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3 4 The Sydney Morning Herald Monday, August 3, 1992 by John Dixon WORD WIT 2347 What three units of weight can follow the prefix PRO in CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 13497 WUEN CO GET "JO kiON, FIT iO FLy. VpU 1 "JsKy riooui order to form three new words? MP.yUN I WILL HAND THE CONSieNMENT HAVE LET HIM SO r.TT-lEN WOPPy lp WE'LL AEOUTUS WE tf-tz A T- I J-Uiwl Jl 1 1 mm mmmm mmmm 9 28 Central expression for mastermind. (4) 29 Hires out single pastoral area? No! Just allows public inspection. (4,3,3) NEXT l.V' To TT "12" TcT 1 1 T5 115 117 I mmmm mmmm mmm lmmmn I "20 I I "'T24 I I 26" 27 I 28 29 I DR1GTOV7 by Frank Dickens Solution tomorrow. Saturday's solution: Bar-sell-owner-owe-limb-picks.

OH To TWC. OFFICE ITGV IT'S NiMTElC4 OvT. DOWN 1 Politician backing the Governor-General with a kind of fibre. (4) 2 Could even be all over in touch with pebbles on beach, but for being with footwear. (9) 3 Peeved with a heartless sound rising from a cride coeur.

(5) 4 Why, finally should marines get involved with college for priesthood education? (8) 5 Bright-yellow bird would love to flutter around one of French rivers. (6) 7 Turkish commander re-instated. (5) 8 I would replace Eastern outlet in window appearance for top ranking. (10) 9 Losing first directions, with sweat, toil 'e turned to lose colour. (8) 13 Pastoral statistics for sleepless night.

(5,5) 1 5 Artery spreads around it to a third degree. (8) 1 7 Darling's absence made it indecorous. (9) 18 Studies what has been perpetrated inside and forgives. (8) 21 Father no longer in time for a sample taste. (6) 23 Down with that backward part of an ingredient.

(5) 24 "Bow in the cloud shall be for a of a 20ac between me and the (Genesis). (5) 25 27-ac withheld name from famous Swiss artist. (4) 83 THE KE1E1I3LE by Dik Browne 00 CAZZFUL tfrtU TAT. ACROSS 1 Equipped with vocation: I smash sin with love! (3, 7) 6 Stray animal I found first at back of Groperland. (4) JOM0 Wmsr UNISOL 1173 Digits 1-9 are represented by letters A-H and J.

The symbol masks a letter appearing once elsewhere. All letters are used once or twice. No letter is used twice in one line. Of the two clue letters, one is used once, the other twice. The puzzle total, always a number between 73 and 87, is significant.

It falls short of 90 by the sum of the two letters that have each been used once only. Identify and evaluate letters. Solution tomorrow. 1173 mon 83 MON 83 1 1 r- 14 M.DIAMOND f- it S0LUTI0N 1335 iL? LB 20 i4 cJ 19 iSt A 28 I I'll 9 23 24 16 18 B1 10 16 A great many approach with wrath the common feeding bowl. (6) 19 Suffer to complete what you note.

(6) 20 Granny about to desire eagerly a mutual agreement. (8) 22 See a dull critic tear to bits normal office work, not necessarily devoted to church work. (8, 6) 26 Placed below a denial run at random. (9) 27 Boy heard to take worshipful position. (5) 11 Precious fur found around South Russian city.

(5) In marital get-up for functional railway transport. (4-5) Leading churchman indicates directions of news constituents. (8, 6) Lieutenant shores about pistol cases. (8) 12 14 1 i mii ii ii nun I'll i fim i iniirciii iw rim li See HAGAR in the SUN HERALD-in colour. by Cathy Guisewite CATl-OV 4613 QUECIC CROSSWORD HI.

I'ffl CHARIENE flNO fMV HAIR IS flfT 6CIKG TO 1 TRACEIDO73 246 THIS IS mw FRIEND, THE Tit's just a party, IcrrHV. Tm TO HIVE I 1 COfllPLETELV DIFFERENT PERSOrJLJTV I WILL EE WITTV I 6E IN THE FUTURE. I7 AWT WINS- TO i oo not want TO MEET Wf-0NE, CHflRLlHi. aw HAIR IS HYPOTHETICAL WOfllAN. THIS MUCH I'M MT 60- IN6 TO DRESS LIKE THIS tatLlBUYMEWWCEfl HOW PETER PAN CAME TO KENSINGTON GARDENS Part 1 About the turn of the century, James Barrie, who was becoming known as a writer liked to rz 7 Musical instrument.

