Nazis Next Move Difficulties In The Way
Commonwealth report from Brisbane on June 5 discusses expectations of a German offensive after consolidating in Northern France. Possible targets include near Abbeville and Amiens or the Sedan region toward Rheims and Chalons. Observers note heavy German casualties versus Allies, economic strains, and blocked supply routes impacting Nazi morale.
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Brisbane
France
Somme
Abbeville
Amiens
Sedan
Rheims
Chalons
Marne
Loraine
Maginot
Germany
BEF
Austria
Food Rationing and War Strain Across Europe
Since the war began rationing has tightened in England affecting butter sugar and meat while German controls bite deeper into food clothing and domestic goods. Potato supplies shrink and overall hardship rises though military gains bring little optimism as costs and strain mount.
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England
Germany
Committee to review Queensland secondary industry expansion
Government appointed committer will meet Friday afternoon to set inquiry procedures. Bureau of Industry research officers have studied the problems and will present reports for the meeting, guiding the committee's forthcoming inquiry.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Bureau of Industry
Commonwealth to coordinate patriotic funds nationwide
Canberra reports the Commonwealth will soon assume direct control of interstate patriotic funds for national purposes while local appeals remain managed by the states. Premiers agree to coordinate funds to avoid duplication experienced in the last war.
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Canberra
Commonwealth
Special arrangement note on overseas intelligence rights
By special arrangement Reuters World Service and other Special sources of information are used in compiling the Overseas Intelligence section. The issue reserves all rights in Australia and New Zealand.
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Reuter
World Service
Australia
New Zealand
Times Style Notes From a Distant Page
An archival brief notes how a newspaper article from The Times would read when redirected to this paper. It hints at editorial stance and attribution, suggesting opinions differ from the Times unless clearly stated as authorized.
Commercial Lucerne and produce market at Roma street
Light lucerne chaff deliveries at Roma street. Prices topped at 9/, mixed chaff 6/4 to 6/2, lucerne hay 4/9 to 4/6, maize 4/1 to 4/. Potatoes met good competition as demand rose, rownells topped at 11/. Pumpkins abundant with modest demand and sales 1/6 to Va.
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Brisbane
Roma Street
Rownells
Sydney Stock Exchange Yesterday's Sales in Sydney
Yesterday's sales reports show a steadier market tone despite price falls. Bonds were strong with prices steadier and some gains, listing entities include Tooheys Tooth Australian Gas A British Tobacco Burns, Philp Coles Woolworths and more with varied bid and sale prices.
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Sydney
Tooheys
Tooth
Australian Gas
Wi. Goninon
A. Hordern
AVL
Ivla
British Tobacco
Broken Hall
Burns
Philp
Colonial Sugar
Electro Zinc
Coles
Henry Jones
Howard Smith's
Kandon
Mort's Tock
Peters
Stirling Henry
Woolworths
Yarra Falls
McMaster Honored as Socialist Attention Arrives in Brisbane
Hugh McMaster of Derwent Station near Cloncurry was flown 100 miles to Brisbane by Qantas Empire Airways. An ambulance met the plane at Archerfield and conveyed him to a private hospital. His condition tonight was reported satisfactory. He is brother to Fergus Mc Master, chairman of the Qantas Empire Airways board.
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Heisbane
Hugh McMaster
Derwent Station
Cloncurry
Brisbane
Qantas Empire Airways
Archerfield
Fergus McMaster
Qanton Empire Airways
Seventh Division Enlistment Surges in State
About 73 men in the south enlisted with the Seventh Division today. It was estimated tonight that 4350 had applied for service with the Seventh Division, 560 more than the State quota, with 2250 men already entered camp.
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Brisbane
ATB
Sugar Payments For Innisfail Regions In 1939 Crop
Sugar payments for the three areas around Innisfail have been completed totaling about £140,000. This report notes the final pay distribution for the 1939 crop, as reported by the Lonis fail correspondent.
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Innisfail
Lonisfail
Interest Free Loans Endorsed by Commonwealth Bank Mareeba
The Mareeba manager Mr. G Bolton announces war period yet to six months after as interest free loans have been received from Mrs LC Cato account 2730 and Mr M Jebreen account 2300.
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Commonwealth Bank
Mareeba
G. Bolton
LC. Cato
M. Jebreen
Public inquiry on tobacco matters by Commonwealth Tariff Board
Advertisement announces a Commonwealth Tariff Board public inquiry at City Council Chambers Cairns on Tuesday June 25 at 1 am. The session will consider tariff issues related to the tobacco industry.
