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2 THE AGE, Thursday 27 June 1985 HEWS DIARY EVISIOIJ REVIEW Therapy for Hawkespeak Spreading the ethnic word, with subtitles EDUCATION: The 1985 Alfred Deakin Lecture, "Education: an agenda for will be given at 10 pm by Professor Lauchlan Chipman at the public lecture theatre. University of Melbourne. COMPO: A seminar on Victorian work-' ers' compensation legislation will begin at the Carillon Room, Regent Hotel, at 9 am. Speakers include the Treasurer, Mr Jolly. TAX: The Victorian emergency relief committee will hold a public meeting on tax reform at the Mission of St James and St John, 8 Batman Street West Melbourne, at 10.30 am.

HAPPOCNGIOO MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE POLICE I FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NUMURKAH, Friday. Four men were cited to appear at the local police court to-day before Messrs. Richards and Farrell, for a murderous assault on Constable Horan. The men were strangers in the district It is alleged that they commenced their depredations yesterday by stealing a loaf of bread from a shop, and afterwards by getting drinks for which they refused to pay. Mr.

Charles Chamberlin, a victimised hotelkeeper, laid the information to Constable Horan. and it was while attempting to arrest them that the assault was committed Two of them, it is stated, knocked the constable down, and one of them was actually trying to gouge his eyes out while be was being strangled by the other, when Chamberlin came to the rescue. A desperate struggle ensued. Horan was literally covered with, blood, and Chamberlin had his head cut open. Two of the men got terribly knocked about their faces and heads being severely cut Fortunately two men, named Livings, rendered timely assistance, otherwise the officer and the civilian might have been killed or injured for life.

'The Age', 27 June 1885. Of everyday folk, scarecrows and The Blob Three world views, from the suburban to the ridiculous. By Day' (Channel 7, 7 pm) has the cheerful warmth of a local paper. Last night featured reports on high school strf shortages, the alleged kidnapping of two children by their mother, a proposal touring tourism rather than logging to rainforests, and a gung ho story about home-made hovercraft as an alternative to footy and carwashing at the weekend. 'The Investigators' (Channel 2.

7.30 pm) has a much zippier style. Its reporters are scattered around a set rather like as South Melbourne advertising agency, apparently still feverishly completing stories, phoning, jotting down notes, whizzing off to pick up bits of paper. They tend to extend the reference of individual stories rather more than 'Day By Day'. Last night, they delivered smart reports on finance companies applying unduly heavy pressure, identity cards and electronic scarecrows, including a sequence from 'Yes, and the useful information that the first non-human scarecrow hit the fields of Europe in 1592, believe it or not. Which brings us to 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' (Channel 9.

7.30 pm) presided over by the wonderfully sinister Jack Pa-lance, who behaves as if he is compering "The Evil Touch'. "See exploding plants watch a blob of slime invade a forest a violinist play Handel's 'Water Music' while fully submerged." He might not be able to report on staff shortages or finance companies, but imagine him on the trail of exploding hovercraft or underwater scarecrows. PHILIPPA HAWKER Doubtless they did their best. Indeed it was partly to display some fellow feeling that we rang the Nine Network yesterday to inquire about the future for Bert and Ernie. A spokesperson in the publicity department reassured us; Newton is under contract until the end of 1986 and Sigley for another three months.

Until then, unless the station requires them, they are free to fill in their days as they please. Play golf perhaps or even, if they become desperate, watch television. Did this mean, we inquired, that Channel Nine now had its own phantoms? The spokesperson went away to consult a superior spokesperson on this point She came back still sounding a mite puzzled. The superior spokesperson didn't understand our reference, she said. "After all Bert and Ernie will still be here." Sound advice FOR readers those who ears trouble have, we present the latest advice from Japan, forwarded by a reader who recently invested in a pair of Japanese hi-fi headphones.

