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LATE EDITION 1 Problems of tfco private schcab THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1978 Pag 7 TELEPHONE' 2 0944 No. 43,698 FIRST PUBLISHED 1831 20 PAGES 13 CENTS COLUMN -S7 1 MITES from seablrds breed AAP'Ap latclllte plctun President Carter (left) and President Sadat are all smiles at their meeting. Garter heals Egyptian rift with sfH visit nvmg ASWAN (Egypt), Wednesday. President Carter and President Sadat healed the temporary rift in US-Egypt relations today without publicly making any change in their respective stands on a Middle East settlement. In yesterday's rain these children were canoeing under cover at the Narrabeen Sport and Recreation Centre, where 160 children are spending a week at the camp.

They are, from the front, Maryanne McDougall, 13, of Vaucluse, Denise Reeves, 14, of Woy Woy, and Chris Jobses, 13, of Berowra. The two leaders met for 50 minutes at the airport here in a brief stopover during Mr Carter's seven-nation world tour. Mr Sadat told reporters that he reached "perfect agreement" with Mr Carter. More rain forecast for Sydney Western suburbs get radio station By COLIN ALLISON Sydney's western suburbs are expected to be listening to their own commercial radio station by September or early October. "VVc are going to announce certain things," Mr Sadat said.

1 am not prepared to reveal them now. The talks follow Mr Carter's statement last week that he felt the creation of an independent Palestinian Bank and the Gaza Strip The Australian Tribunal granted a lic ing in the Narrabeen Lakes are causing uncomfortable problems for bathers. Swimmers at the Narrabeen Sport and Recreation Centre are being warned to shower carefully, straight after leaving the water, to avoid skin irritations. A spokesman for the Sport and Recreation Service said the mites recurred in troublesome numbers during dry spells. Rains washed them out to sea where they were no longer a problem.

GEOFF Little (above), the smiling point-dutv policeman at Bent and Phillip Streets, is olT to Manila for an exchange visit. Among other things, he will be directing the unpredictable Philippine traffic. As a member of the Police Distance Running Club, he will also he organising the local equivalent of the City-to-Surf fun run. Senior Constable Little. 31, came a creditable 737th in last year's event.

GONE are the days of the awkward and cosily municipal inspections by busloads of aldermen and sttifl Ku-ring-gai Council at least. An American company offered the council a helicopter flight to sec a new portable hone stall at Wiseman's Ferry. The Mayor, Richard Len-non, and three other officials took advantage of the trip to look at the stall and to hop around the municipality checking fire trails and a possible helipad at St ground while Ives Show- they were out. QUICK-scrvicc department. After yesterday's report of footsore queues at the Hoyts' Entertainment Centre wailing to buy tickets for and to sec Star Wars.

Hoyts has decided to sell numbered tickets for another session each day. Cincmagocrs will be able, from todav. to buv reserved tickets for the 12.40, 3.40 and 8.30 screenings on weekdays and the weekend sessions at 2.05, and 8.20. Terry Jackman. the managing director of Hoyts.

said because of the popularity of the film, especially at this time of the year, "it's not easy to keep every one happy." Column 8 says: We're getting there. FORT DENISON: High, 5.26 am (1.5 metres), 5.49 pm (1.3 metres). