Entrance Test Changes for School Admissions This Year
The Education Department will not require exams for admission to high schools for both boys and girls this year in some districts. Selection committees will determine entry for competitive high schools in metropolitan, Parramatta, and Newcastle areas, with bursary candidates still taking the bursary exam on November 3. Special scholarships, including those from Sydney Grammar School trustees, will be decided by test results, and an intelligence test will be part of the examination.
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Education Department
Sydney Grammar School
Manpower and Rural Workers Survey Under War Committees
District War Agriculture Committees re operate with the Man Power Directorate to decide if single rural workers aged up to 49 will be temporarily transferred for essential employment. No permanent removal is implied. volunteers already assist under the scheme. Farmers are urged to assess harvest labour needs to ensure adequate mobilization nationwide.
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LORAL
J. Bellemore
Man Power
Ms.w
Rural workers assist in the war effort
Mr C J Bellemore deputy director general of man power NSW says thousands of rural men in military classes 1 and 2 have registered and offered to work in rural or allied industries for limited periods while preserving their rural worker status and exemption from call up. Some have worked in flour milling sugar and wool handling with others ready for short shifts. National Service Officer S Fleming notes Kempsey office has seen several sign up for limited work and urges those who have not returned forms to do so.
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C. J. Bellemore
Man Power
Nsw
Bellemore
Isea
National Service
8. Fleming
Kempsey
Flame-Throwers on Children in Warsaw Ghetto
A BBC radio newsreel recounts the Warsaw Ghetto horror and a Polish Jewish activist Samuel Ziegelbaum, who faced betrayal from his own community, escaped to London, and sent a final letter to General Sikorski and Allied leaders urging action to save Polish Jews from annihilation. The report notes German flame throwers and executions as the last acts of a tragedy unfolding behind ghetto walls.
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BBC
Warsaw Ghetto
Europe
Britain
Samuel Ziegelbaum
Polish National Committee
Ziegelbaum
Waolis
Sacrniskoy
Helr
London
Jegelbaum
Warsaw
Wehrmacht
Pole
Net
Sikorski
Poland
By His Deeds Measure Yours Wartime Duty Plea
A Collier's Magazine admonition urges citizens to fully contribute to wartime efforts to spare lives at the front. It links civilian effort to avoiding prolonged conflict and protecting soldiers, invoking duty to God and fellow men.
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Collier's Magazine
U.5
Dairying Blending Of Cream Held Over On The Farm
A Department of Agriculture report on cream blending notes quality issues from infrequent deliveries. Farmers should mix small quantities held on the farm before sending to the factory, rather than storing separated cream for long periods.
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I Division of
Department of Agriculture
Yiois
Irslaep
Iteelf
Almast
Wien
Rabbit skins cheaper as market reports drop values
Winchcombe Carson Ltd report lower rabbit skin prices at Wednesday's Sydney auctions with declines across many grades. Values fell 6d to sd per lb with incoming lots and pelts dropping in multiple categories from two pence to several pence per item. Best skins sold from 20s to 28s 6d per dozen. fox skins also eased though top furs still reached 22s 6d to 40s each.
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Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Wednesay
Sydnevses
MacArthur Praises Australians In New Guinea Campaign
General MacArthur lauded Australian and American forces in the Lae Salamaua campaign. He praised AIF divisions for leading to the Japanese base capitulation at Lae last Thursday. He noted newer Australian units covered themselves with distinction and highlighted the parachute unit.
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Lae-Salamaua
MacArthur
A.lf
New Guinea
A.I.F
Lae
Seed Treatment for Maize
Maize grain often carries fungi causing deficient germination and seedling blight. Internal infections lack visible signs, so screening misses them. Organic mercury dusts Efrosan or ceresan reduce losses. dust seed at 2 oz per bushel after threshing, preferably days before sowing, for coastal and tableland maize growers.
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Department of Agriculture
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