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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
8
Printed for J oD Brownhill and Bona at the Wellington Times office on Meer Street Wellington F W Brownhill Warne Street Wellington.
A concise review of Malta Invicta by Bartimeu praises the work as a vivid, fact based portrait of Maltese endurance during siege and hardship. It blends eyewitness scenes of Valletta and the Three Cities with wartime resilience and daily life in catacombs and dugouts, supported by apt photographs.
Community households face butter rationing affecting all ages. Experts say half a pound weekly suffices for good nutrition, with strategies to stretch the supply: divide weekly ration, use leftovers for small luxuries, cream with milk to spread, toast before buttering, and substitute clarified dripping for frying and puddings to maintain vitamin A and D intake.
The Office of War Information flags the meat black market as America's top menace to war efforts and morale. Rustlers and unscrupulous buyers drain farmers by paying above normal prices, while most by products are discarded.
From Monday June 21 the Wellington Post Office will close at 5 30 pm Mondays to Saturdays. Outward mails for Sydney intermediate stations and western towns close at 5 30 pm. Registered mails close at 4 30 pm with late fee registers accepted to 5 pm. Money order office hours are 2 am to 3 30 pm Mondays to Fridays and 9 am to 11 30 am Saturdays.
Cyril Moss a boy employed at Mr Walkom s Holm wood property Blayney endured a four hour chase by a wild bullock. He climbed a tree to escape and was only released at 8 pm after a rescue by Mr Walkom who finally beat the animal away with a stock whip. The boy rode to safety on the horse behind his employer.
Reports from London claim the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg intends to shut down the air-raid sirens. The locals react with elation at the sight of Allied approaching aircraft, prompting the Germans to nickname the moment the Luxembourgers’ “Howl of Delight.”
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