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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1930

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All Ashore Goulburn Polo Team Ponies Are Fit London

The Sun · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 8

Safe and sound, except for minor injuries, 25 polo ponies, accompanied by James, Geoffrey and Phil Ashton, of the Goulburn, N. S. W., team, landed…

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When the Catholic Seamen are Ashore How the St. Vincent de Paul Look After Them What a Year's Work Reveals

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 March 1930 · page 17

SOME idea of the splendid work of St. Vincent de Paul Society in caring for Catholic seamen while ashore was revealed in the, annual…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, March 7, 1930. WRECKERS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1930 · page 10

Some years ago the late Mr. Justice Higgins published a book on Industrial arbitration—"A New Province for Law and Order"—in which he asscrted that…

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Still Ashore S. S. Cornwall's Plight London

The Sun · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 1

Efforts of two tugs to refloat the steamer Cornwall ashore at Curacoa. West Indies, so far have failed. The ship reports that all leaks are…

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Brief Life 'H.m.a.s. Manly' Ashore to Be Bombed

The Sun · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 7

"H.M.A.S, Manly," which wat launched yesterday, and was to have been bombed at the Manly carnival by an aeroplane this afternoon, broke from…

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Transport of Wool From Armidale to Sydney by Motor Lorry and Steamer

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 8 March 1930 · page 7

The first wool from the Northern Tablelands to be shipped at Colf's Harbor has arrived at that port from Maryvale station.Armidale, The first lead…

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Hardy Old Wreck

The Sun · Sunday 9 March 1930 · page 3

COME of us who can remember that Master of Tosh, Mr. Mel. B. Spurr, used to think, when he was sobbing out "Not Understood" at the piano,…

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Island Steamer Montoro

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 8

At 10.30 a.m. to-day the Burns, Philp liner Montero will leave No. 10 Walsh Bay for Rabaul…

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Steamer Cornwall. Cargo Jettisoned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 19

According to advice received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association, the steamer Cornwall, which went aground on March 5 at Curacao (Dutch West Indies), is lying…

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New Island Steamer. for Burns, Philp & Co

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 4

Messrs. Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., have contracted with Messrs. Barclay, Curie, & Company, of Whiteinch, for the construction of a passenger and…

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Fake Talkie Film. Attempt to Wreck Cinema. LONDON, March 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 15

The initial screening of a, "talkie" film at Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, almost ended in a riot. The lack of synchronisation of sound and movement, and also occasional mysterious…

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Cheated Davy Jones for 55 YEARS Veteran of the Sea in Sydney Wrecked Once

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 12 March 1930 · page 7

Bos'n Tom Jones is a veteran of the Seven Seas, 55 years a sailor, and one of the oldest men afloat…

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Burst Main Wrecks Roadway

Evening News · Thursday 13 March 1930 · page 1

Water from a burst main in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, tore up the roadway, causing serious damage early this morning. Gangs of man busy at repairs. (See story, Page 7.)…

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Liner Afire Outbreak on Comorin Passengers Rushed Ashore Colombo

The Sun · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

A midnight outbreak of fire on the P. and O. lined Comorin, which arrived from Australia yesterday, caused the passengers to he hurriedly brought ashore. They spent the, night in a hotel. The fire is believed to have started as the result of spontaneous…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & Weather Louis Theriault on Market Schooner Well-known on Australian Coast

Daily Pictorial · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 11

One of the best known sailing vessels on the Australian and New South Wales coast -- the auxiliary schooner. Louis Theriault is to be…

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Steamer to Be Built. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 16

The Union Company is Inviting tenders for the construction of a new steamer for the Welllngton-Lyttelton service. A nea speed of 20¼ knots is stipulated for, and…

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Fire Plays Havoc in P. and O. Liner's Australian Cargo Comorin Blaze Midnight Scare at Colombo All Hands Safe Passengers Staying Ashore Colombo

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 1

ALTHOUGH a fire which broke out aboard the P. and O. liner, Comorin, in the Harbor at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, has caused serious damage, the passengers will proceed to London on the vessel, which is…

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Plane Wrecked. Two Mechanics Killed. Fatal Nose-spin. Tragedy Near Essendon. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1930 · page 11

Two air mechanics were killed when a de Havilland Moth aeroplane crashed to a paddock, near Bulla-road, about a mile from Essendon, this afternoon…

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Publican Missing. Supposed Disappearance From Steamer. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 19

Grave fears are entertained for the safety of Mr. James Stewart, licensee of the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Newcastle. Mr. Stewart was to have returned from…

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Mother and Babe Pinned Under Wrecked Cab British Labor Still to Govern Censure Motion Fails Liberals Do Not See Eye to Eye with Conservatives Mr, Baldwin Thuds London, Friday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 March 1930 · page 1

MR. BALDWIN, the Conservative leader, moved in the House of Commons the following vote of censure on the Government,--That this House deplores the depression in trade and the in crease in unemployment, resulting from the policy of the…

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