Police Guard at Steamer. Four Firemen Arrested. Cargo of Iron Ore for Japan. Port Kembla
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 17
"We have a conscientious objection to carrying iron ore to Japan; as a result we are virtually prisoners aboard the ship," said a fireman aboard the British…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Shipwrecked Among Savages Strange Tales From The South Seas No. 27
The World's News · Wednesday 20 April 1938 · page 6
ARARE and almost forgotten little book is "The Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson," an unusual story of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Surf Rescue. Constable's Bravery. Unconscious Woman Brought Ashore
The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 3
Miss Eileen Doris Jackson, 17, of Parramatta Road, Cronulla, was rescued from the surf at Blackwood Beach Cronulla, by Constable Addison,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer's Strange Behaviour. Simple Explanation
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 10
Residents of Sond[?] yesterday morning were pu[?] by the strange movements of a large cargo steamer which came into sight from the northward shortly before [?]. and, after…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Veteran Steamer Sold. Ashridge to Go to Eastern Buyers
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 10
The interstate cargo steamer Ashridge. 2,884 tons, has been sold by McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd., to Eastern buyers and will leave shortly for Hong Kong…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mathew Flinders New Steamer For H. C. Sleigh
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 4
H. C. Sleigh have advised that their new cargo steamer, now being built in a British yard, will be called Mathew Flinders, and will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Britain's Air Industry. Grave Charqes in Press. "Muddles, Wrecking." LONDON, April 24
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 10
Several London newspapers yesterday painted a gloomy picture of Great Britain's air rearmament programme. The "Daily Herald" (Labour) predicts…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Old Steamer's End London
The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 5
Eight years older than Melbourne's Edina, and claimed to be the world's oldest paddle steamer, the Premier, which carried holidaymakers along…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 4
H. C. Sleigh have advised that their new cargo steamer, now being built in a British yard, will be called Matthew Flinders, and will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Picturegram of Wrecked Air Force Machine
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 2
THE WRECKAGE of the R.A.A.F. Wapiti, which crashed at Whittlesea, Victoria, yesterday afternoon. The engine was burled two feet in the ground, and the pilot's seat can be seen sticking up from the smashed cockpit. The pilot was killed and a leading air-craftsman seriously injured. (Story, Page 1, Col. 6.)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Wreck
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 4
THIS WAS A BICYCLE. A police constable holding the wreckage of the cycle which Edward Harvey. 20, of Lakemba, was riding when he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Howard Smith, Ltd. New Cargo Steamer Ordered
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 27 April 1938 · page 1
The British shipbuilding firm of R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., have received an order for a cargo steamer of 4,000 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kooringa at Sydney New McIlwraith, McEacharn Steamer
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 5
Mcllwraith, McEacharn's new steamer Kooringa (3,225 tons gross) for the Australian interstate cargo service, arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Boarded. Orders to Gunboat. Decks Cleared for Action. Shanghai, April 27
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 11
Orders were given that the British gunboat Cricket, with decks cleared for action, should take steps to recover by force the British steamer Tung Wo…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Our Ring Wrecker Is Sal Volatile Hurdle Race About 2 Maes.—1.30
Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2
SPEARBINE: Though he was too slow to O catch snails in the First Hurdle race at the A.J.C. meeting, Spearbine ran a much improved race in the Autumn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gift for Sea Scouts. Model of Polish Training Schooner
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 17
Mr. Wladyslaw Wagner, the Polish Sea Scout, who is at present in Sydney, in the course of a world voyage in the yawl Zjawa [?]., has received from the Zwiazek…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Psychological Shipwreck Classic Short Story
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 11
IN the summer of 1874 I was in Liverpool, whither I had gone on business for the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sailors Go Ashore And Stay There AUCKLAND
The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1938 · page 15
Attracted ashore by high wages and short working hours, members of the crews of overseas vessels have been deserting…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In Ketch to New Zealand
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 4
Mr. and Mrs. R. Stanley, of London, and Mr. Richard McGregor will sail from Botley, Hampshire, next week, In a 16-ton ketch for New Zealand, where they hope to take up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Tramp Steamer. Gun Mountings on After Deck
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 14
The new steamer, Welsh Trader, owned by the Trader Navigation Company, a company recently formed in London, arrived in Sydney on Saturday on her maiden voyage to…
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