The Living Daylights 2(2)

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The slowest typewriter in the east A colleague, who should have known better, advised us against sending some­ one to cover the floods. “They always subside,” he told us. That was ten days ago and as this is being w ritten the waters are still rising in northwest NSW and Queensland. Graeme Dunstan splashed about in the area and unloads his mind opposite.

A world beyond the ambit of estab­ lished science is rapidly unfurling. On one side we have the spectacular displays of Uri Geller, who recently on TV astound­ ed the British public by bending spoons and breaking watches with psychic powers. In the USSR the government is supplying large grants for the general study of PSI. But people arent waiting for the results, as evidenced by the large queues outside the surgeries of Filipino faith healers (p.9).

Harry G um boot's three week catatonic silence was broken this week after he heard of the minister for immigration’s recent posturings in Britain. Under the delusion that his garret is atop Mount Olympus, Harry then gushes out his acid fascist worldview.

Living delights is taking the shape of an unbeatable reader service and should offer inducem ent to all to get up and see w hat’s showing around town. February the column goes to Adelaide and we hope to cover other cities later.

We were asked by readers in last week’s letters why we said nothing about Harry H ooton, Australia’s own post war anarchist poet. So, Albie Thoms, who has glowing memories of him, pays tribute (P. 13).

Talking of readers, Leonard Amos, the bete noir of our letter pages has reappeared and is in fine fettle, issuing dire threats to all anarchists.

Congratulations offered to Mungo MacCallum, author of Nation review's release last week of the “Vietnam Papers” , the story of Whitlam’s foreign affairs baptism over Nixon’s pre christmas bombing of North Vietnam in 1972. All in all it shows Whitlam in not unfavorable light and dispels criticism by the Left at the time that he was fiddling while Hanoi burned.

Our Sydney distributor, normally of gloomy and unhelpful demean, reported our first issue of the new year broke all sales records. “ I told you this would happen when you p u t words on your posters and not pictures,” he bragged. As newsagents refused to display the pretty posters we have now reverted to the gaudy haiku of oversell until further notice. The' Melbourne distributor also boosted orders. Sydneysiders who feel this paper is too remote and inaccessible will now have somewhere to go and bitch.

Stephen Wall, the perpetrator of Access and a portion of Living delights, has reluctantly agreed to act as copy host and apologist for the paper. So if you would like to drop in words or art work or just ask embarrassing questions, come to 18 Arthur street, Surry Hills any time be­ tween 9 and 5 tuesdays to thursdays.

It has been suggested we devote an issue to Awareness — 101 ways to expand your consciousness and all that. Any contributions for this issue welcome.

Until next tuesday — EDS.

Richard Beckett beats up the week’s news o in g t h e g r a n d o l d d u k e OF YORK ACT: Defence minister Lance Barnard having failed during talks with the United States to win the right :j: to stop them pushing the w orld’s end button on our territory, told breathless •: reporters in Washington that: “From •: my point of view it has been an |: extremely successful visit.” But as a sop to Australia's timid sensibilities the :• gracious Americans will allow us to post a few sailors to their communications base at North West Cape. These sailors will apparently be employed building :• their own morse code bunkhouse within America’s Australian territory so they > can send messages to our own non existent navy. To make him feel better > about the whole deal, Mr Barnard was j: allowed to meet America’s newest whizz :■kid, Dr Henry Kissinger. However, he :• failed to obtain a signed autograph of ■: president Richard Nixon.

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USHING THEIR LUCK JUST A LITTLE TOO F A R : United States congressman Craig Hosmer, who is a 5 member of the American government’s joint com m ittee on atomic energy, flew •: into Sydney and told us that we should j become the w orld’s dumping ground for : nuclear waste because we have so much : spare land. The nuclear waste congress• man Hosmer had in mind was pluton: ium which remains deadly and active for : around a quarter o f a million years.

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e a c tin g li k e t r u e A us­ t r a l i a n s : Taking advantage of : the small am ount of rain th a t fell over : the east coast of Australia during the ■past week or so, friendly farmers gave a : helping hand to their stranded city ■cousins by charging them up to $15 a : car for ferrying them over flooded rivers : and selling them milk at a mere 30 cents : per pint. Perhaps this profit will allow : them to waive the flood relief money : offered to them by both state and \ federal governments.

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E ALREADY KNEW THAT: Australia’s minister for immigra­ tion, A1 Grassby, announced in London that Australia did n o t offer intending migrants “a free ride to paradise” . He also warned them th at they should not attem pt to run away from gloomy conditions in their own country. Warm­ ing to his inane theme, the good A1 then said migrants would find Australians somewhat different “because we live in southeast Asia” . He also said Australia wanted migrants who had a sense of

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PICLJE adventure, a willingness to accept challenge, and a desire to contribute to the development of a new country — confirming that the present 13 million inhabitants of the place lack all these remarkable attributes.

HEY’LL JUST LOVE IT WHEN THEY GET HERE: My Cyril Charles Hillier, aged 66, of the Mel­ bourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, was bashed and robbed outside his local hotel, after refusing to give them two bottles of beer he was carrying at the time. Police said the beer was valued at 88 cents.

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t l e a s t we c a n d o som e­ th in g RIGHT: The Geneva based international organisation for standardisation has made Australia the headquarters of a com m ittee to deter­ mine clothing inflammability. However, it is not true to say th at migrants who are seeking a challenge in the new country will be asked to act as test material in the forthcom ing series of pyjama fires.

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BY SCREWING THE BLACKS: Mr J. Stanley, a part aboriginal member o f the federal government national aboriginal consultative com m ittee, has objected to the building of lean-tos with dirt floors on aboriginal reserves and settlem ents in South Australia. The structures, know n as wiltjas, also lack ceilings and walls. He claims, oddly enough, that it was impossible for aboriginals to be assimilated into the Australian community if “their educa­ tion for it includes homes with dirt floors” . Replying w ith some venom, a spokesman for the South Australian Housing Trust said: “The basic housing means of tribal and semi tribal aborigin­ als are shelter from the sun, rain and water. Aboriginal people like to live in the d irt.”

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federal Queensland government has granted a total of $113,269 for research into the crown of thorns starfish. The $:• crown of thorns, which has so far eaten :•$ its way through about 400 miles of the barrier reef, is believed to welcome the research as it is beginning to run out of reef to eat.

HOVE IT UP YOUR BUM, SHE $:j SAID: Sticking to her role as the w orld’s m ost gracious woman, Britain’s princess Anne has declined to accept a chestnut gelding from the Australian *•:; Stock Horse Society as a wedding gift.

Instead she has told the society in a Si; formal reply to give the bloody animal :|S to the Riding for the Disabled Society. :$j: Obviously the lovely girl would have”:-:-: preferred a cheque under plain wrapper.

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r e a t a c t s o f s t a t e s m a n - ijS SHIP (PART ONE): The South :W African team has withdrawn from the world gliding championships in Australia following a threat by the federal :*:j: government to withdraw the $20,000 subsidy if they compete.

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r e a t a c ts o f s ta te s m a n SHIP (PART TWO): Prime minister Gough Whitlam has ordered a massive witch-hunt following publication in Nation review of a few telegrams sent to Washington during the early power flushed days o f his government.

As the telegrams concerned were somewhat critical of the United States, whom we have now grown to love, one can understand the poor m an’s embarrassment.

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h e r e r e a l l y is a d e p r e s SION ON THE WAY: The central industrial secretariat has accused the minister for Labor, Mr Cameron, of generating a fear complex in the community about unemployment. The essence of the secretariat’s message appears to be that if you dont believe you are out of work you will automatically be in possession of a full pay cheque and belly, otherwise known as the Jiminy Cricket syndrome.

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VERY EVENING after the Toy Town chuckly smiles of the news readers the national media goes into a sacred ritual. There appears this strange sorcerer/priest who, by invoking a power of symbols and signs, interprets the world with meaning and binds us to a common consciousness.

Don Juan freaks will understand it described this way: it’s the doing that makes the weather.

For the Arnhemland aboriginal concentric circles were tne sacred symbols of great mystic meaning and they are for us too in the doing of the weather map. O f late there has been extra much interpreting of the world.

Floods is the national vibe and the focus is the weather report.

To me the circles look somehow simplified and proportioned - pleasing in a zen sort of way. Squinting my eyes and shifting my head they seem to move.

Power I thought. And the satellite and cloud picture had even stranger magic.

It showed a shading that went right across the right hand edge from top to bottom of the squiggly outline of the symbol that represented the continent reduced to a 15” screen. A lot of cloud that.

Now technology cloaks me from the elements pretty well and they dont impinge much on my reality. But seeing the weather maps I realise that it rained a lot in th e past week and our creek was up. They were powerful images, the symbols conjured up, of many creeks joining many rivers and lots and lots of water all flowing west where it was raining anyway. My, my, my, was this the message from K ohoutek that the same damn clouds had prevented me from seeing?

So packing some dope and Don Juan we took a drive down the north western slopes to see the doing of the doing. It was a reaffirming experience. Floods, a? the signs said, had cut roads and we stood for some time staring at the image o f the flood. Vast areas of brown water swirling round scraggly gums across the highway flaking off the bitumen and leaving high water marks and grass and debris half way up the telegraph poles.

Floods generate a lot of excite­ ment but it seems to be w ithout focus.

They are awesome enough b u t not very threatening. One would have been alienated from the elements to attem pt to drive across flooded sections of road (some people are of course). Sneakingly I suspect that flood closed roads actually save lives from the more mun­ dane m otor car slaughter, but people re­ act in many ways and although everyone can talk about the floods and feel it as an event, there seems to be no recognised way of incorporating this dramatic change in their environment into their lives as a special event.

When Gunnedah was cut off, 60 travel­ ers so stranded were throw n together in temporary accom m odation in the picture theatre. The fatefulness o f it would suggest a potentially interesting time for them all. But no, the travellers, locked in their present doings, bitched and complained and just wanted to keep on travelling. Which they did as soon as the road was clear.

In Wee Waa the TV news portrayed people going through the cashout of the supermarket knee deep in water.

All the streets there are inundated.

And I heard from a civil defence guy who m otor boated down the main drag that the people had put their TV sets and lounge suites up on bricks and are sitting watching their boob tubes as if there werent two feet of water on the floor.

Life goes on with the minimum procession to the new reality. For some people the floods do mean special action.

I talked to some Caribou jockeys who are air lifting things like disposable nappies, fresh white sliced bread to the cut off towns. They also flew out the itinerant cotton pickers who norm al­ ly camp on the river bank at Wee Waa. For the pilots it was marking up flying hours and whooping it up at night at the Narrabri aero club where “it all happened” .................................... .....................

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High Tides GRAEME DUNSTAN finds the people out West locked in their m undane doings striving to belittle a reality that gives them so m uch joy and m eaning

and meaning. They complain about tired­ ness, they act as if they are im patient for it to be over and they plan for ways of minimising the next time. Perhaps civil defence, like DDT, is too efficient and killing more than it knows.

The HQ in Gunnedah was in the local cinema and I watched bored, sultry teenyboppers trooping past the information desk to a boring Carry on movie all about idiotic innuendo sex. They showed no interest or respect for the selfless guys who so efficiently saved the town.

Neither the reality of the flood nor the saving had impinged in their world. One wonders what aspect of the community did.

So the floods have power b u t they lack wonder. Maybe. But there is some­ thing cosmic in the retribution the yankee cotton growers in the Wee Waa got for their shitheaded a ttitu d e to their workers. All their'cotton has all but been washed away.

And there is something cosmic in the mushrooms which are springing up now that the summer sun is warming the water logged soil. My, oh my!

OLIVER STREWE

A local shire employee had been on duty 62 hours hauling out stranded cars and then there is civil defence. Kurt Vonnegut raved about fire brigades being the last approachable and altruistic in­ stitution in Western society. If he comes to New South Wales he will love civil defence. It is a voluntary group o f bank johnnies, clerks, graziers, mechan­ ics, anyone, who come together and work selflessly in times of emergency.

They have a precisely defined or­ ganisational structure and an elaborate information and reporting system. The fact that floods are n o t far greater dangers to life and property in New South Wales is due to their efforts. They work long hours with a happy kind o f dis­ gruntled camaraderie. The ladies make tea and fold blankets, the men earnestly con­ sider the situation, patrolling in boats and in trucks and packing Wheat Bix and Campbell soups for air drops.

It is plain they enjoy working to­ gether, for in a sense it enables them to be noble, to be m uch bigger than their everyday lot. But they too, locked in their mundane doings, strive to belittle a reality that gives them so much joy

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IKE a • poofter on the Piccadilly L m'eat rack, the minister for immi­ gration, A1 Grassby, has been whoring in London for the usual breed of ex cops, disenchanted tory doctors and racist shopkeepers to come to Australia and piously prosper. Meanwhile, concentra­ tion camps are going up all over Chile.

Some 2500 of the best radical minds of their generation are pleading with the United Nations Refugee Commissioner for passage to other countries. Any countries.

Referred to as a “mixed bag of leftists from many lands who flocked to Santiago to make Allende’s marxist dreams come true” , these people are now dead, maimed, incarcerated or hiding out in a handful of hospitable foreign embassies (ours excluded) and desperately searching for new places to settle. Most countries have turned their backs, especially the socialist ones, and it is typical of Australia’s shallow straight press that no one here has taken up their cause. The Labor government should immediately make them welcome and pay passages.

What a refreshing change from pommie dregs and plump papist greengrocers draped with crucifixes and multiplying so Not that one necessarily looks for­ ward to a tidal wave of marxism-leninism, judging by the manic authoritarianism of their radi-chic counterparts here. Favorite lefty letter of the week was one from Clive Bush of South Yarra to the Melbourne Age, who fulminated over the spotlighting of Solzhenitsyn’s new book, Gulag archipelago. “ Stalin may have overreacted,” he concedes, then presses on to enumerate the glories of a political system he admires from such a safe distance.

It’s true that the western press gloats.

The Sydney morning herald sees Solzhen­ itsyn as the thinking m an’s Petrov and a definitive karate chop to the prestige of socialism, but that is no reason for the left to act as though its tongue was cut out. Solzhenitsyn estimates that over six million political prisoners passed through Russian jails in the first 40 years of revolution — a continuing atrocity ac­ cording to recent announcements by Radio Peking who say there are over 1000 labor camps flourishing in the Soviet Union today.

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But more im portant than the chron­ \ income is no longer a valuable index of different models of Holden when Austra­ national development. The key to the lia should be, with grants, goading people icling of inhumanities is Solzhenitsyn’s bank vault in the sky is no longer to decentralise; getting people out of assessment of where it all went wrong. industrialisation. The dropouts and backtheir ridiculous Paddington and Carlton According to New sw eek's adm ittedly td-the-landers are ten years ahead of their ghettoes . . . to head off into the hills for risky translation, “ the prime mover time. (The yippie m oney burners in the creative thrills. The age of anal specialisa­ behind the ruthless spirit” of the labor stock exchanges are 15 years ahead of tion, divorce from the soil and city t camps was Lenin and the megalomanitheirs.) Spontaneously, unconscious of hugging decadence is gone forever. T h e ' acal Joseph Stalin only expanded on the world politics, people years ago began to current New statesman advocates a crash form er’s groundwork . . . alter the pattern of their lifestyle. Some grass (not pot) growing program for Dictatorship of the proletariat was gave up and returned to a life of work Britain, on all available land, including never a pretty phrase. U ntil marxism is and riches, others plodded on, and still do that previously earmarked for m otor­ ridden of its more obtuse and authori­ so in the foothills of both consciousness ways. Primary production may suddenly tarian elements, such as hierarchism, and commune . . . never taking seriously be restored to its former glory. centralism and belligerent class obsol­ for a m om ent the concept of gross At the denouem ent of last Saturday escences, then it continues to bring out evening’s TV western (The garden o f evil) national product. the bully in the best of us. These are the Gary Cooper turns magnificently to the Which brings me back to migrants. stalinists in trotskyist clothing who horizon with the words: “ Maybe if the The concept of cramping the coastlines instinctively rush off telegrams to Grass­ whole world was made out of gold, people with factory fodder in fibro pens is greed by calling for the banning of Enoch would fight each other for a handful of disguised as philanthropy. Thank God for Powell or kindle their macho-aggression dirt.” these im ported toilers, for diversifying by trashing the Divine Light Mission and complicating Australian society, but Yep, I reckon th a t’s what they might I offices — hardly im portant bastions of each one is a little bundle of inflation and be doing pretty soon . . . so dont throw it capitalism . . . A socialism that is afraid a carrot to the GNP. All guests of their all away to Willmore and R andell. . . of the free reign of ideas isnt worth the own accord welcome, b u t why subsidise bloody trade-in. overdevelopment ?

Far from the state withering away — H o r w v i G r o w v lfe o t Why rush in migrants to build 50 as once supposed of marxist regimes — it has now become a farting, obese pig.

Except in North Vietnam and China, where rigorous decentralisation is prac­ tised, often to the astonishment of foreign visitors. Even Tibet, often considered China’s abominable snowman in the cupboard, turns out to be a thriving, autonom ous hum drum of fed bellies, with relics of spiritual ancestry preserved and not venerated (See T. D. Allman, this week’s Nation review); if so cosy, why so impenetrable? There is no free thought in China, the interminable debate drones on.

Labor camps and thought control: too high a price to abolish poverty?

It always seems so to the rich who at last are going out of fashion. Thanks to the arabs, grossness has already become a liability. Cadillacs clog up the car yards THIS IS the horrible hacienda o f Frank Theeman, the man who wrecks and queues clamor outside the bicycle shops. Hooray! Diamonds arent forever hom es to build car parks. Theeman is m ajor shareholder in Victoria Point Have you notices that the grand guns of big shot journalism have stumbled across a New Idea, inspired, they claim, by the oil crisis. Actually, it is an old idea, been kicking around since the youth movement of the 60s. Viz th at national

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P ty Ltd, which ow ns the properties under dispute in Victoria street, S yd ­ ney. (See last week's TLD.J Fake Spanish and nouveau riche, this vulgar developer's fortress — R ose Bay avenue, Rose B ay — is p rotected b y a pair o f armed guards, tow ering fences and barbed wire. Plans for a m oat and autom atic gun placem ents have n ot been denied.

Bosses short-circuit Sparky GRANT EVANS NIONS are the basic organi­ sations of working class struggle . . . or at least th a t’s what they are supposed to be.

The joke about the waddling, beer-bloated union bureaucrat is so widespread that it’s not worth telling. But even this understates the case of some unions and union officials.

A case in point is the Electrical Trades Union (NSW). As a rank and file member com m ented: “If they were active they would be a rightwing union, but as they dont do anything they can’t even be accused of th a t” . The ETU has a consistent record of opposing strikes and sabotaging rank and file activity.

But if it ’s the only union you have then I guess you have to keep asking it for help. It must come good at some time . . .

Arthur Duncan, an electrician, has been looking for a job for about tw o m onths now. Previous­ ly he worked on the Opera House, where he was a union delegate.

Workers at the Opera House were notorious for their militancy which won them good wages and conditions. A rthur was naturally involved.

Since work on the Opera House finished A rthur's found it difficult to get a job. When he rings up about vacancies they are “filled” as soon as he m entions his name, as happened when he applied for a job at the Malabar Water Treatm ent Plant. “ I phoned for the job first thing on the day they advertised it. Sometimes they tell me the manager’s out or that all the vacancies are filled. In this case they said the manager was out and to phone back later. “How much later?” They say one, two, or three o ’clock. When I phone back the conversation goes like this: ‘I’m enquiring about the advertise­ ment for electrical mechanics, are you still looking for people?’ The bloke on the other end goes er um is your name A rthur Duncan (They’ve obviously got on to my Lancashire accent). ‘Yes’. ‘Sorry we’re full u p ’.” “ I put the phone down and after two or three m inutes a friend of mine rings them and puts the same story, and he gets told yes, there are plenty of vacancies. They told him he should come down for an inter­ view as quickly as possible and that the sooner he could start the better. Then he said, ‘I’ve also got a friend who is an electrician and looking for a jo b ’. And they said, ‘if he is an electrician bring him down we need as many as we can get’. ‘His name is A rthur Duncan’.

They say, ‘No agreement has been reached about Mr Duncan, but if you want a job you had better come by yourself’.”

Where could A rthur turn to after treatm ent like th at but the union. He rang them and got put on to Rob Anderson, an official.

Arthur had had previous dealings with Anderson when he had been instantly sacked on a job for getting a shop floor organisation going. Talking about the employer in question Anderson said: “ You must have said something to upset him. Why I’ve met him at a mutual acquaintance’s party and I got on very well with him .”

Arthur told Anderson about his latest brush with the employ­ ers, but Anderson said that it wasnt enough and to go on . . .

“Apply another half dozen times and if it still happens we might be able to do som ething.” Arthur

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M elbourne’s suburbs has The bust started at 11 pm been flourishinq in Elsternwick. when two cops entered the foyer; One enterprising investor asked the man on the desk was removed for a survey to be done before he from his chair and “placed” in a launched into the massage busi­ comer away from the buzzer. The ness: the survey revealed there are electrically closed door which some 90 Melbourne massage par­ could only be opened from the lors supplying approximately inside (the entry to the inner 9000 clients weekly. sanctums of the parlor) was The survey went on to show “holed” with a well aimed blow clients can spend anything from by a policeman who had studied $10 for an oily rub to $200 for Kung Fu, whereat another ten sunken pools and whips on velvet herded upstairs gently perspiring cushions at one well appointed and inquiring as to what was the bordello. The massage industry general situation. has come within the perview of This raid followed a strange the police departm ent. There have occurrence at the parlor, wherein been a num ber of takeover a policeman obtained a blue threats, busts, attem pted extor­ card, entitling him to a screw with tions, bashings and shootings with his hostess. As the lady took the the suggestion of it all emanating money for the “special” she was from Sydney (see TLD, 1/4). charged with prostitution. It is The owners sought to counter hard to convict the management the industry’s reputation by set­ of a prostitution offence unless ting up a “club” atmosphere with they “adm it” to knowing this is membership fees, swimming happening. pools, billiards; giving the business The police did, however, m an­ a Venetian blind respectability. age to find a quantity of grass in Unfortunately for them the police the manager's office and he was launched a raid last friday on the duly charged. During the course largest and most successful of of interview three of the ten girls these clubs, Le Chateau (with the confessed to being aware of the unlikely address of 10 Home system and were charged with street, Elsternwick). The only prostitution offences. It is alleged charges which have so far been that the manager has certain laid are one for possession and “international problem s” which smoking of grass and three charges the police are determined to press of living off prostitution. home.

It’s no wonder it took the Whatever, if the management police two m onths to plan the of the place have the business raid. In Le Chateau’s foyer was a acumen of their peers who have camera such as they have in banks been previously busted, they will which was m onitored in a back appeal against the probable con­ room by a gentleman with a series viction. This enables the “house” of buzzers at his control. With to go on working during the 4-6 these buzzers he was able to warn months before the appeal is heard the lady if something suspicious and with the publicity through was happening. Members were the bust they will be able to make given a card and a minor credit enough money in one day to pay check was carried out. the eventual fine. And so it goes.

The cards were either blue or The tenuous trium ph o f being yellow; yellow for those clients over nothingness. who were still being checked and blue once the customer was

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Anderson: “ A rthur what you fail to realise is that we do allow the employer the right to hire and fire whom he pleases.” “ If y o u ’re going to do that any union delegate or militant can be victim­ ised and kept out of w ork,” responds Arthur. A t this Ander­ son fluffs his unionist rooster feathers: “ I would not allow that sort of thing to happen in this union!”

A rthur asked how he could reconcile this with the bosses “right” to hire and fire.

Anderson: “ If you think about it, i t ’s only fair th at they should have that right.”

A rthur: “ How do you m ean?”

Anderson: “Well, you see, it’s a double edged sword, it cuts both ways.”

A rthur: “ I m ust be stupid, I dont see what you m ean.”

Anderson; “ It has got to do with freedom. You w ouldnt like to be forced to work for someone would you? Well then, it’s not reasonable to make the employers employ y o u .”

To resolve this Anderson said

A rthur should come in and see him. Meanwhile he heaved himself into action and went down to the job and explained the situation.

The men responded immediately passing a resolution th at A rthur should be the next person on the job.

