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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 12, 1940
Page
2
Jeffrey Lynn of Warner Bros promotes baked eggs in tomato cups as a hearty breakfast idea. Tomatoes are scooped, salted, filled with an egg, seasoned, crumbed with corn flakes, dotted with butter, and baked until skins wrinkle. Great for cold weather meals and Sunday dinners.
Across occupied and neutral lands, famine looms as German actions disrupt farming. Norway faces labor shortages and scarce meat, Denmark torments with slaughtered pigs and oil seed shortfalls, while Holland and France requisition food and cattle. Hungary and Yugoslavia suffer rain damage. Denmark plans large scale cultivation to cover deficits.
The Association of British Chambers of Commerce calls on the government to drop the proposed purchase tax. It warns the levy would burden wage earners and push prices higher, jeopardizing the cost of living. The National Council of Lipdes also commented on the plan yesterday.
A fragmentary report from Canberra describes harsh living conditions and rationing pressures in the Qowera area. It mentions air raids, evacuations, and shortages affecting civilians and workers, with references to military and civilian response and ongoing relief efforts.
Two additional stained glass windows will be inserted at St Christopher’s Church Forrest. The new panes, casting in the vicinity of 660, will complete a series of eight windows on the eastern wall for the church.
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