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Lawrence’s amazing book launch

What’s On In Melbourne★ Daffodil Day will be held by the Cancer Council on August 23.

The 2013 range includes pens $6; daffodil pins $5; Chef Dougal Bear$10, rugby ball $7, daffodil magnet $4, keyring $7 and fresh daffodils cost $7per bunch.

★ Country Racing Victoria has this week announced the four finalists for this year's Centrebet Victoria Country Racing Club of

the Year Awards. They are the Cranbourne Turf Club, Dunkeld Rac-ing Club, Swan Hill Jockey Club and Wangaratta Turf Club.

★ The first ever Australian Women’s Health Week is taking placefrom September 2-6. Ambassadors including Deborah Hutton,

Simone Buchanan and Melinda Schneider.

Melbourne MomentsClick go shears

■ Former 3AW Overnighters hostKeith McGowan (pictured at right)has an appointment with Williams-town hairdresser Steven Heath thisweek.

McGowan adopted the wild andwoolly look after his son Nathanasked why Keith was using No 2 clip-pers in his retirement.

Keith grew his hair, vowing not tocut it until his son made another re-mark. Nathan did, last Sunday.

The hair cut appointment has beenset for tomorrow (Thurs.) afternoon.Steven is known as a ‘hairdresser tothe stars’.

Show, expo■ Fishing, boating and water-sportenthusiasts will be kept busy at nextweek's National 4x4 & OutdoorsShow and Fishing & Boating Expoat the Melbourne Showgrounds,August 23-25, with hundreds-of-thou-sands of products on display and massesof show specials.

Metro Trains will run a specialtrain service on the Saturday and Sun-day for show patrons with trains run-ning every 20 minutes from FlindersSt, stopping at Southern Cross andNorth Melbourne stations, then ex-press to the Showgrounds.●●●●● Keith McGowan

Etta James Story returns

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■ At Last: The Etta James Story isreturning to Melbourne’s Ath-enaeum Theatre from November12-17, following seasons at theSydney Opera House and majortheatres around the country.

The show features the powerhousetalent of Vika Bull, one ofAustralia’s most respected, powerfulsoul singers,

At Last has garnered standing ova-tions and rave reviews throughout itsAustralian tour, according to publi-cist Rain Fuller. Tickets go on saletomorrow (Thurs.).

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■ Essendon Football Club werereportedly to gace charges yesterday(Tues,.) from the Australian Foot-ball League.

When the Observer went to press inthe late afternoon (Tues.), there hadbeen no news of any charges havingbeen delivered.

The AFL is to said allege thatsupplements were improperly used bythe Bombers last year.

Some media reports said thatJames Hird, the Essendon coach hadbeen in secret talks. He denied this, andsaid that he had been reading stories tohis children at his home.

There had been expectations of amedia conference at 9am yesterday.

Hird forecast the Bombers wouldfight any charges handed down by theAFL over the supplements saga.

“I think we all find it hard to be-lieve that charges can be laid on indi-viduals or the club when none of ourplayers have (been) shown to take per-formance-enhancing drugs, none of ourplayers have shown that they’ve beenharmed by anything that’s been given.”

■ The countdown is on to the Sep-tember 7 Federal election. Bothleaders, Kevin Rudd and TonyAbbott, have included Victoria ontheir itinerary in the lead-up.

The Australian ElectoralCommission has issued a re-minder that anyone interested inrunning as a House of Represen-tatives or Senate candidate in thehas until 12 Noon tomorrow(Thurs., Aug. 15) to nominate.■ There have been reports of ascam where senior citizens havebeen telephoned, with an offer tovote by phone.

●●●●● Kevin Rudd in lastSunday’s televised debate

Fisk performs

●●●●● Gene Bradley Fisk■ Country music artist Gene Bra-dley Fisk will perform at Ruby’sPop Up Cafe, 111 Mollison St,Kyneton, from 7pm on Saturday,September 7.

Organiser Roni Wildeboer,phone 0424 938 931, says tickets areavailable for $30 each, and pro-ceeds will go towards Artists ForOrphans.

★ Tickets have gone on sale for Carl Barron’s A One Ended Stick -Exclusive DVD Launch Show at the Princess Theatre on Tuesday,

October 22.

★ Close friends have asked that it be noted that Melbourne master milliner Paris Kyne died of a fatal heart attack. Some newspapers have

added Lifeline messages causing erroneous speculation that he took his own life.

★ Melbourne-based and Brixton-born jazz diva, Ruth Rogers-Wrightwill appear in Nina Simone: Black Diva Power at Chapel Off Chapel

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●●●●● Derryn Hinch was photographed with Observer columnist DiRolle at the launch of Lawrence Money’s latest book, AmazingAussie Bastards, at Corrie Parkin’s My Bookshop. Di’s report inon Page 10.

Darebin Music Feast goes online■ The 2013 Darebin Music Feast program will be available onlinefrom today (Wed.). Explosive and imaginative aural pleasures are on offerat www.musicfeast.com.au, says publicist Michelle Buxton.

Melbourne's music community comes together to celebrate songwritingand music in all its forms at the Feast.

There is a diverse collection of musical events of all genres, built on thephilosophy that music brings people together.

The 2013 Darebin Music Feast runs from Wednesday-Sunday, Sep-tember 18-29 and presents more than 150 events, in over 25 venues through-out Northcote, Westgarth, Preston, Thornbury, Reservoir,Bundoora and Fairfield, including loads of free events.

The City of Darebin has committed new funds to the annual MusicFeast in order to deliver a new curated program, and to grow the diversityof music projects with the festival. Some initiatives for 2013 include thecreation of a festival hub bar.

Named The Bain Marie, the 200-capacity bar will be housed in theNorthcote Town Hall Civic Square. Entrance to the bar will be freeand will present a broad selection of music, kid-friendly lunchtime gigs,open decks vinyl sessions, community participation and music comedy.

A blend of craft brewers, spirit and wine makers have been selected tostock the bar and are excited to deliver educational tastings and showcasesof their tailor made products.

Partners include East 9th Brewing Co. with Doss Blockos, FogCity Red Sangria, Lick Pier Ginger Beer, Golden Axe Cider, WestWinds Gin, 666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka and Tequila Tromba.

Artists performing will include Howlin Steam Train, Quarry Moun-tain Dead Rats, Royal Jelly Dixieland Band, Chris Russell ChickenWalk, Chook Race, The Tiger; plus soul, gypsy and folk acts.

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STILL ARTISTIC AS ANYTHING■ If you've joined in the debate thatlinks exists between genetics and sib-ling creativity; and you need two livingexamples to close your affirmative ar-gument, then, like me, you could sim-ply point out the talented O'Dohertybrothers.

With their feet planted firmly in themusic and art worlds, New Zealandborn brothers, Peter O'Doherty andChris O'Doherty (better known bythe pseudonym Reg Mombassa) werethe founding members of Aria Award-winning Australian band Mental AsAnything, and are celebrated award-winning visual artists.

Peter specialises in still-life works;domestic, suburban architecture, land-scapes of urban scenes andstreetscapes; whilst Reg is well re-nowned for his idiosyncratic work forMambo Graphics and as a fine art-ist.

When they take a break from creat-ing art and their exhibitions, togetherthey continue to spearhead the DogTrumpet band they created beforeleaving the Mentals in the late 1990s.

Continuing along parallel careerpaths, the talented siblings have re-leased Dog Trumpet's sixth albumMedicated Spirits in Australia,United States and Canada, on theToronto-based Orange label.

Recorded and mixed by Peter inSydney at his Big Brain Studio overthe past three years, the double albumCD and vinyl hosts a stellar line up ofguest musicians.

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Travelling by car from Sydney toMelbourne along with bass playerBernie Hayes and drummer IainShedden, the four-piece band will per-form shows in Melbourne andthroughout Victoria.

Caught between an afternoon of re-hearsing and painting, on his artisticPorch in Coogee (near Randwick),Peter was more than happy to sharehis thoughts on art, Dog Trumpet'smusic and the inspiration behind theirlatest collaboration.

In reference to genetics and cre-ativity, how much of your andReg's creative ability do you at-tribute to your parents?

Certainly our Dad's Irish back-ground and musical talents, and ourMum's love of singing, amateur the-atre and performing in choirs certainlyplayed a part. Reg and I are fortunateto have been able to follow our musi-cal passion, where our father unfortu-nately couldn't.

What are your first memoriesof arriving in Australia fromNew Zealand?

I remember sailing into Sydneywhen I was 10. The Opera Housewas under construction and wesettled in the northern beaches area,which looked a bit like Aucklandin those days.

As founding members of theiconic band -'Mental As Any-thing', why did you and Regform Dog Trumpet while stillwith the 'Mentals'?

We hadn't recorded a Mentals al-bum for a while, and the process hadbecome a bit cumbersome. At thesame time, I was expanding my vi-sual arts work. We thought it was agood time for us to go back to creat-ing our own music, in a more relaxedway, at our own pace.

How did the name DogTrumpet name come about?

We had been throwing a fewnames around, including Dog Trum-pet, which was a reference to Reg'sartwork. As we were finalising ourfirst tracks for the new act, 'DogTrumpet' stood out as the mostworkable. It's a bit like naming achild. Once it's decided, the namesticks!

Dog Trumpet's unique soundreflects an affection for classic1960's pop and whimsicalpsychedelia - mixed with quirkylyrics that at times, can borderon being a-political. Do you en-joy pushing the political enve-lope?

We do sometimes express anopinion or observation through ourmusic. We realise that it's just ourperspective on a particular issue,though, and we also enjoy listeningto other people's expressions and out-looks.

What is the meaning for thealbum title Medicated Spirits?

It's based on the track MethylatedSpirit . Reg was reflecting on hisobservation of a homeless personwho appeared to be medicating him-self with spirits. It seemed relatablefor few different reasons.

I can even see how it fits withVincent van Gogh, whose biogra-phy was an insightful read.

Medicated Spirits is quite aninventive album with seventeensongs and two instrumentals fea-turing a range of guest musi-cians. Who did you and Reg in-vite to be part of the album?