(5) 8 Capable of being brought back by summons or of being remembered. (10) 9 Principle of total opposition to war. (8) 13 People who charitably give help in need. (10) 15 Speculate, form opinions not based on practice. (8) 17 Large company of musicians playing under a conductor.

(9) 18 Ensnare, enmesh. (8) 21 Courteous, civil. (6) 23 Savoury, appetising. (5) 24 Angry, enraged. (5) 25 Formerly; a single time.

(4) take his wife's dog tor a walk in Kensington Gardens, London. One day he met up with three young boys out with their nanny and a real friendship developed. He would tell them stories and play games and the daily meetings were looked forward to by all See CATHY in the SUN HERALD-in colour. 1 1 2 mam fm mm mm mmm 9-" To hmt pnw 1 mmm mmm mm mpv fmmmm iT 14 15 16 U7 mhhv immi bbb mmmmt mmh ing iu Maii hw immmm mmm 19 20 mmmm.mm I i 'if' 1,1 ittiu.M -1 urn -it rii t-- wmu 22 23 24 25I 28" by Jim Russell THE FS)TTS HjEM'AlTl jSlELJTt IAMAIT E- sZ 1 iic i onv A-r iu at cno AIH TUNUU 1 0 LJ I pKwee wouu? limit -ASlEK Ti Dili .1 LEKATKLAW LDEY YALPR TIE WO EL FIETUNPR LU OWH A SE I ROTSLTBW OG YT WYBEDGGARKA OHTAAVSGN I TEEM DEUREWL I IENTDE TMRDINMOS I IDS I NFAOCENTURYE ENCL I KEDAVVFM I SNEDRAGKN OWN A RYBV I YL I ADENSJ mt "ThI. EuodRys Ieje YfEjOjMjA 1 'J A El4NL TpnNlPTAljL LTTTbIlJE RjAlJ floTOCM-'iY rlCL IS TjgAfllT it? IbI i kTeTtIcTrTeTeTp C13496 83 See the POTTS in the SUN HERALD-in colour.

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(10) Having acid taste (of vinegar, lemon juice etc). (4) EI-lAllEr OlJOl IClA CTAlRlDAM.Q ts lAlDiPlElB 1ST in Ass tetZHTisTTEl HI JEt Deceit, trickery. (5) TrH5-WAri XT7 OOOOO, p. 10 11 12 ISiMiAlLlLfF iC IRlCIEI iKIRI I ISI Drowsy, sluggish. (9) Not adhering to accepted stan lit.

I liniTniD a 1 aTcTt Each word, of four letters or more, in the above paragraph can be found within the square. The words may run in ANY direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once. Run a line through each word as you find it and deiete it from the above. When you have found them all you will have 14 letters left over.

The three boys Barrie met in the park were later followed by two other brothers. The 14 letters will give you the surname of this family. Solution No 245: Gunnedah pTiHrrHnsrro!" Ui jR UIGIBIYIF I UIR1EI DOWN Polish metal, give a grainless finish of high lustre. (4) Untarnished, unspotted. (9) Wireless telegraphy or telephony.

(5) Act of giving birth. (8) Hidden, concealed. (6) A "4" 'A! dards, free in one's ways. (14) 14 Opening, gap. (8) 16 Sensitive plant genus.

(6) 19 Reply, response. (6) 20 Unfriendly, hostile. (8) 22 Words used in asking a question, denoting a question. (14) EjNEpj NJCIEl iT I L.Ct 'A' 1 1 A I QiN A LIPT 'FT? Q4612 83 WeatHercal Forecasts Sydney 0055 29800 NSW 0055 25321 Coastal 0055 25111 Interstate 0055 33221 Information and pictures supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology 4 Parramatta Baulkham Hills 9 ville (2) 4-33. Hawkesbury5-34 Situation at noon yesterday Biacktown(2) 1.

