubinba
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 June 1937 · page 6
Considerable interest was shown by Newcastle shipping men to-day in the cargo steamer Mulubinba, a notable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Steamer Modern Features Impress Visitors Greetings From Newcastle-on-tyne
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 8
The trim lines and modern appointments of the Mulubinba, the latest addition to Newcastle's steamers were admired yesterday by many representatives of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Smallpox Case Chinese on Changte Steamer Quarantined Brisbane
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 7
When the steamer Changte arrived at Thursday Island yesterday morning from Hongkong, via Manila, a Chinese seaman who had developed a rash since Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Italian Move Staff Officers in Spain Troops for Franco Spanish Steamer Sunk (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 27
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 7
The Spanish Embassy in London announces that the Spanish Government learns from a reliable source that the map section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kakariki Wreck Removal Complaints at Delay in Melbourne
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2
Shipmasters and seamen on interstate vessels, calling at Melbourne, have complained of tho delay by the authorities in taking steps to remove…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sidelights—here, there, everywhere Port's Worst Wreck
The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 June 1937 · page 6
MONDAY, July 12 will be the 71st anniversary of the port's worst shipping disasters—the Cawarra wreck. Of her passengers and crew only one…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Steamer with Cargo of Figs
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 2
It is expected that the Dutch steamer Nijkerk. which has visited Newcastle regularly for some years, will be chartered for the periodical shipment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Physical Wrecks" Public Service Officers in Northern Territory CANBERRA
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1937 · page 4
In his last report as Administrator of the Northern Territory, Lieut.-Colonel R. H. Weddell tells of the strain under which officers of the Public Service are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coroner's Inquiry Into Minmi Wreck Sydney
The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 18
The Coroner's inquiry into the wreck of the Minmi on May 13, at Cape Banks, near Botany Heads, will be held to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Sale of Coastal Steamer Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 10
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company has sold the steamer Maiapbar, of 513 tons, to the Port Stephens Steamships Limited, Newcastle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Minmi Wreck Inquiry Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 July 1937 · page 4
An inquiry into the cause of the death of Robert Burnside, 45, and Frederick Bolton, 40, members of the crew of the collier Minmi, which went ashore and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Delayed Steamer Fifteen of Crew Gaoled LONDON, July 1
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 12
Fifteen firemen and trimmers, charged with impeding the navigation of the teamer Port Caroline at Timaru (N.Z.) on May 1 by delaying the ship because…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Minmi Wreck Inquest on Fatalities Captain Callum's Story Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 July 1937 · page 11
A finding that Bolton had died from heart disease, probably accelerated by the shipwreck, and that Burnside had been drowned after having accidentally fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →British Steamer Seized by Dutch Amsterdam
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 July 1937 · page 1
At the request of a group of Spanish banks. the Public Prosecutor of Middlebrug, backed by a Dutch warship,. seized the Thorpe Hall, commanded by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Interstate Steamer Sydney
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 8
The first of four new steamers that are being built for the Adelaide Steamship Co. Ltd.—the Bungaree (3042 tons)—reached Sydney to-day from Dundee after a good…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disappeared From Mail Steamer R.M.S. ORONSAY. at Sea
The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 July 1937 · page 1
C. Muscat, a Maltese passenger, who was rescued after falling overboard last week, to-day evaded an attendant and disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Wrecked Hit Reef off Nobbys Beach One Man Drowned Companion Reaches Shore
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 9
A 28ft. motor-launch ran on to a line of reef out from Nobbys Beach shortly after 8.o'clock last night, and was wrecked. One of the two occupants, Alex Robinson, of Warriewood Beach, near Narrabeen, was drowned. His…
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1937 · page 10
You8ng men from Nobbys unemployment camp, with lobster pors, drumjs, life-belts and other euipment salvaged along Nobbys Beach after the motor-launch, bound from Sydney to the North Coast, was wrecked on Big Ben Reel last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Survivor's Vivid Story Wreck of Launch Near Nobbys Lifebelt Washed From Mate's Hands
The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 July 1937 · page 5
More evidence was taken by the Coroner (Mr. A. G. Chiplin) at Newcastle courthouse to-day, in the inquest on Alexander Duncan Robertson, 60, retired farmer, who was drowned off Nobbys on the night of…
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