The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 3

I- Tin tyrnt Horning HwiM, Tum, August 19, 1980 'ji fF as a tactic in JiiiiiU dispute Little hope taby girl taken, by wild dog metre from the base of the to come to tb area by gtrlng them scrape ot food." tbeleas would not rule out the poaaMUty. The aresideat at the Aastra. Rock, as me esujr toarlst It was the tint tee, to Us lag area at me-Kark. i kaowWece, that a stersoa had nbasjector TCflroy of Allta aan Native Dog Itnsmag Society of NSW, Mrs lsecvaoc Wattan, ratapette, caaasd asdse aassaaaa ncaathr i extremely Am aaak diaao woald be awe by gosagl "it would take am aatrcmelr lerlooa. "In the aast two approval.

ol: y. TAA9s Airbuis litre that if a dingo took the baby, she may ucrer be fonad. Sergeant Iiacola asM that -It appeared a had beta lisajistMi tKii--if "Tliey roam throach icam Site at will la search food. There are eaaao (aba every-where. If the baby has beea takea into a cave, the anesibtusy of recovery is almost all." He said traces of Wood were found 'on tbt basket and oa a blanket Hairs rimttar to those of a dingo were found around the basket, and the blanket bad been torn as though bitten.

There art. lots of dingoes around the campsite. The tourists encourage them ALICE SPRINGS. The Match lor baby till taatebei urild dog Ut on Sunday will continue at first light today in the shadow of Avers Rock. Azaria Chamberlain, the 10.

weeks-old daufbter of Mr Michael Chamberlain, it, and his wife, Llndy, 32, was takea from her carry basket in a tent near the Sock. Mr Chamberlain, a Seventh Day Advennst minister from Mt ha, and bis wife saw "a shape Just like a dingo" slinking out of the tent at about 8 JO am on Sunday. "It had something la its mouth, but at that stage, in the dailuim, we could aot aocwhat It was," be The couple ran to "the-tent and looked ladde Jo Ajaftasvassv'''' doWt aoJd out tay hope for baby. Sh mustBO be dead," said Mr ChambeTUIa. About 10 tourists? police, langen and trackers 'atarebed yesterday for the missing child and the same number df people are expected to be involved in today's search.

Alice Springs police1 flew to Ayers Rock yesterday to Join the search party. 'Police at Alice Springs be- aaaaaSaaaaaaaBBBBBtaBtaajaaBBaaaaaaaaa to carry 'Axaria, who weighs kSkg, la ta Jaws. Semal dog tracks led to and from the tent. Many of the animate loosely called dingoes around Ayers Rock are actually mss-breeds, some of them camp eon. Forensic evidence taken inside the tent yesterday Is ex- pected to Indicate whether a dingo or another type of wtU dog took the baby.

The campsite, about a Ule- long tune for them to get worked sm enough to approach a teat It is also acharacteria-tk, as far as I know, for mem to be la' a group or a pack at thai time of year." if people had beta' hand-feeding the dogs It was likely they woald be drawn closer to lamushas. There was also the possibility that the dog could" have beea a BMgJscttd there have beea tbt people treated for dog bites out there," be said. Aaaria, who would have beta 10 weeks old today, was ess a three -day holiday with her parents and her stater Reagan, 4, and brother Aldan, t. Asavoitbes on the behaviour of aattre dog yesterday agreed it was Hghly tmttkely a dingo wobU steal a baby, Jbat aerer- From RU88ELL BARTON, PolruW Corrttpondinl CANBERRA. Federal Cabinet has withheld approval for TAA's $250 million purchase of the European Airbus jet but has given the go-ahead for Ansett's controversial $400 million Boeing deal.

Heave, ho together she goes Bridge marks 50th year f', "t- llafhb1 THK RTK.n. Muni At I u. IboUdtf. ud Mr. Kifcifc run I.7T.I in A luroMM Alrtw AJ00S US "rEnsrSS?" tNn Um Ma ha wt ItMMnf tb nbl Ml UW Uvill The decision tor withhold, but not reject, the purchase was at the insistence of the 'Deputy Prime Minister, Mr "Anthony.