Nepean 6-41 tastern subs (3) 3-32 SURFING Gasso (Fra) Ht 8 Hookano (Haw) Tudor (US) Cribb (Aust) Ht 9 Hobson (US) Keaulana (Haw) Maunn (Fra) Eastwood 2-34 PRESIDENTS: Div 1 Southern CRAKANTHORP: Div 1 East- 'st '-42 Northern Subs 1-29 om Ci.hc mi fc.jt iibuam in Kiama Shell Harbour 5-41 bllU- 2-28 Western Subs (1) 5-35 j-ji. ui; nianiv s-4u Blacktown 3-36 Hills 5-44 bManlv Warrmgah 3-29 Black Canterbury Bankstown 3-40 Div town 6-40 Fairfield 2-22 Div 2 Southern Dist 6-40 bParramatta 3 Parramatta Baulkham Hills (2) 6 Baulkham Hills 2-21 Canterbury castwooa i ncrnieigh 4. lllawarra Bankstown 7-46 Gosford 1-25. NorthernSubs 4-29 Div 4 lllawarra 8-48 bHills 0-10 Div 3 Marnckville 4-39 Western Subs Northern Subs 6-44 Wollongong 4-36 Eastern Subs 6-45 midday when it softened considerably Expect some grass, rocks and twigs Back sections on all the track were still the best skiing Trails packed rolled and trackset. 2 5km.

5km. 7 5km and 10km VICTORIAN RESORTS Mt Buller: Very good skiing on snowmakmg areas, good skiing on-upper slooes fair on lower slooes Snow deDth 44cm 21 lifts operating on demand Falls Creek: Excellent on snowmakmg areas, very good on firm cover 55cm deeD Very good cross-country skiing on firm snow 21 lifts were operating Mt Hotham: Excellent for beginners Good for intermediate, advanced Snow 65cm deep Very good cross-country on groomed trails Mt Loch wind blown and icy Mt Baw Baw: Fair skiing on fair cover of hard packed snow Fair crosscountry skiing 5 lifts on demand, snow depth 15cm Lake Mountain: Poor skiing 6cm deep snow Sightseeing on summit Dinner Plain: Fair skiing on all trails 10 cm of snow One lift operating Mt Stirling: Good cross-country upper trails Mt Buffalo: Poor skiing on poor cover. No lifts operating Poor cross-country 2 cm snow Mt Donna Buang. Mt St Gwinear: No morning reports received Hardman (Aust) 14 8 Slater (US) 23 Potter (UK) 20 2 Marsh (Aust) 201 David (Tahiti) 18 7 OXPOW WORLD LONG BOARD C'SHIP at Biarritz. France: Rd 1 Ht 1 Jackson (S Afr) 1 Camcbell (Aust) 2 De Souza (Braz) 3 Puckeridae (Aust) 4 Ht2 A McKinnon (Aust) 1 CdDdeoont (Fra) 2 Nuuhiwa (US) 3 Aikau (Haw) 4 Ht 3 EsDisito (S Atr) 1 Hawkins (US) 2 Patterson (US) 3 Connibear (Fra) 4 Ht 4 Keaulana (Haw) 1 I Williams (S Afr) 2 Omi (JaD) 3 Larche (Fra) 4 Ht McMillan (Aust) 1 Emerson (S Afr) 2 Tich (S Afr) 3 Smith (US) 4 Ht 6 James (Braz) 1 Leach (Aust) 2 Miranda (Haw) 3 Kawui (JaD) 4 Ht 7 A Salazer (Braz) 1 Takavama (US) 2 Dobson (US) 3 Tanaka (JaD) 4 HI 8 A Gazzo (SDain) 1 Keaulana (Haw) 2 Smith (S Afr) 3 CourtO'S (Fra) 4 Rd 3 Ht 1 Hawkins (US) De Souza (Braz) I Williams (Aust) Ht 2 A McKinnon (Aust) Jackson (Sth Afr) Smith (Aust) Ht 3 Keaulana (Haw) Caodeoont (Fra) Leach (Aust) Ht 4 McMillan (Aust) Nuuhiwa (US) 5 CamobeH (US) Ht 5: A Salazar (B'az) Miranda (Hawaii) Ikeda (JaD) Ht6 Emerson (US) Tich (Sth Afr) Jenkins (US) Ht 7 Olvas (US) Simms (Sth Afr) A TEMPERATURES 9am 9 8 deg 3 pm 19 0 deg 7om 15 8 deg Sydney maximum to 3 pm 19 5 at 2 1 5 pm Sydney minimum to 3 pm.

0 8 at 6 00 am Barometer 9 am 1022 1 3 pm 1017 9 7 pm 1018 4 hectooascals Humidity 9 am 93. 3 pm 40. 7 pm 67 per cent Wind Greatest velocity. 22 kmh from WNW at 9 29 am OTHER CITIES Brisbane 13-22. Canberra -2-13 Melbourne 6-15 Hobart 6-10 Adelaide 2-15 Perth '-13 Darwin 20-31 Alice Springs 3-22 WEATHER SYNOPSIS For the six hours to 3 pm yesterday the highest recorded maximum temperature was 23 degrees at Grafton while the lowest maximum temperature was 1 degree at Thredbo and Crackenback RAINFALL SYNOPSIS For the six hours to 3 om yesterday there was no rainfall recorded RAINFALL REGISTRATION (24 hours to 9 am yesterday) Northern Rivers Lismore0 2 Hunter Maryville 0 2.

