Trade in Wheat Sizable but Pressures Remain
At the Australian Wheat Board fortnightly meeting Chairman Clive McPherson said world conditions keep wheat trade unusually difficult yet export sales totalled 14 million bushels since the last meeting. Vessels loadings are satisfactory, depots are stacking to clear sidings for the new crop, and sacks supply arrangements have been approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Wheat Board
Clive McPherson
McPherson
Iran
Quick Bead Threading Tip With Liquid Nail Polish
To thread tiny beads dip the thread into liquid nail polish and twist to a fine point before it dries. The coated tip slides through the smallest bead with ease.
Women’s Royal Naval Service and naval administration roles
The text outlines the Women's Royal Naval Service status within the naval hierarchy. It notes their administration under admirals and that they are carried on ship’s rosters with uniforms adapted to their sex while preserving naval etiquette and discipline rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nava
Royal Naval Service
Baker Kodak Benefactions Support Charities Across Australia
The annual distribution from the Baker Kodak Benefactions fund totals to charitable aims in Australia. The Baker Medical Research Institute received £57 as part of the benefactions, with Perth hospitals and other medical research and public health institutions benefiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Medical Research Iystitute
Commentary from JUDEX on wartime news and crowd reactions
A fragmentary column notes a last week end crowd gathered around a radio awaiting announcements about Britain's gains in France and the French envoys. It mentions Italian internment at Rottnest and crude jokes about Mussolini as laughter masked the details of the broadcast.
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France
Western Australia
Britain
Rottnest
Mussolini
Perth
Hutchens
Wnenanounecer
Women in Wrens Drive War Navy Manpower
The Wrens provide female labour to suitable Navy branches and release manual strength for seaborne service. About 4000 officers and ratings are serving across coastal establishments as UK war-time expansion begins. Recruits aged 18 to 35, British subjects of citizenship, are sought with priority for home-based service when feasible.
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Tts
Vfherenev
Wrens
Great Britain
Port Or Taval
War talk in village chat about length of conflict
Local readers quote a wartime exchange with references to a man named Albert and rumors that the war will last longer than a fortnight. The brief column captures village humor and concern over conscription and job stability.
So and So News Service to Commence
A fragment notes a speaker at a microphone mentioning the So and So News Service would commence, triggering quiet attention among onlookers as a romantic narrator style voice observes the scene. The line hints at an event start and a fashionable crowd in a nostalgic setting.
Australian Wheat Board outlines cornsack import plan 1940 41
J. Perrett, secretary of the Australian Wheat Board, outlines the 1940/41 cornsack import and distribution framework. The board will contract with Calcutta home representatives, establish importer credits, and pay voucher costs on maturity. Distributors handle requisitions, with 10 percent early delivery urged to avoid storage. Margin payments depend on delivery and deductions, with price per dozen fixed by the board and Commonwealth Prices Commissioner.
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Calcutta
Commonwealth
Ane
Slo
Marin
Betance
Commonwealth Prices Commissioner
Anch Sarks
Phos
Common Reee Commissionewealth
Imparten
J. Perrett
Australian Wheat Board
Ford factories shift to aeroplane engine production
A wartime column notes Ford plants in the United States are converting to aeroplane motor output as other facilities begin producing ventilators and other war items. It highlights Ford’s V8 casting method and the aim for high quality over low cost amid metallurgical strain, while quoting editorials urging national unity and cautious public debate.
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Ford
America
Chiat Ritere
Bntil Weary
Rolls
Wrens in the Navy Service Advancing Ranks and Roles
The WRNS structure expands with selected women drafted to mobile branches and assigned to service where local needs demand. Ranks progress from Wren to Chief Wren with positions as leading petty officers and officers, while a superintendent supports the four naval home commands. The service, led by Mrs Vera Laugston Mathews and deputy Miss EL Mc Cm, covers varied duties from stenography and accounting to wireless telegraphy and cabin staff. Wrens perform specialised office work and domestic roles, including cooks and store-keepers, in naval galleys and residential quarters, and salute officers as Maam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrens
Oteralh
Navy
Wren
Wn Wren
Wren Cers
W.ros.s
Vera Laugston Mathews
More
John Laughton
Nava
Wohans
EL Mc Cmenough
Funmeny
Admiralty
WRNS
Simeles
Face as White as a Ghost
A patient from Leichhardt New South Wales reports six years of anaemia and nerve troubles. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with ending nervous headaches and improving sleep, strength, and skin color. The testimonial urges others to try the pills for anaemia and nervous symptoms.
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Mia
Leichhardt
N.5.w
Williams
Dr. Williams
Heenzo Cough Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Heenzo as a family cough remedy that cleans up costs by diluting a two shilling bottle with water to make a pint. It claims rapid relief for coughs colds catarrh croup bronchitis sore throats and influenza and notes the product is sold by leading chemists and stores.
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Hearne
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PMY Ltd
Geelome
Wig
M. D. Mears
Eno
ENOS
Queensland Insurance CO. Ltd
Australia
W.A
Barrack Street
Hampton Timber & Hardware Pty. Ltd
Wellington ST
Pitt
W. Drabble Ltd
Murray Street
Claremont
Thrift
Commonwealth Savings Bark of Australia
Charles & Aberdeen Sts
West Perth
Brady
Fremantle
Queen Street
Katanning
Terylor Street
Raliporlee
Women’s Royal Naval Service
Baker” Kodak
Judex
New Jersey
U.S.A
Cornsacks
Rolls-Ford
J. B. Priestley
Dominions
Honeur
L'Oeuvre
Paris
State Sawmills
Ltt
Murray ST. Perth
Miller Street
Victoria Park
Beurre Bose
W.E.C. Or
Bartlett
Winter Nelis
Josephine de Malines
Packham’s
John Brunning & Sons
Somerville Nurseries
Victoria
Man Zan
Lane
Dalgety & CO. Ltd
Tom Parkinson
the Chicken King
Northam
Jurendine
Our Country
United Prem
Hay Street
Bidet
Bates
Butcher's
Park Land & Estate Agency
Albany Road
B. Woodhouse
N.S.W. Seed CO
George Ste. Sydney
Georgette Fur Co
Dayton
Hobart
Basil Bruce & Company
Bramley & Dix Ltd
Furlanes
Jack Sorensen
United Press Ltd
Strathalban
Albany
Donnybrook
Rennick & Son
A. Newton
Witton Farm
Wongan
G.C
J. McEncroe
Stirling Salvage Yards
Stirling Street
H. Victor
Dunedin Street
Mt. Hawthorn
Rockingham
Parkins Street
United Press
Hay St
Parkerville
I. & Deposit
W. P Bradshaw
Kellerberrin
Prince of Wales Hostel
Messrs. P. W. Charleston and Sons
R.A. Rodgers
Burnside Poultry Farm
Hale Road
Fix Phone
Motor Parts Ltd
Wellington Street
Vetter & Co. Ltd
Murray St
Bill Crame
Brake
Eldrum
Central Arcade
Glendenning & CO
Geo
Marquis St
Mkts
REX Cureant Factory
Bellevue, W.A
James Goss
William Street
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