Advertiser – November 1916

Thursday 2 November, p 4
Toy-Making for Soldiers
The Minister of Industry… made a statement respecting the ‘ASRF’ Toy factory, which is now in full swing in Young Street Adelaide… A manager has been appointed and already three returned soldiers are producing toys and miscellaneous small articles for household use. These men, through the nature of their injuries are unable to pursue their usual avocations, and this class of work is probably the most suitable and congenial they could have… To many parents a pretty sentiment will no doubt appear is the fact that the toys that give pleasure to their children at Christmas have been manufactured by the heroes who have fought to keep their hearths and homes intact…

Tue 7 November 1916, p6
War on film – the Battle for the Somme
The immense interest aroused by the great war film at the Wondergraph induced the management to continue its display yesterday, with the result that the beautiful Hindley Street picture theatre was again crowded last night. Many people have been so fascinated by this marvellous picture that they have seen it more than once. It is intensely realistic, but there, are no scenes, in it to shock even the most sensitive mind. One wonders, though, how the camera man managed to get so close to the fighting as he must have been to obtain this remarkable film. It is a triumph of photographic art, supported by a programme quite up to the Wondergraph standard. No more need be said.

Wed 15 November, p7
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
FEDERAL LABOR PARTY HOPELESSLY DIVIDED
MR HUGHES JETTISONED
TWENTY-THREE MEMBERS FOLLOW HIM
The Federal Parliamentary Labor Caucus met at 11 o’clock this morning. There were few absentees beyond those members who are on military service…

There was no further development until shortly before 5, when the watchers observed the Prime Minister, his four close Ministerial adherents and 19 other followers filing down the stairway… It became evident from this incident that the partly had split badly and unevenly, that the irreconcilables, preserving the balance of power on the Labor side of Parliament, had jettisoned Mr Hughes and left him in a minority…

Sat 25 November 1916 p12
Closing Lutheran Schools A protest
The following statement has been issued by the presidents of the four Lutheran Synods in South Australia:

Since Parliament has adopted an amendment to the Education Act which provides for the closing of Lutheran schools, we wish to place before the public the chief reasons why we consider such legislation incompatible with the principles of religious liberty. We reaffirm that Lutheran schools are not ‘German’ schools, but church schools in the fullest sense of the word. We emphatically deny the truth of the very grave charge levelled in the House against our schools that they are centre of German propaganda, and as citizens we protest against the accusations that our schools are ‘a stain of Prussianism’, that we are the ‘enemy within the gates’ or similar aspersions…

Thu 30 November, p6
Name of Anzac – the Bill passed
LONDON, November 29. The Bill introduced by Captain Pretyman, Under-Secretary of the Board of Trade, to prevent the name of “Anzac” from being used for trade or commercial purposes, has passed through, committee in the House of Lords.