Australian Comforts Fund supports NSW war services
The Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund administers funds, charging 2/7/7 per £100 contributions, with 97/12/5 delivering to Australian Forces. NSW Division funds 40 percent of benefits, funding hostels, tea rooms, and family welfare for servicemen and V.A.s. From 1940 to 1943 NSW dispatched millions of cigarettes, soaps, socks, balls, and cards, plus meals and sleeping facilities across Australia, the Middle East, and Canada.
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Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund
New South Wales
Sydney
Anzac
Monash Hut
All Services
Sussex Street
Comforts Fund
Newcastle
Wagga
Bathurst
Parkes
Canberra
Albury
Family Welfare Bureau
Martin Place
Nsw
Australian Comforts Fund
Nurges
V.A
Middle East
Canada
Australia
Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Syria
Salvation Army
YMCA
The
Forefathers’ Diet and Tech Through the Ages
The passage notes shifts in food and goods across centuries from sugar to electricity. It suggests Australians may gain comfort from these long timelines as they face austere days ahead.
Sydney pig values at Tuesday sales near Sydney
Winchcombe Carson Ltd report supplies of pigs at Tuesday's Sydney sales were 1450. Demand for porkers was keen with prices improving. Backfatters and heavy hogs sold to 220 per head, baconers 140 to 160, porkers 70 to 100 pounds.
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Sydney
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Porkera
Price Fixing at Rural School Maize Sale
A pupil asks about the cost of 20 bushels of maize at 1/8 per bushel. The farmer’s son responds curtly, calling the price “Full of wee.”
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Yeacher
First Dairying Award Proposed Terms Announced
Judge Kelly announced the first Australian dairy farm award in Arbitration Court. The plan defines dairy farms as units with at least ten cows and sets wage ranges from 4/10 to 6/1 per week for male shed hands with female rates at two thirds. It includes juniors and youths, with annual leave, overtime, deductions, and adjusted cost of living, and permits court access to extend or modify terms before effect date.
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Kelly
Arbitration Court
Australia
Rabbit Skin Values Report From Sydney Auctions
Suppies of rabbit skins at last Wednesday's Sydney auctions totalled 97 tons. Prices varied with averages slightly lower than the best fast sale rates. Winters ranged to 154d per lb, with incomings 138d to 144d for 1st, 121d to 128d for 2nd, and 102d to 109d for autumns. Various rack and peltry grades showed wide spreads, while hare and fox skins fetched uneven but era-typical figures. The fox skin market was irregular and largely unchanged from the previous sale, with pest prices ranging 26/- to 35/- each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Sydney
Nursing shortage prompts training drive in New South Wales
The Director General of Manpower Mr Worth said the alternative to allowing AAMWS members to train as nurses was to compel girls into the nursing profession. In New South Wales alone ten nursing trainees are currently needed, according to Mr Worth.
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AAMWS
Worth
New South Les
Wurth
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Gloucester Electric Supply Co., Pty. Ltd
Gloucester
Clem Walsh King
W. R. Irwin
Cash & Carry Store
St. Gloucester
Garden of Roses
Peter Moutzouris
Aad Ving
P. J. Taylor & Co. Pty. Ltd
Sydney & Newcastle Motor and Aircraft Engineers
Fisk Radiola
Fisk
Radiola
Radiola Dis
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Amalgamated Wireless
A’sia) Ltd
National Wireless Organisation
Harvey Ivers
Burrowa
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