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THE AGE, Thursday 14 April 1988 Niieily-inime gooi reasons to: read on KEITH DU3STAN A 4 yi ir ADDRESS by the Malaysian high commissioner to the Melbourne University Malyasiaa Students Society on Malaysia's political situation and its effect on students in Australia; Union Ball, University of Melbourne, 1 pm. ADDRESS by Mr Jim McCOII, head of the royal commission on Grain Storage, at Rural Press Club lunch. Imperial Hotel, corner of Bourke and Spring streets, 1240 pm. MBSEN Memorial Lecture for Amnesty International by Carmen Gloria Quin-tana, private dining room. Parliament House, Canberra, 6 pm.

FEDERAL Parliament sits. STATE Parliament sits. The 'Lion of Athens'" conquers Olympics 111 By BOB MILUNQTON OW does it feel to be 99? "Hor TT" TT rible. I hate it," said Florence VOllanu. "I'll feel much better when I'm 100." JHL V- ff-t -M The winning numbers in last night's Tattslotto draw 702 were 38, 16, 40, 39, 2 and 28.

The supplementary numbers were 41 and 34. The division one prize pool is $708,540.11. fclL With that she rustled her copy of The Age' and, like any other Essendon fan, turned to the football news. We visited Mrs Williams at the RSL War Veterans Trust home in Albion Street, St Kilda, because we were intrigued. As far as we can tell, Mrs Williams is the oldest 'Age reader to have clipped out and returned the coupon backing the staff fight to maintain this newspaper's tradition of editorial Independence when young Warwick Fairfax flogs us off.

To be exact, a friend of Mrs Williams did the paperwork and added a note: "She reads The Age' every day from cover to cover." And besides, yesterday was her birthday. Mrs Williams is a pert woman with a bright smile. "I've read The Age' all my life," she said. "I love it and I wouldn't have any other newspaper." But from cover to cover? The Bendigo dog results? Muslim prayer times? "I read the whole lot," she replied. "And if I don't finish it while I'm sitting here I take it to bed with me." Florence Williams must be one of the few people left who started reading this newspaper when it was in the hands of David Syme himself.

She learned of the death of Queen Victoria from The Age' and the outbreak of the First World Mrs Florence WUUams, 89, the oldest reader to back the campaign to maintain the independence of The Age': "I hope you get a nice person to buy your newspaper." The winning numbers in last night's Tatt's 2 draw were 50 and 76. The division one dividend is $1751. I Tu. VW' I The coalition hung in the balance last night with the Liberal leader, Mr Howard, and the National Party leader, Mr Sinclair, still at odds over bow the Queensland rebel Nationals could be properly "isolated" from a continued coalition. Edwin Flack: feted in Athens.

14 April 1896 EDWIN H. Flack, a handsome young man from Melbourne, is being called The Lion of Athens'. Flack has competed in the modern Olympics, the first Olympic Games staged for 1503 years. There were 311 athletes from 13 nations and most of them went to Athens at their own expense. King George of Greece opened the games with the firing of guns.

Hymns were sung and doves of peace were released into the air. An orchestra played the Olympic Anthem, which was sung with great emotion by a large choir. Edwin Flack, a former Melbourne Grammar boy and the Australian mile champion, was in London studying accountancy with Price Waterhouse. He heard about Baron de Coubertin's plans to revive the Olympics, so he decided to visit Athens and compete. He battled his way there by train.

He says "the food was he was ill on the way, and because of his studies, there had been hardly any training. Then he was shocked by the Panath-eniac Stadium. The track was so rough it was dangerous. It was long and oval with sharp turns. You had to slow down to avoid running into the grandstand.

He did not give himself much chance. Yet he had lost none of his speed. He won his heat of the 800 metres in two minutes 10 seconds, with a time six seconds better than any other competition The next day, he ran in the 1500 metres. The man favored to win was an American named Blake. Blake was alleged to have a brilliant fast finish, so Flack decided to take the lead and dashed to the front after the first 30 yards.

The finish was a thriller. They were shoulder-to-shoulder all down the final straight, but Blake ran out of power and Flack won in four minutes 33.2 seconds. Flack was an instant hero. All the other track events had been won by Americans and this was the first breakthrough. An Australian win was so unexpected the officials did not know what to do.

