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OZ, July

••• That Mirror again. This time the date was June 27.

On Editorial page we are given a leader on censorship, one of the Mirror’s happier hobby horses. The excuse is the New Zealand Indecent Publications Act preventing the publication of the titles of banned books or recordings.

This, thunders the leader, “is a wicked and pernicious invasion of human rights and freedom of expression.”

But on page two another Editorial appears. On this page we are given the fullest details of Dr. Bignold’s eugenics proposals. The Editorial concludes: "We trust, for his peace of mind, that Dr. Bignold is just taking us on. If not, he must be shouted down — before he sows any more damage in foolish minds.”

As if the contradiction in editorial sentiment wasn’t enough, it is interesting that without the Mirror’s illuminating article many foolish minds would have been quite unaware of Dr. Bignold. * * * VVHY, a sk e d Q ueen m a g az in e rec en tly , a r e all B ritish sexsym bols fo re ig n m ade.

F ro m th e C o n tin en t cam e B.B. (o n ly r a th e r o b tu sely connected w ith a ir gun s) an d C.C. (C laudia C a rd in a le ). F ro m H ollyw ood cam e J a y n e M ansfield an d th e o th e rs in th e m am m a ry -g la n d s-p e ro x id e tr a d i­ tio n of M.M. (M iss B a rb itu ra te ’62).

A nyhow a t le a st one good outcom e o f th e P ro fu m o A ffair h a s been th e em erg en c e of B r ita in ’s firs t ho m e­ g ro w n sex sym bol, C.K. M iss K (easily th e w o rld ’s No. 1 in itia l) h a s n e ith e r th e body of th e A m eric an s n o r th e m o ts n a ifs of th e C o n tin en tals. H e r p ublicity cam ­ p a ig n is b ased on th e old line “T ru th is s tr a n g e r th a n fiction”. * * * Whatever happened to all those Warriewood people? You know, the ones who used to spend all Saturday digging trenches for the Sunday papers and the rest of the week holding angry meetings and writing letters to the editor about the biochemistry of sewerage.

Either the bottom fell out of the effluent society or the newspapers moved on to bigger and more important things, like Liz Taylor’s marriage arrangements or the Royal.

Or maybe the whole thing was a gov­ ernmental hoax to distract us from the fact that half parliament is overseas.

Maybe they never intended to empty the stuff into the sea.

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Y O U ’VE trie d B o m b e A la sk a ? W hy n o t tr y B o m b e H iro sh im a ? —th e c h e f’s le fto v ers. * * * Me. George the Dragon — tamer. The Florence Nightingale Award for Humane Deeds goes this month to Dr. John Me. George.

Known jocularly as “the criminal’s friend” the good doctor has made just another of those little fatal blunders for which he is so well known.

Although the criticisms of the penal system he has made concerning the Jenkins case are quite valid, the fact still remains that too much importance is often given to the views of this one man. whose fallibility is by now well substantiated. * * * S p o o n erism : m essed up. *

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TS the Battle Royal quite over yet?

Nothing really characterises the Aus­ tralian more than his absolutely obses­ sional preoccupation with life’s trivia.

Never has so much been written by so many about such an insignificant event. As for the numismatic jokes which have been clogging up the col­ umns and deadening conversations since April, the least said the better.

But before the whole subject is done, hand up he who submitted OZ as a possible name. The Sydney Morning Herald classified OZ as a “bizarre sug­ gestion” rather than a “commercial name” thus doing untold damage to our stockmarket figures. * * * M a n d y R ice: T w ice as nice a t h a lf th e price. * * * T 'H E ways of justice are indeed devious.

Take this Sceptic River flute player case, for example.

Dr. Lake was charged under the Obscenities Act. The maximum fine is £50.

After a month’s deliberations and prompted by one of the best line-ups of star witnesses — from Sir Herbert Read to Professor Maddison ■ — S.M. Bott found the statuette not obscene “within the meaning of the act” although chastising Dr. i.ake for his lack of ‘ good taste”.

However, the real sting was in the tail. The Magistrate refused to make the Court pay Lake’s legal expenses.

Having used Queen’s Counsel defence, Lake would, in fact, be out of pocket by a couple of hundred pounds.

Innocence can be much more expen­ sive than guilt.

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Sometimes the juxtaposition of head­ lines can be rather amusing, like—Profumo Case Official

NEW TW IST

MORE JOBS

But usually they are just plain mislead­ ing. I am sure BIG NAMES LIST means that the newspaper is publishing the list and not just stating that such a list exists.

N o w o u r d istrib u tin g a g e n ts are d em a n d in g a ro y a l co m m issio n . * * * Our Hollywood contacts (not Judy Garland) tell us that "Cleopatra” should arrive in this country in about six months time. After Senator Henty has taken out any scenes which might emotionally harm all the mentally defective, sub-five-yearold psychopaths among us (every pos­ sible audience must be thought of, you knew) it is expected to run for about half an hour.

There will be a gala premiere simul­ taneously in all capital cities at the main newsreel theatrettes, where it will be screened with a re-run of “The Red Balloon”. * * * T 'H E latest issue of NATION gives half the intriguing story of the MurdochPacker rapprochement. It is now well known that Murdoch has obtained a 25 per cent, interest in TCN and both Mur­ doch and Packer have gained control of N BN Newcastle.

However, it is suspected that this is only the beginning of a greater exchange of shares between the two press mag­ nates. In fact, it is supposed that the transfer of Alexander Macdonald to the Mirror (joining ex-Telegraph-man Macdougall) is only a beginning of the amalgamation of the Sunday Mirror and Telegraph.

Sir Frank has never disguised his desire to have an evening paper and the Mirror is now supposed to have outstripped the Sun at last. On the other hand, the Sunday Mirror was doing very poorly. * * * D E M E M B E R th e B u n d le s fo r B r it­ a in d u rin g th e la s t W a r?

OZ now an n o u n c es a new series of B u n d le s fo r B rita in . T h is tim e we a r e co llectin g second-hand Bibles an d relig io u s tr a c ts to send back to th e old co u n try in th e ir h o u r of s p iritu a l need. * * * OZ’s award for the Best and Fairest Spectator goes this month to soccerwatcher Igor F. Boravansky.

During May, Igor has managed to maim: 1 policeman (10 points , 3 players (3 points apiece), 1 goalie (5 points) and a hot dog vendor (1 point). Total equals 25 points.

He narrowly beat Josef Bloniov (24 points) who maimed one goalie more than Igor but had a broken rib himself (6 points penalty).

With both men now serving six months’ prison terms the July competi­ tion seems to be now wide open.

— nelson

Sir, Thank you for sending me a compli­ mentary copy of OZ. I should offer you my gratuitous criti­ cisms of the magazine were it not that your correspondent has done the task impeccably . . . I refer to one Claire Wagner- She is so clear, accurate and percipient that there is little to add.

In the last issue the Honi-Soitism of the “You Need OZ” degenerates further into the secondary school juvenilia of “Tinned Nigger” and sub-Mad magazine humour.

And yet, bless you, that splendid send-up of the Olsen-Dickerson clan!

Your whole problem at the moment seems to lie in a grown-up choice of targets, if you will forgive such an offensively patronising way of expressing it.