Amanda Brown (GoBetweens) on violin, Bernie Hayes(who contributes to the song Camel

●●●●● Reg Mombassa and Peter O'Doherty

Rock) on backing vocals, SharonFinn on backing vocals, Rob Woolfon piano and organ, JonathanZwartzon double bass, IainShedded, Hamish Stuart, JessCiampa and Declan O'Dohertyon drums.

Peter Mitchell performs har-monica and Ken Allars is on trum-pet. Even though I enjoyed the record-ing process with our many talentedguest artists, I'm very much lookingforward to playing live with Iain andBernie.

Medicated Spirits is quite animaginative and poetic journey.Do you feel you've been able tomaintain complete musical free-dom in an increasingly demand-ing music business?

We've been very fortunate to haveexperienced both the pace and pres-sure of working to high music-busi-ness expectations, as well as to beable to work independently for our-selves at a more flexible pace.

Sometimes we've found our ownindividual expectations have beenhigher than any we've encountered inour 'Mentals years', but we're ex-tremely happy with the completedMedicated Spirits project.

With over three decades in theprofessional music industry, isthere a new style or genre youwould like to experiment with?

I enjoy a wide range of styles andI do like to try different instrumenta-tion in collaboration with other musi-cians.

New sounds can also come fromunexpected sources, such as mySiamese cat, whose vocals were re-corded unintentionally in the earlydays in our track Antisocial Tenden-cies.

Being Sydney based, do youhave a particular place inMelbourne which appeals forcreative inspiration?

I enjoy the culture and atmosphereof the St Kilda area. Melburnianshave a great appreciation for both artand music. Sometimes our creativeinspiration comes at times and fromplaces we least expect it to. Once,during a drive to the Otways, weheard Ray Davies and the Kinkson the radio, and Reg quickly cameup with a new track that's featuredon the album.

What is your Porch ThoughtFor The Day?

There's no point agonising overhaving everything ready to start a cre-ative project - just keep your handsbusy and see where it takes you. Bythe same token, don't leave too muchtime between creations - it can takesome time to 'scrape off the rust'!■ Dog Trumpet will perform live atBarwon Heads Bowling Club on 16August, their Album Launch atCaravan Music, Oakleigh RSL onSaturday August 17, and OldHepburn Hotel Sunday August 18,and two in-store signings at TitleStores in the CBD on August 16 and17. For times and bookings visitwww.dogtrumpet.net


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Bernie HayesSinger/songwriter/BassThis tour we are travelling by car. Stop the car;photograph that tree; hillside; house; horse andtractor as inspiration for Pete and Reg'scanvasses. These trips also provide subjectmatter for their songs like our rolling country-side drive down to Apollo Bay with The Kinks(best of album) for inspiration. Experience onthe road has brought calm. Dog Trumpet is laidback. It's a good mood. It's like a family holiday- so just shut up in the back seat.

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PATIENT INFATUATED WITHDOCTOR: TRIBUNAL HEARS

■ Victorian consultant physician andgeriatrician John Barry Myers has beenfound guilty of a number of allegations ofunprofessional conduct of a serious nature.

A Victorian Civil and Administra-tive Tribunal panel comprising EWentworth, Dr B Burge and Mr BDavis, heard that Myers failed to termi-nate a relationship where the patient witha complex psychological history becameextremely infatuated with him.

Dr Myers denied an allegation that hehad sexual intercourse with the woman ather home. That allegation was not proven.

The Tribunal heard that Dr Myersmade frequent and regular house calls,including out of hours and at night. A totalof 127 home visits were made.

The patient - suffering from social prob-lems, depression, osteoporois, and partialthyroidetcomy - had been referred to himby Dr PaulinePahtsivanidis.

The patient had received psychiatrictreatment, had attempted suicide, and ex-pressed feelings of love and affection toDr Myers.

She wrote more than 300 pages of po-ems and letters, provided two framed dec-larations of trust, gave him an engravedplaque, and an audio-tape of love songs.

Dr Myers kept the items in her file,and returned the audio tape.

The professional relationship endedwith the patient told Dr Myers to leaveher home: “get the hell out of here”.

The patient had accused Dr Myers ofhaving sex with her on a Friday night.

Dr Myers denied this. He said he wasa devout orthodox Jew, and that he wasobserving the Sabbath. Rabbi ChaimVtzvi Groner gave supporting evidence.

Dr Myers obtained his medical quali-fications in 1972, and entered private prac-tice in 1985.

A further one-day hearing is beingorganised to conclude the case.

●●●●● Mark Wilson (Shlomo Herzl) in Mein Kampf at La Mama, Carlton until August25. Photo: Sarah Walker

Show will stir emotions

■ Mein Kampf has arrived at La Mama The-atre in Carlton and is sure to arouse thesenses, stir emotions, and will make you laugh,love, cry, and squirm in your seat.

Directed by Beng Oh and featuring a castof dedicated and inspiring players, the showtakes you through the full plethora of emotionsas you lay witness to the early life of AdolfHilter.

The result of this dark comedic portrayal isa play that is part history, part biography, and acomplete and utter fabrication.

As always, the space at La Mama has beeneffectively designed by Peter Mumford andgives you a sense of being in a desolate slumoff the back streets of Vienna, wherein Hitlerbefriends a Jewish man and at the same timebegins to form his own strong ideals about theworld around him.

The show is very dialogue heavy and at timesI found myself tuning out, but all in all the highsand lows throughout this production complementeach other to form a well-rounded and compel-ling piece of theatre.

Although the entire cast deserves praise forthe way in which they delivered their charac-

ers with perfect timing, Glenn van Oosteromwas a real stand out playing the role of Hitler.

His portrayal of this powerful, provocativeand hated dictator is done in such a way that youare able to emphasise with him while at the sametime feel a deep sense of disgust at the wordscoming out of his mouth and the way he uses hisJewish friend Shlomo (Mark Wilson) forhis own benefit and personal gain.

I was left with a lot to think about as I left thespace; God, love, lust, mortality, friendship,guilt, death, Jewishness, and of course Hitlerhimself and the terrible atrocities that came topass.

Well done to the entire cast and crew on awell-rounded, in your face, shocking and engag-ing new production.

Season: Until August 25Times: Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 8.30pm, Sun 6.30Venue: La Mama Theatre, 205 Faraday St,

CarltonTickets: Tickets $25 Full, $15 ConcessionBookings: www.lamama.com.au or 9347

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5. Warnie and Lillian Frank to open a ‘Finihing School’

4. Queensland MP Peter Dowling to become a wine taster

3. Cardinal George Pell and Professor Allan Fels

to enter the Big Brother house.

2, Pokies to be installed in the Myer Mural Hall.

1. James Hird to be appointed CEO of Odyssey House.

SPECIAL PENSION FORVETERAN WHO HAD STROKE

Ban on‘sexualisedadvertising’■ The Australian Chris-tian Lobby has wel-comed the decision bythe Melbourne CityCouncil to push for thebanning of ads thatsexualise women.

ACL spokeswomanWendy Francis says theinitiative is a much-needed step towardsdealing with the objec-tification of women inoutdoor advertising.

“ACL congratulatesLord Mayor RobertDoyle for his standagainst offensive andsexist imagery inMelbourne’s publicspaces,” Mrs Francissaid.

■ Builder John Ian Hagarhas won his bid to be paid atabove 100 per cent veterans’pension rate after suffering astroke.

Graham Friedman, Se-nior Member of the Admin-istrative Appeals Tribunalof Australia, sitting in Mel-bourne, heard that Hagar hadbeen employed as a teacher inbuilding from 1972 until 1995.

He was then self-employedas a builder until 1999 when hesuffered a stroke.

The Repatriation Com-mission fought the vase, say-ing that there were reasons otherthan his war-caused diabilitiesthat account for him not work-ing in the assessment period thatstarted in 2009.

The Commission arguedthat Hagar had not suffered aloss of earnings by no longerworking.

Hagar, born in 1945, wascalled up for military service in

1965-67, later working with theVictorian Education De-partment, then started a fam-ily building company which wasprofitable. He worked at least60 hours a week, and intendedto work to at least 65.

The Tribunal was satisfiedthat Hagar had a war-causedinjury or disease.

His company had an annualtradiing profit as high as$206,036 in 1998, but it made aloss after his stroke.

The Tribunal set aside aqdecision made by the Commis-sion and determined thatHagar is eligible to receive adisability pension at the specialrate, back-dated to April 2009.


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Standingovations for

Colleen

thanked Dennis Smith, JeffJoseph and Steve Kelson ofSyndal Music.

Most moving was Ross’stribute to wife Eileen, withfour of his five grandchildrenin the audience, giving them alifetime memory. He receivedtwo standing ovations.

My association with theWyllie family was 35 yearsago. I was a young CentreManager at BayswaterVillage Shopping Centre,and they ran a record store atthe complex.

Dinah’s 49-year career

■ Dinah Lee reminded usthat it was 49 years since theGo! Show first went to air onATV-0 at Nunawading.

Johnny Young joked thatthe original meaning for thesuburb name was ‘lowratings’.

In fact the show ran for 222episodes with four differenthosts: Alan Field, IanTurpie, Johnny Young andRonnie Burns.

Dinah delighted the fullhouse with Don’t You KnowYokomo, I’m Walkin’ and ReetPetite.

She had been preceded byTony Worsley, 71, wholaughed it was the first time hehad been invited backanywhere!

With high kicks, Tony sangTalkin’ About You, Velvet Watersand Just A Little Bit.

Gold stars■ Other highlights of theshow included JohnnyYoung with crowd favouriteAll My Lovin’ and Caralyn;Ronnie Burns with Age ofConsent and Smiley; BrianCadd solo (Don’t You KnowIts Magic, Gingerman), andduets with Ronnie Charles(Woman You’re Breaking Me,Such A Lovely Way) andGlenn Shorrock (ArkansasGrass, Lttle Ray of Sunshine).Glenn also sang What’sWrong With The Way I Live,Cathy Come Home and NeedleIn A Haystack.

Normie Rowe won thecrowd over with I Who HaveNothing and Shakin’ All Over.

Roll’d rocks

Julian returnsto news desk

■ Melbourne newspaper-man Julian Clarke hasassumed the role of CEO asNews Corp Australia,taking over from KimWilliams who leaves thejob after just 20 months.

I first met Julian whenwe both had hair! He wasthen Advertising Manager atStandard Newspapers,which became the suburbannewspaper arm of TheHerald & Weekly TimesLtd.