"Recently we have been told by specialist doctors of ear's diseases about some cautions to be taken for that listening with headphones in a loud volume for long hours is harmful hygienically to the ear very often by television, throrugh the press, etc. "To keep your valuable ear long in very best condition you are requested to enjoy music with a (brand name) superior earspeaker in a moderate spund pressure. A headphone of poor clarity is ilusively considered if the volume is raised much, it may be more clearly audible. "In a district of Africa an old man was found who has kept same sensitivity and frequency response as lad's and its cause is that he has lived in an extremely quite noiseless environment (By Medical Department of Osaka University.) We think that roughly translated, this means that any old African who is kept in a noiseless environment by the medical department of Osaka University should turn his earphones down. THERE is growing concern in many places over the burgeoning prolixity of Prime Ministerial sentences.

About their marginal elasticity. At both ends. In short, about the Prime Minister's tendency to say more and mean less. So when James Calhoun Humes, who has been a speechwriter for Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, arrived in town yesterday it seemed a good idea to submit him to a blind tasting, as they say in the wine trade, of the Hawke rhetoric. Our sample, we regret to report, was not the classic 153-word sentence which presently holds the ah record with urn respect to Hawkeian circumlocution.

But it was just a fair-average sample of Hawkespeak, chosen at random from an early Prime Ministerial spiel on his vision for our future. All local connoisseurs of political grandiloquence will immediately recognise the authorship of our sample but then Mr Humes does not have the advantage of local knowledge. He listened attentively as we began to read a Hawkeism starting "We would see one (a future) that was better utilising our material and human resources (here 74 words have been edited out for space reasons) and ending" in which there would be a full opportunity for them to be gainfully and satisfactorily employed." By the time we had finished we were merely panting (and wondering why ABC newsreaders aren't paid danger money). But Mr Humes was looking aghast. "Why, that's rot," he boomed.

"It reminds me of the story about Roosevelt visiting an air-raid shelter. When he saw a notice reading 'It is obligatory to extinguish all illumination before vacating the premises' he snapped to the fellow in charge, 'Why the hell don't you write. Turn out the When we revealed the source of our sample, Mr Humes immediately became more diplomatic. But still critical. There were plenty of politicians in the US as complicated as that, he hedged.

But still the Hawke style was too involved, too long and littered with bureaucratic gobbledygook. "The listener is gonna feel that any guy who talks about 'human resources', for example, when he means 'people' doesn't really care about people." So what does a good political speech need? Simple, said Mr Humes; a strong beginning, one theme, simple language and vivid images. On top of that it must have a persuasive quality. "You have to turn the bureaucratic into the pontic, the legalistic into the eloquent" And does every politician need one? No, sir. "If Churchill had had a speech-writer in 1940, Britain might be speaking German today." This column wonders what a Hawke sentence would look like in German.

Mein Got, the mind aaarrr-. boggles. Blank look IN our view, the announcement that 'New Faces' and 'The Ernie Sigley Show' are to be dropped from television is a national disaster which can best be appreciated if equated with, say, the importation of the merino, the discovery of gold, or the introduction of universal suffrage. In other words, it is a development of incalculable benefit to the nation. This opinion should not be interpreted, however, as an expression of hostility to either Bert Newton or Ernie Sigley.

BY Sunday evening, David Leonard will no doubt blanch at the sight of ermine and sausage rolls. As SBS-TV's head of programming, he will have attended more lord mayoral receptions than screenings of obscure Mandarin movies. The rash of civic glad-handing marks SBS-TV's debut in Brisbane, Adelaide, Newcastle and Wollongong, cities whose citizens have been gleefully anticipating the prospect of receiving multicultural cathode rays for some time. Even Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who has dumped sport in favor of promoting half of 'The CarletonWalsh Report' for Auntie, will do his bit for her ethnic opposition on Sunday night Actors' Equity and the Nine Network should sign him up without delay. SBS-TV has not had the resources to study the ethnic profiles of the cities it will add to the network, but David Leonard is confident that viewers from a range of backgrounds will relish the programming smorgasbord which awaits them.

