German Lifeboat As War Souvenir Boat From Scuttled German Ship
First souvenir of the war at sea has arrived in Sydney on the deck of a British freighter. It is a 35ft. steel lifeboat from the scuttled German liner…
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Urgent Call From Disabled Steamer
NEW YORK, Monday.--The Greek steamer Taxiarchis (4221 tons) has sent an urgent call for assistance. She reports that she has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Federal Branch Steamer. Sailed Sydney
Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty., Ltd., Birt & Co. Pty., Ltd. and Macdonald, Hamilton & Co., joint agents. Harvey, Little & Co. Pty., Ltd., 337…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Pacific Coast American Steamer At Sydney
There arrived at Sydney on Monday an American vessel from the Pacific Coast with a cargo of lumber and oil products for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Royal Packet Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Royal Packet Nav. Co., agents
P.D.S., Ltd., 35 cs tnd butter S Shippers, 4 cs biscuits, 110 pkts medicines, 1 cs samples, 10 cs jams, 1 cs biscuits, 3 hhds wine, 2 cs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Strikes Pier. Houses and Boats Wrecked. LONDON, Jan 2. (A. A.p.)
A mine exploded on touching the pier near Haugesund (Norway) Three houses and seven boats were wrecked Tons of water was showered on the village…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →STEAMER'S S.O.S. U-boat Victim In Mid-Ocean LONDON
The Swedish steamer Kiruna (5484 tons) is reported to be sinking slowly 500 miles north of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LETTERS To The Editor "Wreckers" and the D. NEWS
Sir,--Once again the "wreckers" of the movement are busy spreading unfounded rumors about the official organ, the Daily News…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale Kills Boy, Wrecks Craft On River HOBART
Kenneth McKay Tuttle, 8, was killed instantly when a large poplar tree was blown down at Glenorchy yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lifeboat Equipment Value of Hand-propelling Gear
The dependence of people within the Empire upon the British Merchant Navy in peace time is a byword. In wartime, of course, that dependence is greatly increased. The first consideration then, is to safeguard the ships. In other words,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Purchase by Britain. Six U.S. SHIPS. German Steamer Sunk New York, Jan. 7. (A.A.P.)
The British Ministry of Shipping's first purchase in the United States comprises six freighters of about 5,500 tons each…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stop Press Phone: M2406, Newcastle 472 Steamer Blown Up
LONDON, Monday. -- British steamer Cedrington Court (5160 tons) sank in 10 minutes after an explosion off the south-east coast of England,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Channel Wrecks "Hitler's Graveyard" LONDON
"Hitler's Graveyard" is the Navy's name for the nine wrecks which form gaunt navigation marks along a few miles of an English navigation channel. The wrecks are those of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Editorial Wet Aboard--Dry Ashore
The taking over of canteen control by the Army is, it is to be hoped, a preliminary to broadening the canteen system generally. There appears no reason why the soldiers shall not have exactly the same facilities in their canteens as the officers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cooks Walk Off Steamer
Trouble occurred on an interstate vessel yesterday when 12 cooks walked off the boat as a protest against the conditions under which they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Tanker Sunk. 20 Men Missing. French Patrol Vessel Wrecked. London, Jan. 9. (A.A.P.)
The tanker British Liberty (8,485 tons) was sunk in the North Sea. It is thought that she struck a mine. Twenty, members of the crew,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gossipy Bits and Pieces to Marry This Month; Engagement Announced Will Sail The Schooner To Melbourne
CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sawyer, owners of the schooner Henrietta. Their first child, a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Warning Sign on Wreck
The Randwick Council has abandoned the proposal to remove the remains of the wreck of the ship Hereward, which went ashore at the northern end of Maroubra Beach in Mav…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Night Ordeal in Storm. Launch Wrecked. Young Men Rescued by Aborigines. DARWIN
Three young men who were shipwrecked on the coast have reached Darwin suffering from exposure and hunger. When their launch was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Yacht Wrecked. Four of Crew of Five Drowned. Struggle in Boiling Surf Auckland
When the large yacht Ngahuia was wrecked at Matakana Island, near Tauranga, in a gale early this morning, only one of the five men on board…
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