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23 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1998 TODAY TONIGHT A 24-HOUR GUIDE TO THINGS TO DO IN SYDNEY WEATHER FROM THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY The 5i)bnfy Porning Jferalb Oft, on 0 Broken Hill 23. ,43 -v I Richmond 24 Newcastle 25 -O- yy Griffith 24 I 'Y Vy vC 0 Goulbum21 22 VlvDeniliquin23 24 () Canberra 21 i- Bega21 JT vs. Today's forecast -VyP jrfj k31-)CH Xxi 30' V. I 1 20-25 under20 pP' Issued by the mli 319. Bureau of Meteorology III'' -( )- http:www.bonLgov.aii ABOUTTOWN Circus Ethiopia The Parramatta Riverside Theatres presents the Sydney season of Circus Ethiopia which has thrilled packed houses with its acrobatic prowess.

The Circus, formed in 1991, is made up of young performers aged between nine and 20. An inspiring production that defies Public performances starting tonight and running until Sunday night Tonight at 7pm, $20conc $16. School performances 10am today and tomorrow. Bookings 9683 6166. MUSIC jazz and classical The Dan Abes House Quintet Soup Plus Restaurant, City, 7.30-11.30pm, $5.

Spense Rosenberg, Ceschin The Corner Cafe, 23 Mountain Street, Ultimo, 7-10pm. Vince Jones The Basement, Circular Quay, 9pm, 10 cone. Peter Hottslag (Recorder) Kerstin de Witt, Quartz, Berio, Telemann, Stockhausen, St Philip's Anglican Church, York Jamison Streets, Wynyard, 7pm, 10. DANCE HELP the Remix Opening tonight is HELP, a contemporary dance piece, presented against a backdrop of 3-dimensional projections and lighting special effects. HELP is the fifth incarnation of a 3D dance performance, this time driven by ambientdrum and dub mix.

Choreographed by Cazarine Barry. Presented by Multi Dimensional Performance Enhancer. 9pm tonight, $22, $16 cone. The Performance Space, 199 Cleveland Street, Redfern. Bookings and Enquiries 9319 5091.

THEATRE Curtain Up Three new short Australian works (Manuel Aston's The Method, Mardi McConnochie's Brave, Peter Collingwood's Worked with Wolfit) and Chekhov's classic Swansong make up this celebration of the magic of theatre. Each play explores different aspects of theatre life. Directed by Aarne Neeme, design by Brian Nickless. Previews 6pm tonight in the newly restored Independent Theatre (formerly The Coliseum home to vaudeville and variety productions). 269 Miller Street, North Sydney.

$30, $24 concession. 9955 5444. Dead White Males David Williamson's play, set in an Australian University, kicks off the 1998 season for Phoenix Theatre Productions. Literary theory lecturer, Dr Grant Swain, asserts that Shakespeare is the world's worst chauvinist in this satirical look at sexual politics and "political Tonight at 8pm at the Zenith Theatre, Railway Street, Chatswood. $18, $14 concession.

Bookings 9873 3575. TALKS George Eliot Social historian, Susannah Fullerton speaks about the author George Eliot, born Ann Evans, and her unconventional marriage to the brilliant English writer George Harry Lewes. Today at 10.30am at the Dixson Room, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, city. 9273 1500. Architecture and Hercule Poirot Lecture by Dr Gavin Stamp, of the 20th Century Society of the UK.

6pm tonight at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Watson Road, Observatory Hill, The Rocks. Enquiries, telephone 9258 0123. TODAY'S DETAILS Metropolitan 18 to 23. Mostly cloudy with showers or drizzle at times, chiefly early and later.

Moderate to fresh SSE winds, strong at times along the coast. Fresh winds. A very high UV Index of 8. Tomorrow Showers with SE winds and an expected maximum of 24. Friday Mainly fine with SEE winds and an expected maximum of 25.

Canberra 9 to 21. Early drizzle, becoming fine later. Light to moderate SE winds. Statewide Showers about the coast and nearby ranges, clearing in the later. NNW winds in the NE, cool to mild winds, fresh to strong at times along the coast.

The regions Northern Rivers Fresh winds, strong near the coast. Showers developing later. Temps: Cape Byron 20-26; Lismore 18-28; Grafton 20-28. Midnorth Coast Cloudy periods and showers. Fresh winds, strong near the coast.