Nobbys Head 1. Norah Head 1 lllawarra Cataract Dam 0 2 South Coast Moruya Heads 0 2 VOPLAIT PRO St Ltu. 'Reunion Island: WOMEN: Qtr-t: Ht 1 Coooer (Aust) Newman (Aust) Ht 2 Botha (Aust) Falconer (Aust) Ht 3 A-G Hoi'iu (Reunion) Oonognue (Aust) Ht 4 Gordins (US) Post (US) MEN: Rd 4 draw: Ht 1 Lvnch (Aust) Clae lones (Aust) Ht 2 Ba (Aust) Law (Aust) Ht 3 Garcia (US) Wmion (Aust) Ht 4 Egan (Aust) Hardman (Aust) Ht 5 Herring (Aust) Potter (GB) Ht 6 Slater (US) Hov (Aust) Ht 7 Collins (US) David (Tahiti) Ht 8 Macauiev (Aust) Marsh (Aust) Semi-final 1 Coooer (Aust) 14 4 Botha (Aust) 1 2 8 2 A-G Hoarau (Reunion) 12 3 Go-dines (US) tO 9 MEN: Rd 4: Ht 1 Lvnch (Aust) 165 Clarke-Jones (Aust) 1 2 Ht 2 Law (Aust) 1 6 Bain (Aust) 13 5 Ht 3 Garcia (US) 17 7 Winton (Aust) 12 5 Ht 4 Hardman (Aust) 1 9 2 Eagan (Aust) 1 2 2 Ht 5 Potter (UK) 28 8 Herring (Aust) 16 3 Ht 6 Slater (US) 16 Hov (Aust) 14 2 Ht 7 David (Tahiti) 23 2 Collins (US) 19 3 Ht 8 Marsh (Aust) 21 8 Macaulav (Aust) 13 5 Qtr-Final: Lvnch (Aust) 1 8 5 Law (Aust) 16 2 Garcia (US) 23 Forecasts for today issued at 8pm yesterday. Metropolitan Fog patches early. Fine and mostly.

Light variable winds. Statewide Scattered showers on the far Coast. Fogs and frosts on the ranges and slopes early. Cool to mild. Mostly sunny inland and over the Central and Coast.

Light winds with sea breezes later, becoming moderate SE in the N. On the water Tasman Sea west of Long 160 degs East: SWS winds 1015 knots in the SW quarter extending through the SW half. Variable winds in the remainder. Slight seas on a low swell. NSW Coast: Variable winds 510 knots with a SWS change 1015 knots in the extending to the far later.

Seas slight on a low swell. Sydney Waters: Winds SWS .1015 knots. Seas slight on a low swell. Interstate Brisbane, fine 23 Hobart, fine 10 Canberra, fine 13 Perth, showers 17 Melbourne, clearing ...14 Darwin, fine 32 Adelaide, cloudy 17 Alice Springs, fine 26 TENNIS US PRO SHIPS At Brookline. Massachusetts Quarterfinals Aleksandr Vol-kov (Russia) Biorn Borg (Swed) 6-4 2-6 7-5 Richev Reneberg (US) Jeff Tarango (US 6-3 6-3 Ivan Lendl (US) Greg Rusedki (Canada) 6-3 6-2 MaliVai Washington (US) Eric Amend (US) 6-4 4-6 6-3 INTERDISTRICT CUPS ANGUS AND COOTE: Div 1 Parramatta 5-43 lllawarra (1) 3- 32 Eastern Subs 5-44 bNorth-ern Subs 3-35 Fairfield 6-43 NeDean 2-26 Div 2 Western Subs 6- 43 Camden 2-30 Canterbury Bankstown 5-42 Northern Subs (2) 3-24 Blacktown 4-35 lllawarra (2) 4-31 BLACKWELL: Div 1 lllawarra (1) 4-46 Eastern Subs 4-38 Hills 7- 147 Fairfield l-22Hornsbv Killara 4-39 lllawarra (2) 4-37 Div 2 Southern Dist 5-39 Hawkesburv 3-25 Fairfield (2) 4- 40 Western Subs (1) 4-35 Div 3 Manly Warrmgah 5-41 Southern Dist3-25 Eastwood Thornleigh 8-48 Bulli 0-13 Div BUREAU OF RAINFALL Previous 2M hours WINDS (Km per hou- CALM 0 2 32 1 4 33 41 i 5 13 42 SI 14-23 1 52 60 u.

