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Australië in oorlog – Onderhoud met den heer B.F. Hunt “Nederlansch-Indié is een voorpost der Australische defensie”

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Australia at war – Interview with Mr B.F. Hunt “The Dutch East Indies is an outpost of Australian defence”. The article reports on the impressions of Hunt, head of the firm Gijselman & Steup in Surabaya, who has spent the past four months in Australia. Mr Hunt reports that Australia has entered a period of prosperity as a result of war activity and that the steel and construction industries are strong. He also reports on the beer strike, trade between Australia and the Indies, and the problems of drought and water shortages.
SubjectWorld War, 1939-1945–Australia
Dutch East Indies
Dutch language
Business enterprises
Shipping
Sydney (N.S.W.)
Category4. World War II
AuthorSoerabaijasch Handelsblad
PublisherKolff & Co
Place Of PublicationSurabaya
Current HolderKoninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands)
Date1941-01-28
Item NumberKoninklijke Bibliotheek C 64
Access RightsDigitised
Country Of OriginIndonesia
PlaceSurabaya
Language Dutch
Physical FormatNewspapers
Related Resources https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/5216/
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