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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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War on "Reds" Wreckers U.a.p. Declaration Mr. Stevens Promises Clean Sweep

Tweed Daily · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:-- Speaking at a rally of the U.A.P. at the Town Hall to-night, Mr. Stevens, Leader of the Opposition, said the…

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War Declared On 'Red Wreckers' SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 5

Mr. Stevens said that in the Town Hall last week there was a meeting at which the un-British gospel of default, repudiation and dishonour was…

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Motor Lifeboat Expected In To-day

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 4

The continued heavy weather from the south has prevented the motor lifeboat Richmond from entering the Rich mond River at Ballina. The boat…

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Steamer Tyalgum Damaged Collision With Collier Near Newcastle

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday—Two coastal steamers, the North Coast freighter Tyalgum and the collier Abersea, owned by Jones Bros.,…

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Unlucky Tyalgum in Collision Well-known North Coast Steamer Badly Damaged But Able to Return to Sydney SYDNEY

Northern Star · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 7

Colliding off Norah Head just before dawn this…

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Little Warning Given Wreckers' Approach Window Smashing in Wellington

Tweed Daily · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday:--Shopkeepers had little warning of the wreckers' approach in esterday's window-smashing campaign. Some…

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Search for Wrecker

Northern Star · Thursday 12 May 1932 · page 8

Police and civilians are scouring the countryside for a man believed to have been responsible for placing a sleeper on the railway line near…

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Looked for Gas Leak Man with Match Three Shops Wrecked in Terrific N.z. Explosion

Tweed Daily · Friday 13 May 1932 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Thursday:— A man looked for a gas leak with a lighted match in One-hunga. He found the leak,…

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The Wrecker Wrecked

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 17 May 1932 · page 2

THE inglorious reign of the Lang Government has come to a more inglorious end. Mr. Lang is impervious to humiliation, so it…

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Lang Plan Wrecks Labour Disaster and Disunity Mr. Scullin's Regrets Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 23 May 1932 · page 5

The leader of the Opposition (Mr. Scullin) addressed the Federal A.L.P. executive, officials of Labour Leagues and…

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Wrecked 'Plane Parts Souvenired Assessing the Damage

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 May 1932 · page 6

An inspection by members of the Lismore Aero Club's 'plane at Bangalow yesterday morning showed that the damage caused in the…

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Missing Seaplane Steamer Still Searching

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 3

BATAVTA, Tuesday:-- Government steamer Flores is still searching the sea beyond Timor for the missing Junker hydroplane, with two Germans…

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Launch Wrecked Fierce Gale in New Zealand

Tweed Daily · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Wednesday: -- Another fierce gale is sweeping the province, with a bitterly cold wind and a heavy fall of snow in the back country. A…

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Steamer a Total Wreck Wellington (N.z.)

Northern Star · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

The Union Company's steamer, the Kaponga, was abandened as a total wreck on the rocks on the north breakwater at Greymouth at four…

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Plane Found Wrecked Rome

Northern Star · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 5

An aeroplane piloted by Capt. Goulette with survivors of the Georges Philippar shipping disaster, was found wrecked near Wer[?]li in the province…

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Ferry Steamer for £90

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 June 1932 · page 2

Eighteen ferry steamers belonging to Sydney Ferries, Ltd., which have passed their days of usefulness owing to the advent of the Harbour Bridge,…

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"Lang the Wrecker" Mr. Coates' Description Coonamble

Northern Star · Saturday 4 June 1932 · page 7

Mr. J. F. Coates, M.L.C., leader of the Federal Labour Party, described Lang as the champion wrecker…

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Accident on Steamer Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 3

While working in the hold of the steamer Ballarat to-day, Thomas Baxendale (54), a carpenter, of Balmain, was badly injured when a sling of…

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Tailshaft Broken Steamer Drifting Helplessly

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 June 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday:—With the tail-shaft broken, the steamer Milluna is drifting helplessly in the Great Australian Bighty, south of Esperance. A…

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