Melbourne’s plonk brigades and a court room tale
A Melbourne column laments beer queues outside wine shops and describes bibulous crowds, then recalls a courtroom quip about a defendant’s crime score. It shifts to housing kept shops used as dwellings and factories, noting wartime lax enforcement, before praising John Koosie Kachet and Melbourne theatre scenes and Captain Monash era theatre. The piece ends with remarks on readers and a tribute to Koosie Kachet’s career.
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Melbourne
John Koosie Kachet
Sve Ie
Sir John Monasheen
Munitions Self-Sufficiency in Australia War Context
The wartime edition of Facts and Figures notes Australia shifted from no munitions plan to a program now near 250 million pounds. By 1942-43 army costs rose from 100 million to about 250 million with production expanding from five factories and new annexes to more outside shops. The 1943 Chief of Staff report urged continued rearmament and strategic reserves amid falling orders.
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Australia
Riment of Information
Department of Munitions
Army
Sta
Seed Wheat Subsidy Plan Urges Growers to Deliver Approved Seed
The Victorian Government will guarantee a premium of 5d per bushel above pool realisation for bagged seed wheat in the 1944-45 pool. Growers delivering approved seed varieties in branded bags to the Grain Elevators Board may obtain seed on delivery. The plan, with Australian Wheat Board cooperation, covers advances repayment, handling and freight costs, and options for re delivery and private purchases. Farmers needing finance may apply under the Farmers' Advances Act.
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Grain Elevators Board
Australian Wheat Board
Australian Wheat
Wheat Board
Australia Wheat Board
Market Street
Melbourne
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