Temps: Coffs Harbour 21-26; Kempsey 19-27; Port Macquarie 20-25; Taree 19-26. Hunter Showers with moderate to fresh SSE winds. Temps: Newcastle 20-25; Scone 17-27. Illawarra Showers contracting to the N. SSE winds easing.

Temps: Wollongong 17-22; Nowra 14-21; Bowral 12-19. South Coast Mainly dry with moderate SWSE winds. Temps: Batemans Bay 14-20; Bega 11-21. Northern Tablelands Cloudy with showers in the E. Milder SESW winds.

Temps: Armidale 13-24; Inverell 14-28. Central Tablelands Cloudy with showers in the E. SE winds. Temps: Katoomba 11-17; Mudgee 13-26; Bathurst 10-23; Orange 9-21. Southern Tablelands Some early drizzle patches then mostly dry.

SENE winds. Temps: Goulburn 10-21; Cooma 7-19. Northwest Slopes and Plains Mainly dry and warm with SE winds. Temps: Tamworth 16-28; Moree 18-32. Central West Slopes and Plains Mild to warm with SE winds.

Temps: Dubbo 15-28; Parkes 13-27. Southwest Slopes Mild to warm with SEE winds. Temps: Wagga 9-24; Albury 8-24. Riverina and MIA Mild to warm with SSE winds. Temps: Deniliquin 9-23, Griffith 10-24.

Upper Western Dry and warm with SSE winds. Temps: Bourke 18-30; Cobar 14-27. Lower Western Mild to warm with SSE winds. Temp: Broken Hill 10-23. Other Cities Brisbane 19-28, Melbourne 11-21, Hobart 10-19, Adelaide 12-21, Perth 16-33, Darwin 24-33, Alice Springs 14-28, Cairns 23-31, Townsville 23-31.

Warnings A very high fire danger is current for the NW Plains. A strong wind warning is current for all NSW coastal waters. Rainfall in NSW For the 6 hours to 3 pm yesterday, light isolated drizzle patches were reported along the Coast The highest rainfall reported was 0.6 mm at Ulladulla. Beachwatch Report Reported at 7.30 am yesterday: due to cliff-face sewage outfall at Potter Point, there was a risk of contamination at the Cronulla beaches. Based on previous studies, Beach-watch information indicated that bacterial contamination from storm-water drains was unlikely at any beaches.

Water discolouration from lagoon outflow was reported at North Curl Curl Beach. The swell was low. The water temperature was 22 degrees. The Beachwatch Information Line is 9901 7996. Rainfall Registrations (24 hours to 9 am yesterday) Lower Western: Balranald 2, Broken Hill 0.8.

Broken Hill AWS 0.2, Mildura 2. Wentworth 2. Riverina: Barham 1, Corowa 0.6. Deniliquin 0.4. Tocumwal 0.6.

Southern Tablelands: Bombala 5. Charlotte Pass 7. Perisher Valley 5, Cooma 0.2. Delegate 4. Northern Rivers: Grafton 0.2.

South Coast Bega AWS 2. Candelo 2. Eden 46. Pambula 2. World Weather conditions, with minimum and maximum temperatures in major world cities on March 23 were: Amsterdam, cloudy, C-8: Athens, partly cloudy, 5-10: Atlanta, partly cloudy, 3-5; Bahrain, partly cloudy.

17-23: Bangkok, clear, 26-35: Barbados, partly cloudy, 2531: Barcelona, clear, 8-18; Beijing, clear. -1-13: Beirut, cloudy. 11-17; Belgrade, partly cloudy. -2-5: Berlin, partly cloudy, -3-5; Bermuda, rain, 19-22; Bogota, clear, 11-18: Boston, snow, 0-1: Brussels, cloudy, 5-9; Bucharest, snow, -2-0: Budapest, partly cloudy, -2-4; Buenos Aires, clear. 19-27; Cairo, cloudy.

12-23; Calgary, snow. -2-0: Caracas, partly cloudy. 17-30: Chicago, partly cloudy, -36: Colombo, clear. 24-33: Copenhagen, cloudy. -2-6; Dhahran, partly cloudy, 1524: Dhaka, clear, 21-34; Dubai, clear, 18-32: Dublin, cloudy.

4-10: Frankfurt, partly cloudy. -59; Geneva, partly cloudy. 1-10; Hanoi, cloudy, 13-15; Harare, cloudy. 15-27; Havana, partly cloudy. 18-25: Helsinki, clear.

