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Sydney · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1945

368 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 19

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

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 154 pcs timber, 48 bgs plumbago, 6109 bgs mimosa extract, 19,346 bgs cocoa beans, 590 ctns cornflour, 104 bgs rice, 2 bgs soya…

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Turfman's Son Among Shipwreck Survivors

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 24

Mr, W. A. McDonald, owner of Doncaster candidate Abbevilie, has received word that his son was among the survivors of a shipwreck in the Coral Sea. His son, Douglas William…

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Cebu Wrecked by Enemy Philippines City Occupied Our War Correspondent, Jack Percival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1945 · page 3

MANILA, March 29.—When our troops entered Cebu, capital of Cebu Island, they found that the Japanese had blown up and…

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South America a schooner with a cargo of guns

The Sun · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 2

No smoke without a fire is a proverb that applies nowhere more than in Spanish-speaking Cuba, where Havana cigars are…

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Export Manifests South Australia Ellerman & Bucknall Steamer. Sailed Port Lincoln. Elder Smith & Co. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 4 April 1945 · page 4

Aust. Wheat Board, 9446 tons wheat Commonwealth Government, 400 crcs lamb/mutton WILHELMSEN MOTORSHIP…

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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 April 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 154 pcs timber, 48 bgs plumbago, 6109 bgs mimosa extract, 19,346 bgs cocoa beans, 590 ctns cornflour, 104 bgs rice, 2 bgs soya…

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Export Manifests South Australia Ellerman & Bucknall Steamer. Sailed Port Lincoln. Elder Smith & Co. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 4

Aust. Wheat Board, 9446 tons wheat Commonwealth Government, 400 crcs lamb/mutton WILHELMSEN MOTORSHIP…

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Two Fleas Cause Marriage Wreck

Daily Mirror · Thursday 5 April 1945 · page 2

Two fleas separated a couple after 20 years of married life and were the main cause of them coming to the Divorce Court today. ACCORDING to evidence, the fleas…

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Export Manifests South Australia Ellerman & Bucknall Steamer. Sailed Port Lincoln

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 6 April 1945 · page 4

Elder Smith & Co. Ltd., Agents. Aust. Wheat Board, 9446 tons wheat Commonwealth Government, 400 crcs lamb/mutton…

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Export Manifests South Australia Ellerman & Bucknall Steamer. Sailed Port Lincoln. Elder Smith & Co. Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 7 April 1945 · page 4

Aust. Wheat Board, 9446 tons wheat Commonwealth Government, 400 crcs lamb/mutton WILHELMSEN MOTOBSHIP…

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Civilian Finds Mine, Tows It Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 April 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sat. -- A civilian who found a mine in Bingle Bay, near Cairns, towed it ashore and reported his find to the authorities…

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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 11 April 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 154 pcs timber, 48 bgs plumbago, 6109 bgs mimosa extract, 19,346 bgs cocoa beans, 590 ctns cornflour, 104 bgs rice, 2 bgs soya…

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Wrecko Point!

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 23

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"Shipwrecked" Man On Vagrancy Charge

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 5

KIAMA, Saturday.--The limelight which had played around the man found |p naked near here On Thursday night was blacked out today when Bernard Hudson Matheson (20), laborer, who had called himself Larry Johnson and told graphic shipwreck yarn, was arrested and charged with vagrancy…

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Parachutes Drop Lifeboat

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 April 1945 · page 4

LATEST AIR-SEA rescue device, an airborne lifeboat, suspended from five parachutes after release from a plane. The…

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Ride Ashore on Truck Top

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 7

AUSTRALIAN soldiers on the roof of a three-ton truck being towed ashore by a bulldozer at Toko, South Bougainville. An…

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Export Manifests South Australia Federal Branch Steamer. Sailed Adelaide. Geo. Wills & Co., Ltd., Agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 4

Comm. Government, 6679 crts cheese McGlew & Co., 30 bgs gum Thurleys Pty., Ltd., 20 bgs gum Emu Wine Co. Pty., Ltd., 40 hhds wine…

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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 18 April 1945 · page 2

S Shippers, 80,663 bgs flour (1613 tons), 3209 cs beef, 9430 cs soap, 227 cs minced loaf, 207 cs jams, 1145 ctns steak and kidney, 100 ctns corned…

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Aims to Wreck Title Hopes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 20

George Cook says he will upset Owen Moase's ambition to win the Australian middleweight title by knocking him out at the Stadium tonight…

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Schooner Building in Italian Shipyards. Allied Commission's Decision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 3

A valuable contribution to the solution of Italy's transport problems is the decision announced by the industrial sub-commission…

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