Driving Habits Urged By Queensland Auto Club
The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland warns 60 per cent of accidents could be avoided with safer driving. It urges drivers to master smooth starts, precise signaling, careful stopping, mirror use, and brakes in good order. It also addresses cycling on Victoria Bridge, petrol rationing uncertainty, and cautions against homemade gas producer units.
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Queensland
The
Oval Automobile Club of
Royal Automobile Club of Queensland
Victoria Bridge
Tram Cnors
R.A.C.Q
Brisbane
Safety Message For The Week Entered By The Door
A safety notice warns to avoid entering through the door where danger may occur as accident and death risk near the vehicle, with a caution about cockpit access and control by RBACQ authorities.
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Rise
Rb.a.c.q
Militia Enlistments Strong Through July First
Up to July 1 fifteen thousand nine hundred eight men enlisted in the A I F including one thousand four hundred ninety six officers who were actual serving militiamen Brigadier General G A Street the Minister for the Army calls the response fine He praises the infusion of trained militia as first class men keen enthusiastic and in good physical condition.
R A A F Needs More Cooks For Large Scale War Service
The Royal Australian Air Force calls for more qualified cooks as 420 enlisted personnel since the war began prove insufficient. Applicants aged 18 to 60 must have experience cooking for large groups and know fuel stoves. Selected men will work in modern kit kitchens with ample pay and benefits including rations, clothing, quarters, and medical care. Married men receive a 3d daily wife allowance and 1d per child under 16 with a similar allotment. National allocations total over £1.5 million across New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland, and Tasmania, with extra training funds already approved for toolmakers.
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Royal Australian Air Force
Air Force
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Western Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
Reporting Subversive Activities Guidance Issued
Direct information on subversive activities should go to Military Intelligence at Army Headquarters Melbourne or to Military Headquarters at the Barracks in the capital city. Informants must give their name and address, others who can confirm, reliability, and concise facts with relevant details and no personal feelings.
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Army Headquarters
Melbourne
Technical training scheme launched to boost munitions effort
The Commonwealth Government approves £270,000 for extra equipment for technical school buildings across states to expand capacity for first class machinists and other skilled workers as part of the munitions drive.
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Flrst
Malaya Posts Record May Trade On War Demand
Malaya's May trade reached 185.47 million Straits dollars, driven by heavy demand for rubber tin and war materials, surpassing May last year. For the five months to May the total stood at 832.57 million, up from 507.81 million. Exports in May amounted to 100.35 million, above 57.57 million a year ago.
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Malaya
CountryPeople Raise £860 for Ambulance Fund
Country residents from Berrybank Darlington Derrinallum Lismore Mingay Mt Bute and Vite Vite have gathered £800 for Red Cross Ambulance purchases. They sent £500 to Brigadier Street for one ambulance and aim to raise an additional £200 for a second. The AIF needs ambulances, with 60 donated and 120 more required.
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Red Cross
Berrybank
Darlington Derrinallum
Lismore
Mingay
Mt Bute
Vite Vite
Brigadier Street
Malaya Completes Food Rationing Scheme for Emergency
Malaya has prepared a scheme to ration rice to retailers for a 5,000,000 population in an emergency. It would be activated only if needed and is not linked to current Far East conditions. The Food Controller reports monthly returns from dealers of specified staples to monitor essential supplies.
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Malaya
Far East
Commonwealth to Build Munitions Factories Near Adelaide
The Commonwealth Government plans a large munitions complex near Adelaide duplicating the Maribyrnong plant. A brass cartridge cases and fuses factory will feed the Hendon arms works, costing about £400,000 with foundries and mills for brass. Production will span shells, bombs, primers across states with extensive Lithgow WN programme and expanded small arms facilities.
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Adelaide
Maribyrnong
Australia
Mall Arms
Hendon
Western Australia
Queensland
Tasmania
New South Wales
Victoria
Lithgow
Rajah of Sarawak aids war effort with donations
The White Rajah Sir Charles Vyner Brooke has donated funds totaling about £190,000 to the war effort after giving £1,000,000 in securities last October and £5,000 last month as a response to Hitler. Sarawak launches a war fund to supplement the Malaya fund.
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Sarawak
Charles Vyner Brooke
Malaya
Queensland Aero Club Joins Royal Australian Air Force
Aircraft hangars and equipment of the Queensland Aero Club have been taken over by the Royal Australian Air Force. Flying instructors will join the Air Force and ground staff will maintain the craft. The club becomes part of the Empire Air Training Scheme. International Harvester employees to build six ambulances costing £3000 for air force use.
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Queensland Aero Club
Royal Australian Air Force
Air Force
International Harvester Company of Australia Pty. Ltd
Australia
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Geelong
Singapore Important Oil Centre in the East
Singapore remains a key oil hub in the east as Malay peninsular production is absent. Recent figures show over 766000 tons of liquid fuel imported to Malaya last year with 224184 tons re exported, the highest in five years. Motor spirit and engine oil imports reached 488852 tons, with re exports accounting for a portion.
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Malay Peninsular
Singapore
Malaya
Malaya’s War Fund Surpasses 2.5 Million Dollars
Within a month the Malaya War fund raised over 2,500,000 dollars for RAF bomber purchases. Donations flow from all classes. A French resident of Singapore sent 2,000 dollars with thanks to Churchill for his stand against the Bordeaux Government.
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Malaya
Royal Air Force
Singapore
Churchill
French in Malaya condemn the armistice and pledge support
Frenchmen in Malaya join compatriots in condemning the armistice with Germany and Italy. They telegram the French Ambassador urging continued struggle with Britain. In Kuala Lumpur they offer services to the British Government and in Singapore a delegation pledges support for continuing the war.
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Malaya
Fpetain
Germany
Italy
London
Great Britain
Kuala Lumpur
Singapore
Merino Ram Belief Examined By Rural Opinion
In these days some graziers still think any flock rams will do if they are pure merino and cheap enough. The speaker warns this is a grave error in managing flocks and emphasizes quality over price.
Breeding Sheep and Ram Selection Principles
The text discusses policies in sheep breeding, stressing the need for qualified personnel in ram selection and gradual changes in flock type. It warns against hasty shifts in breeding and notes that strong, well-matched rams should be chosen for specific faults, with small, incremental improvements over years.
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Pennsyl
Department of Agriculture
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Lanyon
Cambridge
Rishen Ob
Lee
Ca Ag
Pablic
Aridas
S PO Roy
Rajah
Gift OF Ambulances
Tice
de Witt
Weisery
Dewitt St. Pill
Lambert's Poultry Farm
Townsville
Leichhardt Store
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