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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 20, 1940
Page
4
Canberra Girls Grammar School in the Australian Capital Territory offers boarding and day education for girls from kindergarten to Leaving Certificate Honours. The institution is located in Canberra, providing a full range of pre university schooling.
The Canberra Times presents publication and subscription information for The Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd. Includes address Molonglo and Mortal descriptions of rates and terms. Mentions post free delivery and contact details for Canberra residents.
The Canberra Times notes that it may alter or omit ads and that no guarantee is given for headings. Ads must be submitted by 3 pm the day before publication, written clearly in ink, with proper names and figures precise. Endorsement by responsible persons is required, and ads not meeting rules may be held over. Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd, Canberra.
Commencement Ball at Hotel Canberra celebrated by the university community. Organisers including Steere M. Bennett, Trowbridge, H. Haydon, Cordy, Tempersey, Maryent and Whitehead directed arrangements for the first annual function.
The piece argues Prime Minister Menzies did not settle the coalfield strike but showed that strike leaders and their followers have rejected public order. It asserts the government must ensure essential services and calls out miners as resistant to reason and authority while warning against industrial anarchy and threats to tie up industry.
The notice lists church services for Anglican Catholic Presbyterian Methodist Baptist Congregational and Christian Science across Canberra suburbs Ainslie Weetlake and Braddon. It specifies times for Holy Communion Matins Evensong Children services and sermons along with names of pastors and locations including St Paul Canberra South St Christopher’s St Patrick’s Causeway and Ainslie churches.
Britain and Australia warn of a life and death struggle with Nazi Germany as Hull outlines Pacific status quo measures with the Netherlands. At home, debates over repatriation reform, wheat storage, and defence spending juxtapose reports of Poland atrocities and German plans for Lebensraum and forced migration.
A motion by Mr Price to appoint a Select Parliamentary Committee to examine the Royal Commission on Banking report seeks inquiry into central bank powers and credit extension during wartime, drawing Opposition and several Government members into the discussion.
The British Purchasing Commission states large quantities of new U S military aircraft have been bought. Contracts were signed in New York for Curtiss pursuit planes and Douglas bombers, with a third deal near completion for a latest type released Monday.
A Time correspondent reports more active engagements on the Western Front. Artillery hit German field fortifications and French advanced posts. German raids were sometimes company sized, but only increased discomfort for the enemy. French valders reached enemy battalion quarters. German artillery caused many own casualties.
The forthcoming proclamation for conscription of men over 28 will compel 90,000 Irish residents in Britain to serve. Many older men are settled and in reserved occupations, delaying their call to service.
The Hon. Geoffrey Browne and Mr. Peter Lubbock arrive at Government House in Canberra for official duties and duties of state.
London reports the death of Florrie Forde music hall entertainer aged 65 born in Melbourne. She collapsed after spending the afternoon entertaining patients at a naval hospital.
The Ladies Guild meets Friday at 2 30 p m in St Pauls Hall replacing Thursday. A working bee convenes Saturday morning at 9 in church grounds bring hoes and mattocks. Morning service at St Andrew broadcast on Station 2CY. Men meet at 5 with speaker Mr C J Burchell KC Canada on Presbyterian migration. University Commencement Service Sunday April 28 at 11 am St Andrew Church.
A fragmented OCR sample lists numerous individuals including Williams, Mr G Piggin, Davies, Miss Lane Poole, Mitchall, EB Charles, R Bullock, Maxwell, Horner, Baker, Young, H McGuiness, Edwards, Dixon, Creswick, Parker, Makin, and the Harrys among others. The partial line ends with Mrs Go and Mr J Anderson.
Weather bulletin for Canberra notes barometer readings from 9 am to 3 pm at 30.40 and 30.20 inches, temperatures 61 degrees, highs 64.2, lows 41.5, 33.8 on grass, wind NW, gusts to 200 mph.
Australian official remarks note the US stance against foreign interference in the Netherlands East Indies and warn Germany could mass 80 to 40 divisions on the Dutch frontier. McEwen cites Allied readiness, Finland aid decisions, and Swedish/Norway dynamics shaping Allied policy in the Pacific war context.
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