Austerity War Loan links in Hong Kong review note
A 1942 Christian Science Monitor review of Jan H. Marsman’s I Escaped from Hong Kong ties the fall of Hong Kong to Western complacency and urges support for the Commonwealth War Loan as essential to Australia’s war effort. It argues disciplined defense, altered postwar finance, and backing leaders with funds.
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Christian Science Monitor
Pearl Harbour
Hong Kong
Far
Commonwealth
Australia
Presentation to Sgt Don Flavel RAAF at Gladstone Ball
A presentation was made to Sgt Instructor Don Flavel at Gladstone during a Red Cross Ball brief interlude. Mr J P O'Neill on behalf of the Farewell Committee presented him with a money belt. Flavel, enlisted January 1941, then stationed in New South Wales, was born in Gladstone. His brother Ken serves in the 48th Armoured Regiment. A reunion followed with Miss Flavel from Port Pirie visiting.
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Don Flavel
Gladstone
Red Cross
J. P. O'Neill
Farwell Committee
Neil
Sgt
Flavel
New South Wales
Don
Sgt. Flavel
Ken Flavel
48Th Armoured Regiment
J. A. Flavel
Miss Flavel
Port Pirie
Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels of Owen Stanley Ranges Tribute
Australian soldier praises the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels of New Guinea for carrying wounded along the Owen Stanley Range. The poem urges Australian mothers to thank these native carriers who risked mortars and machine guns to bring soldiers to safety and medical care.
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New Guinea
Owen Stanley Range
Australia
Owen Stanley
Christ
Adelaide Surgeries First Floor Shell House
First Floor at Shell House on North Terrace in Adelaide hosts medical surgeries. Details describe location and access without listing specific services or practitioners. The note emphasizes the building area and site, suggesting medical offices operate within the premises.
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Adelaide
Shell House
North Terrace
War Loan voluntary but urged to fund war effort
A reader urges Australians to volunteer for the War Loan and enlistments in the ALP, RAAF, and RAN, arguing that money will be spent on weapons and supplies while noting it should not be voluntary but is currently. The note condemns potential outcomes like a Hong Kong scenario and stresses doing one’s part.
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Hong Kong
Australi
ALP
RAAF
RAN
London Diary and Book Suggestions for Library Readers
A list of titles and notes appears for library readers including Westward the Course and Green Mountain. It mentions book additions, suggestions invited, and a subscription of six per quarter for library services.
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London
the Mill
Botany Bay
Dr. Kildare
Malta
Gladstone Rainfall Through the Years
A compilation of Gladstone rainfall figures from 1893 to 1942 and scattered notes for 1941 1942 including January February March and April measurements, with monthly totals and anomalies. The data lists numerous year by year precipitations and irregular entries such as May June August and survey remarks, reflecting historic rainfall records.
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Sulvey
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