The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 1

LATE EDITION Thursday, March 10, 1977 Pensions Federal Cabinet rejects' FORECAST (for today): Metropolitan: Few showers, mild. NSW: Rain on ranges and coast, mostly dry and warm west. Max temps: City and Liverpool 24. Weather, sun, moon, tides and fire warnings page 19. to cut increases 3 No 43,440 Telephone 2 0944 First published 1831 28 PAGES 12c COLD Move OH pomograp ay JOHN Akister, the Labor InsMo today ML was not there to greet the Queen in his Monaro electorate yesterday.

The Opposition Leader, Sir Eric Willis, held' firm, refusing Mr Akister a parliamentary pair. Meanwhile, Bren-da Akister stood in. When the Queen shook her hand in Queanbcyan and asked, "Where is your husband?" Mrs Akister replied only, "He was unable to get away from Parliament." rz Vn wVj Or 'ouj i' ARE the times changing? When the wnitiam Government held referenda in December, 1973, only 44 per cent of voters supported prices control, 33 per cent wages control. But Mr D. B.

Farnie, a sales representative, of Killarney Heights, thinks Australians may now agree to grant such powers. Sir John Moore Flat rate wage increases proposed From our Melbourne Correspondent Wage and salary earners may receive flat automatic cost-of-living increases for the March, June and September quarters. The president of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission, Sir John Moore, indicated this yesterday when the national wage case hearing was resumed in Melbourne. But the president of the ACTU, Mr Hawke, said last night that Sir John's proposal would be unacceptable to the ACTU. Sir John said that after the decision on the current hearing was given the commission might also announce that for the next two or three quarters a basic wage component would be increased automatically as an interim measure.

During this period the commission would strive to determine for the future what wage fixing index could be used, the level of a basic wage component and other essential factors. WINTER FASHION Exciting new season's styles previewed by Mary Wilkinson. Pages 14 and 15 Phantoms of 4he dole queue Mike Steketee looks at the unemployment crisis- Page 6 TIIF when Australia I Ilk met England FIRST MCG 100 years ago. ltd! Page 19 IN a random survey of 408 people, he posed this question: "Would you be willing to forgo a wage increase for 12 months if the Federal and State Governments froze prices for the same period?" An overwhelming 309 people answered yes. 48 said no, and 51 were unsure.

Intrigued by the survey. Column 8 followed suit, sampling the opinions of 70 people at the GPO yesterday. Our results were similar to Mr Farnie's. Sixty people said yes, nine no, and only two were unsure. But would they vote that way in a referendum? Politics invariably cloud the issues then, and traditionally Australians vote no to constitutional change.

Tomorrow THE ROCK The Queen meets the people in Adelaicte Street, Brisbane. He said he hoped this might give RELEASE the airport and in the city. a. better indication to unions, employers and governments and assist stability in wages. Sir John explained that he had no firm views on the future of wage fixation, but in the long term the Queensland Mike Parker "She thanked me for vcomiOaT 'lo-vaoe her v'fn the rain," said one music records.

woman. total wage concept could be divided into two parts, "something like the old basic wage and margins system," which had existed up to 10 years "The Queen was so pretty much prettier LOST causes department, Govts act to ban children in sex books The Federal and NSW Governments are planning action to prevent the sale of pornographic material featuring children. The Federal Attorney-General, Mr Ellicott, told the House of Representatives yesterday that he would call a meeting of the responsible State Ministers to seek ways of banning the material. He said the importing of such material was already banned, but the ban was difficult to police. The NSW Minister for Services, Mr Haigh, committed the State Government yesterday to legislation banning the sale, distribution and publication of material featuring children.

