Brisbane Night Court.—Picture shows some of the 37 men charged after a mob forced their way into Queensland Parliament House on August 1. All were remanded in custody, on a charge of unlawful assembly.
Woman survivor of the wreck of the Bokuya Maru on July 18, picked up in mid-Pacific (rescuers’ oars in picture). The Bokuya Maru (9000 tons) sank 20 minutes after nitrate cargo exploded. Of 212 passengers and crew, lour were killed. The rest were saved.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20892, 25 August 1939, Page 10
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78Brisbane Night Court.—Picture shows some of the 37 men charged after a mob forced their way into Queensland Parliament House on August 1. All were remanded in custody, on a charge of unlawful assembly. Woman survivor of the wreck of the Bokuya Maru on July 18, picked up in mid-Pacific (rescuers’ oars in picture). The Bokuya Maru (9000 tons) sank 20 minutes after nitrate cargo exploded. Of 212 passengers and crew, lour were killed. The rest were saved. Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20892, 25 August 1939, Page 10
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