The Navy Comes Ashore
Daily News · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2
Sydney yesterday officially welcomed home the officers and men of the new Australian cruiser, H.M.A.S. Perth, during a naval parade through the city streets. Nearly 2000 men, dressed in summer uniform and carrying fixed bayonets, participated in the march, which was the biggest naval parade in Sydney for some years. The men are seen marching post the saluting base at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Schooner King" Set the Pace
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 7
Mark David Deveridge drank a schooner of beer every six minutes for an hour and a half at Rozelle on February 24. This was stated at the Licensing Court yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Schooner King" Fined. Publican's Claim. DRANK 8 Quarts at Party
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 10
"They call me the 'Schooner King' in Rozelle. I have drunk up to 20 schooners of beer in a few hours," said Mark David Deveridge, licensee of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Steamer Service May Cease. Hobart
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 9
Because of the coal strike, it is probable that the Hobart-Sydney steamer passenger service will be discontinued next week…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Second A.i.f. in Training in Palestine — Accident Aboard Steamer — Impressive Naval March
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 12
Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A New Steamer. Now at Sydney
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2
A new steamer for the Sydney-Newcastle trade has arrived at Sydney from Hongkong. Captain G. R Tinkler, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Defence Forces Unload Steamer Darwin
The Sun · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 3
Bluejackets, soldiers and airmen are unloading 300 tons of coal from the Montero which is intended for the naval examination vessel and which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazis Torpedo Promise Sinking Norwegian Steamer Navarra LONDON
The Sun · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 2
By torpedoing without warning yesterday the 2118-ton Norwegian steamer, Navarra, Germany ruthlessly broke her solemn promise made to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nazi Steamer Sails. Ordered From Port. Adriatic Move. London, April 7. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 11
The German steamer Ankara, laden with 4,000 tons of bauxite, sailed secretly before dawn to-day from Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wreckage Sighted Off Wollongong
The Sun · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 2
Following the report by the master of a coastal steamer to-day that what appeared to be the top of a submerged launch had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greek Steamer Sunk by Mine London
The Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2
Twenty-nine of the crew of the Greek steamer Okeania (4843 tons), which sank after being mined near the south-east coast of Britain, have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Overseas Export Manifests From Interstate Ports. Queensland N.Y.K. STEAMER. Sailed Brisbane. Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., agents
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 3
Sundry Shippers, 112 bgs trochus shell (7 1/2 tons), 32 bls hooves (6 tons). Qland, Co-op. Bacon Assn., 3 cs hams. BURNS PHILP M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mystery of Wreckage
Daily News · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2
Although what appeared to be a submerged launch was seen off Wollongong yesterday, no vessel has yet been reported to the authorities as missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mob Wrecks Home of Negro Our Own Cable Service
Daily News · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 3
WASHINGTON, Monday.--Three hundred people at Calgary wrecked the home of a negro who was alleged to have attacked a soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Japanese Steamer Tatutake Maru Launched
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 2
A new steamer, the Tatutake Maru, 7200 tons gross, has been launched at Kobe by the Mitsubiaki Jukugyn K.K. Shipbuilding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Bowen Wreck
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 April 1940 · page 2
"Have you written your name on the Port Bowen yet?" That is the great question which is often asked in Wanganui. Already…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Final With The Sailormen Ashore, Hoi! and Can They Show Us How to Waltz?
The Sun · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 25
TWICE a week in a long basement in the Rawson Institute for Seamen overlooking the wharves of Circular Quay are given the happiest dances in Sydney ... by the members of the Ladies' Harbor Lights Guild, an auxiliary of the Missions to Seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →New South Wales Export Manifests Sydney Amended. Burns, Philp Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., agents
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 3
Nestles (A/sia) Ltd., 35 cs milo S Shippers, 3115 sks flour (74 tons), 6 steel dredge buckets,, 13,778 sks flour (325 tons), 25 bdls wire fabric,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hitler's wrecked hope of North Sea command
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 8
NOT far from the waters in which the British Navy met the German High Sea Fleet on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wannon Wrecked Holyman Line Loss
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 13 April 1940 · page 2
The freighter Wannon, owned by W. Holyman & Sons Pty., Ltd., has become a total loss in Ulverstone Harbour, Tasmania. The…
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