Empire Air Training Scheme enrolls thousands nationwide
Since its launch 34 646 men applied for air crew enlistment with 8375 Victorians and 11 084 from New South Wales. Ground staff applications total 145 808 with 38 350 from Victoria and 56 783 from New South Wales. RAAF officers cite overseas war news, lower education standards, and shorter waiting periods as reasons for rising recruitment. The reserve waiting period is now four months and training is speeding up. Enlistees come from all walks including farmers and bank clerks, with high passing standards evident in final exams where only seven of 548 failed.
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Victoria
New South Wales
RAAF
Air Force
S48
War forecast hits golf, tennis and football supplies
Sydney based Mick Simmon Ltd foresees sport being reshaped by war. Golf clubs may halt as imports drop and tyres yield balls, tennis risks sponge rubber balls, and football faces leather and bladder shortages. Experts caution fans but warn adjustments could be needed if war endures.
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Mick Simmon, Ltd
Sydney
F. Miller
Australia
Miller
Rae
NSW cultural plans urge state orchestra and national theatre ambitions
New South Wales plans outlined by the wartime Labour minister Evatt call for establishing a permanent State Orchestra and a National Theatre and National Faller. He advocates accelerating the school leaving age, expanding arts in education, teaching plays and music to children, and ensuring heating facilities in schools to support culture. He engages with the Teachers Federation to advance curriculum aims.
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N.W
Evatt
ILC
Statendowens National Theatre
New South Wales
Evan Sid
Archon
Evert
Federation
Weighed Bicycles A Menace In Local Court
Police magistrate condemned weighted bicycles as a menace after two girls and three men faced charges for riding without lights along Indian prayers road. Mary Tajes and others pleaded guilty or were fined for failing to display proper lighting, while a separate case questioned the theft of a globe from a lamp post.
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Piddins
Town and District War Appeals at Horsham Red Cross
Donations to the Horta Goviety have been received. Red Cross Shop sales and a Burnt Creek sub-branch effort totaled £2438 12. The Burst Creek branch expresses gratitude for the response. Drung South members will attend with cakes and produce. Last week’s contests awarded prizes to Mrs Kimberly and Mrs Dawson among others.
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Horta Goviety
A. McAuley
Burnt Creek
Red Cross
Burst Creek
Branett
Wwern
Drung South
A. Kimberley
C Dawson
Gerlach
E’c
Red Shield Appeal Donations Acknowledged
Horsham mayor urged Salvation Army support for soldiers and the community. Donations from Mrs Edmondson Mesers Langhinds & Sons and others have been received and will be acknowledged at the Times Office and Town Hall.
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Horsham
Salvation Army
J. Edmondson
Times” Office
Hhraust
Eahuttins
Plan to bury unknown soldier in Memorial Park
Returned Soldiers' League proposes interring an unknown World War II soldier in Lismore Memorial Park. The grave would be a memorial shrine for Anzac Day, with consultation to the Lithgow Municipal Council, owner of the park ground near the Boer War memorial, where a cenotaph would mark the grave. A bronze Boer War memorial image was stolen years ago and later recovered near Nimbin.
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Lismors
Listeore
Returned Soldiers
Liatus ‘Otticiuls
League
L Mitre Municipal Council
Stoln
Nimbin
Fragmentary Court Testimony Describes May Paris Incident
A trial transcript recalls a May incident in Parish involving a bicycle ride past a residence and questions about whether certain papers were needed. The defendant responds that he did not know what was necessary and denies knowledge of the fact. Police sergeant J Terai testified about the events and actions following the incident.
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Drefemtant
J. Terai
Paris
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Firebrace Street
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Pum
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Willkie
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