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look Still the cydoini belt North-eastern Australia is battening down to face a series of cyclones forecast from Lennox Walker's Crohamhurst Observatory and to fulfil the requirements of expected tightened insurance policies following the Darwin disaster. SPECIAL CHi isr. mid-west where the authorities have had extensive experience with tornadoes and winds of than 230 kmh. the critical iOULD YOU MAT Aire yomi the pair of BE EARWI 0 BEA IFLATIOM BUY IT TODAY (BETTER STILL. HAVE IT HOME DELIVERED) leaned eMli? cotpUite with its camera focused on cyclone on Ausirana a uwuraui coastal area.

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i A cyclone code-named Flora beat this forecast last Tuesday and was being tracked in the Coral Sea as it moved toward the Queensland coast. As a result of Cyclone Althea which struck Townsville on Christmas Eve, 1971, Townsville Council is implementing a stricter building code involving the use of more cyclone bolts, stronger top and bottom plates to which the bolts are attached and reinforced fastenings for galvanised iron roofs. Last week I made a tour of Mackay, Townsville and other northern centres and was surprised at the large number of seemingly vulnerable buildings, most- JF67B mm 50lh Anniversary AY3 7 ban If so, you can apply for a $io a week allowance from the Australian Department of Social Security. The Handicapped Child's Allowance is designecLto assist parents and guardians faced with the extra costs involved in the care of a severely mentally or physically handicapped child. The child has to be living at home, and be under the age of 1 6.

Children attending a special day school or training centre may qualify. The allowance, which is in addition to the Child It's 2UE's 50th Anniversary, and we're holding our Golden Giveaway with thousands of dollars worth of prizes to be won! Grand Prize is an all-expenses paid trip to Honolulu and Disneyland for 4 plus $200.00 to spend. By JACK PERCIVAL ly timber homes. Many of the homes, erected on flimsy stilts with a high percentage of louvred walls, appeared to be just waiting to be sport for high-velocity winds. On the other hand, new accommodation centres including motels for the reception of tourists are soundly constructed and have been designed in anticipation of freak weather.

But the flimsily constructed and inadequate civil aviation terminals at Mackav. Cairns and Townsville look as if they would go sky high in the first willy-willy, let alone a cyclone. These centres, crowded with tourists in un-air-conditioned premises although it is the hot and off-season, are not only potential cyclone victims but a bad advertisement for Australia and the travel industry, which is spending large sums to attract visitors to the Barrier Reef arid its islands. STRICT CODE The respective authorities are also about to apply a more strict construction code to buildings on the Barrier Reef islands following lessons learned from Cyclone Althea, which caused severe damage on Magnetic and Hayman Islands. The Professor of Civil Engineering at the James Cook University, Professor D.

H. Trollope. believes that cyclonic precautions for a house can be provided for an extra cost of about $500. The main precautions, he advises, include making sure roofs are firmly secured and frameworks soundly held together. One of the main problems in providing cellar and underground cyclone shelters in areas along the north-east coast is the high water table, particularly near river estuaries.

The back-up of water at high tidth, makes them subject to flooding. A lot of destruction by Darwin's Tracy and Townsville's Althea was caused to houses designed for maximum draught for cooling regardless of brac ing, damage surveyors re port. Many of them were erected on 'asbestos cement pipes eight inches in diameter and filled with cement. The floors were anchored to the pylons with three-eighth inch mild steel rods bent over the bearers. To compound their vulnerability the open eaves were bird-proofed with chicken wire to permit air flow over the ceilings.

The glass in louvres and windows was of insufficient strength and caved in admitting gusts which lifted out ceilings and sent corrugated iron flying like silver paper. It is expected that any general plan for the rebuilding of Darwin will hinge on examination of Jirecautions taken in Flor-da and the American 1 more Li Right now, we re giving away prizes on air every hour. You could be a winner just by sending us your name and address and listening for your name to be called. Stay tuned right through to the Grand Prize draw on Sunday, January 26th, in our historic all-day Golden Anniversary Special. But send your entries.

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