Big Building Programme Since War Began
The Minister for the Interior announced Australia spent 2,772,393 on hutted military camps since the war outbreak, with 419,000 more to complete. About 2,000,000 was spent in the last five months. Thirty camps were built with four over 300,000 each and five between 100,000 and 200,000. Major sites include Bonegilla, Puckapunyal, and Greta, with state totals and future plans noted.
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H. 8. Foll
Australia
Senator Foll
War Cabinet
Foll
Commonwealth
Bonegilla
Vic
Puckapunyal
Tagleburn
Ns.w
Greta
Bathurst
N.G.W
Darley
Northam
W.A
Cowra
NS. W
Dubbo
N.S.W
Tamworth
Balcome
Brighton
Tas
Woodside
8.A
Redbank
Seymour
Oaklands
Melville
Royal Park
Chermside
Rottners
Swanbourne
Enoggera
Aid
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania
Fall
Graham Jones
Silistria
J. Reid
Children’s Week Proposed for Australia by Senator Fall
Senator Fall urges an Australia wide Children’s week to highlight wartime child welfare efforts and the evacuation of British children. He notes war appeals eclipse long standing child care work and calls for regular public emphasis on kindergartens crothes bush holiday homes and mothercraft organisations.
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Senator Fall
Australia
Foll
Australians urged to continue War Saving efforts
More than a million and a half Australians join 20 000 War Saving Certificates Groups and have contributed 16 million pounds for fighting forces. Members urged to persist despite temptations to quit as nightly bombing hits England and Australian service members safeguard the Suez Canal and Atlantic convoys to keep wool and wheat exports flowing.
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England
Egyptian
Suez Canal
Atlantic Ocean
Australia
War Savings Certificates Backed by Small Weekly Contributions
The piece urges ongoing support for War Savings Certificates, stressing that small weekly payments will add up to a significant effort to sustain frontline soldiers. It underscores that backing the program costs money but is essential to honor and assist those in combat lines.
Wartime Smile Silver Cup Offered in Queensland
The Patriotic Fund of Queensland offers a silver cup worth £10 10s plus cash prizes for a War Time Smile contest. Five sections include best juvenile, best male and female smiles, best smiling couple, and best Navy Army and Air Force smiles. Entry fees apply, photos due at City Hall Brisbane with proceeds for patriotic causes.
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Patriotic Fund
Queensland
Pepsodent Co. Pty Ltd
Navy
Army
Air Force
Patriotic Fund of Queensland
City Hall
Brisbane
Bac
Naval wharves expand Australian dockyard capacity
The Commonwealth Government funds major naval works including a £245 000 new Darwin wharf and a £160 000 Sydney wharf. Darwin piles are 90 ft long and 20 ton concrete, timber piles up to 85 ft will be made in Queensland. Oil tank installations for vessel fuelling are advancing. details are secret. These efforts boost local defence vessel operations with Australian dockyards due to finish by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Commonwealth
Darwin
Queensland
Australian Internment Camps Built During Transit
A British plan sent German and Italian internees from Great Britain to Australia where seven camps were built across five states. The facilities were ready upon arrival, with some camps prepared in three weeks, at considerable cost.
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Australia
England
Great Britain
Australia Aids UK with Internees Guard Provision
The work cost £443,366. By providing guards for internees arrested in Great Britain, Australia materially assists the United Kingdom Government in its efforts to prevent attacks from within.
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Great Britain
Australia
United Kingdom
Suppression of Catholic Institutions in Nazi Austria
The Catholic culture in Austria suffers as Nazis seize eight Catholic properties and over 30 convents. The Nazi press minimizes seizures to avoid alarm, while Vatican Radio reveals orders in May to dismiss religion teachers and use schools for religious recruitment, reflecting widespread secularisation.
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Austria
Vatican
Catholic Herald
Axis overestimates value of submarines in war
Analysis shows Allied and neutral shipping losses total 2 771 333 tons in the first year, with a weekly average of 53 205 tons. German and Italian submarine plans overestimated impact, as actual wartime losses pale beside 1917 records and German projections. Italy failed to block British convoys, losing about 17 submarines in nine weeks.
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Germany
Italy
Dr. Goebbels
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Canadian Wheat Crop in 1940 Near Record High
Preliminary estimates place Canada’s 1940 wheat output as the second largest on record at about 541 million bushels, with prairie provinces contributing roughly 534 million. Manitoba and Alberta report record barley and oat yields, while oats total about 406 million and barley about 111 million bushels. flax seed is estimated at 3.49 million bushels.
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Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Alberta
Shipping difficulties for flour export and crop updates
The Australian Wheat Board reports shipping difficulties for flour export while 13 716 000 ton hay and clover crop 1940 shows a 339 000 ton gain over 1939. Wheat sales total 154 million for 1939 40 with 37 million still to be sold by year end.
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The
Australian Wheat Beard
Olive McPherson
Nice
Advertising quotes and printing services offered
The notice advertises pricing and options for advertising space and job printing services. It invites inquiries for quote requests and further details on production timelines and available formats.
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