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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1933

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Schooner Is M I S S I N G in Blinding Gale the Huia Four Days Overdue From Melb. Fears Felt Many Vessels Held Up Along Storm-lashed Coast

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

HUIA, the little topsail schooner which ran from Sydney to Kaipara Heads (N.Z.) in the astonishing. time of four days and six…

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Dying Effort to Stave Off Total Wreck Amalgamation of A.w.u. Branches in N.s.w. Meagre Ranks R.w.i. Branch Will Be Mere Dept. in Future

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

DESPITE the fact that the members of the A.W.U. have rejected by plebiscite the proposal that the Central and Railway Workers'…

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WINDWARD Schooner Wins Big Yachts Race

Referee · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 17

J. M. HARDIE'S schooner. Windward, gave a good display in a breeze that suited her when she won Vaucluse Regatta's handicap for big class yachts on…

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Trees and Bananas—The Steamer's Freight

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 36

BEAUTIFUL trees, bananas, and the steamer's freight were the impres[?]ons brought back to Sydney from our trip to Grafton…

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The Wrecked Tent

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1933 · page 5

This is all that was left of the tent that a few hours earlier had housed the ill-fated Davis family at Stanwell Park…

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Has Been Missing Seven Days Schooner Huia's Fate

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 7

Seven days have passed with passed with no definite word of the schooner Huia. In shipping circles many regard the prolonged silence with grave…

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Schooner's Fight For Port

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Schooner H[?]a, which arrived here to-day from Melbourne, after five days delay through rough seas and head winds…

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Tug Ashore at Bellinger

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 15

The tug Refton went ashore on the breakwater at Bellinger River yesterday morning. Efforts failed to move her, and she has been holed…

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Two Propeller Blades Stripped Crippled Steamer on Way to Albany Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 6

With two blades of the propeller stripped, the British freighter Toftwood Is steaming slowly for…

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Two 'Planes. Forced Descents at Sea. Women Transferred to Steamer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 17

When flying from King Island to Melbourne yesterday, an amphibian 'plane, belonging to the Matthews Aviation Company, in which there were two pilots and four passengers,…

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Tug Wrecked On Bellingen Breakwater

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1933 · page 13

It is feared that the subsidised tug Repton has become a total wreck She struck the breakwater at Bellingen Heads. The master (Captain Gould) has reported to the owners…

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Wrecked Tug. Repton Auctioned To-day

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 4

Fraser, Uther & Co., Ltd., will offer at auction at their rooms at 6 Underwood Street, city, at noon to-day, the steam tug Repton as she now lies…

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Wreck Sold for £50

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 11

The wreck of the tug Repton, which grounded on the breakwater at Bellinger River entrance last week, was purchased for £50 at auction…

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Epidemic of 'Flu on Mail Steamer Fremantle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 1

ABOUT 170 persons, or one in every four passengers, were suffering from influenza when the mail steamer…

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Straight Australian Wrecking a Valuable State Asset

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 11

APPARENTLY the Stevens Nationalist Government has made up its mind to get rid of the N.S.W. State Government Dockyard at Walsh Island (Newcastle) by…

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Wreck Sold for £50

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 13

The wreck of the tug Repton, grounded on the breakwater at Urunga, Bellinger Heads, was offered for auction yesterday, and knocked down for £50 to Mr. H. P…

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Wreck of Repton Sold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1933 · page 19

At auction yesterday, Fraser, Uther, and Co., Ltd., on behalf of the underwriters disposed of the wreck of the steam tug Repton, which was lost last Thursday on the breakwater at Bellingen Heads…

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Wrecked Tug Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 2 February 1933 · page 4

Fraser, Uther & Co. auctioned the wreck of the tug Repton on Monday, and it was disposed of to the salvage firm of Penguin, Ltd., Sydney, for £50…

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Schooner Filling After Many Years Of Idleness

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 11

The former well-known schooner, Louis Theilault, which is being demolished after years of idleness in Sydney Harbor, began to fill today,…

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The Penybryn Sold. Now a British Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 4

The steamer Penybryn, which is well known throughout the Commonwealth and was recently sold to British buyers, has been renamed Fife…

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