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Cairns
Commonwealth Tariff Board
Hitler’s Plans for a Third Empire Foretold in 1933
An extract from The Cairns Post dated June 5 1933 quotes Wickham Steed outlining Hitler’s broad aims to form a pan German state across Europe. The piece notes Nazi cells aiming to create a federated link with Germany in regions including Austria Czechoslovakia Denmark Holland and the Baltic states and suggests the writer was well informed by the time.
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Hitler
Cairns Post
Wickham Steed
Austria
Europe
Switzerland
Czechoslovakia
Bergiany
Flanders
Holland
Bale States
Luxemburg
Denmark
Scandinavia
Germany
Bereavement thanks from McDeaugh Blakeney Nicholls families
Mr. Fred Kellow and related families extend thanks to friends for sympathy after a recent bereavement. Special gratitude goes to Grace and Peggy Borghero of Mareeba for assistance. Italian Committee members congratulate the Tully Red Cross Society president on a humble contribution of 457/12/6 and pledge further fund raising support.
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Fred Kellow
McDeaugh
Blakeney
Nicholls
Grace
Peggy Borghero
Mareeba
Messrs
D. G. Borgna
G. Lizzio
I. Piccio
V. Merenda
V. Santo
H. Pietralia
Barone
Tully
Red Cross Society
Tully Red Cross Society
In Memoriam Bessie Joseph and Family Remembrance
In memory of Bessie Joseph who died June 6 1945 at Innisfail. A precious one from us gone, a voice we loved is stilled, a place is vacant. From her sons and daughters. Also remembrance for Robert Bicheno who died June 6 1939 with note this is day of remembrance. Family letters note Ada Victoria Hill and other relatives with lines of memory.
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Joseph
Bessie Joseph
Innisfail
Bicheno
Robert
Hill
Ada Victoria
War unity in British Empire, Nazi propaganda exposed
The Carns Post notes Nazi propaganda aims to fear and subjugate, but Britain and its dominions show rare unity. It cites Gandhi's opposition to violence, loyal Sikhs in India, Jewish and Arab loyalty in Palestine, and Labour leaders in the West Indies and Australia pledging support as war begins.
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India
Palestine
Great Britain
Mr. Gandhi
Gandhi
Germany
West Indies
Canada
Australia
Unity of Empire Rises Against Nazi Threat
The British Empire unites across colonies and governments to curb Nazi aggression, with Labour and colonial leaders rallying behind liberty as the shared basis of imperial strength. Churchill’s vow to never surrender echoes as Australia echoes the call for global liberation and resilience.
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Labour
New Zealand
Geneva
South African Assembly
General Hertog
Britain
Churchill
Australia
RAAF Examinations Signal First Call-Up
The first call-up of Royal Australian Air Force applicants included 16 air crew and 30 ground staff yesterday. Most men showed excellent physique and passed the interview and medical and trade tests. A further batch is called up today. A contingent of 11 Cairns district men left by train for Brisbane to begin training with the Seventh Division of the AIF, with the Mayor Alderman W A Collins and other citizens bidding them farewell at the station.
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Royal Australian Air Force
Cairns
Brisbane
ALF
Ald
W. A. Collins
No. S
R.a.alf
F' Ing
Ificer McKinnon
Calina
Mirceuw
Re Aive
Wold
Fen Weeks
Air Force
Australia
Director of Agriculture to Visit Innisfail Region
War Innisfail correspondent reports that Brisbane Director of Agriculture Mr C J McKeon will spend the weekend in Innisfail and tour the South Johnstone Experimental Station where tropical production experiments are under way.
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C. J. McKeon
Brisbane
Inmisfail
South Johnstone
Queensland Weather Forecast For Coastal Tropics
Weather bulletin issued at 5 p.m. for the next 24 hours notes scattered showers along the tropical coast with otherwise fine conditions. Some cloud development expected in the tropical interior. Local frosts anticipated on the central and south eastern highlands. Winds mostly southeast to easterly, fresh to strong along the tropical coast and eastward.
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Queensland
Australian alien population figures from Commonwealth Statistician
Commonwealth Statistician figures show Australia’s alien population at about 80,500 with Italians numbering over 27,000. At the war’s outbreak the Italian population was almost 19,000 males and 900 females.
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The
Commonwealth Statistician’s Department
Australia
Commonwealth
Child Burns To Feet At Paddy's Green Farm
A two year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Muller Mehmet of Paddy's Green near Mareeba, wandered into hot ashes while his father burned off tobacco leaf. He sustained severe burns to both feet and legs and was taken to Mareeba Hospital.
