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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

7 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

Wreckers Wrecking Themselves. National "Disservice" Group Confidence in Mr. Hughes. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Thursday 8 April 1943 · page 5

The current of condemnation of the "National Service Group" continues to swell, and there is growing evidence, that whatever…

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Underwater Lifeboat Won't Sink

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 4

For 20 years a london inventor, Mr. H. A. Gaskin, has been, trying to get a type of unsinkable, self-emptying, reversible lifeboat…

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Cafe Wrecked in Brawl. Sydney

North West Champion · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 1

A brawl which occurred between service men in a cafe in William Street, Darlinghurst, early this morning, almost wrecked the premises…

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New Darwin From Wreck Of Old

The North Western Courier · Thursday 1 July 1943 · page 8

Indirectly, the bombing of Darl win might be materially used in future planning of the town, the Administrator of the Northern…

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Always the Wreckage. In the Wake of the Flood. Curtin Government's Squandermania. SYDNEY

North West Champion · Monday 26 July 1943 · page 4

The pledge by Mr. Fadden, in his Policy speech on Thursday night, to return to taxpayers, after the war, one-third of the…

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New Lifeboat Lessens Sex Perils

The North Western Courier · Thursday 23 September 1943 · page 7

Many of the terrors experienced by survivors of torpedoed ships arising from thirst and hunger will be removed by equipment…

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Two Vessels Foundered. Melbourne

North West Champion · Thursday 28 October 1943 · page 1

With the loss of three lives, two of three vessels which left Melbourne for an operational area on Monday, foundered and sank…

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