Freighter Ashore. Recently in Australia
A cablegram received yesterday by the Sydney Murine Underwriters' Association stated that the steamer Cape Recife had gone ashore at Cape St. Francis South Africa. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1929
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News From Other States Whole Ashore
A whale fifteen foot in length was chased on to the beach at Dee Why, near Manly, this week by sharks. Garage and Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cape Recife Ashore. Vessel with Cargo of Wheat
Laden with a full cargo of wheat from West Australia, the Sydney Marine Underwriters & Salvage Association are in receipt of cable advice…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →All Hands Safe Passenger Steamer Founders Near Wilson's Promontory
Carrying 136 passengers, and with a crew numbering 130, the interstate steamer Kanowna, of 6,983 tons, belonging to the A.U.S.N. Co…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Theft on Steamer Four Men Arrested. Wellington (N.z.)
Four men were arrosted at Woodville, racecourse yesterday on charges arising out of the theft of registered mail matter from the steamer Wahine recently. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Kanowna Wreck. Survivors Reach Sydney. Engineer and Greaser Praised
Another batch of survivors from the wrecked Kanowna arrived by yesterday's express from Melbourne. They included Miss Phyllis Orchard. Randwick, Miss Hilda Reynolds,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Local Residents in Wreck
Dr. Sanbrook, of Sutherland, and his daughter, Catiline, accompanied by his sister, Miss Elsie Sanbrook, of Carlton, were on board the Kanowna when that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More Wrecking Bills Agenda Balloon State Cabinet Meets Lively Time Ahead
ANOTHER meeting of the State Cabinet will be held to-day, commencing at 10.30 a.m. It appears that the Government has on its hands so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Theatre Royal.—"the Wrecker."
Arnold Ridley's mystery play, "The Wrecker," is attracting large audiences to the Theatre Royal. A feature of the play is the remarkable way in which the railway train effects are achieved. The cast…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Miners' Awkward Demand Coal. Negotiation May be Wrecked
A serious development will occur at the meeting of the Miners' Unity Council to-day, relative to the proposed conference to be convened by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Shipwreck or Two is Nothing in the Life of this Old Bailiff Sea Rover He Bought Women for 11s
At least one man regrets that he was not on the Kanowna on her last voyage. He is James Fletcher Connell, a 77-year-old bailiff at the Supreme Court, and he has been in so many shipwrecks that it hurts him to miss…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Response to Lifeboat Appeal London
Three lifeboats are being presented to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution by four of the principal shipping companies, in response to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fun Ashore Capitol's Naval Film
Much of the comedy of "The Fleet's In," a Capitol Theatre film, concerns the antics of American sailors ashore, principally in a harbor-side dance…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In Distress. Steamer Arafura. Peshawur to Assist
The Eastern and Australian liner Arafura reported last night by radio that she whs in distress off the Queensland coast. A message received by Macdonald, Hamilton,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →There Failure of Duty at Kanowna Wreck? Official Question Investigation Starts Captain Tells His Story How Vessel Struck the Rock Melbourne
THE questions set by the Commonwealth Navigation Department for the Board of Inquiry, which commenced its investigation to-day concerning the circumstances of the wreck of the Kanowna, were:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Play-wreckers Du Maurier Reproves the "Gallery"
SIR GERALD, DU MAURIER, the actor-manager, surprised the [?] at the St.James Theatre (London). where "The Play's the Thing"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Passenger Steamer Arafura
On her voyage from Japan to Australian ports the Arafura met with serious propeller trouble when fifty miles east of Rockhampton. She is now proceeding towards Brisbane under escort…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Steamer Cape Recife Empty
A cablegram received yesterday by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association stated that the steamer Cape Recife, which went aground last week soon after leaving Capetown, had discharged her cargo previously,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Replacing Lighthouse Steamer. Wellington
The Government has accepted Armstrong Whitworth's tender for the construction of a vessel to replace the lighthouse steamer T[?]ekai. The price is about £60,000…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Overboard at Heads Steamer's Third Cook
WHEN the steamer City of Canberra, bound for Melbourne was passing through the Heads about 8 p.m. yesterday, the third cook, a colored man, either…
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