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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
3
Brand name fabrics and work clothing items listed with sizes and coupons. Items include skirts shirts denim overalls trousers in multiple sizes and colors with coupon requirements and origin notes.
Canberra reports Defence Projects Protection Bill seeks up to 12 months imprisonment or £5000 fine for opposing approved defence work including the rocket range in South Australia. Dr. Evatt argued the measure targets sabotage while preserving freedom of expression.
In Canberra Mr Calwell outlined immigration aims replying to Labor and Liberal questions. He said Australia would import farm and pipeline workers from the Netherlands as part of broader migrant intake with emphasis on Britons, then expanding to other nations. He noted proposed visits by aircraft carriers and ongoing discussions on using foreign labor for development.
In Canberra yesterday Mr Calwell urged enactment to regulate the Australian flag as the Stars and Stripes are in America. He argued the flag holds an honoured place in law and in churches and urged design protections for all official and public uses.
The United States suspended more than 18 million dollars in credits to Hungary as it moves against the new communist regime. Budapest reports say Hungarian leaders including Matves Rakosi and Ferenc Nagy faced further political pressure, while a dissident named Bela Varga fled toward the American zone.
London dispatch says US Australian wool negotiations delay other Geneva talks and threaten multilateral trade aims. Editorials note cotton and wheat plans differ, while Australia presses for a common front to lower wool barriers to the US.
In Brisbane the Full Court heard Crown directions for an appeal against seven year manslaughter sentences imposed by Mr Justice Brennan on three youths Ernest Davidson Roy Howard and Mark Dean for the death of Flora Prior. The court noted no Rockhampton jail and set the appeal for the Pall Court sittings starting July.
In Brisbane the Dutch Air Squadron wing planes moved a whole maintenance workshop from Brisbane to Batavia to evade the waterside ban. Hundreds of tons of equipment flown from Archerfield by the squadron members. The operation reportedly employed many Australians and fulfilled urgent workshop needs in Batavia.
New York reports American bankers propose a one year loan of 50 million dollars to Japan with 5 percent rate and 0.75 percent management charges. Bank of America and others seek security via liens on transport but goods would be shipped under contracts. The move appears tied to S C A P and Japan's gold reserve proposals to finance basic imports.
Kansas City report quotes Henry Ford as saying drastic changes will come to Ford models in 1948 surpassing previous leaps from Model A. Ford notes 1700 orders on the fleet and asserts substantial growth for the new year.
Laying and growing mashes chick feed and grain blends listed include whole and crushed corn Milo wheat bran pollard oat meal seeds and farm seeds. The ad mentions a supplier or brand con bowdler with product codes and location hints.
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