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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
4
Extracts from a soldier’s letters describe Lee Point and Night Cliffs life, farming heart, wireless work, and camp building. He notes tropical weather, rainfall patterns, wildlife, parcels, and the strain of communications, with vivid images of Darwin trips, lagoon ducks, and a growing camp community.
The Indian Purchasing Mission reports India remains a central supply hub for the East Middle East and Russia. Australia leads munitions and gear exports while India diversifies into motor vehicles from Canada and seeks greater mechanisation of the Indian Army with Canada and the United States aid.
Before the German assault on Russia it seemed prewar expenditure could support the Soviet Union on Lease-Lend around £10-£11 million daily. Production of war material in the last three months rose about 30 percent, much of it for the Soviet Union. Much Lease-Lend supply meant for Britain is now going to the USSR. Beaverbrook pledged Stalin aluminum, copper, brass, rubber, jute, wool, phosphorus, diamonds, shellac and other raw materials.
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