But, as Claire Wagner says, the whole project has such promise as to oblige a responsible community to nurture OZ to its halcyon days of devastating maturity when you’ll be able to look back as one does on one’s early poems or magazines, with appalled embarrass­ ment.

Max Harris, Kensington Park, South Australia.

Sir, Believe it or not even soldiers read OZ, mainly for laughs and occasionally for the sexually interesting contents of some. However, in all seriousness, I thought your Letter to the Editor con­ cerning an army of homosexuals and

1I TOO OLD IT SO to seek em ploym ent as a public servant?

N o. M any of bur m ost activee public servants are way above this m ark.

Mr. Kenneth Binns, chairm an of the C om m onw ealth L iterary C ensorship B oard is 81 and he can wield a blue pencil as swiftly as the next pensioner.

T ake Dr. L. H. Allen, a breezy 84-year-old. H e’s chairm an of the L iterature C e n s o r s h i p A ppeals B oard. H e ’s an inspira­ tion, say other virile B oard m em ­ bers such as retired headm istress of H ornsby G irls H igh School, Miss B. Henson.

Q uipped youngster (59) Sen­ ator Henty: “T he oldies are so sharp at this gam e I hardly ever have to correct errors in their judgm ent. They are doing a fine job keeping serious literature out of A ustralia.

lesbians was one of the most sickening pieces I have seen in print. Whether it was meant to be funny (which to my strange way of thinking it wasn’t) or whether it was anti-military propaganda doesn’t interest me in the least, but to sign it “Digger” was a personal insult to all members of the Australian Army, either A.R.A. or C.M.F. Perhaps I am wrong but the bearded regulars of a certain hotel in Sussex Street often won­ der why the Army pays frequent visits to that establishment. Well, part of the answer can be found in that piece of truly great literature I refer to. We have been led to believe that a person who would write that type of filth frequents the above hotel and naturally enough we go there to retaliate, although it is seldom that there is anyone game enough to do anything about it, EVEN against only one or two soldiers.

Gunner P. Turner, 1st Field Regiment, Kokoda Barracks, Holsworthy

NOTICE TO R EA D ER S On June 28, an adjournment was secured to September of a legal suit arising from our first issue.

It has been decided to delay fur­ ther publication until this matter has been settled.

—R . Neville and R. Walsh.

verse criticism of the A.B.C. recently you may care to add this to the long series.

Incidentally you may be pleased to know that as a result of your inter­ view with Miss Joyce Belfrage, reported in your June issue, she has consented to address our Society on Wednesday, July 24 — relative merits or demerits of B.B.C., A.B.C. and C.B.C. (Canadian) or something of this nature.

Yours faithfully, (Mrs.) W. G. Weeks, Secretary, N.S.W. Humanist Society.

Statement from the Executive of the N.S.W. Humanist Society to the A.B.C. re “Any Questions”.

The recent history of the “Any Ques­ tions” programme causes us profound disquiet as the producer, Mr. Charles Stokes, has done much to vitalise this programme and enlarge its audience.

We see the termination of his appoint­ ment with the A.B.C. as only the last of a series of occurrences which will contribute to the discouragement of frank discussion of important and controversial issues.

In these circumstances we feel that to fufil our engagement for the “Any Ques­ tions” programme to be recorded to­ morrow night would be to give tacit support to a trend of events prejudicial to free discussion and from which, in fact, w'e should wish to be dissociated.

Alex Carey, Vice Chairman, N.S.W. Humanist Society

21/6/63 Sir, Some three weeks ago our Society was approached by Mr. Charles Stokes to participate in a televised programme of “Any Questions”.

On Tuesday, 18th it was announced that Mr. Stokes had been dismissed from the A.B.C. Consequently, our Executive decided to cancel our engagement and sent the enclosed explanation to the Talks Department.

Since there has been considerable ad­

Sir, Dr. Gignold of Claremont, W.A., made headlines recently with his theory of ‘positive eugenics’. He urged sterilisation of the inferior and suggested bonuses be granted to university students who have children.

Why all the fuss? There’s nothing unusual about sterilising the inferior, inefficient and unfit. Many religious bodies seek vows of chastity from their staff — surely this is, at least, psycho­ logical chastity.

Anyway, I think it’s about time Aus­ tralia began breeding an elite — heaven knows, we need one. The Profumo scan­ dal indicated that those in authority cannot be trusted — so let’s begin by sterilising politicians, policemen, military leaders, socialites and other power-wield­ ing groups.

Naturally anyone with an I.Q. of 120 or more should be financially encouraged to have children. Even in high school, exams would ensure selected entry into puberty — failure could join the choir.

Uni students would earn pocket money by persuading intelligent freshettes to indulge. Professors might enjoy their sabbatical leave on the stud.

Result? In a few years Australia would cease to be regarded as a remnant of a dreary convict settlement and become famous for its Utopia of intellectuals.

Jill Jamieson, Cronulla, N.S.W.

Sir, How about more articles on sex and sexual perversions of every type in your magazine? You are not doing too badly at the moment but these are subjects of universal interest and I would like to see you really worm them into the ground.

Also how about articles on black magic, witchcraft and sa'anism. Also more articles on racial segregation and sadism in any level of society, e.g. mental hospitals, prisons, etc.

You are publishing the secrets people are sending into you at your request.

I would like to see you publish your own secrets without pretending to cover them up as a joke. Or, like me, do you agree that “If you tell the truth you are sure to be found out sooner or later.”

Yours sincerely, A Satanist,

CULTURED PRAWNS Brutal Female. Before his experiments

began to pay off, Dr. Fujinaga had to go back to the beginning — he had to pry into the prawn’s most intimate secrets. For reasons known only to them­ selves, the little creatures mate only be­ tween midnight and 3 a.m. on perfect summer nights in calm, untroubled waters. Night after night Dr. Fujinaga waded hip-deep in his experimental salt­ water pond, wielding only a flashlight.

Not until 1940 did he see the first prawn mating ever witnessed by man.

“The ritual is truly bewitching,” he reported. “The male prawn first chases the female; then she molts, or undresses for him. The male next embraces the naked female, and she, in somewhat brutal fashion, absorbs his sex organ entirely, breaking it off. He is incapaci­ tated until he grows a new one.”

His scientific voyeurism taught him little of practical value, and Dr. Fujinaga continued to spy on his prawns.

I k n o w I don’t lo o k v e r y b rig h t b u t I w a s o rig in a lly d ra w n to look lik e a C u sto m s O fficer in OZ M A Y .

— TIME magazine, 2 9 /3 /6 3

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John Jarred, King’s Cross

WILL PATRICK WHITE WRITE FOR m Maybe. But why don’t you?

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Published by “OZ Publications Ink Limited”, 4th floor, 16 Hunter Street,

Sydney. Phone: BW4197; if unanswered 96-1448 or 918-3393.

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T he Police D epartm ent’s entry in the A rcm baid Prize.

