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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1943

483 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 25

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 2

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

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Big Jap Air Base Wrecked Runway Smashed by 2000lb. BOMBS

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 7

Liberator bombers, loaded with 2000lb. bombs, on Monday morning wrecked months of Japanese developmental work on Gasmata aerodrome, in southern New Britain…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 25 March 1943 · page 3

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

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 3

George Wills A. Co., Ltd., Agents. Commonwealth of Australia (Watson's), 689 bxs butter Commonwealth of Australia (Wes…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

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

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Italian Gun Wrecks Nazi Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 2

CENTRAL TUNISIA, Friday.-- A U.S. sergeant and his section used an Italian 75mm. gun to knock out German tanks…

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Stygian Blackouts Big Two-year-old Field Interference Wrecks Meadow Gold Plunge

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A monster plunge on Meadow Gold went astray when that colt, after suffering severe interference, narrowly missed a place in the first event at Moonee Valley this…

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Stygian Blacksout Big Two-year-old Field Interference Wrecks Meadow Gold Plunge

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A monster plunge on Meadow Gold went astray when that colt, after suffering severe interference, narrowly missed a place in the first event at Moonee Valley this…

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Stygian Blackouts Big Two-year-old Field Interference Wrecks Meadow Gold Plunge

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A monster plunge on Meadow Gold went astray when that colt, after suffering severe interference, narrowly missed a place in the first event at Moonee Valley this…

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From the Four Corners Fewer lives were lost in wrecks

The Sun · Sunday 28 March 1943 · page 4

So efficient are new safety devices for seamen that 87 out of every 100 men are now saved from lost cargo ships…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 3

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

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Steamer Andromeda Launched

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 4

Mrs. Janet Roper, who has mothered many thousands of seamen during more than half a century, was the proud, but…

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Export Manifests Queensland American Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 4

Sailed Brisbane. S Shipper, 143 bis sheepskins T. Dewez, 190 bis sheepskins BRITISH STEAMER…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle. George Wills & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

Commonwealth of Australia (Watson's), 689 bxs butter Commonwealth of Australia (Wes. Farmers), 2112 bxs butter…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales Panamanian Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Millars Timber & Trading Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

Millars T. & T. Co., Ltd., 1397 pcs sawn timber S Shippers, 193 cs beef extract, 250 cs sheeps tongues, 15 sks dry gluten,…

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Wrecking Rommel From Air Coastal Road Blaze of Ruin

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. -- Ruthless fulfilment of an Allied air headquarters promise to "crush and destroy the last vestige of the Axis armies in Tunisia" began yesterday against Rommel's fleeing columns…

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Sea Mystery, Raft Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 5

A 10ft.-square raft was washed up on Terrigal Beach yesterday--the third sea mystery on…

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Overseas Export Manifests West Australia Blue Funnel Steamer. Sailed Fremantle. George Wills & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 3

Commonwealth of Australia (Watson's), 689 bxs butter Commonwealth of Australia (Wes. Farmers), 2113 bxs butter…

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One-Day Strike Likely Against Schooner Ban

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 7

A one-day stoppage of work in all industries in the Newcastle area was inevitable unless schooners of beer were sold before 4 p.m., Newcastle union leaders said yesterday…

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New Swedish Cargo Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

The steamer Arabera, 2850 tons d.w., built at Oresundsvarvet, Landskrona, for the A/B. Arafart, Stockholm, has been…

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