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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 22, 1940
Page
4
Bill Scutts, a labourer, suffered a minor back injury on a railway truck and faced £30 compensation. He aimed for £1000 to retire, prompting complications as he enlisted James Flynn as the pretend invalid, in a tale from W. W Jacobs adapted for the stage.
Letters from Newcastle to Perth discuss wartime themes inspiring the song Some Day My Prince Will Come from Snow White. A prize is offered for the best idea behind the composition used in the Forever I remember program. Herbert Cannon, familiar National Stations organist, holds an arts masters and studied in Europe.
Telegraph offices across Australia become RAAF training centers to prepare recruits as wireless operators. Men with telegraphy knowledge are joining classes in their hometowns, while authorities urge more volunteers aged 18 to 40 who can send and receive 20 words a minute to join the air force ground staff.
Orders are being placed for furniture and fittings of two new 240 bed military hospitals at Heidelberg Victoria and Yaralla New South Wales. Buildings nearing completion, opening planned for early December. Staffing arranged with eight wards per hospital and pavilion type design.
Minister for the Army Mr Spender announced 41 532 men had volunteered for the Militia as of October 19 1940. Distribution across states included New South Wales 16829 Victoria 9038 Queensland 7043 Western Australia 4287 South Australia 2094 Tasmania 1401. A further 13 000 volunteers were sought to offset AIF enlistments and industry needs.
Reports indicate troops in New South Wales military camps are boycotting Army canteens. Minister for the Army Mr Spender announced Colonel W S Hosking has gone to New South Wales to investigate and will report back.
The article notes the First Lord of the Admiralty Mr Alexander delivering an optimistic broadcast to the Empire. It highlights his background as a critic of the Admiralty and naval organization and claims he has now surrounded himself with practical officers. The piece warns against over-optimism about Greece, recalling Finland and Norway.
The piece argues Britain keeps the Mediterranean open and criticizes Hitler and Nazi deception. It notes Allied efforts in the Middle East and Gibraltar, while warning against overconfidence. It highlights democracy's honesty as a weapon and cautions about peace offers that would favor Germany and Italy.
The Sydney String Quartet brings two Czech works to the recital on Sunday at 4:45 pm. Dvorak’s String Quartet in F major Op. 98 closes with Smetana’s polka inspired quartet From My Life. The Dvorak piece is linked to its American years and Negro melodic influence.
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