Entry of Cadet Midshipman for Royal Australian Navy
Notice of examination for entry to the Royal Australian Naval College at WN Depot Victoria for officers training. Eligible boys born in 1927 may apply. applications close 30 June 1940. Details from Navy Office Melbourne and District Naval Officer Edgecliff Sydney.
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Royal Aussralian Navy
Royal Australian Naval College
Ders WN
Victoria
Navy Office
Department of the Navy
Melbourne
D.C
District Naval Oicer
Edgecliy
Sydney
Canberra Times prints with British Newsprint details
Fragmentary OCR shows publisher names The Canberra Times, Federal Capital Pty Ltd and agents in Canberra including Jackson's Newsagency and Gilbert’s Newsagency. It lists rates and delivery references with unclear addresses across Molonglo and Manuka districts.
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Federal Capital
Australia Ltd
Mort Btregl
City
Cart
Canberra
MI Ealth
J. P. Cox
Times
Jackson
NA Capitol Newsagency
McGlade
Davis
Nicholson Sete
Johnson
Gilbert
Seweneeey
Molonglo
Malta Air Raids Reported By British Forces
London reports Malta and other locations attacked by Italian planes yesterday during air raids. One African soldier injured slightly. no ground-attack penetration in Kenya. Raids on Moyale and Wajir caused minor damage and light injuries. Also notes clashes on the Libyan frontier with Italian prisoners captured. Aims to establish Haile Selassie led Abyssinian government per Geneva circles.
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London
Malta
Nairobi
Wajir
Royal Air Force
Kenya
British Moyale
Libyan
Teneriffe
Jerusalem
Palestine
Halle Selassie
Abysania
Rome
la Tribuna
Geneve
Geneva
League of Nations
Haile Selassie
Australia Accepts Responsibility for 5000 British War Orphans
The Commonwealth Government approves in principle to care for five thousand British children during the war. A Cabinet subcommittee will map out details and oversee the orphan scheme. Senator Fall reports the plan from Canberra as the government moves to shelter war orphans in Australia.
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Orne
Commonwealth
Gaid
Senator Fall
Orphan 19 Australia
Weather data fragment from Canberra area report
An incomplete weather digest notes a barometer around 3008 inches and temperatures from 36 degrees at 0 am to 3 pm with a 27.2 degree minimum. It lists wind velocity at Canberra in a 24 hour span ending early morning with vague figures and garbled units.
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Encom
Canberra
U.p
Canberra Forecast Highlights June Weekend Weather
The forecast notes initial fine conditions with showers later and milder daytime低 cool nights with fog. Freshening northeast to northwest winds, plus astronomical timings for June 15 and 16 including sunrise and sunset, plus positions of major planets Venus Mars Jupiter and Saturn.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Bea
Poly
Saturn
Australia must fight on for empire and unity
Attorney-General Mr Hughes spoke at Wollongong urging Australians to persevere in the war. He praised 300000 men who returned from Flanders and warned against traitors and communists seeking to disrupt unity while calling for planes, manpower, and industrial mobilisation to defeat the enemy.
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Sydney
Britain
Empire
Mr. Hughes
Wollongong
Flanders
Australia
Communist Party
Paris In Hands Of Invader
Germany breaches Paris defenses in a decisive advance toward the capital. The article chronicles Hitler's expansion from Austria to Czechoslovakia and Poland, then Belgium and Holland, with Dunkirk and Dunkirk withdrawal. It notes French resistance under Weygand, the beleaguered defense of Paris, and Britain’s continued pledge alongside the Allied nations.
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Earkly
Paris
Balkan
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Germany
France
Britain
Belgium
Holland
Denmark
Dunkirk
Hey
Weygand
Middle East
British Empire
Hitleriam
France Denies Hope in Paris Front as Allies Hold
The article notes no clear French military improvement in France with Paris evacuated and civilian flight. It highlights Reynaud's broadcast and Roosevelt's pledge of aid, including destroyers and aircraft, while detailing German tank superiority and the need for sustained Allied material production.
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France
Paris
M. Réynaud
Roosevelt
America
Flanders
Germany
M. Reynaud
University of Virginia
Normandy
Royal Air Force
London
Churchill
Minister for Air Warns Sydney Paper Over War Reporting
Australia’s Minister for Air Mr Fairbairn condemns a Sydney Morning Herald article as a breach of confidence and treacherous He warns drastic steps if the paper continues its coverage while defending the air programme and criticising published details on Hudson plane armament.
