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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1941
Page
5
A distorted OCR fragment describes a wartime landscape near a lake with references to wind and a fortress or camp. The text is garbled, mentioning places like Ware or Windom and a Livy style line, making specifics unclear.
The article reviews railway crews and settlers tackling washaways after a drought break in New South Wales. It highlights the risk to tracks from floods, the quick repair efforts, and praise for the Commissariat for Railways staff led by Mr. T. J. Hartigan as trains resumed with minimal disruption.
The Matson Line announces the temporary removal from the Australian run of the liner Mariposa between July 16 and September. It is expected that Abe rner will be engaged in heavy travel service between California and Hawaii.
Deputy Leader Mr Forde claims Hughes Evans group are not breakaways but aligned with affiliates of the Fifth Column. He says Curtin rejects Nazism and fascism, defending Labour unity and postwar reconstruction.
Three Bermuda House members W J H Croft J W Cox and H J Tucker junr flew to Britain and presented the Minister of Aircraft Production with £5000 for the purchase and naming of another Bermuda Spire. The total described by Bermuda people, apart from government aid, is £21,881 enough to purchase four Byrtieres. Gifts come from all classes and nationalities on the island.
The Australian Agricultural Council recommended extending cold storage capacity nationwide to guard against export delays and shipping bottlenecks. The plan envisions joint Commonwealth and state funding, surveys of existing facilities, and additional storage for meat and dairy beyond current public and private systems.
The Australian Agricultural Council urged state based fodder conservation plans tailored to local conditions rather than a uniform federal scheme. Plans will be sent to the Commonwealth for inclusion in a national scheme, with individual farmers allowed to conserve fodder and state reserves built for drought. The scheme ties to wheat stabilization and funding estimates remain undetermined at this time.
Australia faces higher taxes to fund the war effort, but industry remains resilient and expanded. Employment rises as production shifts from peace to war needs, with 566,108 factory workers last year. Munition jobs are growing, projected to reach 150,000 directly or indirectly by mid‑1941 across states.
The Naval Board launches its greatest recruitment campaign at Melbourne on Tuesday. Recruits will be sought for the fleet at several hundred monthly, with tradesmen in high demand.
Sir Earle urges a National Fodder Conservation Board to oversee production and financing for farmers, storage, and distribution. States fear Commonwealth uniformity and seek local control. plan would shift transport relief and reduced rates to aid starving stock, with states retaining some say.
First Contingent returns from the war include 44 soldiers and other mariners from Victoria. Many face nervous disorders and weak hearts caused by desert warfare conditions as Canberra port receives the wounded and ill. President Roosevelt is indisposed and undergoing medical orders. Burney contracts sewerage installation for the courthouse and police quarters at Athlfield with price set at 635.
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