Postwar Plan Urges Immediate Peace-Time Preparations
The article argues for rapid postwar planning across Australia to stabilise and grow primary production, redeploy returned servicemen, and develop country districts. It calls for hydroelectric, water, road, and afforestation projects funded by extended taxation, with prisoners of war used for labor to build peacetime capacity. Mental health and civilian reintegration are highlighted alongside decentralising industry to avert rural decline.
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Oversea
Remaini Ig
Australia
Commonwealth
British Officer to Battle Locust Plague in Africa
A young British officer, Mr. A. P. G. Michelmore, is sent to Northern Rhodesia to control Africa's locust swarms. Since 1930 a vigilance bureau failed to curb the pests, costing millions. He aims to protect crops with poison bran rather than flame throwers or barriers, targeting two mineral centers where swarms originate.
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A. P. G. Michelmore
Rhodesia
Africa
England
Bureau of
Transjordania
Palestine
Michelmore
Philip Grune
Evening Standard
Institute of Entomology
Australia Day War Production Plan Set
The Curtin government says Australia Day will be observed on January 26 without hampering war production. Department heads were advised that factories involved in war work must operate on the holiday at prescribed holiday rates of pay to maintain efficiency.
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Canberra
Mr. Curtin
Australians Urged to Serve as War Looms
A wartime rallying call warns that staying at home and avoiding service overseas shifts responsibility onto individuals if Australia faces invasion and overwhelm. The statement emphasizes duty, sacrifice, and collective defense during a national crisis.
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Australia
Comforts Fund Ships Aid To Voluntary Aids Overseas
The Australian Comforts Fund expands aid to Voluntary Aid Detachments serving overseas with care packs and regular comforts. VAs receive embarkation kits including toiletries and cigarettes, with climate specific substitutions. Letters from Judith Kenny and E C Gray praise the support, while the Lord Mayor’s Fund NSW supplies 40 percent of total cash and comforts for Australian forces.
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Australian Comforts Fund
Red Cross Society
V.A
Australia
Comforts Fund
Red Cross
W.A.D
N.5.w
Wal Judith Kenny
A.G.H
E. C. Gray
Lord Mayor’s Fund
Lord Mayor's Fund
N.S.W
White Markings for Cars Under War Time Lighting Rules
Under wartime lighting regulations motorists must apply conspicuous white markings on bumpers and running boards. The NRMA reports that those avoiding duco should use white tyre lining, which is easy to apply, dries quickly, and can be removed with petrol without harming the finish.
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N.rm.a
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