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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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Scene of Wreck of Yacht Teddy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 14

The coastline at Little Kawau Island, near Auckland, with wreckage from the Norwegian yacht Teddy in the foreground…

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Scheme to Wreck the Soviet Secret Defeat of Instructions Alarm Note London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 8

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Miners Claim Government Action Will Wreck Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 5

A DEPUTATION OF MINERS' LEADERS yesterday waited on Mr. Lang to protest against the withdrawal of the coal freight rebate, which, they claim, would cause on alarming increase in unemployment. From left: Messrs. A. Teece (Miners' Gen. Secretary), E. McLagan (secretary Newcastle Coal Trimmers), E. Rees, M.L.C., A. ("Bondy") Hoare (pres. Northern Miners), Fred. Lowden (pres. Southern Miners), and Hamilton…

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Wrecked Yacht

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 9

WRECKAGE of the Norwegian yacht Teddy floating among rocks at Little Kawau Island, Auckland, where the Teddy struck and was…

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Nimbin Ashore Again

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 6

Caught in a fog in the Richmond River at Kilgin, late on Tuesday evening, the North Coast motor ship Nimbin ran aground, and so far has…

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Northern Firth Wreck Sold

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 14

Offered at auction yesterday, the wreck of the Patrick steamer Northern Firth, at Brush Island, with any cargo remaining in her holds, was…

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THE Polish Telegraphic Agency Another Polish Steamer ss. "Cieszyn."

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 4

Warsaw P. A. T. — An official christening of the new Polish steamer s.s. Ciesszyn has taken place at Gdynia. The vessel was constructed in the…

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Hororata at Sydney. the Steamer That Burns Pulverised Fuel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 4

The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Hororata, bound from Antwerp to New Zealand ports with basic slag, arrived at Sydney…

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Russian Wheat Soviet Union Faces Famine Farm Policy Wrecked

The Land · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 1

DROUGHT, peasant apathy, and the incompetence of local authorities are blamed by the Russian Government for crop failures and an impending…

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Chop Wages the Level of S. Australia Manufacturers' Open War on Workers of N.s. Wales 'Lang in the Way' What Wreckers Have Done in Other States

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 5

EVERY day it becomes clearer that the vicious cry, "Get rid of Lang," conceals the major objective of callous, unprincipled men…

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DEMOLITION. Last of the Bridge Works. Wreckage of Steel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 13

Not so very long ago Milson's Point presented a scene of tremendous activity. The largest bridge fabricating shops in the Empire, capable of employing more than 2000 men…

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Fire in Steamer. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 9

An outbreak of fire occuned in the lower bunker of the cargo steamer Saros at Townsville this morning. The fight against the fire continued all day and much coal was…

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Canadian National Steamships. Steamer Service Change. Commencement Next Month

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 April 1932 · page 4

The Sydney office of the Canadian National Steamships has received advice that arrangements are being made for a separate service from…

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Vessel Blown Ashore After Steering Gear Fails. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 9

The interstate cargo steamer Ashridge was blown ashore this afternoon when her steamdriven steering gear broke down as she was approaching the mouth of the river. She was…

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Fears for Ketch Missing Since Gale At Week-end ADELAIDE

The Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 7

Fears that it may have come to grief in a gale which lashed the coast over the week-end, have been aroused by the disappearance of the…

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Batons Drawn on Seamen Bottles Used Cafe Wrecked in Melee 4 Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 7

A word of caution by a constable to a seaman who was using indecent language in Kent Street, Miller's Point, last night…

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Feared Ketch Has Foundered Missing, with Grew of Three

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Three days overdue at Fort Lincoln from Tumby Bay, the ketch Vivid is believed to have foundered in a gale…

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Ketch Is Four Days Overdue Adelaide

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 10

Searches have failed to locate the 49-ton auxiliary ketch Vivid, which with a crew of three is now four days overdue on the 25-mile run from…

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Ketch Missing. Fears for Crew's Safety. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 11

Fears are felt for the safety of three men who left Tumby Bay, on the Eyre Peninsula side of Spencer Gulf, about noon on Saturday for Port Lincoln in the 49-ton auxiliary…

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Ketch With Wheat Cargo Is Reported Missing ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 April 1932 · page 6

FEARS that it may have come to grief in the gale which lashed to coast of South Australia over the week-end have been aroused by the…

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