Australia was a mixture of colonies. War. She has read it through depressions and boom times. "And I'll go on reading it," she said. "I hope you get a nice person to buy your newspaper," she said, "and I hope everything comes out all right for you." We wished we had brought 10 bunches of carnations instead of the miserly one.

A MAN who refuses to give up smoking has been denied the right to visit his asthmatic daugh ter. A family court judge in Toronto has banned Gary Casselman from seeing his three-year-old daughter by a previous marriage after hearing medical evidence that she suffers from a life-threatening allergy to tobacco smoke. The judge concluded that visits by Meghan Casselman's father would be of "so little benefit to Meghan that they ought to be Mr Casselman may ask for reinstatement of his visiting rights if he gives up smoking. the judge ruled. Meghan had been sent to hospital six times after being exposed to smoke in the past; she has not been in hospital since her father's visits came to an end.

Meghan's doctor had taken the unusual step of writing an unsolicited letter to the lawyer for her mother, warning that Meghan's life was at stake if Mr Casselman continued to smoke in her presence. Mildura practises the fine art of censorship part of my work and it is my work. It They believed there was an Australian Federation Movement flag, but no such. item was to be had in Athens. Ultimately, they did the next-best thing.

flew an Austrian flag. The winner at the first modern 01ynM pics gets a silver medal, a diploma and a crown of olive branches. Second prize ls a bronze medal and a laurel branch. The third man gets nothing. The next day.

Flack won the final of the 800 metres in two minutes 11 seconds. "I had a very easy race," he said. "And I never had to exert myself in the least" He has been a very busy man. He also ran in the marathon, a race he had never run, and one for which he had done no training. He was out in front when he had to give up at the 37-kilometre mark.

He also competed, unsuccessfully, in the tennis, playing both singles and doubles. The final ceremonies all take place tomorrow. Meantime, Flack, at only 22, is a hero in Athens. He has been feted all around the city, particularly by King George, who has taken him to the theatre, to the churches and has shown him the sights. There are 10 full-time orchestras in Australia, six of which are ABC symphony orchestras.

(Source: The Second Aus-tralian Almanac'.) "It's better for them to have a short happy life, rather than be mistreated. It's better that I know we will all be together and no harm will come to them." Ms Suzanne Beauchamp, who wants to be buried with her cat and two dogs. 1 'iMfei' ft litW I The Australian dollar closed yesterday at 74.35 US cents, from 74.45 on Tuesday. Gold closed slightly lower at SUS450 an ounce. A FINE row is brewing on the banks of the Murray River.

It involves artistic integrity, sexual preference and the question of obscenity. It has all the elements of high drama plus more than a trace of farce. The Melbourne sculptress Catherine Phillips was invited to show a piece at the Mildura Sculpture Triennial. She spent four weeks in the city, building in Rio Vista Park what she calls 'Butch liaison: the Palace of Femme'. It is, she says, the size of a small house.

Ms Phillips completed her exhibit on Good Friday and returned to Melbourne. She was incensed, she says, to learn a couple of days later that officials from the Mildura Arts Centre had censored her work. Censorship in this case consists of a wooden board placed over a couple of sentences inscribed at the base of the sculpture. We cannot repeat them here but we can say that they deal explicitly with acts of woman-to-woman lovemak-ing. Ms Phillips was ropeable.

The sculpture is autobiographical," she told News Diary, "and it concerns my relationship with my lover. But that's beside the point The sentences are an integral the feeling that the police were not at all happy at being dragged in." Ms Phillips says other sculptors are organising a protest to have her work restored to its original state. She hopes that a barrage of telegrams and letters to the arts centre will change minds there. And she is seeking legal advice. She warns that the triennial risks losing its credibility and international standing.

"It's the first time I've heard of an art gallery calling in the police over an item it has on display." Meanwhile, 'Butch Maison: the Palace of Femme' retains its censored baseplate. belongs to me. Ms Phillips said she first tried to complain to the arts centre management but her calls were not returned. On Tuesday, she took direct action. She drove to Mildura and ripped away the board, then strode across to the centre to put her case.

"The police arrived 15 minutes later," said Ms Phillips. "They said they would have to charge me with obscenity under the Summary Offences Act unless I put back the board. And they would have to put me in jail until the magistrate came next week. I put the board back and came home. I got WANTED Lend or Land and Building for Light IndutttW Factory.

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