ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES
POSITION OF AUSTRALIA TRANSFER OF SERVICEMEN CANBERRA. Oct. 2. Australia has now reached the end of her man-power resources, and suture requirements of the services and of essential industry must be met by a rearrangement of existing programmes. With this object the War Caoinet. after a five-hour discussion, at which General Sir Thomas Blarney was present, decided to withdraw 20,000 men from the services in the next 10 months for transfer to essential industry. In addition, the munitions programme will be reduced to release under 20,000 for food production and other urgent projects. Thirty thousand women will oe diverted to industries of the highest priority.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25347, 4 October 1943, Page 2
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107ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES Otago Daily Times, Issue 25347, 4 October 1943, Page 2
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