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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

16 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Fast Red Armies Converge to Trap Southern Germans Russians Developing Caucasian Attacks Enemy Withdrawal Would Wreck Plans London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 1

Two rapidly moving Red armies are now threatening, to entrap the Germans in the winterbound Caucasus and might even cut off by pincers groups retreating to Rostov, which movement, some observers believe,…

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Schooner in Possession Costly for Aborigine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1943 · page 4

Pleading guilty to a charge of having one ULVA schooner glass in his possession, reasonably suspected of having been stolen, Nicholas Theodore…

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Schooner Beer Sale Ban Worries Newcastle Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1943 · page 1

A special conference of the Newcastle District Trades Unions and ALP branches oh Monday will discuss the restriction on the sale of schooners…

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Looting Wrecked Ship Charge Against Man Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1943 · page 1

Under a section of the Crimes Act which provides for penal servitude for 14 years, Isaac Harvey (52) was charged at Wyong court today with…

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GOLF J. M Morgan's Net 60 Wrecks Hanicap

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 6

That the handicapper's estimate of form, with one exception, was very close to the mark was shown in the returns of a stroke handicap, the first…

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Wreckage Sighted

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 1

Auckland (N.Z.), Thursday. The New Zealand Air Department has received advice that wreckage, believed to be that of…

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Sicily Invaded By Allied Troops Big Force Already Ashore

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 1

The invasion of Sicily has begun by the landing of Allied troops on Saturday morning. This dramatic news came in a special communique from Allies' Advanced Headquarters, which…

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Carrier-based Planes Wreck Axis Supplies

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1943 · page 1

Cables to Australian newspapers record the successful employment of Fleet Air Arm Typhoons and Albacores operating with Fighter Command in heavy attacks on enemy supply vessels attempting to pass through the Straits of Dover under cover of darkness. Pictured here is an Albacore…

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Reds in Control of Labor A.L.P. Platform Wrecked Wake Up, Australia!

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 July 1943 · page 3

Communism has entered into complete control of the parliamentary and industrial wings of the Australian Labor Movement…

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Shipwreck Survivors Landed in Port Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1943 · page 1

Sixteen members of the crew of a merchant vessel sunk off the Australian coast have been landed in an Australian port. Their only possessions…

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Landing for Invasion: Forces Stream Ashore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1943 · page 1

The picture on extreme left shows a US anti-aircraft gun manned by US Marino Corps protecting American forces streaming ashore from landing…

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Two Ships Foundered. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 29 October 1943 · page 1

Melbourne.—With the loss of three lives, two of three vessels which left Melbourne an operational area on Monday foundered…

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Human Wreck, Remand On Vagrancy Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1943 · page 4

Looking a complete wreck from the dishevelled state of his clothing, Edward Doherty McCarthy (28) appeared at the Dubbo police court…

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Is Paris Doomed If Evacuated Will Be Wrecked

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 November 1943 · page 1

According to a "French expert" visiting Switzerland, the Germans have mined the whole of Paris, and if ever they have…

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Japanese Wreck Age on Munda

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 December 1943 · page 1

A dead Japanese artilleryman lies near his shattered field gun as evidence of the severity of the aerial and ground bombardment dealt Munda, Japanese held air and naval base on New Georgie island, before U.S. forces took the stronghold. Its fall…

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Drinkable Seawater British Development To Aid Shipwrecked Crews

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 December 1943 · page 8

British research chemists have developed a number of stills to take the salt out of salt water and therefore make…

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