“Oh Mac, Poor Mac, Christine’s Hung You in The clo set And Thnigs Are Realty LooKing Black” T h is M a cm illen iu m sta te , P o la ris’d isle, T h is sp a w n o f ro y a lty and w a ite r’s m asK s, T h is o th e r E d en , im p o te n t as he (A M a ch ia v ell w ith c h e rry b ra n d y P rin ce) A g a in s t M iss K e lle r a n d th e h a n d o f W a r, T h is T o ry breed o f m en , th is little w orld, T h is precious ru lin g se t in an R SG .

A b o v e th e m all, a ra d ia n t fa m ily ’s tree P ro te c ts one v a ssa l w ith th e special branch A n d sh ades h im n o w w ith D en n in g ’s w h ite w a s h m en L e st one co rru p tio n sh o u ld occasion good; T h is fo e tid lot, th is d ea rth , th is M ac, th is E n g la n d . . .

— DEAN LETCHER

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M O SE S’ T E N CO M M A N D M EN TS 1. T h o u sh a lt h a ve no o th e r gods th a n C anberra.

2. T h o u s h a lt n o t se t u p a n y g ra v en im a g e s o f to lera n ce or fr e e ­ d o m fo r th e A d m in istr a tio n is a jea lo u s god.

3. T h o u s h a lt n o t ta k e th e n a m e o f L e n n y B ru ce, T a n y a V e rs ta k , th e Q ueen, B id a u lt or S e n a to r Spo o n er in va in : fo r th e A.B.C . w ill n o t hold h im g u iltle s s th a t ta k e th th e se n a m e s in vain.

If. E v e r y d a y sh a ll be a d a y o f u n rest.

5. H o n o u r th y cen so r a n d big b ro th er.

6. T h o u s h a lt n o t create.

7. N e ith e r sh a lt th o u c o m m it orig­ in a lity.

8. N e ith e r sh a lt th o u h a ve a n y lib erty.

9. N e ith e r s h a lt th o u w itn ess a n o th e r channel.

10. N e ith e r s h a lt th o u co vet a n o th e r ch a n n e l’s im a g in a tio n .

It makes me cynical, though, dears.

One year I tell ’em “black is back with a bang” . . . another year I tell ’em

“the gal in white is a wonderful sight”.

Sales simply soar.

Actually f despise the public. They waste a fortune on a new wardrobe (especially those camps) just cause little

The Copy-writer

I'm a copywriter. I write all the lovely fashion ads for a big department store.

It’s a creative job.

H ow ’s your knowledge of current affairs?

OZ’s political roundsmen have con­ structed the following quiz to give you some idea of how you compare with the rest of the community.

1. W h o la st m o n th w a s called a “fr u m p y h a u sfr a u ”: (a) th e Q ueen M o th e r in A n n ig o n i’s n ew p a in tin g ; ( b )L iz T a y lo r in p riv a te life; (c) E lsa Ja coby?

2. W h a t w a s C h ristin e K e eler’s la s t film ; (a) T h e K in g a nd I; (b) M e and th e C olonel; (c) D octor in th e H ouse?

3. W h a t is m e a n t by th e w ord “o ste o p a th ”: fa ) g en tee l n a m e fo r a p im p ; (b) H u m b e rt H u m b e rt w ith a p a in t b rush?

4. W h a t is S a rsa p a rilla : fa) th e W e ste rn S u b u rb s’ a n sw er to P ey to n P lace; (b) th e S o u th e rn T a b lela n d s’ a n sw e r to R o b ertso n ; (c) a g en u s o f c a ttle fo d d e r; (d) a brand of Y a vo u rin g essence?

5. W h a t is “se g reg a tio n ”; (a) b la cks a nd w h ite s; (b) L iz T a y lo r’s clea va g e?

6. W h a t w a s th e “B ig L ie ”: (a) J a c k P ro fu m o ly in g w ith P a rlia ­ m e n t; (b) J a c k P ro fu m o ly in g w ith C h ristin e K eeler?

7. W h a t w a s th e m o st sic ke n in g lo v e a ffa ir o f la st m o n th : (a) L iz T a y lo r a nd R ic h a rd B u rto n ; (b) M rs. M u rp h y a nd C aptain Iv a n o v ; (d) M rs. Ja co b y and M rs. Jacoby?

8. W h a t is a “h o t lin e”: (a) th e d irect lin k b etw een W a sh in g to n and J a c k K e n n e d y ’s tra v e llin g la v a to ry ; (b) M a n d y R ice-D avies?

9. W h ich s ta te m e n t is co rrect: (a) flu o ride causes lu n g cancer; (b) flu o ride causes h a ir on th e p a lm s; (c) fluoride caused th e la st w orld w a r; (d) M rs. C h andler and Dr. B o g le died fr o m th e fluoride th e y d r a n k fr o m th e L a n e Cove R iv er?

10. W h a t is m e a n t by “M a la yse”: (a) a su sta in ed fe e lin g o f illn ess; (b) In d o n esia n bellyache?

ole me tells ’em last year’s colours are OUT. Daddy says I’m a born leader. Love my crazy gingham sack ensemble — it’s the latest thing from the Paris!

Author Calwell

menced work on his next novel. Reti­ cent about its content he mysteriously hinted that it will take up where ‘Finne­ gan’s Wake” left off.

Meanwhile he has begun “dabbling in art”: "So far my paintings suggest an animistic quality -—- a certain mystical, hysterical throbbing throughout the back-benches of nature.” .

When he completes his s e c o n d novel, Calwell plans to visit Montmartre and Greenwich Village. He hopes es­ pecially to meet JacK Kerouac, John Osborne and Enyd Blighton.

Does Arthur Calwell regret his late start in the field of letters? “No. My background was my experience. It con­ tained that subtle mixture of tragedy, farce and absurdity that is today so evident in my work.”

It happened last E aster New York, April 13.—An eight year

An interview with the Australian man of letters, poetaster, bombast, A. A. Calwell.

Last month Calwell scored a new smash hit wi.h his second published novel “Australia s Roie in Modern Society’'. His first book was a popu­ lar little treatise on immigration, which has been selling well in paper­ back editions for some time.

ARTHUR C A L W E L L (known jocularly as “A rty ” am ong the push) was brooding over his recent success at the R oyal George H otel, bearded, clad in hip-hugging L evi’s and a suede jacket.

“Were you pleased when your novel became a best seller, Arty?”

“Surprised, rather. You see, I hadn’t quite intended to write a satirical expose of the A.L.P. But 1 guess the primitive, rebel instinct in me escaped — it con­ quered my consciousness.

“In fact, I was astounded when that Charlie Higham wrote . . . (He took a quick sip from his schooner and dug into his pocket to drag out a press cutting) . . . ‘with a Swiftian scalpel, Calwell probes ruthlessly into the de­ cayed depths of modern society; expos­ ing by ridicule, irony, sarcasm, the cheap, corrupt core of the Labour Movement’.”

But. he apologises, many great artists achieve fame despite themselves.

Arthur chatted eagerly about t h e future of Australian literature. His malic­ ious humour, reflected so vividly in his novel, had not yet contaminated his boyish charm.

Only when commenting on the con­ temporary drama scene did Calwell appear belligerent. “Patrick White is playing a game. His satire is too flimsy.

He tackles unimportant issues. We ar­ tists must tear slices from the top of society’s pyramid, not chip laboriously at its base. Suburbia should be ignored.

Democracy needs demolishing.”