Julian won his job asoffice boy at Standard’sCheltenham headquartersafter attending the jobinterview as a 16-year-oldin his Brighton Gram-mar School uniform.

He rose through theranks, eventually becomingMD at Standard, thenworking at HWT and itssister Queensland group.

Julian Clarke is anintelligent, level-headed,ethical businessman. He iscommitted to serving localcommunities: I recall himstarting a local paper, TheTown Crier, at MountEliza, to serve the localresidents.

He used to attend nightschool to help mentor youngbusiness students.

Julian retired threeyears ago, with a gala fare-well held at the NationalGallery of Victoria, withone of the attendees beingthe late Dame ElisabethMurdoch.

Julian Clarke will leadthe News Corp publica-tions around Australia. Iam hoping he will lendstrength to the Leadergroup of local papers acrossMelbourne, which havelost a deal of their bulk inrecent months.

Good fortune, Julian.

John Boland■ We have lost newsmanJohn Boland, at age 84.The former 3XY, 3DBHSV-7 and GTV-9journalist was husband ofJulia, father of Ant andSophie, and father- in- lawto Nerida and Justin. Hewas Grand Dad to Leo,Ben and Daniel.

A Funeral Masswasoffered at St Joan ofArc Church, Brightonlast Thursday (Aug. 8).

The Funeral processionproceeded to SpringvaleBotanical Cemetery.

Boland was a skilled TVproducer, as well as being anews-breaking police, politi-cal and general reporter.

●●●●● Ronnie Charles, Ross D Wyllie and Colleen Hewettat the Go! Show Gold Reunion Concert. This is a fuzzyphoto of the Finale from seat F18 at the Palais Theatre,St Kilda, on Saturday night.

●●●●● Normie Rowe and Frank Howson share some after-show fun at Phamish Wine Bar, St Kilda on Saturday

●●●●● Julian Clarke

■ It is rare for an entertainerto receive a standing ovationas she enters the auditorium.

It happened on Saturdaynight in Melbourne whenColleen Hewett made herentrance to the PalaisTheatre, St Kilda, for theGo! Show Gold reunionconcert staged by promoterDennis Smith.

Colleen, who spends muchof her time living in Fiji, wasone of the stars of the showthat played in Melbourne andAdelaide.

Fans loved her numbersincluding Superstar, DreamingMy Dreams With You, TheWind Beneath My Wings andDay By Day.

Colleen is a Facebookmate, and I told her that thestanding ovation at the start israre anywhere in the world.She deserved it ... as she didwith another one at the end ofher set.

Tears as Rosssteals show

●●●●● Colleen Hewett

●●●●● Annie Mann

Annie is NewYork bound

■ Delightful Annie Mann issoon to travel to New Yorkfor an international conferenceof hairdressers.

Annie runs the award-winning Ann Maurie Salonat Gisborne, and attendsthese conferences annually tolearn about the latest trends.

It is Annie’s first trip to the‘Big Apple’. She only has aseven-day journey to discovereverything about the city thatnever sleeps.

‘Bon voyage’ Annie!

James leadsairline growth

■ Coburg-bred JamesHogan, the world President ofEtihad Airways, is stunningthe aviation world by announc-ing double-digit growth for theAbu Dhabi-based carrier.

“We will continue to workwith other airlines to broadenour network," he said at theAustralia Pacific AviationSummit last week.

“With China, we need tobuild (a partnership). SouthAmerica and America, weneed to build (a partnership).”

James and I attendedschool together at Ivanhoe ...and no, I have never asked himfor a free flight!

●●●●● James Hogan

Super Julie!

■ We like Melbournepublicist Julie Cavanagh.She simultanenously handledSaturday’s launch of HotShoe Shuffle at HerMajesty’s Theatre ... Go!Show Gold at the Palais ...and next week’s Singin’ InThe Rain at the ArtsCentre.

We can only imaginehow she felt when thecompany that provides theserver for her e-mail had amajor meltdown late lastweek, extending over twodays. Ever the trouper, Juliemarched on.

●●●●● Julie Cavanagh

●●●●● Clemence Harvey■ Melbourne publicistClemence Harvey tells meabout Bao Hoang, his cousinTin Ly and schoolmate RayEsquieres opening a smallhawker-style, Vietnameseeatery in a GoldsbroughLane in Melbourne’s CBD.

The boys were delighted asthe Roll’d store was mobbeddaily. It was not uncommon toserve 800 customers during alunch trade.

From humble beginningsand a $180,000 investment 14months ago, Roll’d issatisfying an ever increasingdemand for an alternative tothe standard salad roll, beigesalad or greasy take-away.

The boys opened four morestores and are achievingmonthly sales of $500,000.

●●●●● Ross D Wyllie■ Emotion ran high as co-hostJohnny Young (sharing MCduties with Ronnie Burns)introduced Ross D Wyllie,best known to audiences ashost of Uptight and Happening70.

Performing numbersincluding Funny Man and TheStar, Wyllie said he had notperformed for 30 years, and

●●●●● Dinah Lee

Grain Store■ Chef Ingo Meissner,and front-of-house managersAnnika Kreusel andMelanie Slope, areworking hard to promotetheir Flinders St eatery,The Grain Store.

They are using ‘slow andlow’ coking technqiues atthe ‘West End’ restaurant,and they are serving list ofalmost entirely local beersand wines.

A winter menu item thatsounds splendid is Coq auVin Milawa free rangechicken with silky mashpotato, double smoked Istrabacon and wintery mush-rooms ($27).

Or try Nicola potatognocchi and locally sourcedtomme style cheese,mushroom talleggio cream,brown butter and broccoli($21).


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■ Victorian man Ali Iftiaz has been ordered to un-dertake 12 months of unpaid community work after sub-stituting the odometer in a car.

Consumer Affairs Victoria alleged Iftiaz replaceda car’s odometer with another with a lower reading inorder to sell it.

In April last year, Iftiaz bought a 2004 VolkswagenGolf with an odometer reading of about 188,329 kms.He then sold the vehicle through Pickles Auctions withan odometer reading of 92,804km.

Criminal Offence"Odometer tampering is a fraud on consumers and a

serious criminal offence,¨ said Consumer AffairsVictoria Director Claire Noone

Penalties for odometer tampering are severe, with finesof up to $34,646 and up to two years imprisonment forindividuals.

Fines increase to upto $144,360 for a body corporate.The Magistrate ordered that in addition to 250 hours

unpaid community work, Iftiaz undertake 12 months ofsupervision by a community corrections officer and com-plete offending behaviour treatment to address his dis-honest conduct.

Gotta pick a pocket

Melbourne Observationswith Matt Bissett-Johnson

■ One of the factors that is already distinguishingthis election is an unprecedented focus on the role ofthe media, for a number of reasons.

Firstly, there will be a growing focus on the role of‘social media’ - mainly Facebook and Twitter etc.

Secondly, there is the growing influence of digitalmedia, at the expense of print media.

Because it is relatively easy for almost anyone tohave an Internet presence, without the high-cost bar-riers to entry and financial risk of hardcopy newspa-pers, the major dailies are under increasing challengefrom the presence of a plethora of online newspa-pers, journals and blogs.

Thirdly, because, for the first time, the Murdochpress, which owns 70 per cent of the mastheads in thecountry, has not just thrown its editorial support be-hind one party or other, but has decided to use its newsreporting and its front pages to aggressively campaignfor the Coalition.

There is no such thing as a bias-free media. We allhave our biases. If you have an opinion, the bias to-wards that opinion comes through in what you report -no matter how hard you try.

So, it is with our media, who have always had theirbiases, but mist have attempted to maintain some atleast some sense of balance and fairness in their re-porting.

The blatant front page headlines we have seen, lastweek, in the Murdoch papers - most notably theSsydney Daily Telegraph and the Brisbane Cou-rier Mail make no attempt at balance, or fairness orobjectivity.

It is not so much designed to affect the what peoplethink, but to create an emotional backdrop - a mood ifyou like - which becomes a prism through which peopleprocess their political information.

Most people do not sit down and carefully weighthe choices.

65 per cent to 70 per cent of the electorate willusually vote for the same party, come what may.

The undecided, or swinging voters that determineelection outcomes do not all sit down and carefullycalculate which party's polices are best for them andtheir families.

More often than not they tend to vote on a gut in-stinct - as much and emotional as a rational one.

With that in mind, the type of campaign being wagedby the Murdoch papers can be very damaging to itsintended victims.

It is a style of journalism more at home in FleetStreet in the UK than Australia, so it will be inter-esting to see what the ultimate political impact of theMurdoch media's strategy is.

The approach of the Telegraph and the Courier-Mail appears to be so over the top, electronic and othermedia are now starting to treat it with ridicule andderision.

One social media commentator referred to the Tele-graph and Courier Mail as “channelling Mad maga-zine”.

Whilst ultimately, they may be successful inthwarting the Rudd Government's quest for re-elec-tion, they run the risk of making themselves, ratherthan the Rudd Government the issue.

They also run the risk of seriously damaging theirlong-term credibility, circulation and accelerating theirloss of relevance to alternative media

Clearly Rudd believes that calling them out andcasting the Murdoch press as a "player" for the otherside, people are invited to be more skeptical of whatthey read in the Murdoch papers.

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Pension fight won■ Former Australian Army sol-dier Sherrie Fox has won her Vet-erans’ Appeals Division fight fora pension at the AdministrativeAppeals Tribunal.

Dr P McDermott and Dr M.Sullivan, sitting in Melbourne,found that lumbar and kneeconditions were related to mili-tary service from 1982 to 1985.

The injuries came about froma parachuting activity overseenby Major John Brien of the Spe-cial Action Forces. Fox collidedwith another parachutist on hermaiden jump, and she was ren-dered unconscious on landing.

The payment will take effectfrom 2009.

■ Melbourne theatre audiencesand David Williamson seem to suiteach other.

And when you have a newWilliamson play about a media gi-ant everyone knows, the prospect ofseeing his latest work Rupert istantalizsing.

It is often said that true fame iswhen you don't need a last name -think Madonna, Kylie … andRupert. As in Murdoch.

Williamson's play is describedas a political fantasia that seesRupert forging his destiny and mak-ing history.

