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RURAL INDUSTRIES DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA <lO a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 13. The Federal Government preferred to sacrifice the rural industries if it was necessary to keep Australia free, said the Federal Treasurer, Mr, J. B. Chifley, replying at the State Premiers’ conference to complaints about the difficulty in maintaining farms without more labour. If Australia was held the industry could again be established, no matter how long the rehabilitation might take, he said. The Government had to choose between making vitally important equipment or maintaining the rural industries until such time as the country was over-run by the enemy.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20861, 13 August 1942, Page 3
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