In his quest for creative freedom, Cal­ well has moved to a one room hovel at Paddington. He moves in new circles: “Life is just one gay round of wild push parties.” He has already com­

old girl, making a Good Friday visit to her grandparents’ grave, was crushed to death yesterday when a 500 pound gran­ ite cross fell on her.

Lima, April 13__ Forty Good Friday worshippers were injured when the choir loft of ihe colonial Cathedral of Cicuani fell on them.

The collapse of the choir lot occured just before the 200 people in the church were to leave in a re.igious procession.

New Yorx, April 16.— The Faster col­ lection of the Sacred Heart Roman Cath­ olic Church in Rochelle Park, New Jersey, was stolen yesterday by armed men who held up two priests in the rectory.

The amount stolen was not revealed but police say it was ‘ considerable”.

J Accuse Henry Miller on the banning of “Tropic of Cancer” in the State of Massachusetts: “I write these lines in the village of Dragor, Denmark, where any of the so-called obscene books I have written may be freely bought and read — in Danish as well as Eng­ lish, French or any other language.

To my knowledge nobody in this country has been corrupted or has committed any sexual crimes as a result of reading my books. Nor are the authorities of this country per­ turbed about the possible conse­ quences of such reading upon the youth of the land. That the Danes are a peaceful, orderly cultured people no one will deny. The free­ dom which they enjoy, and which they interpret freely, does not seem to have undermined them . . .

“What we arc here dealing with, in my opinion, are archaic laws, Stone Age mentalities, sadists dis­ guised as benefactors, impotents in­ vested with authority, kill-joys, hypo­ crites, perverts. I am not defending myself — I accuse. Prove to me that you are worthy of judging this book and I may turn a respectful ear.

Show me your clean hands, your clean heart, your clean conscience.

I defy you.”

Britta

Famous Last Words “No question as to the colour of the accused’s skin concerns you, and as for Miss Keeler, she is entitled to the same protection, more or less, as any other of Her Majesty’s subjects.” Sir Ernest Roberts, Judge in the “Lucky” Gordon Case.

“Oh, my God. How dreadful. I shall deny it. No one will come forward and say it is true.” Dr. Stephen Ward.

“Darling . . . Alas, something’s blown up tomorrow night and I can’t therefore make it.” Profumo to Keeler.

“We accepted Mr. Profumo’s explanation that in circles in which he and his wife moved ‘Darling’ was a term of no great significance.” Mr. Macmillan.

“She is a happy, affectionate girl. People ask me about her friends but I can't see that it matters.” Mrs. Julie Huish, Chris­ tine Keeler’s mother.

“I must say he has never struck me as a man at all like a cloistered monk ■ — and Miss Keeler was a professional pros­ titute.” Mr. Nigel Birch, Conservative M.P.

“There are too many pimps and prosti­ tutes in .high places. I know that the people would rather be governed by men of integrity who are not quite so clever than by clever men who don’t have integrity.” Sir Cyril Osborne, Conserva­ tive M.P. ___________

“Those who had led the decline were those who should have led the warfare against it. Who said ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ was something like Holy Com­ munion? Not a Conservative Minister but a Christian Bishop." Lord Hailsham.

“Mac must go. I have heard more juicy details.” Mr. Kanni Zilliacus, Labour M.P. “I think Mr. Macmillan is fair dinkum.

He’s a good decent man. We don’t sit in judgment on morals but it is a tragic and unfortunate occurence. If the Mac­ millan Government falls it will greatly affect Australians. It will affect the judg­ ment of the Menzies Government so as to put off the next Federal elections until December 1964.” Mr. A. A. Calwell.

Who Killed John Bull ?

W h o kille d Jo h n B u ll?

I, said C hristene, B y being obscene, I kille d J o h n B ull.

W h o to ld th e belle?

I, said P ro fu m o , A cco rd in g to ru m o u r I to ld th e belle.

“Like Jack’s career, my career as a model is finished.” Christine Keeler.

W h o sa w h im fa ll?

A ll, said D e Gaulle, W e all sa w h im fa ll.

“This morning Josephine Blake, the lead in our show, said that if Christine Keeler appeared in the club she would walk out.” Mr. Joseph Mourat, the club owner who offered Christine £6,250 a week to compere one of his shows.

W h o ’ll w ra p th e sh ro u d i I, said old M ac, W h e n I g e t th e sa ck I ’ll w r a p th e shroud.

W h o ca u g h t th e cu lp rits?

I, said a L o rd , W ith a h a n d so m e re-W ard I c a u g h t th e cu lp rits.

“Quite a number of young Liberals ad­ dress each other as ‘Darling’.” Sir Lionel Heald, Conservative M.P.

W h o ’ll re su rre ct h im ?

I, said th e Queen, B y p la y in g it clean I ’ll re su rre c t him .

nia sinks slowly An a d d re ss to th e B ritish public by T h e R t. H on. H a ro ld M acm illan: L ad ies an d G entlem en, In th e e a rly h o u rs of th is m o rn in g a f te r a le n g th y c o n su lta tio n w ith H e r M a je sty th e Q ueen, m y ca b in e t an d I h a v e decided to o rd e r th e e v a c u a tio n of th e B ritish Isles.

I need h a rd ly rem in d you of th e ev e n ts of th e la s t six m o n th s, w hich h av e m ad e n e c e ssa ry th is action. I on ly do so now le st th e re cow er in som e co rn e r, th a t w ill be fo re v e r E n g la n d , som e soul th a t y et does n o t p erceive his d u ty as c le a rly as y o u r G overnm ent, H e r M ajesty , th e C o n serv ativ e P a rty , L ad y D o ro th y an d m yself.

F ir s t of a ll th e re w as th e fa ilu re of th e C om m on M a rk e t n eg o tiatio n s an d th a t A d m ira lty clerk, w ho w as p e rh a p s ju s t a little fe y e r th a n th e u su a l ru n of G re a t P ublic School p ro d u cts.

A nd now th e r e ’s th is P ro fu m o P lag u e , an d th e C h e rry B ra n d y affair.

H o m o sex u als in th e A d m ira lty ; h e te ro se x u a ls in th e W a r Office, a p h o to g ra p h e r in th e P a la c e an d P rin c e C h a rles in a S co ttish pub!

Such is th e p rim ro se p a th th a t leads to th e e v e rla stin g bonfire.

A once g r e a t n atio n . Is it reduced to th is ? A p im p o c racy of call g irls; a n a risto c ra c y of a d u ltre sse s; a ro y a lty of alcoholics; a n atio n guided by p ro s titu te s an d m ad am es, by s a ty rs an d n y m p h o m a n ia cs; by a g e n ts p ro v o c a te u rs and bone m a n ip u la to rs ?

T h e c h a rm of B rita in w as once one of “Je ne sais quoi”, if you w ill excuse th e G allicism ; now , alas, ev ery o n e know s w h at. In fact, ev ery one—besides L ad y D o ro th y an d m y se lf—a p p e a rs to h av e know n w h a t fo r q u ite som e tim e. A nd so W est In d ia n a n d Ita lia n b a ro n alik e sw arm , lik e m oths, to th is red lig h t in th e N o rth Sea. W e h av e ac te d as quickly as p o ssible to sto p up th e b rea ch — indeed, to p ull up th e n a tio n ’s b reeches. T he re d lig h ts a r e going o u t a ll ov er Soho; w e sh a ll see th a t th e y ’re n o t lit a g a in in o u r lifetim e.

