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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

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Hooligans wreck Ryde property

The Sun · Sunday 17 June 1945 · page 9

Vandalism and hooliganism at Ryde are causing the council considerable concern, said Ryde Town Clerk, Mr. F. C. Taylor,…

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Spanish Fascists Wreck Cinema

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 June 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sat. -- Shouting, "Heil Hitler" and "Long live the Japanese," 200 Spanish Fascists yesterday wrecked a Barcelona cinema which was showing…

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Student's Body Washed Ashore

The Sun · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

The body of Bruno Bana, 22, theological student, who was swept out to sea during a heavy storm on June 12, was washed up…

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Student's Body Washed Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 6

The body of Bruno Bana, 2[?], theological student, of St. Patrick's College, Manly, was washed up at Fairy Bower Beach, near Manly, yesterday…

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Tories Fail To Wreck UNCIO

Tribune · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 2

LONDON.—Frank Pitcairn, Daily Worker correspondent who has just returned from reporting UNCIO, says that many positive things have been achieved by San Francisco. PITCAIRN points out, however, that…

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Canberra Wattle Wrecked by Borers

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Friday.--Avenues of wattle trees that would be in full bloom in six weeks are being cut down and burned. ROTH resident of Canberra and…

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Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 4154 cs canned fruits, 26 hhds brandy, 40 csks pelts, 2 hhds wine S Shippers, 2019 cs canned meats, 9…

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Sweet Potatoes Still on Steamer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 7

SIX hundred bags of sweet potatoes consigned from the Richmond River are still on a boat which arrived at Sydney on Sunday but which…

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Plane Wreck On Labuan

Tribune · Tuesday 26 June 1945 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN soldiers who captured an airstrip on Labuan Island, Borneo, clamber over the wreckage of a Japanese bomber on the edge of the strip…

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The First Steamer Sophocles

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 2

On April 6, 1908, the Aberdeen steamer Sophocles, originally the Shaw Savill-White Star steamer Ionic, arrived at Morecambe to…

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Swan Sinks Canoe, Tows Boy Ashore

The Sun · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.--Eleven-year- old Bill Willoughby of Collie, was paddling in a tin canoe on the flooded Collie River when…

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Export Manifests New South Wales Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Wilh, Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 30 June 1945 · page 4

S Shippers, 34 bls rabbit skins, 399 bgs green salted hides, 1250 bgs wet salted hides (Complete.)…

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Vandals Wreck Homes In Melb.; £1000 Damage

The Sun · Saturday 30 June 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--In an orgy of wanton destruction, vandals yesterday caused damage estimated at more than £1,000 in four homes in the Boxhill-Burwood districts…

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Deduced due on deduction Tax return wrecks home AUCKLAND

The Sun · Sunday 1 July 1945 · page 8

TAX assessments leave many wrecks in their path but it is rare that they go as far as breaking up a…

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A.I.F. Ashore at Balikpapan Balikpapan Was R.a.a.f's. Biggest Pacific Job 7th Division Drives Swiftly Inland

The Sun · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 1

MANILA, Monday.--Australian troops landed at Balikpapan, big oil port on Borneo's east coast, at 9 a.m. yesterday and are driving swiftly inlands. The RAAF played its biggest role in the Pacific war before and during the Seventh Australian Division's assault on Balikpapan. It knocked out shore batteries, screened the landing forces, and…

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Four Homes Wrecked by Two Boys, Aged 14

The Sun · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Two boys, aged 14, in Camberwell Children's Court today, pleaded guilty to acts of wanton destruction at four Burwood homes…

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Pinned In Wreckage

The Sun · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Robert Barnes, 19, of Cabramatta, was pinned beneath several tons of equipment for…

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Mystery Boat Washed Ashore

The Sun · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 3

Badly battered and villi a gaping hole in its side, a 21ft. lifeboat, believed to be Japanese, has been washed…

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Australians Storm Ashore at Balikpapan Beachhead Quickly Established

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 1

BALIKPAPAN, July 2.—Australian 7th Division troops have stormed ashore at Balikpapan, Dutch oil port in south-east Borneo, and established a firm beachhead…

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Commonwealth Export Manifests New South Wales, Steamer. Sailed Sydney. Gilchrist, Watt & Sanderson Pty. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 4154 cs canned fruits, 26 [?]ds brandy, 40 csks pelts, 2 hhds wine S Shippers, 2019 cs canned meats, 9…

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