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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 29, 1940
Page
4
The Canberra Festival Society invites applications for an accompanist for Juvenile Competitions from August 15 to 17 with right to fees from private rehearsals. Send qualifications to the Secretary, Box 18, Canberra.
The Little Brothers movement plans to seek consent from British and Australian governments to resume assisted passages for youths aged 15 to 17. Miss Wallis, assistant secretary, says about 40 youths a month could be sent to work on the Jani to replace Australians serving abroad if approved.
At the London sale week ended March 23 the 64s averaged 32d with poor to average selection. Short wools demanded. other descriptions faced restricted competition as buyers from Britain gland and France led. February exports totaled 19,937,000 lbs greasy wool with the UK 7,823,000 lbs and the US 2,336,000 lbs. scoured exports were 817,000 tons.
The American freighter Antinuas bound for Alaska sent a distress call 1500 miles from shore. A fire in the forward hold is under control and the ship lies down by the head in heavy seas as the steamer Admiral Halstead rushes to the scene.
The piece records Canberra weather with barometer readings from morning to afternoon 30.02 inches at 9 a.m. and 29.08 inches at 2 p.m. Temperatures range 7B and 00 degrees, 24 hour max 92, min 52.1 on grass, wind WNW, max gust 39 mph at Canberra aerodrome.
Forecast says mostly fine and warm to hot with north west to westerly winds. A cool change is expected at night, bringing relief after daytime heat.
The article argues the next Australian Budget, prepared amid wartime dislocations, must reflect war requirements and current conditions in Australia. It stresses financing extraordinary wartime expenditure, estimated at £100 million annually, and outlines the need for a stronger economic organisation and more public service personnel to sustain the war effort. The April budget aims to set clear war policy and enable parliamentary approval promptly.
The Queensland Coal Owners Advisory Committee will meet the Queensland Colliery Employees Union in Ipswich on Monday to discuss formalities for resuming work under a shift from Commonwealth to State industrial control. The union has been advised discussions will be final on Monday so work can resume on April 8.
In Calcutta on a Wednesday a mob of municipal scavengers on strike attacked a police picket and police opened fire for the first time in ten years. No injuries reported and 18 arrests were made.
In Sydney on Thursday the Lang Labour section voted to exert control of the NSW State ALP and asked the Federal Executive to meet by April 8 to restore the movement excluding Communist influence. J A Beasley spoke by phone with Federal Labour Leader Curtin about the Hands-off Russia resolution from the Easter Conference.
The Bulletin sketches a plan to cast a bronze bust of Governor-General Lord Gowrie by Frith, to be displayed at Admiral House Sydney and sold to support war funds. Multiple events accompany the fair including Queen of Commerce Peggy McLean and charity dances, a Kingston carnival, and a war play at Albert Hall. The Queen of Sport and Hospital Queen contests run alongside the fundraising activities with committee members organizing dances and stalls across Kingston Hotel and Civic venues.
A motion at the UAP convention urged reducing Parliament from 80 to 60 members after a heated debate. One delegate labeled members as glorified city agents, while Treasurer Richardson defended the group as safeguarded by a government clique. Sir Sydney Snow was re elected unopposed as deputy president of the party.
Mer W. A. Harris has been re elected unopposed to the office of President of the Canberra Returned Soldiers Club. Printed and published by John Shakespeare for the Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd at Mort Street Braddon Canberra.
The return of Mackenzie King’s Liberal government signals strong support for Canada’s war policy and unity in the Allied cause. Norway protests British naval actions while Vatican protests Nazi expropriation of convent properties in Austria and ongoing persecution of the church under the Reich.
Nazi effort to defeat the British iron ore blockade uses tramp steamers with shallow draught to hug the Norwegian coast from Narvik. The poorly equipped ships face chronically full berths and delays as they await loading and passage.
Thousands cheered as 18th Brigade of the Second Alf marched through Sydney under 100 degree heat. Crowds packed buildings and barriers while soldiers displayed crisp gait and fitness. Heat collapsed 92 people, mostly women, who were hospitalized.
Government awards two major paravane contracts for naval mines protection. Clyde Engineering Co Ltd Granville will build an unspecified number at about £10 each. Howard Auto Cultivators Ltd Parramatta receives a contract worth £8447.
H.M.A.S. Perth, the newest Australian fleet unit, is due to reach its first Australian port on Sunday after months of active service in narrow waters. The cruiser, commissioned in 1936 after being renamed by the Duchess of Kent, represented Australia at the New York World Fair and aided in securing freedom of the seas for British, Allied, and neutral shipping.
Proposals by Morgan and Lyell aim to secure Australia’s copper supply for defence. Officials say a shortage is being experienced and production will be extended. An agreement under the customs minister requires the companies to set aside a portion of copper sold at a higher price to finance increased defence output.
A pilot recounts a fiery parachute escape after a shell hit his petrol tank. He awoke in a 9000 ft cloud layer, bled through a field in no-man’s-land, and was helped by a French captain. Across the sky he and his squad chased Dornier planes, strafing and surviving multiple dogfights near France.
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