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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1925

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More Trouble N.Z. Steamer Held Up "Send Her to Sydney"

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 11

It is possible that the steamer Rona, which the watersiders refuse to discharge at Auckland, will be…

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Expensive Obstinacy. Union S.S. Company and Steamer Moeraki

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 17

Mr. W. T. Young, Secretary of the New Zealand Seamen's Union, thus comments in the "New Zealand Worker" on the great "victory" of the Union S.S. Company over…

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Sea Mystery. Body Washed Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 9

According to reports made to the Randwick Police, the heavy seas on the rocks at Coogee early yesterday morning washed the body of a man ashore, but before it could be…

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Steamer Oronsay. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 8

It is estimated that 1[?],000 people visited the new Orient steamer Oronsay, which was thrown open for public inspection yesterday. The sum of £380 was collected on behalf of…

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Steamer Rona Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 3

Through the mediation of the Labor Department the Rona dispute has been settled by compromise, and the discharge of the steamer's cargo of sugar is proceeding…

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Steamer Opawa's Cargo. Discharging at Trieste

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 12

The steamer Opawa, on which an outbreak of fire was experienced recently at Perim, is reported to have arrived at Trieste. According to a cable message received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters and…

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Express Wrecked Five Killed Twenty-three Hurt Crash Over Bridge Paris, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 1

A TERRIBLE train smash occurred at 2 o'clock this morn-ing near Poitiers, when the engine and seven coaches of the…

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Eleven Dead Explosion on Oil Steamer Victims Hurled Over House-tops (Router Cable) BERLIN, March 25

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 9

Eleven persons were killed and two are missing, as a result of a terrific explosion on an oil- tank steamer in Hamburg Harbor,…

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Trail of Death. Tornado Wrecks thirty towns

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 3

Between 600 and 1000 persons were killed and about 3000 injured as a result of a tornado that ravaged the Middle-wrstern States of America last…

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"Loyalist" Union Bad Debt Assets Secretary Could Wreck It

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 8

The heating of the application by the Returned Soldiers and Sailors Waterside Workers Union to be registered as a mades union of…

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A Man-driven Screw Lifeboat

The World's News · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 25

This diagram of the new Fleming lifeboat shows the propulsive mechanism, Mr. I. R. Fleming's new patent lifeboat was Successfully demonstrated at the Royal Albert Dock,…

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Smallpox on Steamer. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 18

When the steamer Naringa, from Calcutta, arrived at Gage Roads to-day it was reported that a member of the native crew had contracted smallpox. He was removed to the…

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Wreck of the Walter Hood. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 12

Sir,—Crace N. Harrison in your Wednesday's issue, the 18th instant, wishes to give her father all the credit for the attempt to save the crow of the Walter Hood…

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Lifeboat Launching Device

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 3

Before the departure of the new Orient liner Oronsay from Tilbury for Australia a successful trial of a new type of davit and lifeboat arrangement was made by the ship's company…

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Going Ashore Captain John Mason a Notable Mariner

Evening News · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 7

"Father" John Mason, Commender of the Commonwealth liner Moreton Bay, is to retire and settle down in his beloved Highlands…

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Wheat and Wool Fire on Steamer

Evening News · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 1

A cable from London to the Sydney Marine Underwriters states:—"A fire occurred in No. 6 hold of the steamer Malakand from Sydney to…

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The Case for the Seamen Strong Indictment of Owners Real Conditions Afloat and Ashore Demands of Civilisation

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 5

DURING THE HEARING of the Ship Dockers' and Painters' Union case in No. 2 Court, Melbourne, on .Monday last. Deputy-President, Sir John Quick, availed himself of the opportunity which his [?] Arbitration Court bench gave him…

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Another Delay Union Line Steamer

The Sun · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 9

Absence of members of the crew again held up a Union Company steamer at Sydney. The Walotapu was due to sail for San…

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Lonely Islanders. Aid Given by Steamer. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 March 1925 · page 10

On March 23, when passing Hull Island, in the Phoenix Group, the Makura was signalled by a canoe from the island, containing a white man and two natives. The steamer…

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Steamer Woolgar. Held Up at Fremantle. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 April 1925 · page 16

The steamer Woolgar, which was to have sailed from Fremantle for the eastern States, via Busselton, to-night, is held up at Fremantle. The crew have refused to take the…

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