The Age from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Page 6

i THE AGE, Tuesday 27 May 1980 THE AGE reran Donkey rides, fan club Th nimen find" nhserveri to Unquotable royal r-emhprc of her nArtv on arrival t-at the High Court didn't 'ook much like a High Court with all that glass. It looked as though hnra pnnrretA sinA fJivrnoiis 41 1 Wrf as Inature of the interior had done occasion little to cnange ner mina. i When the opening ceremony was: over the Queen dumped three spadesful of earth with practice and elegance around a eucalypt tree near the building. She has let it be known that she dislikes intensely laying foundatio nstones but quite likes planting trees. I Indeed, a British journalist pb- served that she- has probably planted more trees in her time From an 'Agt' correspondent on the royal tear than the average waxionai rarc Commission.

In the course- of the day's events, the Queen was given lunch by Sir Garfield at the High fmirt Tt was fish Aeain. this Here is a text of the Queen's speech at the High Court opening: Oil gives great pleasure to me end to Pripre Philip to be hre in Canberra or the opek.ng of this new building for the High Court of Australia. This morning we inspected its principal features the courts, the provisions for practitioners, and the library, chambers and other facilities for the justices. It was all very impressive. warmly congratulate everyone who took pan in this enterprise those responsible-for the original idea and for seeing it through to completion, the architects who designed the building and the civil engineers who constructed it.

By their imagination, energy and care, they have created an excellent environment for those who will use the court, as well as a structure that will command attention and excite interest. For the High Court of Australia Is at the pinnacle of the judicial system of Australia. It has a special place under the Australia Constitution, serving both as a final court of appeal on matters of general law and as arbiter on constitutional issues. The court has a critical and sensitive role the Federal compact that binds the Com-. monwealth of Australia, determining the law not only between citizen and and between citizen and executive government, but also between the Governments that constitute the Commonwealth of Aus- tr3''3 We should remember today Chief Justice Griffith and Justices Barton and O'Connor, who constituted the High Court of Australia in 1903.

and with their successors defined the role of the court, in accordance with the Constitution, and established for it a fundamental place in the national life. I am pleased to pay tribute to the jndiciary of Australia including the judges present today and the justices of this court in particular for the admirable way in which they discharge their onerous The law of the land is a priceless inheritance and it secures the liberties which, as individuals and as a nation, we prize. Mites of social cnange and tensions in the world, great are the demands upon the courts and the challenges to them in reconciling competing intefests and in accommodating traditional rules to new circumstance. The High Court of Australia has earned great respect, both within Australia and beyond, and it is recognised as a court of the highest eminence among the courts of the nations I am therefore very pleased mat so many chief justices and judges from many other countries, including members of our Commonwealth ef Nations, have taken the opportunity to be with their Australian colleagues on this special occasion. Their presence is a reminder of the importance of the law in the life of all nations and in international relationships.

The law is one of the most effective meeting grounds for Commonwealth countries. Commonwealth Law Ministers were recently together In Barbados and Commonwealth chief justices are even now gathering for a meeting in Canberra. Prince Philip and have watched with great interest over the years the development of Canberra as a city combining natural beauty with the functions and symbols marking its place in the nation. Today, for the first time, the High Court will occupy and control its own building In the national capital. It thus has a physical embodiment, taking its place at the seat of government with the Crown and Parliament.

This building symbolises its unique and independent nature and provides a reminder of the place which the law and its administration rightly occupy in the life of our people. A new page will be turned in the history of Canberra and I am delighted to be here to see it written. The development of Canberra has been matched by the great changes that have occurred throughout Australia. The people of Australia can take pride in the steady growth of our country, which they see reflected in the capital. I am very pleased to declare this building open for the use of the High Court of Austra-.

lia. I time John Dory meuniere, selected by Sir Garfield nimseit. inis was her' third fish meal since arrival onH thore must- have heen an ele ment of relief in the news lact nioht's dinner at Government It was Unquotable Royal Cocktails, as usual, in the Governor-General's drawing room on Sunday night as the Queen and Prince Philip mingled with members of the media. Journalists dhatted with a surprisingly frank, witty Queen and an ebullient Duke, who said many absolutely top class blank-blank-bleep-bleeps, and a splendid time was had by all, as the Yarralumla gin stocks poured. A lively Lady-in-Waiting delivered a risque riposte about Charles I and adul- -tery while "biting her canape.

The Palace team, of courtiers were urbane and charming, and by the hour the media's hearts and minds were won over as securely as Herself crown Jwls The Unquotable Royal Cocktail party, where one may describe the mood, surroundings, and impressions, but not quote on the record, has been a modern feature of every Royal tour-now, since 1968. It's also become a ritual- Weekend Review humorous, critical, entertaining and probing. Everything from the arts to world affairs: Cinema. Theatre. Music.

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Background. Interpretation and Comment. Saturday's Weekend Review Another reason why "The Age" is the paper Melbourne talks about. weekend review Every Saturday House was 10 ieaiure roasi ueei. By the time she left the High Court building the Queen looked as though she had already ensured a long, long day.

