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19 Oct 1938
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1938
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions Alangtye and an event perhaps involving a council or meeting. Details are unreadable, making it impossible to identify participants, location, or outcome.
The New Zealand Parliament will not convene this year as security preparations and routine work focus on a new law. Prime Minister Baye and ministers plan to prepare the Bovis Becury ity Act, set to take effect in April next year.
Catholics fear state seizure of church wealth including distilleries hotels forests and lumber mills after a Valkascher Boobandter article. Leader Herr Buorchel is expected to address the issue in an upcoming speech.
Australia faces a sweeping national development program beyond defence, aimed at attracting people and capital, expanding public works, and coordinating transport. The plan includes hydroelectric schemes, fodder conservation, rail duplication, new munition plants, and broader civilian projects, with Prime Minister Lyons and Acting Prime Minister Page detailing the timetable and potential attendance by Mr Curtin.
A proposed Wheat Products Bill to be introduced in the State Parliament will fix bread prices and set maximums for bran and other wheat products. The Premier Mr Stevens says the measure targets home consumption with a price of 4/88 per bushel for wheat and aims to fund the plan by public revenue. He notes that similar laws may be needed in the Commonwealth and other states, with flour minimum prices not below 21 a ton and maximum prices rising above £13 a ton.
Berlin reports challenge British air power parity, with Germany seeking to avoid an Anglo German air pact. The piece notes fears of inferiority, dispatches about air bases, and Chamberlain’s cautious stance toward Munich peace. It references defence strengthening, conscription, and national service plans amid ongoing political maneuvers.
Two Marrickville infants, Jean Dallas aged 2 and Nell McCarthy aged 44, wandered five miles from home amid fears they might fall into a van near the weir. Reports from Istanbul to London discuss Attaturk’s health, thefts of registered mail from the Durando voyage, and parliamentary salary restoration plans. Also covered are national efficiency talks in Sydney, defence measures hinted by Britain, an ex-queen engagement in Berlin, Dr Benes' Chicago professorship, and recalled Italian consuls amid rumors of fascist propaganda.
Seaward Defence notes the Kookaburra a 800 ton vessel under the defence programme will be launched in Sydney on October 25 It is equipped to erect maintain and provide defence ramps for harbour protection and training at the Submarine School due for completion in December The project aims to deter submarine entry into sheltered harbours during peacetime this report states
Catholic funeral in Barcelona honors war dead with Spanish Basque rites. Notables attend as Capt. Vincent Wet, killed on the Toro front, is remembered. Capt. Hyuia, once prisoner and sentenced to death, survived exchange and led a battalion in the republican army.
London report: on October 1 the average retail price level stood about 55 percent higher than July 14, compared with 94 percent higher on December 1 and 68 percent higher for the year.
An Australian wartime aviation note discusses the Miniator for Defence and the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation’s Wirraway project. Officials indicate orders may extend into next June, with no material design changes expected. The Defence Department addresses limits and competition in aircraft development.
Acting Prime Minister to present defence plan details to the House with a related ministerial statement on unification of railways and gauge breaks. Proposals include a parallel line from Kalgoorlie to Perth, inland routes for heavy transport, and a national cooperation plan to distribute defence work across regions. State deltas loom over rail freights as Melbourne debates funding and defence employment.
London reports indicate Anglo American treaty negotiations face pressure from British and American manufacturers. Officials deny deadlock but warn both governments aim to reach an agreement before an American Congress meeting. Rumors of demands for substantial preferences for motorcars spark British factory displeasure.
Dublin reports that Mr. de Valera will tell Fianna Fail in November he is opening negotiations with Britain on partition and proposing a united Ireland with Ulster. He outlines plans for six northern and southern counties to transfer parliamentary power and end Westminster control.
Balkans axis idea cited by German Economics Minister Dr Funk after returning from the East. He said Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Turkey were political friends of Germany forming a Balkan Axis from the frontier to the Black Sea with potential long term barter credits and expanding economic ties.
London reports that talks between Doth aides and Herr Hitler have reduced tensions between Hungary and Czechoslovakia. An agreement is expected on ceding prominent Magyar regions to Hungary with plebiscites in a doubtful border area.
The King and Queen return to London aboard the royal liner with Princess Elisabeth and Prince Grey Margaret Hose, departing Ballatey and expected to reach London after noon on Monday.
The Supreme Court granted the Government’s petition for review of a circuit court decision involving Joseph George Strecker of Hot Springs Arkansas to deport him. The issue centers on alleged Communist Party membership and its bearing on deportation and related political ties amid government actions.
Demobilisation plans for halted military service units called up in August and September proceed with a date once fixed by authorities. The move affects troops and timelines as officials finalize the withdrawal schedule.
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