It isalso claimed that this will beone of the most discussed plays of thedecade, and that doesn't seem to meto be a wild claim, especially at themoment when the name Rupertseems to be hitting the papers in themidst of an election campaign.

The play sees Rupert as manythings - right-wing demigod, charis-matic businessman, devoted fatherand news baron with printer's ink run-ning in his veins.

Like him or loathe him, he does

have an image of always being in ourmedia consciousness.

In this production, the youngRupert is played by GuyEdmonds, while the matureRupert is Sean O'Shea, acting asnarrator and looking back over his lifeso far.

Also in the cast are MargDowney, Daniela Farinacci,Simon Gleeson, Bert La Bonte,HaiHa Le and Scott Sheridan,with Lee Lewis as director.

Rupert opens in Melbourne onAugust 24 and runs until September28 at the Playhouse at Arts Cen-tre Melbourne. It already has an in-ternational tour booked.

American audiences will see theplay about one of their own citizensat Washington's John F KennedyCenter for the Performing Arts inMarch next year.

Melbourne audiences only needto get as far as St Kilda Rd to enjoywhat America will get next March.

www.mtc.com.au- Julie Houghton●●●●● David Williamson

●●●●● Rupert Murdoch

André Haermeyer

André Haermeyer is the Observer’s guestcommentator for the 2013 Federal Election.

André is the former Commissioner toEurope for the State of Victoria, and is aformer Victorian Minister for Police and

Emergency Services, Minister for Manufac-turing and Export, Minister for Small Busi-ness and Minister for Financial Services

Dog shot

■ The man chargedover the fatal shootingof a family’s pet huskynear Yallourn Northhas escaped conviction.

The Latrobe ValleyExpress reports theman admitted to shoot-ing the dog once in theneck as he believed itto be a wild dog.

Magistrate BrianClifford said a Sibe-rian husky was“hardly likely to be fe-ral”

The accused wasfined $1000, withoutconviction.

Arrested

■ Police arrested aman following a sei-zure of over $130,000worth of cannabis inFerntree Gully.

The 40-year-oldFerntree Gully manhas been charged withcultivating and traffick-ing a commercial quan-tity of cannabis andtheft.

Adam Rawdan-owicz was remandedin custody to appear atRingwood Magis-trates’ Court.

A significantamount of cannabis,believed to weigharound 118 kg, was al-legedly located at theGaydon St property .

- Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, August 14, 2013

DiTo

For with leading Melbournepublicist DI ROLLE

CONTEMPLATING MY VOTE

●●●●● Clotilde Rullaud

■ I always like to dosomething nice thenight before an electionday.

After all is a mostimportant day. I alwaysvote and always feelproud to vote.

Australian womenfirst voted in a federalelection on December16, 1903.

The first woman’snewspaper, The Dawn,started by LouisaLawson employed allfemale labour and con-tinued for 17 years.

With thanks to theDawn newspaper, I re-present these words inhonour of the greatwoman who came be-fore me to fight for theright for us to vote andto my marvellousmother Alyson whotaught me everything Iknow about politics andpoliticians. What a pas-sionate interest it canbe.

Titled The NotableSixteenth, the articledescribes some of theemotions associatedwith the event ofwomen getting the votein Australia.

It was written Janu-ary 1, 1904. It reads:

“The sun rose on themorning of the six-teenth upon the greatestday ever for woman inAustralia for, apartfrom the pleasure ofexercising the justprivilege so long deniedher, that of taking anactive and direct part inthe election of lawmak-ers, she had alsoblessed satisfaction ofbeing seen as she is –not through the glassesof her suppression.

“It has been admit-ted by Press and peoplethat her attitude uponpolling day came as asurprise, and ought tobe the means of mak-ing her reckless criticsexercise great care asself-appointed judges ofwhat she would orwould not do under cer-tain conditions.

“At present theyhave and will have infuture to speak forthemselves, as womenhave now the opportu-nity of doing.

“Apparently thosewho have forced opin-ions on an unthinkingand over credulous pub-lic for so long have justone tag of comfort toflutter, and that is theallegation that womenare not in favour of re-turning one of their sexto Parliament.

“No really repre-sentative woman be-sides Mrs.Mattel of-fered herself, and shedid not make up hermind until three weeksbefore the contest tookplace. and by that timeall the women’s lead-ing leagues whopledged to support theones selected, who in-undated the State withcirculars, besides hav-ing the support of themetropolitan press as ameans of unlimited ad-vertisement.

“Added to this MrsMartel suffered muchmisrepresentation

from an action inwhich her enemies forinterested reasons un-duly involved her: andlast, but not least, be-ing a self-supportivewoman she spent littlefor electioneering pur-poses.

“The marvel there-fore is that under theseuntoward circum-stances she won thesupport she did in theface of a hostile Press.

“As a matter ofprinciple we are proudto acknowledge thatwe supported her, aswe would, and will infuture, support anywoman seeking a seatin our Legislaturewhose life is clean andwhose principles aresound.

“With desolationthis world is desolate;because woman hasnot thought a right; be-cause the voice ofwoma has not beenheard in our senate orin our judgement halls;because woman hasallowed her personal-ity, her individuality ofmind and body to be

enslaved, to be madesubject altogether to acreature like unto her-self, because shame ofall shames – she haspermitted injustice,cruelty, immortality, towalk the earth rampantwhile she has loweredher head – which oughtto have been liftedhigh, hushed her voice– which ought to haveresounded through theearth, to the indignityand damnation andman-enforced and self-enforced silence.”

I will think of thesewomen written about inthis time when I voteon September 7.

The night before(Friday, September 6)I will enjoy a glass ofred wine, some cheeseand listening to fabu-lous French chanteuseClotilde Rullaud inthe Salon at Mel-bourne Recital Cen-tre at 7pm.

For anhour and 45minutes, including in-terval, I will ponderwho I will vote for.

In cabaret modetickets are $45 - $40concession.

Rullaud creates aworld where SergeGainsbourg meetsBill Evans, whereSting wonderfullyadapts to jazz, andwhere the landscapesof Africa and thescents of SouthAmerica do not let go.

Heading a hugelytalented jazz quartetthis will be the perfectplace to be on VotingDay eve!

Bookings: visitmelbournerecital.com.au or phone 96993333.

Amazing Aussie Bastards

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●●●●● Lawrence Money■ I set out on a chilly Melbourne night toattend the book launch for one of my favouritepeople in journalist land, Lawrence Money.

Lawrence is the author of a new book,Amazing Aussie Bastards and it’s a damnedfine read too.

An extraordinary collection of tales fromsome of the most colourful and dynamic menin Australia.

Lawrence is one of the longest-servingnewspaper columnists in Australia, startingin 1979 with the Melbourne Herald’s InBlack And White column and going on towrite the daily Tattler, the Sunday Age Spycolumn and Diary in the daily Age.

He is, of course, more recently well knownfor his Money’s Melbourne in The Age.Lawrence began his career as a copyboy onthe Sun News Pictorial (now Herald Sun).

The elder son of the late Doris Van DerHagen, The Weekly Times’ longest–servingMiranda columnist, Lawrence has twicewon the Melbourne Press Club’s QuillAward for Victoria’s best columnist.

He has been on the professional speakingcircuit, a regular on ABC and commercial ra-dio for many years, has written four books andinvented a board game called Holiday. He alsowrites a monthly column in the RACV maga-zine, Royalauto.

The book launch was one of the best I haveever been and I have been to and run a few inmy time, Corrie Perkin played host at herfabulous bookshop My Bookshop, 513Malvern Road, Hawksburn and the LordMayor launched the much in demand book.

Lawrence spent a lot of the time at thelaunch signing copies for guests who includedBruce Guthrie, Fiona Byrne and DerrynHinch looking marvellous.

Princes, paupers, prime ministers … andbastards. Here in this book is a selection of 25amazing men from all walks of life and fromall around Australia.

It’s a terrific read and as usual Lawrenceknows how to put his pen to paper – Lawrencehas assembled a collection of Amazing AussieBastards who truly stand out from the crowd,immune to critics and detractors, undauntedby illness or financial setback, they have donewhat writer Somerset Maughan so admires– ‘moulded life to their own liking’.

Out now on book shelves, published byAllen and Unwin, RRP $29.99. Remark-able true tales from magnates, moguls andother Australian mavericks.

I can’t wait to find out what the title of hisbook will be if he writes a book about thedames he has met!

●●●●● Wonderland: from left, Jessica Tovey (Dani), MichaelDorman (Tom), Brooke Satchwell (Grace) and Anna Bamford(Miranda)

I love my job!I love my job!

■ Not a day goes by that I don’t hear about a new show starting onChannel 10! Wonderland is the next one, a local drama series it willlaunch on Ten on Wednesday next week (Aug. 21) at 8.30pm and itsounds like fun!

Set in an apartment building on the doorstep of the of Australia’s,most beautiful beaches Wonderland is a warm, light-hearted and engag-ing relationship drama revolving around four couples at very differentstages of life. I like it.

A fabulous cast includes Michael Dorman, Brooke Satchwell,Ben Mingay, Jessica Tovey and the fabulously talented Tracy Mann.It sounds good. I look forward to it!

One of the greats

●●●●● Di Rolle with Lawrence Money(see report, at left)

■ I saw Joan Baez in concert in Mel-bourne. It was fabulous, her voice was su-perb and the shadow of Bob Dylan was everpresent around her like an aura.

There is sadness though at what age does tobeautiful women. Joan is still beautiful andstill a great talent – she was fragile at timesand far ahead of the audience in her politicalcommitment to refugees.

An activist to her soul, she remains one ofthe greats, a pleasure and privilege to be in heraudience, and her final song on the night, a ren-dition of John Lennon’s Imagine remainswith me for all time.

●●●●● Joan Baez

‘I will think of

these women

written about

in this time

when I vote on

September 7’

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■ A former Victorian insurancebroker was sentenced to 18 monthsjail following an Australian Secu-rities and Investigations Com-mission investigation.

Bruce Lawrence Wickett, 69,was sentenced in the County Courtto 18 months in jail with a non-paroleperiod of eight months.

Wickett pleaded guilty to threecharges of theft after an ASIC in-vestigation found he stole $662,198.31between August 2010 and March2011.

Wickett was the director ofWickett Investments Pty Ltd andWickett Insurance Broking PtyLtd, through which he operated hisinsurance broking business.

