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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1938

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No Love Lost Between Palmer and Richards Can Ron Wreck the Ambrose Hopes? Heavy Title Goes Into Melting Pot

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1938 · page 10

THERE will be no love lost between Ambrose Palmer and Ron Richards when they step into the ring at the Sports Ground on Tuesday night for their title bout. THEY are not strangers to each other as rivals in the ring…

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Steamer Explodes in Mid-atlantic Sinks When Split in Two! Seventeen Of Crew Are Missing Rescue Drama New York

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 1

WITH a terrific roar, an explosion split the 5313-ton Greek steamer Mount Kyllene in two to-day while she was in mid-Atlantic. The vessel sank almost immediately, and…

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A.L.P. Inner Group in a Panic Admit Unfinancial Unionists, Is Proposal Wreck Unions !

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 April 1938 · page 6

FURTHER evidence of the split developing in the "Inner group" manifested itself on the Lang executive on Friday night, and has caused…

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New "Weir" Steamer Teviotbank at Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 5

On her maiden voyage the new Andrew Weir steamer Teviotbank arrived at Sydney yesterday with a cargo of soda ash…

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"BUILDING A.L.P. with Defaulters" Heffron & Ross Hit Out 'The Policy Of Wreckers' ANTI-LABOR

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 7

"THE proposal of the 'Inner group' to admit to membership of the A.L.P. unfinancial unionists who are in employment, is quite in keeping…

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Unions Must Not Be Wrecked

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 6

HAVING by its ruinous tactics, before and during the recent election campaign, destroyed the prospect of the return of a Labor Government on March 28, the "inner group" operating within the Lang Central Executive now seems Intent upon wrecking the unions opposed to…

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Attempt to Wreck Unions--see Page 7. May Be Wet for Easter Prediction by Mares

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

THERE to every possibility that Sydney will experience wet weather for the coming Easter holidays, according to Mr.'Mares. The…

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Claims Got Steamer Fare By Faith

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 2

MR. T. W. GRAHAM, Irish missionary, claims that he got his passage money from New Zealand to Sydney through faith. Mr. Graham will deliver a…

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Ashore at Naples. Australian Cricketers. (From the Special Representative of the Australian Associated Press.) R.M.S. ORONTES, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1938 · page 11

After a cold Mediterranean voyage, the Austialian cricketers spent the morning at Naples. The harbour was crowded with warships and submarines. The majority of the…

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Loss of Ketch Feared. Lifeboat's Vain Search Gales in Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 10

It is feared that a ketch with three men aboard, believed to be one of the Tasmanian mosquito fleet, has foundered off St. Leonards, on the…

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Surf Rescue. Constable's Bravery. Unconscious Woman Brought Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 9

Miss Eileen Doris Jackson, 17, of Parramatta Road, Cronulla, was rescued from the surf at Blackwood Beach, Cronulla, by Constable Addison yesterday after heavy waves…

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Five Men Perish. Boat Swamped. Body Washed Ashore. Fishing Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 9

Five persons, including a father and son, were drowned in the ocean off Port Kembla on Saturday night. An open boat, in which they were…

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3 Men Believed Drowned Ketch at Mercy of High Seas Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 5

THREE men are believed to have been drowned when a ketch engaged in the shell grit trade, disappeared off St. Leonards, near…

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Landslide and Cloudburst. Houses Wrecked. Man Dies of Shock. Christchurch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 9

After a terrific storm, a large landslide swept down the steep hillside of Admiralty Bay, near French Pass, and completely destroyed the new…

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Week-end of Rain and Storms Ships Wrecked in S.a.; Races Abandoned Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 5

ADELAIDE and its surrounding districts have experienced a weekend of storm, while the agricultural areas of the State received moderate…

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Ketch and Crew Safe Craft Located by Tug Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 5

Disappearing off St. Leonards yesterday, the two-masted shellgrit ketch Red Bird was believed to have foundered with the loss of three lives, but…

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Easter Conference Had Few Delegates Attempt At Union-Wrecking Rejected

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 19 April 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Apr. 17.—Hand-picked as was Lang’s Easter Conference, opposition to the “inner group’s” tactics and policy became evident on several occasions. Conference, which rallied only a small proportion of the…

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200 Monkeys and Bear on Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 5

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.--The steamer Querimba, which reached Fremantle today from Calcutta, is carrying 150 monkeys for the Melbourne Hospital and 50…

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Seamen in Court Trouble On a Steamer

The Sun · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 11

Hugh Patrick Gray, 50, Edward Joseph Mullins, 45, Harold Henry Lowe, 36, and Robert Walker, 37,…

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Test Ship Case Ashore in Port A.W.L. Charged Vessel with Ore for Japan Port Kembla

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 7

WHETHER a captain can substantiate desertion while his ship is in port, will be tested at…

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