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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 25, 1941
Page
1
Aboriginal Tracker Harry Noble at Cloncurry Police Station pursued a five foot brown snake after it bit his trousers in the police paddock. Reinforcements led to the animal’s rapid destruction while Noble remained unharmed and unafraid, keeping his trusted dogs nearby.
Canadian Minister C D Howe announces that explosive production this year may match the entire wartime output. The 100 million dollar chemical and explosives plan employs about 15,000 men on construction with thousands more already engaged in other tasks.
ME BUTE pledges continued unfailing courtesy and attention to all former customers under new management and invites them to share in continued patronage.
Production expands as a single Canadian plant begins full capacity to make explosives and aircraft parts. Loading of aerial bombs starts soon at a Canadian facility. New plants will produce chemicals never before made in Canada. The first Canadian built Harvard airplane has passed tests and been delivered to the BR C A F, with more planes and machines on the line.
Ulster, part of the United Kingdom with six counties and 1.25 million people, has contributed heavily to the war, with volunteers in all services, ship and aircraft production, and expanded agriculture. The Spitfire Fund surpassed 85,000 pounds, War Weapons Week raised 5 million, and total wartime spending reached over 6.7 million with additional savings.
Minister for the Air J McEwen hails the service with figures of more than 40 million pounds in the year’s budget and 167000 volunteers. RAAF pilots and trains fly vast distances while operations in Benghazi Greece reflect bold Allied efforts. Soldiers arrive in Greece with high spirits, greeted by violets, oranges, and Greek crowds as they march through towns.
Britain maintains imperial air links despite desert routes and Mediterranean closures. New lines run Englad to Lisbon to Bathurst Lagos and Khartoum Cairo with regular services to Durban Sydney via Calcutta Singapore and Bata, a testament to patient planning and persistence by the Merchant Service of the Air.
A London observer comments on sorrow and anger as old landmarks fall to ruin while choosing to feel pride rather than despair, contrasting with a hypothetical Paris scene under enemy occupation and German guards. The piece conveys national resilience amid wartime devastation.
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