ASIC's investigation found thatWickett stole the money, which rep-resented insurance premiums paid byclients to his insurance broking busi-ness, instead of passing the funds onto the relevant insurance companiesas required.

ASIC alleged that Wickett sentthe money overseas to a person hehad met online, and with whom hesubsequently developed an online re-lationship.

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Column inches backDrugsgalore■ Entertainer RossD Wyllie jokedabout the days of‘sex, drugs and rockn roll’ when he ap-peared at the Go!Show Gold concertat the Palais onSaturday night.

He said therewere plenty of drugsback-stage, includ-ing Warfarin (ablood ‘thinner’), andViagra (“to stopyou rolling out ofbed”).

●●●●● Ross D Wyllie

●●●●● Suzanne Carbone

■ Sources at The Age saythat the Postcode 3000daily page which suddenlydisappeared at the end ofthe financial year, will re-appear in weeks to come.

Writer Suzanne Car-bone is set to resume hername-dropping collectionof clauses, with specialrepeated attention given tomates including NatalieGrosby, ChristianWagstaff, Ronnie DiStasio, Megan and PaulCastran, Fr Bob Maguire, George Calombaris,Nicki Wendt and Helen Reizer.

Age paywall avoided■ According to one computer expert, The Agepaywall - where readers are charged to inspect sto-ries online - is being avoided by savvy users.

“It appears that The Age is charging $15-$25 permonth for a digital subscription,” he said. “Alterna-tively, if you start Internet Explorer with In Pri-vate Browsing, it costs you nothing.”

TRIBUNAL HEARSBOWLS CLUB BID

■ Have we reached a level of red-tape craziness wherea Government Tribunal has to sit to hear whether agroup of men can play a male-only game of bowls?

A panel of the Victorian Civil and Administra-tive Tribunal was convened to hear the application byKyabram Bowls Club to organise two men-only tour-naments, the Master Pairs Tournament and theHonour Board Fours Tournament.

VCAT Member Anna Dea granted an exemption.A copy of the application had to be sent by the Tribunalto the Victorian Equal Opportunity and HumanRights Commission.

The Master Pairs Tournament commenced in1966. It is an invitation-only event for men who are men’ssingles or pairs champions.

“The tournament is regarded as being highly presti-gious,” Ms Dea heard. This tournament is next sched-uled to be held from November 24-29.

The Honour Board Fours Tournament com-menced in 1955 and is also an invitation-only tournament.It is scheduled to be held on February 9.

“The club is in its centenary year and currently com-prises 67 male members and 27 female members. Allmembers participate in all other events and there havebeen no complaints regarding these tournaments or oth-erwise as to gender,” VCAT was told.

The Club is in the process of formulating a similarwomen-only event and that matter will be discussed fur-ther this month.

Gay-only pub approved■ The Laird Hotel in Gipps St, Abbotsford hasbeen granted exemption approval to operate as a pubfor gay men only. VCAT heard that for the past 30years the venue has provided a safe environment formale homosexual patrons where male sexual healthissues are emphasised and where patrons can relax,socialise and pursue relationships without inhibition.

VIC. BODIESLOSE STATUS

■ A number of Victorian associations are to losetheir incorporated status, advises Deputy RegistrarDavid Betts:

Australian Grand Prix Hydroplane ClubInc.; Montrose Pre-School Inc.; Off The RailsGallery Inc.; Australian United Ex-ServicesAssociation Inc.; Extreme Lan Inc.; W.I.Parentsand Friends Inc.; Premier Builders DisplayVillages Inc.; Baai-Bor Women in AustraliaInc.; Australian Professional Practitioners As-sociation Inc.; Darsana Cultural Inc.;Wellington Sustainability Group Inc.; Inter-church Outreach Australia Inc.; BoortScallywags Playgroup Inc.; Tatong Walker Inc.;Kids Cancer Foundation Inc.; Craigieburn ToyLibrary Inc.; Jobs – A New Approach (Ballarat)Inc.; Wangaratta Harriers Athletic Club Inc.;Ng & Sc Acrobatics Inc.; Nunawading SportsClub Inc.; Project Earth Inc.; Lakes ChristianChurch Inc.; South Gippsland Football LeagueInc.; Moyston Boxing Day Sports andGymkhana Committee Inc.; Caving Club ofVictoria Inc.; Lancefield Arts Association Inc.;4 X 4 Bros Inc.; Waverley Aikido School Inc.;Nanneella Sports Association Inc.; Alawi Is-lamic Youth Group Inc.; Ballarat Country Ten-nis Association Inc.; St. Aidan’s Music SocietyInc.; A.S.S.E.R.T. (Vic.) Australian Society ofSex Educators, Researchers and TherapistsInc.; Australia Greening Arunachala Inc.; OPotential Inc.; Horsham & District CommerceAssociation Inc.; Woori-I Parents and Friendsof Korean Children Inc.; Ellinbank RecreationReserve Inc.; South Eastern Redbacks RugbyLeague Football Club Inc.; The Hellenic Foun-dation for Culture Inc.; Church Excel; GeelongBuddhist Group Inc.; Yackandandah Horse-mans Association Inc.; Victorian Infection Con-trol Professionals Association Inc.; Raising DustInc.; Ballarat Organisation of Animal RightsInc.; Plant Craft Cottage Group Inc.;Melbourne Child Survivors of Holocaust Inc.;Australian Cymbidium Society Inc.; West of theDocklands Wodl’s Inc.; Made For Love, LoveIs Victory Inc.

BitchMelbourne’s Secrets

Vic. teacher stuck off■ The Victorian Institute of Teaching has can-celled the registration of Asha John Ganser aqfterhe was found guilty of serious misconduct and not fitto teach. Anne Sarros, Chairman of the Disciplin-ary Proceedings Committee, Victorian Institute ofTeaching, made the announcement in the VictoriaGovernment Gazette on Thursday.

Maiden name status■ Bitch has seen an increased number of internetreferences to Terry Bracks, partner of ex-Victo-rian Premier Steve, as Terry Horsfall.

ASIC Deputy Chairman PeterKell said that as a result of Wickettfailing to pass on to the relevant in-surance companies the money heheld on behalf of his clients, thereexisted the potential for clients to beexposed to losses because they hadno insurance cover.

“Putting individuals at risk of po-tential losses by blatantly stealingmoney for personal benefit will notbe tolerated”, Mr Kell said.

The Commonwealth Directorof Public Prosecutions prosecutedthe matter.

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Case dismissed■ Allegations that repre-sentations were made by anaccountant that he wouldguarantee the purchase ofa chiropractic business andadvise as to its financial vi-ability have been dismissedby the Victorian Civil andAdministrative Tribunal be-cause a factual basis notproved.

Maureen Therese Gre-gory trading as Allied Sun-shine Chiropractic Clinictook TWB Accounting andConsulting Pty Ltd to VCAT.

The case was heard VCATMember Dr RebeccaFrench. On day one of thehearing, Dr Gregory , re-solved her dispute with thesecond respondent, JakeKawecki, a lawyer.

■ WestbourneGrammar Schoolhas requested a Mel-bourne Magis-trates’ Court ses-sion on Friday (Aug.16) to allege a “mon-ies due” civil actionagainst JemalAbawajv. A Reg-istrars’ pre-hearingconference is sched-uled for 10.30am.

Who?

●●●●● Helen Kapalos■ At Channel 7,they are still talkingabout the night thatToday Tonight hostHelen Kapalosthrough to MelissaDoyle in Londonfor the Royal birthstory, calling her‘Melanie’. Melstarts her 4pm and7pm news bulletinsthis month.


●●●●● To find out more about Freemasonry, how to become a member, or attend upcoming public events, please visit www.freemasonsvic.net.au

or ’Like’ our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/freemasonsvic for the most up to date information.

●●●●● ‘Freemasons: The Inside Story’ airs every Monday night at 8.30pm on Channel 31, with replays throughout the week on Thursdays at

12.30am, 3pm and Saturdays at 12.30pm. Or catch up online at www.c31.org.au and follow the links.

■ In July the Yarrabah Schoolfor children with special needs waspresented with a donation of $1000,with equal contributions from theFreemasons Victoria Board ofBenevolence and AlphaVictoria Sovereign Chapterunder the Ancient and AcceptedScottish Rite of Freemasonryfor Australia.

The school provides specialisededucation and programs based onlife skills to 132 students of schoolage, and an additional 60 requiringearly education.

The dollar-for-dollar support ofthe Board of Benevolence, ac-knowledges how Freemasonry asa whole is working to assist thosein need.

The presentation on behalf ofAlpha Victoria and FreemasonsVictoria was made to JudithWhite, Principal of the school, byRahim Samat of AlphaVictoria.

The presentation was made inthe presence of students Joel,Brianna, Darcy and the residentoccupational therapist, Anna Gar-land.

First Leaders of

Freemasonry in Victoria

■ Sir William John Clarke was a landowner,stud-breeder and philanthropist.

He was born on March 31, 1831 at LovelyBanks, Van Diemen's Land.

He was educated at Bonwick's Academy,Hobart Town, and later at WhitchurchGrammar School in Shropshire, England.

On his return in 1850 William spent someyears on his father's Victorian properties andthen went to Tasmania to manage estates there.

On August 23, 1860, he married Mary Walkerand moved to Victoria, lived at Sunbury, hada town house at St Kilda and took over the man-

today, there is a great need to decrease any con-tamination risk, such as gastroenteritis, throughmulti-use equipment," Ms Pronk said.

"Such specialised medical equipment helpsHillview maintain its already high standards ofcare."

The cheque presentation was made by BillKee from Yarram. Mr Kee is a member ofthe Freemasons Victoria Public CharitableFoundation Board.

Sir William Clarke

■ The Freemasons Public CharitableFoundation donated $11,300 to HillviewBunyip Aged Care, which will enable the fa-cility to purchase a medical instrument washerand steriliser.

Hillview's director of nursing Cassie Pronksaid the washer and steriliser will allow staff toclean and disinfect equipment that is used in theday-to-day care and running of the nursing home.

"Due to the high care nature of aged care

■ Bairnsdale Freemasons on Monday handed over a $10,000 cheque to the East GippslandAll Abilities Playground Committee for the ongoing construction of the playground, an EastGippsland first.