M y good you n g people, I need n o t re m in d you th a t w e a r e a se a ­ fa r in g n a tio n n o r of o u r S can ­ d in a v ia n o rigins.

P e rh a p s ou r p re se n t dem ise is a n u n fo rtu n a te re m in d e r of o u r d escen t fro m a peo p le in w hom w e see a ll too cle a rly a p red ilectio n fo r p ro m is­ cuity.

Since th e se d is ta n t d ay s of a n ­ tiq u ity , w h en o u r fo re fa th e r s row ed th e ocean blue in th e ir p a g a n sch o o ners, B rita n n ia ’s ru le of th e w av es h as been u n ch allen g ed . A nd so it is th a t now , w h en it is so p la in th a t w e can c o n tro l n e ith e r o u r bodies n o r o u r ad o p ted isle, ev e ry E n g lish p erso n m u st a g re e to m a rc h in to th e ocean an d so w ash o u t th is g r e a t scourge.

T h e site fo r th is g ia n t h u m a n sac­ rifice, th is h a ri-k a ri of th e m asses, w ill be B rig h to n B each. H e re ou r

w h o le n a tio n w ill m a rc h w ith d ig n ity dow n th e sa n d y decline to th e ir d ea th . W om en an d ch ild ren first, th e n th e m en, th e n th e R oyal F a m ily a n d fin ally th e C o ld strea m G u ard s, a f te r on e la s t T ro o p in g of th e C olour, w ill p e rfo rm th e la s t a c t in th is c h a ra c te ris tic a lly E n g lish d enouem en t.

T h ro u g h th e good g rac es of M r.

M a rp les, th e G o v ern m e n t is o fferin g a sp e cia l fa re w e ll offer—buses w ill r u n to B rig h to n ev ery h o u r on th e h o u r fro m P iccad illy Circus, S o u th ­ h a m p to n an d Old T raffo rd , so th a t th e re can be no w om an, child o r m a n o m itted fro m th e sacrifice. I h a v e been a sk ed to rem in d you to b rin g lunch-packs, as th e re m a y be som e d elay b efo re you ca n m a k e y o u r g estu re , an d a n u m b rella, as sh e lte r is in a d eq u a te.

N ow is th e h o u r an d le t no m a n

s h irk his duty. O nly by th is douche m a y th e fires of th e n a tio n ’s se x u al fe v e r be ex tin g u ish e d ; o n ly by th is s c u ttlin g m a y th e bilge-pum ps p ro v e effective; o nly by th is ch o pp in g off o f th e w ith e re d bo u g h m a y th e tre e be sa v ed ; o nly by th is d ecen t im ­ m e rsio n m a y a ll o u r sin s be w ash ed aw ay.

M y n atio n , B rita n n ia , c o u n try of m y s h a tte re d d rea m s, ra v ish e d v ir ­ g in q ueen of th e ocean s—m y frie n d s, co u n try m en , m e m b ers of th e L ab o u r P a rty , g ird up y o u r loins an d m a rc h dow n B rig h to n B each w ith m y self a n d L ad y D o ro th y .

A w h o re! A w h o re! W e h av e lo st o u r k in g d o m to a w hore! B u t if B rita in an d its e m p ire a r e re m e m ­ b ere d in a th o u sa n d y ea rs, m en w ill still sa y : “T his w as th e ir fe y e st h o u r.”

VERDICT OF THE OVER 25’s W HAT do you think of the proposal to nationalise the brothels?

JOHN PROFUMO, 48, H A R O LD M ACM ILLAN, 70, public se rv a n t It’d cripple the Party’s slush funds.

u n em p lo y ed The State would have to give the girls a little something for their mothers

A nd here’s the view of one under 25:

STEPHEN W ARD, 38, m a sse u r Can 1 be Solicitor-General?

CHRISTINE KEELER, 21, m o d el (?)

Another blow at private enterprise!

of c o u r s e .

W e 're all m e m b e rs of one big team h e r e and n a tu ra lly a fe w of the boys h ave to m ake s a c r ific e s fo r the o th e rs W e 're having the s ic k -b a y e n la rg e d to 300 b e d s .

Well y e s - the gam e js c o m p u ls o ry but all the boys just lo ve it; does 'em the w o r ld of g o o d .

T a k e s th e ir m inds off A r t , M u s ic , L i t e r ­ a t u r e , y 'k n o w , s is s y things like th a t.

M a k e s 'em fit; gets th e ir m inds off s e x .

What do they do w h e n th e y 'r e on holidays?

T r a in fo r next s ea s o n I s u p p o s e .

W e h e r e intend to g iv e o u r s p e c ta to rs the b e s t, h a rd e s t and toughest p lay next season w ith no d e fe a ts .

W e must w in th e c o m p e titio n .

A f t e r a ll, w h a t e ls e a r e G . P . S . s c h o o ls for?

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T h e C am p b ell C a s e .

In A u c k la n d a m an w a s brought to C o u r t fo r scuffling w ith an o ff-d u ty p o lic e w o m a n .

Both p a rtic ip a n ts in the s c u ffle , w h ic h began w h e n the p o lic e ­ w o m a n had been on the te le ­ phone fo r o v e r ten m in u tes , has b ro k e n noses and b lac k eyes.

A w o m a n w h o had been w a itin g to use the telephone s aid she thought the p o lic e ­ w o m a n w a s a b o d g ie.

"I w a s re lu c ta n t to b e lie v e she w a s a p o lic e w o m a n ."

T h e m a g is tra te found C a m p b e ll gu ilty and re m a n d e d him fo r s en ten c e on £1 00 b a il.

N o doubt y o u 'v e noticed that football is ba c k in the n e w s again w ith a b a n g .

Nothing l.ike an un fortunate accident to put old r u g g e r in the lim e lig h t.

T h e A n d e rs o n C a s e .

In M e lb o u rn e a tr ia l ended a r u p tly w h en po lice s u rg e o n D r .

B ir r e ll 's a id he did not believe the a c c u s e d g a v e " r e a l consent" b e fo re a blood s am p le w a s taken fro m h im .

T h e next S a tu r d a y w e had a v e r y m oving c e re m o n y - tw o m inutes s ile n c e b e fo re the big m atch - r a th e r lik e A n z a c D a y , don't you think?

D a m n good g a m e it tu rn e d -out to be to o : lots of good h a rd p la y , though I'm a fra id the g a m e 's losing som e of the punch it used to h a v e .

But the next s ea s o n w e 'r e going to liven it up a g a in , m e and the o th e r h e a d s .

W e 're doing a w a y w ith tho se blunt old s p rig s - tw o inch s p ik e s in s te a d .

W e 're also taking the pads off the g o a l-p o s ts , setting a fe w sp ik e d pits at ran d o m roun d the fie ld , issuing the fo r w a r d s w ith k n u c k le d u s te rs to liven up the s c r u m s and lineouts and m aking s tiff -a r m ta c k le s c o m p u ls o ry .