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Australia
Fairbairn
Coastal Command raids hit Vaernes Bergen and more
Coastal Command aircraft attacked Vaernes aerodrome and German supply ships near Bergen in persistent rain and fog. Bombers damaged runways and air barracks while strikes on Boulogne Harbour destroyed a motor torpedo boat and damaged others. Additional raids hit railways roads and ammunition trains along Saint Valery Soissons Hirson Mormal Forest and other targets.
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London
Coastal Command
Vaernes
Bergen
Norway
North Sea
Fleet Air Arm
Boulogne
Saint Valery
Porto
Hiram
Soissons
Woodlands
Hirson
Mormal
Prime Minister Menzies Cancels Overseas Visits
Prime Minister Menzies cancels planned visits to Brisbane Adelaide and Perth due to duties. He will instead seek winter dates to visit Queensland Western Australia and South Australia to maintain contact with the States.
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Melbourne
Menzies
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Australia
Queensland
Western Australia
South Australia
Trade talk and war news from the Mediterranean front
Reports discuss a tentative Turkish German trade agreement and its political implications while Allied air raids in Libya and East Africa emerge as largely successful. Conditions in Abyssinia Eritrea and Italian Somaliland show unrest and economic strain, with health and unemployment issues among Italian troops and natives.
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Libya
Italian East Africa
East Africa
Abyssinia
Eritrea
Italian Somaliland
Italy
Red Sea
Massawa
Shopa
Abysainia
War Gossipers Warn of Rumor Spread in Sydney
Military authorities in Sydney issued an official warning against spreading rumours and propaganda. Colonel W. J. Locke urged firms to supervise employees and prevent unauthorized disclosure of movement details that could aid the enemy. The Crimes Act carries years imprisonment for obtaining or conveying information likely useful to an enemy.
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Sydney
Wis
Sh'ps Gog
W. J. Locke
General Staff
Eastern Command
Australian Storm Troopers activity cited by Attorney General
Attorney General Mr Hughes said he had received specific information on Fifth Calama jeta Storm Troopers in Australia and warned that action would follow without delay. He noted Pri ority over internment rights and the need for ministerial responsibility. He challenged Pooley over alleged desertion linked Fire Column work.
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Sydney
A. M. Pooley
Hughes
Australia
Pooley
Army
Street
Po O
Pacific Air Mails New Trans Pacific Pan American Service
A new Pan American air service from San Francisco to New Zealand via New Caledonia may extend to Australia. War disruptions outside Singapore force temporary suspension of Empire air mail from England. Authorities may keep part of the route and link Singapore to Hong Kong to join the trans Pacific chain.
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Melbourne
New Caledonia
New Zealand
San Francisco
Australia
Singapore
Empire Air Mail
England
Italy
South Africa
Hong Kong
Wirraways Increase Air Force Orders in Australia
Wirraways orders for the R A A F rise to 811 aircraft at an expenditure of 8 million pounds. The extra planes replace Fairey Battle machines normally provided by the British Government for bombing and gunnery training, said Mr Menzies. Orders are in addition to other large local aircraft contracts authorised last week by the War Cabinet.
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Melbourne
Mr. Menzies
R.A.A.F
Menzies
War Cabinet
Australia Not Fighting For Empire Alone
Australian Minister to Washington Mr. R G Casey concluded a three day visit with speeches to business leaders arguing Australia fights not for the Empire alone but for those who share British views. He also met Harold Gatty and praised Pan American Air Service as a vital link to Australia and America.
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New York
R. G. Casey
Washington
Casey
ADP
Tralian
Empire
Pan- Air
Australia
Mr. Gatty
New Zealand Sees Petrol Rationing Save Major Funds
War era petrol rationing in New Zealand saves about 2,000,000 dollars monthly in overseas exchange and frees roughly 3,750,000 pounds for Empire defence. Vehicle restrictions depend on car horsepower, limiting motorists to nine or fourteen nations per month.
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N.Z
Wellington
New Zealand
Empire Defence
Turkish Trade Pact With Germany Reported
Ankara corrrespondent says Turkey signed a commercial agreement valued around £4,090,000. It reportedly aims for barter exchanges of Turkish goods for German machinery parts and medical products, with limited scope and no political character. Australia not advised. no official info from Prime Minister Menzion.
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Commonwealth Department of Information
Turkey
Germany
Bres
Britain
London
Ankara
American Press
Iskely
Australia
Melbourne
Menzion
British auxiliary Scotstown among light transports near Have
Berlin claims British auxiliary Scotstown of 17 000 tons and three other light transports were near Have. The report notes a 10 000 ton ship and mentions petrol from coal planes. A London message Friday reports petrol and oil sought to be obtained from a letter to Mr Mensies.
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Berlin
London
Sydney
Motor Transport of
New South
Eter
Mr. Mensies
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Spergen
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