Local Freemasons lodges, Union Lodge of North Gippsland, Mitchell River andBairnsdale Daylight raised half the funds by holding a monster raffle before Christmas andselling tickets at Sunday markets and similar events. The amount was then matched dollar-for-dollar by the Freemasons Victoria Board of Benevolence.

"We think it's a worthy cause, it will benefit parents and children of Bairnsdale and the AllAbilities Playground will be a great recreation facility for all to enjoy," Bob Mallows said.

●●●●● Bill Kee from Freemasons Victoria presents Cassie Pronk, Director of Nursing at

Hillview with a cheque to purchase medical instrument washer and steriliser. Looking

on is Roger Dickinson, President of the Board of Management at Hillview Bunyip

Aged Care. Photo courtesy: Roman Kulkewycz

By Gabrielle Forman

Supporting Children with Special Needs

●●●●● Freemasons members Stan Collins, Bob Mallows, Phil King and Graeme Martin

presenting the cheque to All Abilities Playground Committee member Linda

Pendergast at the playground construction site.

Bairnsdale community to enjoy the

All Abilities Playground with a little help

from Freemasons Lodges

Freemasons Public Charitable Foundation

helps maintain standard of care

agement of his father's estates. His father died in1874 and William inherited all the Victorianproperties worth about £1,500,000, becoming thelargest landowner in the colony.

From this time William spent money on alavish scale, starting to build the mansion,Rupertswood, at Sunbury in 1874, travellingabroad in style and becoming a leader in colonialsociety.

He was the first president of the VictorianFootball Association in 1877 and president ofthe Melbourne Cricket Club in 1880-86.

William was a prominent Victorian Free-mason and was elected provincial Grand Masterof the Irish Constitution in 1881 and districtGrand Master of both the Scottish and EnglishConstitutions in 1884, a unique record at thattime.

In 1889 he became the first Grand Master ofthe United Grand Lodge of Victoria, an amal-gamation of the three branches.

In 1885 he had largely financed the building ofthe Freemasons' Hall at 25 Collins Street.

Sir William suddenly died from a heart at-tack on May 15, 1897. He left an estate that laterrealised well over £1,000,000.

The funeral was one of the largest ever seenin Victoria. Sir William is commemorated ina statue in the Treasury Gardens, Melbourne.■ Excerpts taken from http://adb.anu.edu.au

●●●●● Sir William John Clarke

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Opening NightHer Majesty’s TheatrePhotos: Jim Lee Photo

●●●●● Hawthorn coach Alistair Clarkson and hisdaughter Stephanie ●●●●● Patti and Lauren Newton ●●●●● Pip Mushin and Bindy Edelman

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Ann Stanford (nee Wilson)

●●●●● Winner and Losers actor Damien Bodie with hisgirlfriend Amy McDonald(left), brother Corey, and

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HIGHLY STRUNG■ The Melbourne Sym-phony Orchestra hasthis week announced theappointment of violinistDale Barltrop to one ofits two Concertmaster po-sitions.

Barltrop will take upthe role from 2014 filing theposition left vacant byMarkus Tomasi in 2009.

In his first year he willshare the Concertmasterresponsibilities with WilmaSmith who has recentlyannounced she would beretiring from the MSO atthe end of 2014.

Barltrop is currentlyConcertmaster of theVancouver SymphonyOrchestra, a position hewill continue to hold.

“Dale is a fabulous mu-sician who, through the pastfew seasons visiting us asa Guest Concertmaster,has shown all the signs ofbeing a great leader,” saidMSO Managing DirectorAndré Gremillet.

“He has made a hugeimpression on the Orches-tra, conductors, and audi-ence alike and we arethrilled to be welcominghim to the MSO family.”

"It is a huge honour tobe given the opportunity tolead this great orchestraand I'm thrilled to be work-ing with Sir AndrewDavis, Diego Matheuz,Ben Northey and the en-tire MSO team,” Barl-trop said.

“I have loved my visitsto Melbourne over thepast few years and look for-ward to building an evenstronger relationship withthese wonderful musiciansin the years ahead.”

Barltrop performsregularly across NorthAmerica and Australiaand was appointed Con-certmaster of the VSO in2009, where is has ap-peared as both soloist anddirector.

Prior to his appointmentin Vancouver, he served asPrincipal Second Violin inthe Saint Paul ChamberOrchestra for six years.

During this time,Barltrop appeared regu-larly as soloist with theSPCO, including a perfor-mance of his own orches-tration of Schubert'sRondo in B minor. He began his violinstudies in Brisbane,made his solo debut withthe Queensland Sym-phony Orchestra at theage of 15 and was concert-master of both theQueensland and Austra-lian Youth orchestras formany years. He moved tothe United States in 1998to attend the University ofMaryland and continuedhis studies at the Cleve-land Institute of Music.

●●●●● Dale Barltrop

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André HaermeyerThis is not without some risk, as former Age and

Herald Sun editor, Bruce Guthrie pointed out in aweekend article.

Yet a Newspoll published in The Australian onMonday, shows that Coalition leads the ALP (2PP)by 52 to 48. That is exactly the same as it was a weekago.

So far the Murdoch campaign seems to have madeno impact on peoples voting intentions.

Whether Rudd can withstand another four weeksremains to be seen.

Moreover, although he can win with less than 50per cent 2PP, depending on swings in individual seats,he will probably need to gain at least some support towin.

- André Haermeyer

EarlyMelbourne

■ “Just a little way down Collins St, beside HenryBuck's, is a perpetually dark but sheltered lanewaycalled Equitable Place.

“Here you'll find a number of places to eat anddrink. Settle yourself in the window of one, shut youreyes, and picture this scene of yore ..."

In celebration of Melbourne Day, Victoriansare invited to travel back in time and explore the vil-lage that was early Melbourne, as the Royal His-torical Society of Victoria presents Bearbrass .

To be held on Friday, August 30, at 12.30pm, au-thor Robyn Annear will take guests on a journeythrough her engaging book, Bearbrass - from the ar-rival of white settlers in 1835 until the first gold rushesshook the town.

“Bearbrass was one of the names by whichMelbourne was known in its early days - apparentlya mis-rendering of Birrarung, meaning ''river ofmists'' in the language of the Wurundjeri people,”explainsRobyn.

“What prompted me, 20 years ago, to writeBearbrass was a simple curiosity about place in gen-eral and Melbourne in particular.

“I hoped to capture a sense of what life was likewhen we were not there to experience it.

“And in doing so, I overlaid my reinvention ofBearbrass with my own impressions and experiencesof Melbourne’s modern city.

“My talk – on the anniversary of the dayMelbourne was founded - will aim to get guests toimagine the early township and remind themselvesof the rich history that lies beneath today's modernmetropolis.”■ Robyn Annear is the author of A City Lost andFound; Bearbrass; Nothing But Gold; The Man WhoLost Himself; and Fly A Rebel Flag. She writes regu-larly for The Monthly magazine. She is a past mem-ber of the Library Board of Victoria and was oneof the State Library’s inaugural Creative Fellows.

Date: Friday, August 30Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm (tea/coffee from

5.15pm)Vanue: Royal Historical Society of Victoria, 239

A’Beckett St, MelbourneCost: FreeEnquiries: 9326 9288. E-Mail: e: office@

historyvictoria.org.au w: historyvictoria.org.auTo celebrate Melbourne Day, guests are also in-

vited to a book launch of Crescy Cannan’s bookThe Iron House: Jane Cannan and the Rush toMelbourne, which will be held at the RHSV from12pm – 12.30pm. The book features Jane Cannan’sanimated descriptions of Melbourne in the 1850sand her fine sketches.

●●●●● Robyn Annear


Melbourne People CollingwoodHistoric Photo Collection

●●●●● Stanley Arms Hotel, Collingwood. Circa 1890.●●●●● Hoddle St, Collingwood. 1886.

●●●●● Interior. T K Bennet and Woolcock, family butcher, Collingwood. Circa 1913.

●●●●● Waterloo Road, Collingwood. 1934. ●●●●● Workers at the Collingwood Sewerage Farm. 1894.

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●●●●● T K Bennet and Woolcock, family butcher, Collingwood. Circa 1913.

Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites wins major award

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West Hollywood

Gavin Wood

From my Suite at the

Ramada Plaza Complex

on Santa Monica Blvd

From my suite at theRamada Plaza Hotel andSuites comes this week'snews.

Ramada: ‘Best

of 2013’

●●●●● Marilyn Monroe

www.gavinwood.us

Tribute to Marilyn Monroe

■ The Hollywood Museum presented two events in tribute toMarilyn Monroe's 51st anniversary memorial and to highlightMarilyn Monroe: The Exhibit, the largest exhibit of items repre-senting Monroe's illustrious life.

Marilyn Monroe Memorial Weekend culminated with theannual Marilyn Remembered memorial service at WestwoodMortuary, Hollywood's best kept secret and worth a visit whenyou are here in L.A.

Co-sponsored by the Hollywood Museum, the event takesplace on the anniversary of her death.

Tony Bennett at the Bowl

■ Singing legend Tony Bennett returned to the HollywoodBowl for the first time since 2005.

The 17-time Grammy winner, who helped shape the GreatAmerican Songbook, performed some of his most popular hits andwas backed by the Tony Bennett Quartet.

Diana Ross at the Bowl

■ I was very lucky to see Diana Ross perform last weekend atthe Hollywood Bowl.

I had fond memories of her performance at the Tennis Centrein Melbourne back in the 80s where she was amazing and hermany costume changes were spectacular.

Now aged 69 there was certainly no slowing down as Dianatook us back to the Motown days and all those great hits and memo-ries.

Her big hit Upside Down got the capacity audience on their feetwhooping and clapping for a true superstar.

Chicago at the Greek

■ After seeing Chicago many times when they toured down toAustralia I was thrilled to see them at the Greek Theatre. Thelast time I had been to the Greek was back in 1982 where I sawAir Supply in concert.

This night was going to be special. The first half was classicChicago and then what I thought was going to be intermissionbecame a film set.

The producer wanted crowd scenes from a concert for the upcoming movie Imagine starring Al Pacino.

We were instructed to fist pump to the music and sing along tothe lyrics on screen. THEN ... Al Pacino came out on stage andsang to the song.

