A Very Sad Undertaker Plea For Petrol in WA
A West Australian undertaker writes to the Fuel Control Board seeking full petrol compensation. He notes fewer funerals before a local doctor arrived, now averages four or five yearly. The letter mentions abandoning mutton selling to save fuel. The issue ties to arsenical poisoning in cattle during tick eradication dips. Full compensation is approved, reversing prior half-value payments.
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Ernest Plea
Fuel Control Board
Grafton-Maclean
Dunn
Board of Tick Control
Jap Attack on New Guinea Threatens Australian Mainland
Melbourne reports caution on a possible enemy landing in the New Guinea area as Japanese forces renew attacks on Rabaul and Kavieng. Minister Drakeford warns of a potential full scale assault to secure bases for attacks on the Australian mainland while urging faster production of arms and munitions.
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Melbourne
New Guinea
Drakeford
Rabaul
Bismarck Archipelago
Bulolo
Salamaua
Nevey
Australia
Forde
Singapore
Veiauve
RAAF
Kavieng
New Britain
Madang
Ying Southwast
Talamoa
Lae
Curtin
America
No Canned Apricots for Civil Use
The Departments of Supply and Commerce will requisition this season's canned apricots to control distribution for export markets. No apricots will be canned or sold for Australian civil requirements. The move does not imply a shortage for consumers as adequate canned peaches and pears will replace apricots in the local market.
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Departments of Supply and Commerce
Letters to War Prisoners Censors Cite Weather References
The Minister for the Army Mr Forde said drought and weather references in letters to Australian prisoners of war should be omitted as such details could aid enemy powers. District censors were returning many letters with weather references and recipients often did not understand the deletions.
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Australia
Forde
War News In Brief From Western Malays To Tojo Aims
War news in brief reports stiffening Allied resistance in western Malaya with some checks on landings on Johore coast. Japanese landings by barges, heavy use of tanks and artillery, and air bombing of enemy barges are noted. Tojo outlines aims to secure bases, resource regions, and crush Britain and the U S if resistance continues, with cooperation offered if Japan’s intentions are understood. Roosevelt says aid to the southwest Pacific is accelerating, while submarines damage Japanese ships near Manila. German forces retreat on the Moscow front as Red Army advances, and raiding action increases in the Bismarck Archipelago including Kavieng Loreangau and Madang with air attacks on Salamaua.
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Malaya
Johore
Tokyo
Tojo
Japan
Greater East Asia
United States
British Empire
Australia
Netherlands Fast Indies
Pacific
Roosevelt
Washington
South-West Pacific
United Nations
ATLS
Subic Bay
Manila
Singapore
Muar-Batu Pahat
Muar
Moyaisk
Moscow
Red Army
Rabaul
Bismarck Archipelago
New Guinea
Kavieng
Loreangau
Madang
Salamaua
Drakeford
Closing Hours of Shops Regulations Limiting Sale Times
National Safety regulations set new closing times for shops including warehouses and petrol outlets at 6 pm on regular days. Newsagents must close by 7 pm, while stores primarily selling medical or chemical requisites or perishable foods may follow prior hours. Some outlets must lock off prohibited goods after 6 pm or earlier closing times.
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R. W. Adamson
Nll
Times
NSW Seacoast Lights Ban Proposed by Minister Heffron
The Minister for National Emergency Services Mr Heffron announced action to prevent showing lights along the New South Wales sea coast. He said regulations would be gazetted this week making it an offence to display lights anywhere on the sea front in any part of the State.
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National Emergency Services
Heffron
New South Wales
Pit
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