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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 · Saturday 8 February 1936 · page 15

"Good evening to you, sir." Jarvis had no note in his hand. He hesitated. "I was wondering whether you could…

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Northern Star · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 11

"Waste!" Drew said, speaking with unwonted heartiness, "If that's the sort of talk you give them at The Beacon I don't wonder that the…

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Northern Star · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 13

"No, Jarvis," he said. "Not just because of the name. There's a good deal about the man I don't like. There is his curious arrival in the first place."…

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British Air Liner Wrecked

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

JOHANNESBURG, Monday:--Imperial Airways liner Artemis hit a plantation when taking off at Pietersburg and was wrecked. Both the…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 13

The speaker was not boasting. He was indeed the soul of discretion. Had he not been he would have stayed longer. He had no wish to. He had…

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Northern Star · Thursday 13 February 1936 · page 13

No, it was not bluster. The voice was deadly calm, and the grip on his arm was calm too—a steadp grip and all-impelling…

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Northern Star · Friday 14 February 1936 · page 15

An unhappy man flushed a dusky red. Nothing this stranger could have said could possibly have hurt Wilmo[?] Drew's pride so much. Throughout the…

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Northern Star · Saturday 15 February 1936 · page 17

It was curious how the light had suddenly been switched full on to the very last man he had suspected of playing a serious part in the…

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Northern Star · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 13

"I wish you'd throw the horrid thing into the sea," Laurian broke in eagerly. Ricky looked obstinate. Laurian had said that before…

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Serial Story Wrecker's Woe (Continued.)

Northern Star · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 13

"If you must, sir, you'd better try one of the end windows." The burning hut was a much more primitive affair than Jane's "studio."…

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Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 15

The Heron was much too wise. When he had tried just now to relieve Ricky of the parcel it had merely been in order to facilitate his passage through…

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Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 13

"It's awfully kind of you," she said, answering for her "brother" in a most sisterly fashion. "OUr bandbox is rather small, and if you're sure it won't…

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'Plane Fatality Wreckage Found At Dawn One Victim Escaped Incineration Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 7

Hurled through the broken frame of the Gannett as it crashed through the trees to the ground, F. J. Eagle was the only occupant of the ill-fated 'plane to escape being incinerated in the crash near…

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Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 13

It rather shocked Ricky to discover that he could enjoy such material things as the comforts of a well equipped bedroom and the ministrations of…

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Scourge of Social Diseases Lives Wrecked Narrow Outlook Partly to Blame, Says Doctor

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 6

"Venereal disease has flourished for thousands of years, and may be regarded as civilisation's greatest and most ancient curse. It has…

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Rioting and Wrecking Continues Unhappy Spain Churches Burnt; Gaols Attacked

Tweed Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 5

MADRID, Thursday:--While Senor Azana (Premier) and his Cabinet colleagues are engaged drawing up an amnesty formula…

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Northern Star · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 17

Now let Jarvis, or anyone else, find the knife if they could! Eleanor Torr's Secret Wilmot Drew's visitor sat on the edge…

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Great Wreckage and Confusion Loganlea and Water ford Toll of Fierce Tornado

Tweed Daily · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday:--Daylight to-day revealed great wreckage and confusion in the settlements of Loganlea and…

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Northern Star · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 11

"Married," his companion repeated, "and to as thorough-going a scamp as ever drank more whisky than was good for him. Never worth while wasting…

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Northern Star · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 13

Do you suppose that she was prepared to give it up because a wastrel and a scoundrel had tricked her? There is no woman as unscrupulous as your…

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