We should ha v e a jolly ru g g ed te am next s e a s o n : w e had the talent scouts com bing the ou tback fo r som e re a l r o u g h ie s . A w a r d them s c h o la rs h ip s y 'k n o w , feed 'em on lO lb s . of r a w s tea k a d a y , e x c u s e 'em fro m s c h o o lw o rk and tr a in 'em h a rd fiv e d ays a w e e k .

V e s , only fiv e ; the big m atch e v e r y S a tu r d a y and a day of r e s t on the S a b b a th ,

A n d e r s o n 's counsel a sk e d w h e th e r it w a s n 't fa irly , o b v ­ ious that A n d e r s o n w a s s e r ­ io usly in ju re d .

A n e w ly w e d couple m oved into the p a r is h .

T h e wom an c la im e d to be a c a th o lic ; the m an w a s n 't f and of c o u rs e th e y w e r e N O T m a r r ie d in a C ath o lic C h u r c h , n o r w a s the child being brought up a c ath ­ o lic .

T h e y a c tu a lly c la im e d to be M A R R IE D !

N ot in the j e y e s of the C H U R C H they w e r e n 't !

S o 1 c a lle d ro u n d to chat to the 'la d y ' of the h o u s e . 1 told h e r a thing o r tWo s c a rle t w o m a n , d a u g h te r of s a ta n , living in s in , b e a rin g an illegitim ate child - said they loved eac h o th e r . H U H !

I tr ie d so h a r d to b rin g light and lo ve and ’the w o r d of G o d into th e ir liv e s .

Buf n o , S a ta n had them in his g ra s p .

I just could N O T ha v e w ic k e d people living in sin in m y p a r is h .

N ot lik e ly .

I re n e w e d my c am paign of m o ral r e - a r m a m e n t , of lo v e , of h u m ility .

D a y by d a y , I u rg e d them to fo llo w the w a y s of the C h u r c h .

It all w o rk e d out w e ll in the long ru n - s h e 's in an a s y lu m , an alcho h o lic and the child 's a c a th o lic " o rp h a n a g e . 99

D r . B ir r e ll r e p lie d : " Y e s , in the lay s e n s e he had the a p p e a ra n c e of being s e rio u s ly in ju r e d .

H e had a cut on the c h in , blood on his fa c e , he w a s on a hospital tro lle y and in a hospital" .

T h e D i C a m illo C a S e . In P e r t h the S u p re m e C o u rt set asid e a gaol s en ten ce im posed on Joseph D i C a m illo , 1 9 , fo r lo ite rin g .

P o lic e had told M r . A . G .

S m ith , m a g is tra te , that tw o g ir ls in the house outside w h ic h D i C a m illo w a s a ll­ ege d ly lo ite rin g , w e r e p r e ­ p a rin g fo r b e d .

T h is w a s a m is -s ta te m e n t of the fa c ts , the J u d g e , M r . Justice H a ils , s a id .

A d e tective has m is re p ­ re s e n te d to D i C a m illo the m eaning of " lo ite rin g " .

M r.

J u stice H a ils s aid " H e should not have been so foolish a s to ha v e b e liev e d w h at the d e te ct­ iv e told him " .

T h e M o r le y C a s e .

A t the in­ quest into the death of an 1 8 y e a r - o ld youth found hanging in a cell at G le b e P o lic e S ta tio n , counsel fo r his r e la tiv e s told th e C ity C o r o n e r , M r . L o o m e s , that he should acc e p t e vid e n c e that p o lice beat and k ic k e d the youth on the day he d ie d .

The C o r o n e r found M r . Is a a c s Q . C . ' s a lle g a tio n s " u n fa ir , w o rth le s s and b a s e le s s " .

He d is m is s e d the e vid e n c e of fo u r youths a s "full of d is c re p a n c ie s an d full of g la rin g in co n s is ten ­ c ie s .

I find it most u n co nvin­ c in g ."

H is c onclu sions w e r e su p p o rted by the e v id e n c e of a w o m a n , w h o w a s at one stag e d e s c rib e d a s " s c a r e d s tiff" .

T h e H aym an C a s e . A su s ­ pended po lice s e rg e a n t pleaded guilty to stealing £ 1 , 8 0 0 fro m the C .1. B .

T h e Ott C a s e .

A young man shot him self dead w h ile he w a s being qu estio ned by po lice in a flat at P itts w o r th , n e a r T o o w ­ oom ba .

T h e W hite C a s e .

In V ic t o r ia , the po lice s u r g e o n , D r .

B i r r e l l , adm itted to taking a m an to the local po lic e station fo r a b re a th test a fte r an a c c id e n t, e ve n though the man had to be c a r r ie d b e c a u s e both his legs w e r e in o p e ra tiv e and he w a s in som e p a in .

T h e O hm sen C a s e .

A B ris ­ bane po lice c o n s ta b le , W illiam J am es H a ils , told the P o lic e C o u r t that he had see n a d e tective s tr ik e his b r o t h e r in - la w w ith handcuffs and a E t o r c h , then kn o c k and pound T h e P ho to p o u lo s C a s e .

In M ild u r a a 1 7 - y e a r - o ld g irl w a s kept in po lic e c e lls fo r th r e e d ays on a v a g ra n c y c h a rg e .

T h e c h a rg e s w e r e la te r d ro p p e d .

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by G ra n t N ich o l

ACROSS

DOWN

1. He came to Sydney to make the Idiot Weekly, the poor man’s Goon Show.

7. Boooooo! Boooo! Booooooo!

10. “O’er many a frozen, many a fiery . . . , Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens a n d shades of death” (Milton).

12. "The beautiful woman can destroy surely as the . . . ” (Japanese proverb).

13. A dragon for St. George on April 6, 1963 (a day of sackcloth and ashes in Parra­ matta).

14. "And so, from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we . . . and . . . , And thereby hangs_ a tale” (Jaques in As You Like

2. How many loved ones (not counting close friends) did Nero murder?

3. “A kiss without a moustache is like an egg without salt” (This I Believe is an old Spanish proverb).

4. Comic strip prescribed by student doctors and nurses at Manly District Hospital, read by enfants terribles and seaweed-eaters (Rose is a Rose is a Rose).

5. What Mehitabel was toujours.

6. An egghead with a Canadian accent, “full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard”.

8. Comic strip read by pipesmoking fathers, jalopy-clad teenagers, toilet attendants, cop­ pers and two-up players.

9. An uncontrollable desire to steal something from Beard Watson’s ground floor (Put that alabaster BACK, Mrs. PriceWilloughby-J ones).

11. Comic strip read by alli­ gators, bugs, mock-turtles, Rowe Street pseudo-intellectu­ als and people at Kellyville.

14. Comic strip read by Darby Munro, Uncle Joe Stalin, taxi­ dermists, Swedes and Horstralians everywhere.

16. “I didn’t know that my mother-in-law was going to

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15. Who suggested that the low­ est decimal unit be called a ming, because of its paltry value?

18. “She did not give a singel . . . ” (Marjorie Fleming).

19. Rating-wise, it was topped only by the P.M.’s TV broad­ cast in England. Harry Corbet commented, “We couldn’t hope to have beaten Mr. Macmillan — now there’s a real comed­ ian”.

