Home Office Warns on Air Raid Shelters and Gas Masks
A Home Office issued handbook explains how households should prepare air raid refuges and protect the home. It urges obscuring windows and lofts, clearing flammables, and stockpiling airtight food jars. Wardens will distribute gas masks in three adult sizes plus a baby bag, with emphasis on drills, discipline, and public readiness.
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Daily Mail
Home Office
Samuel Hoare
Home Secretary
Manchester
Apsley Community Notices and District Update
The Apsley and District Bachelors and Spinsters Club held its annual meeting with Mr Brian Minogue chairing in G Stewart's absence. New officers were elected led by President K Ryan and secretary J Hunt. Infantile paralysis cases prompted school closure for 21 days.
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Bachelors’ and Spinsters’ Club
Apsley and District Bachelors’ and Spinsters' Club
Ie G. Stewart
Brian Minogue
J. Hunt
K. Ryan
W. Pahl
M. Silcock
A. Carlin
M. Craig
V. Simpson
M. Simpson
M. Munn
B. Minogue
Narracoorte Hospital
Salthouse
Education Department
Craigshire
Apsley State School Committee
W. A. Mathieson
H. Lamond
C. Lawrence
Messrs
Y. Clery
A. P. Rees
Dance Yields £14 For Distressed Soldiers Fund
The Returned Soldiers' League held a dance and card evening to aid distressed soldiers and raised £14. Cropping nearing completion under nearly ideal conditions with improved prospects. A unique situation arises from the demolished Vamty Selectors' Hall with a credit balance of £124 and no building. Two inches of rain were recorded at Minimay on Wednesday, bringing the season total since June 1 to about two inches.
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Returned Soldiers’ League
Vamty
Minimay
Rate Receipts and Hospital Appeal in Stawell News
Rate receipts to June 10 for Sta well Borough total £ 15 534, £ 30 below last year’s record. Stawell Hospital plans a £ 1000 appeal to cover additing costs and ease management strain. Police Sergeant J Hawkins farewelled before transfer to Dandenong. Hockey match between Stawell and Clifa is noted. The NSW Agricultural Bureau reports a leadership school for country girls to develop home skills and community leadership in the north western district.
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Stawell
Stawell Hospital
J. Hawkins
Dandenong
New South Wales Agricultural Bureau
Agricultural Bureau Record
Agricultural Bureau
Australia
North-Western
Bureau
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Sydney
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