Anderson then went on and did a bit of wheeling and dealing with the Electrical Contractors Association. They told Anderson th at they wanted A rthur to give an undertaking that he would be involved in no m ilitant activity if he was employed.

Anderson tried to sell this to A rthur when he went to see him.

A rthur refused on the basis that it deprived him of his basic rights as a unionist. Anderson then asked if he would give an undertaking to him not to become involved as a union delegate. Amazed that a union official was trying to talk him out of his basic rights, A rthur refused again.

In desperation Anderson proposed that A rthur give an undertaking to go on the job just for the money. “Y ou’re on. I always go on to the job to get as much o u t of the bastards as possible,” said A rthur. Anderson: “Maybe that w on’t work either )f

T ’S HARDLY likely that I the NSW minister of justice, Mr Maddison, will ever receive the Man of the Year award from the Howard Penal Reform Society or any other similar body. This sad fact was made clear last week when the honorable gentleman addressed the Liberal p a rty ’s rural committee.

These old cockies heard with satisfaction and delight the m in­ ister promise to implement, in the very first session of parliament in 1974, sir R obert A skin’s pledges of punishments for low down sheep, cattle and goat thieves.

First cab off the rank will be the increase in the maximum sentence for stock stealing, or for killing animals with intent to steal their carcasses or skins. This goes up from 10 years to 14. A good, workmanlike, first time rapist gets off with seven years b u t if yo u ’re caught sending off an old ewe belonging to a member of the Country party y o u ’re liable to spend the next 14 years in Long Bay. If the presiding judge at your trial takes a lenient view of the crime he can levy a fine instead of jail b u t the fines have gone up also.

Previously the maximum fine was $500 for stock stealing, it’s now $2000. The existing sentence

for maliciously wounding cows and sheep is 10 years and it has now been extended to cr -er pigs and goats. Maddison has not yet got around to announcing the penalty for kicking a neighbor’s dog, b u t what he has done is give the police power to search for anybody who they think may have a purloined chop in his possession. “Police will get em ­ powered, w ithout warrants, to search vehicles and premises.”

Despite these draconic meas­ ures the NSW police are not impressed. The boss of the stock stealing squad says that of all thefts reported to them in the past eight years only one third were actually thefts. The re­ mainder had either died, got lost or were never there in the first place. Police say that until farm­ ers learn to count their stock ac­ curately and frequently the pol­ iceman’s job is going to be diffi­ cult.

But no m atter. The Pitt street cockies are happy. Swagman and sundowners have been warned. If anyone of them is caught shoving a jumbuck in his tuckerbag h e’ll be far better off jumping in the waterhole and keeping his head under. Much better to starve or drown than spend 14 years in Bathurst jail.

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N A PRESS conference at the White House today president Richard Nixon announc­ ed that Patricia Nixon snr had been indicted for her involvement in the Watergate bugging scandal.

Nixon claimed that Pat was the chief plumber, and furtherm ore it was the First Lady who master­ minded the whole Watergate af­ fair. Although he slept with Mrs Nixon the president argued that he seldom talked to her, and thus he had no knowledge o f the plot or the impending cover up.

At this stage the conference erupted in turmoil. Three Wash­ ington journalists vociferously challenged the president’s claims.

Nixon, obviously upset by the outbursts, proceeded to abuse the journalists by calling them con­ niving and treacherous sons of satan. He said he had been inform­ ed that these conspiring reporters would not be content until their own president had fully exposed himself. Spontaneous laughter erupted throughout the press room.

Nixon continued, amid isolated snickering, to inform the gallery that his actions were part of a further campaign to restore credi­ bility to his administration. He said th at he was prepared to give evidence against his wife. It was to be hoped that the indictment would relieve the people of their doubts as to his integrity or his

PERFECT CRIME:

Light up a mission PIOTR OLSZEWSKI N ANONYMOUS group of Melbourne “anarchists” are reported to be waging terror tactics against the Melbourne chapter of the Divine Light Mission.

The first violent assault occur­ red on december 23 in DLM’s ashram at Brunswick street, Fitzroy, Melbourne. On that day the ashram was em pty with all devo­ tees at Tullamarine airport wel­ coming visiting DLM dignitary, Mahatma Padarthanand. On their return they discovered that some­ one had entered the building through a window, gone to an upstairs room , heaped together correspondence, chairs, electrical equipm ent and altar material in the centre of the room and set fire to the pile. Considerable damage was caused.

A nother room was entered and paperwork and furniture burnt.

Several days later a phone call threatening Mahatma’s life was received. Then, later, a stranger entered DLM’s “Soul Food Shop” and informed premmies that the fire was phase one of action taken by “Melbourne anarchists” and that phases two and three had been planned and would soon be implemented.

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willingness to invoke limitless bounds in his search for the truth.

It proved impossible for N ix­ on to contain his prejudices throughout the conference. Whilst nervously fingering a tape record­ er, which is perpetually by his side these days, he implied that he was sick o f the American people wan­ tonly kicking him around. The president said that he hoped these same people would now show more trust and understanding.

Mr Nixon claimed to have enough evidence to ensure that Pat would be put away for m any years. Supposedly his willingness to offer this evidence to the courts exemplified his sincerity in his wish to clear the m urky Water­ gate waters.

The president avoided many questions about his wife, but re­ peatedly claimed that his actions would be seen as justifiable through the eyes of history. He maintained that history was of greater importance than any present popularity poll. Nixon then told the gallery th at his footnote days were gone forever.

President Nixon closed the press conference by forcefully de­ manding that the whole Watergate issue now be forgotten. With Pat Nixon gone his adm inistration now stood free of corruption and capable of completing all the fine work which it had begun.

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announces a new program p o licy fo r 1 9 7 4 , w ith up to eight d iffe re n t programs per w e e k , including prem ieres o f new w o rk , revivals o f o ld favorites and rarely screened w o rks, children's-program s, and m embers o n ly retrospectives.

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15 6 p m B R E A T H L E S S (G o d a rd )*; 8 pm Prem iere — T H E J O U R N E Y (Paul C o x ); 10p m B R E A T H L E S S (G o d a rd )*; 16: 8p m T H E J O U R N E Y (Paul C o x ); 1 0p m H O M E S D A L E plus T H E F L IT E & T IM E S O F R E V . B U C K S C H O T T E (Peter W eir); T h u rs Jan 17: 8 PM T H E J O U R N E Y (Paul C o x); 1 0 pm A B O R IG IN A L L A N D R IG H T S - N IN G L A A -N A (A C avadini); F ri Jan 1 8 : 8 p m T H E J O U R N E Y (Paul C o x ); 10p m H O M E S D A L E plus T H E F L IT E & T IM E S O F R E V . B U C K S C H O T T E (Peter W eir); Sat Jan 19: 2 p m C hildren's show T H E K ID (C haplin) plus F A N T A & Others; 4p m H O M E S D A L E plus F L IT E & T IM E S O F R E V . B U C K S C H O T T E (W eir); 6 p m T H E J O U R N E Y (Paul C o x ); 8p m T H E J O U R N E Y (Paul C o x); 10p m A B O R IG IN A L L A N D R IG H T S * N IN G L A A -N A (A . C avadini); m id n ite T H R O N E O F B L O O D (A kira K u ro saw a)*; Sun Jan 2 0 : 2p m C hildren's show T H E K ID (C h ap lin ) plus F A N T A & Others; 4 p m J U D E X (F ra n ju )*; 6p m J U D E X (F r a n ju )* ; 8p m N ew F ilm s in th e C o-op, inc. film s fro m H o w ard Lester (U S A ); 9 pm Wed Jan

SHOCK R EVELA TIO N :

O P E N S C R E E N IN G — bring y our film s , w o rk in progress.

CIA is in Australia THE CIA is in Australia but dont be paranoid. Every move we make is being videotaped and recorded.

All the telephones are tapped and continuously recorded, with a hook-up to a giant computer complex which commits it to the memory bank and makes indices with its other information.

There are bugging wires under the earth right across the nation why even the damn Simpson Desert — thousands of them.

Every letter which goes through the mail is scanned, all our conversations in coffee shops are monitored. The CIA rotates satel­ lites at Pine Gap, and has treated all the marijuana with a chemical which develops extreme right wing tendencies in users.

The CIA has infiltrated unions, the public service and cake shops.

The CIA brought kung fu and karate to Australia. The CIA term inated Bruce Lee with preju­ dice because . . . well . . . we cant discover why. John F. Kennedy is alive on Onassis’ island in the Mediterranean. He didnt die. The CIA is responsible for the film Executive action. The CIA is keeping the social service pay­ m ents down so “underprivileged” peoples will die off. They are making Australia young and strong and saving money.

* N o te : these film s are fo r m em bers o n ly . Become an associate m em ber and yo u w ill receive advance program in fo rm a tio n , newsletters, etc . Send $ 3 to M em bership S ecretary, P .O . B ox 2 1 7 , Kings Cross 2 0 1 1 , or join at the Cinem a.

(8) Jackie K ennedy’s marriage is no t recognised by the catholic church. She spends a lot of tim e on the island with CIA guards; (9) The CIA has cornered the Cambodian heroin market; (10) Other facts.

The CIA is watching and filming persons who see Executive action which is about the CIA The CIA shot at A rthur killing Kennedy. The CIA is Calwell and m arketed “G orton for making a lot of Australians Cheviot” badges. The CIA is paranoid. The CIA is making a lot putting heroin on the m arket and of Australian paranoids schizo­ putting up the prices of m ari­ phrenic. The CIA gives paranoid juana. The CIA is attem pting to schizos shock treatm ent.

The CIA is responsible for the deviate politics courses at all major universities and creates Top 40 and all hit-run road accidents. The CIA does not junkies. consist of normal persons but Consider the facts: homicidal maniacs.

(1) Kennedy was shot by more paranoid These maniacs killed president than one person; (2) Lee Harvey Oswald was shot Allende and know where Hitler is.

We all know where Hitler is, but by one person; they think they know where (3) Jack Ruby is dead; (4) according to Paul Krassner Hitler is.

The CIA created Watergate as and Terry Southern (of The a red herring. The CIA could kill realist) Lyndon B. Johnson com mitted “ neck-rophilia” on Nixon but they wont. They are not due to kill an American presi­ Kennedy in the presidental jet; (5) Johnson did not believe dent until 1981 when they expect Ted Kennedy to hold the position.

Oswald shot K ennedy; (6) Oswald did not believe Os­ The CIA did not kill Harold Holt.

He just couldnt swim good enough wald shot Kennedy; (7) Johnson is dead. Kennedy is to get to the sub. alive;

Qpeauy fb r m tff)

COLIN TALBOT

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Four comics running in har­ ness, not simply exchanging guest villains as in the Marvel super-hero titles, b u t each a part of a larger whole. It was a graphic equivalent to the Lord o f the Rings, an epic in speech balloons.

Each comic gave a separate viewpoint on one all-encompass­ ing struggle. New Gods fought other New Gods - Apokolips versus New Genesis, Darkseid versus Highfather. (Tolkien has an unassailable lead over Kirby in the selection of names. This must be adm itted at the outset, with a caution against allowing it to influence the reader unduly.)

Kirby had been given his head, and each issue would have a

drifts endlessly - larger than a volume two of the Ring trilogy star cluster, fused, living, taking a and it’s then possible to get an billion years to feel one heart­ idea of where this leaves the true beat.” Such a line needs a Jack enthusiast. For a while it may be Kirby visual breathtaker to save it possible to staunch the sense of being laughable. loss by trying to fill gaps at the The characterisation was vari­ beginning of the series. able. As usual the villains got most Kirby is now producing The of the good lines. Darkseid, who demon and Kamandi, Last boy on was the Sauron-figure, and his Earth, both of which have their aides Dr Bedlam, De Saad, Granny moments b u t lack the depth of Goodness, and Virman Vunderbar field of the tetralogy. had far more pizazz than the THE WAR GROWS EVER rather weedy New Genesis good­ LA R G E R !

IT STRETCHES ies, Mister Miracle only excepted.

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, AND Mister Miracle was something MAMMOTH SUNS A R E T R A N S­ pretty miraculous. He was the FORM ED INTO COSMIC only really non violent super-hero LASERS, DESIGNED TO CUT in comics. He was an escape artist, NEW GENESIS INTO BLAZING , and got his kicks more from not LIFELESS SHARDS! being dead than in handing out High points drift back into the KAPOWIES back. Oh, he hit memory. The struggle with Bil­ people (and Things) every now lion-Dollar Bates and his anti life and again, but his heart wasnt in apply to the occupation and it. "Believe me! I —I understand! equation in the catacombs of the cult . . . the battle scenes of the subsequent events. First, the fact Perhaps if we both remain cool we of the militant, direct action can reach an honorable solution!” time before the pact . . . the dark confirms the radical development He was Highfather’s son, exchang­ racer, an angel of death on skis of the small Bathurst campus. . . . “HAH AH AH! That controlled ed for Darkseid’s son Orion as Increasingly last year, students hostages for a truce; he was atomic blast should finish him moved in the radical direction brought up as a child in Granny if the hammers havent!” “Th-that over a num ber of domestic issues, Goodness’s orphanage on A poko­ PINGING sound! - Y ou’ve got a backed by the emergence of a lips, b u t escaped to Earth to MOTHER BOX! B-but I thought more radical newspaper, In ter- become a travelling showman. . . . I-it’s weaving an electro web pellator, and a section of the SRC That was what sunk the series. of MICRO-COSMIC atom s all that developed an awareness of The plotline was not simple, about me! I CAN’T BREAK IT!” the conflict situation that always dividing it into four magazines If America had any sense of existed at least in potential, complicated it even more and priorities, a grant would >u 7e been between students and the adminis­ stories would sprawl through forthcoming from the government tration. three or four issues over half a or the Ford Foundation or the Second, the occupation forced year.

CIA. As it is, the publishers a polarisation amongst students To understand what was going explain the end of the series as “a and academics. Student response on in Issue 11 you had to have m atter of the way in which was, comparatively, very good; read most of the preceding ten. comics are sold, plus a variety of about 300 o f 1100 students took New readers felt discouraged, and intangibles that are peculiar to active parts. comic books” . Very helpful. the end came. The end of Academics signed a petition of publication, that is; the story was Some faint hopes are held out for support - in fact, some went dropped in mid-sweep, the cosmic the return of some part of the searching for it when they heard it conflict unresolved. Imagine Tol­ story, but I put little faith in was circulating — and went to the kien dying after completing them. The glory, fans, is departed. adm inistration on students behalf.

Third, in broader terms, this EVER Y O N E LETS THEIR H A IR DOWN A T was the most direct action ever taken on a CAE campus. And, like New England, Mitchell is a small country campus, largely regional in nature.

The occupation and emergence of the radical Mitchell campus may point the way for the student movement, away from the city campuses. Certainly, some AUS STARRING JOHN WOOD, personnel and Mitchell students are interested in this aspect.

KATE FITZPATRICK The housing issue at Mitchell d ir e c te d b y T om C ow an remains largely unresolved, but “ B ea utifully delineated" Canberra I imes it’s unlikely to develop into open conflict again. What has happened "U n fo rg e tta b le " Bob Ellis, Nation Review. is that the issue and action have Starts Mon. 14th shown students their potential 8 pm UNION TH EA TRE Sydney Uni. tactical supremacy.

Mitchell students will certainly Picnics everyday plus 5.30 Fri., Sat. & Sun. use it again.

dazzling double-page splash — cities more elaborate than Buck Rogers, hordes locked in battle more animated than Delacroix, photocollages of transdimensional space. Much of the drawing was only grandiose, b u t much more was epic. The difficulty with getting into the magic of it all is because K irby’s dialogue fluctu­ ates from the lofty to the banal.

A line like: “The Promethean Galaxy! the place of the Giants . . . alive, chained to the fragments of the devices they used in their attem pts to smash the final barrier! This one tried to engulf the barrier by enlarging his own atom ic structure. What happened is n o t known; b u t he failed, he

The Bathurst Occupation GREG FRIEDEWALD HILE the New England university protest against tertiary exam inations was prob­ ably a more im portant issue (TLD, 1/7), a second student rising late last year - at the conservative Mitchell College of Advanced Education in Bathurst - was also significant for the student movement.

In the week before final exams, a “routine” dem onstration bal­ looned into a spontaneous 24 hour occupation of the college administration building, and an eventual compromise between stu­ dents and heavies.

The Mitchell protest was over a purely domestic issue — the college adm inistration’s insistence on increasing 1974 enrolment rates despite inadequate housing facilities on the campus and in the town.

In effect, the administration was trusting that, in some unex­ plained way, about 150 students would be able to find accom­ modation that the only available figures showed didnt exist. They relied (as principal E. A. B. “Sam” Phillips told students) on the fact that maximum downtown accommodation levels hadnt been tested by pressure of numbers.

Students, however — particu­ larly those who faced the prospect of being turfed off-campus by ballot - felt the adm inistration’s proposals were rather highhanded, and demanded instead that either the proposed intake be cut by 150, or that immediate new on-campus housing be built.

Students concern was boosted by the increasing pressures on existing housing in the town by natural process, and the state

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government’s decision to make the area a growth centre.

Which all led, in turn, to a growing arrogance by real estate agents. Rents went up, conditions deteriorated and, surprisingly, the number of houses and flats available to students fell.

Anyway, after the usual hoo-ha of the occupation (there were some high points: students took control o f the college switch­ board, got through to W hitlam’s office and in the end disrupted all incoming and outgoing communi­ cations with the college for a day) student leaders signed the com­ promise.

In the ensuing few days they realised their naivete had lost the upper hand.

Now, in terms of the com ­ promise, five students have return­ ed to Bathurst early, with vague promises of free board at college, to do the leg work around the town, knocking on doors asking householders to put up students in 1974. If they find enough accommodation, re-enrolling stu­ dents will be sent a list of available flats, houses and board.

If they can’t find the necessary housing, a joint student-adminis­ tration committee will look at alternatives; including reduction of the intake, and remodelling of academic staff offices into new dormitories.

On paper, that situation looks promising. But student leaders, after the control they exercised during the occupation, and with no guaranteed place in the de­ cision making, are disappointed at losing the initiative.

They say they are, in effect, doing the adm inistration’s work w ithout being paid for it. How­ ever, certain significant features

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S AQUINO cheerfully greet­ ed people as she motioned them to a small guest room to her right. “ Good morning,” she chim­ ed as the last guest walked in.

That done, she plunged back to her work, pecking at a portable typewriter. Meanwhile, in the guest room, a motley crowd o f men and women were seated around a coffee table.

The atm osphere was like the scene of a peak hour train - peo­ ple bunched up b u t keeping pretty much to themselves. Another door at the far side of the recep­ tion room opened; Rom y Bugarin peered o u t and called “ N ext!” as two elderly women walked past him to join the others outside. Ms Aquino smiled at another pair nearest her, “ You may go in now.”

And so it went until everyone had had his turn, each lasting from five to 15 minutes. When it was all over, spiritual healers Romy Bugarin, Marcelo Jainar and their tw o assistants came out of the room. Another healing ses­ sion by tw o o f the Philippines’ better known spiritual healers was over in less than tw o hours.

The place was one of Manila’s firstclass hotels. The patients: nine Australians, an Indian, and one from F iji Behind it all was the Christian Travel Centre, a travel agency handling touristpatients wanting to visit one or more healers associated with the Union Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas. Another agency, Diplomat Travel & Tours, arranges appoint­ ments with healer Tony Agpaoa in Baguio City, 200 miles north of Manila.

Don Jones, a businessman from Wollongong, injured a leg in an accident tw o years ago and the Australian doctors told him “you’ll never be able to run again". But Jones, spritely at 50, may yet pull a surprise back hom e “ I just ran for miles along Roxas boulevard this morning and I dont feel pain anym ore ever since I started getting treatm ent from Bugarin,” he said.

W. J. Scott, a painter in his 50s, was given magnetic healing and psychic surgery for Parkin­ son’s disease. “ I feel great,” he said after one o f several meetings with Jainar.

Others in th e group, from New South Wales: Mona Callaway, 52, housekeeper, arthritis; a Ms Missay, in her 70s, arthritis; Dianne Scott, 22, clerk, spinal trouble “ since I was eight” ; Laglatys Pollart, 78, shaky hands and deaf­ ness; Nina Loutas, 35, varicose veins.

There are no official figures on tourist-patients coming to the Philippines for treatm ent but there is no doubt this has been growing. “ Each m onth” , wrote Domini Torrevillas-Suarez of Manila’s Panorama magazine, "some 400 foreigners come for treatment, after having undergone expensive but unsuccessful care in medical institutions abroad. Most of these patients go back cured, to the surprise of their doctors.”

Healer Josefina “ Pining” Sison of Villasis, Pangasinan (three hours north of Manila) disposes of cases - diagnosis and treatm ent, plus a couple o f home-spun jokes thrown in — at a snappy twominutes-per-patient clip. Treat­ ments, mostly psychic surgery, average 100 a day, which include

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years. Elaborate tests in two m ed­ ical institutions could not pin­ point the trouble. Continued use of drugs prescribed by the doctors began to tell on the patient’s hearing. With no relief in sight he decided it was time to get help elsewhere. "All she did was press a ball o f cotton into m y nape, right below the skull, and pull this out from the top o f m y head. M y m other saw it all. She then gave m e some herbs to boil for drink­ ing. M y headaches have since dis­ appeared," he said.

Businessman Ramon Javellana of Forbes Park, a fashionable vil­ lage in the suburbs o f Manila, was struck down by a severe stroke six m onths ago. He spent five weeks in one hospital, moved to a sec­ ond for another four weeks of physical therapy. “ When healer Juan Blanche took over from

there” , explained Lirio Quevencu, family nurse, “ Mr Javellana could move around only with great dif­ ficulty and with tw o people at his side. Blanche and assistant Felipe Biton administered magnetic mas­ sage thrice a week. In one m onth’s time, the patient could walk around the house unassisted.”

Word about the healer’s mirac­ ulous cures got around so fast that today friends, relatives, and neigh­ bors o f the Javellanas flock to their Forbes Park home every tuesday, thursday, and Saturday afternoon for treatm ent of various ills. Blanche is famous for making incisions by making a slashing m otion with his forefinger five to ten inches away from the patient’s skin. Sometimes, he uses the fore­ finger of a bystander and gets the same result.

Nida Alcaria, Alex O rbito’s next door neighbor, doesnt mind the noise and litter brought on by the sick (up to 700 on some days).

Orbito, according to Alcaria, is very handy whenever any member o f Alcaria’s family gets sick. "A f­ ter th a t operation in th e hospital on an injured leg o f my husband some m onths ago, he began to limp and, later, we noticed the leg getting shorter. We sought the help o f O rbito and he obliged by operating. He peeled off the skin over the knee cap, like you would an orange, extracted pus from the exposed knee, restored the skin to its form er place and after wiping the area w ith co tton the leg was as good as new. No pain. No scar. No more limp.”

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Jose Bugarin, younger brother of Romy, receives patients at Quezon City and does home calls to patients to o weak to be moved.

One, Agripina Leynes, confined at a private hospital in Quezon City for a "clogged aorta o f the heart” , w as a llo w e d by hospital authorities to receive spiritual healing. On his first day, Jose performed psychic surgery on the p a tie n t with the attending physician and three nurses assisting.

HAT IS spiritual healing? psychic surgery? magnetic healing?

A printed guide to spiritual and magnetic healing and psychic surgery in the Philippines explains faith or spiritual healing as “ a process by which the healer, through his faith in a divine source o f power, is able to tap healing energies within his own body and from the cosmos, and then to channel these energies to the patient and more particularly to those organs o r portions o f the patient’s body which are not functioning as nature originally intended.”

Psychic surgery, goes th e same booklet, is a means by which “ certain individuals possess the ability to ‘operate’ on the human body using only their bare hands, and remove diseased tissue, blood clots, and pus” . Magnetic healing, on the other hand, is the recharging of weak cells or organs with “ electromagnetic” energy which the healer takes from his own body and from tha earth’s magnetic field. The so-called ‘laying on of hands” in ancient times is a type o f magnetic healing.

Harold Sherman, author of Wonder healers o f the Philippines, w rote in the foreword of Tom Valentine’s book, Psychic surgery, he finds it difficult to understand “the tendency of many scientists, doctors, and surgeons to con­ demn, w ithout investigation, any­ thing new or unorthodox in the way of healings. I used to look, a b it enviously, upon all scientists as “men with open minds”. It was thrilling to contemplate their ac­ cess, on the frontiers of science, to new inventions, new tech­ niques, and new knowledge, which would be of increasing ben­ efit to mankind. How disillusion­ ing it was for me to discover that the scientists are often the most close minded people of all.”

To be sure, studies and investi­ gations have been made b u t these are, for the most part, informal, preliminary, and limited in scope.

Dr Hiroshi M otoyama’s experi­ ments on Tony Agpaoa in Jappan in the middle 60s may be con-

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From JIM GERRAND Port Moresby.

HEALERSOF 1HE PHILIPPINES sidered as most nearly meeting the exacting requirements of a truly scientific approach. But even then and as Dr Motoyama himself stat­ ed, the purpose o f his investiga­ tion had nothing to do with psychic surgery but merely “ to examine w hether T ony’s power is able to have influence on the mind and body of the subject w ithout any physical means or any sensory clue.” In any case, scientific measurements were made to indicate “that Tony was able to dem onstrate non physical powers” .

Early this year, nine men from West Germany, Switzerland, the United States, England, Japan and the Philippines - m et to carry out the first of a three-stage study of psychic surgery and spiritual healing in the Philippines. Their credentials should inspire con­ fidence in their objectivity: Dr Friedert Karger, plasma physicist; professor B. Kirchgassner, en­ gineer; Dr H. Naegeli, president, Swiss Parapsychological Society; Dr W. Schiebeler, physicist; Dr A. Stelter, physicist and nuclear chemist; Donald G. Westerbeke, biochemist; Dr Sigrun Seutemann, hom eopathic physician; Tony Agpaoa, spiritual healer; Joaquin Cunanan, president-general, Union Espiritista Cristiana de Filipinas: Their initial findings confirmed those made by earlier investigat­ ors. Psychoknetic phenomena ob-. served during the healing activities of Juanito Flores, Eleuterio Terte, Jose Mercado, Marcelo Jainar, Juan Blanche, Alex Orbito, Josefina Sison, and Virgilio Gutierrez “did not involve fraud, utilised no anaesthesia, did not use scalps razor blades or other instruments to open the body, required usual­ ly from one to ten minutes to perform, perm itted in most cases the healer and the patient to remain in street clothes with no special precautions to maintain sterile conditions, appeared to cause little if any discomfort to the patient, and left the patient w ithout operative shock” .

The report is restrained and carefully worded to avoid any trace of speculation. “At this tim e” , it said, “there is no one theory or com bination of scienti­ fic eheories which can adequately explain the phenomena. It is like­ ly that before a full understanding of these phenomena is achieved, man will need to develop totally new concepts of spirit, thought, and ‘physical’ m atter and o f m an’s relation to the cosmos.”

Also it expressed the hope that the world took time out “to study these few healers in d ep th ” . The results, it continued, “may well exceed in value the results from the expenditures of millions of dollars on the development of drugs to be used in the allopathic practice o f treating symptoms in­ stead of causes” .

Such a study in depth may well be in the offing if a recent move initiated by the Manila Medical Society gets underway. On the grounds that faith healers could “aggravate the ailments of sick people” , the society, in its annual convention which ended last m onth, adopted a resolution ask­ ing president Marcos “to create a board to evaluate and assess the scientific value of faith healing” .

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HE CHIEF minister calls: “ You’re on our side.

"T ry to squat on one leg: we’re cassowary birds true.”

The drums beat two-two, onetwo-two and, rustling our leafy tails, we bob in a ring. “ Run, run, run: Now we’re fishies true.”

It is no Mad H atter’s Tea Party but a new year’s eve sing-sing with Michael Somare at Karau, his hom e village near the m outh of the Sepik.

In a break before the pigtrot, some chew betel nut and the old man who has been thum ping with a pole on the big garamut drum lights a cigarette. The match flare licks the shadows from a hideous weeping wound where some dis­ ease has eaten the flesh from his m outh and the whole of one cheek. Yet even this man’s disfig­ urem ent does nothing to evoke an aura o f sorcery or the grotesque.

Like the Australian visitor, he is included as a matter-of-fact partic­ ipant in the proceedings.

Whatever the sing-sing lacks in voodoo and eroticism, is made up for in old fashioned fun fun of the village Glee Club variety.

Karau is a village of some 15 family houses built on stilts along a strip o f sand between the Bismarck sea and Murik lakes.

While girls play hopscotch, boys lie on their bellies in the sand, get into duels with sandballs, or ride the surf on rough hewn boards.

The fishing is easy. A t low tide, women catch shellfish and large mud crabs in the mangroves that border the lakes. From time to time they cross by canoe to the more distant reaches of the lakes to pummel sago palm. Sago is the staple food. It’s blended with coconut in a porridge or toasted as a stretchy bread. In the four or five generations since the Saet clan was driven down the Sepik to settle on the coast, villages have been forced to travel and barter their surplus fish for vegetables, fruit, betel, pots and building materials and even at times for drinking water.

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H e a le r R o m y B u g a r in , w i t h a s s is ta n t, o p e r a tin g o n W . J . S c o t t .

Somare Sana puts the chief back into Chief Minister villages have marked the Murik settlers as more outward looking than the self-sufficient and insulated villages higher up the Sepik.

MONGST those who have returned to Karau for the su m m e r holidays are four teachers, a medical student from the university and a num ber o f boys studying at regional high schools. The new generation o f M u rik s impress with their in te llig e n c e and q u ie t self-assurance. They are neither self conscious nor cocky; in the presence of whitey they are sim­ ply equal and trade respect for respect. Frank and articulate, the teachers especially are willing enough to explain village life and customs. They 'reflect the sort of directness and lack o f guile that

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More news from Papua New Guinea H e a le r A le x O r b ito , w ith g irl a s s is ta n t, r e m o v e s b o d y t is s u e f r o m n e c k o f b u s in e s s m a n E n r iq u e G a r c ia f o r c a n c e r o f t h e v o c a l c o rd .

N e n ita R a b a r a , h e a l e r J o s e f i n a Si* s o n 's a s s is ta n t, a d m in is te r s m a g n e tic m a ssa g e o n e ld e r ly w o m a n

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A s s is ta n t F e lip e B ito n a p p lie s m a g ­ n e tic m a ss a g e o n R a m o n J a v e lla n a w h o w a s e a r lie r p a r a ly s e d b y a s tr o k e .

OW TO successfully punish a poor native? T h at’s the problem causing Papua New Guin­ ean officialdom a few headaches, because recently they determined th at prison sentences present little “real hardships” in most of the country.

An editorial column of the looal Post courier states that: “ A per­ son whose daily task is always the desperate hunt for sufficient food for one, or two meals for himself and his family sees little hardship in being locked up in a compound where he gets not only a sound roof over his head but three meals a day throw n in .”

Added to this, officialdom is also grieved because it has to support prisoners for periods of time at a work value far below the cost of their keep.

Current feeling is that cash fines should be imposed. However there are problems here too in that: • How do you convince a vil­ lager that he’s actually qot to cough up the bread?

• Where’s the native going to get the bread from anyway?

(Minimum wage for villagers is $5.90 per week but the average

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adult villager can only produce goods worth approxim ately $4.00 per week. Minimum urban wage is between $12.80 and $13.80 per week but, due to influx of poor villagers into urban areas, urban unemployment is high.)

MEANWHILE Chief minister Somare has laid it on the tribal villagers th at they should not complain if police were forced to shoot people or use other tough measures . . . He said that if the people of New Guinea wanted enforcement o f the law they would have no ex­ cuse to complain later.

Somare added that police often had to accept abuse and attack from people because of the “ so ft” Australian ideas of dealing with trouble.

ON THE DRUG FRONT Heavier penalties have been im­ posed for Papua New Guinea drug convictions. Maximum penalties have now been raised from the former $200 to . . .

• Pushers —$4000 or 10 years or both, • Users — $2000 or 2 years or both.

and I was adopted by uncle Saub for a while.”

Their mutual respect is ob­ vious: it was not always the case, however. Uncle and father had been opposed politically to Michael’s impetuous calls for selfgovernment. But the rift was heal­ ed before his father died in 1972.

M issio n a rie s, t h e b a s ta rd s o r d e r e d o u r fa th e r s . . .

Somare carries with him into national politics. “ Missionaries, the bastards, ordered our fathers to burn their carvings and sacred spears,” says Somare. He was brought up as a C atholic. . .

Later, after the women and the u n in itia te d m en, including Somare, had been shooed to the other end of the village, I am ush­ ered into the men’s house. There I am made to stand on a piece of cardboard on which has been crayoned an em pty face and the words “Cowboy Sm ith” . With due solemnity the elders unravel the palm bark casket and from it draw a collection of ornately decorated sp e a rs .

W hatever “ Cowboy Sm ith” had to do with them, they are said to be the sacred spears that had been hidden from the missionaries.

It seems that Papua New

Guinea’s chief minister accepted the title of Sana from a genuine pride in his clan’s traditions. In broader national terms, it will set a precedent against the sense o f cultural shame that has attended European dom ination. “ The title is not necessarily hereditary,” explains Somare. “ I have earned it by proving to my uncle Saub that I am more w orthy than his own tw o sons . . . " As if on cue, Arcum - one of the sons who has been passed over - smiles, reaches across for a cigarette and keeps the packet.

Somare continues: “ I remem­ ber my first initiation as a boy.

I was about eight years old. We were beaten up and throw n in a hut to be bitten by ants and stung by bees. Around that time, my father, who was a police sergeant, was posted

Somare is called away to a VHF radio call from his foreign minister, Albert Maori Kiki, who ik about to visit Australia. “ Tell them there are eight murders every week in cities like Sydney and Melbourne and eight every night in New York. There is more violence at Australian football matches than in tribal fighting in the Highlands. “ Who are the rock apes?” he muses aloud and storms off to deliver a rousing pep talk to the assembled village. No more play until the village has been cleaned up and prepared for the cere­ mony. The villagers shuffle and look unimpressed. Some of the elders wisecrack that he is barking like a politician. But Somare per­ sonally supervises the rooting out of the basketball goals and even th at night, teams are carrying fresh sand to cover the paths.

Ms Veronica Somare and the children arrive in an outrigger canoe from her hom e village and parties from eight other villages in the region arrive for the ceremon­ ies. Polite tabs are kept on all the pigs, fruit, betel and other contri­ butions and borrowings. (Beasts have served to reinforce peace and trade pacts in the past and a quid pro quo between host and guest continues today.)

t o b u r n th e ir c a rv in g s a n d s a c re d spears.

speak with certainty on matters of form.

traditions.

On this occasion torches are waved instead, being used to brand the skin; pigs blood is smeared on bodies in lieu of cere­ monial piercing; and even the scheduled three day fast has gone by the board.

e t u r n i n g to Wewak, the region’s administrative cen­ tre 60 miles west o f Murik lakes, a reporter asks w hat’s the popula­ tion o f the town. “ Round 350,” he is told. Even for a government liaison officer the 10,000 odd locals still dont count. “ You see,” observes another expatriate soaking in the Wewak hotel, “ even with Somare there is only a thin veneer covering the primitive savagery o f his ancestory.” Around the walls o f the dining room hang a motley collec­ tion of photographs of the Japan­ ese surrender in 1945 - calcula­ ted, presumably, to offend any Japanese guests.

I With kulture vultures like J " f a these, who worries about missionaries?

Indeed the interpretations and rationalisations are so liberal as to allow for an Australian press ob­ server to be shanghaied as the ch iefs deputy. He is plumed and adorned. With the chief, he steps Old initiations could stretch down a ramp from the men’s over eight or nine m onths - time house strewn with prostrated bod­ enough for tattoos, scars and ies and follows on a ceremonial pierced ears and noses to heal. But procession around the village and for the national leader, the rites back to the “ throne” where Som­ must be compressed into a couple are Sana is seated. It is not the of days. Besides, the last full stuff of anthropology (hopefully) initiation was in 1938 or 39 and but justice has been seen to have

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’M SWAYING down Roslyn street from the Cross on a sunny afternoon this week.

N ot a care in the world. Feeling light o f mind and body, legs and breasts flowing free in these long, loose clothes.

Coming towards me is a saun­ tering youth in a soiled and clinging Bazza McKenzie t-shirt.

I’d like to get one of those t-shirts. The guy’s drawing level w ith me; something of the hos­ tile King’s Cross hood about him.

I dont look In his face.

Swift as a kung fu jab, his hand lunges out and firmly grabs my right tit with eye defying speed. It’s a potent minimal mo­ tion, chi sao’s “ flowing stream” , the instinctive hand placement of the wing chun style. He's taken advantage of me in an anarcho flash and passed on his way: groped and gone.

A tim e lapse before it sinks in. Moments later my surprise gives way to indignation; the dawning realisation that I’ve been used and exploited. What an insult! Bloody hide! I reel around to see his back coolly walking on as if nothing had disturbed the flow of this smil­ ing afternoon.

I want to hurl obscenities at him with all my seething anger.

Clobber him with all my might across the head. But he’s more than some arm ’s lengths away now and I walk on. Will I run after him? What would I do?

I flash on as Angela Mao throwing a neat kung fu back­ wards kick or a powerful open handed chop to the jaw, with a blood curdling shriek. But th a t’s unrealistic of course. I could scream, hit, destroy, take retrib­ ution for what he's done. Rage wells up inside me as I keep walking on, doing nothing.

If I resort to aggression it might provoke him to violence and I’m afraid I’d get hurt or he’d cause me more humiliation - an embarrassing scene. At a safe distance, I turn around again and see him perched on the wall o f one of those ratty King’s Cross guest houses I’d noticed in passing.

Does he live there? Why dont I go back up the hill after him, pull him off the wall, hurl invec­ tive at him about his male chauv­ inist piggery. Tell him he’s a sexist shit. No, he’d only laugh and gloat Better still, I’ll give him a fast knee in the balls or take him off guard and squeeze his cock so hard he’ll think he’s finished.

Let him know what it feels like to be mauled. But then, maybe he’d like it, maybe it’d incite him, maybe he’d get turned on and try to drag me inside. Or he’d see me coming and run away.

I could hop in a cab and leap out unexpectedly; but what would the cab driver think? Or scream up there with a police car and scare the daylights out of him; no, we dont want to bring the cops into this.

What can I do to this louse for degrading me as a sex object?

Trouble is I’m too genteel, too inhibited by my social condi­ tioning to do anything unlady­ like th a t’d draw attention. God, I’m helpless. But then, why meet aggression with aggression? At least I’m holding on to my dig-

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nity by ignoring it, staying cool as if nothing happened.

Bullshit! I’m repressed. Nice girls dont get into street skirm­ ishes. Bullshit! Som eone’s got to give him his due, teach him that we fight back. But why do I feel put down. Is my response condi­ tioned by women’s lib paranoia?

I adm it I like men to stare at me in the street and think what they think. A female is proud and strong. I'd really like to get about bare breasted. Look at that girl over there with breasts bouncing around in her white Camel T-shirt. We’re all doing it now. We’re asking for it, arent we?

A flashback to once getting lost in the Paris Metro with my mother, on our way to the opera and we asked a nice, well dressed young man for directions. Mo­ ments later as we walked up a flight of steps I felt a hand right up my legs inside my micro m ini The nice young man was hur­ rying away down the stairs. You fucking bastard! I yelled. Get fucked! And my mother, un­ aware o f w hat had transpired behind her back, looked at me in frozen shock.

I got so fed up with swinging arms hitting their target like lightning in the street, and being goosed by creeping hands in crowded Italian buses, that one day I gave a young groper his own treatm ent back. He moved off down the other end o f the

bus as if stung.

A few times in similarly pub­ lic situations, I had the courage to hurl loud accusations at the culprit, drawing red rising shame and dozens of outraged stares.

Keep your hands to yourself, you filthy beast! I t’s a good game really, if you can get it together.

But I’d like to pay them all back for the traum a of my first early adolescent assault, on the steps of Palings building, when a dry cleaner’s delivery man used his free hand to feel up my school uniform. I was panting so heavily with fear that I couldnt join in m y acting class after that.

Today I’d strangle him with his wire hangers. Now it’s different.

It’s become political.

William Chester got paid off for making light of rape, when some American feminists held him down and tried to give him a taste o f what it was like in reverse. (TLD 10). He ran squealing to the cops and drag­ ged it through the courts. One day there could be packs of heavy housewives, rampaging through the streets, attacking and raping men.

T hat’s a buzz. But in all sanity, let’s hope not. We dont want to take on the dehumanis­ ing aggro th a t’s the fascist legacy of a man’s hostile world. I walk on and catch the bus away from Bazza the sexist sneak. Watch out for him ladies and give him one for m e

exploits legends are told, only they are not legends. This com­ rade Balasova ordered that no employees be adm itted to work who wear blue jeans, especially women. So in the morning the door guard checks on everyone and those who wear blue jeans are sent hom e to change, the time they spend thus is of course regarded as absence w ithout ex­ cuse, a very unpleasant thing in a socialist country. However, com­ rade Balasova is not satisfied with this mild arrangement. She further issued orders that no female em­ ployees or performers can come to work bra-less. “ So the door guard started to check on this piece of female apparel by going over the backs o f the entering comrades with his palm. Several o f the women hit him on the nose, so a female guard was assigned this duty.

Then comrade Balasova had a photo made o f the model male haircut, short, no sideburns. There are four photos, full face, left and right profiles, and from the back.

Every perform er who is to be seen on the TV screen is compared with these model photos and his hair is "adjusted”. If he refuses, he is n o t allowed to appear on the TV screen.

"R ecently, a pop singer from Estonia came to Prague, on con­ tract, to tape a few TV songs. His hair was found lacking in short­ ness, he refused to have it adjust­ ed, and was sent back to Estonia w ithout having taped his songs.

Two Polish saxophonists consent­ ed to wear short-haired wigs, a Hungarian tenor saxophonist re­ fused, and since they had to allow him to appear on the screen - he was a member o f a big band - the

cameramen received orders never to focus their lenses on him .”

A postscript to this story: “ Comrade Balasova has been final­ ly defeated. After she had success­ fully banned all long-hairs from the Czechoslovak screen, the TV brought the annual marathon race, sponsored by the party daily Rude pravo, to the screen. This is one of the best known marathon runs in eastern Europe, and run­ ners from all over the world come to take part in it. The whole race was broadcast by the TV, with cameras placed on special cars, so that they could follow the leading runner. After about one third of the run had been over, an Argen­ tinian athlete got into the lead and remained in the lead to the end, and won. “ His name escapes me, it sounded somewhat English, like Moore. Anyway, this progressive marathonian had his hair so long th at in order not to have his vision impaired he had to bind it with a female ribbon. And he remained on the screen for over an hour, and was even shown in many closeups, including the one when he was receiving the cup from the hands o f some CP functionary. So the long-hairs had their revenge, eventually. “ It’s the same thing as with literature. What is allowed to a foreign writer o f renown is forbid­ den to the poor local subject of the party. The Hungarian tenorman was avoided by the cameras on orders from Balasova. But you cannot shun the m arathon winner, especially if he comes from the capitalist camp.”

The body politic This letter from GRAHAM GREENE appeared in the dec 28 issue o f New statesman.

IN THE tragic situation which arose in Czechoslovakia with the intervention of the Russians one is always glad to find certain ele­ ments o f comedy and perhaps the following story, just come to me from a reliable female source who has left the country, may be of interest to your readers. “ The absolute ruler of Prague television is a fearful lady by the name o f Balasova, about whose

The body beautiful

N OUR january issue we had an article about well formed feet, or the lack of them , among m odem people - the result o f the shoe-wearing habit, partic­ ularly o f heeled shoes.

Had nature desired a high heel on the human animal she would undoubtedly have created one. Not doing so, the high heeled shoe is certainly not “natural” to say the least. That it is positively harmful may as easily be proven to anyone n o t prejudiced by Dame Fashion.

The elevation of the heel from one to three inches requires an entire readjustm ent of the muscles of the body with results too numerous to discuss in this article.

The question under discussion here is has Alice Borden, one of the Universal Picture Corporation stars, a good foot? Alice and Ouida Wildman, her companion in the picture, and also a Universal star, evidently think her foot and ankle are all right. What say the art critics?

(From Art & Life, 1925)

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anything that is peculiarly Hootonesque, my favorite poem of his is THE C A R T We buried him at last: A hundred m onks in file, With heads and eyes downcast, Had followed w ithout guile, With neither smirk nor smile Until, the crossroads passed, They found o u t their m istake

ALBIE THOMS ORRESPONDENTS David & Sylvia in the last issue of TLD asked why there was nothing on Harry Hooton. Which is reasonable. Except I suspect that now 12 years after his death, few people have heard of Hooton, whose collected poems were pub­ lished posthumously under the title It is great to be alive.

About three years ago his memory was revived by A & C Cantrill in their film Hooton which expressed in dynamic visual terms his “anarcho-technocracy” .

They then claimed him as some sort of dow nunder Buckminster Fuller (surely as much a hype as David Elfick’s claim that George Greenough is the “Buckminster Fuller of the ocean” ).

I’m not sure how long the Hooton m yth can be sustained, but it’s interesting that TLD readers can be surprised that he is ignored today. H ooton was just as ignored in his lifetime when he was as much a m yth as he is now.

He did much to sustain the myth.

I remember as a budding poet, teaches being taken to visit him. He was dying, but continued to hold a others, bedside audience and was full of he can’t humor - a constant barrage of educate them puns and verbal paradoxes, aphor­ he governs them.

And when he can’t isms and rhetoric. He was a grand man of the old school. A few govern them weeks later I saw him again. He he kills them ". He was threw a party; the Sydney Push arrogant, crowded round his bedside in a grandiose, even megalomaniacal. farewell tribute. Then a week later He saw the artist as the one he was dead. capable of changing the world.

Hooton was an anarchist of And the esthetic correlative of sorts Gust as Bucky can be rightly manarchy was manesthetics: described as an anarchist) in so far There's a world o f living men he was opposed to m an’s power you can't rule over man. As a technocrat he was A nd a world o f dead machines interested in m an’s power over you can rule machines. Hence his notion of A n d a new world awaiting its “ anarcho-technocracy", or “ manbuilder, the poet archy” . He rejected governments, Who is the exception to all psychology, philosophy, univer­ rules sities, and artists preoccupied with Who is the rule. human problems. For him the But H ooton the poet wasnt proper artist is the technician, the much appreciated in his day. The proper engineer the one who literary establishment tried early manipulates m atter rather than to come to terms with him and men. He proposed a utopian new gave up. He was too radical in world of anarcho-technocracy both ideas and technique for the where man is perfect in his postwar literarti. “Prophets have subjugation of the things of no honor in their own country nature (“Power over Things” ). because they havent got a country H ooton’s ideas were expressed (I never had m y fare to another in poems and prose, and in country” ). His radicalism was wild-like euphorisms and puns: dismissed as eccentricity. Today “All handling of man is m anhand­ its visionary utopianism accords ling”, “the only man who can with the widespread optimism (at measure a man with accuracy is an least that which prevailed in the undertaker” , “when a man can’t decade after his death) of young live he makes a study of life. people.

When he can’t understand it he

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B ut we buried him at last.

It was his wife's idea To have a hundred m onks March along behind The hearse.

To p u t it terse: There werent any m onks But we got a hundred drunks (With promises o f beer) Who said they wouldnt m ind Dressing for the part A n d bringing up the rear It was his w ife’s idea.

It nearly broke her h e a r t. . .

With downcast eyes and head, They lost the hearse And, which was worse, They followed instead With slow and measured tread The nightcart.

They should have looked ahead For it nearly broke her heart. away from Samuel Butler with MC Mr Eliot and the Duke of York passing the halfmile post yes, it’s Big Barrett leading by five lengths from MC. and looks like Butler closely followed by Lady Above all else he was a Sweet with Agenbite, Discoboword-spinner. No one else I have los, Bull Standing Orders a few m et could play with words with lengths back at the five furlong the same ease, create poetry out Coming is leaving the field and of such a myriad of ideas. He was Going is left leading Blockbust­ pop before the concept was er and Homburg are now right invented, paradoxical in his use of out o f the picture - but hum or to express serious ideas, moving up smartly on the and so full of himself that outside is A tom , Leon & Lady everything was devastated by his Light with Butler Eliot Mr onslaught. Take his w ork The Cheers and Big Barrett last. inhuman race. This favorite sec­ Cornin’ to the straight! And tion deserves H ooton’s voice to do y o u ’re ALL in it - where one it justice, but read it with man addresses, redresses, dres­ racecallers Joe Brown or Ken ses, undresses another i t ’s cir­ Howard in m ind: cles, wheels, balls, spheres, “On to the Fifth International! closed systems with first sickle - T hey’re - OFF! Starters and move third amend fourth interriders acceptances Mr Cheers hum anational fifth atom it’s got off to a good start closely six seventh heavens i t ’s Joyce followed by Young Man on the no Thomas Aquinas Dylan rails then coming Lady Sweet Ogden Miller Richards Yutang Ecclesiastes, TS Eliot and Sam­ bar C onfuseus. . . ” uel Butler com in’up fast on the And tho it has nothing to do outside at the first furlong Mr Cheers was leaving a length in with his anarcho-technocracy, Lady Light a length further with his radicalism, or with back James Joyce was pulling

Still, we buried him at last.

(It was n o t his w ife’s idea Her instructions were quite clear They were not to raise their heads.)

The hearse w ent on ahead.

A t the crossroads we instead Followed the cart.

We should have looked ahead For it nearly broke her heart, But . . . we buried him at last.

Hooton was a great man (“ I say that every man alive is great, no m atter who he is/For it is great to be alive!” ), great because he became a legend in his own lifetime, and because the legend persists. He was also a good poet.

His work reads today as well as it ever did, and his deep-breathed Whitmanesque verses seem to be in contemporary language even tho some were w ritten 30 years ago.

As for his anarchist philosophy - it could be better understood today than ever before. The role of machines in mens lives is no longer looked on with awe (in the style of Wells and the Capek Bros) but seen as a means of liberation of men. H ooton's anarcho-techno­ cracy has potential of becoming a reality.

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le ttl f T 38 1 ^ your u j 0n? France in m y bag M d had also got the news o f Bede Kenny’s VC. You and he

t . „ beady he has started at i60^ 1 coUe9e and he ," d, Jack K®nny always m eet.

Jack showed Clive how to go about the whole thing. Clive is very studious and am bitious V S ?,n enormous big fellow

with people. hoL efXPe.Ct Clive home “ ibis boat for lunch. If I m eet your m a te s people, they could 6 t° T n and spend a very pleasant day with me. Paddy is still with Dad. We could not

l ™ T , b0ys’ s° I ™*><going £ h f leK Ve VOU aU behind height - but as big as he is, if k“ V ° t Stick to study for t h i n ^ u “ y o f th a t sort o f he gives me cheek he has to thm g when I happened to be •n ^ 11 ls such a pity he look out. about. Some soldiers came ? ^ t0 90 in to a commer­ cial house. Well love, look out after me and said my word 1 tell him he is not too high lv hard and valiant- “ adam, th at was a risky thing for a nice parcel from me. Kit me to reach his ears. He y to be brave. I pray and hope laughs, but really Tom, Clive is for you to do, those men may T ry houur for your safety and . o iD S o n y O U a t o “ ,y ’ aJ“ ° ” '» a very good boy and we will all gionous homecoming, o for have h u rt you. I said and lads You should have got two would you have let them ? So r y P !iO U d o fh i“ - W ithhis Pairs o f sox from me, love I to u ^ L 1 ^ j a9a“gallant - b ° th they told me th at the only ?S ?j f few days pay, he will have you and yourV° dear, ?®n t, them in separate parcels onhearted brother Dalton He thmg for them was to have to buy his new suit and he will thmking they would arrive surrounded me, as they are not E n f t? u A unt Adelaide and ^ a m a r v e U o u s b o y .A tp te ^ Ern till he passes his exam K fm WaS 3 Sed t0 Pack ml,rf ad“ 9 a series o f the ^ . ° w?d t0 make quarrels or Marion, Martin and Clive corthem separately. Bernice is a g a n g o f Bullicourt by Capt ^ rbances of any descripdear little girl, and a thorough B ear.and I can hardly believe fton, b u t they would have de­ "® ?°nd ,G]ady sends messages b>dy. I am so fond of her. She fended me by surrounding me b S h d Dalton has gone all through c u r is ■ 6sending date o fyou your has sweet ways and manners. birthday. She a ,they fully intended to Clive was out there last night 2 ra tc h fUl thin9S w ithout a do as they also had noticed the nJ r e r TCel for that d ate- I am to dinner. Bernice has a ticket afraid you will miss some of rotters behavior.

H® ,ls. Indeed protected by on Ken, she says he is like you.

0 “ letters. Last week a boat It really is about time Fritz the Almighty - I think I told Ken is a bonny youngster you how the censor o f his Batt was tired of his job and ready with all Australian mail was everyone loves him. He idolises However, conscrip­ lost, so do n o t think we have w rote to D orothy about him! tion9 i ? not written to you dear. tion is to come in in Australia v o n anu ls a ,lways taIking about said that Dalton was the you. He always says in his I write every week and s up to it if you are to get coolest and bravest man he Prayers at night, God bless and never fad, both to you and re in fo rcem en ts; there are ever m et. This censor was a From the old B ox crowds o f shirkers hanging him u dear Tom and bring s l*t«f, and he went on m t h n ' u you know that him safe home to Kenny He m others who have sons at the IbaC* Wh° w on't fight. Traitors! join the treasure hunt for S n s r * o,h“ •" " * abo"> I call them , and plenty of war get a silver brooch from makes us all feel chokey' we family memorabilia Search vn,,r see him quietly wiping his eyes the defence dept?

They are to ^ rried “ en w ithout families Now dear take all the care ancestral p h oto albums for hiding behmd the missus be issued next week at the you can o f yourself I tell ch an ^n d SUCh 9 darlin9 little Z meJ hJ nS ahoul the p J t chap and since you went away barracks, and then a bar added ^instance there is A untie d n t know . . . rifle everyone that you are the light h e ‘s very quiet. He says he will Emmie s big fat husband who to the brooch for each son. So o f m y ejres, and so you are I ffor o r faded ^ d J He atti°and teafantastic chest snaps your little m other is going up u ° nzerL boy when you am glad you saw the king. He is o T t o ^ a S h ° tf ir e d ’ h e - n t cfrjespondence. D ont w o rX come hom e but while you are o ut to Egypt as a cook and to the barracks next thursday lfy o u can t find a letter or a splendid man. No wonder he away he m ust be very good and came back with nerves. He eats to get that brooch and, what is p o st card to match the sepia hi? S, ^ ed> he is suffering for nhe a pig and is as strong as a more, I am going to get general “ he is. He is like an o ld m an daguerro type like his soldiers. I rem ember he was n e x tw e e k 'sp a g e . it can Mid everyone loves Ken. His bull (coward).

The bobbies Lee, an old friend of our fami­ a nice gentlehearted boy, and be all pics. We launch the eacher goes wild over him He ought to let Jack go but she ly, to pm it on. General Lee is series with a letter from a worried mum to one o f herm command here now in place L Ven . | retty and smart look­ and nerVT l and he has to stop o f G. Ramachetti. ing. _ Old titty bottle Tim is many sons at the Flanders We saw the account of the fehn and lots ° f other field m 1917 getting a fine youngster fellows stop here on any old Eileen and Mabel made me a great review that you attended He is very fit, and as strong lovely grey silk frock, and my “ .th e papers. What a proud as a young llon. He is the war sight it must have been and O nf V n 3 ^ ducky Uttle Piece baby . We laughed when you tulle; Dad had a good win at I wish I were the prime when you all cheered I am sure told us about Sally. I gUeSSed the races and gave me the minister, and then there would the king m ust have felt greatly as much, old frump. m oney to buy a good frock, so stirred, and well he might he 3®,S° “ eth“ 9 doing. Kit, Cora Well, Tom dear, no more Ma went up to David Jones and knew that all o f those dear lads and the other one hang on to news this week. Gwen will send bought the silk.

Only 8/11 a their husbands. More petticoat were there for a great purpose n i a Postcard with this letter yard It is a beautiful silk and government, and yet the kidt * f “ 3°“ g back to Single­ bless and protect you, my O, the pretty little boots I ton this m onth but only to dig ™m 3re ?3ll“ 9 for men to bought. come and help from the dad out - he is hard to shift us all deSt l0V6’ kisses frorr G r e y t°Ps if you please, so een, Bernice and Mabel were Yours lovingly, S et CUve 3 Splendid Mum wdl look quite smart and £ Vr ° n *J?day to “ a. We went dem o f ,k1S “ l he agricultural will do her too sweet darling Mum o Mine p of the public service He for a walk around the ocean old fighting sons proud. Your started jujy i st this m onth and JU™ 9 the afternoon.

Photo is bonnie and how biq I the rwrf1 w asPlayin? a n d after you have grown. You have nice I the program ended they struck looking chums too. God bless Pay ,or salary is one up God save etc, and just near D them , and I hope you all get pound a week and as soon as me three men had their hats on back to Australia safe and he sits for the public service in and were grinning so I walked sound. If I had the address of november, he gets 35/6 weekI "* * & * UP to them and said y' is Pegging away to / remove your hats, how dare thpm Pl6 IJ went wouldhome.

9° and them w before pass, l know you would be glad "emember the m en o f o know that he has passed the i ! SU here and write on Australia are fighting for you the balcony, I see the ships and a ^ s h I knocked the interm ediate. I gave him your going m and out o f the heads. pound, and he bought nice three hats flying. it is a most glorious day and useful things that he w anted sh o L 9aVe/ Very° ne 311 awful wished you all sorts of good the sea is quite calm. You 1 shock, and no one was more luck and good fortune. He says would think it was a spring day I surPrised than myself after the he hopes to shout you a spree mstead of depth of winter and incident was over - I just when you come home but he is Manly is packed with people at m ^H m ber f8elin9 decidedly quite determined to study for weekends. This is a beamiful 2 d f ° “ s at. seeing the cad old house, and is not very far the law and as soon as he gets / ish shirkers’ insolence and disfrom the wharf. At this through with the public service ( j - e v e c t and you know how mom ent the Manly boat is he will matriculate. coming in and is just packed awPy, ^ c^'frSmnonfeteo ftthi ‘t hn,r arrj ved Da“on whipped

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JUDITH RICH VER THE sound system and back through the timescope of 50s radio culture gallop­ ed a theme to jolt the memory.

The familiar announcer’s voice in­ troduced Kellogg’s famous radio serial: . Australia’s own Smokey Dawson!” And on ran the cornflakes cowboy himself, a spry 60 in a curly-brimmed ten gallon hat. The kids in the audi­ ence loved him, as they have for generations.

But something was missing.

“They dont let horses into the O p e ra H o u s e ,” apologised Smokey, sadly holding up Flash’s em pty bridle. And he sang the affectionate tribute to his absent I pardner, left back home a t the] Smokey Dawson ranch: “ My won­ derful four-legged friend”. It wasnt quite the same last Saturday fortnight at the Concert hall w ith­ o u t his 46 year old trusty steed Flash snorting to all the people as he’s done at 18 Waratah festivals, on television’s Super flying fun show, at Rose lands and even once on the stage of the Hordern pavil­ ion.

But here was a timeless Peoples E ntertainm ent that everyone could relate to. It was Country Music Night at the Sydney Opera House — or “Grand Ole O pry” as Smokey called it. Prom oter Cliff A tkinson had assembled a lineup o f Australian country music stars, whose styles ranged from that old time buckskin and high heeled boots tradition to m odem pop, w ith a sprinkling o f Leagues club cabaret for good measure.

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Ashcroft, who doesnt consider himself purely a country singer, threw in some old "standbys like Dixieland jazz and club jokes, and sang some medlies of yesterday with vocalist Gay Kahler in lip­ stick pink and lame gown. I didnt know whether to laugh or cry when she recited that super sacharine musical poem, The white magnolia tree, as the lighting man went delirious with dramatic color effects and eyes went m oist with sentiment all over the hall. But | she was a knockout with La inter' national airport.

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ferson, Roger Miller, Johnny Cash, Conway Tw itty hit songs and many others that reminded us once again of the wealth o f Aus­ tra lia n in the country music field.

It was a great night out for all the family, as they say, with occasional Rights of yodelling and everyone warming up to singalongs (You are m y sunshine), clap-alongs and foot-tap-alongs in

a show th at rolled on to midnight in a really laid back, if strung out, style.

John Williamson, whose Travel­ ling o u t west television show is well known outside Sydney and Melbourne, kicked off with a yodelling version o f Midnight cow boy and won the audience with his fair dinkum aussie songs.

He had a musical dig at the Pitt street farmers, and brought the

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cuse to hide yourself?

— keep it hung off the edge where it might become maudlin melo­ drama. Duncan McGuire lays down some strong bass lines with Warren Daly drumming and Red McKelvie filling on electric guitar.

From the city to the hills and back recurrs thematically through­ out the record. McClellan seems to share H. Lawson’s distrust o f the urban sprawl and in There is a place he sings to a lady o f NSW s New England Hills where he once lived a couple o f years. In this song are some o f the most effec­ tive lines any Australian poet has composed fo r this land.

For this land is old, it's tim e well spent — its granite face is scarred b y the careless hand o f a shifting land, before the crust set hard.

Billy Weston’s string accom­ paniment captures the roll o f New England and Mike’s open tuned guitar is haunting and beautiful.

He freely associates the open country with the female psyche and is an unabashed romantic but being a more than com petent poet and wordsmith.

Love is a lady is a gentle paean that might make a real Fern Lib­ ber twitch a graceful paven, she’s a season of the year, the wind­ swept guitar picks the starlit rain­ drops of the ocean waves, fulfil­ ment, joy, reverence, Mike’s been a folk musician long enough to know enough o f m ankind’s story from the ground’s basic roots. The Celtic white goddess becomes a rainbow shearer’s lass.

house down w ith his twist on the country bar room standard, There’s a red-back on the toilet seat — his version swinging sym­ pathy to the spider: There's a big bum on the toilet seat.

He introduced us to a Jaw harp - one o f your original weird instrum ents, which produces a sound like a didgeridoo - for his own hit composition, Old man Emu, in the R olf Harris bag of

period

RAYNER BALFOUR IKE McCLELLAN has the good fortune to record his first album under conditions more relaxed than those facing most Australian musicians entering the recording- situation. OK, you’ve got 2lA hours, make a top selling record, artistic creation by the stopwatch.

God rest ye business gentle­ men, at Armstrong’s you must pay . . . Anyway Ata studios and Col Joye gave Mike the chance to make and produce his record as he wanted and the result was good.

Story has it that the album was sent to Wally Heider’s Nashville studio or some equivalent for re­ mixing a while back and it was returned with the comment that they couldnt improve it b u t if Mr McClellan would like to head over to Nashville to cut his next two opi th ey 'd dig to have him. Pos­ sible.

Anyway, th e production of Mike McClellan is very good, not "good for an Australian record” , b u t good . . . period. Which is no less than he deserves. One of Australia’s m ost capable acoustic guitarists, songwriters, singers, the songs are all good, some are excel­ le n t The instrum entation is taste­ ful and restrained, Mike’s guitar being the main accompaniment throughout, rhythm sections, strings and others being brought in where complementary which k sensible because he’s a good enough picker to keep his own.

Side one kicks o ff with Blues fo r Ginny, a licky, blueish coun­ try piece th a t tells o f “ Ginny with her babe in arms” , unmarried or abandoned m other on the other side o f the rails, gets proposition­ ed by the landlord and malicious­ ly slandered by the neighbors.

She’s a hard luck case but the concluding lines :But what about your child, can you give him all h e ’ll need, Is yo u r independence an ex­

aussie zaniness.

Johnny Ashcroft, with 22 years in the business and five gold records behind him, warmed every mum and dad’s heart with his old hit, Little boy lost; and fanfared a bit of "aussie opera”, which tu rn ­ ed o u t to be th at tragic aria for parched throats, The pub with no beer. He prolonged the national agony by singing yet another in that long line of musical corrup­ tions o f Waltzing Matilda, this time in jive tempo.

And runs down into Country morning, country roads, gotta travel on b u t this one stands with Denver’s and Taylor’s, running clean and sweet as the sun up thru the G oulbum mists and fields. His melodies are real delights, there are good songwriters and good tunesm iths and Mike is both.

The open road runs on into Will she come, another Clearwater, sprightly I gotta be free but I’d dig to keep you round sort o f song, which completes the pastorale cir­ cuit — dow n along the river to the sea I follow where my thoughts lead me - to return to the city of doubting fears and identity/com ­ munication crises again, rounding off the side with Lonely man on which John Capek plays his usual effective piano.

Side tw o is more of the same stuff and can be listened to with greater reward and enjoyment than the mere review can conjure, hint No. 3. Lest this screed seem one sidedly adulatorous or w hat­ ever, I feel some comment on Mike’s The fiddler could be here made. It seems melodically a little bit too close to Jerry Jeff Walker’s My old man and thematically be­ tween that song and Bojangles.

Suzie is the perfect song to close the album with, back to Ginny's older sister and the con­ clusion o f one of Australia’s most successful records and her finest sons to sing it for the 20th cen­ tury.

It's a double record in that you also get a large part o f Graham j

Lownde’s recorded and released m outh music, release is a strange word, maybe E.M.I. is Port Mac­ quarie and we’re still convicts.

Anyway Graham’s dual vocal lead on the close is one o f my ten favorite vocal performances on record sort of things, nice to have a singer round who can get thru the wax in my ears down to the base o f my spine. G ood to hear tw o singers who are.

There was a record released in the latter part o f last year on Festival’s Budget Calendar label called Duelling banjos. Photo from film on front, same photo in black and white on the back and Sydney recording data. No musi­ cian credits. Included were a cover of the Weissberg film instru­ mental, and other trad blnegnst like Foggy m ountain breakdown and Wildwood flower, and Catfish tango by Mike McClellan. He also sings Early morning rain and Good tim e Charlie’s got the blues on the record but the only Mc­ Clellan compositions are instru­ mentals.

The production’s looser and more “ live” than the other and a bloody nice record, but One man band and Me and Petunia arent on it, nor any other more recent compositions th at Mike’s perform ­ ing so well these days so there may be something in that Nash­ ville story perhaps. I hope so, I imagine a lot o f Gringo Musicians would love to play with the kid, and other yankees would like to purchase and hear his music. And Jackson Browne would dig to hear his playing and singing o f Song for Adam as m any Strines would like to hear One man band.

Probably Henry Lawson would like Mike as well. Old Henry Blue had a good ear for the sun in gum leaves and the sky beyond the traffic lights and ’scrapers. And th a t’s about the sum. Mike Mc­ Clellan’s songs are immensely like­ able.

Until then i t ’d been a clean, homely show for the folks, with Johnny Ashcroft actually apolo­ gising for letting a “rude w ord” (bloody) slip into his act. Then former truckie Lee Conway hit the stage like an ounce of smack in a Betty Sidney cake mix. He ripped into numbers about grass and gutsy sex, long distance hauli­ ers and hitchhikers, with a gruff, aggressive style that turned on the teenagers and jogged the grannies out of home on the range folk­ siness into earthy 70s soul.

“This first song” , he said intro­ ducing a bracket of his own com ­ positions, “is dedicated to all the ladies of the wind - may I make them all!” Conway, who incident­ ally supplies the Johnny Cash voice on the Craven Special Milk singing commercial, injected a shot of blatant sexuality and send up into familiar country hits. He was the hippiest young stud in a stable of formidable old pros.

Reg Lindsay and his wife Heather took us back to pure country and western with twangy numbers like Your cheatin' heart and his biggest gold record, July, y o u ’re a woman. T hey’ve been an enduring showbiz team for 20 years now, with bouncy Heather happily playing second string to Big Reg on their own TV show, country tours, the club circuit and as Australia's ambassadors a t the Nashville Country Music come to ­ gether.

Last year they made Reg an honorary citizen of Tennessee and gave him the key to the city. Reg - he hails from the heart of NSW’s golden West - is an institu­ tion, who heads big package shows, Western goods stores, music stores, a music publishing business and saddle manufacturing company.

Like most of the veteran coun­ try performers, h e ’s not surprised at the resurgent spread of popular­ ity in recent years. “Country music is basically a feel, i t ’s basi­ cally a folk music because it’s about people. It’ll sing about any­ thing from love to divorce to murder. It covers every human em otion. It covers life com plete­ ly.”

The show packed up and it was home for Johnny Ashcroft in his big, black Cadillac, Lee Conway in his sleek new sports car with’ a glossy blonde . . . and home for Smokey Dawson to the holiday riding camp he runs with his wife.

“Got to be getting back to the bunk houses,” he said. “There’s breakfast to be got in the morning for the horses and all the kids.”

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D e e p t h r o a t th e h a r d - f a c e d r o a d MUSIC WINDMILL IN A JET FILLED SKY: John Hambrick (Brown Bag Records [thru Festival] BBL 34757) OHN Hambrick has a deep country and western voice and sounds as believable as Johnny fCash used to before he became a member of the Billy Graham sales team.

He w rote the whole album except for two of the tracks and throughout is well helped by Charlie McCoy and Pig Robbins.

They are strong musicians and they all combine to give Hambrick’s rugged voice the Nashville counterpoint it needs.

The lyrics are as wise as Kristofferson’s, b u t w ithout any of his world weary pseudo Hemingway. Hambrick’s been around, but he’s liked a lot of what he’s seen. And when it comes to the things he doesnt like, well, the man still hasnt lost sight o f the fact that things could improve if we let them.

The toughest thing going against a singer like Hambrick is that he’s never had a hit single.

Certainly not in this country. So he hasnt been prom oted and feted and nobody knows the trouble he’s seen. And I’ll be you have a hell of a tim e even finding some­ one in a record shop w ho’s actual­ ly heard o f th e guy.

While y o u ’re waiting for your own copy to arrive, here’s a funny coming from an American. treck^by track look at the album.

Silence O f M y Heart: It re­ Hardfaced Road: A typical minds me o f Johnny Cash’s South “ Trying to find where I’m at” Wing and even Frankie Laine’s song. Undistinguished lyrics, but Wild Goose song . . . not in tune Charlie McCoy’s harmonica and a so much, but in its general at­ brittle, cleanly picked dobro keep titude. this track my favorite. And any­ D espite the deep-throated way, thank God for the optimism. pseudo-Kristofferson spoken in­ Me A nd M y Friend: Happy troduction, this track quickly beerdrinking country music. I settles down to some fine Ham­ thought I heard Jerry Kennedy’s brick vocals; the dobro and bass guitar in there somewhere, and if lines will appeal to Tom. T. Hall it isnt i t ’s certainly every bit as fans. good. The song is so appropriate Share Until Tomorrow: T he to the Australian mateship myth, happiest Hambrick on the album.

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A settled-down song, b u t n o t a and legendary goodwill to one’s soppy one. I t’s very clear that fellow man . . . but the idea is whoever the lady is, die and Ham­ explained w ith such thoroughness brick have sorted themselves out and persistence, th at you tend tq to each o ther’s mutual advantage. get bored by the whole thing.

The lyrics are almost to o good, as Feel What I Understood: their cleverness puts over a feeling Memoirs and images of Hambrick of slickness which tends to make as Easy Rider (without blood­ the whole thing a little distant and shed) and “ Where he used to be not as warm as it could have been. before” . From the tinkly “ Arm­ I A in ’t Never Seen A White strong” guitar intro to the simple Man: Peace and goodwill overstat­ base beat this song never pretends ed to the point where it all tends to be more than an evocation of to stick in the throat somewhat. memories.

The only dud on the album. A While Hambrick’s images didnt w orthy song, of great tolerance make me do handstands (and get

tangled in my earphones) his thoughts did make me think up corresponding memories of my own. They will for you too.

The Land: A song to his land — as distinct from a song to his country. It reminds me in outlook of Johnny Cash’s beautiful Me And Tennessee. It’s pretty much a tribute to the guy’s heritage (be­ fore Hamlyn changed its mean­ ing). The pride never becomes heavy, and patriotism never in­ trudes. A song to sit back and dream along with.

Purple Haze Under The Moon: A “ Pity-the-Indians” so n g . . . something very fashionable these days. A sad look at the past, together with personal sadnesses.

