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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text references college, cricket, and names like Hunt, Welsh, Rey, La. It is incoherent with missing context and dates, making a precise summary difficult. The readable pieces imply a sports or college article with scattered names and numbers.
About 985 women and children evacuees from Hong Kong left Manila yesterday for Australia and are expected to land with minimal or no charges if they meet a post in its position. Approximately 260 more are anticipated to land in the region, but specifics remain unclear due to garbled text.
In Johannesburg and surrounding areas a string of dynamiting incidents damaged reef centers and a railway section in the Heidelberg district. Police have detained many suspects and seized large quantities of explosives amid rising unease.
The Secretary of the Interior Mr. J A Carrodus notes Canberra's growing population mirrors rising motor vehicle registrations. From 1935-36 to 1939-40 total registrations climbed from 1 264 to 2 441 with cars and lorries making up most of the fleet. used cars and driving licences also show gains by June 30 1940.
Narromine hosts a new air training school for the Empire Air Scheme. Sixty duty sites, 340 men accommodated, eight weeks ground training at the initial school, eight weeks elementary flying at Narromine, then advanced instruction. Several forced landing grounds prepared and available to authorities by landholders.
Melbourne Tuesday President of the Australian Wheatgrowers Federation Mr F H Cullen said telegrams from across the country protested against the governments decision to raise the advance on this season's wheat by 4d. He said the amount would be wholly inadequate.
A detailed list outlines radio programming across the day from 2FC and 2BL stations including essential services, news, music blocks, school broadcasts, devotional segments, talks, operatic and concert programs, race descriptions, and regional updates from Sydney and Melbourne, with multiple time slots and program titles. It notes variations such as station 2FC and 2BL and includes references to The Canberra Times and Goulburn region feeds.
The A C T Pastoral and Agricultural Association met at Rochford’s Hall to elect officers with the president announcing retirement plans. The Fourteenth Annual Show on March 12 and 13, opened by Canada’s High Commissioner Mr Burchell, saw lower attendance and gate revenue due to weather and bush fires. A weekend February 14–15 show was planned to boost attendance, and tenant rights for buildings on Hall Recreation Reserve were noted. The president cited a disappointing financial result due to the heat wave.
A Commonwealth Gazette supplement publishes 1010 firms banned from trade under the Tracing with the Enemy Act. Firms span many countries outside enemy territory, listed as controlled directly or indirectly by enemy nationals or businesses in enemy territory. The list expands earlier proclamations with added counties occupied by the enemy.
A financial statement shows income and expenditure items for TG and P40 with a reduction in gate takings to £565 4 and total takings plus bus proceeds at £647 4, alongside a £12 2 rise in prize money. Mr Jamison attributes the result to Showtime conditions and urge tighter expenditure control by the Finance Sub-committee.
President thanks committee and supporters as the Association plans another Show despite war constraints. The 1940 wool section praised. overdrawn funds noted. debentures discussed to cover overdraft. New committee elected for 1940-41. Sports Day fixed for Acton Racecourse to aid war funds.
The Minister for the Army announced Brigadier General H. W. Lloyd, Director General of Recruiting, is appointed Deputy Adjutant General at Army Headquarters Melbourne. He will relinquish recruiting duties to Brigadier Lloyd tomorrow and begin new duties immediately due to temporary desertion in recruiting for the A.L.T.P.
In Washington Monday Australian Minister to Washington R G Causey conferred with Assistant Secretary of State Sumner Welles for half an hour. Causey said several matters were cleared up but declined to discuss specifics. He planned to fly to San Francisco to address the National Foreign Trade Council convention and visit the World’s Fair. He would also spend a few days at a businessmen's camp outside the city before returning to Washington on Sunday.
An Australian notice reports a German measles outbreak in Canberra where nearly 10 percent of department staff have been absent for weeks. About a quarter of public servants have contracted the illness or shown symptoms as the public hospital and nursing services face shortages.
The Commonwealth Prices Commission yesterday fixed the date from which the averaging system for shirt prices applies to men and boys shirts. Prices will be averaged on old stock as the new regulations take effect.
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