22. Feeling depressed? Don’t suicide . . . you’ll always regret it. Ring 31-0971.

. . . ! If I had I would have bought a horse to ride” (Bur­ mese proverb).

17. “Beauty for some provides escape, Who gain a happiness in eyeing The gorgeous but­ tocks of the . . . Or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying” (Aldous Huxley).

20. Who loved Annabel Lee “with a love that was more than love”?

21. “ . . . et amo: quare id f a c i a m, fortasse requiris,”

(Catullus).

Solution to N o. 3 ACROSS 1. Old Tote.

5. (across and down) James Joyce (Ulysses).

8. Nola Dekyvere.

9. Io. 10. To dig the dust.

12. Eric Baume (quote from Guy de Maupassant).

14. Trout.

16. Rat Pack.

17. Flash Gordon.

19. Bolte.

20. Adore (Mr. Toots in Dick­ ens’ Dombey and Son).

DOW N 2. La Notte (The Night).

3. Oxalis Cottage.

4. Event.

6. Meerut.

7. Sweet and kind (after Thomas Ford).

11. Hausa.

13. Emperor.

14. Thumb.

15. Offal.

18. God.

THE AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES DRAM A FESTIVAL UNION THEATRE AUGUST 10-25 • The general public is invited to attend the biggest drama festival in Australia. A ll Australian univer­ sities will present plays in the Union Theatre each evening, August 10-25, and each day of the festival there will be a symposia of leading Sydney producers, critics and academics, and talks, play-readings and films.

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A season ticket entitling holder to all functions will soon be available. Watch the press for further details.

Enquiries: The Director, John Hoddinott, Box 1 0 6 , The Union, Sydney University. Phone WL 2733.

Tlie Social Top T w en ty ing tizzy hats for a charity fashion parade (Telegraph 27/6/63) or hiding coyly in the crowd at numerous parties.

She may push her public image, but at least she’s entertaining and her fiance makes a fitting foil tor her frenzied frivolity. *

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'^ E L L , our Merv is back on the charts again, even if it’s only in a small way. He was lucky enough to be spotted by two social columnists at a sculpture exhibition in the Art Gallery (S.M. 9 /6 /6 3 and S.H. 9/6/63). He’s been doing a little pushing on his own behalf, too, with one of those dreadful little dinner parties, “tossed” at his town house.

But Pamela assured us it was “Par ex­ cellence” and that “cultural conversa­ tion” was enjoyed. (S.T. 9/6/63). This smattering or learning certainly gives a boost to ivlerv’s rating. *

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’S good to see that hardened social filly, Dianne Klippel, canter back into the limelight after being out to grass for a month. Looking really in the pink (in this case a Thai silk sheath dress) she peeped mischievously from behind a South Seas idol at the Pied Piper Ball.

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Sue Bookallil.

A nne van Bochove.

Geott'rey M oxham .

M r. M ervyn H orton.

M rs. M ax Sturzen.

Miss Virginia O sborne.

M iss D ianne Klippel.

Miss Justine M cC arthy.

M iss M ary-A ngela Borthw ick.

M r. Tony P ratten.

M r. Lesley W alford.

M r. D ickie Keep.

M r. and M rs. K uner (or R alston?)

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M r. A rth u r (Penny) Charles.

Dr. and Mrs. C obber M organ.

M rs. K atie G albraith.

M rs. N ola D ekyvere.

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V O U ’VE got to admit it— Sue Bookallil has guts. Despite the fact that she has been listed as one of Sydney’s worst dressed women, Sue will not keep away from the photographer. Her appearance as president of the Oliver Twist Com­ mittee was particularly apt. Tike the committee’s namesake her motto seems to be, “Please sir, I want some more!” *

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VERSATILITY is what keeps Anne van Bochove high up on the charts. Just as one gets tired of reading about her engagement, she appears gamely model­

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IT is with great pride, and a few tears, too, that we read of our Elsa’s sud­ den leap to fame as radio columnist on 2UE. Pride, because it was OZ who dis­ covered her, a busy little bee on her many charity committees, and brought her before the public eye on the Social Top Twenty. We saw that Elsa, bubbly, bouncy, spiteful Elsa— was destined for far greater things and eagerly we re­ ported her rising star. Yet Elsa has re­ mained humble in her hour of glory, and she listed herself as the worst-dressed woman in Sydney. We can only attribute Andrea’s acid comment that it was de­ served (Sidney Mann, S.M. 16/6/63) to bitter vengefulness. Yet, we shed a few tears, also. Like Nola now that IZlsa has gone commercial, she can no longer be considered as a compelitor for the top of the charts. But who are we to com­ plain, since our girl has come good at last?

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jyjISS Mary-Angela Borthwick was photographed beside a sheep at the Sheep Show Ball (S.H. 2/6/o3). The caption underneath informed me she had been escorted by a Mr. Stephen Pegrum.

Is Mr. Pegrum a sheep, or did MaryAngela dump him during the evening for this splendid specimen of ramhoodV I’m wondering whether she intends to lead this latest acquisition to the altar or to the slaughter. *

And she’s dressing accordingly. No won­ der she caught all eyes at ferry Clune’s galleries (S.M. 16/6/63, when she turned up in a vivid red suit, knee-high black boots and black mesh stockings. But I don’t think it could have been the colour scheme that was so alluring. To see so much flesh encased in mesh, her skirt must have been almost a figment of the imagination.

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T ™ question of clothes brings me to the bright spot in this month’s Top Twenty— Virginia Osborne. I hear from Nola Dekyvere (S.T. 2/6/63) that this long-time social actress has turned pro.

JAZZ Wednesday, July 10, at 8.30 “Jazz in the Roundhouse”

Featuring Graeme Bell and his All Stars; Jack Allen; Jazz Bandits, Barian Hender­ son, Margaret Day and Flaminco Guitarist.

P rice 7 /6 ; espresso and ja zz Enquiries: R. Bergin, U.N.S.W. Union Office (Civil Engineering Society).

All Welcome

Film Making Today

\ %t ■’W The recent Tenth Sydney Film Festival attracted a large section of Sydney’s non­ cinema-going public from their television sets to demonstrate some of the new trends in movie making.

Film making requires the services of large numbers of artists and technicians, all receiv­ ing high salaries. It is therefore far more dependant on economic conditions than the other arts. After the war the neo-realist style of film was founded in Italy where lack of finance and facilities forced leading directors like Rossellini (PAISAN, ROME, OPEN CITY) and DeSica (BICYCLE THIEVES) to make their films on location with non-professional actors. This style declined as the economy crawled back and the sinsuperspectacle took over.

Today, television has removed the audience which went to the movies regularly and quite uncritically, thus ensuring a profitable return for almost every film. People must be stunned and dragged away from their TV sets; tele­ vision may be small, shows may be corny and films old, but it’s right there in the living room and has the illusion of being free. Some­ thing out of the ordinary is necessary to make them sit up and take notice.