An unusual com bination of the American Indian bad dream with his own regrets. The parallels work, and the end result is both involving and memorable.

Courage Dignity A nd Grace: An absolute turkey of a title for a very beautiful song. A mother song, but w ithout the violins, the hearts-and-flowers or the Slim Whitman smarminess. You’d have to hear the song to appreciate how well it works. The clean simplicity of the instrum entals helps too.

A fter The Song: Powerful sensory-appeal lyrics that could only have been bettered by Ray Bradbury’s adjectival fantasies.

Take the opening line: Smell o f h o t black land Cooled by a rain S o ft country Sunday It's morning again.

None of your “ I love a sun­ burnt country” bathos here. Ham­ brick gives you his feelings straight from th e shoulder. The song is nicely filled out with a Leon Russell type chorus and some of the cleanest dobro I’ve ever heard (could it be an anonymous Mike Auldridge?).

Great stuff.

Go pester your record shop.

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One-hit-wonder makes comeback D RIFT A W A Y : Dobie Gray (Astor).

EMEMBER way back in the mid 60s: The in crowd by Dobie Gray? " I ’m in with the in crowd, I go where the in crowd go” - the ultim ate smug disco song. Well, Dobie Gray is back and with his album Drift away he lays dead any one-hit-wonder image he may have collected on the way.

With only tw o exceptions the songs are w ritten by Mentor Wil­ liams, Troy Seals, Don Goodman, Will Jennings and Donnie Fritts — musicians backing Gray on this Nashville produced album — and the total involvement of vocalist/ songwriter/producer/musicians re­ sults in a cohesion often lacking in solo albums - no detached session musicians here.

Producer Mentor Williams pro­ vides the title song Drift away, a gentle classic which Gray controls with strength and sincerity. With lines like: Day after day I ’m more confused Y et I lo o k for the light through the pourin’ rain

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You kn o w that's a game that I rock songs, with some excellent beat and its “ Bright lights big and varied backings from the city ” lyrics, is the only song on the hate to lose A nd I'm feelin' the strain, aint it a band, utilising banjo, steel guitar, album w ritten by Dobie Gray. shame orchestral backing: whatever best With so much excellent material . . . Give me the beat boys and sets the m ood for the song. Yet w ritten for him, it’s good to see the overall feeling is one of har­ Gray is able to resist the tem pta­ free m y soul I want to get lost in yo u r rock and m ony; although no “ concept al­ tion to stack the album with his b um ” , each song seems to lead to own compositions. Instead we roll A nd drift away. the next in an easy flowing way. seem to get the pick o f the bunch, It casually sums up the im por­ The affairs m entioned are dealt a fast moving song which slots tance of rock and roll. A very with mainly in the ballads. We had straight into the mood of the successful single for Gray in the it all is a sad, sweet song marking album.

The title o f the song Lay back US, it’s the sort of song that the passing o f love and holding soothes, sympathises and demands dear the memories it left. Gray’s says as much about the album as to be played again and again. If voice wrings the best from the about that one track. The fusion need be, Drift away alone would ballads, and in Sw eet lovin’ wo­ of Nashville and pop/rock (Gray justify this album. man he uses pauses to marked was only the third black man to Happily however, it does not effect, emphasising some delicate appear at the Grand Ole Opry have to. The contents o f the songs sensitive phrasing.

Show in Nashville, where, accord­ on the album deal mainly with Rocking chair, w ritten by Don­ ing to Rolling stone he was con­ times past — a nostalgic b u t rarely ald Lewis Dunn, has a similar gratulated by a fan with: “ You were pure nigger honey, and I love sentimental look at old loves and message to Drift away. a rock and roll past which could I ’d lay back swaying in the middle you.” ) that permeates the album well be Gray’s own; he sings as if o f the day is always laid back, forceful from personal experince. The spir­ So hard for me to get up and play. enough to make itself felt, but it of the album, however, is that of It rocks along, sifting through never overstated.

Drift away - a testimonial to the memories, but holding firmly to Eddie's song, the final track, is cure-all rock and roll. If it hurts, the escapist ideal. one o f the most striking songs on sing it, and when Dobie Gray R o ck on, rocking chair the album and adds more to the does, everybody benefits.

Rocking chair, rock m e away to a testimonial on rock and roll. It dream or two.

The songs are actually a varied tells of a meeting between two lot, from soft ballads to raunchy City stars, with its chicka chicka musicians who “used to have a

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road band back in ’59”.

We all rode together in that old Ford sedan When me and you and Beau and Bill, had that little band.

Now, didnt we play some rock and some roll Sometimes I still feel it down in m y soul You know I’d do about anything to do it all again, Do you think w e’ll ever . . . ever find those times again.

The backing m ounts with the desperation of the lyrics and a piano plays wildly in the back­ ground above Gray’s soaring final line.

There is not a bad or mediocre track on the whole album. It’s so nice to pick up an album on which ten out of 11 tracks are unfamiliar, and not have to spend weeks “ getting into it” . Drift away demands no intense involve­ ment or commitment. I t’s simply one of the most pleasant and enjoyable records we are likely to hear for some time. All you have to do is listen to it, and drift away.

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COLIN JAMES AST WEEK the Federation of Australian Broadcasting Stations warned radio stations not to play three tracks o f lariel's latest album.

According to the federation this was prom pted by a warning issued by the Broadcast Control Board because o f “lyrical con­ te n t” . Two days later this was denied by the president of the federation, Les Hyde (also a director of radio 3KZ), who said that the ban had been initiated not by the board, b u t by a

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This was not the first trouble the group has had with the radio stations over the record. Several weeks ago, while performing the album live on radio 3XY, they were snapped off the airwaves when they started to play one of the banned numbers, Chicken shit.

Apparently there was a misun­ derstanding because the band was under the impression th at they could perform the num ber on the live air show, and the station was under the impression th at the band knew they couldnt.

Following the ban Bob Beck, 3XY’s manager, said th at none of the three tracks had ever been included on XY’s playlist. He went on saying that the station

had received the recommendation (from the board) when the album was released early this m onth and that, frankly, he supported the ban.

There is some feeling in the music business, th at frankly, it was his station that initiated the ban.

According to Mike Rudd of Ariel, the album had been played on XY’s album show that goes to air on Sunday nights. Two of the banned tracks, Confession o f a psychopathic cowpoke and Mir­ acle man were played, b u t the DJ, John O ’Donnell, shied clear of Chicken shit.

Those two tracks have also been played w ith some regularity on Adelaide’s progressive 5KA and neither station has yet received a complaint.

According to Mr Cross (director of Member Services o f the

Australian Broadcasting Federa­ tion), the federation has not completely banned the songs. He is quoted in the Melbourne Age as saying: “ We have suggested to radio stations throughout Australia that they restrict the playing of these tracks. If they broadcast them, we will write and remind them of our suggestions. If air play continues the control board is entitled to apply sanctions against the sta­ tions.”

As there has been no directive from the control board this means the radio stations are censoring themselves under the smokescreen of a “higher directive” .

For Ariel the ban isnt too bad.

The album wasnt getting much airplay anyway, and the ban will guarantee it at least another 2000 sales.

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I should apologise to those who have written but have not been answered. Have patience. I have been even more disorganised than usual lately. I think about you often.

S T E V E E L L IS is one of the best of the singer-songwriters working in Australia at present. He has a lovely touch on the guitar, and his songs are strongest when he sings them himself.

If any of you can tear yourself away from your stereo systems, he can be found either in Melbourne or Perth, a state of affairs explained

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STU HAWK FRICAAAAAA. Sort of hangs round that Colgate ring o f confidence, dont it. Steve J. Spears, relatively unknown gen­ ius, who has been paying his dues in 23 year instalments, has written and is ab o u t to present Africa, with grateful thanks, encourage­ ment and foresight from the Aus­ tralian Performing Group. This his latest attem pt at theatrical leg­ erdemain.

Magic. An uncanniness about Spears’ materials - though basi­ cally basic and simple — it gets off with th e wave o f a magic penwand. Enough of fairy tales.

So far Steve J. has w ritten three complete stage works, apart from innumerable scripts, sketches and the like for fragmentary revues and other playthings. His first, Mister horse, a dope panto is to be presented by Rex Cramphorne at the Jane Street theatre in about june. He achieved a degree of p r a i se/recognition/notoriety/infamy with his ill fated Stud.

Africa is an anti racist, anti sexist num ber - to describe it in its u tter skeleton superficiality.

It’s an acoustic musical event of a surrealistic nature. Its them e is handled via a dozen songs and numerous wry revue type scenes involving intellectual destruction, racial propaganda and the like. It’s a step up the theatrical formula ladder in th e extent of its fluidity.

The form, for lack of a better description, is unstructured, mov­ ing from song to racial supremacy spiels to a bigoted fairy tale.

A cast of eight plays 24 roles, and provides the music with the help o f a couple of instrumental specialists. Lines are drawn be­ tween “th e situation” in Australia and South Africa. For instance,

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Read that again! Africa is a black comedy in many senses. By pres­ enting white greed, racism, educa­ tion, sexism and political police in their m ost brutally blatant cliched form the ludicrous expose is pain­ fully obvious.

It opened last Friday at the Pram Factory, Carlton as a late night show, starting about ten 4nd a half bells.

If it is as successful as it de­ serves/anticipates, a Sydney sea­ son should not be far after. Lind­ say Smith, directs the all star cast.

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Thrown together, torn apart, it a ll ends, it only starts, Crystal dear and undefined are all the same

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ROSS HILL N THE beginning was the word, so they say, anyway they're powerful things even if they didnt come first. The Hare Krishna crew p u t m ost people off the idea o f chanting, they all look so pasty and shaven heads clash with Western eyebrows.

But the Indians have been chanting it for tim e immemorial.

It has been said that there are holy places in India where the Hare Krishna m antra (or prayer or chant or magical spell, depending on your suburb) has been chanted non stop for many thousands of years and th a t’s a groove, power­ ful waves.

From my own experience the choir o f the mind starts up faith­ fully if you chant this m antra to yourself. It’s no different from rehearsing a song or a m elody in your head except that the repeti­ tion builds up the strength of the pattern inside and outside and this gives a m antra trem endous power when you consider how long i t ’s been on the Far East and Middle Eastern Top Forties.

I t’s a question o f identification and projection, assuming you be­ lieve in perfect masters or gurus or divine reincarnations or just be­ ings that are higher than you. I mean you can be cynical if you want to, b u t once y o u ’ve made contact with a man or woman o f knowledge you can’t give thought and logic the prime position any

more. “I think therefore I a m " isnt true and the Western counter­ culture has inherited this distrust of the rational mind, or more precisely has come to see its lim­ itations. Dylan and Ginsberg and Kerouac have preached it; hal­ lucinogens, music, dancing, med­ itation and chanting, all try to transcend the vicious circles that thinking too much has worn down into our heads.

Chanting, w ith its connection to poetry and music, is one of the quickest safest and most access­ ible ways of doing it. You can do it anywhere, because it goes on in the m ind’s ear, unlike the Krishna crew it doesnt antagonise, and unlike the Cabbala and Western magic it isnt confusing and over­ burdened with unending theosophical scholarship which to my mind falls into the same trap it proposes to save one from.

Everyone knows the power of words, the power their meaning has is one aspect, the power the sound has is another. (If you doubt what I’m saying try scream­ ing fuck in Mitchell library.) And so sounds connect with musical notes and these connect with col­ ors and these connect with symbols and these connect with particular centres or areas of the body. The knowledge of these correspondences is one path, I’m n o t saying it’s the best or the only one, the Tao te Ching does w ith­ o u t it and so does Don Juan in his teachings, b u t you can get very high on it.

The centres in the body are the base o f the spine, the' genital region, the navel region, the heart, her usual dawn mouthwash under the throat, the third eye and the a coconut tree in the compound very to p of the head. The corres­ of her house when, w ithout warn­ ponding seed syllables are lam, ing, the Swami-to-be popped out vam, ram, yam, ham and ora, the and, with agility that is rare on last centre at the very top o f the such occasions, managed to fall head is beyond mantra or if it hip a mantra it’s still a secret for me. into a water basin. (This surely has I t’s all a question o f vibrations, great promise for future nativity of sending good vibes into your re-enactment scenes).

Swami’s first 15 years of life body. Some people worry too were relatively normal. Then he much, some talk too much, some left home and, in the traditional fuck to o much, some shit too manner wandered on foot through much, some control too much. Or the opposite: everyone’s out of India seeking holy places etc.

He found “ inner peace and balance, th a t’s the curse of life, tranquility” when he met Bhag- the karma. Once you start m ed­ avan N ityananda at Ganeshpuri, itating, searching within, you soon near Bombay, in 1947. He settled discover the physical hangups at Ganeshpuri and has established Wilhelm Reich was very into this.

The tension areas, the tight there his now famous Shree Gurarse and the tense stomach, the dev Ashram. bowed shoulders and the turkey DATES AND VENUES m outh and throat. I t’s that mix Perth, march 1 - march 7 up in natural functions that is the Melbourne, march 8 - march tragedy of madness. We use talk 28 to control not to communicate; Hobart, march 28 — april 1 we eat instead of making love; Melbourne, april 1 — april 7 some make love with their minds not their hearts; some think with Sydney, april 7 - april 20 their cocks and cunts instead of April 20 — Departs for H ono-i their head. lulu.

So, if you know your stomach Public lectures will be given at is too tense Ram to yourself (the assembly halls, union theatres, “A ” is soft in all of them and the etc, but arrangements for these “M” is hummed and drawn out. have yet to be finalised.

The main thinq is to release the tension by dissolving the anxiety, creating thought patterns. This process goes hand in hand with doing yoga postures, good eating, dope smoking, music and dancing.

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| Corresponding mandala symbols. root genitals navel heart throat brow I top o f head

yellow square - earth blue circle - water inverted equilateral triangle, red - fire star o f david - air crescent moon - ether (beyond the atmosphere) white circle, OM in centre - white triangle with centre spot

Swami M uktananda is coming to town

F YOU’RE disenchanted with your present guru, interested in pursuing spiritual de­ velopment, or just curious to dis­ cover what a guru’s all about, it could be worth your while to visit Swami M uktananda Paramahansa.

Swami M uktananda will be vis­ iting Australia from march 1 to april 20. This will be his second visit to Australia. The first, three years ago, was with Richard Alpert who introduced the Swami to audiences.

Briefly, the Swami, an adept master o f Siddha Yoga, stresses the practical aspect of spiritual endeavour rather than the theoret­ ical. By awakening divine con­ sciousness through means of Shaktipat initiation the Swami main­ tains th a t he can show you how to reach the ultim ate spiritual dev­ elopm ent of your inner self, even though your outer self is contain­ ed in non-harmonious surround­ ings, and busy pursuing the mun­ dane chores of everyday life. Con­ sequently th e Swami attracts as devotees not only the counter culture riff-raff but also the more ordinary folk, laborers, etc.

The Swami was born near Man­ galore on may 16, 1908, to rich parents under “ unusual circum­ stances” . His m other was having

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ergy that is blocked in the centres.

People often freak out because they release powers within them ­ selves w ithout knowing w hat’s go­ ing on, and it’s scarey (acid is the most heavy in this respect) be­ cause, as with m ost endeavors it can backfire, you can go so far as to become unbalanced in another way (hence schizophrenia and * asylums).

So if you try to use mantras to gain powers to feed the ego you slip into black magic and mind games, or take part in sex trips and power trips. But, fortunately i for the soul, black magic soon boomerangs and knowledge finds truth aqain.

The seed syllables also corre­ spond to the elements, starting with earth, water, fire, air and ether. They also have correspond­ ing gods and goddesses (you may have seen Indian posters of them ) and special mandalas are used as well; these geometric drawings or paintings — some simple, some truly masterpieces - are used to “fix ” the eyes while the initiate is chanting whatever m antra h e’s in­ to.

Mantras also connect up with breathing. The m antra I was given for this is called so-ham - so (or sa, the “ A” slides) breathing in, ham breathing out. This has a very calming and deepening effect on the breathing because you can set both the sound and breathing rhythms together. I t’s also a very high mantra because it works on the throat centre (a very repressed area in the Australian psyche).

This area is responsible both for our outer and inner voice and audioclairvoyance, the voice of God. Getting back to black magic for a second, if you are doubtful about working on the centres be­ low the belt then leave them alone and concentrate on the heart, throat and brow. The root centre is concerned with sheer survival life and death - and it can be very dangerous to awaken this centre prematurely. (I'm sure m any sui­ cides - particularly where drugs are Involved — are the result of forces being awakened in these lower areas w ithout the necessary training and experience to accept them into the conscious mind — madness and schizophrenia again.)

If these centres are awakened the person involved can be obsessed with images and thoughts about death, murder, sex or power to such an extent that he is quite literally possessed by demonic forces or spirits or hallucinations or schizophrenia depending on what way you see it.

The crux of the m atter is to try it for yourself. I’m into it because I know I’m neurotic and “sounds” seem to help. It grew on me: many times I’d try something like chanting ram w ithout knowing all its correspondences or which part of the body it affected. I was just so tired of my mind th at to have something going on inside me which wasnt an argument or bitch or a justification. It was sweet relief. I hope it works that way for you. |-----

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P opular m a c ro b io tic re s ta u ra n t needs e nthusiastic couple or group w ho are in to n a tu ra l fo o d s to ru n it for 18 m o n th s or m ore.

G ood c o n d itio n s, clien tele and co m fo rtab le incom e. W rite to PO b o x 38, R ozelle, Sydney 2039.

Stop being rip p e d o ff. A void c o st­ ly m iddlem en. F o r $ 1 .0 0 receive nam es, addresses, prices of leading Scandinavian suppliers of h a rd ­ core p o rn o . The M anager, PO bo x 249, K ingsford, NSW 2032 .

Stim ulating young fem ale com ­ p a nion n eed ed fo r young profes­ sional guy w ith three year old son. G racious ru ral living in B yron Bay area. Child w elcom ed. R e­ m u n e ra tio n negotiable. G enuine inquiries only. INC b o x 7468.

H ouse full o f goodies fo r sale.

E verything from c lo th e s to c u t­ lery. O w ners sp littin g la te febru a ry . H elp, we need m oney.

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S IL V E R C A V E R o c k -o n H a n d c r a f ts 3 3 0 L t . C o llin s S t, M e lb .

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EXPERIMENTAL “ N IA G G R A ” : 8 .3 0 .

Chris & Eva 51.9563 or 51.8214, write Flat 8, No 7 Irving Ave., Windsor, 3181.

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RADIO “ T H E P R IS O N ” — a p la y b y N o r m a n S m y th e : 3 A R 7 .3 0 .

KIDS 5 51 N ic h o ls o n N o r th C a rlto n .

ROCK P A N T H E R : P r o s p e c t H ill h o te l, K ew .

S K Y L IG H T : C r o x to n P a rk h o te l, P r e s to n .

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PETER P A R K H IL L : F ran k T r a y n o r ’s, L ittle L o n s d a le s tr e e t. C ity .

C O M M U N E : 5 8 0 V ic to ria s tr e e t , N o r th M e lb o u rn e .

P E T U L I A ” (D ic k L e s te r), ‘LAST YEAR IN M A R IE N B A D ” (R e s n a is ): G u ild th e a tr e , M e lb o u rn e .

U n i. U n io n , $ 1 .2 0 , 8 0 c s t u ­ d e n ts , a t th e d o o r , 7 .4 0 .

FILMS “ TA RG ETS” (B o g d a n o ­ v ic h ) & “ TW O LANE B L A C K T O P ” (M o n te H eil­ m a n ): N F T A , G u ild t h e ­ a tre , M e lb o u r n e U n i.

U n io n , t i c k e ts o b ta in a b le ( $ 1 . 20 , 8 0 c s tu d e n ts ) a t th e a t r e , 7 .4 0 .

OUTDOORS “ M OZART C L A R IN E T Q U IN T E T ” , C ham ber M u sic E n s e m b le : F la g s ta ff g a rd e n s, 1 2 . 1 0 , 1 . 10 . “ OLD T IM E M U S IC H A L L ”, B a rb e r Shop Q u a r te ts , B u x o m W en c h e s, R e d n o s e d c o m e d ia n s , e tc : T r e a s u ry g a rd e n s, 1 2 .1 0 , 1 . 10 .

TV “ IS R A E L MY SO N ” : A T V -O , 7 .3 0 . “ W IL D L IF E S A F A R I TO A R G E N T IN E ” : A B V -2 , 8 p m . ( S tu d y o f P a n ta g o n ia n h a re s a n d sea e le p h a n ts .)

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OUTDOOR “ MOZART C L A R IN E T Q U IN T E T ” : T r e a s u ry g a r d e n s, 1 2 . 1 0 , 1 . 10 .

OLD TIME M U S IC H A L L ” : F la g s ta ff G a rd e n s , 12 . 10 , 1. 10 .

Stephen Wall 698.2652 PO Box 23, Surry Hills.

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JAZZ “ ECLIPSE ALLEY F I V E ” : V a n ity F a ir h o te l, G o u lb u rn s t, 7 .3 0 , 1 0 .0 0 pm . “ D O N D E S IL V A S J A Z Z B A N D ” : O ld P u sh . “ D IC K H U G H E S P I A N O ” : F r e n c h ’s T a v e rn , O x fo rd st, 6 -9 p m . “ M ER V A C H E SO N JA Z Z T R I O ” : B is tro , A v o c a st, R a n d w ick . “ ABBY JA Z Z BAND” : L o rd D u d le y h o te l, P a d ­ d in g to n , 8-10 p m .

TV “TH E HALLS OF MON­ TEZUM A” — WW II d ra m a : A T N 7 , 9 .0 0 p m . “ GEOFF S T O NES W O R L D IN C A M E R A ” : A B N 2 , 9 .5 5 . “ CYCLES SO U TH ” — A m o to r c y c le t o u r a d v e n tu re fro m D e n v e r to th e P an ­ a m a c a n a l. S o u n d s ju s t g ro o v y : C h a n n e l 1 0 , 7 .3 0 pm .

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“ OW EN YEATM AN”: P r o s p e c t H ill h o te l. “ FR A N K TRAYNOR”: E x c h a n g e h o te l, C h e lte n ­ ham .

“ F O R R E S T HILL F O L K ” : P o la ris In n h o te l, N ic h o ls o n s tr e e t .

N o rth C a r lto n . “ D A N N Y SP O O N E R ” and o th e r s : O u tp o s t In n , 5 2 C o llin s s tr e e t . C ity . “ PHIL DAY, PETER P A R K H IL L ” a n d g u e s t: U n io n h o t e l , c n r F e n w ic k a n d A m e ss s tr e e ts . N o rth C a r lto n .

VARIOUS A R T IS T S : F ra n k T ray n o rs.

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ItuiKday ROCK “ B IL L Y T H O R P E A N D T H E A Z T E C S ” , F a t C ats: W h ite h o rs e h o te l, N u n a ­ w a d in g . “ RED H O U SE ROLL BAND” : C r o x to n P a rk h o te l, P re s to n . “ M IS S IS S IP P I, TANK” : W altzin g M a tild a , S p rin g vale. “ K U S H ’’: Sundow ner h o te l, G e e lo n g . “ CLOUD 9 ” : G ro v e d a le h o te l, G e elo n g . “ C H A IN ” : M a tth e w F lin d ­ e rs h o te l, C h a d s to n e .

“ C L O U D 9 ” : W h ite h o rs e h o te l, W h ite h o rs e ro a d , N u n a w a d in g . “ K U S H ” : C ro x to n P a rk h o te l, P r e s to n . “ RED HO U SE ROLL B A N D ” S u n d o w n e r, G ee­ FOLK lo n g .

JO H N C R & W L E” : F ran k “ S K Y L IG H T ” : P ro s p e c t T ra y n o r§ .

H ill h o te l, K ew .

VARIOUS ARTISTS: T a n k e rv iU e A rm s , cnr FOLK N ic h o ls o n and Jo h n so n “ DUTCH T I L D E R S ” : s tr e e ts , C a rlto n .

F r a n k T r a y n o r ’s G E O F F a n d D IA N E H O L “ F O R R E S T HILL L I N S , G R A H A M F O L K ” : P o la ris In n h o te l. L O W N D E S a n d o n e o th e r :

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D a n O ’C o n n e ll, c n r P rin ­ c ess a n d C a n n in g s tr e e ts , C a r lto n .

