Wake Up West Australia Advance Call for Local Leadership
An editorial laments WA’s federation losses of tariff freedom and financial power while urging Western Australians to elect leaders with a regional vision. It denounces Eastern States dominance, praises local industry potential, and calls for state and federal action to build a self sustaining economy and a stronger WA identity.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Western Australia
West Australia
Federation
Industres
Loan Council
New South Wales
Australia
Commonwealth
Blue Mountains
Wage War over Equal Pay Sparks NSW Labour Push
Labour moves in Parliament to condemn wage discrimination against women and demand state wage parity across civil and defence departments. The NSW Council of Action for Equal Pay backs the motion with broad union support and plans to push for an arbitration court case.
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Labour
War Advisory Council
Council of Avion For Equal Pay
Nsw
Makin
Parliamentary
Labour Party
Council
Air. Wilson
New South Wales Labour Council
Amalgamated Fostal
Australian Council of Trades Unions
National Congress
A.C.T.U
Arbitration Court
Prisoner Escapes Crete to Reach Allied Line
A digger escapes captivity on Crete after five days with German forces. He and a small group drift aboard a barge for eight days, living on minimal rations. They are aided by Greek police and later reach land, hoping to avoid further capture.
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Crete
Wild scenes as crowds storm football fields
Riotous crowds flood Preston and Kanri Kurri grounds as fights erupt during matches. Police briefed in, players and officials face tribunal, while referees suspend games amid mass clashes and crowd violence at multiple venues.
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Football Tribunal
Power Alcohol From Potatoes and Apples Proposed in Tasmania
The United Australia and Nationalist Organisation of Tasmania backs power alcohol use of apples and potatoes with plans to convert unstaple crops into staples. Germany's output of 70 million gallons a year spurs Tasmanian trials as the state can expand both crops and a plant costing about £3000 could process 8000 sacks of potatoes daily. The government seeks federal decision to pursue experiments in Tasmania per the Federal Committee on Power Alcohol.
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Germany
Federal Committee On
Tasmania
World's Biggest Bullock Weighs In At Southend Slaughter
Discussion of the world’s largest bullock reignites after a ton and quarter ox, 2800 pounds, slaughtered at Southend England. The animal, bought by the British Government, may set a modern weight record, though the Durham Ox of circa 1900 weighed 3360 pounds live. Earlier bulls around 1900 Maidstone Hereford weighed 3108 pounds, and 1915’s Pat the Giant of Leeds surpassed the Durham Ox, at 13558 pounds live with 60 percent dead weight.
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Southend
England
Maidstone
Pat
Leeds
Potato Control Introduces Interim Prices in Victoria
Professor Copland of the Commonwealth Prices Commission outlines interim prices under the potato stabilisation plan in Victoria. The move delays new purchases, allows merchants to clear old stocks, and bars excess profits on pre scheme stocks until the new pricing applies to approved brands for human consumption.
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Commonwealth
Professor Copland
Victoria
Bolshevism in Perspective by J de V Loder
A Sydney Public Library shelf selection reviews Bolshevism in Perspective by J. de V. Loder, later Lord Wakehurst. The governor-to-be argues Bolshevism challenges Western civilization and calls for a positive social alternative, noting its appeal beyond Russia and touching on race and ideological trends.
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Bent Street
Sydney
N.S.W
J. de V. Loder
Russia
Mikeely Hood
Wool Industry Faces Major wartime Restructuring
The wool and textile sectors in Britain may consolidate firms and close others for wartime efficiency under a government plan. Wool Review urges concentration as essential for victory while highlighting transitional instability and rising production costs.
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United Kingdom
Wool Review
Bbe
Wool Textile Exchange
America
Kenneth Lee
New York
Industrial Export Council
Bradford
Britain
Times Trade Supplement
Flying Pigeon Betty Finishes Long Sea Flight to Sydney
Betty, a carrier pigeon, completes a six hour sea voyage to Sydney carrying a message from airmen and soldiers at sea. She is a fourth generation descendant of Snow White, famed pigeon of the Great War, credited with epic North Sea flights and honored by enthusiasts and veterans alike.
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Betty
Sydney
Noot
Lady Davidson
NASAW
Snow White
North Sea
Britain
England
France
Belgium
F. E. J. Hiddlestone
Stanmore
Mr. Hiddlestone
We of the Alf film portrays Diggers on WWI fronts
A derived description of a Commonwealth government moving picture titled We of the Alf. It shows Diggers as actors in WWI fronts Egypt Gallipoli France Palestine across 1914 18 and later 1939 41. The piece emphasizes harsh realism and wartime valor through on screen captives captors and exhausted soldiers in stark close ups.
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Egypt
Gallipoli
France
Palestine
Middle East
Mitchell
ALF
Trian
Agaoa
Hivouae
Tank Corps recruiting sergeant seeks new drivers
A wartime recruiting note invites men to join the Tank Corps as drivers. The sergeant emphasizes toughness and willingness to serve, signaling recruitment drives amid ongoing military mobilization.
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Tank Corps
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