Red Triangle tale of YMCA service for troops under stars
The YMCA followed Australian troops with mobile cinema in a bush bivouac under the stars. British commissioner appointee and liaison role established. Canteens director praises YMCA support, urging continued subscriptions to fund military service work from Gawler Place Adelaide.
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Y.M.C.A
Fighting Forces Entertainment Committee
Kelly
Giles Corner
Tarlee
England
Great Britain
Tariff Board
U.M.C.A
Australian Military Service Committee
Ym.c.a
E. W. Holden
M.L.C
Near East
M.C.A
Gawler Place
Adelaide
Agricultural Report on Wheat Oats Barley and Fodder
E L Orchard reports warm drying weather last month affected wheat ripening little, with sound kernels and good bushel weights though smaller than prior seasons. Oats yields vary by region. demand for seed remains strong. Barley crops provide useful feed. Sudan grass eyed for summer fodder. stubbles easing grazing for sheep as paddocks recover.
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E. L. Orchard
R.D.A
Gun Cotton Factory at Ballarat Plans Revealed
The Ballarat gun cotton factory site near Victoria will have over 120 chains of fencing and a brick guard room as initial works. The interior minister announced a £3219 tender for the works. The project, covering 89 acres, is expected to hire about 500 men and will feed the new explosives factory in South Australia.
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Ballarat
Victoria
South Australia
Trailer solution teams with GM Holden to move aircraft
A tripod type trailer designed by General Motors Holden at Fishermen's Bend is adopted to transport Lockheed Hudson bombers from ships to Australian aircraft depots. The trailer fits any undercarriage, allows rapid transfer, and attaches to a Bedford truck for swift delivery without damaging the plane.
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Australia
General Motors-Holden'’s Ltd
Fishermen's Bend
Air Force
Specialised Army Trucks Bring Water Purification and Blood Storage
Specialized units for Army transport include the Bey Chevrolet Water Carrier with pumping and chlorination gear enabling purification of swamp water near front lines. Blood Bank Trailers attach to Chevrolet Trucks and store multiple blood types with self contained refrigeration powered by the truck for field transfusions.
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Bey Chevrolet
Chevrolet
Caution Against Gossip on Troop Movements
A wartime notice warns that listening devices can pick up conversations from distance and urges silence on troop movements to avoid endangering lives.
Pupils Concert Aids Red Cross Despite Dust Storm
Miss Kathleen Newlyn leads Jamestown pupils in a December Pupils Concert raising funds for Cheer Up and the Red Cross. Audiences applauded Audrey Ray, Heather Harding, Joan Crump and Gordon Chambers while tiny Kath leenh Bink-Williams shone. Final tableau and collecting song drew £2 14s 6d for Red Cross and rewards totaling £0 4s 6d across the event.
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Kathleen Newyln
Jamestown Parish
Audrey Ray
Tarcowie
Dorothy Foster
Liza Lehmann
Purcell
Arne
Ams
Eileen Alannah
J. Ki. Thomas
Newlyn
Wirrabara
Heather Harding
Miss Newlyn
Jann Crump
Beethoven
Thelma Herde
Maud Craske
Wilfred Sanderson
Kathleenh Bink-Williams
Mozart
Elaine Gibbs
Shirley Swearse
Gordon Chambers
Ruth Molineux
Aileen Chambers
Perle de Russie
Jean Douste
Josephine, O'Loughlin
Paul Wachs
Audrey Deering
Patricia Estick
Blake
Mary McNaughton
Braundgardt
Chopin
Josephine O'Loughlin
Engleman
John
Joan Crump
Reg. Kelly
Reg Cross
No Man's Land
Red Cross
Howers
Daly
A. W. White
Mayor- CS
Ruth Mollifheux
Careless Talk Costs Soldiers Their Lives Says War Warn
A wartime admonition warns against repeating troop movement details. The notice stresses that even casual chatter endangers soldiers and urges readers to guard information about their own gangs and families serving. The warning labels a loose tongue as a potential killer.
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A.L
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National Library of Australia
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