Anti Profiteering Committee Formed in Canberra
A Canberra Trades and Labour Council meeting at Albert Hall formed an Anti Profiteering Committee to combat price rigging of essential goods. The group aims to affiliate with NSW bodies, seeks wider public backing, and plans an all city anti profiteering campaign with speeches at a Kingson rally.
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Canberra Trades and Labour Council
Albert Hall
Canberra
New South Wales
J. F. Muir
Ase
Trades and Labour Council
Norman Jeffery
AWAIT
Sydney Trades and Labour Council
Lithgow
Acton Hall
Alr
Kingson
Queanbeyan News Listing Proprietors and Rates
Whally printed on British Novelsprints founded 1928 proprietors and subscription rates listed for Queanbeyan and district including J Dunne Fallick Murphy Brown Jackson with annual and advance options.
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Queanbeyan
J. Dunne
A. M. Fallick
P. Murphy
Ah J. Brown
V. Jackson
Advertising Conditions for The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times publishes adverts subject to conditions requiring care but not guaranteeing insertion or positioning. Ads must reach by 3 p.m. the day before publication and be clearly written in ink with proper names and figures. The Federal Capital Press of Australia Ltd. in Canberra reserves the right to alter or omit any advertisement.
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Canberra Times
Federal Capital Press OF Australia Ltd
Canberra
War Brevities and Swedish Naval Plans
Italy converts thirty vessels to sweepers for the navy. Sweden orders four destroyers and twenty one mine sweepers instead of two cruisers. A Bucharest report says decrees bar visiting or passing through military zones as inhabitants are moved out. Defence-related undertakings are also restricted.
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Italy
Sweden
Bucharest
Timea
Gift of destroyer for Port Elizabeth proposed
The Mayor sent letters to 15 municipalities asking for cooperation to raise 30 000 pounds to fund a destroyer to be named the South Africa. The collected funds would be given to Britain as a gift from the Union of South Africa.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Britain
Union of South Africa
Weather report for Canberra and surrounding area
Canberra weather summary shows a 9 am barometer of 28.98 inches and a pm reading of 38.27. Temperatures range from a 6 am start to 1 pm at 66.3 degrees with a 24 hour max of 63.2 and a minimum of 38 degrees. Winds from ESE at 9 am and 1 pm gusts around 8 E.
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Canberra
Canberra Aero Club bids farewell to instructor Baker
Mr. W. A. J. Baker, instructor to the Canberra Aero Club, leaves Canberra to take up a position under the new air training scheme. He was farewelled by club members at a social evening at Hotel Civic last night.
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W. A. J. Baker
Canberra Aero Club
Canberra
Hotel Civic
Canberra housing crunch blamed on Interior delays
Citizens of Ceres and Canberra face prolonged housing loan waits as the Treasury and Department of the Interior stall approvals. Delays hinder private development and public plans, including Civic Centre extensions and a tourist car park, prompting calls for immediate reorganisation and businesslike reform.
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Ceres
Department of the Interior
Canberra
Civic Centre
Acton
Unification Plan to Abolish State Parliaments
Postmaster General Mr Harrison urged abolishing State Parliaments as a step toward unifying taxation under the Commonwealth. He argued the public favors central government and proposed provisional councils to replace State governments, with full and minor duties shifted to the Commonwealth.
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Sydney
Mr. Harrison
Harrison
Commonwealth
Defence costs Melbourne defence gifts and bomber donation
An anonymous gift of £5000 and numerous offers to support defence reached Melbourne. Sir Thomas Buckland sent £200 for 10 anti-submarine bombs and previously donated £10,867 for an Avro Anson bomber.
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Melbourne
Commonwealth
Thomas Buckland
Armistice Day Observance Announced by Prime Minister
Prime Minister Mr Menzies said the War Cabinet would keep Armistice Day observance in Melbourne as usual. Britain had canceled the ceremony to avoid large crowds during possible air raids.
