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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1940
Page
3
The text outlines a troubled scenario with references to aggression and diplomacy amid a winter period. It mentions Germany and pro fascist leanings, potential revolutions, and shifting alliances, with vague predictions about a possible crisis and diplomatic maneuvering.
Lord Gowrie urged Australians to resist Nazi ideology during Canberra Grammar School prize day. The address warned democracy faces grave danger and requires sacrifice and spiritual resolve. School officials stressed duty, religion, and national unity as war looms.
About 6,000 Sydney engineers in the metropolitan area will be idle tomorrow in a protest against annual leave provisions in an interim award issued by Judge O Mara. The Amalgamated Engineering Union called the meeting and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers urged attendance. Merchant Service Guild branches defer action pending talks with the Deputy Registrar of the Arbitration Court. If grievances are not heard, a strike could halt lightering service to oversea Vom ela.
Air Minister McEwen told the House that Percival Reed chose a court martial rather than a summary deal after writing a letter to the Attorney General in breach of Air Force rules. MPs Forde and Cameron questioned how the court martial occurred without ministerial consent or knowledge and raised concerns about the timing and handling of the case.
Australia will be aided by Canada's plan to ban imports from non sterling countries of canned and dried fruits fruit pulps dried peaches and pears sparkling and unsparkling wines and brandies The Canadian High Commissioner Mr C J Bureauhell said Canada’s move shows willingness to help and Australia can now seek to win trade that previously went to non sterling countries
Len Hall wins the final wrestling match of the season at Rushcutters Bay Stadium defeating Pat Meehan by two falls to one in Sydney tonight with scores 16 11 and 16 10.
London reports that General Dentz, commander of the Fifteenth Army Corps in Marseilles, is appointed High Commissioner to Syria replacing M. Chiappe who was killed when his plane was shot down over the Mediterranean.
London report from the Ministry for Home Security states 157 200 bunks have been provided for dormitory shelters in London excluding tubes used for teleaffle.
Gunner C N Nelson was the sole Australian survivor from the Port Brisbane crew in the November 21 raider attack. He reached Melbourne today after escaping in a lifeboat as the raider’s searchlight swept the deck. The fate of the other four Australians remains uncertain, with many believed captured.
General Antonescu addressed veterans in Bucharest and pledged that Romania would not forget the deaths in Transylvania. He warned that Romania would accept any Hungarian peace terms only if persecutions of Romanians there ended.
A collage shows an Australian soldier admiring a wool dress, five or ten million rubber ear plugs issued to the English public, an Australian contingent boarding a train in the Middle East, a British tank hunting patrol in Britain, evacuating patients from a bombed London hospital, Scottish evacuee children in New York studying a newspaper, and a Stoke Newington underground shelter with a chicken coop bank for children and adults sleeping safely.
The Swan by election becomes a central Federal battle as major parties race to woo voters before the December 21 poll. Country Party Ministers and Senators plan a high‑tempo Perth tour led by Acting Leader Fadden, while Prime Minister Menzies may join, and Labor coordinates a train campaign with Leader Curtin and Senator Evatt departing Melbourne for Perth.
The Munitions Department weighs providing air raid shelters at factories it controls. authority approved for advances to apple and pear growers under the acquisition scheme is set at 1 shilling.
An ad touts Dr Moraeas Indian Root Pills as a gentle vegetable laxative for constipation with quick, thorough relief and no unpleasant side effects. It promotes an economical bottle of Dr Moruea Tsidian Red Pills and warns that delay may worsen symptoms.
Classified notice fragment reads WANTED young lady aged 16 to 17 for junior office work with good prospects, several Canberra addresses listed for applying to Mr E AR Snow Ltd and E Reece Kingston, phone contact. other lines mention female shop assistant roles and experienced staff for hotels and odd jobs in Braddon and Griffith with mixed spelling errors.
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