However, it is likely that it will be some time before- the legislation is introduced because of difficulties in drafting and policing it. Haigh catches ALP off guard IAN FRYKBERG, State Political Correspondent, reports: Mr Haigh's statement caused a flurry of activity in the Government corridors at Parliament House. It is understood the statement caught most of his ALP colleagues including the Premier, Mr Wran off guard. A number of Government backbenchers were unhappy about the statement because they said this would involve censorship. Mr Haigh made his statement in reply to a question without notice from the Labor whip, Mr J.

P. Flaherty, in State Parliament. He said the Government was working on the sale, distribution and publication of pornographic literature depicting sex acts on children, bestiality on children and brutality on children in relation to sex acts on children," he said. "It is necessary for the Government to introduce legislation for this purpose because the previous Liberal-Country Party Government failed to do so." The Opposition Leader, Sir Eric Willis, accused the Government last night of engaging in "an act of grand hypocrisy in its recently found concern for pornographic material involving children." Earlier in the day the Labor Caucus meeting discussed the issue and number of speakers expressed -joncern at the growing public alarm over pornography involving children. Caucus decided that there ought to be an urgent statement made by the Government on the issue.

Sensitive issue Under the existing act in NSW the Indecent Articles and Classified Publications Act 1975 the sale of pornographic material is in two classifications. The first is direct sale, which involves the material being kept under the counter and not dis-. played. People wishing to buy this have to ask lor the magazine or article by name. The second category is restricted, which involves an area being screened off in a shop and indicated as having restricted material.

Both categories prohibit the sale of this material to people under the age of 18. Yesterday's events in Parliament present problems for Mr Wran. If the Government does decide to amend the existing legislation there are a number of problems facing it, mainly in how to specifically exempt material involving children, under what age children will be specified, and who will determine whether material depicts children over or under this age. The whole issue is sensitive for the Labor Government because of its stand over censorship. In Opposition, Mr Wran was a strong opponent of censorship.

Supporters of Mr Haigh were at pains to emphasise after question time that the minister was not proposing censorship but rather the protection of children. The Opposition has been seeking to highlight the Government's attitude on pornography and drugs as evidence of its "permissiveness." Sir Eric Willis said that when he raised the matter last week Mr Wran had attempted to "humiliate and belittle me." "He treated the matter as a joke and also made a joke by displaying in the House a photograph of myself and a private citizen in fancy dress and sought to embarrass and belittle that person as well. 5 "Public concern has mounted rapidly and the Government bought the message in the past few days that the public is outraged by its inaction over this sordid business," he said. PAGE 10: Children 'destroyed'; Dean Shilton warns of organised crime. Ptiom 20944 lives up to its name than 1 thought, said to hav th HwraJd small flag-clutching ago.

The basic wage component would dwivtrvd: iff Mr. cnild who had a close view of the Queen. spotted on a bumper sticker at Lindfield: "Reunite Gondwana-land" (the so-called super continent era-bracing Australia, believed to have existed in the Paleozoic era). be adjusted automatically "except in an extreme situation'' and the margin would be adjusted every two or three vears, he said. The rain forced the Queen to put up black umbrella during Mr Hawke said last night that unions would oppose any system tne mtormal walk with the Lord Mayor of that was less than full wage indexa Brisbane, Aid Sleeman The Duke put on camel coloured rain coat and strolled casu From a Staff Reporter travelling with royal party Prince Philip took the Monarchy to the people in Qucanbeyan and Brisbane yesterday and were again a resounding success.

In Queanbcyan, about 10,000 cheering and clapping people welcomed the Royal couple as they walked the length of a block in Crawford Street. The" Queen looked fresh and relaxed in sunny yellow as she chatted with people in the crowd, while the Duke quipped with schoolchildren on the other side of the road. They later returned to Canberra for the flight to Brisbane. In Brisbane police moved quickly to prevent a demonstration by republicans. Royalists and onlookers stood in Brisbane streets, some for more than three-and-a-half hours, to see the Queen and the Duke of bdinburgh take an informal walk' through the new City Square behind the City Hall.

ally about the crowd, INDULGING twin fantasies? The owner of the Rolls Royce, with number plates, HRH 007. After Royal party left for dinner at He said indexation based on a basic wage would be lower than the plateau indexation decisions of the past year. The ACTU had not been fully satisfied with the wage indexation system because full wage indexation had not been applied over the past two years. Mr Hawke added that the last Government House, she got out of the air force BAC 1-L1 jet. A gust of wind had caught her skirt and she dipped to keep it down to a modest level.

