Steamer's Long Tow
TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--The Adelaide Co.'s motor ship Momba, which left Townsville this afternoon for Sydney, has a long tow ahead of it…
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Cutter Ashore. Suva, Dec. 25
A report has been received that the 30-ton auxiliary cutter Variance, owned by Mr. Sidney Smith, of Navodo, Natewa Bay, Vanua, Levu, went ashore on the reef at the island of…
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DURING the week-end two Parramatta youths gallantly risked their lives though unnecessarily at Tuggerah Lakes. WHILE sitting on the verandan of their house in Ocean Parade…
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Skimming gracefully over the waters of the harbour with all sails set, the large mission ketch Patteson underwent trials yesterday. The Rev. M. A. Warren, who has supervised the…
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From left: W. G. Gates, L. K. Conard, L. W. Weeks, Captain W. H. Weeks, R. T. Conrad, L. Clarke, and (front) Jimmie, the West Indian cook, on arrival in Sydney yesterday…
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The auxiliary ketch Patteson, which has been built by Mr. L. Halvorsen, of Neutral Bay, will leave early tills month for Lolowal Bay,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →'For Wife's Use Only' Goods Seized On Schooner Skipper Talks
CAPTAIN W. H. Weeks, dentist - skipper of the schooner Isabel, which arrived yesterday after an…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Goods Seized by Customs on English Schooner Isabel. Sensational End to Adventurous Voyage
An eighteen months' adventurous voyage by the 153-ton schooner Isabel had a sensational ending late yesterday afternoon, when police and Customs officials boarded the vessel at Watson's Bay. After a search, goods alleged to be dutiable, valued at £1500, were seized…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lightship Adrift. Taken in Tow by Steamer. NEWCASTLE
Officers and crew of the South African Government steamer Erica, which arrived at Newcastle from the Philippine Islands to-day, had an exciting experience off the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Schooner's Trip Ends in Shock Searched By Customs Goods Taken and Held Under Seal Watch Is Kept All Night End of 16 Months Sea Battle
AN adventurous voyage, started at Easter, 1932, came to a dramatic end yesterday when the schooner Isabel, on arrival at Watson's Bay from Tahiti, was boarded by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EXPLOSION. Uralla Store Wrecked. Fire Completes Destruction
An explosion, followed by fire, destroyed the Uralla Cash and Carry Store, owned by [?]srs. Samuel Bow and Sons, and situated at the corner of Hill and Maitland streets,…
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CAUGHT by a cyclonic blow while rounding Cape Grafton, near Cairns, the 40-ton launch Clam, of the…
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The Australian Board of Missions' ketch Patteson undergoing trials on Sydney Harbour yesterday…
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It may take over a fortnight for Customs officials to complete their investigation of the goods seized on the schooner Isabel, which reached…
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The culmination of a voyage filled with excitement and adventure was reached when the schooner Isabel arrived in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon last and was boarded by a party of Custom officers who were acting on advice…
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The lightship stationed at Break sea Spit off the Queensland coast (which was reported in our issue of January 2 to be drifting broadside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worked Through the Night Feverish Efforts To Clear R'way Wreck Ugly History Orange
TOILING feverishly throughout the night, breakdown repair gangs from Orange and Bathurst and the permanent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →East Hills Wrecker Again
AFTER a period of inactivity the person or persons who, some time ago, made several determined efforts to wreck trains on the East Hills line made a reappearance last night. THE 8:18 p.m. rail motor train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£1000 Launch Wrecked Crew Swims Through Shark Water
BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Caught in a squally thunderstorm as it rounded Cape Grafton, the Yarrabah Church of England Mission's £1000 40-ton…
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Trial runs which were carried out this week by the ketch Patteson proved completely satisfactory, and the vessel will leave Sydney for the…
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