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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1936

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 13

"Oh, then, you do admit some women can act?" "All women. They are always acting. As daughters, sweethearts, wives—I'm…

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Wreckage Cannot Be Identified MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Friday 24 January 1936 · page 7

It is impossible to identify the wreckage found by the Sydney trawler Bareamul as belonging to the Paringa, the Director of Navigation…

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Half Lifeboat Found Off Missing Paringa MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 8

Portion of a lifeboat with the name "Paringa" on it, was found on a rocky beach near the bluff at Torquay by two Melbourne visitors this afternoon…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Saturday 25 January 1936 · page 13

The police had failed to trace him; his luggage, left at the village inn, had supplied no clue to work on. No one knew anything of him. At the inquest,…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Monday 27 January 1936 · page 9

Drew was still suppressing a desire to laugh. Sir Bromley's mingled astonishment and indignation were com[?]cal…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 January 1936 · page 10

"My dear child," Belinda's "father" expostulated. "I hope, sir, that you will forgive this shocking insult to your port. I'm afraid that my little…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe

Northern Star · Wednesday 29 January 1936 · page 15

(Continued.) "Well, I'm not quite sure," he admitted reluctantly, and he could only hope that he had not fallen very low…

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Severe Storms in Queensland Buildings Partly Wrecked at Esk

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Storms caused considerable damage at Esk, in the Brisbane Valley, and at Spring Creek, on the Darling Downs…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Thursday 30 January 1936 · page 13

Laurian experienced a sense of relief. She told, herself that she must be getting jumpy when the sight of a stranger scated her. That inquiry for…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Friday 31 January 1936 · page 15

"I'm sure I don't blame you, Mr. Poatwaring." He did not emphasise the name, but he said it very distinctly. "No doubt you have earned your…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Saturday 1 February 1936 · page 15

"Of course not!" the other repeated significantly. "Then I take it that what you mean is that in company I am to address you as 'Mr. postwaring,'…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Monday 3 February 1936 · page 13

"It gets me," he said, "how anyone can find any pleasure in a stinking motor. Hang it all, the howdah of an elephant is more exciting, and lord…

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Italian Steamer. Escapes Arrest by British Authorities

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--The Italian steamer, Fedora, which the Admiralty ordered should be arrested following a collision in the English…

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Struck Rock in Gale. New Zealand Ferry Steamer

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Monday.--When approaching Wellington Heads this morning in a high gale and blinding rain the Lyttleton ferry steamer…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 11

"No," he said gravely, "no, it was not clever to think that I could drive you two in blinkers. You're restless because you don't know how big a thing…

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Holing of Ferry Steamer. Captain's Seamanship Highly Praised

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 5

Passengers' stories emphasise their narrow escape when the ferry steamer, Rangatira, struck an object, believed to have been…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 13

She was scanning their faces frowningly. Were men never serious? Why must they always appear indifferent to really big matters! A stupid pose…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 13

"Yes, valuables of that sort are safe to te stolen sooner or later. The unfartunate possessor of the dagger met with an 'accident'—poisoin I expect—…

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Paralysed by Strike U.S. CITY Gangs of Wreckers Roam Streets

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 5

PEKIN (Illinois), Thursday:--This manufacturing community of 17,000 inhabitants is undergoing what is probably the most drastic…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 13

"Oh, he's not bad," Be[?]ida said Without enthusiasm. "I've cultivated him according to instructions, [?]ut it would be a lot easier if he were[?]not…

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