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South Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1946

2 stories in South Coast's papers

Unsinkable Lifeboat

The Bega District News · Thursday 10 October 1946 · page 3

A lifeboat that is claimed to be unsinkable, uncapsizable, and self-emptying, has been invented by Mr. H.A. Gaskin of London. A prototype has successfully passed stringent Board of Trade tests, and the American authorities have also subjected it to exten sive tests…

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Nowra-sydney Steamer Service

The Shoalhaven and Nowra News · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 11

As it is understood all the tradespeople have made contracts with the N.S.W. Railways, the matter of a regular steamer to Nowra has…

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