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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
4
The cabinet decision to forego Canberra office buildings followed a ministerial briefing from the Interior Department on alternatives. The minister conveyed the cabinet’s decision to the department head before public announcement, with unclear official comment on Senator Foll’s stance or action.
In Martin Place Minister for Army Mr. Spender urged stronger subscriptions and full national effort to back the war, warning Australia may need more tanks planes guns ships and armies. He blamed drift and urged shifting workers and machinery from non essentials to war work as demands rose.
The Minister for Social Services Sir Frederick Stewart announced the first payment under the Commonwealth Child Endowment Scheme would be made on July 23 and every four weeks thereafter. About 500000 claims are expected nationwide with regional distributions listed for New South Wales Victoria Queensland and other territories. Endowment payments will be made over the counter or by cheque for larger families and administered by Deputy Commissioners in capital cities.
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A Canberra dated May 7 1941 letter asserts unity for total war with calls for an all party government and moral courage to lead, naming Beasley Fivatt Menzies and Fadden as figures in debate. It urges dropping political labels and prioritizing the nation over party. INTERNEER TRIBUNALS reports two new tribunals in Victoria to hear detainee detention appeal cases.
The Canberra Wreckers decide to move the Pensions branch to Sydney, criticizing ministers for delaying permanent Canberra offices and warning the Cabinet has caused lasting damage to Canberra akin to wartime destruction. The piece condemns the Interior Minister's plans and urges adherence to the City Plan to avoid further waste.
Melbourne reports that military circles expect married men to be called up early next year or sooner for home defence training. Priority likely goes to young married men without children or significant commitments as enlistment rates of the force determine timing.
His Excellency the Governor General Lord Gowrie arrived in Canberra yesterday morning. Her Excellency the Lady Gowrie arrived by train from Sydney early today.
News in brief reports Australia spends about £1,000,000 weekly on air defence as War Loan rally proceeds in Melbourne.
HMS Scot spent five hours searching a wide area 40 miles south of Hong Kong to locate a drifting Sino fisherman who had survived 24 hours in the sea after his junk was attacked by a Japanese assailant. The rescue drew praise from Chinese circles amid regional tensions.
Fire at Belworth Hosiery Mills Coburg damaged the main yarn store late at night destroying about 4000 pounds of wool. The blaze was contained to prevent spread to other stores and damage totals reached around £300.
In Prothonotary’s Court the French State seeks ownership of a brown paper parcel deposited by Vice-Consul F Puaux for safekeeping at a Sydney bank. The bank claims wrongful detention and asks the French to justify the seizure while an interpleader action proceeds.
Applicants for registration show large increases in normal acreage, forcing district committees to cut acreage before the Stabilisation Board can register them. Calculated excess acreage totals 1 300 000 in New South Wales 1 000 000 in Victoria and 500 000 in Western Australia with Queensland reporting no 50 percent increase. The government prefers local reductions to blunt arbitrary cuts and notes many new or returning farmers seek the guaranteed price of 3 10 per bushel. unregistered farmers cannot sell their wheat.
The Minister for Customs Mr Harrison announced under price control rules that household wringers sold by J Chaleyer and Co of 853 Flinders Lane Milbourne are declared. He said undertakings with the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner were not honoured and goods were placed under strict control. He warned other firms under review and possible action, noting not limited to city warehouses and including select rural traders.
Home Defence by Sydney notes no military attestation required for U.S. Volunteer Defence Corps members as they transfer into the Australian Military Forces Home Guard. Enrolment will follow new forms possibly at three o’clock after Melbourne sends them. Returned soldiers object to a young-dominant force. ministerial policy accepts men from 16 to 60 but current rules retain 44 to 60 as eligible.
A young man in Kaltain received three months hard labour after failing to register for military service. The magistrate condemned him as contemptible and warned he may be released from prison if called up for active duty. In Napier a similar offence case began at 9 am with a barometer reading 3046 inches and again at 3 pm with 80.27 inches.
Sir Edward Mitchell KC, a constitutional authority, died in South Yarra at age 84. The noted statesman held influence across legal and political circles, leaving a legacy in public service and judiciary reforms.
Australian Prime Minister Mr. Menzies will tour R A A F trainees at Uplands near Ottawa then meet Canadian Prime Minister Mr. McKenzie King. He will attend a Canadian Cabinet meeting and a Canadian Government luncheon at the Canadian Club. He spends the night at Government House.
Acting Prime Minister Mr Fadden departs Melbourne for Canberra to attend the Advisory War Council and War Cabinet meetings. The War Cabinet meets Friday and the Full Cabinet Saturday, with Mr Fadden touring Wagga and Sydney for related war loan activities.
The article warns that Australia placed enormous power in a board of executives whose personal interests may clash with national duties. It notes the risk of impartial advice being compromised when company representatives serve both national needs and corporate aims.
Australia news item reports a Canberra gunner missing in New South Wales. It notes Believed prisoner of war status and references Ki Bartley in Canberra with wartime casualty updates.
London reports RAF Ivery heavy bombing of Benghazi Iberbour and Bening Aerodrome with at least five enemy planes destroyed. Flyers also attacked Barce Drna Gazalao and Meldy landing areas and pressed counter attacks near Tobruk amid reports of engagements in Cyrene.
From Rome comes notice that Colonel Carlo Amione, Director General of Mechanisation in Italy’s war effort, was killed in an air raid near Benghazi last Saturday. The Rome radio said he rendered the highest services in developing mechanisation for the Italian army.
War day by day notes discuss the risk of German intervention in Iraq and a potential air or sea borne reinforcement to Rashid Ali. The piece weighs threats to Egypt and Suez and the strain on Britain to defend Bayet and the canal while assessing Turkey’s stance and Turkish access routes.
British air attacks have pinned the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Brest for five weeks. Attacks, including heavy dive bombing, show the ships’ vulnerability to aerial bombardment despite heavy armour and anti aircraft fire.
The unreadable OCR fragment mentions an unclear sequence about a coup and leaders. It references Churchill and a leader named L Bim or similar, implying a discussion of a coup context without clear facts or dates.
Fragmentary text mentions Turkey and implied discussion or movement. Names, places, and clear events are unreadable. This record preserves only scattered terms without a coherent news item or identifiable entities.
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