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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 30, 1941
Page
5
The Minister for Labour Mr Holt said extending wartime wage loading would strengthen the Arbitration Court’s powers and promote stability in industry. He noted government action across trades had produced low and remarkable stability.
Tuesday casualty list shows WOUNDED IN ACTION Pn ROC Ashton and T A Grant. CPL A R Gray. MISSING Sagi A V W Elliott. Fgt N A Labre. CPL H A Phillipa. Lieut J Guest. Pie H Raven. Fie J Rawlinson with locations Dandenong Casterton Tiverton Toorak Drouin Oakleigh St Kilda Footscray.
The Australian Government may allow about ten percent of certain AIF units to enlist as reinforcements for overseas service. Officials sympathize with early war volunteers kept back at home while others serve abroad. A plan aims to move selected personnel overseas without weakening local defence, notably anti aircraft units.
In Bombay and Cawnpore Moslems and Hindus clashed as police fired on the mob. Ten injured in Cawnpore, curfew imposed. Bombay riot toll rises with ten dead and 137 injured since the unrest began a week ago.
In Sydney Tuesday a war and works loan drive raised 10.5 million pounds of the 35 million target. Officials led by Acting Prime Minister Fadden Minister Hughes and Dr Evatt urged rapid subscriptions to fund war and civil works, warning of intensified enemy threats and Greece’s crisis. The speech underscored Australia’s need to stretch resources and enlarge forces to meet aggression. Crete and Britain were cited as last free peopled havens, with Greece’s leader Teodoros predicting eventual return to Athens.
The page advertises an auction of unreleased stock at the Canberra Pound on Friday May 3. It invites applications from youths for indentured apprenticeships in painting with education, wage details, and submission instructions. Also listed are job ads for retail and cleaning products, plus a boarding school prospectus and a fourth annual cabaret ball proceeds notice for Patriotic Fund.
A man charged with pass ed valueless cheques was arrested in Parramatta and brought to Canberra. He is to appear before the court on Friday. Sergio Bailey escorted the suspect from Canberra to Parramatta and back, as services seek available men to join in a united war effort. Evatt urged national unity and action.
Welfare efforts by the YWCA extend to Egypt and Palestine with huts and residences for nurses. Miss Begg directs activities, aided by three New Zealand secretaries and potential Australian staff sent at Britain’s request. Fundraising aims to broaden nursing centers for Allied forces. A public meeting at Albert Hall on May 16 will feature Lady Gowrie.
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