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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-13. WASTE PAPER FORMS A LARGE PART OF THE MATERIALS RECEIVED AT THE WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY AND AS MAY BE IMAGINED, IT VARIES CONSIDERABLY IN QUALITY, SIZE AND TYPE. HERE, TWO VOLUNTEER WORKERS, MRS J. W. ROBERTSON AND MR E. G. JENNINGS ARE SEEN SORTING NEWS AND ILLUSTRATED PAPERS FOR VARIOUS DESTINATIONS. PRIOR TO THE FIXING OF A CEILING PRICE BY THE COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT RECENTLY, THE PAPER WAS A VERY PROFITABLE SCHEME TO THE RED CROSS SOCIETY.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-13. THIS PHOTOGRAPH CONVEYS A GOOD IDEA OF TYPES OF ARTICLES AND MATERIALS RECEIVED AT THE WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY. AN ELDERLY LADY, MRS ALFRED
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1942-11-08. VOLUNTARY WORKERS AT THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT STRAIGHTENING OUT SHEETS OF WASTE PAPER BEFORE BALING.
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-13. THE AVERAGE DAILY INWARD AND OUTWARD LOADS TO AND FROM THE WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY IS IN THE VICINITY OF TEN TONS OF WASTE PRODUCTS, WHICH
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-13. HERE IS A TYPICAL PICTURE OF THESE HAPPY VOLUNTEER RED CROSS WORKERS WHO GIVE THEIR SERVICES SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK AT THE WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOC
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-13. STACKED ALMOST TO THE CEILING OF THE STORE AT THE WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, ARE BAGS OF ALUMINIUM. THIS IS OBTAINED BY DRIVES ON THE PART OF
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1943-05-13. BROWN PAPER IS A VERY VALUABLE MATERIAL IN WARTIME AND HERE WE SEE A STACK OF SORTED BROWN PAPER AT THE WASTE PRODUCTS DEPOT OF THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY, AWAITING T
