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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1957

17 stories in Sydney's papers

Menzies' year of wreckage If he was 'man off 1956' I how bad must others be?

Tribune · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 8

SELECTION by an overseas paper of Menzies as its "man of 1956" shows the truly dreadful…

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Wrecker Menzies was here!

Tribune · Wednesday 20 February 1957 · page 1

THIS is the wreckage of Glen Davis (NSW), once the centre of a thriving shale oil industry. Glen Davis was…

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Menzies Government uses army to wreck home Reward for War Service And to cap those "performances", the

Tribune · Wednesday 6 March 1957 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, NSW: A blaze of anger swept the South Coast last Friday when the Menzies…

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If you want to solve the housing crisis Mr. Menzies and This and do this.! Stop This Homes wrecked for petrol pumps Spot Light on Monopoly

Tribune · Wednesday 13 March 1957 · page 1

SYDNEY: In Victoria Road, Gladesville, the AMPOL petrol company is wrecking four…

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These Homes to Be Wrecked... to build ANOTHER service station!

Tribune · Wednesday 20 March 1957 · page 1

SYDNEY: Oil companies have built 5,379 service stations throughout Australia in the past nine years in a crazy drive for profits…

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Plans to Wreck Ten Good Homes

Tribune · Wednesday 20 March 1957 · page 1

SYDNEY: A group of North Sydney families may soon be without a home, while an oil company puts a service station, parking area and…

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Newspaper wrecking houses!

Tribune · Wednesday 3 April 1957 · page 1

THE houses in this picture are in a block bought by Truth arid Sportsman Ltd.,…

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Barrel of cranberries washed ashore. Mystery of the Island of Terschelling

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 12 April 1957 · page 7

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Wrecking Yard Moves

The Biz · Wednesday 1 May 1957 · page 19

Bob Pike's widely known wrecking yard has moved from address at Canley Vale to 28 Fairfield Street. Villawood, right opposite…

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Housing hypocrisy Daily Telegraph wrecking houses

Tribune · Wednesday 22 May 1957 · page 10

SYDNEY: Consolidated Press, owners of the Daily Telegraph, owns four homes in Pyrmont which are empty and boarded up (see picture). To make quite certain that no-one…

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Wreckers again at St Kilda

Tribune · Wednesday 29 May 1957 · page 11

SYDNEY: The owners of Sty Kilda Fiats, Woolloomooloo, made new attempts this week to begin demolishing…

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Vandals Rob and Nearly Wreck Home

The Biz · Wednesday 28 August 1957 · page 25

During the temporary absence of Ald. Bert Harvey and his wife and family from their home in Mad line Street, Fairfield West,…

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Russia's Sinister Plan To Wreck Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 30 August 1957 · page 1

NEW YORK: Sensational disclosures here a few days ago that Russia's fop communist, Nikita Khruschev, was planning a mass exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel, have been interpreted as a “diabolical Red plan”…

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DUNCKER'S Wrecking Yard Prairievale Road off Polding Street. Bossley Park Ub9l514

The Biz · Wednesday 11 September 1957 · page 8

A call will put you in touch with "Dutcker's", who carry a larger range of S.H. Spares than any one in the area. A large stock of New…

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H. P. Bill Wrecks People's Power of Purchasing

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1957 · page 15

An onslaught of bitter criticism has resulted in Caucus over the Government's new Hire Purchase Bill, gazetted recently, which enforced a high minimum deposit, thus crippling the buying power of the public. Particularly concerned…

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Businessmen launch DLP "wrecking fund"

Tribune · Wednesday 16 October 1957 · page 12

MELBOURNE: The Democratic Labor Party and a group of businessmen have launched a £250,000 fund with the aims of preventing the election of Labor Governments and the setting up of a trade union centre in opposition to the…

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Arab Refugees’ Return as Plan to Wreck Israel

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 December 1957 · page 1

UNITED NATIONS (J.T.A.): Integrations of Arab refugees in Arab territory—not sending them to Israel where their only function would be to try to destroy the land—was the real…

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