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1 Jump to Fortune Jane Patrick Vaux , 1932 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 21 January 1932; (p. 6)
1 Matthew, Seventh and Seventh Patrick Vaux , 1932 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 7 January 1932; (p. 7)
1 The Pearl of Deadman's Bluff Patrick Vaux , 1931 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 18 June 1931; (p. 6) An English captain whose wife and child have disappeared tracks down the suspected villain in pursuit of a fabulous 'conch pearl.' At the end of a lethal brawl a girl he takes for the villain's daughter saves him by stunning one atrtacker with a lump of coral. Rescued and taken back aboard by his first mate, he finds the girl and the pearl are one and the same and also his own daughter.
1 Fortis Imaginatio Patrick Vaux , 1931 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 7 May 1931; (p. 6) A snobbish naval probate-surgeon loses a French heiress to a plain-faced and plain-spoken English lieutenant, after a terrific night tussle with a supposed lance-head (fer-de-lance) snake that turns out to be the tail of a macaque monkey.
1 Put on the High Seas Mat Patrick Vaux , 1931 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 16 April 1931; (p. 6) A young British supercargo bluffs South Sea villains on their own ground with the threat to blow up a keg of gunpowder in their store, and comes off with pearls and the return of counterfeit money to the man who passed it.
1 Mister Supercargo and the Cotton Patrick Vaux , 1931 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 26 March 1931; (p. 6)

A wily freighter captain uses his weather-skill to back the ploy of his young supercargo and save their cargo of cotton from cheating competitors by dodging a Dutch gunboat along the edge of an approaching hurricane.

1 A Snare Within The Ranges Patrick Vaux , 1931 single work short story war literature
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 29 January 1931; (p. 6) The commander of a British cruiser is killed and his ship savagely damaged, but succeeds in drawing German warships out into a trap near Haligoland.
1 The Sting Of It Patrick Vaux , 1931 single work short story war literature
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 1 January 1931; (p. 6) Stunned by a blow during heavy seas, a veteran battleship captain on convoy escort hallucinates a collision and double sinking and is forced to admit he must leave the service.
1 That Slow Colonial Cub Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story war literature
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 November 1930; (p. 6) An Australian destroyer captain torpedoes a cruiser in a major naval battle (probably the Battle of Jutland) and survives thanks to his ship's much-abused steering idiosyncrasy.
1 Prey of a Great Spoil Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story war literature
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 11 September 1930; (p. 6) Attempt to hijack a bullion-carrying English tramp by a German agent masquerading as officer is thwarted by English lower-deck men.
1 By These Things Men Live Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 21 August 1930; (p. 6) Woman who for unknown reasons has married a Jew and now regrets it, discovers her true love for her English cousin, newly accused of cowardice, when their liner is holed in a fog. She chooses to stay aboard with the cousin and is rescued. The husband rushes into a lifeboat with the women and drowns.
1 When Fate Laughs Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story romance
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 17 July 1930; (p. 6) Englishman returns to Samboangan (Zamboanga?) to find Philippino woman lost after passionate love affair apparently dying, discovers a half-caste villain has hidden his letters to her, duels with villain and after her miraculous recovery intends to marry her.
1 A North Sea Interlude Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 12 June 1930; (p. 6) Midshipman trapped aboard an enemy minesweeper escapes death for refusing information when a mine falls overboard and he runs the ship on it, rescuing a sympathetic German officer in the process
1 An Ill Wind Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 17 April 1930; (p. 6) Australian ship engineer needing money to support ill wife and return home ignores banker's letter, to ship on a North Sea steamer where he loses right arm and leg in an accident. Survives to find the letter was news that he had already inherited his uncle's Australian estate.
1 How Jackie Caught His Tin-Fish Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story children's
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 27 March 1930; (p. 57) Small boy left in a sailing boat ends adrift in fog, sees a U-boat and notifies the destroyer that finds him. The U-boat is sunk and the boy feted for sighting it.
1 "Hayseed" Hanch Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 March 1930; (p. 6) "Q" boat disguised as hay barge on advice of an Australian ex-farm reservist manages at high cost but with some farmyard comedy to sink U-boat reputedly the destroyer of the Lusitania
1 Seewehr Patrick Vaux , 1930 single work short story adventure
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 13 February 1930; (p. 6) German undercover attempt to hijack English freighter foiled by timely fall of skipper on siren lanyard and near presence of British cruisers
1 The Courting of Dinah Peveral Patrick Vaux , 1923 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 27 January 1923; (p. 43-44) Dinah was plucked from an orphanage by her 'Aunt', Robina, who has maltreated and maligned her for years. However, a kindly farmer sees beyond the drudge that Dinah has become, and asks her to be his wife.
1 When Red Tape Broke Asunder Patrick Vaux , 1921 single work short story
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 3 December 1921; (p. 11-12) A sailor regrets not being able to visit his wife and newborn baby. However, a mystery on board ship is to his advantage.
1 The Cost of Askew's Pearls : How Peter Made Good Patrick Vaux , 1919 single work short story young adult
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 December 1919; (p. 50)
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