Stolen £2000 Ketch Still Not Located
PERTH, Monday.--Efforts are still being made to locate the ketch Manakoora, stolen on Friday night from a her berth at Fremantle…
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Organised Wreckers Fail To Stop Citizens' Meeting
By organised pandemonium a comparatively small group of men and women tried to wreck the citizens' meeting held in the Town Hall at lunch-time yesterday. The meeting was convened to protest against hold-ups of essential industry…
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PERTH, Tuesday.—The ketch. Manakoora, which was stolen from its moornings at Fremantle last Friday night, was sighted from a plane…
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An interesting piece of demolition work dating from June, 1945, in the Philippines is described in Engineering News-Record. Three 600-ft. steel towers for radio transmitting purposes were erected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Troopship From Australia Wrecked on Belfast Rocks
HOMEWARD BOUND from Australia, 1500 British Navy men were aboard the U.S. troopship Georgetown Victory when it ran on the rocks at Killard Point, Strangford Lough, south of Belfast (Northern Ireland). All escaped but the ship was hopelessly wedged in the rocks, her back broken and deck split. In the waterlogged holds floated presents worth thousands of pounds brought from Australia…
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PERTH, Thursday.--The man believed to have stolen the ketch Manakoora from Fremantle Harbor on Friday was arrested by a mounted…
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A SCHOONER and a ketch each of 70 tons will probably engage in an ocean race across the world from England to Australia. Skipper of the schooner is the…
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LONDON, Friday.--Australian Norman von Nida, with brilliant rounds of 73 and 69 (two and six under par) won the Mere (Cheshire) professional golf tournament, beating a strong field…
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HOME influence, for happiness or the reverse, is the basis upon which two American collaborators have built a very fine story with an unattractive title -- "Devil on His Trail." It is the life story of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →These Rackets! Flying Smugglers Beat Customs for Millions Gone are the days when the typical smuggle was a cut-throat hoodlum slipping a keg of brandy ashore on a lonely coast. His place has been taken by a new breed—globe-circling aviators. So fantastic are the profits these young men make, says this writer, that in some countries they are seriously affecting the national economy
GOVERNMENTS of almost every country in the world are struggling to suppress three great wartime industries—smuggling,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →72 m.p.h. Gale Wrecks Buildings Roots Fly, Walls Fall
A gale, which reached 72 miles an hour, struck Sydney yesterday afternoon and caused extensive damage. The storm--…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oh! My Hat! Dog Has Wrecking Time In Window
WHEN THIS SMALL DOG got loose in a city hatshop window, Paris models flew in all directions. The dog, which was wandering about the shop, found the entrance to the window and here is the result…
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DUBLIN, Saturday.—The co-operatively owned, 180-tons schooner Volant, which called at Dublin on its voyage to Australia, yesterday picked up an unexpected passenger. As the Volant was casting off to!…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Stop Press Plane Wreckage Found Rangoon
Searchers today located the wreckage of an American Army plane on a river bank in the mountainous Arakan district…
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Thieves who entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. Casey, of Dawson Street, Naremburn, on Sunday night, ransacked it and left it in disorder. Mr. Casey's two sons, Ron and Barry, are shown searching for their favourite possessions…
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Thieves who broke into the Home of Mr. L. Casey in Dawsort Street, Naremburn, on Sunday night, wrecked five rooms, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Potsdam Pact May Be Wrecked
BERLIN, Tuesday.--A hint was given last night that the Potsdam agreement by the Big…
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LONDON, Wednesday. -- The 70-ton ketch Volant, missing in heavy fog for Ave days on her trip from Dublin to Australia…
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LONDON, May 30 (A.A.P.).— The 86ft auxiliary schooner Volant, which was to leave Britain shortly for Australia, via America, is now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victory Contingent Arrives Troops Ashore At Portsmouth Impressed by Bomb Damage
LONDON, Friday.--The Australian Victory Contingent on H.M.A.S. Shropshire arrived at Portsmouth at 2 p.m. yesterday, and was welcomed…
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