Earlier in I the week, she had been asked at a function by local enthusiasts whether there was a chance of her returning to Australia to open f-tia new ParTia.mAnt Hnilfie. She iquipped brightly: "I expect I shall be dead by then." Today, the Queen flies to Syd- nov for a walk in a suburban shopping mall, a train ride into town, a walk in Martin Place and a concert organised by a television fit th fWra Hftliqe. inTheAge Hepplewhite hall chair and called us all to attention. This was a special occasion, he announced, where we could meet the Queen and Prince Philip and get to know them a little better and they could also have the chance to get to know the media a little better. We could all relax and talk off the record.

He pursed his lips, grinned and added that all of us who were planning to immediately ask Prince Philip, his forthright opinions on participation in the Olympics could certainly do so, "but please don't quote hira!" We filed in, shook hands and bobbed, then were discreetly stage-directed into the Royal horseshoe- chat dance all form horseshoes now, and the Queen and Duke will doe'see'doe from horseshoe to horseshoe for your five minute blank-blank-bleep-bleep. Perhaps it would be breaking the rules to' say the Queen smiled brightly and stunned many of the assembled with her very frank and opinionated con-' versatlon. Her lively voice," sense of fun and full-bodied laugh was a source of amazement to those who'd always thought she spoke the same way she read her speeches. The Duke was in his element impressing other wordsmiths with his own wit and wisdom, and soon had groups about him falling back with laughter at his able command. A lady who had a special interest in the young girls at Timbertop asked if any more princes would be coming out to spend year there like, Charles.

We can't report the answer, of course. Anyway, they're not coming. 1 A handsome Lady-hv Waiting discussed assassination and the kissing craze and seemed tickled with the. suggestion that there should be a karate course for Ladies-in-Waiting Charlie's Angels at the Palace. Commander Mike Tres -trail admitted he was wor-ried about the kissing After yesterday's events it prob- i L.

i craze. So far nobody '-MJ' tried to do it to the they wouldn't dare but if they did staff woura indeed be concerned. They were more worried1 about things people in crowd handed and threw to the Queen wi rfigh: be in those There was Zmj, intent; in Commander tVestraHtsh two legendary black-furu4 umbrellas which he tWBC-with amazing skill on RojjBfri Tours. He swears the not Scotland Yard Howeven when he was in-. Japan on the Royal Totr one local paper noted tnaf, this quiet man who had-, been accompanying into Emperor Hiro Hito's palace with not one, but two large umbrellas? even though there was not' spot of rain in sight.

The paper went on attribute to an expert at-' forensic laboratory, information' that there were two sorts of umbrelJ las guns and the Queen's. Cop's ones were examples of the shorter version. 7 One was bursting with-' questions to put; to the Royal Pair. Did the Queen' discuss-' being a Queen, with otb-Queens? Talk shop, as -it' W6T6. 1 Did the Duke swap notes: with other Royal Consorts? The replies, wfll'ref, main, forever, bleep bleepu She who must not quoted and He who must" not be quoted seemed -to enjoy the party as tb.e,"' stayed on an extra half-hour and only left when told three times they.

wouBL-be late for dinner. As we went out into the we wondered when perhaps the restrictions around Royalty might ease further, and the Unquotable Royal. Cocktail Party might, -indeed, become quotable; But then this most prominent, yet least-known personality in the world, would soon lose her mystique, and people might discover what -'they really don't want to know. The Queen is ust a. very nice ordinary mortal, too: istic game as to how skilfully one can stick to the rules and not report the Royal lips, yet at the same time indirectly report them, which is what they want you to do.

Why else would the super star-rating Buckingham Palace sales machine devote one precious evening in a crammed, five-day tour, to an event that had no mileage in it And they do it superbly. Gilt-edged invitations arrived from the Governor-General for 6 pm and snappy guards did clockwork marching exercises in and out of their toy boxes, while we all lined up at Yarralumla's gates, for police to shine torches at entre cards and passes. We waited in the entrance hall, between a Nolan Ned Kelly and a Queen portrait in yellow ballgown, mo teeth variety. (Artists say the Queen sits for her portrait so often, she enters the room and says: (Now then, with teeth or It was difficult not to feel a few memory flashes of the former ruddy-faced resident who walked this same hall. People who'd been to these Unquotable Occasions before were trying to remember the rules for curtseys and contact with the Royal palm.

Only little bobs wasnt it? Because she's not in tiara and long gown, and you didn't squeeze her hand or she'd end up with in a sling. While we waited for a household courtier to deliver the usual speech. etiquette, a very pleasant Australian man who is now the Queen's Assistant Press Secretary, Mr John suddenly leaned down be- side me and began to take off his two well-polished shoes to reveal two black stockinged feet (no holes). He then stood on a pink satin-covered reproduction II I JULL5 One of Australia's largest building societies, i i the United Permanent, uses Idem carbonless paper to make their loan document easier and quicker to Idem paper gives clean, clear, black image) copies without carbon sheets. For loan" hire purchase and other legal There are many other ways you can save with idem documents, black image Idem is ideal you get highly legible copies that won't smudge.

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