General Wavell "Nazi Plans Wrecked"
LONDON, Friday (AAP).— "We shall need courage in 1942, because there are shocks to come and hardships to endure,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1942
49 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 3
Explosion Wrecks Axis Spying Post
TANGIER, Tuesday (AAP).— The whole city was awakened at 2 a.m. when a house overlooking the Straits of Gibraltar, from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Reckon Losses Storm Wrecks Brick Church At Cowlong
The destruction of the Methodist Church at Cowlong and reports from other centres of further damage made the cyclonic storm last Friday night the most destructive the district has known. Residents of long standing claim that some storms in the…
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At a public meeting held in the public school last night to discuss the position arising from the destruction of the Nashua hall in last…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday (AAP).—It is revealed that in the sinking of the American steamer City of Atlanta. 44 of the crew of…
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A piece of aluminium from the Stinson plane wrecked in the ranges just across the border from Murwillumbah and found by…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: Admitting that they had wrecked a kiosk at Central Railway Station on January 14, seven A.I.F. men were to-day in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley), in amplifying his policy of mine destruction in the event of the…
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NEWCASTLE, Monday. — The steamer, Gwydir, now held fast by the rocks at Norah Head, has been abandoned by her owners…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—No decision has yet been reached by the owners of the "Gwydia" to attempt to salvage the cargo…
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CANBERRA, Sunday: —A salvage party headed by a Melbourne expert has recovered gold worth £2,379,000 from the sunken trans£ Pacific liner Niagara. It is the greatest salvage…
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A mine was found washed up on a beach on the North Coast of New South Wales this week. The location of the mine has not been revealed as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eskimos' Ration Saves Shipwrecked Sailors
Eskimos and trappers of the Frozen North who ate their dried strips of caribou meat or pemmican have passed on the idea of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheepskins Save Precious Lives Use in British Lifeboat Equipment
The skin's of South African sheep are to-day helping to save the lives of shipwrecked British sailors. Sheepskin gloves, large and warm,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aif Party Wrecks 'Drome: Escape Japs
PORT MORESBY, Wednesday.—A splendid spirit of individualism and bravery was shown by an AIF captain who, with three men, decided to stay right in the path of the Japanese who invaded Salamaua on March…
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NEW YORK, Monday: Tokio Radio announced that Domei News Agency, reported: "Thousands of Japanese viewed the wreckage of a United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messages to Navy Ashore
Cable messages to naval men not stationed in seagoing ships may now be sent at the standard rate of 26 for three set phrases, similar to those…
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LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).—Informed Turkish and Allied military and diplomatic circles in Istanbul have noted that…
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WELLINGTON, Tuesday: The Union Airways 10-passenger airliner which disappeared six days ago on a flight in thick weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwreck Suit Life-Saving Award For British Inventor
A "shipwreck suit" is the latest British invention for saving seamen's lives. It is made of a bright yellow…
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