It was the true Hollywood dream. Pinch me, YES, Al Pacinoat the Greek. Not in anyone's wildest dreams would you imaginethat happening.

Al then disappeared and Chicago went on for the second halfof the show with all the great hits, Hard To Say I'm Sorry, 25 Or 6To 4, If You Leave Me Now, Saturday In The park ... THEN, thelast song Al Pacino came out to sing with the band.

He told us: "You made a boy from the south Bronx very wel-come." WOW, what a night.

Naomi Watts as Princess Diana

■ Naomi Watts is a regular at Body & Soul and now Fly-wheel at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites in West Holly-wood.

Naomi who earned Oscar nominations for The Impossible and21 Grams, now tackles the role of in a drama that examines thelast two years in the Princess of Wales's life.

Watts knows the challenges of celebrity, but "it doesn't matchwhat (Diana) went through on a daily level."

Look out for the release of Diana in October this year.Till next week,

Happy Holidays,

Gavin Wood

■ Ramada Plaza Hotel andSuites at 8585 Santa MonicaBlvd, West Hollywood, hasbeen awarded the prestigious‘Best of 2013’ Hotel Award.

Alan Johnson, ManagingDirector, says, "Winning anaward such as this is the culmi-nation of many years of hardwork, dedication and teamworkby all our management andstaff."

This is the fourth timeRamada West Hollywoodhas won this converted awardproviding an exceptional cus-tomer experience, a dedicationto high quality accommodationand consistent brand perfor-mance.

Pictured, receiving theaward, (seated) General Man-ager William Karpiak andManaging Director Alan John-son.

Refreshing

Starbucks

■ Starbucks refreshes itsfood line up.

Known for its many blendsof coffee, the number one cof-fee chain in America is nowadding more flavours in the foodarea.

You will find the number oneStarbucks in California lo-cated at the Ramada PlazaHotel and Suites in West Hol-lywood.

Now Starbucks opens in thelobby of the Hotel with LaBoulange Café and Bakery.

Starbucks at Ramada isunleashing a new food line upthat share more with theartisanal fare at an intimatecountry café than the cookie-cutter products it currentlyserves at some 19,000 stores in63 countries.

A regular when in town atStarbucks at the Ramada isKeith Urban.

Great news for Keith Ur-ban is that he will be back foranother season on the judgingpanel when American Idol re-turns next season.

Fox Entertainment con-firmed that the Aussie singer isreturning for Season 13 alongwith Jennifer Lopez who is re-ported to be making $15 millionfor her guidance and expertise.


●●●●● Ramada General Manager William Karpiak (sitting) and

Managing Director Alan Johnson.

Special

Holiday

Offer■ I have managed to se-cure a terrific holiday dealfor all readers of theMelbourne Observer.

When you are planningyour trip to California,come and stay at theRamada Plaza Hoteland Suites, 8585 SantaMonica Blvd, West Holly-wood.

Please mention 'Mel-bourne Observer' whenyou book and you will re-ceive the SPECIALRATE of the day.

Please contact: Joannaat [email protected]

●●●●● Al Pacino

●●●●● Keith Urban

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS FROM MOOSH


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Yvonne’s Column

with Yvonne Lawrence

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■ Birthdays are nice, especially if you are cel-ebrating with friends or a loved one. Only prob-lem is a birthday usually means, as the sayinggoes, another birthday another bulge!

Since I’ve been lolling around in bed after themega fall in the bedroom, I’ve noticed that I’vegained weight due mainly to the terrific meals,which the ‘master of the house’ has been prepar-ing for me.

And with no exercise, the inevitable has hap-pened. It also means that you’ve added anothermilestone to your already ‘not so young’ body.

Yesterday I found a whisker on my chin. Asure sign that the years are creeping by.

I massage moisturiser into my arms everynight, but on closer inspection there is a definiteflabby bit forming at the top of each arm.

This means of course that I can never wearsleeveless tops in the summer ever again.

Breakfast with flowers■ There was not much physical celebrating Icould do this year seeing I’m recovering from aninjury brought about by not paying attention to whatI was doing.

It also shows me that I’m not as young as Ithought I was when I couldn’t give a hop, skipand a jump and avoid the furniture, which grabbedmy legs.

It frustrates me that I couldn’t balance on oneleg until I could stand up. It makes me mad that Ican’t hop on one leg any more either.

I did have a lovely birthday however. It startedearly morning when the ‘chef extraordinaire’,came into the bedroom with a breakfast tray onwhich sat a posy of flowers from our garden abeautifully wrapped gift and piping hot eggsBenedict.

Moosh, my cat was very vocal with his birth-day greetings and jumped onto the bed.

There nothing more exciting than opening giftsand mine were just what I wanted and simplybeautiful: a stunning Italian pure silk scarf and amake-up purse, which I had coveted in a maga-zine.

Physically beyond me■ Moosh gave me a pair of the latest oversizedsunglasses with the double C on the arms. I’mgoing to look like an Aussie version of AudreyHepburn next summer.

Peter had planned a quiet lunch at our favouriterestaurant, but it was physically beyond me, sohe said he would take me out for dinner when Icould manage a couple of steps down the drive-way. He told me to relax, and he’d take care oflunch.

And take care he did.We had a birthday picnic lunch in the bedroom.

He spread one of my mum’s special cloths,which she used for picnicking over the bedspread,and set it for two.

He said he was sorry it was during the daybecause he would like to have lit candles.

It was strange to be sitting in a wheel chairbeside the bed and dining adieux.

No escape from broccoli■ The meal, which he served, was straight outof Maxims in Paris. I suspect the ingredientswere almost as expensive but nothing was too goodfor the birthday girl.

As an entrée we had tiny pimento tomatoes,stuffed with goats cheese, followed by crab pat-ties with avocado salad, freshly baked bread rollsand something he’s made using broccoli.

We’d read in one of the magazines that broc-coli is a superfood that combats the effect of ag-ing. It is also believed to protect against heart dis-ease and cancer.

He’s been stuffing me with Broccoli since weread it, and there was no escape even on my birth-day. Although I must admit, I’ve always likedbroccoli.

And seeing I’d found definite signs of aging itwas time to bring out the big guns.

He bought a cake from Zimt, ourneighbourhood coffee and patisserie and stuck inthe middle of an obscenely gorgeous rich creamcake was just one, very large candle.

We reminisced and laughed a lot. Champagnealways makes Peter laugh. And I was as giddyas a teenager on my mineral water.

Surprise visitor■ I planned to write my column in the afternoon,but first I’d have a snooze.

It seemed that no sooner was I in the arms ofmorpheus than Peter came into the bedroom an-nouncing a friend had dropped in with her youngdaughter.

I entertained in my boudoir and Tiffanythought she was in heaven. She sat up in bed withme, and couldn’t wait for afternoon tea.

Clutched in her hand was a stack of swapcards.

I hadn’t thought of swap card since I leftschool. I amassed a few hundred with doing justthat, negotiating a swap with mates.

I’m sure that’s where my negotiating skills werehoned. I’d remember what cards the other kidswanted, and take it from there.

I had my stack of cards taken off me by teach-ers for shuffling them under the desk.

Tiffany had never had an adult so interestedin her cards.

Pack mentality■ Of course my friend left late and I knew Iwasn’t going to file my column on time, so Iphoned Ash to explain.

He’s very understanding, and said I can takeall the time I want providing it’s in that night. Andit was.

I felt a bit mean not giving her a couple ofcards from a pack of French playing cards which

I had, but as one my favourite past times isplaying cards, I didn’t want to destroy the pack.

There is no way I can get Peter interested.He thinks it’s like watching grass grow, but he’shappy to attend to the music, and get the supperwhen a couple of my cronies come around for anight of gambling.

No money changes hands, but I use three-pennypieces, which I’ve kept, in a jar. They give them

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back at the end of the night, and the winner willwin a bottle of something.

Picking up card skills■ My skill with the cards came from playingcards with the Italian builders at lunchtime atGreensborough shopping centre.

I went down to the site at lunch time to seehow the work was progressing and a bunch of themwere playing cards.

It wasn’t long before they asked me to join in,and it wasn’t long before I was eating salami sand-wiches or a pasta dish, which they brought, fromhome.

They also taught me some Italian words too.In fact when I told one of my Italian friendsabout playing cards with the builders at lunch-time and I said some of the words I’d heard themsay. She was shocked. And so was I when shetranslated.

Ingredients for birthday■ I’ve filed my copy and it’s back to the televi-sion and the latest on the election run-up.

We have received postal voting informationand the forms to fill out. But I rather go to thebooth and get a feel as to what the people arethinking.

It seems I’m thanking so many people lately,but it was lovely to receive birthday wishes.

Gigi phoned me and we had a long chat. Anddear Peter (Pom Pom Gordon) never forgets.As usual a lovely card arrived from him.

If you’ve never had a picnic in your bedroom,plan it for your next celebration. Just don’t go tothe lengths I did to have this simply fabulous meal.

But one thing to keep in mind. If you intend tohave a wonderful birthday in your boudoir, youmust have a wonderful husband with the imagi-nation and the love to make your special day hap-pen.

- Yvonne Contact: Editor. Melbourne Observer,

P.O. Box 1278, Research, Vic 3095

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●●●●● Monika Pilekic, Chris Paranthoiene, and Katrina Steel ●●●●● Maureen Van and Margaret Cawkill●●●●● More photos on Page 100

Centre opens■ Victoria welcomed its seventhLifestyle Communities Limitedaffordable housing community on Fri-day (Aug. 9), with the grand opening ofLifestyle Chelsea Heights.

The site, containing 106 homes, rep-resents a $20 million investment by thecompany.

Aimed at the over-55s, LifestyleChelsea Heights was officiallyopened by Managing Director JamesKelly and the MLA for Carrum,Donna Bauer.

Mr Kelly said the new community,30km south-east of the CBD, was proofof the success of the company’s “landlease model” - where customers buytheir home and lease the land on whichit sits.

A 90-year lease provides total secu-rity and allows homeowners to free-upcash to do more with their lives.


■ Clark Gable had an interesting life and willalways be remembered for his role as RhettBulter in Gone With The Wind.

Clark was a very handsome man and wasdubbed the ‘King of Hollywood’ in the 1940s.