Mr Anthony wants to use the. Airbus purchase as retaliation against the European Economic Community's policies against im-ports of Australian, primary He hopes that by delaying a decision on the TAA purchase, the EEC will be influenced to set more liberal trade rules on sheep meat ex- a decision expected in September. The decision on the aircraft, made last Friday, will spark heated protests from the Government's domestic airline, TAA, which has used the bos as a focal point for recent "Three of the four wide-I bodied jets were scheduled for 'delivery in the second half of fiiext year. "ft'JJy S'vin8 Ansett the go-fwaead for its purchase of 18 gboeing wide-bodied jets, the Government will be accused are tstbit, MriKlH nonr bosr. Mil ta i i-a, r' inmrin" aai 1 rrnrnn-ir-ji in i 1 1 mini i in mrr m-iiini ri i 4 vV 'fr 'i I Ur-rj cl 7 r-vv i i stff it FiT iii.iiiiii 1 "mi iffy iwrnM lfUamly tola tbtr atMMrT and EaT nan iM.fmsLnv tM- breach of contract and its international reputation would be irreparably damaged.

Government sources regard the likelihood of Cabinet eventually cancelling TAA's contract as very remote. -This weakens the effectiveness of Cabinet's use of the deal as a weapon in the EEC trade battle. Cabinet is also understood to have decided last. Friday that future domestic airfare increases will be indexed. The index will be based on a formula taking into account rises in air navigation fees the latest of which will be announced in today's Budget and fuel costs.

of favouring one airline over another. This is particularly so as the Ansett. deal was the subject of a US Senate committee's investigation into the generous terms of a loan granted to Ansett by the US Export-Import Bank. The $A259 million loan granted to Ansett to help fund the Boeing purchase carried an interest rate of 8 per cent. It was negotiated by Ansett's joint managing director, Mr Rupert Murdoch, earlier this year.

If Cabinet eventually rejects TAA's Airbus purchase, the airline stands to lose its $25 million deposit. It would also face possible legal action for By RICHARD ECKERSLEY Fifty years ago today, the north and south sections of the Harbour Bridge inched together and touched. Within hours the arch was joined. It had been preceded by a dramatic and anxious ten days. The two arms of the arch, each 250 metres long and weighing 15,000 tonnes, were just more than a metre apart when completed, supported by 128 cables anchored in horseshoe-shaped tunnels on either shore.

Workmen worked around the clock in 12-hour shifts to close the gap by slowly slackening the cables. On the night of August 13, in the middle of this operation, severe squalls bit Sydney, with gusts up to HOkms an Those working on the Bridge reported that the two giant arms were visibly swaying, although checks showed that-the movement was slight On the final day, the tremendous task of joining the two sections was made more difficult by the expansion of the steel under a hot sun. At one moment the alignment of the arms would be correct. Fifteen minutes later there would be an apparent error of several centimetres. At 4.15 pm the gap was closed for the first time, but opened again as the steel contracted in the cool of the evening.

It was not until the early hours of August 20 that the arms were finally locked together with huge pins. The event was proclaimed by the flying of two flags, the Union Jack and the Australian flag, from the jibs of the cranes on too of the arch. Ships and ferries sounded their sirens and people cheered as they went to work. It then remained to suspend from the arch the steel deck to carry the traffic. 'Tragic' road accident victim awarded $450,000 damages The scuih and north chords of the Bridge were eased ciose on August 13, 1930.

The Bridge, begun in 1923, was opened in 1932. Today, it is considered to be no longer adequate and there is a debate over whether a second harbour crossing should be a tunnel or another bridge. If a bridge is built, it is unlikely to resemble the Harbour Bridge. It is mainly a matter of cost. In bridges, unlike cathedrals, aesthetics do not play a big part.

Economics and safety are the key There were then, and still are, three basic ways of spanning distances of that length, according to a Sydney consulting engineer, Mr Jim Corlett. These are by arch bridges, like the Harbour Bridge; suspension, bridges, like San Francisco's Golden Gate; and box-girder, cable-stayed bridges, like Melbourne's Westgate. "Major competitions for bridges attract many suspension and box-girder designs. You don't see much of steel arches these days," he said. Suspension and box-girder bridges need less material and so are cheaper to build.

To mark the jubilee of the arch, films of the construction of the Bridge will be shown at 8 pm on Thursday at the parish hall, St John's Anglican Church, Gordon. cents' i Hospital, Sydney, Mrs Foster was transferred to Wollongong Hospital. She returned to St Vincents' spinal unit for four months after her husband died. Mr Justice Yeldham. in handing down his decision, said that Mrs Foster had endured in 4 years "much more than the average person is called on to endure in a lifetime." Mrs Foster said she would piece of fruit I have to be careful water doesn't pour down my arms," she said.

"I still have a great deal of pain in the back, spine and femurs were very badly smashed and jny ankles were completely crushed," "Some days I can cope better than others. I feel like a complete prisoner in the house but when I start to feel depressed I try to count my blessings. It's no use. wallowing in self mtv. vJr i 8 wdw A 'woman road accident ''Victim whose case was described by a judge as "tra-.