-10-4; Hong Kong, cloudy. 13-16: Honolulu, clear. 20-27: Islamabad, clear. 14-25; Istanbul, rain. 5-7; Jakarta, rain.

2532; Jerusalem, clear, 6-16: Johannesburg, clear, 14-28: Kiev, cloudy, -55: Kuala Lumpur, clear, 2536: Lima, cloudy. 2528; Lisbon, partly cloudy, 11-25; London, clear, 7-13; Los Angeles, partly cloudy. 14-21: Madrid, clear, 8-24; Manila, partly cloudy. 2534; Mecca, partly cloudy, 19-35; Mexico City, clear. 14-29: Miami, cloudy.

14-24; Montevideo, partly cloudy. 18-26; Montreal, cloudy, -4- -3: Moscow, partly cloudy. -5-1; Nairobi, rain. 1529; Nassau, cloudy. 20-27; New York.

snow. -1-2: Nice, clear. 9-16; Osaka, cloudy. 7-12; Oslo, cloudy, 0-5: Paris, clear, ill; Prague, cloudy. -1-5: Rio de Janeiro, partly cloudy.

24-34; Rome, clear. I- 12; San Francisco, cloudy, 13-16: San Juan, partly cloudy, 23-31; Santiago, clear. 11-28: Sao Paulo, partly cloudy. 20-27; Sapporo, clear, -2-2: Seoul, clear. -2-9: Singapore, clear, 26-35; Sofia, snow.

-2 Stockholm, clear, f6; Taipei, rain. 16-20: Tehran, clear, 7-16: Tel Aviv, clear. 10-21; Tokyo, cloudy. 57; Toronto, snow, -30; Tunis, cloudy. 10-19: Valletta, cloudy.

12-17: Vancouver, rain. 10-12; Vienna, snow, -3-5; Warsaw, cloudy. -Ir2: Washington, partly cloudy. 2-6: Zurich, cloudy. -2-4.

Pacific Yesterday: Nadi, Fiji rain, 28: New Zealand: Auckland fine. 14-24; Christchurch fine. II- 31; Wellington fine. 16-20: Noumea, New Caledonia rain nearby. 26; Papeete.

Tahiti fine. 31; Rarotonga rain nearby. 28; Tonga fine, 28. Antarctic (9 am yesterday) South Pole, -47; Vostok, ice prisms -67; Mawson, -12; Davis, drifting snow -6; Casey, fine -16: Macquarie Island, cloudypast rain 5. On the water Tasman Sea west of Long 160 degs East: SSE winds 20-30 knots easing to 10-15 knots later.

Moderate seas, tending rough in the all on a low to moderate swell. NSW Coast: winds 15-20 knots of the Mid Coast tending SSE 15 knots on the Illawarra and 10-15 knots on the Coast later. 15-20 knots on the Coast strengthening to 20-30 knots later. winds 20-30 knots for the remainder. Moderate to rough seas to the and of the Hunter.

Low swell of the Hunter increasing to moderate in the N. Scattered showers of the Hunter tending later. Sydney Waters: winds 15-20 knots. Seas moderate on a low swell. Sun, Moon, Planets Rises Sets Sun 7.02 am 7.00 pm Moon 3.21 am 5.01 pm Mercury 8.26 am 7.30 pm Venus 3.24 am 4.45 pm Mars 7.57 am 7.31 pm Jupiter 5.16 am 6.03 pm Saturn 8.21 am 7.52 pm There will be a new moon on March 28 at 2.14 pm.

Sydney Tides Today High 0640 1.7 1921 1.5 Low 0017 0.5 1315 0.3 Tomorrow High 0732 1.8 2009 1.6 Low 0113 0.4 1402 0.2 Yesterday Metropolitan Temperatures 9 am 22.9 deg 3 pm 21.1 deg 7 pm 20.4 deg Sydney max for the 8 hours to 7 pm, 25.9 at 11.51 am. Sydney min for the 24 hours to 9 am, 22.0 at 6.16 am. Barometer 9 am 1015.9, 3 pm 1018.6, 7 pm 1021.6 Hpascals. Humidity 9 am 75, 3 pm 74, 7 pm 60 per cent Wind Greatest velocity, 67 kmh from the at 1.29 pm. Rain Average annual rainfall in Sydney over 139 years, 1220.7 mm.