Over the years I have conducted radio inter-views with people who knew the famous actor.Even ‘Clark Kent’ in Superman was named af-ter him.

William Clark Gable was born in Ohio in1901. He started out as a stage actor and thenworked in small roles in silent films before land-ing supporting roles at the MGM Studios in theearly 1930s.

At that time the young actor changed his nameto Clark Gable.

In 1932 he was cast opposite Jean Harlowin Red Dust and the world started to take noticeof him.

Clark was considered to play Tarzan TheApe Man but lost out to Johnny Weissmuller.

He was reluctant to accept the role in It Hap-pened One Night opposite Claudette Colbertbut it earned him his only Academy Award in1934.

The following year he was again nominatedfor an Academy Award for Fletcher Chris-tian in Mutiny On The Bounty.

I spoke to Judy Lewis who was the daughterof Clark Gable.

Judy told me the amazing story of how Clarkand Loretta Young fell in love on the set of The

WhateverHappened

To ...ClarkGable

By Kevin Traskof 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

- Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, August 14, 2013

●●●●● Clark Gablepilot. He was eventually promoted to Captain andflew over Germany in bombing raids. Clarkwas awarded the Air Medal and the Distin-guished Flying Cross for his service duringWWII.

The notable films of Clark Gable includedRed Dust, It Happened One Night, San Fran-cisco, Mogambo and Soldier Of Fortune.

In 1957 he starred opposite Doris Day in oneof my favourite films Teacher's Pet.

Sir Donald Sinden co-starred with Gablein the 1953 film Mogambo. When I asked himwhat he thought of Clark Gable his responsewas, "Oh Clark wasn't an actor at all. He was asuperb technician, he looked lovely and the girlsloved him.

“He knew all about making films but thatdoesn't mean he was an actor."

Clark was married five times but the love ofhis life was his third wife actress CaroleLombard who was killed in a plane crash in1938.

His final film role was in The Misfits and manysay it was the strain of making this film that ledto his early death.

It is said he did smoke three packets of ciga-rettes a day.

Gable was working with Arthur Miller,Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift andhe was quoted as saying: "The title sums up thismess. Miller, Monroe and Clift - they don'tknow what the hell they're doing. We don't belongin the same room together."

Clark Gable never worked in television pro-ductions.

Hollywood author James Bacon told methat the minute he heard that Clark had suffereda heart attack he raced to the Hollywood Pres-byterian Hospital and arrived just as Clarkwas being wheeled in.

Clark said to James: "How's the food in thisjoint?"

Clark Gable died in the hospital 10 days lateron November 16, 1960 at the age of 59.

Five months later his wife Kay gave birth tohis only son John and Marilyn Monroe attendedthe christening. John Clark Gable is now 52and has inherited his father's good looks.

- Kevin TraskThe Time Tunnel - with Bruce & Phil-

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SCOOTER FROM DARWIN TO ADELAIDE■ When I was a kid living in Ky-abram, I used to have a scooter, longbefore I ever rode a bike. It was man-datory for all us kids.

Now, decades later, the tradition isbeing replicated, with little kids buzz-ing all over the footpaths.

They are a little more compact thanours’ were, with tiny wheels - but theystill seem to love them though.

However, it's now come to pass thatthere are a couple of Frenchmenscooting their way from Darwin toAdelaide!

Granted their particular scooters aremuch bigger than ours ever were, aboutthe size of normal bikes, with bike tyres.

They've got all their camping gearstowed on board, and they're towinglittle trailers behind for the rest.I can think of nothing worse! I used tolook askance at lone motor bike ridersgoing for hour upon hour along theStuart Highway, and despair at theintrepid push bike riders valiantlypedalling on in the heat.

But scooters - no thanks!Frederick Benoist, a sports pro-

fessor from Paris, and BernardDeniaud, a TV presenter from SaintNazaire, have just arrived in Alice fora few days' rest.

They've met "all kinds of interest-ing people along the way", and no doubtthe sentiment was reciprocated; "evena group who was a little bit crazy whowanted to run around Australia", theyreported.

Scooting from Darwin to Adelaidenot a little bit crazy?

■ There are always plenty of storiesof alcohol imbibement around theNorthern Territory.

Firstly, the new CLP governmentpassed a new law requiring problemdrinkers to undergo mandatory alcoholrehabilitation treatment.

If they have been taken into protec-tive custody three times, then they'reautomatically transferred to a specialfacility.

This seems to have been workingwell until now - the first escapee wasrecorded last week. Not only once, butthrice - scaling the walls and scarperingeach time!

And then there was a gentlemanparked in his car in Mitchell St inDarwin, also last week.

He had fallen asleep with the en-gine still running and the officer couldn'twake him up.

A few of his mates came to help,

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and back at the station the driver couldn'tsummon up enough breath to provide asample.

Then another gentleman in AliceSprings, whose car was fitted with analcohol lock, which he had obviouslycircumvented, blew 0.233.

Followed by a further incident whena driver was noted driving erraticallyby going round and round on a round-about and not turning off. He was 0.181

■ Back in the sixties there was a popu-lar pastime - entering into the GuinnessBook of Records.

One such feat was to see how manypeople could squash into a Mini. Therecord was 26.

Driving around Alice Springs I of-ten saw old jalopies festooned with pas-sengers. Not 26 mind you, but plentyall the same.

Last week in Barrow Creek therewas a young lady with a similar bent.

She had six kids in her vehicle, allwithout seatbelts. To add to this shewasn't licensed, was driving anunroadworthy and unregistered vehicle,and wearing no seatbelt herself. Thesmall mercy was that she wasn't drunk.

Not so the second man, at TennantCreek. Not only was he drunk, but hadnine unrestrained kids, and six unre-strained adults in his car.

A mystery how he even guided thecar on to the road.

■ I have previously noted how my dad,an avid entomologist, counted thou-sands of one particular species of mothclustered around the porch light at ourhouse in Kyabram one night. He hadnever seen even one in the previous 10years.

I have also seen a plague of BogongMoths as they enveloped the high coun-try - in years past a feast for the localAboriginal tribes.

And I have often encounteredplagues of moths and beetles and tinygnats in the bush.

One night in the Lightning Ridgepub we all had to hold our hands overour glasses on the bar to stop millionsof these winged little creatures flyinginto our drinks.

And a couple of plagues of ‘stinkbugs’ in Alice - larger iridescent greenbeetles scurrying everywhere.

I remember watching my mateKrafty, and his mate Monty theChannel 9 weatherman, sweepingthem out of the William Creek pubin their thousands.

And one night driving into KulgeraI could see millions of moths flyingaround the spotlight at the road stop.

It amazed me how they didn't crashinto each other and just fall to theground.

Now a sea of moths has just de-scended upon Alice. Myriads of themare fluttering around in broad daylight,disrupting shoppers in the CBD.

■ The NT taxpayers celebrated therecent Royal birth by presenting HisHighness with a crocodile, which theynamed Prince George, born on thesame day.

Of course George will be retaininghis home in Darwin, awaiting a visitby his owner at some distant date.

However, the Alice Springs Rep-tile Park has its own Prince George,caught slithering round the ‘poo ponds’at the sewerage works on the day ofthe birth.

It's a 1.5 metre king brown snake,which is showing a remarkable degreeof attitude, according to Justin Ruth-erford, Rex Niendorf's fellow snakehandler.

It's a she, and she's "a royal pain in

the bum", according to Justin. This re-minds me of one of the tiger snakeswhich I once owned; every other snakeI've ever had - tigers, copperheads,blacks and browns, would always tamedown in a week or so, and be docileenough to handle with impunity.

Not this one - Peter Mirtschin,who sold it to me, warned me: "It's just

mental, so don't try to the handle it".So I didn't.

According to Justin: "If her finish-ing school doesn't polish her up, she'llhave to go!" so she'll probably shortlybe slithering around back in the wildand Prince George will have to roamaround in the desert to try and find her!

- Nick Le Souef‘The Outback Legend’

■ Wonderful that you gave GeorgeCoppin such space in your Free-masonry column in the MelbourneObserver last issue (Observer, Aug.7).

It is time Australia (and particu-larly Melbourne) knew more ofGeorge Coppin and the money hedevoted to charitable causes.

George Coppin was the son ofstrolling players who trained theirchild (George) to entertain the crowdwhile they (Mr and Mrs Coppin)got changed for their next act.

Coppin came out here to Austra-lia where he reformed the SydneyTheatre from 1843-1845.

Then George Coppin went toHobart where the theatre he revivedstill stands.

He formed a theatrical companywhich journeyed to Launceston be-fore bring the company toMelbourne in 1845 where he re-vived the theatre.

Hearing about Adelaide and theOld Queen's Theatre there,Coppin bought a yacht, Apollo ...(there was no road to Adelaide andno airline then).

That's where Apollo Bay got itsname - Coppin agreed to Capt.Loutit anchoring there overnight.

Coppin sailed into PortAdelaide next day.

All migrant ships bound forAdelaide anchored off PortAdelaide in those days.

Coppin used to signal ships to seehow many passengers were aboard -hence the name Semaphore.

Anyway, Coppin revived the the-atre there and invested in recently dis-covered copper and went broke.

When gold was discovered inVictoria (1852), Coppin caught abarque back to Melbourne andwalked to Castlemaine.

In 1853, Gov. LaTrobe

authorised Coppin to build a theatrein Geelong where he entertainedgold miners.

He made money and sailed backto England.

Not only did Coppin bring backtop actors ... he introduced rollerskates and hot air balloons to Mel-bourne.

Coppin built the HaymarketTheatre on the south side of BourkeSt.

In 1874 Coppin was electedMLA for East Melbourne. In 1889he was defeated but was elected MLCfor Melbourne Province.

Coppin died in 1906 having firstbuild the Old Settlers Cottages atRushall (Melways Map 30 D12).

He founded Coppin Homes inSouth Yarra and built CoppinHall, for years used for Sun Ariafinals.

There's lots more I could tell youabout George Coppin ... there areboxes and boxes of material stored inthe Public Library and a collec-tion of manuscripts too.

I'm a great fan of Coppin's andthe more people know how generoushe was the better.

No wonder more than 14 sreeetsare named after him.

Wonderful that you have publiclyrecognised George Coppin.

- Cheers, Dan Webb

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