Seed potato greening and home garden seed tips from wartime bulletin
Wartime home gardening guidance from the Division of Plant Industry covers greening seed potatoes four to five weeks before planting to detect disease and improve yields. It advises light room sprouting, discarding spindly sprouts, and notes choko planting in August or September with frost guidance, plus seed storage tips and self-sown seed production for carrots, beets, cabbage, and lettuce.
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Divison of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Battle on the Home Front in Sydney War Debate
In Sydney ten women clash with anti union voices over wartime labor politics. Pro war workers defend solidarity with servicemen and denounce non union critics as loathsome toads. The exchange links to broader calls to curb strikes and maintain unity during the war.
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Sydney
Tannock
N.S.W
Libya
Greece
Crete
Mr. Tannock
Hanour
Lord Haw Haw
Proposed marriage plea from Australian airman to Miss Freda Lee
Flight Sergeant Blackman Shaw asked the Sun London office to cable his marriage proposal to Miss Freda Lee of Manly and Wellington hoping for her reply. The 21 year old RAF veteran, recently discharged after a bomber crash, met Lee at a Red Cross dance a month earlier and she needs time to decide. Lee, 19, hairdresser, holidaying at Molong, is at present unclear on accepting or rejecting. Her family has long ties to Wellington and Manly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Blackman-Shaw
Freda Lee
Manly
Wellington
Sun
London
Missie
Blackman- Shaw
Miss Lee
Molong
Blackman-Shaw
Red Cross
Australia
Blackman Shaw
Malaya
Hongkong
RAF
England
F. Lee
Freda
Australians Among The World’s Most Hospitable People
Captain John C. O'Donnell US Army Air Force pilot home on furlough after receiving the Officers Flying Cross in Washington describes Australians as hospitable to Americans in the South Pacific. He cites visits from farmers workers in war industries and the Lord Mayor of Sydney, notes similar tastes and slang differences, and praises Australian grown vegetables for feeding allied forces.
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John C. O’donnell
U.S. Army Air Force
South Pacific
Office of War Information
Washington
O'Donnell
Sydney
United States
Foote’s Station
Australia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chokos
Amaroo- Shire
Patriotic and War Funds
Baldry
Bal- Paldry
Red Cross Society
O'Don
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