Wearing a white spotted lemon yellow silk dress and jacket, with a skirt bordered with pleats, and a tas-selled yellow and white-draped turban, the Queen walked along the crowd at the barriers, chatting and smiling. She stopped to talk to a small child, who asked, "What's the weather like in London?" "Well, its cold there now because it's winter," said the Queen, smiling. Her other brief talks to members the crowd won hearts at Crowds jammed the streets and proved that the Queen had really arrived in "Queen's Land." Police estimated more than 15.000 people, many of them aged or school children waving flags, braved -blustery and 'rainy weather to catch a glimpse of the Queen. People stood on bal-conies overlooking King George square and stood in the windows of office blocks to see the small figure of the Queen. Her reception on her arrival at Brisbane's new international terminal was smaller but no less warm.

Adults and children stood up to five deep behind barricades to see the Queen almost disappear as soon as the heavens opened in a typical Queensland storm, catching many of the sightseers without protection. Ten of the 150 police watching the crowd raided the roof of a city building following a report of a sniper, but the alarm proved to' be false. PAGE 8: More pictures. Thp Queen at investiture, a military occasion and today's SECOND-hand, presumably nnused. A businessmen who bought his mother a home unit at Kings Cross was upset by some "furniture" left behind by the previous tenants two tin coffins.

Previously used as bookcases, they took: some unloading. He finally sold them, for $25 each, to the local waxworks. Trade deficit first in 2 yrs Rising import prices and a fall in export income during February gave Australia its first trade deficit since October, 1974. Imports rose by $34 million to a new peak of $918 million while exports -fell $64 million to $911 million. The deficit of $7 million followed a surplus of $91 million in January.

The unfavourable trade result suggests that balance of payments figures due to be issued today will show a heavy current account deficit and a reduced inflow of capital. Details in Finance: Page 22 50c TAB unit likely soon An increase in the NSW TAB unit from 25c to SOc is expected to be made within two months. The State Government also is preparing to set up a commission to administer racing in NSW. Bert LiHye's report, Page 17. Box SOS, G.P.O..

Sdncr! "SKTLSl and minimum Pflc fllr. Inttrstlt bv air extra. LATE NEWS ACTU meeting in Brisbane had re-endorsed the ACTU policy for full wage indexation to compensate for increases in the quarterly Consumer Price Index. When the wage case hearing resumed yesterday the counsel for the employers, Mr Barry Maddern, continued their, submission that there were no economic grounds for granting any pay increase. (Report, Page 4) PAGE 23: Dock work stops over wage case.

On other pages PM calls Premiers' meeting on tax sharing Section 2 Rugby League: Easts blitz Newtown to make Wills Cup final. Pag IT Cricket: England players shun practice. Harold Larwood talks about the Bodyline series. Page 17 Soccer: Australian team off for World Cup matches. $25,000 grant for the sport.

Pag 17 Finance: Tooheys lifts its earnings 14.3 per cent to $3.6 million' in the six months to January 31. Pag 20 According to some sources, Western -Australia stands to lose more than $10 million because of the resources boom, which has nevet; been taken into account in working out how much' each State should get. Mr Dunstan and Sir Charles have both said they welcome the review, but both have also complained about the Commonwealth's intention to have it done by the Grants Commission. It is believed that the States generally would prefer the review to be done by an independent body. Mr Dunstan says that, if the Grants Commission did the review, it would be like "Caesar appealing to Caesar," with the States having to go back to the commission for special Federal assistance, and having to prove that the commission had made mistakes in the review.

