Canadian Victory Loan subscriptions surge past target
By day four of the 1941 campaign subscriptions total £156,56,000 and continue ahead of schedule. Quebec reports £133,000, British Columbia £278,000, with Metroplo lis Life Insurance Company contributing £5,550.10y in matured securities. Summerside and St Martin's show unusually high per capita support. A four engine bomber carries a victory torch across Canada, while Winnipeg parades celebrate subscriptions amid wartime mobilization.
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Jottawa
Canada
Quebec
British Columbia
Ganmiian Government
Metropolis Life Insurance Company
United States
Summerside
Prince Liward Island
St. Martin's
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Britain
Winnipeg
der Nordwerten
Brushwood price rise approved by Prices Commissioner
The sawmillers price for brushwoods used in case making has been raised by the Prices Commissioner Professor Copland. The new rates are 20 shillings per bodmey 27 shillings per yard and 27 shillings per yard into yards at Newcastle.
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Professor Copland
Newcastle
Postwar Reconstruction Plan Coordinated by Commonwealth and States
A Canberra conference of Commonwealth and State officers urged unified reconstruction work. Dr. H. V. Evatt stressed coordinated policy based on investigation, covering agriculture transport housing and postwar demobilisation in South Australia Western Australia and Tasmania. The meeting closed last night.
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Commonwealth Cal Mets
Canberra
H. V. Evatt
Stege
Evatt
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Powdered Eggs for Britain Plan Moves Forward
Melbourne reports plans by the Department of Commerce to dry and export eggs from Australia. Equipment from China is being assembled in Victoria and New South Wales for rapid operation. Authorities aim to dry the entire exportable surplus of eggs from Victoria and New South Wales for shipment to Britain.
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Melbourne
Department of Commerce
Australia
China
Victoria
New South Wales
Payroll tax ruling on line between contractor and employee
The Commissioner of Taxation Mr Jackson announced that until specific contract classifications are prescribed, payments under contracts creating master and servant relationships remain taxable. In principal and independent contractor arrangements payments are not taxable. Employers with difficulty determining liability are invited to inquire. Drover payments were noted as a tested case. unless contracts state no master servant relation, wages-like payments by employers to drovers may be taxable.
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Commissioner of Taxation
Mr. Jackson
Jackson
Fixed Meat Prices Set in Sydney Market
Prices for beef mutton and lamb are fixed following a declaration at 16 Sydney butchers Bhopa. The Prices Commissioner will set the basis for beef and mutton and inspectors will check butcher shops in the metropolitan area to ensure compliance.
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Dney
Avon
Sydney
Bhopa
Bixty
Mr. Harrison
State Civil Service Workers Must Join Unions
Premier McKell announced that all state civil servants and corporate government staff must join a union or similar body. Cabinet approved the policy aligning with Labour Party aims affecting about 50 000 employees across government departments and statutory bodies, most already belong to unions.
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Sydney
McKell
Peronos
Labour Party
Wanted Ad Seeks Youth Applicant in Kingston
Classified notice seeks a smart youth to apply for an opportunity in Kingston. The ad lists contact details and instructions for interested applicants to respond promptly.
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Amart Youth
Heaney
Chamia
Kingston
Aliens Register for Work in Britain by June 13
Allied men and women aliens from ravaged countries living in Britain must register for work by June 13. The Ministry for Labour expects about 40,000 Czechs Poles French Norwegians and Dutch to register, from Norwegian whalers to Mercantile Marine roles to architects and tool-makers.
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London
Australians Defend Tobruk In Frontline Photo Montage
A World War II era caption describes Tobruk defenses with a Bren gun post on El Adam road. It notes Salvation Army staff distributing Comforts Fund goods to Tobruk, and features Brigadier A W Mc Ilveen Major Mawson Adjt Jock Geddes Sgt Lindres and Lance Corporal Lane alongside Australian airmen arrival in the Middle East.
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Tobruk
el Adam
Salvation Army
Comforts Fund
A. W. McIlveen
Mawson
Adjt
Jock Geddes
Sgt. Lindres
Sgt. Lindres (Centre) and Lance-Corporal
Lane
Middle East
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IMI
J. A. Carrodus
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Hotel Civic
O'Brien
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Highland Society and
Burns Club
Albert Hall
Fred Lawler
North Side
South Side
Hotel Kingston
Barton House
Times Office
Manuka! Cafe
A. A. McKillop & GO. Agente
City, Tel
Judya
Civic
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Paul Whiteman
Capitol
Milky Way
Florida
Bing Crosby
Bobhope
Dorothy Lamour
Singapore
Hita
Africa
Zanzibar
Mobile Canteen
T.T
Empire
The
A.lf
H. W. Martin
P. J. Nelson
L. A. Draper
Rugby ‘Union
King's Birthday
Oval
Act
Metropolis
W. H. Cerulti
Canberra High
Canberra Grammar
National Security
Lal
C. H. Eldridge
R.M.C
Duntroon
T. FE
Woodger & Sons
T. E. Woodger & Sons
Lysaghts
Commonwealth
Lysaght Brothers & Company Pty. Limited
Bridge Street
Lysaght
City Lending Library
Verity Hewitt
Ranafer
M. Cox
G. R. Cavanagh
A. Cowie
Collingridge Studio
Patterson Street
Ainslie
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