New Motor Lifeboat
The new motor lifeboat built at Adelaide for the Queenselif[?] station is now in commission The lifeboat arrived at Qneenseli[?] about half-past 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, after…
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Oarless Lifeboat—waterless Sutherland
LEVERS FOR OARS— This is a new lifeboat for the Niagara, which has, as motive power, levers connected with a propeller. WHAT IS IT?—It it said to be an aboriginal drinking basin, and it is just off the Berowra-Hawkesbury-road N.R.M.A. photo…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →First Oarless Lifeboat for the Niagara Worked by Levers
THE FIRST carless lifeboat to be [?] in Australia was hoisted on board the Niagara to-day, after having undergone severe tests…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Voyagers Wrecked Off Queensland Coast Darwin
A telegram received by the Sub-collector of Customs at Darwin from the Sub-collector of Customs at Cabins states that the sampan in which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck Express. Wellington, N.Z.
A deliberate attempt to wreck the Wellington-Auckland limited express near Palmerston North yesterday failed. Beams from cattle-stops had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Oarless Lifeboat
The Niagara's new lifeboat, in which hand levers and a prepeller displace cars, went through her trials successfully yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Kanna. Declared "Black." Hobart
The Union Company's steamer Kanna has been declared "black" by the Hobart branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation until the end of the present dispute with the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bumped Wharf Steamer in Fog Brisbane
The oversea steamer Clan Morrison collided with the Pinkenba wharf during a heavy fog shortly after 5 a.m. to-day, but escaped without damage…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Jostled at Steamer Govt. Printer Robbed Melbourne
While disembarking from the steamer Nairana yesterday afternoon Mr. Alfred J. Kent, Government Printer of N.S.W., was jostled at the luggage…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →New Steamer Uralla
The North Coast S.N. Co.'s new steamer, Uralla, en route from Glasgow to Sydney, to enter the coast trade, is due at Port Said to-morrow. She called at Gibraltar a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Released Six-year Case Ends
The Limerick Steamship Co. yesterday paid a cheque for an amount between £3000 and £4000 to Mr. W. Scott Fell, M.L.A., and thus secured the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Steamer Territory Trade Three Months Off
From the announcement that H. C. Sleigh, the contractors for the transport service along the coast of the Northern Territory, have bought the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"A Tragedy" Locarno Wrecked? Diplomats Criticised London
Many delegates at Geneva jumped to the conclusion that the Locarno Treaties were dead in the letter as well as in spirit when, early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coastal Ships Volunteer Crews Steamer Held Up
There were few developments in the shipping dispute during the week-end. A number of coastal boats, including the Orara, Bonalbo, Coombar, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Job Control. Steamer Held Up. with Urgent Cargo
The steamer iron Crown, which was to have left Sydney on Saturday for Port Pirie, has been held up, owing to the practise of job control by her crew. The vessel was to have…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Drop Too Much Sent Vessel Ashore Clan Monroe's Troubles Melbourne
One drop of water can cause amazing damage. A month ago when the steamer Clan Monroe was leaving Hobart with a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →N.Z. Steamer Held Up. Reported Leaking. Wellington (N.z.)
The steamer Ngaio was about to leave Wellington for Nelson the evening when the firemen notified the captain that they would not put to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Pakipaki. Slight Damage by Fire
Firemen from Pyrmont and Headquarters received a call to the steamer Pakipaki, at number 22 wharf Jones' Bay, late yesterday afternoon. They found that a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Steamer "Black." Repair Work. Union's Stipulations. Melbourne
The secretary of the Iron Trades Council (Mr. R. O'Hanlon) to-day recolved a letter from the Melbourne Steamships Company, Ltd., asking for the reasons for the action…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamer Boycotted. by Waterside Workers. Brisbane
The waterside workers at Bowen have refused to unload machinery for the Marian Sugar Mill from the steamer Nerbudda, which arrived here to-day…
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