CO METEOROLOGY Forecast for 9 am today 2-23 Hornsby Killara (1) 8-48 southern Uist2-38 Berala Carra-NorthWestern 0-6 Div 4 Black- mar 6-43 Hills Dist 2-20 Div 5 town 8-49 Hornsby Killara (2) North Western (2) 4-37 Western 0- 20 Eastern Subs (2) 6-42 Subs(2) 4-35 Parramatta 5-37 bWestern Subs (2) 2-27 Div 5 Fairfield 3-30 Div 6 Parramatta Hawkesburv 6 Parramatta Baulkham Hills 7 Camden 3 Mar-Baulkham Hills (2) 4 Hornsby (2) Hawkesburv Killara6-40 Southern Dist 2-24 Hornsby Killara 6-41 Bulli ESCACSPHES: 7 SHEA-WILTON: Div 1 Eastern ongong 5-40 Newcastle 3-37 Subs 6-47 Southern Dist 2-37 Canterbury Bankstown 5-39 Gosford 4-46 IHawarra4-37 bNorthern Subs 3-31 Div 2 Eastern Subs 8-50 Gosford (2) Parramatta Baulkham Hills 7 0-17 m4k36Wb Hornsb'TlTra5 TREMLETT: Div 1 Fairfield 4-31 inLarra 6-45 Man 5 45 Western Subs 3-40 6otv 3 8-SO Carra" town5-40 Eastern Subs 3-26. Nenean 6-42 Northern Subs TWYFORD JONES: Div 1 Par- 2- 28 Southern Dist 7-43 Berala- ramatta Baulkham Hills 7 Can-Carramar 2-23 Div 4 Hornsby ferbury (2) 3 Southern Dist 4-4 1 Killara (2) 7-46 Wollongong Canterbury Bankstown 4-36. Illa- 1- 29 Canterbury Bankstown warra 4-37 Blacktown (1 4-34 (2)5-34 Eastern Subs (2) 3-23 9' 2 Fairfield 5-39 bHornsbv Div 5 Fairfield 5-39 Eastwood 3-J3 Neoean 5-39 Blacktown Thornleigh 3-37. Hills 7-47 3-30 Gosford 1-24 Div 7 Hills 8-48 WADE AND NEAL: Div 1 Western Subs 0-12 Div 8 Mar- Mlawarra 8-50 Eastwood Thorn-nckville 7-48 NeDean(2) 1-22 leigh 0-23 Northern Subs 8-49 Div 6 Southern Dist (2) 10 bCanterbury Bankstown 0-15. Parramatta Baulkham Hills (2) 0 Toukley 4-39 Kiama Shellhar- bour 3-38 (unfin) Div2 Southern- GEORGE RIDER: Div 1 Dlst 7.46 Blacktown 1-22 Neoean 8-48 Parramatta Baulk- Newcastle 6-45 Manly 2-38 Div ham Hills 0-14.

Hills Dist 7-49 3 western Subs 3-40 blllawarra blllawarra 1-30 lllawarra (2) 7-49 4.33 Hills Dist 6-46 bCanterbury Bankstown 1-29 Div Manly Warrmgah 2-23 Div 4 2 Southern Dist 7-46 bWestern Buh 7.49 southernDist 1-23 Subs 1-17 NSW Chinese 7-49 Bue Mf ns 6.46 Bera)a Carramar Eastern Subs 1-27 Eastwood 2.34 Div 5 lllawarra 7-47 Thornleigh 5-35 WesternSubs Hawkesburv 1-13 3- 31 Div 3 Parramatta Baulkham Hill; 7 Fairfield 3 Wollon- PORT MORESBY WT-J The world i I uAimiv i SNOW The regions Polgar sisters look set to blitz rapid play open CHESS PETER PARR US FOOTBALL Northern Rivers: Local fogs inland early Partly cloudy Showers later Light winds tending moderate later Temps Cape Byron 13-22. Lismore 7-23 Grafton 6-24 Midnorth Coast Fogs inland early Partly cloudy with the chance of a late shower Light winds tending moderate Temps Coffs Harbour 9-22 Kemosev 8-22 Port Mac-auane 9-21. Taree 6-20 Hunter Fog patches early and local inland frosts Partly cloudy with light to moderate SWS winds Temps. Newcastle 8-19. Scone 1-20 lllawarra and South Coast Fog patches inland early Partly cloudy with light to moderate SWS winds Temps Wollongong 9-17.