TV “ S H E R B E T ” : G T K ’7 4 , A B V -2 , 7 .3 0 . “ E L V IR A M A D IG A N ” : A T V -0 , 8 .3 0 p m . “ M ONTY P Y T H O N ’S FLYING C IR C U S ” : A B V -2 , 1 0 .1 5 .

RADIO ‘C H IN A ” : 3 A R , 1 0 .1 5 .

friday ROCK “ B IG P U S H ” : W h ite h o rs e h o te l, N u n a w a d in g . “ JO H N RU PERT AND TH E H ENCHM EN” : C r o x to n P a rk h o te l, P re s ­ to n . “ C H A IN ’’: Sundow ner h o te l, G e e lo n g .

“TANK, RED HO U SE DOLL BAND” : I n te r ­ n a tio n a l h o te l.

A ir p o r t W est. “ M IS S IS S IP P I” : M a tth e w F lin d e r s h o te l, C h a d s to n e . “ F O X , C H A IN ” : T e a se r, 3 55 E x h i b itio n s tr e e t .

C ity . “ K U S H ” : L in c o ln r o o m , T r a k C e n tre , 4 4 5 T o o r a k ro a d , T o o rak .

C o u n try a n d w e s te rn m u ­ T R I O ” p lu s g u e s ts : B ellvue s ic : Opera H o u s e , h o te l, P a d d in g to n , 7 .0 0 — 2 1 1 .2 6 4 6 , 8 .0 0 p m $ 4 .0 0 .

ROCK (S e e “ M u sic ” th is issu e.) 10 00 “ H O M E ” : D e n n is o n h o te l, “ H O M E ” : D e n n is o n h o te l, B o n d i jn c t.

B o n d i J u n c ti o n . “ T H E M A G IC F L U T E ” — “ M A G IC ” : M ille rs B rig h t­ M o z a rt: O p e ra H o u se , 8 .0 0 o n h o t e l , a ll w e e k e x c e p t p m , $ 7 .5 0 , $ 2 .5 0 . s u n d a y , m o n d a y , tu e s d a y .

TV, RADIO “ B O RN TO BE SM A R T ” — D o co o n d w a rfs an d m id g e ts : A T N -7 , 1 0 .0 0 . “ S IT Y O U R S E L F D O W N , TAKE A LOOK FILMS A R O U N D ” — F o lk / r o c k “ A C O N C E R T F O R B A N ­ w ith M aria n H e n d e r s o n , G L A D E S H ” : O p e ra H o u se , M ike M cC le lla n e t a l: A B N $ 2 .5 0 .

2, 8 .4 5 . “ T H E C O SM IC T U B E ” — “ B R IA N C A D D & F A M ­ S u rfin g w ith N a t Y o u n g , IL Y ” : A B N -2 , 8 .0 0 p m .

G re e n o u g h , S p e n c e r : O p e ra “ E N C O R E : T H E P A R A ­ H o u se , 5 .0 0 p m , $ 2 .0 0 , all D O X — A p la y a b o u t O sc a r w e e k e x c e p t S u n d a y , m o n - W ilde a n d h is s e x u a lity : day.

A B C R a d io , 1 1 ,0 0 a m . “ S U N S H IN E S E A ” m o re su rfin g : O p e ra H o u se , 7 .0 0 EVENTS p m , $ 2 .5 0 , a ll w e e k e x c e p t R E A D IN G S ” : th u r s d a y , s u n d a y , m o n d a y . “ P O E T R Y ‘‘T H E QUEEN O F O ld C h u rc h , 1 8 4 P a lm e r s tr e e t , E a st Sydney, S P A D E S ” — F ilm b y B o l­ s h o i th e a tr e : O p e ra H o u se , 3 1 .6 2 7 0 , 8 .0 0 p m , fre e . “ P R E S ID E N T A C T IO N 8 .1 5 . $ 3 .0 0 . “ SW A N L A K E ” — L e n in ­ G R O U P S — A ld e rm a n D ra ­ p e r, A L P le a d e r in Sydney g ra d K iro v B a lle t: O p e ra H o u se , 5 p m , $ 2 .0 0 , $ 1 .0 0 c ity c o u n c il la y s i t o n y a : H u m a n is t H o u s e , 1 0 S h e p ­ c h ild re n . “ B E D S IT T IN G R O O M ” — h e rd s tr e e t , C h ip p e n d a le , M anly S ilver S c re e n , 7 .4 5 , 2 1 .2 0 3 8 , free .

9 7 7 .5 5 0 3 , 5 .3 0 , $ 1 .5 0 .

FOLK “ FO LK EXTRA V A G A N ­ Z A ” — D a rts K e z im o c u m , D. & A . R y d e r , T . S u tta r , e tc : E liz a b e th h o te l, E liza ­ b e th s tre e t, 8 p m , a m e re p itta n c e . “ T R A D IT IO N A L F O L K ” : E liz a b e th h o te l, 2 6 .3 1 3 2 .

JAZZ “ D IC K H U G H E S Q U A R ­ T E T ” : S ta g e D o o r T a v e rn , C astle re a g h & C a m p b e ll s tre e ts , C itv , 7 .0 0 — 1 0 .0 0 . “ C H R IS T A P P E R A C A N D P A U L F U R N IS S ” : F o r e s t L o d g e h o te l, 7 .3 0 — 1 0 .0 0 . “ 6 9 E R S ” : O c e a n ic h o te l “ MERV ACHESON

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“ B R IA N B RO W N QUARTET” : C om m une, V ic to ria s tr e e t. N o r th M el­ b o u rn e . “ Y A R R A Y A R R A JA Z Z BAND” : P ro sp ect H ill h o te l, K ew .

“ D A V E R A N K IN J A Z Z BAND”: L em on T re e h o te l, c n r G r a tta n a n d R a t h d o w n e s tr e e ts , C a rl­ to n , a rv o .

“THE P L A N T ” : P o la ris In n , N ic h o ls o n s tr e e t, C a rl­ to n .

TV IN C O N C E R T — “ U R IA H HEEP, CANNED HEAT, MOTT th e H O O PLE, SHAUN PHILLIPS: H S V -7 , 1 0 p m . “ CAFE S O C IE T Y ” : G T V -9 , 1 2 .0 5 a m .

Saturday ROCK “ C L O U D 9 ” : W h ite h o rs e h o te l. “ B IG PU SH ” : C ro x to n P a rk , P re s to n . “ F A T C A T S ” : S u n d o w n e r, G e e lo n g . “ C H A IN ” : S o u th s id e 6, M o o ra b b in (a ft) . “ B U S T E R B R O W N ” : S ta ­ tio n h o te l, P ra h ra n . “ C H A I N ” : S o u th s id e 6, C h e lse a C ity H all. “ BAYENA, M ADDER L A K E ” : T e a z e r , 3 5 5 E x h i­ b itio n s tr e e t , C ity . “ HOT CITY BUMP

CHINESE FILMS “ T H E P E K IN G a n d S H E N YUNG ACROBATIC TRO O PS” , “ 2100 OLD TOMB EXCAVATED”, “ BU M PER H A RV EST” , “ C H IN A T O D A Y ” , 1 9 7 3 ” p a r t s 4 , 5 , 6 : P r e s e n te d b y th e S tu d e n ts C h in e se C u l­ tu r a l C lu b , G u ild th e a tr e , M e lb o u r n e U n i, U n io n , $ 1 .

(B o o k in g s : 3 2 9 .6 7 2 6 or 2 1 1 .8 7 2 0 ) , 2 p m a n d 8 pm .

RADIO “JA V A N E S E S IC ” : 3 A R , G e n tle m u sic .

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MU­ pm .

Sunday ROCK “ AZTECS, COLORED BALLS, M ADDER LAK E, RED HOUSE ROLL BAND, M ATT T A Y L O R ” : M o o ra b b in D riv e -in , a rv o .

T I O N ” — N o . 3 , R o m a n c e lip s t. C ity . 8 .1 5 p m , $ 1 .5 0 . and R e a lity , N SW A rt G a lle ry T h e a tr e tte , 1 2 .1 0 , JAZZ 1 .1 0 , 2 .1 0 , 3 .1 0 , 6 .1 0 , C H R IS W IL L IA M S : U n i t y ’ 7 .1 0 , 8 .1 5 . F re e .

H all H o te l, 8 2 1 3 3 1 , 7 .3 0 .

J A Z Z B O A T — R a y P ric e JAZZ Q u in te t: N o . 6 W h arf, PORT JA C K S O N JA Z Z C i r c u l a r Q u a y , B A N D : S ta g e D o o r T a v e rn , 8 .1 5 —1 1 .3 0 p m . $ 2 .7 5 .

7 .0 0 —1 0 .0 0 .

D O C W IL L IS A N D T H E U N IT Y B A N D : O ld P u sh , D U K E ’S M E N : A lb u r y H o ­ 8—1 2p m . te l, O x fo rd s t.

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8—1 0 . 00 p m .

FOLK U N IT Y B A N D : O ld P u sh , R E D L IO N : A u s t, S c o t, 8 .3 0 —1 2 .3 0 .

Ir is h , C o u n tr y m u s ic . C n r. J A Z Z W IT H E R IC C H IL D : R a d i o 1, P itt & L iv e rp o o l s ts ., A B C 7 .1 5 —lO .p m .

8— 1 0 p m .

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G T K ’7 4 — R o c k C o n c e rt w ith S h e r b e r t: A BN 2, 7 .3 0 p m .

6 9 E R S : O c e a n ic H o te l.

T R A D IT IO N A L F O L K :E liz a b e th h o te l, 2 6 .3 1 3 2 .

D O N M O R R IS O N : F r e u d ­ ia n Slip, R ed fern , 6 9 .9 1 7 3 6 , 7 .0 0 p m .

R E D L IO N : see th u r s d a y .

N O E L G R A N T — F o lk g u ita r : S w e e t F a n n ie s W ine B ar, 4 4 1 E liz a b e th s t, S u r­ r y H ills.

JO A N B A EZ: R A S Show g ro u n d , 8p m . $ 3 .2 0 .

C E L L A R F O L K : YW CA, 189 L iv e r p o o l s t. C ity .

8. 00 p m .

EVENTS F O O D C O -O P : NSW U n i, R o u n d h o u s e L a w n ( F r u it, veg, d r y g o o d s ), 5—8p m .

O PEN TH E A TR E W ORK­ SH O P: O ld C h u rc h , 3 1 .6 2 7 0 . 7 .3 0 p m , F re e .

Friday FILM

D O U B L E F R IT Z L A N G — “ S I E G F R I E D ” a n d “ K R IE M A IL D E ’S R E V E N G E ” : FILM N FT, AMP T h e a tr e , “ B IL L OF D IV O R C E ­ 7 .1 5 p m , $ 1 .2 0 , $ 8 0 c . stu .

M EN T” and “ W OMAN O F “ M ARA T DE SA D E ” and T H E Y E A R ” — B o th w ith “ S A T Y R IC O N ” : N ew K a th a r in e H e p b u r n , N F T , A rts , G le b e , 6606207, C o m m o n w e a lth C e n tre , 1 1 .1 5 p m , $ 2 .0 0 .

7 .1 5 , $ 1 .2 0 , $ 8 0 c . s tu . “ I C A N JU M P P U D D L E S ” THEATRE — M an ly S ilv er S c re e n ■ 9 7 .7 5 5 0 3 , 2 .0 0 , all w e e k “ L O V E F O R L O V E ” — W illiam C o n g re v e : O p e ra e x c e p t tu e , w ed . “ B A T M A N ” — M an ly S il­ H o u s e , 6 6 .3 6 1 2 2 , 8 .0 0 p m , v e r S c re e n 9 7 7 .5 5 0 3 , 11 $ 5 .5 0 , p e n s io n e rs a n d stu . a m , 6 0 c . A ll w e e k e x c e p t $ 2 7 5 “ C H A R L E Y ’S A U N T ” — tu e , w ed .

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BAND” ( a f t) ; “ K U SH ” (n ig h t) : M a tth e w F lin d e r s h o te l, C h a d s to n e . “ S K Y L IG H T ” : P ro sp ect H ill h o te l, K ew . “ SKYLIGHT”: P o w e r­ h o u s e , L a k e sid e D riv e , A l­ b e r t P a rk re s e rv e .

ROCK SH ERBET & P IR A N A : C u rl C u rl Y o u th C lu b , 8 .0 0 p m , $ 1 .4 0 . “ BAND OF L IG H T ” : C h e q u e rs .

T R A N S IT IO N : O c e a n ic H o te l, C o o g e e .

PU M A — C a m p d a n c e : B a lm a in T o w n H a ll, $ 1 .5 0 m e m b e r s , $ 2.00 n o n -m e m ­ b e rs .

H U S H : C a b r a m a tta H all.

Saturday FILM “ C O NC ERT FO R BANG­ L A D E S H ” — O p e ra H o u se , 9 .0 0 p m , $ 2 .5 0 . “ C U L D E S A C ” , “ J U L IE T O F T H E S P I R I T S ” — N ew

“ PUSS IN BO OTS” : A c to rs th e a tr e , m o n -s a t, 2 .3 0 . 7 5 c , $ 1 .5 0 a d u lts , 1 9 6 C h u rc h s tr e e t, R ic h ­ m ond. “ RUMPELSTILSKIN” : A le x a n d e r th e a tr e , M o n a s h U n i., m u s ic a l, 1 0 a m a n d 2 p m . P h o n e : 5 4 4 .0 8 1 1 . “ P R O F E S S O R Z I G G L E ’S TRA V ELS”: C la re m o n t ‘ ‘ M A C K E N Z I E t h e a tr e , s a t o n ly , 2 p m , T H E O R Y ” : T e a z e r.

C la re m o n t s tre e t, S.Y . “ M IS S IS S IP P I” : S t A lb a n s. “ A L I B A B A ” : C a m b e rw e ll “ C H A IN ” : Ic e la n d s C ivic C e n tre , R e se rv e ro a d , C a m b e rw e ll, 1 0 .1 5 a m ,.

FOLK 2 .1 5 p m , s a t: 2 .1 5 o n ly . “ ESCA PE FRO M THE “ DANNY SPOONER J U N G L E ’’ (10 a m) , GORDON M cIN T Y R E ” “ B L IN K E R S SPY S P O T ­ F r a n k T ra y n o r s .

TERS” and “ W IL D E R ­ “ MARGARET ROAD N ESS JO U R N E Y ” (1 2 K N IG H T ” a n d g u e sts : O u t­ jp o o n ), “ W H A T ’S U P, p o s t In n D O C ? ” (2 p m ): till fri.

G a la, F o r r e s t H ills.

EXPERIMENTAL “ W H A T ’S U P, D O C ? ” “ B L IN K E R S SPY “ MELBOURNE N E W (1 0 ) , MUSIC E N S E M B L E ” : S P O T T E R S ” & “ W IL D E R ­ C om m une.

N E S S J O U R N E Y ” (1 2 ) , ESCAPE FRO M THE J U N G L E ” (2 ) , G a la , D anOUTDOORS d e n o n g . “ GERM AN F E S T IV A L ” FRO M THE all s ta r c a s t, fe a tu rin g th e “ E S C A P E L im b u rg e r K a n g a ro o s, th e J U N G L E ” (1 0 ) , “ W H A T ’S U P, D O C ? ” ( 1 2 ) , “ T HE E d e lw e is s D a n c e rs , G e rm a n WHO TURNED b a n d s a n d c h o ir, T w ilig h t B O Y th e a tr e . B rin g y o u o w n Y E L L O W ” & “ W IL D E R ­ N ESS JO U R N E Y ” (2 ): f r a n k f u r te r s a n d s a u e rk r a u t D e n d y , B rig h to n , C h u rc h F it z r o y g a rd e n s , 3 p m . s tre e t. “ ESCAPE FRO M THE FILMS JU N G L E ” (1 1 ), “ THE “ SIEGFRIED” ( F r i t z B O Y W HO T U R N E D Y E L ­ L a n g ): S ta te F ilm C e n tre , L O W ” & “ W IL D E R N E S S 1 M a c a rth u r s tr e e t , E . M el­ J O U R N E Y ” (1 .3 0 ): b o u r n e , 8 .1 5 , s e a s o n tic ­ D e n d y , M alvern, G le n fe rrie k e ts o n ly , 20-22 s c re e n in g s r o a d , M alvern. th is y e a r, $ 7 , G u ild o f D e n ta l S c re e n in g s, o r N F T A , 27 C an n in g s tr e e t , N . M el­ b o u rn e . 3 0 5 1 .

Hunday FOLK “ P H IL D A Y ” : F r a n k T r a y ­ n o rs .

JAZZ “TED V IN IN G T R I O ” : P ro s p e c t H ill, K ew .

POETRY “ P O O R T O M ’S P O E T R Y B A N D ” : C o m m u n e also F o n d a Z e n o p h o n , a s u r­ p ris e a p p e a ra n c e .

A rts , G le b e , 6 6 .0 6 2 0 7 , 1 1 .1 5 p m , $ 2 . 00 . “ T H E H O S T A G E ” — B re n ­ d a n B e h a n . C ro n u lla A rts T h e a tr e , S u rf rd , C ro n u lla .

5 2 .3 6 3 5 8 . “ C H A R L E Y ’S A U N T ” — see frid a y . “ W H A T IF Y O U D IE D T O M O R R O W ” — D avid W illia m so n , a n d th e O ld T o te g e t it o n : O p e ra H ouse, 2 .0 0 p m and 8 .0 0 p m , $ 4 .0 0 , $ 5 .0 0 .

FOLK E D IN B U R G H CA STLE H O T E L — G o e a rly fo r s e a ts , P it t s t, C ity . 8 .0 0 p m .

C E L L A R F O L K — Y W CA , 1 8 9 L iv e rp o o l st, S y d n e y .

8 . 00 p m .

S H A C K F O L K — S o ft O p e ra , D o u g R ic h a r d s o n a n d o th e r N o n C o m m e r­ cials: n e a r e n tr a n c e to W a rrin g a h M all, P ittw a te r r d , B ro o k v a le . 9 3 .9 2 8 6 9 , 8 .3 0 p m , $ 1 .0 0 .

D O N M O R R IS O N : F r e u d ­ ia n Slip, R ed fern , 6 9 .9 1 7 3 6 , 7 .0 0 p m .

T R A D IT IO N A L , CON­ TEM PORARY FOLK — E liz a b e th h o te l, E liz a b e th s t. C ity . 2 6 .3 1 3 2 .

ROCK H O M E — D e n n is o n h o te l, B o n d i J u n c tio n .

SH E R B E T , STU M BLE — T a re n P o in t, Y o u th C e n tre , 8 .0 0 p m , $ 1 .4 0 .

T R A N S IT IO N — O c e a n ic H o te l.

JAZZ E C L IP S E A L L E Y F I V E — (a rv o ) V a n ity F a ir h o te l, 4 —7 .0 0 p m .

M E R V A C H E S O N T R IO : (a rv o ) B ellv u e h o te l, P add o . 3 —6 . 00p m , D O C W IL L IS : B e re s fo rd h o te l, B u rk e st, S u rry H ills.

8—1 0 .00 p m .

U N IT Y B A N D : O ld P u sh , 8 .3 0 —1 2 .3 0 p m .

D O C W IL L IS a n d T H E D U K E ’S M E N (a rv o ): A l­

“ W A L T Z IN G M A T IL D A ” — “ a n a tio n a l p a n to m im e w ith to m a to s a u c e ” : P ra m F a c to r y , w e d -su n , 8 .3 0 , still t r u c k in ’ o n , $ 2 .5 0 , $ 1 .5 0 , m a tin e e s w e d a n d sa t, 2 p m . 3 2 5 D r u m m o n d s tr e e t, C a rlto n . “ A F R IC A ” : B a c k th e a tr e .

P ra m F a c to r y , th u r s - s a t, 1 0 .3 0 , r o c k m u s ic a l b y S te v e S p e a rs, $ 2 , w h e re ? see a b o v e .

THE BALD P R IM A D O N N A ” : C la re m o n t t h e ­ a tr e , th u rs -s u n , 8 .3 0 , $ 2 , $1 ( s tu d e n ts ) , 1 4 C la re ­ m o n t s tr e e t, S.Y .

b u ry h o te l, O x f o r d s t.

C ity . 3 —6 .0 0 p m .

HARBOR C IT Y JA Z Z B A N D : SH O W B O A T — N o.

6 W h arf, C irc u la r Q uay, 8 .1 5 —1 1 .3 0 p m , $ 3 .0 0 .

DON BU RRO W S, RA Y P R IC E , COL NOLAN, G R A E M E B E L L : (M ay b e so ld o u t) O p e ra H o u se , 9 2 .9 9 8 8 0 , 8 .0 0 p m , $ 3 .5 0 , $ 5 .0 0 , $ 6 .5 0 .

C H R IS W IL L IA M S : U n ity H a ll h o te l, 8 2 .1 3 3 1 , 7 .3 0 .

KIDS “ T H E P IE D P I P E R ” — D avid B a te s o n : I n d e p e n d ­ ent th e a tr e , 9 2 9 .7 3 7 7 , 2 . 00p m .

TV, RADIO JA V A N E SE FO LK M U­ S IC : ABC R a d io 2, 1 1 .10 pm .

CREATURE FEA TU RE — “ HO U SE O F W AX” — A T N 7 , 9 .3 0 p m .

NATIONAL RADIO THEATRE: “ FRAM ED FO R H A N G IN G ” — A m u rd e r m y s te ry . A B C R a d ­ io 2, 8 .3 0 p m .

EVENTS V IL L A G E B A Z A A R : A ll s o rts o f g o o d ie s fo r sale: C nr. N e w c o m b e s t, & O x ­ fo rd st. C ity . 9 a m —4 p m .

Sunday FILM IM A G E S O F T H E M IN D S E R IE S b y N F T — “ L IF E U P S ID E D O W N ” b y A la in J e s so a , “ T H E M A N W H O HAD H IS H A IR CUT S H O R T ” b y A n d ra D el­ v a u x : O p e ra H o u se , 7 .1 5 , $ 1 .6 0 , $ 1 .2 0 s tu . M e m b e rs o n ly : jo in at d o o r, $ 3 .0 0 p .a .

FOLK K IR K

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c o n te m p o r a r y m u s ic b e s t i n t o w n , J E A N N E L E W IS , RICHARD CLA PTO N, JO H N SU M M ERS: 422 C le v e la n d s t, S u r ry H ills.

8 .0 0 , $ 1 .0 0 .

ROCK “ EM ER SO N , LA K E AND P A L M E R IN C O N C E R T ” — A film d is g u is e d a s a c o n c e rt: S ta te th e a tr e , 2 6 .2 4 3 1 , 6 p m , 8 .3 0 p m , $ 2 .5 0 .

P IR A N A , BAND OF L IG H T , A R IE L , S H E R B E R T : H o r d e r n P a v ilio n , 7 .0 0 , $ 1 .6 0 .

A R I E L : M a n ly V a le h o te l, 1 2 - 3 .0 0 p m .

TV AND RADIO “ H A L F A S IX P E N C E ” : T C N 9 , 8 .3 0 p m .

“W HAT HAVE YOU D O N E W IT H M Y C O U N ­ T R Y ” — D o c o o n A u s t. a b o rig in e s ( r e p e a t) : A T N 7 , 1 0 .5 0 . “ S E V E N D A Y S IN M A Y ” — T h e s to r y o f a c o n s p ir ­ a c y b y t h e P e n ta g o n c h ie fs o f s ta f f t o o v e r th r o w th e U S g o v e r n m e n t. S o w h a t ’s n e w ? A T N 7 , 8 .3 0 . “ ROBERT BU RN S” — O n e h o u r o f s o n g a n d v e rse O n E d i n b u r g h ’s o ld fo lk ie ; A B C R a d io 2 , 9 . 0 0 p m . “ M A N IN Q U E S T IO N ” —

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In te rv ie w w ith P r o f. G u s N o ss a l: A B N 2 , 9 .4 0 .

PL A Y S BY A U S T R A L IA N W R IT E R S : “ T H E M A T ­ IN G O F U L R IC H D O O L ­ E Y ” B y R a lp h P e te r s o n : A B C R a d io 2, 4 p m .

