Motorship Nimbin Ashore at Ballina
In a heavy fog yesterday morning the motorship Nimbin, owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., went ashore about three miles south of Ballina Heads. The…
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ASHORE. Northern Firth on Rocks. Cargo Saturated
In a calm sea yesterday the steamer Northern Firth remained fast on the submerged rocks off the north-east corner of Brush Island, where she was wrecked on Sunday afternoon. Little…
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The Northern Firth hard and fast on the rocks yesterday at Brush Island, on the South Coast. It is believed that the vessel is a total wreck. Some of the crew from the wrecked steamer Northern Firth safely landed at Brush Island. This picture was secured soon after sunrise yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Northern Firth. May Become Total Wreck. Vessel Badly Holed
Wrecked on Brush Island, near Ulladulla, the James Patrick & Co. interstate freighter Northern Firth is expected to become a total wreck…
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Twenty-six members of the crew of the Northern Firth arrived in Sydney last night. They had had a trying time since their ship struck the rocks on Sunday afternoon. They…
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ATTEMPTS were made yesterday to salvage the yacht N.S.W. It., owned by Mr. Aiea Wedderburn which…
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Though misfortune has left the steamer Northern Firth piled up, seemingly a hopeless wreck, on Brush Island, complete disaster could easily have been the lot of the crew…
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THE SHIP'S PETS answer the roll call.--The four kittens of the Northern Firth were left motherless when their mother went bush after the evacuation. They were presented to children who came to visit the wreck, but the captain's canaries were brought safely to Sydney last night. (See story,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Still Nervous Wreck Man on Negligent Driving Charge
William J. Nesbitt, charged with negligent driving, failed to answer his name at North Sydney Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ketch Day Dream In Port Stephens
The auxiliary ketch Day Dream, in which Mr. Lee Murray and Mrs. Murray are cruising to Brisbane, has been anchored in Port Stephens since Friday. Mr. Murray intends…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Off to Lord Howe Island in a Ketch
THE SEA HAWK, an auxiliary ketch, left Sydney yeesterday for Lord Howe Island on a holiday trip. Those aboard were (left to right), Dr. J. Middleton, Capt. R. S. Stobo, Mr. A. Heynatz (owner), Capt. E. Halmarick, Messrs. E. Thynne, and J. Poole. (Inset): A lobster pot going aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecked Freighter. Position of Northern Firth Unchanged
The position of the wrecked steamer Northern Firth was unchanged yesterday and unless the weather freshens the vessel should remain as…
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Because they failed to insure, shippers of cargo on the stranded Patrick steamer, Northern Firth, will lose…
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The auxiliary ketch Sea Hawk left Sydney on Tuesday afternoon on a holiday cruise to Lord Howe Island. The party on board consists of Mr. Alexander Heynatz (the owner)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Eight Days Out to Melbourne No News From Ketch Gullmarn
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--There has been no news of the ketch Gullmarn since she left Sydney for Melbourne on February 16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferry Steamer Damaged in Collision
The damaged ferry steamer Kurraba at McMahon's Point yesterday, following a collision in midstream off Kirribilli Point with the ferry steamer Kirribilli. No passengers were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Like a Steamer Schedule Zeppelin Service Over the Atlantic Berlin
The Hamburg-Amerika shipping company's usual list of sailings contains an announcement of a regular Graf Zeppelin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arbitration by the Grace of Mr. Higgins! Bill Mutilated In Council Single Commissioner Principle Goes by the Board Macdonell Hse. Clique Again Are Wreckers Grayndler Sop to A.W.U.
ALTHOUGH the Government is determined to push the Arbitration Bill through the Legislative Council it was made clear in last night's debate that the workers will get only so much of its provisions as Mr. J. F. Higgins, secretary of the T.B. caucus, and his colleagues are prepared to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Men Who Frame the Lang Govt.'s Wrecking Policy A.L.P. Conference Revealed Queer Workings of the Trades Hall Mind
IN order to form a proper idea of the extent to which Mr. Lang and his colleagues, the elected representatives of the people, are controlled by irresponsible red-raggers, whom no electorate in Australia would accept as representatives, it is necessary to take a comprehensive view…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rural Workers' Rights Retained Under Arbitration Bill T.B. Party Votes with the Govt. Joins Nats. Against Other Workers Wrecker Team Marshalled by Higgins Long Debate
MARSHALLED again by the mysterious Mr. Higgins, the T.B. members of the Legislative Council once more were swung…
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