Ninetefn-knot Cargo Steamer
The new Ellerman line cargo steamer, City of Pretori[?]. the fist of four similar vessels for the Australian trade reached Sydney yesterday on her maide[?] voyage, under the command of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938
730 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 37
Fireman's Neck Dislocated. Accident on Steamer
Budshah Mian an Indian fireman on the Ellerman Bucknall Line Steamer City of Pretoria, was standing underneath the ash hoist yesterday when a bag fell on his head,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fisheries Research. New Station at Port Hacking Steamer Nearly Ready. Melbourne
The headquarters of the Fisheries Investigation Branch of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research will be moved from Melbourne to Port Hacking (N.S.W.) shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crew Unable to Go Ashore
The Danish motorship Tacoma, which arrived at Sydney to-day becomes a virtual prison for her officers while In port. She Is trading to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Paddle Steamer and Coach To the Luxury of the Air
NOWADAYS we seem to be flying into space and leaving space behind. It was 3 p.m. on a glorious sunshiny afternoon when I boarded the Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →AUSTRALIANA Wreck Record
THAT island off the Australian coastline has collected the greatest number of wrecks? I give Kangaroo Island in South Australia Waters the dubious…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Skipper, Himself, Surprised Schooner Windward's Weatherly Win Clipper Wins Point Score
"THE schooner for a sou'easter" is a maxim well known to Sydney yachtsmen. The schooner in question is James March Hardie's of the wishbone gaff—Windward…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →S.S. KOORINGA New McIlwraith, McEacharn Steamer
It is expected that the new steamer Kooringa, which is being built at Dundee for the Australian interstate cargo service…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecker
The only man to be hit with a brick as the result of the recent Royal Commission seems to be Mr. Lang, who started the whole business…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trotsky Worked with Nazis Large Sums For Overthrow Of Soviets Wrecking, Spying, Murder Plans
Herewith we continue to give our readers an authentic account, cabled directly from the Court House in Moscow, to the “ Workers'’ Weekly” of the evidence and proceedings at the trials of the Trotskyists…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'No Attempt to Wreck Soviet' Chamberlain's Denial London
REPLYING to a number of questions in the House of Commons on the reported suggestions in evidence at the Moscow trial, that Great…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Crew for Cargo Steamer. Kalingo May be Held Up
A hitch occurred yesterday in obtaining a crew for the Union Line cargo steamer Kalingo, which is due to sail at noon to-day for New Plymouth, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →STRANGE but TRUE Haye You Ever Seen Water Cm Fire?--Manly Ferry-Boat, Old-Style The Tweed's Twenty Shipwrecks--Treasure In Torres Strait--Snakes That Weigh Twenty Stone. Burning Lake
FEW miles from Terang (Vic.) is a burning lake. Not so very…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Jap. Bombardment Across Yellow River Wrecks Station London
THE "Times" Shanghai correspondent states that after heavy shelling across the Yellow River, the Japanese claim to have destroyed the Tungkwan Station, and silenced Chinese batteries on the South Bank, but have…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Small Fry Topple When Weather Wrecks Vaucluse Spectacle "Supply" in Collision Hundreds of Craft in All-Day Gala Speed Boats' Brave Show
JUPITER PLUVIUS made his annual visit to Vaucluse yesterday afternoon, and spoilt what had promised to be the most spectacular regatta on Sydney Harbor for the 1937-38 season…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Hove-to Off Heads. Rough Seas Thought To Be Cause
The British tramp steamer. Benvenue, which has come in ballast from Japan to fulfil a wheat charter, arrived off the Heads at 10.30 a.m. yesterday, but at a late hour last night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wreck of Dunbar. Nonagenarian's Recollection Lithgow
Mr. Peter Cargill, of Ferro Street. Lithgow has celebrated his 94th birthday. He can recall walking from Sydney through the bush to witness the wreck of the Dunbar near The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mineral Cargo in War Wreck Salvage Attempts to Be Made
Attempts by means of special diving apparatus will be made to recover the £40,000 mineral cargo of the Cumberland, now lying in 42…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer Have-to Off Heads. Steering Sluggish in High Seas
The tramp steamer Benvenue, 5,919 tons, entered Sydney Harbour last night after remaining practically have-to off the Heads since Sunday morning. The master, Captain J…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →City of Karachi New E. & B. Steamer for Indian Service
The new Ellerman steamer City of Karachi left Glasgow last month on her maiden voyage to Calcutta and other Indian ports…
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