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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1932

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"Is Deliberate" Scheme To Wreck Present System

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9

"I say definitely that this default by N.S.W. is deliberate and is part of a scheme to wreck the present system," said the Deputy-Leader of…

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Schooner's Long Voyage. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 17

When the Finnish schooner Grace Harwar reached Auckland after a voyage of 71 days from Seychelles, laden with guano, her master reported that no other vessel had been sighted…

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Phantom Steamer Big Orders--bogus Chief Steward Paid by Cheque

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 7

Posing as the chief steward of the s.s. Marion, a vessel unknown in Sydney, and using the name of her captain, also…

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Steamer Disabled Fremantle Sends Assisting Tug

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday.--Radio advice received in Fremantle to-day states that the Japanese steamer Capetown Mary has lost a propeller 300 miles…

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Santiago--earthquake-wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

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Tragic Miss of M2 Stuck Between Old Wrecks LONDON

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 9

By a tragic stroke of irony, the wreck of the ill-starred submarine, M2, was found a mere quarter of a mile from the area in which three wrecks were located within 24 hours of the beginning of the search…

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Between Wrecks Divers' Hard Task with Sunken M2 London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 8

The submarine M2 was located between two old wrecks. A seven-knot current gave the divers an appalling task, and operations were restricted…

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In Wreck of 'Quake Santiago Damage Over £2,000,000 HAVANA

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1932 · page 1

The damage to the city of Santiago by the earthquake is estimated at over £2,000,000. Public buildings alone have been…

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Body Washed Ashore. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 15

The body of Mrs. Ivy Darcy, of Swan Hill, who, with Mr. Royden Kennedy Patterson, of Tammit Station, Euston, was in the motor car which was driven off at the end of the…

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Lyons' Policy Of Clumsy Spite May Wreck New South Wales Credit Shamed in Vendetta Against Lang Lang Policy and Federal Policy Sequence of Events AUSTRALIAN Commonwealth Branded With Slur Of Default E. G. Theodore Knew Better Than Obey Private Hate

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

LYONS and Bruce and their Treasury advisers were guilty of an appalling blunder, when they steered the Commonwealth into default, in an obfuscated belief that somehow or other they were landing J. T. Lang in the ditch. They injured their own reputation, and the reputation of the Commonwealth they…

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Wrecked Homes Interference by Parents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Should parents let their married children manage their own affairs. Mr. Justice McArthur thinks so…

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Hear Call Of Coral Seas Sydney Couple Seek Adventure Ketch Day Dream Off On Romantic Cruise

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1932 · page 9

Graceful as a snowy sea-bird, the 20-ton ketch, Day Dream, swings at anchor in the Harbor. To-day her how will point to the sea as she -- with her complement of five -- her owners, Major and Mrs. Lee Murray, one deck hand, Pete the dog, and Amber, the…

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Long Voyage by Ketch To Gulf of Carpentaria

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

Mr. Lee Murray, formerly well known as an aviator, accompanied by his wife and one deckhand, set out from Rushcutter Bay early last night for a 12 months' cruise in…

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Plan Bad Geneva Idea Empire Wrecking "No Surer Way" London

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 1

THERE is no surer way of wrecking the British Empire than attempting to impose upon it a central authority…

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Bundle of Letters Our Wreckage Girls Cricket Fans in Chorus Human Wrecks

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 9

"Decency" is shocked:-- As a family man, I view with alarm the growing tendency by the young people of Sydney to discard…

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Origin of Steamer Fire

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 9

Wellington (N.Z.), Thursday.--The fire on the Port Fremantle has been traced to a bale of slipes in No. 5 hold…

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Racehorses Injured. New Zealand Steamer in Storm. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 10

The southern portion of the North Island is being swept by a heavy southerly storm and driving rain. The Wellington-Picton ferry steamer had a tempestuous passage and…

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Narromine Catholic Church Wrecked When the Tornado Raged Convent and Presbytery Also Damaged

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 18

The Catholic people of Narromine, in western New South Wales, are, spiritually speaking, homeless, as a result of the tornado that ravaged that town recently…

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Disabled Steamer. Towed for 500 Miles. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1932 · page 11

The Japanese freighter Capetown Maru reached here to-day towed by the tug Uco. The Capetown Maru lost her propeller about 350 miles west of Cape Leeuwin when bound…

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Japanese Ship Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1932 · page 5

Perth advised last night that the Japanese steamer Hayo Maru, 5446 tons, had run aground about 15 miles north of Bunbury early…

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