"The ethnic communities will welcome us with open arms, obviously because they are getting television programs in their own languages. And we expect Anglo-Saxon viewers to be surprised because their schedules will suddenly look different and more interesting. They are also aware of our reputation in news and current affairs." But our northern cousins who tune in on Sunday night will not be riveted to Lebanese soap operas or Icelandic feature films. David Leonard said that SBS-TV's charter expressly acknowledged the need to attract English-speaking audiences and on this basis he has scheduled programs with broader appeal. Thus we will all be treated to an inaugural fanfare designed to introduce newcomers to the network and its presenters; then 'The Clancy Brothers', a variety feature about the Irish minstrels; 'The Conquest of Carmen Miranda', Ro-byn Archer's musical satire on Latin American politics: and Francois Truf-faut's feature film 'The Last Metro.

When SBS-TV, then Network 028, made its debut in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, two things immediately became apparent: Anglo audiences quite quickly tired of the network's novelty value and a range of ethnic groups complained that their languages were not being adequately represented. David Leonard is cheerfully resigned to both eventualities as SBS prepares for the expansion. "At first, viewers are happy to sit through a night's programming on SBS because it is novel, but after a while there's a fall-off rate because they become selective. They also realise that with subtitling they have to concentrate all the time, they can't leave the room to make a cup of tea," he said. Mr Leonard also believes it is natural for ethnic viewers to expect regular programming in their own languages.

"But it is difficult, either because we cannot get programs at all or because they are not produced in sufficient quantity or at an acceptable technical standard. I don't expect that situation to change, although we are always endeavoring to set up new links overseas and strike a balance between language groups." Although SBS-TV will not establish offices in its new territories, the network hopes to reflect their interests and character in existing magazine, news and current affairs programs. But Mr Leonard warned that on a budget of about $46 million a year, $5 million of which is devoted to programming and subtitling, the process would be gradual. The winning numbers in Tattslotto draw number 410 were 19, 6, 16, 35, 27 and 14. The supplementary number was 8.

The first division prize pool is $373,621.82. TftTTS 2 The winning numbers in last night's Tatts 2 draw were 14 and 16. The first division prize is $534. Newton, Sigley: time for golf A CRITICAL GUIDE TO TODAY'S PROGRAMS Channel 10 Channel 9 Channel 7 Channel 2 MORNING 3 MORNING 3 MOANING 3 MOWING 3 THE AUSTRALIAN RETIRED PERSONS ASSOCIATION (motivated by service not profit) FREE RETIREMENT SEMINAR Place: 300 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Date: Thursday, 4th July, 1985 Time: 9.45 am to 3 pm Topics: Consumer Protection, Social Security, Grief and Bereavement, Financial Planning. BOOKINGS: 67 6275 8.00 Daywatch.

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5.00 Wheel Of Fortune. 5.30 Get Smart py Days (R). 5.30 Blankety Blanks 3 EVENING EVENING The Jimmy Jess saga has seldom been out of the football news in the past week with both parties involved iftaking bold statements. Jess Richmondteammate Michael Roach is caught in the middle of the conflict and he has some interesting! comments to make in his column in INSIDE FOOTBALL this week. Essendonicoach Kevin Sheedy has resigned himself torthe fact that crack South Australian small mart Craig Bradley will be joining a rival VFL club nd not the Bombers.

Sheedy reveals his feelinon the subject in this week's issue. Peter McKenna has nominated a list of young league players he believes will be the stars of the future anq that makes for very interesting reading. 2 We also nave news of a talented Footscray forward vpio may switch clubs before the June 30 clearance deadline. All this aid much more in INSIDE FOOTBALL. evening" 3 And Get It 1 EVEHING 6.00 Neighbors 6.30 News, Sport And Weather.

