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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
2
Open ground planting advice lists flowering Prunus mume peaches almonds apples and quince varieties with colors from pink to crimson. Also notes silver birch shade trees with large balled plants priced 3/8 and 5/- each and sizes 411 to 6 feet.
An Australian house debate reveals that growers who planted excess wheat may harvest it due to labor shortages. The Wheat Industry Stabilization Board will oversee actions, with excess grain delivered to the Australian Wheat Board and first payments made only on legitimate crops.
New York Herald Tribune reports German oil stocks shrink as Moscow campaign drains fuel. Experts cite British raids on German petroleum sites and Soviet supply cuts. The piece notes Luftwaffe and army consumption rising, hindering access to Soviet fields and threatening overall German war effort.
The Dunlop Bulletin notes petrol rationing reduced annual car mileage from 1900 to 1000 miles per year and later to about 1007 miles per year. Monthly new car sales dropped from 1916 to 1413, then to 612 and finally about 451 units. Tax revenue shrank, with an estimated loss around £14,000,000 yearly and import cutbacks costing £750,000 annually.
The article surveys Britain based foreign newspapers formed after France fell, detailing émigré presses from seven nations including Germany Poland and Norway. It notes closures and continuations under government support and lists notable Paris papers and their editors amid wartime pressures.
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