REDUCTION OF RACING
IN FURTHERANCE OF WAR EFFORT. LABOUR CO-OPERATION IN AUSTRALIA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.8 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. The State Cabinet adopted a recommendation that horse and dog racing be reduced by half during the war. The Inter-State Executive of the Australian Workers’ Union, which is financially and numerically the largest union in the Southern Hemisphere, decided to offer its full co-operation in speeding up the war effort. < \ A shortage of experienced seamen is giving Australian shipping companies difficulty in manning ships trading round the Australian coast and to New Zealand. Shipping officials believe the shortage is caused by seamen accepting shore jobs and enlisting in the army.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1940, Page 6
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113REDUCTION OF RACING Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1940, Page 6
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