Nowra gong 8-48 SouthernDist 0-19 IRENE MATTHEWS: Div 1 lllawarra 4-34 Southern Dist 4-28 lllawarra 8-48 Black-townO-4 Div 2 Hills 7-44 NSW LEAGUE: Wk 8 Newcastle 14 Canberra 8 Manly Warrmgah 7 North Western 0 Central Tablelands Cloudy periods in the early Dry with light SE winds Temps Mudgee -1-17. Katoomba 2-12. Orange 0-12 Southern Tablelands Cloudy periods and showers about the parts Light winds tending moderate SSE Temps: Cooma -3-1 1. Goul-burn 1-14 Northwest Slopes and Plains Local fog patches early Dry and mostly sunny Light SSE winds Temps Moree 6-21. Tamworth 4-18 Central West Slopes and Plains Fogs and frost patches early Dry and mostly sunny Light winds Temps Dubbo 2-18 Parkes 1-14 Southwest Slopes Fogs and frost patches early Cloudy periods with showers developing on the slopes.

Light to moderate SW winds Temps Wagga 2-13 Albury 2-14 Riverina and MIA Fog and frost patches early Cloudy periods developing with chance of a shower in the Light winds Temps Griffith -2-15 Deniliquin -1-15 Upper Western Dry and sunny day Light SSE winds Temps: Cobar 4-18 Bourke 5-20 Lower Western Fog and frost patches early Dry and partly cloudy in the Light winds Temps. Broken Hill 1-17. Mlawarra 1-19 Canterbury Banks- Fairfield 21 Sydney Uni 7 town 6-39 Parramatta Baulk- Mascot 20 Wollongong TAFE 6. hamHills 2-33 Div 3 HiHs 5-39 Sutherland 33 Liverpool 0 IftCAST CHAT torn Q4t i o. MAILS 6-16 Bega 1-17 Weather conditions with minimum and maximum temperatures in major world cities on August 1 were: Amsterdam cloudy.

12-25: Athens, clear. 23-33 Auckland, cloudy. 10-16. Bahrain, cloudy. 31-40 Bangkok cloudy.

25-32. Barbados clear. 25-30 Barcelona, clear. 20-30. Beijing, cloudy.

22- 29. Beirut clear. 27-32. Belgrade dear 23-33. Berlin clear.

17- 31: Bermuda clear 26-28: Bogota, rain. 7-18 Brussels, cloudy 17-28 Budapest clear. 16-32: Buenos Aires cloudy. 2-9: Cairo clear. 23-34 Calgary, cloudy.

10-25 Caracas ram. 18- 27 Chicago clear. 12-29. Christchurch. cloudy.

-1-13: Copenhagen cloudy 14-19. Dhah-ran. cloudy 31-42: Dublin, cloudy. 14-20 Frankfurt cloudy. 18-28; Geneva, clear.

18-31. Harare, cloudy. 7-19 Havana, cloudy. 25- 31 Helsinki, clear 10-20. Hong Kong clear.

28-32 Honolulu clear 24-32 Islamabad clear. 26- 36 Istanbul clear 20-28 Jakarta clear. 23-33. Jerusalem clear. 18-28.

Johannesburg clear. 3-16 Kiev clear 16-28 Kuala Lumpur, clear. 23-33. Lima, clear. 14- 18.

Lisbon clear 18-31 London, cloudy. 18-26 Los Angeles, cloudy. 19-30. Madrid clear. 21-37 Manila clear.

24-32 Mecca cloudy 27-41: Mexico City cloudy 14-25 Miami cloudy. 25-33. Montevideo, clear. 2-8. Montreal, rain.

13-18 Moscow, clear 10-25. Nairobi, cloudy. 12- 20. Nassau clear 23-33 New Delhi cloudy. 26-35.

New York, cloudy. 20-29 Nicosia, clear. 25-34 Oslo, clear. 8-23: Paris, clear. 18-31 Rio de Janeiro, clear.

16-34 Rome, clear. 20-36: San Francisco cloudy. 1 3-20 San Juan, cloudy. 26-31: Santiago, clear. -2-16: Sao Paulo clear.

14-28. Seoul, clear. 23-32. Singapore, rain. 25-30: Stockholm, clear.

13- 25: Taipei, clear. 26-34: Tel Aviv, clear. 23-29. Tokyo, clear. 23- 32: Toronto, cloudy.

13-15: Vancouver clear 16-28; Vienna, clear. 17-30 Warsaw, cloudy. 1 5- 30: Wellington, fine. 8-1 4. A weak cold front is moving across the bight.

