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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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T.B. Traitors Would Wreck Even the A.W.U. Riley and Lyons Boost Each Other's Vile Propaganda Attack on N.S.W. Misrepresentation of Experts' Slave Code Report Melbourne, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 5

CONVINCING evidence of the collusion between the T.B. Party in New South Wales and the Bruce-Lyons Government that was…

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Broke Up Room with Axe Arrest Ends Fright of Roseville Woman at Telephone While Place Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1932 · page 1

FACED by a man armed with an axe, in Roseville yesterday, a young housewife rushed to the telephone to…

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Stone Thrown From Bridge Crashes on to Deck of Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 1

A piece of blue metal thrown from the footway of the Harbor Bridge yesterday crashed on to the deck of the steamer Pentor, narrowly missing…

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Scalded to Death In Engine-room of Steamer. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 10

William Hudson, 27, was trapped in a deluge of boiling water and steam, and was scalded to death on the steamer Dolphin, at Ocean Pier, Hobart, this morning. Hudson…

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Priceless Faith. Preserve It Prom Shipwreck

The Catholic Press · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 8

Faith, single and undivided, we must have for salvation. Nothing in history, nothing in logic, justifies a contrary conclusion. It is not sufficient to have been…

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Steamer Fire Controlled

The Sun · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 11

London, Thursday.-- The fire in the fourth hold of the motor vessel Winton, which is lying at Alexandria Docks, Hull, has been brought under…

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Steamer Fares Reduced

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 6

Reductions in return fares to Thursday Island were announced yesterday by the Australian-Oriental Line. The fare from Melbourne is…

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Schooner Is Missing Aratapu Had Ten Men on Board

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Friday. -- The schooner Aratapu, which left Auckland for Papeete on February 22, under Captain Wilson, is missing…

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Schooner Missing Suva

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 7

A wireless message received from Raratonga to-day asks that all shipping keep a lookout for the auxiliary schooner Aratapa, which left…

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Schooner Missing. Bound Rarotonga to Papeete

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 4

A message from New Zealand states that the auxiliary schooner Aratapu, which left-Rarbtonga on March 22 for Papeete, is missing. The vessel…

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Four Struggle for Life Schooner Aground In Heavy Sea MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 11

Four young men, Julian, Val and Aubrey Dyson and Colin Bell, of Albert Park, occupants of the pleasure schooner Corinathan, spent five hours…

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Toddler Loved the Sea Six-year-old "Ben" Comes Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 8

John Henry Adams (6) arrived yesterday, from England by the Hobsons Bay with his brothers, Arthur (11) and Stanley (15)…

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Speedboat in Distress. Pilot Steamer to Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 9

The pilot steamer, Captain Cook, last night by going to the rescue of the speedboat Cettein IX. off North Head, once again lived up to her reputation of being always prepared…

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Ketch Vivid. Hatch Cover Washed Ashore. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 11

A hatch cover marked "Vivid, Port Adelaide," which has been washed up on the beach at Port Victoria, on the eastern side of Spencer Gulf, has confirmed the belief that the 49-ton…

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Schooner Missing

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 4

A message from New Zealand states that the auxiliary schooner Aratapu, which left Rarotonga on March 22 for Papeete, is missing. The vessel…

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Schooner Wrecked. Four Men Rescued. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 11

After they had tried to swim ashore from a wrecked schooner in the bay near Rye early on Sunday morning, four men were rescued by two young fishermen…

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Fears for Safety of Island Schooner

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 1

A MESSAGE received in Sydney yesterday from New Zealand stated that the auxiliary, schooner Aratapu,…

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Wreck Was Blessing Beer Ahoy!

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 9

THE Wreck of the Northern Firth off Brush Island, has been a blessing in beer to some of the inhabitants of…

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Motor Lifeboat

The Sun · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 25

The motor lifeboat Richmond, which was recently completed in Sydney for the State Navigation Department, left to-day for Richmond…

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Schooner Aratapu Safe

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 28 April 1932 · page 4

The auxiliary schooner Aratapu. which was reported missing early in the week, has arrived at Papeete. A previous New Zealand message…

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