Britain Food Aid Figures Stir Debate in Parliament
A Sydney Legacy Club address cited that Australia’s meat and butter exports to Britain fell over half since the war began. Prime Minister Curtin asserted misunderstandings in official figures, noting 223 000 tons of meat in 1938-39 and 178 000 tons in 1943-44, while butter exports appeared 97 000 tons in 1938-39 but possibly 45 000 tons in 1943-44. Curtin warned against overstated exports and urged sustaining Britain’s food supply, urging Australia to seize its primary-producing potential rather than merely emptying ice-chests.
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Sydney Legacy Club
Australia
Britain
House of Representatives
Curtin
United Kingdom
Ministry of Food
Department of Information
Regional Councils debated in Legislative Assembly
In the Legislative Assembly Mr D H Drummond questioned the Government’s plan to create 17 regional councils in Central and Eastern Divisions. He asked whether the councils would be a super local government or merely a centralised gesture, and why existing local bodies would lose authority without real powers.
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Legislative Assembly
Country Party
D. H. Drummond
Mr. Drummond
Gloucester Red Cross Meeting Scheduled for October 17
The Gloucester Red Cross Branch announces its usual Monthly Meeting at the School of Arts on Tuesday next, 17 October, at 3 p.m. All members and prospective members are invited. Joint Secretaries C. M. Bolton and 8. Smith sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester Red Cross
School of Arts
C. M. Bolton
Smith
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Gloucester War Chest Fund
Arrowsmith
Labourers Wanted for Rail Transmission Line Project
Advertises labour recruitment for the Taree to Kempsey transmission line with weekly wages of £5 10s plus camping allowance. Mentions advancement to constructional linesmen at £6 13s a week, good camp near Wauchope, free home passes, and application to local Station Master. Also notes a separate request for a cash buyer with iron frame requirements. Obituary notices honor Eric Kenneth Morris and family memorials dated Oct 14 1943 and 1944, with verses and expressions of remembrance from wife, mother and family.
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Taree
Kempsey
Wauchope
R. Nicholas
Railways
Morris
Eric Kenneth
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Food For Britain
RED Cross Society
War Chest Fund
Ladies’ Auxiliary
RED Cross
Good Music
V. Barry
Barrington Hall
Berrington Red Cross
HE. Moore
Stratford Union Church
SCONE
Braidwood Station
Victoria
NEW Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Ltd
Inc
Eng
Holman & Lindsay
Cootamundra
Gloucester Shire Yards
W. E. Sparke
Gloucester) Pty., Ltd
Hunter White
Havilah
Mudgee
Maitland
J. Enright
Frese
D. Enright
Gangat
G. Moore
Bir
Brown
This Office
Gloucester Shire
F. K. Mackay
Warrinilla
N.S.W
Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd
Tom Hicks
Gloucester
Clem Walsh
King Street
J. T. Higgins
Barrington
Department OF Railways
Adams
This
Suttons Pty., Ltd
York Street
Sydney
Suttons
Hunter Street
Newcastle
V.A.D. Opportunity Shop
V.A.D. Red Cross
Irene Hicks
Eric
E. K
Roc
Jack
Ellen
Familly
McCormick
Deering
McCormick-Deering
International Milking Machines
International Harvester Coy
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