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Melbourne
Mr. Menzies
Britain
Armistice Day proclaimed by Roosevelt in 1941
Washington reports President Roosevelt proclaims November 11 Armistice Day. He urges a moment reflecting on the world’s tragedy and the need to honor peace after the war's destruction. He calls for unity as the United States marks the holiday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Unite States
Coal Strike Spreads To South Coast In Labor Action
The northern coal fields begin strike action by the Federated Engine Drivers and Firemen Association in protest of coal awards. South Coast miners endorse northern action and will move to one production day per week, implementing a 40 hour week as talks continue.
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SYDN
Federated Engine Drivers' and Firemen’s Association
Baltic Germans Evacuate as Finland Order Signed
Paris wireless reports Captain von Ribbentrop agreed with Molotov to require all Germans to leave Finland. Amsterdam sources say the German government will pay £1000 per person in cash and kind to penniless evacuees from the Baltic states for settlement in the Polish Corridor.
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Paris
von Ribbentrop
Moscow
M. Molotov
Finland
Amsterdam
Baltic States
Air Force Seeks 8000 Fitters for Training Scheme
Assistant Minister for Supply Mr Halt will submit a plan to the Commonwealth Cabinet for training skilled air force fitters. Despite no current shortage, defence expansion may tighten supply as about 8 000 fitters are needed for the programme.
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Mr. Halt
Commonwealth
Menzies Defines Australia’s War Aims During Rotary Address
Prime Minister Menzies outlined Australia’s war aims as no territorial gain security for the world an end to Hitler's plans and a future where Germans share freedom and liberty. He stressed Australia relies on the British Empire and warned against cynical views of small nations.
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Melbourne
Mr. Menzies
Australia
Britain
Europe
Rotary Club
Governor-General Gowrie to Tour Militia Camps
Enlistments lag behind required quotas in the Army Service Corps and Army Ordnance. Governor-General Gowrie plans a ten day tour visiting Bathurst Orange and Albury. He urged an appeal for 500 blankets for Warwick Farm militia camps. Transport minister Bruxner discussed possible rail concessions for armed forces with the Commonwealth and state funding implications.
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Sydney
Army Service Corps
Army
Lond Gowrie
Bathurst
Orange
Albury
Lord Gowrie
Old Mayor's Patriotic Fund
Warwick Farm
Mr Bruxner
Legislative Assembly
Bruxner
Commonwealth
AIR FORCE Civil Pilots Called Up As Instructors
About 30 civil air pilots were mobilized today to serve as instructors and service pilots in the Royal Australian Air Force. A large turnout occurred at Sydney recruitment stations as additional volunteers joined the Air Board selections and Ex Editionary Air Force recruitment drew rapid interest with over 1,200 applications to date. Peter Wilson, governor Sir Leslie Wilson's son, enlisted today with an A licence and over 100 flying hours.
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Sydney
R.A.A.F
Air Board
Expeditionary
Brisbane
Air Force Recruita
Peter Wilson
Leslie’ S Wilson
Hisoredit
Canberra Bakeries expands premises at Braddon
Extensive additions are being built at Canberra Bakeries Pty Ltd in Braddon. A single storey extension of 1,352 square feet adjoins the bakehouse rear and will house a larger bake room a bread room loading dock boiler room mail dressing rooms and showers.
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Canberra Bakeries Pty. Ltd
Braddon
Death of Richard Smith in Garland California
Garland California reports the death of Richard Smith, brother of the late Sir Charles Kingaford Smith, who collapsed in his garage at home. The brief item notes the casualty as the main event in a multi-item digest of wartime news.
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Richard Smith
Garland Cali
Charles Kingaford Smith
Four Athenia passengers seek reparations from Germany
Four Canadian passengers aboard the Athenia claim 2000 dollars in reparations for lost personal effects after the torpedo attack in the early weeks of the war. The statement notes the vessel was torpedoed during the war’s first week.
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Ottawa
Athenia
Germany
Spies in Turkey Sentenced in Dardanelles Plot Case
Istanbul dispatch says spies named in a British United Press report have been sentenced to imprisonment for attempting to obtain details of the Dardanelles. The case involves encoded letters and alleged contact with officials.
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London
Istanbul
British
United Press
Pen Apies
Leo
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