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Newspaper
Numurkah Leader
Location
Numurkah, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 05, 1944
Page
4
A wide selection of work shirts in khaki and blue including heavy herringbone, drill, twill, and denim. Also offered are navy and khaki bib overalls, undergarments, knitwear, socks, and various coats and outerwear with coupon pricing and multiple sizes.
A concise weekly column in The Leader surveys Australian career trends and policy issues. It analyzes workforce shifts, government actions, and expert opinions to frame practical implications for workers and employers. The piece emphasizes context, implications, and emerging patterns without sensational detail.
A Victorian column laments a paradoxical move by the Patriotic Ponds Council to suspend appeals for patriotic objects during war loans while state lotteries continue. It critiques federal war measures, coal shortages, and labor unrest, noting ministers’ promises and the uneven handling of strikes across states and industries.
Frustration grows as people engage in unproductive lottery ticket selling while tradesmen fail to deliver goods. Aged and ill women must trek to shops for supplies or rely on neighbors. New delivery methods for tickets appear, but paper shortages hinder ordinary business, including billheads. Despite restrictions, Victorians are praised for charitable spirit amid shortages.
A government booklet stresses the postwar need to place 14 million returned service men and women. It shows discharge data from 11/43 to 4/44: 39.4 percent returned to former employers, 41.1 percent to own business or farm, 2 percent started new business, 19.7 percent found work with new employers. Over 80 percent had not needed government aid, while 52 percent remained unemployed two weeks after discharge.
The population has purchased 4,280,677 life assurance policies totaling £612,000,000, with potential for the sum to be doubled for greater national security and individual peace of mind.
The article notes the high rate of men returning to their previous jobs after discharge and argues the government should not be obliged to provide work for all. It adds that many will enter training courses, and there may be more jobs than qualified men, suggesting a possible labor surplus.
The Numurkah Shire Council weighs a State Government plan to fund maternal help for hospitalised mothers and those unable to manage households. The article argues funding should come from the government, not local rates, and urges consideration by infant welfare groups and Red Cross factions.
A wartime era ad notes world famous users including Harry Lauder Peter Daweon Gladys Moncrieff and Captain Frank Hurley endorsing Heenzo as a quick acting economical cough remedy for coughs colds catarrh croup bronchitis and influenza It urges saving waste paper to help the war effort.
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