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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1948

556 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 28

Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday. -- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world [?]ruise, arrived yesterday in time for the crew to join in the gaiety of a threeday national carnival. DURING the 1240-mile voyage…

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Australian Ketch in Brazil

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 7

RECIFE (Brazil), Thursday.-- The Sydney ketch Kathleen, on a world cruise, arrived yesterday in…

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Jap. Notes Found Hidden in Steamer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Customs officers yesterday afternoon found 480 100-yen notes hidden in a beam of the, laundry in the Dutch steamer Tjipondok (7646 tons). AS no one claimed the…

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Jap. Notes Found Hidden in Steamer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Customs officers yesterday afternoon found 480 100-yen notes hidden in a beam of the laundry in the Dutch steamer Tjipondok (7646 tons). AS no one claimed the…

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Jap. Notes Found Hidden in Steamer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Customs officers yesterday afternoon found 480 100-yen notes hidden in a beam of the laundry in the Dutch steamer Tjipondok (7646 tons). AS no one claimed the…

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Jap. Notes Found Hidden in Steamer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Customs officers yesterday afternoon found 480 100-yen notes hidden in a beam of the laundry in the Dutch steamer Tjipondok (7646 tons). AS no one claimed the…

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Jap. Notes Found Hidden in Steamer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

Customs officers yesterday afternoon found 480 100-yen notes hidden in a beam of the laundry in the Dutch steamer Tjipondok (7646 tons). AS no one claimed the Japan…

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Ketch Missing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday.— Water Police headquarters in Brisbane have received no word of the 83ft ketch Taipan,…

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Ashore in Fog Big Launch Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 1

In dense fog yesterday morning a £1,000 cruiser launch crashed on to the rocks under Hornby Light,…

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Home Wrecked To Dislodge Tenants

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 5

NAPIER (N.Z.), Thursday.--Unconstitutional but effective means were adopted by the Maori King Runga to rid his house of unwanted tenants, but he had to pay £60 damages in a consequent court…

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Home Wrecked To Dislodge Tenants

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 5

NAPIER (N.Z.), Thursday.--Unconstitutional but effective means were adopted by the Maori King Runga to rid his house of unwanted tenants, but he had to pay £60 damages in a consequent court…

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Home Wrecked To Dislodge Tenants

Daily Mirror · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 5

NAPIER (N.Z.), Thursday.--Unconstitutional but effective means were adopted by the Maori King Runga to rid his house of unwanted tenants, but he had to pay £60 damages in a consequent court…

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New Schooner Launched Soon

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 4

Mr. E. Wedderspoon's 90ft. Schooner Estrellita, the largest pleasure sailing yacht in Australia, will be launched at…

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Canteen is rail wreck

The Sun · Saturday 21 February 1948 · page 3

Railway Refreshment Rooms' new mobile canteen at Central station got out of control while being attended…

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Other Cable Items: Giant Plane Lost Wreckage Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 22 (A.A.P.). —The wreckage of the giant six-engined French seaplane La Tecoere 631 is reported to…

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Canoe wrecked in river rapids

The Sun · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday. -- A canoe trip down the Clarence River by Edward Arthur Murray, 19, of Lakemba, and…

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Other Cable Items: Air Wreck Found French Seaplane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

LONDON, February 23 (A.A.P.).—The wreckage of the French six-engined seaplane La Tecoere 631 has…

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Wreckers' Blow to Transport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

Stoppage of Sydney's road transport to-day is an act of near-criminal folly, instigated by Communists and authorised by…

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Gale Drives Ketch Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 9

A 54-mile-an-hour gale yesterday drove ashore a 35ft. ketch at St. Kilda Beach, Melbourne…

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Grenades Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

Sir,—An Army spokesman is quoted as having said regarding grenades, etc., which were washed ashore between Terrigal…

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