AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE
LESSONS OF THE RECENT CRISIS TRANSFERENCE OF STAFF TO CANBERRA. STATEMENT BY MINISTER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) CANBERRA, This Day. The Minister of Defence (Mr H. V. C. Thorby), detailing in Parliament the defence preparations that were made in Australia during the recent crisis, revealed that the Commonwealth had made extensive plans in case of war. The armed forces had been prepared for mobilisation. The defence preparations showed that it was a serious weakness to have the headquarters ofc the Defence Department in Melbourne and- these would be transferred to Canberra. Five hundred cottages would have to be constructed in Canberra to house members of the staff and their families.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 October 1938, Page 6
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116AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 October 1938, Page 6
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