Restrictions on sale of electrical goods
Public notice about preserving usefulness and ordering electrical appliances such as ranges and jugs when available, aiming to assist customers in keeping their items in good order.
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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 25, 1944
Page
4
Public notice about preserving usefulness and ordering electrical appliances such as ranges and jugs when available, aiming to assist customers in keeping their items in good order.
The State Parliament election will be held on May 27 with nominations closing next Friday. Writs were issued on Thursday and will be returnable on June 22. Premier McKell, Opposition Leader Weaver, and Country Party Leader Kuxner plan policy speeches in the first week of May. The Government holds 56 seats and the Official Opposition 14, with Country, National Liberal, Lang’s party, and eight independents also represented. Jackson is the National Liberal member for Nepean. Fitz-Simons and Budd will not seek re-election.
Edith Massey writes from Lances England on 31 December 1944 about monotony and scarcity in food. She details limited meat portions and rare poultry, zoning of rations, scarce fruit and biscuits, and the strain on housewives and elderly relatives.
A record price of 40 was paid for a cow at Moss Vale the other day.
The piece recalls the Gallipoli campaign beginning February 1 1915 and ending with the final evacuation January 25 1916. Australian and New Zealand forces fought twelve months of costly battles at Helles Anzac Cove and surrounding peaks, with 21 000 dead and 17 800 wounded, shaping the Anzac legend and enduring courage across battlefronts.
The article notes that the word regiment, used for a body of troops, first appeared in Britain during the 1500s, marking a linguistic shift in military organization terminology.
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