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Muller Mehmet
Paddy's Green
Mareeba
Mareeba Hospital
Slaughtering Licences Granted and Adjourned Hearing
In Cairns Licensing Court yesterday morning Magistrate R C Grenier granted slaughtering licences to J Jones I P Marsh and the Wrotham Park Butchering Company The Inspector J Canty asked for the Norman Smorgon and Company slaughter house licence hearing to be adjourned until July 3 for further action
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Cairns
R. C. Grenier
J. Jones
I. P. Marsh
Wrotham Park Butchering Company
J. Canty
Norman Smorgon and Company
Menzies Appeals for National Government to Unite War Effort
Mr Menzies urges a united National Government to win the war, praising cooperation with Labour leader John Curtin and calling on trade unions to back a national effort. He stresses no compromise on policy today, while inviting Labour unions to unite and avoid bitterness for Australia’s wartime endeavour.
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Menzies
John Curtin
Australia
Labour
Watersiders’ decision on ALF return and wartime duties
In Brisbane a 700 member Waterside Workers Federation meeting objected to a motion from the State Conference calling for the ALF to be returned to Australia. They pledged to expedite loading and discharging ships during the war and will inform the Prime Minister. The secretary was asked to seek help from the Federal Labour Leader to form a National Government, with copies of motions sent to all Queensland ports.
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Brisbane
Waterside Workers’ Federation
ALF
Australia
Queensland
Air Force quota increase urged for Queensland recruits
Air Board in Melbourne receives request to raise Queensland monthly intake under the Empire Air Scheme due to a steady flow of applicants and no vacancies. Month’s quota sits at 342 from 1037 applications last week, with 700 men awaiting enlistment as air crews. State Recruiting Drive Committee informs chairman Sir Derald Cameron of the need.
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Arisbane
Queensland
Air Board
Melbourne
Derald Cameron
Air applicants in Melbourne get correspondence training
The Minister for Air announced cor respondence courses for air crew applicants on the waiting list. Men will receive manuals covering engines airframes flight principles meteorology and navigation. Lessons with notes and questions will be conducted by Air Force education officers and voluntary school teaching staff.
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Melbourne
Air
J. W. Fairbairn
Air Force
STOP PRESS NEW OFFENSIVE IN LONDON REPORT
London dispatch reports no definite impression on Dunkirk progress as of June 5 1940. Worn by constant bombardment and heavy seas, Allied evacuations continued with returning swimmers and soldiers in strained conditions.
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London
Dunkirk
England
Cairns Accidents Report Two Injuries From Falling Rock and Collision
Mr H Shean of Grafton street was attended by the Ambulance and taken to Cairns District Hospital after a rock fell and lacerated the toes of his left foot. C W Lowe of Minnie street received a laceration to the right ear when his head struck a lorry and was also taken to Cairns District Hospital.
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Cairns
H. Shean
Grafton-street
Cairns District Hospital
C. W. Lowe
Minnie-street
Queensland plan for air fitters training rejected
Queensland proposed training for Air Force fitters with £6000 worth of machines and space at Central Technical College. The plan, urged by Minister for Works H Bruce, was rejected by the Air Board which cited adequate existing facilities.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Air Board
Central Technical College
H. Bruce
Commonwealth
Canberra
Edwards
Air
J. W. Fairbairn
Air Board Today
RAAF Recruiting Drive Grows Through Cairns Meeting
A Cairns meeting urged expanding Royal Australian Air Force recruitment with a large citizen committee to assist the examining board and promote recruiting. Flying Officer McKinnon outlined duties from interviewing applicants to coordinating advertising and educational aid for reserve handling, with examinations expected to run about five weeks and batches of air crew and ground crew dispatched fortnightly.
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Air Force
McKinnon
Air Forcs
Unite
Ald
W. A. Collins
Royal Australian Air Force
Cairns
R.S.1- LA
Civb
Esplanade
New Committee Formed for Meeting Schedule Aimed for June
The Committee presided by Ald W A Collins includes Menara Fogarty Bull Groce Loney McMorne Mills Dr Headrick Campbell Pmith Hunter Gibbs MacDonnell Catto Po Me Donald McDone and Clerk A E Wilkinson. The new committee will hold weekly meetings starting June 17 and a roster for members was drawn up.
Home Defence Reserve Formed by Army Minister
The Army Minister announced an official home defence reserve of returned soldiers organized by the Returned Soldiers' League into classes A and B. A members would join skilled trades such as signallers and gunners, forming battalions to be absorbed as needed for home defence. The army would supply establishments and battalion needs, but not quarters, uniforms, pay, or instruction unless required.
