Premier backs interview over Wellington dehydration plant
The Premier Mr. W. J. McKell promised to personally press the Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture Mr. Scully on the Wellington vegetable dehydration factory project. The Times notes the impact on 60 mainly breadwinner workers at the Small Arms Factory facing unemployment amid potential closure and townwide exodus.
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Times
W. J. McKell
Commerce and Agriculture
Scully
Wellington
NSW Premier Mc Kell urged to back Wellington labour absorption factory
In a question directed to Premier Mc Kell, the NSW Government is urged to support the Commonwealth’s Wellington project for a vegetable dehydration or alternative factory to absorb available labor. The inquiry ties policy statements to a practical employment solution.
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New South Wales
McKell
Wellington
Premier’s Promise on Policy and Centre Welfare
The Premier stated his government backs the morning policy statement and expressed strong concern for country centers. He added that workers will meet with Mr Scully, the Federal Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, personally on the matter.
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Scully
Commerce and Agrulture
Public figures back State support for local industry
Public figures press the Premier for support to keep Wellington jobs from moving to a clothing factory. M.L.A. C. G. Robertson warns of layoffs if the Small Arms Factory is replaced by a factory employing women. Town Clerk Truman highlights Federal rather than State concerns but sees benefits in Premier backing. Shire President W. L. Johanson notes vegetable dehydration as a growth aim along Bell River flats and seeks electricity service expansion.
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Times
Robertson
C. G. Robertson
M.L.A
Dubbo
Wellington
Victoria
Truman
N Clerk
SHIRE
W. L. Johanson
Macquarie Shire
McKell
Bell River
Fire Tragedy Claims Brunswick Couple In Bedroom Blaze
In Melbourne on Saturday night Norman Adams a 43 year old taxi driver and his wife Gladys 37 died in a bedroom fire at their Albert Street Brunswick home. Their daughter Lila eight woke others on the upper floor as five siblings were rescued. Fire brigades failed to reach the lower room because the door was jammed by linoleum.
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Melbourne
Albert Street
Brunswick
Norman Adams
Gladys
Lila
North Fitzroy
Indenture Abolition Backed by Commonwealth Government
Brisbane reports the Minister for External Affairs supports abolishing indentured native labour as soon as practicable. He notes the Commonwealth backs the move following Beasley's Philadelphia Labour Conference announcement.
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Brisbane
New Guinea
Commonwealth
Supply and Shipping
Beasley
Philadelphia
Miners Unemployed Stir Ipswich Coal District
In Ipswich coal country, miners faced unemployment as the Commonwealth Government urged higher production. Queensland Colliery Employees' Union secretary J. Donald said a union meeting heard delegates upset over electricity and gas rationing while workers sought jobs. He noted plans to release hundreds of soldiers to rejoin mining, but owners balked at placement.
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Brisbane
Ipswich
Commonwealth
Queensland Colliery Employees’ Union
J. Donald
Mr. McDonald
Hughes to seek protest against civilian mail censorship
Sydney readers were told that Mr. W. M. Hughes will ask the Advisory War Council to protest censorship of civilian mail. The move accompanies a protest by Mr. D. Maughan K C President of the Law Council of Australia against interference with citizens rights, with the matter classified as political censorship.
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Sydney
Law Council of Australia
D. Maughan
K.C
W. M. Hughes
Advisory War Council
Hughes
Clothing Factory Not A Certainty
A Wellington plan stalled after a government department hold up. Mr. Coombe indicated the terms would stand if inspection meets expectations. A separate sources say a Tyre firm may set up a 200 to 300 worker operation in Wellington under Macquarie Shire. Cowra rumour says sewerage facilities are required for waste from a tyre plant. Previous Cowra clothing factory talk is dismissed.
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Coombe
Wellington
Tread
COWRA
Wellington faces a delaying halt in Arm factory to clothing shift
The article notes a hitch delaying the Wellington Small Arms Factory to a clothing plant, suggesting Commonwealth plans or a polling delay as causes. It criticizes Federal MP Mr Breen for absence and urges vigorous local action to avert widespread unemployment, while praising State leaders for seeking state intervention and pressed aims for a dehydration plant or other primary processing jobs ahead of May 27 elections.
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Wellington
Canberra
Mr. Breen
Breen
5.A.F
Robertson
McKell
Commerce and Agriculture
Scully
Two Night Mayfair Showings of Bells of Capistrano
A brief entertainment note announces two nights only for May 6 and 8 at Mayfair, featuring Bells of Capistrano and Doctors Don’t Tell. Event highlights include screenings and venue details as listed in the local notice.
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