Blast from the past! The Adelaide News (australia), July 15 1946

yesidid

So was that for the whole of Australia or just Adelaide?

The work was banned nationally in Australia during the war. We were told it was caused by the Catholic church (of course). In those days the WBTS had a radio station in Adelaide called 5KA (stood for kingdom announcements) and the story was that the Adelaide company was transmitting sectet messages to Russian submarines off the coast. This led to seizure of the Adelaide property.

Interestingly, later, 5KA was sold off and was a AM radio station for years after broadcasting mainstream stuff, it may even still be going under a new name i believe...

This clipping came to me via my ex wifes grandfather who took the 'truth' back in the 30s i think

Oz

moggy lover

It needs to be remembered by non Aussies that the expression "High Court" [capital "H" capital "C"] is the equivalent of the US "Supreme Court".

Before Australia became federated as one nation on Jan 26, 1901, it was a loose collection of six states, independant of each other, with each having its own "Supreme Court" as is current today. When federation came into being it was suggested that calling the highest court of appeal in the land "The SupremeCourt" would cause confusion, since there were six of these. Thus the name "High Court" was adopted as a replacement.

Therefore any decision made by the Australian High Court would have national authority, although, as in this instance, local considerations were being considered.