Wagga Wagga Advertiser in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

Turbulent wartime ships damaged as crews suffer mishaps

A string of mishap reports emerges with seven battleships damaged and crews injured. Ballarat Benevolent Asylum head Mr C U Shogrouporintenident is recovering from a Sunday abdomen wound. An Arbitration Court delays jurisdiction ruling in a Laborers' Union vs Commonwealth Portland Cement Co case. A Tasmanian solicitor Mr Joe Powell dies of heart failure in Launceston. Major General Finn leaves Melbourne for Sydney en route to Regian via Canada. A Chinaman Lee-ong Chong Yuen is murdered in Townsville amid gambling tensions. A camel-rider incident injures Byon, treated locally. A life saving notice praises Sham in Cough Remedy for children’s croup. Public notices mention vendors in Gurwood Street and Baylis Street for medicine.