The “Blockbuster” was born. The epic film which, by its very magnitude, brings ’em running. Large doses of sex and sadism in Quadruplecinepanoramavistascope with s i x track sounds and music by Miklos Rosza. Pagan empires in all their glory, pagan empires declining, the life and times of that box office perennial Christ, mediaeval pageantry, south sea beauties and Freudian inspired mutineers, world wars co-produced by the former antag­ onists, Russian cossacks and Polish princesses and a 33 year old Cleopatra with a cleavage to her ankles and a Welsh co-star who once had the reputation of being a good actor. With exceptions (parts of EL CID, parts of BENHUR, parts of MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY) it doesn’t add up to good or even very excit­ ing films. Too much cake quickly makes you sick, and these films are nearly all icing.

Luckily, blockbusters are not the only films being made because TV addicts are not the only audience. The small but consistent (some say slowly growing) group of people known as the “TV fugitives” still go to cinemas to see films other than the epics. This audience is essentially a minority one but on a world scale adds up to a profit for a producer making films on a fairly low budget (about £75,000 in England). These films kicked off in France where the union rules that keep production costs so high are not as stringent.

Unknown directors scrounged around, (Truf­ faut made his first film from his wife’s inheri­ tance) and produced films with amateur and unknown actors and hand held cameras in actual locations.

All the dialogue and sound effects were “dubbed” later. "The result? The world was

hit with an entirely new movement in film making; realistic, naturalistic, often subjective films, characterised by a perception and explor­ ation of human relationships rarely before equalled on the screen-Antonioni’s 'L ’AVVENTURA and LA NOTTE, Truffaut’s KINDLY SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER, JULES AND JIM and THE 400 BLOWS, Jean-Luc Godard’s BREATHLESS (still banned in Australia), Jean Pierre Melville’s LEON, MORIN PRIEST and Jacque Rivette’s esoteric PARIS IS OURS. A number of English film producers were influenced by the French and Italian schools and the result was a resurgence of films of quality from the decadent island for the first time since the end of the war.

Most of these films were also by new direc­ tors who had wonderful sources from which to draw their material in the new “garbage can” school of novelists and playwrights . . .

John Osborne, Shelagh Delaney, Harold Pinter, John Braine, David Storey, Alan Sillitoe. The films, widely criticised for being “artificial and romantic under the realistic surface”, are direct, thoughtful and usually endowed with a sense of film technique quite alien to British films — Karel Reisz’s SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING, Tony Richardson’s A TASTE OF HONEY and LOOK BACK IN ANGER, Arthur Schlesinger’s A KIND OF LOVING. Lindsay Anderson’s THIS SPORT­ ING LIFE. These films have all shown a profit on their (relatively) small outlays but it will be interest­ ing to see what happens when the vein runs out. English films lack the diversity of topics of the French and Italian and already the “ambitious boy from the Midlands” theme is getting a bit worn. In addition to this, enter­ prising English theatre directors such as Rich­ ardson and Joan Littlewood who have been largely responsible for the new films are having more and more difficulty in working with the obstructive union system and the backwardness of the majority of British film technicians.

In the United States the Blockbuster era has thinned out the ranks of the film makers with­ out substantially adding to the number of low budget “art” films. Those who can’t find work on the enormous features drift into the extensive television industry and only the direc­ tors who have been making low budget films for years are still doing so. One of the few recent cheap American films by a new director (Frank Perry) is DAVID AND LISA, the big hit of the film festival this year (but still not likely to receive a city release). It is a startlingly sympathetic yet unsentimental story of the' relationship between a boy and girl in a psychiatric hospital.

A few other low budget American tilms have been excellent yet because they lack the snob appeal of similar European films they obtain a poor, often unadvertised city showing — ANGEL BABY, THE HOODLUM PRIEST, STAKEOUT ON DOPE STREET and the remarkable SHADOWS. A more unsavoury aspect of the need to produce low budget films is the switch to sex films, those darlings of the Victory Theatre.

Formerly regarded as the prerogative of a few French directors the sin films are now being made by anyone who can get hold of a camera and a few girls who are willing to take- off all, or some, or most, of their clothes. Nauseatingly advertised (“Unashamed love rites”, “The naked truth about the ‘girls’ ”) they rake in their profits from an adolescent audience.

Atrocious technically, most of them are sur­ prisingly tame from the sex angle (the real nudist features are banned in Australia.

Apart from the low budget films and the blockbusters there is a smaller group pre­ dominant in Iron Curtain countries: the state subsidised film. Most of the creative artists working on these films are graduates of State Film Schools. The result of this training has been a high technical standard of film making along with a detachedness and impersonality not unlike the “made in the mould” look of so many Hollywood films of the late 30’s and early 40’s. This is particularly apparent if the pre-war and post-war Russian films are com­ pared.

The pre-war films are dominated with the intense personal vision of directors like Eisenstein, Donskoi, Nicolai Ekk, Dovzhenko and Pudovkin and the post-war Russian cinema by the masterful technique and weak plots of THE CRANES ARE FLYING and A MAN’S DES­ TINY, the gauche and sentimental BALLAD OF A SOLDIER, and a number of filmed ballets. Poland- and Czechoslovakia seem to produce more interesting films than Russia.

The trilogy A GENERATION, ASHES AND DIAMONDS and KANAL by the Pole Andrjez Wajda is a powerful, if over-symbolic, analysis of the war time “lost generation.” The Czech colour fantasy BARON MUNCHAUSEN, a combination of puppets and live actors, is a constantly inventive film of considerable humour and one of the most remarkable films technically ever produced.

Fantasy films have been notoriously unsuc­ cessful on the screen and this one compares with Alexander Korda’s THIEF OF BAGDAD (1939) as the best ever made. Another out­ standing Czech film which was widely ignored at the Kings Cross Metro recently ROMEO, IULIET AND DARKNESS (Directed by Jiri Weiss) an intensely moving story of a Czech boy who hides a lewish girl (a ravishingly beautiful Dana Smutna) from the Gestapo in the attic of a block of flats. A few years ago a number of excellent Hungarian films (MERRY GO ROUND, PROFESSOR HAN­ NIBAL) were shown at the Sydney Film Fes­ tival, but there have been none screened in Sydney now for three or four years.

There is always a small core of directors who make their own type of film regardless of where the audience has gone or who’s winning which war. These include Robert Bresson (in my opinion the greatest film director of all time—A PRISONER HAS ESCAPED, DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST, and the recent TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC), Akira Kurosawa (RASHOMON, YOIIMBO) Robert Rossen (THEY CAME TO CORDURA, THE HUST­ LER), and one or two others.

— Bruce Beresford

Introducing . . .

A rrabal An exciting new playwright of the Paris school, whose work has been hailed as a unique experience, compas­ sionate and horrifying, a playwright combining the talents of a Beckett and a Marquis de Sade. One of the most original playwrights of our time. Australian premiere:

FANDO & LIS

UNION THEATRE JULY 2 4 - 2 7 and 31st, AUGUST 1 -3

Produced by Albie, presented by SUDS. The follow-up to the successful “Revue of the Absurd” which broke Union Theatre records.

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Wednesday Night

POP MUSIC WITH ROLAND STORM

Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday

JAZZ WITH MAT OLIVER’S JAZZ BAND

Fine Food Licenced Premises Relaxing Oriental Atmosphere

Also open 10.30 - 7.30 daily

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