"gic" was awarded damages of $450,000 yesterday in the NSW Supreme Court. I Mrs Margaret Foster, 48, of Smith Street. Wollongong, was with her family when the car they were travelling in hit a near Campbclltown on January 3, 1976. She suffered serious multiple injuries in the accident which left her a paraplegic, jand. "Afait 18 months of the'tastjflf.

2 years in hospital. months after the accident husband died of fancerat 3he age of 51. After four months in St Vin use the. money pay "The worst time of all was when my automatic chair broke down last. vear.

All I could do i if v'lJ. -''W- etrwasfust lie in ft" fi and to buy a specialty-adapteq home unit "terrible febterncl'ln' when you're in a kitchen designed for a normal standing person. "I have to do things side on in the chair. When I wash a Mrs t-ostcr also sutlers from rheumatoid arthritis. "When the chair breaks down and I have to push the old one it is just agony." On the afternoon of August 19 the halves touched; overnight they were joined.

ft Reduced biail for sign writer facing counterfeit currency charges 5Garland may look at Customs allegations 'Z iCANBERRA. Allegations of major corrup--tjpn in the Customs department are expected to ffcexamined today by the Minister for Business JJtd Consumer Affairs, Mr Garland. The claims, made on commercial radio and in he Sun-Herald, were that customs officiate had flowed millions of dollars worth of drugs into Australia. i customs officers alleged that there was widespread corruption in the department and that worth $1,000 million was to be dumped off -Jydney Heads to be picked up by small craft. sW, Va3 Qld senators utfged to block Govt bills BRISBANE.

'4. Queensland's sixf coalition senators -have been asked to block Government legislation in the Senate until Canberra comes up with a solution to. end the coalminers' housing subsidy tax strike. The request came io telegrams from the National Party Member for the State seat of Peak Downs, Mr Lester, who said he was also acting to save the Federal Government "The senators can select whatever bills they like to make their stand," Mr Lester said. actions would cause a ripple big enough to-: bring Mr Fraser and Mr Howard to heel." However, the Queenslanders are not expected to agree to Mr Lester's request, which conld shift the balance of power away from the Government.

Mr Lester said such a stand by the senators could be justified because all reasoned approaches to Canberra by Queensland leaders had failed. lulOMticillydlvirts your Iraportiit calls ta vhan yea ara A signwriter. charged with forging; and uttering United States currency with a face value of about $1.5 million was granted a $5,000 reduction in his bail yesterday. At the St James Court, of Petty Sessions, Mr G. Smyth, SM, reduced bail from $20,000 but not on the uttering charge.

Mr Reoch said Reynolds was a self-employed artist and had lived in his house at Peakhurst for 18 years. He had one conviction in 1967 for a minor matter. Mr C. Bilinski, for Reynolds applied for a $5,000 reduction in bail, which was granted provided, among other -things, that Reynolds report daily to the police and not apply for a passport. Mr Smyth adjourned the matters to September 1.

Mr A. Reoch, for the Crown, said Federal police had searched Reynolds's house by warrant last Friday. He said they found $700,000 in United States banknotes and a printing press complete with and plates for $20 and 100 denominations. Mr Reoch said the quality of the notes was "not very good" as Reynolds had used ordinary paper to print them. He said Reynolds had made admissions to police On the forgery and possession charges $20 notes valued at $380,200 at Sydney between August 1, 1979, and January 17, this year.

He. was also charged with-forging United States $20 banknotes with a face value of about $1.5 million at Peakhurst between August 1, 1979, and August 15, 1980. Reynolds was also charged with possessing forged $20 and $100 notes with a face value of about $1 million at Peakhurst on August 15. No pleas were entered. transferred aatsmiUcisy to iny etker sgmbtr py ditlra -ysw NntctHsmt, Manager, Salts Person, sic.

Ctaninf FasfJTY -1 MMI TUEraWlsKllr-- avoNtv nSVmstu act. tiwnv vouohqonq ma 511 1777 3444 USUI 217722 211717 SflaT VOCA COMMUNICATION! A Oivision ot William Adams Company Limited to $15,000. Barry James Reynolds, 46, of Caledonia Crescent, Peakhurst is charged with uttering forged AFB'H 0 Catholics commend drill men Buses, trucks diverted in George Street Heavy transport, including Urban Transit Authority buses, have been diverted around two blocks of George Street, between Bathurst and Goulburn Streets, during temporary road works. Electricity workmen repairing underground cables dug a hole and built a fence near the corner of Liverpool Street on Sunday. Buses which normally travel along George Street are taking a detour at Bathurst Street.