6.00 News, Sport And Weather THE MUSICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA and CAMBERWELL YOUTH PARTICIPATION INCORPORATED combine to present HEPHZIBAH MENIHIN MEMORIAL AWARD CONCERT on SUNDAY 39th June, 11)85 at 138 p.m. at the CAMBERWELL CIVIC CENTRE Six voung musicians will compete ADJUDICATOR WILFRED LEHMANN visiting Sydney Conductor The (laughter of the sponsor Paul Morawetz will present the awards GUEST ARTIST: SANDRA OLDIS Mezzo Soprano Winner. 1984 Armstead Singing Scholarship Admission: NON-MEMBERS J5.U0 STUDENTS $3.00 SENIOR CITIZENS OUR GUEStS Reserved tickets available at the door or in advance from: M.S.V. Hon. General Secretary.

Tel: 879 1674 or C.Y.P. Inc. Tel: 82 5470 YOUR SUPPORT WILL GREATLY ASskr WITH THE PRODUCTION OF A YOUTH RESOURCfS DIRECTORY 6.00 Inspector Gadget (R) 6.38 ABC National including Tatts no. 314. 6.30 Willesee 7.00 Sale Of The Century 7.00 7.30 7.30 Murder, She Wrote.

American series about a Day By Day. Lively blend of current affairs with Mark Day. mystery writer. (PGR) 8.30 Palace Of Dreams. Excellent new ABC drama series set in the Great Depression.

Tom has become a part of the family at the Dundee Palace, I outInow! 7.30 George And Mildred (R) 8.00 Me And My Girl. (PGR) 8.30 I Quincy M.E. Entertain- F.3536 notebook UNDIES SAVE ENERGY What do you wear underneath? I'm getting personal, but I've just read a letter jr5fm Dr. Alan Gilchrist about the insulating properties of singlets. Dr.

Gilchrist has been involved in four Antarctic expeditions and knows what he's talking about when he suggests that energy saving promotions should include the advice that "even a cotton singlet provides valuable insulation against loss of body Fascinating man. I wonder whether Dr. Gilchrist has been acknowledged for this excellent suggestion. And I wonder whether you have an idea which could help conserve energy in Victoria. If you have, you could enter it in this year's Victorian Energy Awards.

Most of the past award winners have been manufacturers, so we would like to see more ideas from homes, schools and community groups. If you belong, say, to a scout group, or you're at a school, start thinking about how you can save energy in your area. Your ideas could help others. The awards are sponsored by Energy Victoria, which is made up of a number of energy bodies, and will be presented in four categories:" energy management schemes; energy-efficient equipment or appliances (which is where singlets could come in); community energy schemes; and school energy project. Don't be put off by the fancy category terminology.

If you'd like more information and entry forms, write to The 1985 Energy Awards Co-ordinator, The Energy Information Centre, Ground Floor, 139 Flinders Street, Melbourne, 3000. Or you can phone (03) 63-1 195 or 63-1986. Entries close October 3. 8.25 Hill Street Blues. Best police series on television.

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Armed mercenaries break into the prison to rescue Ruth. (AO) (S) 9.30 Wrestling. Including news. 10.30 News Update 10.40 Ghost Story. Suspense series hosted by Sebastian Cabot (AO) (R) 11.40 Twilight Zone.

American suspense series. AM (A0) (R 12.10 AFI Salutes Frank Capra. Hosted by James Stewart, the American Film Industry pays tribute to director Frank Capra. (PGR) 1.45 Close 9.30 The Mike Walsh Show, 8.55 Live variety talk show. Melbourne Living 11.00 Tennis.

Direct telecast of SPEOAL the Wimbledon Tournament from London. In Seeing Things. Off-beat Canadian series about the adventures of a clairvoyant newspaper reporter. An art thief is murdered just before he joins a Toronto gang in a big robbery. (PGR) cluding Cricket.

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2.15 Close Our TV stars, as selected by 'The Age' TV writer, Barbara Hooks, rate as follows: Worth considering Excellent clash with her bourgeois ETHNIC A philosophy of fashion 407 Chapel Street. South Yam. Telephone 241 2403. values, (in Croatian) 10.15 The Factory. 13-Dart aV-V-iV Not to be missed drama series.

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