S U N D A Y P L A Y B IL L — “ H IG H T W IG O N A L O W B R A N C H ” — A B U R a d io 1 , 8. 00p m .

KIDS OPERA TH RO U G H TH E T IM E M A C H IN E — A c h ild ’s g u id e t o o p e ra : O p e ra H o u se, 1 1 .3 0 a m , $ 2 .0 0 , $ .6 0 c . s tu . (L o w e r t h e p ric e — e litis t s h itfa c e s ! ) “ L O S T IN T H E B U S H ” and “ A N O O P A N D TH E ELEPHANT” : O p e ra H o u se, 2 .0 0 p m , $ 1 .0 0 , $ .6 0 c c h ild .

EVENTS B A N D A SSO C . O F N SW , MUSICIANS UNION BAND, S A L V A T IO N A R M Y : H y d e P a rk , Y c to ria P a rk , M a r tin P la c e re s ­ p e c tiv e ly .

3 .p m —4 .3 0 p m , F r e e a n d g o o d v a lu e f o r th e p ric e .

ARTS D IS C U S S IO N : C a m p C e n tre , 3 3 A G le b e P t. r d . G le b e , 3 .3 0 , F r e e .

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“ T H E P R IS O N ” — A BBC p la y : ABC R a d io 2, 7 .3 0 p m . “ MONTY P Y T H O N ’S F L Y IN G C IR C U S ” : A B N 2 1 0 .5 5 .

LOOKING AHEAD

FILM “THE A D V ERSA RY ” — S a tjiti t R a y , O p e r a H o u s e 7 .3 0 p m , $ 1 .7 0 . “ M AD DOGS AND EN G ­ L I S H M A N ” — M a n ly S ilv e r S c re e n , 9 7 7 . 5 5 0 3 , 5 .3 0 p m $ 1 .5 0 .

JAZZ U N IT Y BAND — 729 Club, St L e o n a rd s, 8 .3 0 —1 . 0 0 p m .

D O N D E S I L V A ’S B A N D — O ld P u s h , 7 .3 0 —1 1 .3 0 .

TV & RADIO “ D R U G S IN S P O R T ” D o p e a n d s p o r tin g p e r f o r ­ m ance doco: A B N 2, 1 0 .3 0 p m . “ R O L L I N G W IT H K E N ­ N Y R O G E R S ” w ith IK E and T IN A TURNER: A B N 2 , 6 .3 0 p m . “ ROLLING STO NES S T O R Y ” — BBC R o c k d o c o 1 9 6 2 -1 9 7 3 , firs t o f six , p lu s liv e , o v e rs e a s R o c k c o n c e rts: A B C R a d ­ io 1 , 8 . 00 p m .

“ SU N B U R Y F E S T IV A L ” — T i c k e ts o n s ale n o w a t u s u a l b o o k in g a g e n ts . “ A D E L A ID E F E S T IV A L O F A R T S ” — R in g S y d n e y 2 5 .2 6 4 1 f o r b o o k in g b r o ­ c h u re . “ F A IR P O R T CONVEN­ T IO N ” — J a n 26 O p e ra H o u se, $ 3 .5 0 , $ 5 .0 0 , $ 6 .5 0 , B o o k n o w . “ FA CES W IT H ROD STEW A RT” — Feb 1, R a n d w ic k , $ 5 .2 0 , B o o k now . “ 21ST SYDNEY F IL M F E S T IV A L ” — Ju n e 1 9 7 4 , R in g 6 6 0 . 3 9 0 9 f o r m a ilin g lis t.

8 0 c e n t s , tu e s . to fri.

“TH E OWL AND THE PU SSY CA T W ENT TO S E E ” — a c h ild r e n s m u s ic a l f a n ta s y : B a n k s to w n to w n h a ll, 7 0 8 . 2 0 4 1 , m o n .-frL 1 1 a m , 2 p m , s a t. 2 p m .

SCHOOL HOLIDAY C R U I S E S — M id d le H a r­ b o r , c o k e , s m i t h ’s c h ip s a n d f a n ta s ie s : N o . 4 j e t t y .

C irc u la r Q uay, in fo .

2 7 .5 2 7 6 , 2 .3 0 - 4 .3 0 , $ 1 .0 0 a d u lts , 5 0 c e n t s .

DALE W O O D W A R D ’S P U P P E T R Y : N e w th e a t r e , tu e s .- f r i.

2 .1 5 pm , 50 c e n ts .

H O L ID A Y A C T I V I T I E S — D ra m a , dance, f a n ta s y , p u p p e try , k a r a te : N ew th e a t r e , 5 4 2 K in g s t, N e w ­ to w n , 5 1 9 . 3 4 0 3 , 1 0 a m -5 pm .

TA RO N G A Z O O : F e rry f r o m N o . 5 w h a r f , C irc u la r Q u a y . 9 .3 0 a m - 5 ,3 0 p m .

“THE ADVENTURES OF UNCLE M ANUELLO AND T H E M EN FR O M O U TE R S P A C E ” : M o s m a n c la ssic , 9 6 9 .5 1 8 6 . 1 1 .0 0 a m , e x ­ c e p t tu e s . w e d . s u n .

THEATRE KIDS “THE A M A Z IN G MR B LU N D EN ” — “ O ne of t h e b e s t f ilm s f o r k id s e v e r m a d e ” : O p e ra H o u se, 11 a m , 2 .3 0 p m , a d u lts $ 1 .5 0 ,

“THE BALLAD OF A N G E L ’S A L L E Y ” : N e w th e a t r e , 5 1 9 .3 4 0 3 . F r i. s a t. s u n . o n l y , 8 .1 5 p m , $ 2 .0 0 . “ S P O IL E D ” by S im o n Gray: Independ^it, 9 2 9 . 7 3 7 7 , 8 .1 5 , w e d . t o

s a t. o n ly . “ T O O T H O F C R IM E ” — A sen d u p o f th e ro c k scene b y Sam , S h e p p a r d : N im ro d S t th e a t r e , 3 3 .3 9 3 3 . T u e s . t o th u r s . 8 .3 0 p m , fr i. a n d s a t. 5 .1 0 , 8 .4 5 . “ JA C K SH EPPA RD OR A N Y T H IN G YOU SA Y W IL L B E T W IS T E D ” b y K e n C a m p b e ll: E n s e m b le th e a t r e , 9 2 9 .8 8 7 7 , m o n .fr i. 8 p m , s a t. 5 p m , 8 p m .

FILMS “CRYSTAL V O Y A GER” : M a n ly S ilv e r S c re e n , 9 7 7 .5 5 0 3 . 7 .3 0 a n d 9 .3 0 , $ 2 .0 0 .

“ B L IN D T E R R O R ” : M a n ­ ly S ilv e r S c re e n , 9 7 7 .5 5 0 3 , 5 .3 0 . $ 1 .5 0 , e x c e p t tu e s . w ed. “ HEAT” , p lu s “ LONE­ S O M E C O W B O Y S” : N ew A rt c in e m a , 6 6 0 .6 2 0 7 . m o n .- f r i. 7 .3 0 ; s a t. a n d s u n . 3 .0 0 , 7 .3 0 ; w e d . 1 .3 0 , 7 .3 0 . $ 2 .5 0 , $ 2 .0 0 . “ CONCERT FO R BANG­ L A D E S H ” : O p e ra H o u s e , 9 .0 0 p m , $ 2 .5 0 , w e d . fri. s a t. o n ly . “ THE CANTERBURY T A L E S ” : Embassy, 2 8 .1 8 6 3 , 1 1 .0 0 , 2 .0 0 , 5 .0 0 , 8 .0 5 ; s u n . 1 .3 0 , 4 .3 0 , 7 .3 0 .

“THE LANGUAGE OF L O V E ” : M o s m a n c la ssic , 9 6 9 .5 1 8 6 . 2 .3 0 , 8 .0 0 p m m o n .- f r i ; 2 .3 0 , 5 .3 0 , 8 .0 0

P m , s a t ; 5 .3 0 , 8 .0 0 p m , su n . “ N IG H T S OF BOCCAC IO ” : A cadem y, 3 .0 0 , 5 .4 5 , 8 .3 5 p m , $ 2 .0 0 .

“TRAVELS W IT H MY A U N T” and “ EN G LAN D MADE M E” : D endy, 4 3 .4 6 2 0 , 4 .0 0 p m , 8 .0 0 p m . E x c e p t tu e s . w e d . “ C E SA R A N D R O S A L IE ” — A lo v e s to r y w ith R o m y S c h n e id e r , Y v e s M o n ta n d : R o se B a y W in te rg a rd e n , 3 2 .3 1 1 0 , m o n .-frL 7 .4 5 ; s a t. 4 .0 0 , 8 .0 0 p m .

GALLERIES JO H N C O N S T A B L E — th e n a tu r e p a i n t e r : A r t G a lle ry o f N S W , tu e s .- s a t. 1 0 a m -5 p m ; th u rs . 10 a m -10 p m ; s u n . 1 2 n o o n - 5 p m . F in i s h ­ es su n d ay .

BRETT W H IT E L E Y — drawings 1 9 6 0 -1 9 7 3 : B o n y th o n g a lle ry , 5 2 V ic ­ to r i a s t, P a d d in g to n , 1 1 a m -6 p m , tu e s .-s a t.

DO BELL, H A R T , GLEES O N , F R I E N D , M A K IN , F R A N C I S a n d o th e r s : Divo la g a lle rie s , 1 6 5 R o w n tr e e s t, B a lm a in , 8 2 7 .3 0 1 8 , th u r s .- f r i.

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WOULD YOU BUY A NEWSPAPER FROM THESE PEOPLE ?

STEPHEN WALL

n e w s p a p e r E x p r e s s i t ’s o n e o f A u s t r a ­ E L L B L U E , n o w t h a t y o u ’re lia ’s m o s t a c tiv e f r e e w a y lo b b y s . O n e o f b a c k o n t h e la n d , h o w ’s i t fe e l?

Y o u r q u ic k fe s tiv e t r i p t o t h e thbeig m o s t in te r e s tin g th in g s a b o u t th e A R F is t h e e x t e n t o f o v e rs e a s in t e r e s t s m o k e c o n v in c e d y o u e v e n m o r e t h a t in i t, a n d t h u s in t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f th e c itie s a re d e c a y in g , t h a t t h e o ld r o a d s in o u r u n d e r d e v e l o p e d c o u n t r y f r i e n d s a r e to o s p e e d y f o r a m a n o f th e (F re e w a y and r o a d w is e s p e a k in g , d ir t , t h a t ’7 4 is t h e y e a r t o d o u b le th e b a b y ) . T h e la te s t in f o t h e E x p r e s s s iz e o f y o u r s u rv iv a l f r u i t a n d v eg c ro p ? c o u ld g e t h o ld o f w a s f o r 1 9 6 9 : in t h a t W e ll B lu e , i f y o u n e e d so m e h e lp in y e a r th e A R F c o u n c il w a s m a d e u p o f th e “ h o w t o g ro w y o u r o w n o n a la rg e r G e n e r a l M o to r s , F o r d , B P , S h e ll, sc a le t h a n w a s p re v io u s ly th o u g h t M o b il, G o o d y e a r T y r e , C a te r p illa r p lu s n e c e s s a r y ” a re a , t h e n s o m e o f th e b o y s a c o u p le o f c e m e n t a n d e q u ip m e n t in s o m e o f th e b ig g e r c itie s o f th e a s s o c ia tio n s , th e F e d e r a l C h a m b e r o f w o r ld h a v e g o t i t to g e th e r a n d c h u r n e d A u to m o tiv e I n d u s tr ie s a n d a c o u p le o f o u t a b o o k lis t o f i n f o s o u r c e s o n A u s tr a lia n c o m p a n ie s . T h e e x p r e s s a lso a g r ic u ltu r e . C o m e s t o y o u f r o m th e s ta t e s t h a t th e A R F is a b r a n c h o f T h e F o o d a n d A g ric u ltu r e o r g a n is a tio n , I n te r n a tio n a l R o a d s F e d e r a t i o n , b a s e d p a r t o f t h e U n ite d N a tio n s . T h e in W a s h in g to n D C . b o o k lis t lo o k s lik e a u s e f u l t o o l to S o , n e x t tim e t h e A u s t r a lia n R o a d s b e t t e r fa rm in g . S e n d f o r it, i t 's fr e e F e d e r a tio n o p e n s its m o u t h , r e m e m b e r F A O b o o k s in p r in t 1 9 7 3 , A G P S P .O . t h a t i t is n o t n e c e s s a rily y o u r in t e r e s t s B o x 8 4 , C a n b e rr a , A C T . b u t th e ir fo r e ig n h ip p o c k e t s th e y h a v e in m in d . If y o u w o u ld lik e t o s u b s c rib e * * * to E x p r e s s , s e n d $ 1 .0 0 t o P O B o x 9 3 , A lb e r t P a r k , V ic to r ia 3 2 0 6 .

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M e lb o u r n e a b o u t t o s t a r t a n in d e x in g s e rv ic e o n e d u c a tio n . F o r th e p a s t y e a r th e y h a v e b e e n c o lle c tin g a n d d i s t r i b u t ­ in g in f o r m a t i o n o n a f a irly w id e ra n g e o f t o p ic s r e l a t e d t o e d u c a tio n — f r o m i m p o r t a n t b u t n o t w id e ly r e a d g o v e rn ­ m e n t p u b lic a tio n s , o v e rs e a s a r tic le s n o t g e n e r a lly a v a ila b le h e r e e tc .

T h e b a s ic id e a is t h a t s u b s c rib e rs to t h e s e rv ic e w o u ld re c e iv e o n a m o n th ly b a s is a n in d e x o f m a te r ia l a v a ila b le ; f r o m th i s o n e c o u ld p u r c h a s e th o s e a r tic le s o f p a r tic u la r in t e r e s t fo r a sm all fe e . T h e r e is a n e e d f o r m o r e e n e r g y to g e t t h i s p r o j e c t o f f t h e g r o u n d . C o n ta c t J a c k G ild in g , 8 0 4 B ru n s w ic k st, N o r th F i t z r o y , V ic . P h o n e 4 8 9 .2 5 8 6 . * * *

T H E R E is a w e ir d l i t t l e n e w s le tte r in S y d n e y c a lle d M e rg e. S ta n d s fo r M e d ia E n e rg y R e so u rc e s G ro u p E x ch an g e.

O n e o f t h e m o s t in te r e s tin g n o te d ite m s t h e r e i n is a c a s s e tte c o -o p lib r a r y ; i t ’s n o o r d i n a r y b e b o p s w a p c lu b . T h e fe lla w h o r u n s t h e c o -o p , R ic h a r d C o a d y , is b u ild in g a b a n k o f re c o r d in g s w h ic h so f a r in c lu d e s th e I llic h /N a d e r F o u r C o r n e r s le c tu r e s , M a r g a r e t M ea d a t t h e W a y s id e C h a p e l a n d a n u m b e r o f o t h e r g o o d ie s .

T h e lis t w ill g r o w a s m o r e c a s s e tte s a r e m a d e u p . L ib r a r y m e m b e r s h ip fe e is $ 3 w h ic h e n title s y o u t o f o u r c o n s e c u tiv e lo a n s a n d a r e f u n d o f $2 a f te r t h e la s t c a s s e tte is r e t u r n e d — o r y o u c a n b u y e a c h c a s s e tte f o r $ 2 . F o r d e ta ils s e n d a f e w s ta m p s to M e rg e, 3 2 C o v e n t r y r d , S tr a t h f ie ld 2 1 3 5 .

*** I F Y O U a re in v o lv e d in c o m m u n ity w o r k h e r e ’s s o m e th in g t h a t m ig h t b e u s e f u l. K e n n a r d s H ire S e rv ic e le n d o u t o n e t i p t r u c k a n d o n e b o x tr a ile r f r o m e a c h o f th e ir f o u r S y d n e y d e p o t s e a c h w e e k . M o re in f o f r o m t h e ir h e a d o ff ic e o n 4 3 9 .3 4 7 7 .

*** EVER HEARD o f t h e A u s tra lia n R o a d s F e d e r a tio n ? A c c o r d in g t o th e M e lb o u r n e b a s e d p r o - p u b lic t r a n s p o r t

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S O M E F e e d b a c k : “ A c o u p le o f p e o p le in M e lb o u r n e h a v e s t a r t e d w o r k o n a d ir e c to r y f o r t h e a lte r n a tiv e s c e n e s in V ic to r ia a n d T a s m a n ia , s im ila r in s ty le to t h e S y d n e y A lte r n a tiv e P in k P a g e s.

T h e y w o u ld lik e t o h e a r f r o m a n d / o r about any g r o u p s , in d iv id u a ls o r p r o je c ts i n te r e s te d in b e in g in c lu d e d in t h e d i r e c t o r y . T h e y a re a ls o i n te r e s te d in h e a r in g f r o m o t h e r d i r e c t o r y c o m p il­ e r s in A u s tr a lia w i t h t h e a im o f p u b lis h in g j o i n t l y w i t h t h e M e lb o u r n e d ire c to ry .” If y o u w a n t to see a d ir e c to r y o f A lte r n a tiv e s in M e lb o u r n e , w r ite t o K e v in a n d M a ry 2 / 3 3 T h o m a s s t, P r a h r a n 3 1 8 1 o r p h o n e 5 1 .7 1 5 0 .

*** F a c t o r y e q u ip m e n t n e w s is a m a g y o u s h o u ld h a v e a l o o k a t if y o u h a v e a n in te r e s t in n e w , a v a ila b le , te c h n o lo g ie s .

I t is a l ittl e lik e a v e r y u n h ip W h o le e a rth c a ta lo g u e . E s s e n tia lly , i t ’s a b i-w e e k ly lis tin g o f n e w p r o d u c t s o f u s e to th e w h e e le r- d e a le rs o f in d u s tr ia l te c h n o lo g y . F E N lis ts in te r e s tin g l ittl e n u m b e r s s u c h a s a t t a c h e c a se c o m p u te r te r m in a ls , p o c k e t s o u n d le v e l in d ic a ­ to r s , a n d n i f t y l ittl e s h r in k g u n s f o r p la s tic s h r in k w r a p p in g . R e s e a r c h o f ­ fic e s , p u r c h a s in g a g e n ts , a n d i n d u s tr y h e a v ie s m a k e i t o n t o th e f r e e b ie lis t as “ r e g is te r e d r e a d e r s ” . O th e r w is e i t ’s w o rth $ 2 4 a y e a r. F E N B o x 6 5 PO , C h ip p e n d a le . S e n d $ 1 .5 0 f o r a s a m p le c o p y if y o u w is h .

*** I re c e iv e d a R e a d e r 's d ig e s t “ $ 4 0 ,0 0 0 G iv e a w a y O f f ic ia l B o o k ” . I t ’s o n e o f th o s e d u ll “ y o u d o n t h a v e t o d o a n y t h i n g ” c o m p e titio n s /c o m e - o n s . T h e o n ly p o i n t o f i n t e r e s t is t h a t th e “ p riz e w in n in g n u m b e r s h a v e b e e n d r a w n b y an in d e p e n d e n t c o m p u te r” . S o m e h o w I w a s u n d e r t h e im p r e s s io n t h a t c o m p u te r s w e re d e p e n d e n t . S o , u n t i l n e x t w e e k , k e e p s e n d in g th o s e g o ld e n i n f o r m a tio n n u g g e ts t o P O B o x 8 / S u r ry H ills. ( I ’d s e tt le f o r a fe w s m a ll lu m p s o f f o o ls g o ld !) i 1

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A drinkers guide to Victoria st AN INTERESTING phenom enon was observed in V ictoria street last friday evening (january 4, 1974), o f vital im p o rt to im bibers o f the dem on drink. Did y o u know th a t if one crosses the street, moving away from th e protesters in th e general direction of th e cuties dressed in blue and guns, (you know the side I m ean — th e one w here you get arrested for breathing) one can a tta in instant sobriety? Yes, folks, a m agic stre e t!

H ere’s how it happened. A gentle­ m an of ocker breeding, sporting a balding head and a m ustard shirt (yes, Virginia, r he was wearing trousers) appeared o n the sitters side exhibiting the classical sym ptom s o f ethanol intoxication, ie. slurred speech, stagger­ ing gait and aggressive behavior. But, w hen h e returned from w hence he cam e, u p o n careful observation these sym ptom s w ere noted to have disap­ peared. He discussed the cricket test w ith nary a slur, his conduct of himself im proved, and his gait becam e most agile. So, this m ere observer came to the blinding conclusion th at: WALK­ ING ACROSS VICTORIA ST SOBERS YOU UP!!

T he alternative prospect, dear read­ e r, is n o t nice. Could this gentlem an’s in te n tio n s w hilst taunting, jeering and generally m aking a bloody nuisance of him self o n th e sitters side o f th e street have had m ore sinister connotations?

Could h e have been (gasp) attem pting to cause one o r m ore o f these people to b e at him ro u n d ly ab o u t the head and shoulders, thus ensuring instant arrest fo r themselves? People who h a d n t slept for three days and were ju st a teen y b it edgy? No, no, the m ind boggles a t such chicanery. Why, every­ one know s T he Policem en Are Our Friends. Still, bloody weird, ain t it?

JE N N Y BEATSON, Glebe, NSW.

Jesus Christ DOES th e fa ct th a t Phil O ’Carroll called his son Jesus entitle him to have any rubbish published? I am referring to his letter/article on the subject of hitching w hich w as long, waffling and w ith little poin t.

T he com m ents he m ade m ay have been valid enough, b u t there is only one w hich we m ay need to be told. “ It is good for th e econo m y/ecology because it m eans m ore people per car.”

The engaging photograph of “P hil’s child, Jesus” is com pletely irrelevant and for th a t reason very disappointing.

There’s gold in them thar hills still!

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seeking one the o th er is fu rth ered . In causing one the o th er is prevented.

G overnm ent exists w here the people cannot rule them selves. Because there is governm ent the people can n o t rule themselves. Because th e people cannot rule them selves there is governm ent.

People m ust be taught to rule th em ­ selves. When the people can rule them ­ selves there will be no governm ent. The people m ust be lead to rule themselves.

The people m ust be directed to rule themselves. The people m u st be gov­ erned tow ards self-rulership. A govern­ m ent th a t does n o t lead the people tow ards self-rulership to a bad govern­ m ent. People w ho do n o t lead people tow ards self-rulership are as equally lacking in virtue as the governm ent.

T he question then is w h at is the m eans of achieving self-rulership w ithin the people. There are tw o usual paths.

Either overall social change based large­ ly on an econom ic ground or, gradual

J. O ’K E E F F E , E lw ood, Vic.

Defining anarchy THE CONCISE O xford dictionary de­ fines anarchy as: absence of govern­ m ent; disorder; confusion. T hus it fur­ thers m isunderstanding. Jo h n Christmass w rites ab o u t his great a u n t Vio­ letta. T hus he furthers m isunderstand­ ing. Jo h n Christmass condem ns b u d ­ dhism and Christianity. T hus he fur­ thers m isunderstanding T L D (1/10) confines itself to purely socio-political interp retatio n s o f an­ archy. T hus TLD furthers m isunder­ standing.

The ever clear H arry G um boot says “anarchy m eans controlling your own life. But a tear dro p in a drought is insignificant” . Since there is no under­ standing, ho w can there be anarchy?

T he dictionary says anarchy is disorder and confusion. T herefore there is an­ archy.

Two definitions of anarchy oppose each o th er. There is contradiction. In Page 26 - T H E L I V I N G D A Y L I G H T S , january 15 -21, 19 74

individual change on a personal spirit­ ual basis. B oth ways claim to achieve individual and collective change and b o th claim the ultim ate social and personal happiness as their eventual goal.

The m ethods, however, differ radi­ cally on finer poin ts o f ideologies.

Both claim superiority over the o th er based o n , supposedly, superior ideolog­ ical rationalisations.

It is, therefore, natu ral to assume one of three things: 1. B oth are right and the differences in h eren t and irreconcilable.

2. One is right and the o th er w rong.

3. B oth are w rong, and thus the right w ay is as y et u n know n to m any, or all.

F u rth e r, it can be concluded that: 1. If b o th are wrong — b o th have either n o understanding or incom ­ plete understanding.

