Anzac Day reflections and ceremonies abroad
The piece discusses Anzac Day amid wartime emotion, criticizing government timidity and stress on truth. It notes plans for Anzac Day events at Parliament House and Albert Hall, with services by FLMC Cadets, and mentions a New York observance led by Australian officials to honor those who served in World War I.
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Empire
Cotch MondTion Service
New York
Gor Lehmann
Australia
New Zealand
America
New Yorks
Ovabag
Mr. Caney
Excerpts Describe Governonera Attending Canberra College Ceremony
An official delegation including Brigadier General Loni and others attended training near South Australia before traveling to Sydney. Excellency Gowrie arrived from Canberra to join the annual commencement at Canberra tongue College. Professor Crawford of the University of Melbourne was expected to attend representing the university.
Social reform must lead postwar rebuilding says advocate
A wartime editorial argues a new world order will not ensure social progress without deliberate action. It urges immediate social reforms, housing, nutrition, and welfare measures, linking child endowment to housing and market adjustments to lift masses, amid calls to finance recovery now.
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New World
Commonwealth
Australia
Dominions
Sorat
University College Graduation Ceremony at Albert Hall
The University College graduation will be held tonight at Albert Hall. Matriculants and graduates will be congratulated by the Council Chairman and receive their certificates from Professor R M Crawford of Melbourne University. An address titled The Mystery for Graduation will be given by Mr J D G Medley. A public section is invited, with academic dress requested. Men may wear dinner dress or lounge suit instead of evening dress.
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Albert Hall
University of Melbourne
R. M. Crawford
J. D. G. Medley
Council
Attendance Falls at Canberra Swimming Pool in 1941
Canberra pool saw a marked drop in attendance last season with 24,200 users by February 28. Officials blame cold weather and shorter patronage weeks, noting 1939 30,500 and 1940 28,850 figures as context for the decline.
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Canberra
Department of Interior
Weather report from Canberra with hourly readings
Barometer 9 am 30.27 inches, 3 pm 30.14 inches. Temperature 9 am 61 degrees, 3 pm 74 or T4 degrees. 24 hour max 74.5, 3 pm max 76.10. Min shown 46.4, seen 38.0. Wind 8 am NE 4 mph, noon N 2 mph.
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Canberra
gTaan
Industrial Board Meeting Set for May 18 Canberra
The provisional date for the next Industrial Board sitting at Canberra is May 18. Several unions have filed claims for a season of awards, and this will be the last sitting before elections for new members in June.
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Canberra
Sesson
Prement
Plans for Australian munition works state by state
Melbourne Monday report says plans have been made to establish munition works in every Australian state aiming to boost production and supply during the war effort.
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Melbourne
Australia
Late shopping night planned for Friday at Can Centre
The Chamber of Commerce announced a late shopping event at the Can Centre on Friday. Notations for the event were approved, with shops set to reopen as usual on Saturday.
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Anzac
Autaeema' Chamber ‘of Commerce
Early reasssembly probable amid cabinet disharmony
Labour members express anger over war coins and deaths of Australian troops in Greece without Advisory Council consent. Mr. Bena ori and Mr. Fadden debate what news could have been shared, noting information not yet released by the government.
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Greece
Advisory Council
Bena Ori
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Partia
Fadden
Canberra HOUSES Trial Day Labour System
The Department of the Interior invited tenders for 35 cottages in Canberra City but found them unsatisfactory and sought new tenders. Five cottages were allotted to the day labour system at the Canberra Trades and Labour Council request. Tenders for the remaining 20 cottages to be built in Griffith were not yet opened.
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Department of the Interior
Canberra
Department
First Aid Instruction Courses in Canberra
War actuation prompts public to gain first aid skills for severe bleeding and injuries. Canberra Ambulance officers conduct weekly classes at the Fire Station with Mrs Muriel Kennedy teaching tonight only at the Alialie School and future meetings at Albert Hall under the Australian John Ambulance Association. Contact branch secretary Mr P F Douglas, Chief Ambulance Officer, Canberra 994, for details.
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Canberra
Muriel Kennedy
Alialie School
Albert Hall
al. John Ambulance Association
P. F. Douglas
Service Guild forms for soldiers' relatives meet Canberra
A meeting at the aCA Theatrette on Wi will consider forming a Women's Mutual Service Guild. Convened by Mrs. Gilmour with help from the Women's Radio Club, Dr. L W Nott will speak. Wives and mothers of on active service seek a group to discuss problems, socials, and support, with Canberra Girls' Service Club aiding and the Canberra Volunteers' Welfare Society approving.
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Aca
Gilmour
Women's Radio Club
L. W. Nott
Canberra Girls’ Service Club
Canberra Volunteers’ Welfare
Canberra Court Admits Slow Return From Holidays
The Canberra Court of Petty resisted delay as it noted that Mr. a red, fegle, mar, he trate will return to the Bench after holidays. Only a few small cases have been listed thus far.
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Canberra
Petty
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Fegle
Mar
Labour plan for NSW war effort and social reform
Labour Party outlines a wartime program for New South Wales focusing on home-front defence, decentralising war industries, and social reforms. Proposals include a Factory and Welfare Board, health care for workers, revised military travel fares, housing and slum clearance, co operative housing, price and supply reforms for meat and dairy, hospital funding, education expansion, and industrial reform through conciliation committees to support wartime production and postwar recovery.
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Australia
War Workers
New South Wales
Labour Party
Cabour
Siconta
Blum
set @ stron Housing Commission
Co-Operative Building Society
Sydney
Milk Board
War in Greece Deepens as Allied Line Yields to German Threat
British withdrawals continue along a rugged 180 mile front from the west through Southern Albania to Mount Olympus as German and Italian forces push the Allied line. The terrain, mountain passes, and limited Allied numbers hinder counterattacks, yet the withdrawal is framed as a notable defensive achievement under heavy assault.
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Greece
Albania
O Florina
Mount Olympus
Aegean
Belgium
Sermee Athac
British Forces Assemble in Mesopotamia
British troops land in Iraq as Premier Rashid Ali pledges full cooperation. Observers see the move stabilizing Anglo Iraqi relations under the 1933 treaty, with fears of pro Axis tilt after Italy’s entry and the shifting balance in the Middle East amid German pressures.
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Iraq
Rashid Ali
Britain
Germany
Italy
Rarahid al
Taha
Egypt
Negr East
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