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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea
147 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 8
SYDNEY: Refusing to make an order for access by a guilty mother to her three children, Mr. Justice Bonney in the Divorce Court today strongly criticised the co-respondent who had seduced the woman while her husband was away on active service…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →JERUSALEM. Friday.—A small schooner carrying 462 illegal Jewish immigrants was intercepted flying the Zionist colors 60 miles south…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, June 9. A.A.P.—At least 15 persons lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the six-story Canfield Hotel at Dubuque (lowa) It was the second disastrous hotel fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Sunday.—A warning against Communism was given by Lieut.-General Sir Leslie Morshead to-day. He was speaking at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American steamer, Northern Warrior (1864 tons) put into Newcastle late last night with engine trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, June 16.—While all authorities and commentators agree that the success of the United States atomic energy plan hinges on Russia's attitude, few dare predict what this will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although members of the crew of the lifeboat Victoria agree with the decision of the Maritime Services Board to retire the boat at the end of the month, they regret that it will not be replaced by a motor-driven craft. While realising that the element…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An association with Newcastle dating back to the late nineties was renewed today with the arrival of the auxiliary schooner, Huia, with a consignment of newsprint. Built at Aratapu, on the Kaipara…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE AUXILIARY schooner, Huia (251 tons), which arrived at Newcastle yesterday morning with a cargo of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, June 28.—The skipper, Edwin Cross, announces that the schooner Volant, in which he is conveying passengers to Australia, will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, July 2.—The discovery of a 15-year-old stowaway on an Isle of Man airliner, just before it was due to take off from Liverpool,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Complaints that vandals were wrecking play centre equipment installed in Dangar Park by Mayfield National Fitness Committee were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERTH, Thursday.—A man was sentenced to-day to three years' gaol for having stolen a ketch, valued at £2000. He was Angelo Peter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON. July 17. A.A.P.— The crew of the schooner Volant has decided not to proceed with the voyage to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON BOARD Mount Kinley, July 18. A.A.P.—Vice-admiral Blandy told a Press Conference that divers had salvaged instruments from sunken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Monday: Angered by the disqualification of a greyhound which finished second in a race at Harringay track, the crowd went berserk. Thousands of people surged on to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY: A fire which began with a fierce explosion in a chemical factory at Parramatta Road. Taverners Hill, almost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three tugs worked for [?] two hours to drag the 4914-ton steamer, River Glenelg, off the mad near the P. Wharf yesterday a afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DAR ES SALAAM (Tanganyika), Aug. 2. A.A.P.—Only five persons were saved and 295 drowned when the Lake Nyasa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General view showing the vast extent of the recent bomb damage caused by Jewish terrorists at the King David Hotel, Jerusalem, in which 91 died and many were injured. Further violence is threatened if Britain imposes new searches and curfews on the Jewish community…
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