Australia Faces War Strain and Easy Money Critique
A Perth editorial argues Australia’s war effort and postwar recovery are damaged by easy money and rising inflation. It cites food rationing, wartime wage policies, and political claims by Mr. Fadden and Dr. Evatt, urging leaders to face truths about production and national finances and warning against political inflation. It contrasts family endowment use with broader economic aims and laments federal policy influence on wartime sacrifice.
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Australia
England
Jour Bors Arkier
Neton
Fondantry
Fadden
Max
Evatt
High Court
Mr. Curtin
Austalia
Perth
Thoreau
Franklin
West
Canberra
Poland political fault lines widen as free government backs exiled gate
United States News reports a split in Poland with Roosevelt and Churchill supporting the conservative government-in-exile and landowning interests, while Stalin backs a peasant led partisan movement. Civil war elements emerge as the situation develops.
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Poland
Roosevelt-Churchill
Stalin
United States
Vale Pat Lynch and Riseley’s Irish statesmanship noted
Victor Riseley writes of Paddy Lynch ex-senator and ex-president of the Senate, a man of substance and humour in Australian politics. He recalls Lynch’s broad reading, memory for Burke O Connell Parnell and Gladstone, and a dramatic yet simple nature that made readers wonder if he teased.
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Victor G. C. Riseley
Senate
P. J. Lynch
Edmund Burke
Daniel O'Connell
Parnell
Gladstone
Paddy Lynch and the Collie meeting remembered in a political tale
A vivid reminiscence recalls Paddy Lynch facing tomatoes at a 1947 Senate bid in Collie era. An Irish widow Mrs Flannagan lends support amid jeers and cheers as Lynch persists, drawing on his political grit and humor to endure. The piece notes his rise to Senate President despite a prior narrow defeat by a Western Australian colleague.
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Senate
Collie
Paddy
Goldfields
Charley Moran
Vosper
Wil Isn
Teve
Tragic Deaths From Trivial Accidents Across Victims
A derailed list of bizarre fatalities follows, citing a circus performer who died on a high platform with a rope noose, a Maltese cave worker killed by a swallowed fish, and a baby killed when a family cat entered the pram. Other incidents include a diver’s death from equipment failure, a man crushed by rock in Sydney Harbour, a windward cap mishap leading to a cliff fall, and a weed killer mishap at Silverdale. The report weaves a grim pattern of fatal outcomes from seemingly minor events.
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Aloys Peters
le West
Allien
Bum Self
Ives
Peters
Lake UK
Fleuelle
Aueranu
Gewii CnOlupson
Eaung
Sidulatn
Coe
Waltek Uulon
Vawick
Eave
Hiais
Ald Swanoweashe Bum
Yougeu
Winnpipe
Ima
Samuel Attard
Russelliver
Caius
Hum UN
Peter
Constable Graves
Parramatta
Hawkesbury
Joseph Dubos
Douglas Lisson
Sydney Harbour
Lisson
Dorothy
David Humphrey
Darcy
Armerican
Queenscliff
Charles Edwards
Wallarah Miners’ Lodge
Thirroul
Charles Gordon Montisoure
Silverdale
Camden
Wade Lea
Montisoure
Paddy Lynch remembered as a lively public speaker and reformer
A tribute recalls Paddy Lynch as a mobile and entertaining orator who challenged audiences with humor and force. He shifted stages, faced interjections, and even once dragged a heckler from the hall. Lynch rose from mine worker to union secretary and state parliamentarian, serving as Senate President with impartiality and democratic spirit, his only crooked trait being his necktie.
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Paddy Lynch
Kalgoorlie
Moulder
Ilui
Lawfel
Senate
Australia
Thought for the Week Reflects on Rembrandt’s Posterity
A reflective column questions Rembrandt’s lasting posterity and art’s impact, noting the author’s view of the artist as a rare breed. The piece also includes a meta note about mentioning the newspaper when engaging with advertisers.
United States Achieves Distant Naval Victory Says Lawrence
Washington syndicated writer David Lawrence argues that by mid 1945 or 1946 the United States will have achieved a historic naval feat, successfully fighting an enemy 7 000 to 10 000 miles away, marking a milestone in naval warfare.
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Japan
United States
Wa Hington Syndicate
David Lawrence
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