2. If one is right th en the o th er should

be questioned b y the supporters and changes should occur.

3. If b o th are right differences are irreconcilable.

I ’ll leave it to you to ponder the consequences.

ANON, Tasmania

Off with their heads IT AM AZES m e th a t supposedly educated radicals can consider th a t anarchism (presum ably m eaning the absence o f coercive auth o rity ) is a serious p olitical project.

I w ould consider th a t the ideal every genuine radical should strive to achieve w ould be a m eritocracy, which w ould necessarily entail the existence o f coercive a u th o rity . O f course any m eritocracy has to have a class basis and for the sake of social progress it w ould be necessary to have a socialist m eritocracy.

If it was the case th a t all individuals w ere really equal in ability (a state of affairs only likely to be found in a ro b o t society) th en an anarchist society w ould be socially progressive.

Some m ig h t say th a t the potential for hum an equality exists b u t th a t the present social environm ent prevents its realisation; b u t the fact is th a t hum an ability and behavior is n o t only determ ined by social environm ent b u t also b y biological h eredity and it is a scientific fa c t th a t we are all biological­ ly different.

So w ith o u t a progressive m erit­ ocracy able to effectively exercise coercive a u th o rity hum an society will com e to a prem ature end because the m any problem s th a t threaten society can only be effectively tackled by the application o f m an k in d ’s intellectual assets. I understand th at the historical epoch o f prim itive com m unism could be said to be an anarchist society b u t it is only on such a low technical and cultural base th a t anarchism is viable.

Due to the consequences o f the Ecology Problem (if the bom b doesnt do it first) m ankind, prior to its eventual extinction, will probably re tu rn to a state of prim itive com m un­

ism or anarchism , b u t th a t is hardly a reason for us to be seriously concerned w ith the establishm ent of an anarchist society now .

W hat w e have to be concerned a b o u t (in theory, a t least, if n o t in practice) are the social problem s th at directly affect our generation and, in m y opinion, after taking in to account all relevant considerations th e m ost progressive society able to be realised in practice are the socialist societies like Russia and China — disregarding charges of revisionism for the m om ent — w hich, for all the m etaphysical claptrap a b o u t P eople’s Democracies, are effectively m eritocracies.

When thinking ab o u t political sys­ tem s th e only scientific o u tlo o k is obtained b y applying the theory of evolution to society. In this w ay we can see th a t the value o f any political system can be determ ined by w hether or n o t it c ontributes tow ards the survival of the hum an species (ie, w hether or n o t it is a progressive society), w hich m eans th a t it is a society able to effectively tackle the present social problem s threatening social retrogression or extin ctio n ; of course the theory of evolution entails the natural selection o f species and races which m eans th a t — anti-Stalinists take note — the continued survival of particular social groups (anarchists, for instance) will n o t enhance the prospects for social survival, as far as th e present situation is concerned.

LE O N A R D AM OS, W ynnum, Qld.

Ettu Daylights!

AU STRALIA is so m uch b e tte r than A ustralians give it credit for. H undreds o f them jum p on ships and planes like ra ts doing the proverbial desertion b it.

Will we ever learn to appreciate w hat we have and try to im prove and preserve it?

Instead of being destructive becom e constructive and creative. T h ere ’s a lo t m ore lasting satisfaction in it, th an in just destroying things.

C ertainly Australia does need some changes BUT have a reasonable and constructive alternative to the problem before starting to destroy the existing situation. W hat we need is a definite aim. More honesty in governm ent (and the average person is the one to help achieve that) — and cut the crap ab o u t anarchy. As Leunig said, “ I t ’s only irresponsibility” .

If we fell for anarchy we w ould lose our identity altogether. (Which is also w hat happens in a Socialist state — personal identity, any identity is destroyed). Consider this: In a society o f socialism or com m unism , this paper would be completely NON-EXISTENT! A N N E T T E ER B S, Willow Grove, V ic.

Where are you Ben? YOU SHOULD do a few stories on the unsung heroes like Ben Hall, Pidgeon (aboriginal tracker), Eric Cook, Julian Ripley and R upert G eritsen, Batem an and Flow er, and the num erous juvenile delinquents and vandals of Australia.

The D em on Parachol, Inglew ood, WA

Ah! Help SCARED the shit o u t of m e. I’m watching M od squad, “Who are the keepers,” “ Who are the inm ates” . A real life look in TV dim ension at the situation w ith m ental hospitals (re­ m em ber D e Sade ?)

And to the point, i t so rem inded me of our ow n psychiatric institutions;

especially the p art w here the govern­ m ent has given itself the right to electrocute people.

A nyw ay can som eone get on the ball, how about this electrocardiogram trea tm e n t or w hatever the doctors of euphemism care to call it?

It ju st blow s m y m ind. Maybe if som eone on the team can start a b it of hassling ab o u t it, it m ay take steps tow ards rectifying this barbaric inquisi­ tional a ttitu d e of the state and the m edical profession to m ental im bal­ ance. Dope ’em up th en jab ’em w ith electric artificial stim ulus of adrenal glands. Fear, shock, zap in th e “ norm al behavior” , w ind dow n treatm ent, m ore dope. Feelinq b e tte r? !” today Mrs frustrated housew ife. AH! HELP. I ’m an alchem ical student, an apprentice magician, a politician, a lover, a man, a child of G od and I've got m y ow n w ork to do, b u t this is im p o rta n t. P rint the letter and do som ething.

JI, Camberwell, Vic.

Up Kung Fu BRUCE LEE was a fantastic person of his tim e, unfo rtu n ately he died a t the age of 32. He died so young, because o f all the p unishm ent his body took.

He w as a Kung F u superstar. I saw one of his m ovies n o t long ago and I th in k it was one of the b e st movies I had ever seen.

All his movies are o f karate violence, he was b o rn to jum p, tw ist, turn, he had fabulous reflexes and he was always cautious.

LE W IS M URDO CH (9), Armadale, Vic

Down Kung Fu WILL IT ever end? You have been flogging the Kung F u b it now for the past five issues So far a to ta l o f 15 pages, com plete w ith 158 m iniature photographs th a t resem ble flag tim e on m ay d a y W hat a bore! Fred Astaire provided the only attractive m ovem ent in an otherw ise hapless effort. I can hardly w ait fo r n e x t w eek ’s thriller: th e Straight Punch and Finger Jab! G R A EM E SU L L IV A N , P otts Point, NSW.

Hey there, you weakgutted hypocrites I ’M JU ST another pot-sm oking casual orchard hand getting depressed because the back ty re of m y pushbike is wearing ou t.

Six m iles I push to w o rk for the “grand” wage o f $52.70 a w eek. I havent w orked a full w eek for a t least three m onths, I fear losing m y job.

Here I am today w riting to you w hen I should be o u t thinning the trees. I w ould like to call m yself an anarchist b u t I have to w o rk to feed m y stom ach.

I t ’s n o t easy playing the role o f a pot-sm oking casual orchard hand w ho pays $20 a w eek re n t for a house in w hich h e lives alone. I havent got m y m other-sister-lover to w ake m e u p in the m orning to m ake me a cup of decaffeinated coffee w ith a slurp of carton m ilk and a teaspoonful of honey.

Life goes on — I m end m y own clothes w ith needle and thread — sweep the d irt o u t of the house — pay m y own electricity bill (I d id n t w ant electricity b u t it w as a proviso).

All m y pot sm oking “friends” w ho have record players and bank accounts and live w ith their parents, I feel sorry fo r. T hey're all constipated from overeating and all have high cholesterol levels.

Then th ere ’s the pot-sm oking aciddropping “m unchie” eating university “friends” w ho are playing the game of student-anarchist, yeah, from the tax I pay to the fucked up governm ent. Of course if you are like m e you w ouldnt send in y our tax re tu rn s and get the $500 the governm ent ow es you, because you d o n t like pow er to know where y o u ’re a t. W hat th ey d o n t know w o n ’t h u rt them .

Who am I to judge all those in the public service w ho w an t dope legal­ ised!? I t m ust be fun finding jobs for people while playing the role of pseudo-hippie-head-freak-sw inger. Who am I to say y o u are a bunch o f w eak-gutted hypocrites, after all I did the first year o f a “C ertificate of Business Studies” , and w as u nem ploy­ ed for seven m onths.

C ould anyb o d y offer me a “jo b ” th a t is truly anarchistic or give m e $200 to escape to Nim bin?

If th is reads like som ebody speak­ ing w ith phlegm in his m o u th then it can ’t be helped. I feel the urge to spit on some people.

PHIL, Hastings, Vic. P. S. T he unim portance im portance is im m easurable.

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Vegetarians need loving WHEN I first started to w rite this letter, I found it difficult to keep it polite and straight. I read Peter A n­ drew s letter e n titled W ishy w ashy vege­ tarians in TLD , 1/10, and w as distu rb ­ ed by the tone of attack.

Firstly, in talking ab o u t vegetarian­ ism it is necessary to accept, even if you d o n t believe, a few principles and w ords like love, peace, non aggression as being real and im p o rtan t ideas to some people. Secondly, it is im p o rtan t to understand th a t n o t everybody is a confident e x p ert in his field of adher­ ence and th a t some things are a m atter

o f h eart — ie. a m a tte r o f feeling rather th an intellectual understanding.

V egetarians believe that m eat is not essential to th e hum an bod y . They believe th a t plants provide all necessary fo o d s for the bod y . T his is a m atter of d ebate am ong m edical people b u t n o t all vegetarians are do cto rs or experts in n u tritio n . People form a belief from either a large am o u n t of evidence or a little . O th ers take a lead from scriptur­ al (religious) statem ents or because it is an aspect of their faith (and th u s on the a u th o rity of their teachers or spirit­ ual leaders). W ith conflicting m edical opinion o p p o n e n ts can b u t recognise the validity of the belief of the adher­ ents.

Because m eat is unnecessary it fol­ lows th a t th ere is no need to eat it.

Som e au th o ritie s say th a t the hum an digestive system is herbivorous in de­ sign. O thers say m eat takes too long to digest and clogs u p the system , and is th u s an inefficient food. Y et other a uthorities believe th a t m eat carries on th e lower anim al vibrations to the eater and th is is n o t a spiritually sound thing to do. T he transfer of vibrations is n o t generally respected by W estern science and n o evidence to either support or deny the belief appears to be available.

N ow because m eat is n o t necessary

No Albie, Jazz makes the world go round W RITING as an instant reaction to Albie T h o m s’ article, Fiddler on the floor (T L D 1/9), I was filled w ith the usual loathing and disgust as for the five-m illionth tim e I read about where the real avant-garde, the real under­ ground w as in to d a y ’s m usic.

Sure, A hern etc. are today; they're avant-garde. Sure, rock ’n roll is old, 20 years old alm ost. I d o n t see th a t this is a reason to be patronising tow ards a m usic th a t is still growing, despite the m ulti-corporation scene going on be­ hind a lo t o f it. But if w e’re going to be elitist a b o u t w ho does w hat, w ho is good a n d contem porary a t it, I d ont see w hy the real, living, growing music of today should be, as usual, ignored.

Yes, folks, th at old nigger-music, jazz, is still hittin g it o u t. In the w hole of Albie T h o m s’ article I d id n t see one m ention of the real creators on the jazz scene o f to d ay , or even of the late 60s for th a t m atter.

O h yes, we have a token gesture tow ards th e “jazz” o f the S oft Machine and Miles Davis, Miles being cast m ore or less in the ro le of a peripheral rock a rtist. B ut anyone in his right m ind w ould only grant Soft Machine a real position in the jazz scene o f today som ew here near the “also-rans”, let alone as contem porary leaders. A nd as for Miles, brilliant as he is, h e ’s been around since 1945, on one of Charlie P arker’s first real Be-Bop recording sessions.

Even David A hern w ould concede

th a t B artok w as o nly a year dead a t th a t p o in t in tim e, and Ravel o nly a few m ore. Stockhausen, th e guru of to d a y ’s young classical set, was years from being heard of, or from creating im p o rtan t music. Please, A lbie, if w e ’re going to p u t shit on jazz, give it a break and a t least m ention som eone th a t has appeared in the 60s a t least, if n o t in the past 10 years.

And as for David A hern him self: yes, h e ’s being experim ental, super­ ficially daring, and so on. His group revolts some o f their audiences, and m ost of the conservative press, pred ict­ ably enough. O f course, the Conservatorium , th a t bastion o f All Things Good, freaked a t them . A t the same tim e, how ever, I have y e t to see even Jo h n C oltrane's nam e in p rin t in the Sydney press m ore th an once in the past five years. H ow ’s th a t for being avant-garde, a rebel, and R eally Suf­ fering?

I was present at th e so called great event a t the Cell B lock w here the audience was called on to participate.

N ot only was it finally n e x t to useless at dragging any creativity o u t of the audience, m ost o f w hom w ere too paranoid to do anything b u t sit or w alk around and smile and th in k ho w love­ ly, it was also one o f th e hugest ego-trips I’ve ever seen a perform er on.

N ot only was A hern to ta lly oblivi­ ous to the failure o f the piece after ab o u t 10 m inutes of audience “ partic­ ipatio n ” , and the disintegration of the

u n ity of the piece in to tin y pockets of people doing som ething either alone, or in small groups, o r just sitting staring at th e floor. He actually sto p ­ ped a couple o f free m usic players th at I was vaguely acquainted w ith a t the tim e from playing — and w hat A hern was trying to achieve is exactly w hat players like them are doing all the tim e! A pparently com petent m usician­ ship was n o t in A h ern ’s m ind w hen he said th a t the audience w as free to create any sound th a t w ould add to the m usic as a whole.

B ut to get on a bit. As I said above, I’m so sick and tired of seeing avantgarde jazz ignored entirely or only spoken ab o u t in th e m ost ignorant a nd/or condescending w ay th a t I am w riting th is article b o th as a p ro test and as a tem porary lifting o f the critical blackout.

I d o n t m ind if A-Z keep creating, existing, doing w hat they will, and have num erous articles published a bout them . I ’m n o t a m usical fascist. B ut at th e same tim e, let there be articles ab o u t the high-level energy, creativity, brilliance o f such contem porary play­ ers as T he A rt E nsem ble of Chicago, the I.C.P. group from H olland, Cecil T aylor, K eith Ja rre tt, Pharoah Sanders, John Tchicai, The Jazz C om poser’s O rchestra A ssociation, Paul Bley, A n­ n e tte Peacock, O rn e tte C olem an, Jo h n Surm an, Barre Philips, A rchie Shepp, Chick Corea, The A.A.C.M. group from Chicago . . . the list could go on . . .

A nd if w e drop back only a couple o f years to w hen the Beatles were still together, w e could include artists such as Jo h n Coltrane, Eric D olphy, A lbert Ayler, N ooker L ittle . . .

All these people are artists th a t deserve the u tm o st a tte n tio n from the contem porary listener. The com plexity of th e m usic, the diversity o f its expression, th e starkness of its presen­ tatio n is u nm atched in any o th er con­ tem porary m usic.

In a w ay it is inevitable that the ro ttin g , stagnant critical press of m od­ ern m usic, w ith its stagnant critiques of new classical m usic, its largely selfcongratulatory ignorant and musically illiterate rock press, its nearly to ta l M oldy Fig jazz press, should largely ignore th is music in Australia, and also its A ustralian practitioners; the music is som ething th a t reaches past the sterility th a t is a t the essence o f their being, and of so m uch o f to d a y ’s culture.

Perhaps the m usical, as well as the social, alternative, has to be an in­ dividual one. I ’m ju st asking for people to have a real choice and a chance of knowing a bout m usic th a t has been ignored u p to now . Living in ignorance surely isnt bliss, w hen you finally see w hat y o u ’ve missed. B rother.

K E ITH SH A D WICK, Glebe, NSW

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to and bad for the b o d y it th en follow s th at anim als should n o t be slaughtered for food.

Religions — like politics — differ o n fine ideological p oints and th u s we have a collection of differen t spiritual interpretations on the need for vegetar­ ianism. It is n o t fair to ex p ect every vegetarian to have p u t in a couple of years o f serious study o f varying relig­ ious and m etaphysical tex ts to cope w ith the prying and relevant questions of an o p p o n e n t. F u rth e r, some vegetar­ ian beliefs are of a purely n utritional origin "and have no religious signifi­ cance at all.

Many religions forbid th e taking of life. B ut as hum an beings m u st eat to survive and as eating m eans consum ing living or once living things, th is is clearly im practical ex cep t to the ab­ solute purists w ho drin k w ater and absorb sunlight (this has specific m eta­ physical fo u ndations b u t I ’ll n o t go into them here).

To facilitate th is overall im practicality — and also in spite of it — there exists a scale of values. S trictly speak­ ing it ranges fro m th e least conscious and anim ated life form to the m ost conscious and anim ated life form (the latter supposedly we hum ans). This scale is fairly universal even in flesh eaters and o ften relates to practical associations — ie. some people w ouldnt eat a dog or cat or horse, y et there is apparent little difference betw een them and cows, sheep etc.

V egetarians recognise this scale of values in relation to necessity. It is necessary to eat. Plants provide w h at is needed. T herefore plan ts are n o t gener­ ally regarded as the living creature one should n o t kill. I should po in t o u t th at some people talk to plants before killing them and display honest sorrow in taking their lives.

There are answers aplenty for those w ho seek them and no short statem ent can ever hope to give light to every question. One statem ent m ay lead to ten questions and their answers each to another ten. This is norm ally w hat the diligent tru th seeker finds and so years m ay pass before it is possible to fully understand just w hy people eat veget­ ables and then perhaps years m ore to know just w hy they cannot explain their own reasons.

If you truly w ant to know , first o f all respect the belief and respect its adherents. Even the m ost lax and m ost ignorant. T hey seek and study.

Peace to you all, R. K E N D A L L , Hobart, Tas

Wedding in white?

WOULD you go to see a film entitled: Wedding in w h ite? I w ouldnt, th a t’s for sure, b u t by accident, a t the Cannes Film Festival, I did see it, and it is still w ith m e some six m o n th s later. This film m ade a big im p act upon m e, and therefore I feel an obligation to sing its praises. The film was m ade in Canada, w hich seems to be a n o th er strike against it . . . I m ean, w ho w ould go to see a Canadian film entitled Wedding in w hite? T here you see w hat an uphill fight I have on m y hands.

The film stars (ugh w h at a verb) Donald Pleasance, b u t for m e the film takes o n a special som ething every tim e an actress called Carole Kane is on the screen. I d o n ’t wish to spoil the film by telling its plot, b u t for all o f you interested in th e fight for sexual freedom and w om ens liberation (in m any w ays the same fight) I urge you to see this film and to help get it screened in your p art o f the w orld. The film was conceived by and directed by Bill F ruet, and was produced b y D erm et productions (579 Church street, T oronto 285, Canada; Tele­ phone: 4 1 6 .9 2 4 -1 1 3 1 ).

O K ?____ O K ___ JIM H A Y N E S , Paris, France.

T H E L I V I N G D A Y L I G H T S , jahuary 15-21, 1 9 7 4 - P a g e 27

YOUR GUIDE TO BRITISH F r o m P r iv a te E y e m a g a zin e .

THE FO OD H O A R D IN G BORE

'Well, of course, Nigel saw it all coming back in September, so we've been prepared for months. Nigel says that by next summer, all food will have gone up by 500 per cent. A tin of. baked beans will cost £ 1 —and you simply w o n 't be able to get some things at all, like sugar and bread and lasagne. We've had the garage piled high with tins of rice pudding and potato salad since October. We've turned the coal cellar into a deep-freeze worked by a generator in the sitting-room And Nigel says that when the oil runs out, probably by the end of the year, he can rig up a sort of windm ill on the roof which will make enough electricity to light three 40-w att bulbs and work the washing machine. So we're alright—I don't know about you? It's probably a bit late to start stocking up now—up our way in Hampstead, the shops have been com­ pletely out of most things, like tagliatelli and tarragon and croissants, for weeks.

Anyhow, when everything runs out, you can always pop up and have dinner with us one night, can’t you?'

T H E 'I T H IN K IT 'S A LL A B S O LU TELY M ARVELLOUS' BORE

TOE NASTY EXPERIENCE BORE ‘Did I tell you about the frightful time I had last Thursday? Well, I couldn’t get any petrol to get up to town, so I had to go up by train. Going up was alright, in fact the train was dead on time. But coming back, I knew I had to be home by 7.15, because Marjorie was having a few people in for drinics-so I left the office at 5.30 sharp to catch the 6.12, or 1812 or whatever it is they call it these days.

Anyway, the train was only a few minutes late leaving, but you couldn’t get a seat for love nor m oney—and we were hardly out o f the station, when the damn thing stopped in the middle o f nowhere. Do you know how long they kept us waiting there? Fourteen minutes! Then we got going again, we stopped at Surbiton, and then we found ourselves going on some wild goose chase all the way round by Kingston-on-Thames. Anyway, by 7.00 we’d got into Pangboume—miles out o f the way. Still not a word o f explanation.

I thought o f Maijorie waiting there with the Atkinsons and old Fred W illett-do you know Fred? A fearful bore, who’s always telling you what happened to him on the train on the way hom e—but any wa y. . . ’

'I think it's all absolutely marvellous, what's happening. I mean, there won't be any more of these ghastly motorways and office blocks. And there won't be any more of those beastly plastic cups.

And there won't be any more cars or television or electricity or all that un­ speakable pop music blaring away every­ where. And there won't be any more of that horrible claustrophobic central heating that everyone has nowadays.

There won't be any food or any water and you won't have to wait in a queue to buy a perfectly ordinary handbag in the Harrods sales like I had to do this morning. In fact I think we're all going to be much much nicer people as a result— don't you agree, you squalid little man?'

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‘I f yo u take m y advice, y o u ’ll get all you r m oney ou t o f shares because th e y ’re going to be worth nothing in a few months time. A nd the whole property thing’s going to collapse at any m oment, so I should sell yo u r house now, i f you can find a buyer. I t ’s certainly n o t worth keeping anything in the bank these days, with inflation at the rate it is. In fact there’s only one sensible thing to do with m oney and th a t’s to spend i t on something th a t’s bound to appreciate whatever happens, like English water­ colours. A nd the other thing is, d o n ’t just buy one o f whatever y o u need.

You’ve got to think o f the future, and the m oney y o u ’re going to save in the long run. For instance, I ’ve ju st bought 200 pairs o f socks. ’

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THE GOOD A D VICE BORE

‘Of course this crisis is nothing to do with the miners or the railways or the oil crisis or anything like that. I mean the way it’s been presented by Ted Heath and the newspapers is just a whole series of red herrings. The real crisis is not just something that affects Britain, but the whole world, and die frightening thing is that we’re all being kept completely in the dark about i t All the governments know perfectly well what s really behind it alL In fact they’ve been having a series of secret meetings at Geneva and else­ where to talk about it. And they all know that the whole thing could be solved in a few weeks, if cmly everyone vas prepared to play ball. The people who are holding out are the Japanese, because they’ve got most to lose. Of course, it’s a highly technical matter— to do with floating reserves and all that kind of thing-I don’t know whether you know about economics—but apparently there’s a thing called a . . . ’

THE BORE WHO KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT’S HAPPENING

P rinted b y Richard N eville a t 174 Peel S treet. N o rth M elbourne fo r Incorporated N e w s a g e n ts com pany Pty L td , th e publisher and distrib­ utor, 113 Rosslyn Street, M elbourne. K ohoutek fizzed . . . and w ith it the prayers of the pessimists, ha ha.

‘One thing you must say for this crisis, it’s taught us all a long overdue lesson. We’ve all had it too easy for too long, living o ff the fat o f the land. Alison and I were talking about it last night-and this year we’re going to try to be com­ pletely self-sufficient. I’ve already started digging up the rose-beds for cabbages, and we’re putting the lower lawn down to soya beans. Alison read in the paper the other day that they’re quite attractive plants, so they’re not going to spoil the look o f the place. Anyway, we reckon that on our five acres, we can grow enough protein and vitamins to feed the whole family for a year. Now if everyone in the country did that, our import bill would vanish overnight. 50 million people would only need two acres each . . . or, hang on a mo, was it two people would only need 50 acres . . . anyway, it was all in the Daily Telegraph the other day. I’ve got a copy o f the article at hom e—why don’t I send it to you?’

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