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Melbourne
WA. A. Street
Returned Soldiers’ League
Otens
Ebert
Forte
State finances show surplus against estimates
State Treasurer Mr. F Cooper reports a revenue surplus of £259 for May. The year’s budget predicts a £64,700 deficit, with June figures expected to align with forecasts. Revenue for 11 months to May 31 totals £18,289,411, up from last year’s £17,190,353, and railway revenue reaches £7,266,521 while expenditure is £5,771,097. Tax intake is £6,896,029, higher than £5,916,631 previously.
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Brisbane
F. Cooper
Cooper
Consolidated Revenue Fund
Taxes on voluntary military pay for workers clarified
Employers must apply the State development tax to any cash payments compensating the difference between civil and military wages for employees called to militia training or home defence. Tax rate aligns with the employee’s remuneration at the time home defence duties began. Payments to ex-employees serving abroad are not deductions. Defence Department payments to trainees or enlisted men are not taxed under this act.
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Commonwealth
T. Noonan
Defence Department
Australia consider base to aid wounded soldiers
Canberra June 5 The Health Minister Mr H Thorby urged Australia to form an organisation to care for sick and wounded European soldiers. He said Australia could serve as a reserve base to relieve English hospitals and support convalescents. He proposed government support and possible allowances for upkeep and noted child refugees should be brought with mothers for the children’s interests.
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Canberra
Thorby
Australia
Europe
England
Hudson Guilty of Murder at Kangaroo Point
Dixon Hudson, 30, a carpenter, was found guilty of wilful murder of Agnes Kate Lennon at Kangaroo Point on February 21. Justice Philp sentenced him to life imprisonment. Evidence showed the woman died by strangulation with eight scalp lacerations and brain injury. No defense evidence. The judge noted motive was not required to be proven.
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Brisbane
Dixon Hudson
Carpenter
Agnes Kate Lennon
Kangaroo Point
Justice Philp
Hudson
Dr. Johnson
Department of Health
N. Moynihan
Price for 1940 sugar sale to Britain set at £12 12s 6d a ton
Base to Britain reports that the Price to be paid for the 1940 sugar sold to Britain, Canada and New Zealand is £12/12/6 per ton net. Allocation would be 300,000 tons to the United Kingdom, 120,000 to Canada, 60,000 to New Zealand, with shipping space and EmpireCosts considered. Final net return expected to be a slim rise over last year, pending season results.
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Brisbane
Iimean Bige Setaed
Beith Mitty
Britain
Canada
New Zealand
United Kingdom
Queensland
Ministry of Food
Storage measures urged as sugar removal slows
The Premier warned that sugar removal would slow and long storage is inevitable. Mills must allocate storage space and guard against preventible loss. Negotiations sought a British Ministry of Road undertaking to absorb the 1941 season’s surplus, but the British Government would not agree at present.
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Ministry of Road
Export rebate rates for Australian sugar exports announced
Export Sugar Committee announced June rebate rates for sugar contents of goods exported from Australia. New Zealand rates are 13 shillings per ton for fruit products and 2 pounds 17 shillings per ton for other goods. To other countries the rates are 7 pounds 1 shilling per ton for fruit products and 9 pounds 10 shillings per ton for other goods.
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Anberra
Australia
New Zealand
Brisbane businessman dies in staircase fall
Sydney William Dunstan a 35 year old Queensland Coal Board member and secretary of Blackheath and Caledonian Collieries Ltd, was found dead after reportedly collapsing or slipping on stairs in the Taxation Building George Street. He had been in Brisbane twenty years, leaves a widow and son.
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Brisbane
Sydney William Dunstan
Queensland Con Board
Taxation
George Street
Dunstan
Blackheath and Caledonian Collieries Ltd
MacDonald, Hamilton and Co
Adelaide
Ith
42Nd Battery
Caloundra
Similar Sydney Fatality At Falls From Tall Stairwell
Sydney June 5 Henry John Bailey 55 principal of H J Bailey and Sons upholsterers Waverley was killed when he crashed at least 150 feet down a spiral stairwell in Chal lis House Martin Place today. Police seek whether he fell from a landing on the eleventh floor or from lower levels. A woman saw his body hurtling past floors five and six and a 14 year old boy watched the body pass to the concrete base. Bailey had left home this afternoon in good health to visit potential customers in the city.
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Sydney
Henry John Bailey
H. J. Bailey and Sons
Waverley
Challis House
Martin Place
Bailey
Hooded Giant terrorized coast man captured by police
Brisbane reports a six foot tall man nicknamed The Hooded Giant who roamed the North Coast in March armed with a rifle and wore a hooded blanket. After being seized by police, he was sent to a sane asylum but escaped, displaying extraordinary endurance across flooded creeks and rivers before capture on Yabba Mountain.
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Brisbane
North Coast
Cioncia
Yabba Mountain
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