Stanthorpe in 1943, key events:
January 5
– The Commandos in Timor by Damien Parer
– Women’s Land Army: The first Women’s Land Army Corp was opened at Ballandean yesterday.
Thulimbah Camp will be opened on the weekend. Glen Aplin Camp is being put in order. More camps will be established if sites and water available. Up to 300 girls will work in the district
(Minimum wage 30/ and keep; 55/ in camp)
January 12
– Case Shortage: “The greatest disaster in the history of the Granite Belt threatens fruitgrowers”
of tons of tomatoes and fruit could be left to rot in orchards. Local mills are unable to procure logs Brisbane is offering more for Killarney logs than local mills can afford to pay. Mills are required to cut 50 per cent for the Army; A large number of case were sold outside the district. The present position is this: none of the mills have logs and many fruitgrowers have no cases.
200,000 more cases are required to market Granite Belt produce.
January 19
– Tuberculosis Patients
Hospital protest move to send convalescing TB patients to Stanthorpe Hospital – Calls for s sanatorium refused – no water, no sewerage.
February 5
– Matthew Henry Marsh ( By Old Timer)
March 9
– Sanatorium Needed in Stanthorpe
– Left to reside in Maroochy
– Increase in Tin Price Not For Stanthorpe
March 16
– Mr. and Mrs. A. Rogers Farewelled
April 20
– Revival of Tin Mining
– Bushcraft Ion Idriess
May 4
– J.B. Ferris Returned as Chairman
May 21
– Italians fined for breach of curfew
July 27
– The Late Donald Gunn
August 2
– Stanthorpe Airmen’s Impressions of England (G.M. Smith)
August 17
– District War Agricultural Committee Conference
– Stanthorpe is the only district in Queensland to receive prisoners of war. Vital matters
affecting fruit growers.
– Lt. Stanley Steel MM Honoured
September 7
– License granted for Wallangarra Picture Theatre
– Public Lavatories to be erected
September 28
– W. Greenup – Stanthorpe Airmen’s Impressions of New York
October 8
– POW’s Reg Withers, John Withers