Average over 139 years for March, 132.9 mm. Rainfall from March 1 to date 23.8 mm. Rainfall from January 1 to date 153.8 mm. Total for corresponding period of 1997, 344.0 mm. Total to 3 pm yesterday, 0 mm.

Pollution The maximum pollution levels recorded in Sydney yesterday were: 14 in the 22 in the NW, both low readings; 28 in the SW, a medium reading. Pollution levels were forecast to fall today. Temperature Range in NSW For the 6 hours to 3 pm yesterday, the highest reported maximum temperature was 37 degrees at Jerrys Plains and Mungindi. The lowest maximum was 7 degrees at Thredbo AWS. Major Cities Brisbane 20-29, Canberra 18-25, Melbourne 11-20, Hobart 9-17, Adelaide 12-21, Perth 14-27, Darwin 24-33, Cairns 23-31, Alice Springs 20-22, Townsville 23-3Z cold front trough Last night: Pressure pattern 10pm 240398 Central pressure in hectopascals (hPa) Isobar spacing is 2 hPa Yesterday's satellite picture 4 pm ESST 1ft.

"4 3 Tomorrow: Expected pressurerainfall pattern 10pm 260398 Sydney: Shower or two. SE winds. Max 24 C. Isobar spacing is 2 hPa cold front Today: Expected pressurerainfall pattern 10pm 250398 Central pressure in hectopascals (hPa) Isobar spacing is 2 hPa cold front Fax 9282 3545, Mon to Fri, VICEREGAL Yesterday, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council. Earlier, at Government House, Canberra, the Governor-General received Mr G.

Atkin, Australian Ambassador-designate to The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Afterwards, the Governor-General received General Peter Gration, AC, OBE, Chairman of the Council of the Australian War Memorial. Subsequently, the Governor-General received Mr W. Blick, PSM, Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. In the afternoon, the Governor-General received Dr M.

Higgie, Australian r--H 5 i Target 1493 I I I "Nlan" for inclusion in Today Tonight Ambassador-designate to The Republic of Hungary. In the evening, at Parliament House, the Governor-General, as Patron of Landcare Australia Limited, and Lady Deane attended the 1998 National Landcare Awards at which the Governor-General presented plaques to supporters of Landcare. Yesterday morning His Excellency the Governor and Mrs Samuels visited the Disability Services Australia Ltd Workshops at Mascot and Redfern. In the evening the Governor and Mrs Samuels attended a performance by The Australian Ballet of Swan Lake at the Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House. UiC BRoKC FFTJ? TWe.

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The first word of a phrase is permitted (eg inkjet in inkjet printer). We've used words in the main body of Chambers 21st Century Dictionary as our reference source. Today's target 15 words, good; 22 very good; 31 excellent Solution tomorrow. Can't get today's answers? Ring Tricom Audiotext on 0055 33215 to find out. 75 cents buys one minute.

A higher rate applies from mobile and public telephones. Yesterdays solution astute attest ease east estate sate saute seat seta stat state statue STATUETTE statute taste taut tease teat testa testate 215-to-l the Crown is a native of 22-across! (6) 23 Fight for a breath of the midnight snake (4) 25 Current section of steam-pipe (3) TUESDAY'S SOLUTION iNlOlVlllCiElsnclHlAlRiGlElOl MIIU EIRIO DIEIRIS eB i UsHaBnHoBeBtI JEITLAGI I IRICIO PI jJIsHVHltJHlHaI UIG EDP I PIE DiM UlSlNC TnTtI ItHsHsI i BcBcBbDsBtHaBl I r(STa I jPjKl I IT I TjOjE LS. el 3IUIMUTIYIF IYJ 18 Small bomb (that one may be hoist with?) (6) 20 Pioneer psychoanalyst (5) 21 Minor accident (6) 23 Corporation (4) 25 Colourant (3) STUMPED? Call Crossword Solutions for Cryptic or Quick 0055-15302 (75 per minute, higher rates publicmobile phones). TUESDAY'S SOLUTION i. mm iii i glai rvoyant 19 Take a look to the left or to the right! (4) 22 Step ashore after a circuit of part of Scandinavia (7) 23 A grand mess, but full of sparkle! (7) 24 Stone liquor showing signs of despair (8,7) ACROSS 1 Since New York found such pain (5) 4 makes movie with the joy of Yass, etc.

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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 been used once only. Identify and evaluate letters. Solution tomorrow.

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