A spokesman for Mr Wran said last night that the Premier had not received an official notification of the proposed conference. Knife used in holdup at station ALP: Whitlam fails in move to have leadership issue settled within two weeks. Page 2 Pensions: Cabinet rejects a move to reduce pension increases. Page 3 Transplants: Doctor calls for quick decision on kidney grafts. Page 3 Washington: Britain's PM to take hard line with US over Concorde.

Page 4 Lebanon: Australian Government' has asked former President of Lebanon to cancel visit. Page 4 Africa: Cairo summit moves against Rhodesia. South Africa and Israel. Pag Unemployment: Delving into those "mythical" figures Mike Steketee. The Anti-Discrimination Bill a readers' fuium.

Editorials. Molnar. PuSe Trade-unions: Dangers of a heavy Government hand John O'Hara. Bonn knifes into doctors' bonanza T.S. Monks.

Art Nancy Borlase. Page 7 Look! A new type of heroin addict. Autumn, winter fashion preview with special guide for large and small girls. Country houses. Pages 12-16 From our Parliamentary Reporter CANBERRA.

The Prime Minister, Mr Fraser, has called a special Premiers' conference next month to thrash out differences between the Commonwealth and the States over sharing tax revenue. Announcing the conference last night, Mr Fraser said he had written to the Premiers, proposing the con-, ference on April 12 and 13. Although he did not spell out specific subjects, they are understood to revolve around the review of inter-State financial relativities which the Commonwealth has been planning for some months. Discussions are also likely to be held over legal difficulties which have arisen about the imposition of tax surcharges or rebates by various States. Mr Frascr's announcement comes after severe criticism of him over the last few days by two Premiers Mr Dunstan (SA), and Sir Charles Courti (WA) over the plans for the review.

Mr Dunstan said on Monday that the Premiers had not been informed of what Mr Fraser proposed to do. South Australia and Western Australia prohnhly have the most to lose out of the review, which will go over State finances with a fine-tooth comb, evaluating the relative wealth and revenue-raising capacity of each State. Assurances on Parkes A ana anaed witb a knife held op a station assistant at the Beverly Hillj Railway Station last night. Mr Briaa Robinson. 19, was on doty ia the ticket office when a man walked through the back door, threatened him witb a knife and demanded money.

Police said he took tbe day's takings but they would not say how Much that was. The robber was described as aged 20, 6ft tall, a asediuta buiU, with dark hair. Comics 12 Crossword 12 Finance 20-22 Law Notice 22 Look! 12-1 Lotteries (28, 7068) 25 Mall 19 Radio 12 Shipping 22 Showscent 10 Sport 17-19 Television 11 Weather 19 By J. N. PIERCE People who have paid deposits to Parkes Developments Pty Ltd for residential land, houses and home units have been assured that their transactions will proceed normally.

The assurances were given by Commercial and General Acceptance Ltd, which is owed $24.9 million by the Parkes group and its related corporations, and IAC (Holdings) Ltd. which is owed $11.4 million. The two financiers account for the bulk of Parkcs's secured debts of more than $66 million. People buying land, houses and home units from Parkes usually paid a deposit of 10 per cent to the developer and the remainder to the finance company holding security. The two finance companies said yesterday that these deposits would be recognised and the nature of contracts would be preserved.

In a separate development yesterday, Mr Ian D. Ferrier was appointed provisional liquidator for three ot Parkes's wholly owned subsidiaries. This followed his appointment as provisional liquidator of the parent company on Tuesday, Details in Finance: Page 20 Delay over track repairs, inquiry told A railway track supervisor told the Granville rail disaster inquiry yesterday that he had reported the bad condition of a section of track at Granville for 12 months before it was repaired. The first report had been made in November, 1975, and the repairs had not been done until November or December, 1976. Yesterday'! evidence in detail, Page 9.

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