Canberra Recruiting Committee Faces Funding Gap
The Canberra Recruiting Committee operates without funds and faced a telephone cut by Post Office after unpaid bills. Officials restored service after representations. Members volunteer, but incidental costs mount. the ALF Girls Service plans a dance at Hotel Civic to ease the burden.
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Canberra
Fal
Tila
Civic Centre
Post Office
Australia
Counella
Hotel Civic
Canberra Scout Carnival Plans and Salvage Drive Schedule
Canberra Scouts announce a February 17 swimming carnival at the Canberra pool with loot entry fees payable to troop leaders. A second salvage collection runs February into March with multiple districts distributing leaflets and collecting odds and ends for a Patriotic Carnival stall on February 22.
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Canberra Swimming Pool
Entve Clave
Odda
Ende
Canberra
St. John's
Braddon
Ainslie
Turner
Acton
Fyshwick
Duntroon
Red
Ganberra
Forrest
Westridge
Westlake
Grifith
Grifith Bouth
Enda
Sth
Forreat
Hill, Deakin
Barton
Causeway
Kingston
Cuba
Sansini
Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan River
Canberra Girl Guide meetings set for February dates
First Canberra meets February 8 with Min Leibeck as captain. Third Canberra also meets February 8 under Miss Nancy Newder Mra. Miss Marie Robertson leads First Pack February 6 at Telopea Park. Second Pack with Miss Betty Townsend meets February 7 at Ainslie School. Training classes start February 10 at Presbyterian Manse for Gylders and Patrol Leaders.
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Canberra
Min Leibeck
Nancy Newder
Report on Empire Press Union censures and broadcasting bias
The annual Empire Press Union report criticizes Home Press censorship as uneven compared with official censors and notes frequent delays. It highlights BBC advantages in access and timing, and calls for equal treatment of home and overseas press while urging tighter coordination with government offices.
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London
Council of the Empire Press Union
Preas
B.bc
B.B.C
BLBC
Impadore
Empire
Bristol
Labour seeks representation on Australian Broadcasting Commission
The Labour Party aims to press the Commonwealth Government for Labour representation on the Australian Broadcasting Commission to fill a vacancy created by Mr. 8. G. Mc Gibbons departure abroad for the war. Deputy Leader Mr. Forde said Labour favors a representative with a Labour background and questions whether Mr Mc Gibbons resignation or a leave of absence is involved.
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Labour Party
Commonwealth
Australian Broadcasting Commission
G. McGibbons
Forde
Eesti Pperaon
Labour
Australia
McGibbon
Commission
Home Secretary Defends Daily Worker Ban in Commons
In London Tuesday the Home Secretary Herbert Morrison defended suppressing the Daily Worker under Defence Regulations. The Commons approved the amendment denouncing the propaganda, while MPs argued over democracy and wartime morale amid charges the paper sought to undermine war production. Morison warned against weak journalism and recalled republican Germany as a precedent.
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London
Communist Party
Home Secretary
Herbert Morrison
Daily Worker
Princeganda
A. Bevan
Lab
Callacer Com
Lees-Smith iLab
Morrison
Protiteria
Germany
Royal Commission Demanded Over Air Crashes
In Sydney the Federal president of the ALP calls for a royal commission to probe Royal Australian Air Force crashes. He accuses the minister of withholding real crash reasons and says only a High Court inquiry after the Glenbrook accident would restore public confidence.
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Sydney
McEwen
Melbourne
R.aa.f
A.L.P
Fallon
Air Force
Glenbrook
High Court
Th Dubuie
Merryville Ram Sale at Yass Thursday Auction
Buyers of merino stock are urged to attend the Merryville Ram Bale sale at Yass on Thursday at 2:30 pm hosted by Harold H Bridge and Co and Henry James and Co with W T Merriman personally selecting 100 stud ramflocks for buyers to choose from while amid nearby news Slamere and French negotiators aboard the Japanese cruiser Natori discuss a Thai Indo China truce.
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Merryville
Yass
Mens
Harold H Bridge
Baigon
Slamere
Natori
Boetititier
Manpower Survey Highlights National Register Role
The Minister for Labour and National Services Mr Holt said the National Register provides a general guide to skilled labour and manpower in Australia. He stated the manpower committee can allocate personnel to the government for resolving competing claims by military forces and production industries.
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Sydney
Labour and National Services
Holt
Australia
Housing scheme aligned to war needs amid manpower limits
The article reports remarks by Assistant Treasurer Mr Lee and others on prioritizing housing within wartime constraints. They say production depends on skilled labor, machinery, and finance for direct war work, stressing security of homes and a unified effort to outmatch the enemy.
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Poraible
Lee
Anthony
Institute Building Society
W. G. Pooley
Mr. Anthony
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Nestle
Nestle's
George St
Circular Guay
Lavery S Tailors
Lavery
Woolworth
Crompton Compton
Q.B.N. Motors Ltd
RADIO
Carson
Particu
UNC
Wm. R. McKerrow
Durabontes Homes
Wunderlich Limited
GPO
Wunderlich Durabestos
Rover
Rovers
Girl Guide
Empire Press
Empire Press Union
Nulttories
B.elc
Presa
Tal Emergency Council
Empire Preas Union
Mt Ia
Bo'gowe
Lifebuoy
Communist
Commons
Maivers Starway
Malvern Star
City
Cliff Williams
Melvern
Addran
Royal Commission
Merryville Ram Sale
Manpower Survey
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