AUSTRALIA'S DEFENCES
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST ESPIONAGE NO FOREIGN EMPLOYEES (British Official Wirelee*.) CANBERRA/ August % The Commonwealth Government hai taken safeguarding steps against espionage and sabotage with regard to Australian defence. activities by insisting that in all contracts .no foreign workmen shall be employed in construction, munitions supply, or defence works, and that no persons of direct} foreign extraction be permitted to obtain employment in ' any munition establishments. UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING REJECTEI CANBERRA, August S< (Received August 3, at 11 a.m.) Mr Menzies announced that .the Go* vernment had decided to reject the proposal to establish a permanent mobile force in Australia. He added that the Government was not satisfied that there was a proper proportion between the outlay involved (£1,875.000 in the first year) and the result. The real problem was that _of effectively training and equipping ordinary citizens to defend Australia. .Cabinet had also decided against the_ introduction of universal military training, and instead will take steps to intensify the training of the existing voluntary militia.
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Evening Star, Issue 23335, 3 August 1939, Page 10
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