AUSTRALIAN NEWS
FERRY-BOAT. DISASTER THE COURT'S FINDING SYDNEY, August 25. ; The Court of Marine Inquiry'; at Newcastle found ' that the collision between the "steamer Warraneen and. the Jerry steamer Bluebell,-in' which three lives were lost, was due to faulty navigation by the. master of the- Bluebell. Thomas Evans, master of the; Bluebell, was ordered to show cause why his certificate should not be. dealt with. : ■ The ferry steamer Bluebell, plying between Newcastle and Stockton, sank a minute after colliding'with the steamer Warraneen on the Newcastle Harbour on the night of August 10, The passengers of the Bluebell numbered abont 40. The passengers on the upper deck of the Bluebell saved themselves by jumping aboard "the Warraneen, but about 30 on the lower deck of the Bluebell were thrown into the water. Three women were drowned.
SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS ]
CANBERRA, August 25.
During 1933-34 savings bank deposits in Australia increased by £7,821.000, or 3.8 per cent. The deposits'at June 30, 1934, totalled £210,103,000.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22351, 27 August 1934, Page 9
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