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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 23, 1940
Page
5
The Commonwealth Government seeks a legal opinion to decide whether employers can refuse re hire. Army Minister Mr Street says under the National Security Act employers are required to re employ men called up for military training.
Australian Minister for Air Fairbairn outlined a three year effort to achieve air supremacy over Germany. The scheme would train 1,000 air crew annually across Canada Australia and New Zealand with Canada as main training sites and Australia hosting ground staff depots. Estimated UK funding reaches £300 million annually with personnel remaining in RAF identities.
Icelandic soprano Maria Markan opens her Australian tour with a Canberra recital at Albert Hall. She performs with Kenneth Neate and Carl Bartling as accompanist, in the presence of Governor General and Lady Gowrie.
A London court inquiry into a North London factory explosion proceeds with representatives from the workers ministry and offices. In Australia bids to buy export surpluses and form state pools are discussed amid wartime trade concerns and plans to conserve dollars.
A parliamentary Address-in-Reply debate featured Hutchinson urging a sweeping purge of Communists from all Australian government services and accusing teachers and clergy of spreading Communist ideas. Ward and Riordan clashed over Labour's stance as opponents labeled the drive fascist. The campaign rhetoric referenced the Tren Guard model, with backing from Sir Keith Murdoch and others.
In Cessnock on Monday further supplies of coal dust were moved from the Neath Colliery pithead for delivery to railway power houses. There was no demonstration by the strikers observed.
Australian Parliament debate cites Commonwealth Government stance on censorship of the Communist controlled Common Cause and related materials. Acting Information Minister Sir Henry Gullett calls Communist papers enemies of the country while defending restricted items during the war and ruling out groups planning violence.
The Minister for the Army Mr Street said widows allowances will be reduced or decided by greater Army Financial Officer authority. In related moves, the Government considers how pensions and widows benefits are managed.
Parades for May 1940 listed for Canberra and Queanbeyan with multiple dates and times across April and May. Personnel are required to attend these parades per Major A Beattie Admin Comd 3rd Bn.
Legal notice announces a hearing on Tuesday April 23 1940 at 9 forenoon in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory at the Patent Office Building Acton Canberra. Registrar C P Keane records the MATRIMONIAL matter Pickard v Pickard.
Public notices advertise a charity event at Albert Hall on May 2 and 4 with raffles and hospital ambulance fund aims. Items donated include clothing and household goods with ticket numbers and recipients listed. A vacancy for a gentleman in a private Kingston home is also noted with application details at Jackson's Newsagency.
Classified note seeks immediate furnished accommodation for a Member of Parliament or during the session period. Includes contact details for RF A McKillop & Co and mentions a woman for housework hours 8:30 to 4:30 with weekends off, plus an experienced housemaid needed at Hotel Queanbeyan.
On her 14th birthday Princess Elizabeth spent time with the King and Queen in London. The Duke of Windsor gave a present and an 11 year old Duke of Connaught called on her. A tea party yesterday for about a dozen friends noted rationing as the cake was smaller.
A health notice describes digestion problems causing pain sickness heartburn and constipation. It praises Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a remedy aiding digestion and assimilation of food and regulating the system in a mild manner.
The item states printed and published by Christophe John Shakespeare for the oral Capital Press of Australia Ltd at the company offices on Moin Street Braddon Canberra.
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