A strong high over the bight should move across SE Aust and into the Tas Sea. Satellite picture noon yesterday. Northern Tablelands Frosts and local fog patches early then fine and mostly sunny Light winds Temps Armidale 1-15. Inverell 0-18 Issued by NSW ski resorts and the Alpine Resorts Commission in Victoria yesterday. GENERALLY NSW ski resorts reported clear and sunny conditions with light winds Victorian ski resorts reported favourable weather cond-tions FORECAST Today: Fine and mostly sunny with light SE winds Tuesday: Fine with milder NE winds Wednesday: Fine with strong winds Thursday: Cloudy with strengthening winds For Updates: 0055 22346 (Cost 25c21 4s) ROADS All roads were reported open and clear Chains must be carried and fitted where required NSW RESORTS Perlsher Smiggins: There was snowmakmg in Pensher and Smiggins and grooming on the snow-making areas Mt Pensher was very hard-packed and becoming patchy Skiing will be best on the man-made areas of Pensher and Smiggins Mt Pensher is recommended for more advanced skiers 24 lifts were operating Thredbo: A medium cover of hard-packed snow, icy in some areas Eleven hours of snowmakmg overnight.

Fair to good skiing for all standards Best skiing for advanced and intermediate skiers on the uooer parts of the mountain and Super-trail Friday Flat suitable for beginners Thirteen lifts were operating Blue Cow Guthega: Solid snow Good to fair skiing for all standards on groomed runs with a few icy patches 13 lifts were operating Charlotte Pass: Skiing should be fair to good on a light to medium cover of hard-packed snow with icy patches Three lifts were operating and access is by oversnow Mt Selwyn: Light patchy snow around New Chum chairlift. Plenty of snow play Fair to poor skiing for beginners. Toboggans areas were closed due to lack of snow Only New Chum chairlift was operating CROSS COUNTRY Cover on the Pensher tracks was adequate. Snow was solid until Aug Tonga. Aug 7: United Kingdom.

Aug USA East Coast. Aug 5: USA West Coast. Mexico Aug 7: Vanuatu. Aug 3. Vietnam.

Aug 18. The three Polgar sisters and their parents, Laszlo and Klara Polgar, from Budapest arrived in Sydney last Thursday. Sixteen-year-old Judith is the highest rated female player in the world, 23-year-old Szusza is rated second female player in the world and 17-year-old Sophia is rated sixth. Judith, at the age of 1 5, became the youngest grandmaster in history and was outright first in the last Hungarian championship above nine other grandmasters, including Portisch, Sax and Adorjan. The Polgar family are guests of the Shore Inn Hotel, Artarmon, where they will be favourites in the Cepacol Australian Rapid Play open tournament on August 15 and 16.

Inquiries telephone 427 7000. The Polgars will also be giving simultaneous exhibitions at Hakoah Club, Bondi, on August 12 and Westfield Centre Court, Chatswood, on August 13. Final scores in the NSW Chess Association Interclub competition open division: Sydney University 24'2; North Rocks 22'j; Chatswood, St George 22; Mounties Knights 19'2; Canterbury 9Vz. The Planets SHIPPING Blacktown won the under-1600 division and Chatswood A the under-1400 division. Anatoly Karpov (world champion, 1975-1985) won the category 16 grandmaster tournament with a round to spare on Saturday evening in Biel, Switzerland.

Grandmaster Ian Rogers of Sydney finished equal third in the 240-player open event which attracted 30 grandmasters. The reclusive Bobby Fischer (USA) has been staying in a private villa surrounded by 50 bodyguards for the last 10 days in the Yugoslav resort island of Sveti Stefan The return Fischer-Spassky match will commence on September 2. The winner will receive million and the loser million. Fischer made headlines on September 1, 1972, by beating Spassky in Iceland to become America's only world chess champion. Fischer has not played a tournament game since.

