ENLISTMENTS IN AUSTRALIA

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23362, 23 June 1941, Page 6

ENLISTMENTS IN AUSTRALIA

♦ . , 100,000 MORE MEN TO

BE ELIGIBLE

RESERVED OCCUPATIONS

REVISED

jj (Received June 22, 11 p.m.) CANBERRA, June 22. I; Another 100,000 men will become ( eligible for enlistment in the Austral- !! ian Imperial Force or liable for com|t pulsory home service under a new re- |! served occupation list now being prej! pared. The age limits in some cate;i gories will be raised. II Office workers and craftsmen not considered essential to the war. effort i! will be the main source -to be tapped. I There are 1.250,000 men of military age in Australia, but the number in i| reserved occupations has been kept ii secret. The new list will probably

!: bring more than one-third of this total jj into the manpower pool for the ftght- | ing services. j Each industry is being closely sur|i veyed for its importance, in the new jl policy of speeding up the production j; of munitions and equipment. ;'! The Minister for the Army (Mr P. j 1 C. Spender) believes that probably I! thousands of men who wish to enlist, | but are in reserved occupations, have I been refused permission by employers, i; He considers the rights granted to eml ployers in this respect have been too k liberal.

! DEMANDS MADE I ON EMPLOYERS

N.S.W. ENGINEERS TO HOLD MEETING

SYDNEY, June 22. . A mass meeting of 5000 engineers I will hold a one-day strike next Thursday to discuss their demands on the employers, chiefly. in defence industries in New South Wales, for more i pay and improved conditions, j The meeting will decide whether I there should be a 'general strike in defiance of the Prime Minister’s recent ' declaration prohibiting strikes in war industries. .

The men are demanding a 10 per cent, increase in wages, and five shifts of eight hours from Monday to Friday inclusive, with payment on the basis of a 40-hour week. They are also demanding heavy increases in pay for apprentices.

THE BOMBING OF DUBLIN

LONDON. June 20. Eire intends to, present a bill, probably for £500,000, to the German Government for bombing Dublin and other p&rts, says the Dublin correspondent “Daily Mail.” German aeroplanes since the outbreak of the war nave killed 45 and injured 160 Irish people. It is believed the official claim will be at an average rate of £3OOO a person killed.