Canberra Recruiting Drive Amid War Work and Civic Meetings
Canberra recruitment efforts report a busy Saturday with the ALP and ACR, multiple inquiries, and ongoing rolls for soldiers. Officials discuss welfare, city services, and a joint effort to form a City Council for war work, with meetings set for the Recruiting Office and Civic Centre.
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ACR
Theo
Cuero
Messrs
W i. Elvidge PO Herris
Reeswrae Clongoeetttech
Forbes
Mes
Motegor
Stokes
Ube
Canberra
Mir Asd
Drepetenennl
CIA
Heunel
Sugne
World shipping kept steady despite war enemy threats
The article hails British shipping during wartime as maintaining regular sailings with convoys in the North Sea and worldwide. It credits Allied cooperation, contract obligations, and seamen bravery for keeping passenger and cargo routes open to Brazil, Argentina, West Indies, Africa, India, and the Pacific, despite German submarine activity.
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Great Britain
Germany
North Sea
Denmark
Norway
Cmd
Toeivilban
Pratt
Cunard-White Star Company
Cantllon-Preste
Canada
New Zealand
Far East
Pacific
Famons Rey
Great
Britain
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentine
West Indies
Blue Stay
South America
Australia
Dempster Line
West Africa
Union Castle Line
Cape Town
Durban
Tha
Peninsula and
Orient
British India Companies
Lines
Mestiterrmabean
Suez Canal
Perla
India
Bombay
Calcutta
Ceylon
Burma
Malay States
China
Japan
East
Ellerman Lines
Bibby
Globe
Weekly Air Service to England Seeks Future Link
The report notes a planned weekly air service to England connecting Sydney and other cities. Officials express hope for a future 日 expansion though current plans remain incomplete and details are unsettled.
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England
Sydney
Mostelny
Anethtar Ain Bigwikth
Qentika Fooaypriie Airways
Phidsonm
Fangland
War fate hangs on slender thread in France crisis
Melbourne dispatch reports British troops cannot be sent to France in large numbers, Americans say. The Channel port blockade lengthens allied supply lines, making a French retreat harder to sustain. The Department of Information cautions that Allied help may be limited without grave shifts in fortunes.
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Melbourne
France
Department of Information
Tndey
Britain
Channel Porte
Cherbourg
Jonce
Police Art Union Draw Scheduled for July 6
The Police Art Union draw is set for July 6. All holders of tickets should report to the Police Building after June 24 to confirm and collect bids. Proceeds will support the war fund via the wartime charity drive.
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Police Art Union
Afner
Phan Butts
Cron
Srt
Wirian Moe Werne
Ted
Ainslie Hall
North
Practical co operation in Australia with government war effort
The article outlines four main voluntary means to support wartime spending: Commonwealth War loans, War Savings Certificates, interest free loans, and monetary gifts. It explains the security of government loans, the return rates for the loans and certificates, and the aim to offer all citizens a way to contribute despite limited resources.
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Australia
Europe
Commonwealth
Spender
Ineliv‘uaty
Fife
Scrap Metal Drive Aids War Effort Across Commonwealth
Melbourne reports a campaign to collect old pots pans and metal scraps to conserve waste for the nation’s war effort. Authorities say plans have been discussed by Commonwealth and State governments. Sydney notes a tinning factory to be built at Newcastle costing about £10 000 to boost defense value and recover hundreds of tons of tin.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth
Sir Frederick Stewart
Sydney
Newcastle
Labour and Industry
Mr. Gollan
New South Wales
King's Birthday No Holiday. NSW Munitions Plants Run Full
On the King's Birthday the defence effort continues with 62,000 workers in New South Wales not having a holiday. In Sydney five munitions annexes are operating, about 12,000 workers in Newcastle are engaged in munitions and steel work, Cockatoo Dock runs at full complement, and aircraft plants remain active.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Newcastle
Cockatoo Dock
War Resources Move Underway For Australian Parliament
Officers of the Attorney General department labor through yesterday to ready Emergency Legislation for a special sitting of the Commonwealth Parliament on Thursday. Telegrams reach Prime Minister Canberra praising Mr. Menzies for outlining a unified war effort after his Sunday broadcast. The first telegram arrived within half an hour of the broadcast.
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Thorsday
Attorney-General
Canberra
Menzies
Firewood for Sale at Halls Woodyard
Firewood for sale with prompt delivery. Contact BT by phone for orders and pricing.
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills Highlight Off Days
Advert avoids modern specifics and promotes Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a remedy for off days. It claims pills aid bilious attacks sluggish liver sick headache indigestion constipation rheumatism and general family distress. The copy urges keeping a bottle at home and taking a dose or course to feel brighter.
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DR. Morse
Marck
Dr. Morge
Exam schedule fragment for June twilight session
The notice lists courses including Constitutional and Legal History Economic Geography German Latin Philosophy TL and more. It notes Friday June 21 at 5 pm Pure Mathematics I 7 pm Statistical Method Economic History German Preliminary Jurisprudence Public Administration 8 pm and identifies T M Owen as Registrar.
Canberra Tourist Bureau Schedules During State of War
Notices from the Controller of Enemy Property announce weekly Canberra departures every Monday Thursday and Saturday at 6 30 am with connections to Albury and Melbourne routes via Goulburn Moss Ward Wollongong and Sydney. Contact Canberra Tourist Bureau by phone 840 to book travels.
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Albury
Melbourne
Goulburn
Moss Ward
Wollongong
Sydney
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