Eastwood Thornleigh 3-34 Manly Warrmgah 5-41 Northwestern 3- 30 Hawkesburv 5-42 Black-town 3-34 JACK MCCALL: Div 1 lllawarra 6-38 Newcastle 2-26 Northern Subs 8-50 Southern Dist0-26 Div 2 Marnckville 8-48 Fairfield 0-13 Gosford (1) 8-63 Neoean 0-23 Div 3 Marnckville (2) 6-12-42 Hornsby Killara 1-12-35. Gosford (2) 5-42 Northern Subs (2)3-33 MCANDREW: Div 1 Parra matta bautknam mims ivesitm Subs I Gosford (1) 5-39 ManlyWarnngah 3-31 lllawarra 6-45 Eastern Subs 2-21 Div 2 Eastwood Thornleigh 5-43 bSouth-ern Dist 2-31 Northern Subs 6-42 Gosford 2-20 Fairfield 8-43 Hornsby Killara (1)0 20 Div 3 Canterbury Bankstown 8-49 Berala Carramar 0-8 Div 3 Nepean (1) 8-48 bNorthern Subs 0- 15 lllawarra 7-47 Hills Dist 1- 21 Div 4 Western Subs 5-35 SouthernDist 3-29. Eastern Subs 5-35 Blacktown 2-30 Wollongong 5-42 Blue Mtns 3-29 Div 5 BlueMtns 3-12-37 Nepean 4- 12-35. Hornsby Killara (2) 4-40 North Western (1) 4-38 Parramatta Baulkham Hills (2) 4-36 Western Subs (3) 3-34 Div 6 North Western 4-33 bSouthern Dist 3-36 Marnckville (1) 8-48 Parramatta Baulkham Hills 0-6 Div 7 CanterburvBank-stown 7-47 Hornsbv Killara 1-20. Blacktown 4-40 Marnck- Rises Sets 6 28am 5 20pm 7 36 am 6 21 pm 2 15 am 12 25 pm 8 32am 8 00pm 5 29 pm 7.12 am Mercury Venus Mars lupiter Saturn Closing times for surface mails at the GPO Closing dates later than a week ahead are approximate Inauines 682 9105 Albania.

Yugoslavia. Aug 7: Bangladesh. Aug 6. Belgium. Aug 5.

Brazil. Aug 5 Canada. Aug 4 China Hong Kong Aug 3 Cook Islands. Aug 3. Austria.

Finland Germany. Hungary. Aug 4. -Fanning Island Fin. Aug 3 Czechosla-vakia.

France Denmark. Italy. Netherlands. Sweden. Switzerland.

Ireland. Aug 4. Greece. Bulgaria. Egypt.

Sudan. Aug 5. Guam. Mariana Aug 3 Hawaii. Caroline Marshall Islands.

Aug 5. India. Aug 7. Indonesia. Irian Java.

Aug 6 Israel. Aug 4. Japan. North Korea. Aug 3.

Kenya Tanzania. Uganda. Aug 6: Kiribati. Ocean Island. Aug 3 Lord Howe Island.

Aug 11. Malaysia. Aug 7: Nauru. Aug 3: Malta. Aug 4: New Caledonia Aug 5: New Zealand.

Aug 7: Norfolk Island. Aug 12. Pakistan Aug 6. Papua New Guinea. Aug 3.

Philippines. Aug 3. Poland. Aug 4: Portugal. Aug 5.

Russian Federation. Aug 3. Samoa. Aug 3. Singapore.

Aug 5. Solomon Islands. Aug 3: South Africa. Zimoabwe. Aug 7: South America.

Aug 4. South Korea. Aug 6: Spain. Aug 5. Sri Lanka.

Aug 3: Tahiti. Aug 7: Taiwan. Aug 4: Thailand. PHASES OF THE MOON The moon will be in the first quarter on August 5 at 8 58 pm Yesterday The following information was supplied by the Maritime Services Board at 3 pm yesterday EXPECTED ARRIVALS TODAY ANAX PUMA. WHT 3.

BBS 929 4344 ETA 5 am: KAIO MARU 81. PYR 12 PSS 299 1411. ETA 7 am: RYOKAI MARU 25. PYR 12. ETA EXPECTED DEPARTURES TODAY MELBOURNE STAR BRO 1.

POCL 229 0600. ETD 6 am: DIRECT KIWI. BRO 4. DELM 267 1911. ETD 6 pm; TASMAN VENTURE.

DH 3. PSS 299 1411. ETD 11 pm: KURI PEARL. BNES. PSS 299 1411.

ETD 11 59 om. SHIPS IN PORT TODAY ENORE. PYR 7. Philp 259 1000. Pollution Average annual rainfall in Sydney over 133 years.

1226 7mm. Average over 133 years, tor July. 99 9mm Rainfall from July 1 to date 15 0mm. Total from January 1. 1992 to 9am yesterday.

798 0mm. Total for corresponding period of 1991. 8552mm Total from 9 am to 3pm yesterday. 0. The maximum pollution index recorded yesterday was 40.

a medium reading A medium reading is forecast for today. High pressure dominates NSW and almost no cloud is over the state. Cloud over SW W.A. is associated with a cold front..