They now run along Pitt Street for the two blocks to Goulburn Street before going back to George Street. The Catholic Commission for' Justice and Peace has- sent a telegram of support to 15 drill operators who have refused to work a rig at Noonkanbah. The commission commended the men's decision not to work the rit until a settlement was agreed to by the Aborigines. at Noonkanbah and the West Australian Government. Representatives from the commission were among Aborigines and clergymen who had set up a road-block in an attempt to stop the Amax oil-rig convoy reaching Noonkanbah last week, The easy way to cover up unsightly ceilings The ABC INTEREST UP 10 OF $10,000,000 1 DEBENTURE TnrSTl I STOCK WITH .1 IVel--A RIGHT TO I I ACCEPT OVER I 1 lT SUBSCRIPTIONS I UP TO A FURTHER 1 aV $5,000,000.

PER ANNUM MID QUARTERN Ws uselhistotuneyourennintv not to twist you for money. SUSPENDED (SLUMS by (Armstrong You can do It. yourself; no special tools required. An easy to-assemble metal framework suspended by wire from the old celling above, holds smart looking acoustical, decorator and luminous panels. Panels And well deliver your serviced car free within a two mile radius of our workshop.

We're interested only in better serviced cars. What about you? A bourbon TERM INTEREST RATES 6 MONTHS 10.75 12 MONTHS 12.00 2VEARS 13.00 3 YEARS 13.25 4 YEARS 13.25 5 YEARS 13.00 MATURITY DATE IS CALCULATED FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF YOUR APPLICATION BY THE BANKER FOR THE ISSUE OR THE COMPANY. are removable for easy access of gold and silver. The ABC, or Australian Bullion Company to give us our full name, is the. leading Australian merchant of the purest gold and silver in the world.

Our Four Nines gold is remarkable for its purity, being 99.99 pure, it is on a parity with Swiss Bank gold. This is the most highly refined gold readily available in the world, and gives you a better sell-back price than the less refined (99.67c) gold sold by some other bullion houses. ABC Four Nines gold ingots are available in 1 kg, 20 oz, 10 02, oz, 1 oz and the convenient new Vi oz round ingot ABC silver is offered in 1 oz and Vi and 24 kilo ingots, 'guaranteed 99.98 pure. ABC ingots are sold at current world market prices plus brokerage to plumbing or electrical wiring above. "I VP on Bourbon Street FAICOM ST.

Now top-notch car service doesn't have to cost you the earth. Because Crows Nest Automotive Services has just opened Here you pay only for servicing. There are no fancy frills. We don't sting you for an expensive location, high-priced office furniture, or pretty uniforms. Instead you pay only for the skills of a master mechanic and any parts your car may require.

While such a no-nonsense operation saves you mo'ney, its also convenient Crows Nest Automotive Services is only minutes from offices in the North Sydney area. mtmir st. x3 whs? StUnraff cans; 2 TtZJ' AppSeattons may wily be nude ontheprintedlorm attached totfw Prospectus, tvnuble Irom: Uneenwtteri. J. B.Were a Son, members of The Stock Eicrunge of Melbourne lid.

Any member of recognued Slock Eichinge. AnybrtnchoffheBankotNeitSoiithVOies. AmpotRepcormanceLlmrted' N.S.W.-37PmStreet.SYdney2000. Vic. 351 Colins Street.

Melbourne 3000. Old 288 Edward Street, Brisbane 4000. Capital Investments Limited. 73 Grentell Street, Adelaide 5000. Trustees to the Issue: Perpetual Trustee Company Limited.

For detaris ot the right 10 create prior ranking or equally ranking charges, sea Pages 6 and 21 of the Pmrvjctui. OVER 20 TO CHOOSE FROM fee and we can offer a buy-back facility, F.A.MITCHELL New Of leans.The trad jazz fans mecca. Where the oysters are as good as Sydney's. (Well, almost.) Pan Am and American Express will show you round. At your Travel Agent.

AMERICA DOOZC KOLLYS LJl. 24-28 Adderisy Lidcombt N.S.W.2141 648 1669 Write for our free brochures, Australian Bullion GmpanyPryLtd Craws iftutcmoriva Scrvkes. For authorised Volvo service, warranty work and spares Also specialists for BMW. Alfa, Ford other fine makes. David Street, Crows Nest Call 921167.

Ring 6484669-for brochure or call st our showroom. Second Floor, Chillis House, 10 Martin Place Sydney, 2314511. Open weekdays and Saturday See our display at the Sydney Building Information Centre. OtarfSva.