German Prisoners and Wool Market News in Manilla District
The German Red Cross delivers parcels to prisoners of war including tobacco and tobacco products. newspapers are discouraged for POWs, with books allowed under permits. In Manilla area wool sales rise with Castle Detals clip dominating, prices quoted from J Mason and Sons Boorowa and other firms. U.S. demand for specific wool types shapes 1940 trade. Indicates rising USA storage needs and shifting Australian exports amid wartime restrictions. Dog sense: a Kelpie travels 180 miles to return home, noted by RSPCA official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Red Cross
Germa Society
Far East
Red Cross
St. Camillus of
Lellis
Switzerland
Henri’ Dunant
Sydney
Castledetads
Messrs
J Mason
J. F. Capel
USA
United States
U.S.A
Bradford Stylis
NBAW
Central Wool Committee
Yorkshire
Orange
Wollongong
A. Pavey
RSPCA
Parramatta
Prisoners of War parcels and letters to camps in Italy
The report notes prisoners of war in Italian camps such as Gapus and Sulmiona may receive parcels and letters, with restrictions on Caserta Cor inthian Gongi and Kakinin. The Red Cross advises contacting the Information Bureau for regulations. Australian and British Red Crosses funded and supplied parcels and aid to support POW prisoners through wartime cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Gapus
Sulmiona
Italy
Caserta
Corinthian
Gongi
Kakinin
Red Cross Information Bureau
British Red Cross Society
British
Red Cross
Australian Red Cross
British Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Kuperee Valley Keeps Shop for Junior Red Cross Aid
Kuperee Valley subsidised School and 5 Tonior Red Cross Circle members have raised funds and donations for soldiers families. Miss Lawson guides the effort with convalescent and preventive care for children of fighting men. The piece notes global war hardship and mentions penicillin as a germ fighter against dangerous diseases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuperee Valley
Tonior
Red Cross Circle
Besil
Miss Lawson
Red Cross
Germany
Ruperco Valley
Penicillin scarce but used on patients, journal notes
An early report notes penicillin is scarce but used on human patients when worth collecting again. It compares antiseptics with radium, per the British Medical Journal, and mentions plans for eight days of Christmas leave for militia and AWLP workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meijen
AWLP
Skeleton towns and drift cripple regions with idle camps
Skeleton towns across the state shrink as enlistments and compulsory military service drain populations. Authorities tried prop up centers by building housing to serve as training camps, but long travel times and existing airfields limit usefulness, leaving many sites underused amid broader economic decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Rural Bank Service Department Tour Impresses Sydney Delegates
Delegates at the Rural Bank conference in Sydney toured the bank’s Service Department and learned of its wide offerings for rural clients. The unit provides a directory, statistical section, rest rooms, telephone service, and extensive correspondence support, with the bank aiding primary producers and home builders through significant advances financed since 1999.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Bank
County Press Association
Sydney
Oral Bank i
New South “Wales
Wasteful Seed Harvest Warns Pasture Shortage Risk
Mr J N Whittet chief agrostologist warns that Australia faces a possible seed shortage as overseas seed imports decline. He urges farmers to harvest pasture seeds locally, noting good seasons yield abundant grasses but few collectors. He cites potential BritainDominions demand for white clover rye and red clover and calls for developing subterranean clover seed production to cut waste and aid both homeland and growers. Australian war risk rates to Aden Suez and East Indies ease, margins noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Whittet
Department of Agriculture
Big Weelk
Great Britain
Whittet
Australia
Aden
Et Sea
Suez
East Indies
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manilla and District News
Red
Wool Report
Selling Company Ltd
Pitt, Song and Badgers, Ltd
Boricultura
LG. Io
GFG
GRILL
York
Telephone
Canberra
Glitsos & Domino
Manilla
Newcastle Wool Appraisement Centre
Nenco
THE
Pioneer Company
Commonwealth Wool and Produce Co.,ltd
Hot
Nicole
Menew
Neastle
L. Wilshire
Moe
Ausoalis
Dulwich Hill
Rockhampton
Brisiane
Townsville
J. T. Robertson & CO
Waveford
Quality
Paramount
Wis
H. C. Dengate Local Agent
Raspet
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