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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 25

New South Wales Blue Funnel Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 3

Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist Watt & Sanderson Ltd., Agents. Australian Wheat Board, 625 bags,…

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British Sub. Wrecks Genoa Shipyards

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- In a daring raid on Genoa, a British submarine surfaced under the nose of the Italians, opened fire…

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British Sub. Wrecks Genoa Shipyards

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.---- In a daring raid on Genoa, a British submarine surfaced under the, nose of the Italians, opened fire…

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British Sub. Wrecks Genoa Shipyards

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.-- In a daring raid on Genoa, a British submarine surfaced under the nose of the Italians, opened fire…

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Wrecked Honeymoons

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 17

THE young married couple were having the time of their lives; they swam around…

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Survivors of Convoy Caught 97 Japanese Struggle Ashore New Raids by Allied Planes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

NINETY-TWO Japanese, who struggled to shore after the Allies destroyed their convoy in the Bismarck Sea have been killed or captured. Five stragglers are being pursued…

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Survivors of Convoy Caught 97 Japanese Struggle Ashore New Raids by Allied Planes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

NINETY-TWO Japanese, who struggled to shore after the Allies destroyed their convoy in the Bismarck Sea have been killed or captured. Five stragglers are being pursued…

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Survivors of Convoy Caught 97 Japanese Struggle Ashore New Raids by Allied Planes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

NINETY-TWO Japanese, who struggled to shore after the Allies destroyed their convoy in the Bismarck Sea have been killed or captured. Five stragglers are being pursued…

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Survivors of Convoy Caught 97 Japanese Struggle Ashore New Raids by Allied Planes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

NINETY-TWO Japanese, who struggled to shore after the Allies destroyed their convoy in the Bismarck Sea have been killed or captured. Five stragglers are being pursued…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales E. & A. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 2

S Shippers, 100 es end beef S Shippers. 1353 cs end beef. 200 bxs butter BRITISH VESSEL…

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R.A.F. Blasts Rommel's Army Retreat Road Littered With Dead, Wreckage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--R.A.F. fighters and bombers are rapidly turning Field-Marshal Rommel's retreat in south-east Tunisia into a rout…

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A card's turn made him first ashore

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1943 · page 4

Command of the first wave of US forces to land on Guadalcanal was a post of honor which would fall to one of seven junior…

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Kindergarten Wrecked for Third Time

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 9

For the third time in six months the Golden Fleece Kindergarten, Beaumont Road, Chippendale, was wrecked by vandals during the weekend. Repairs and decorations…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 3

Sailed Fremantle. George Wills & Co., Ltd., Agents. Commonwealth of Australia (Watson's), 689 bxs butter…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales E. & A. STEAMER. Sailed Sydney. Macdonald Hamilton & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

S Shippers, 100 cs end beef S Shippers, 1163 cs end beef, 200 bxs butter BRITISH VESSEL…

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"Schooner War" in Newcastle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- The president of the Newcastle branch of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. P. Ryan) said this morning that his association…

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"Schooner War" in Newcastle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- The president of the Newcastle branch of the U.L.V.A. (Mr. P. Ryan) said this morning that his association…

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"Schooner War" Takes New Turn

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- The Newcastle "schooner war" took a new turn when one of the seven Wallsend hotelkeepers, Herbert…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 3

Sailed Fremantle. George Wills & Co., Ltd., Agents. Commonwealth of Australia (Watson's), 689 bxs butter…

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Newcastle "Schooner" Strikers Win Disputre

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Newcastle's beer strike, which originated over the refusal of some Newcastle and suburban licensees to sell schooners throughout the day has ended. IT ended after, a conference between…

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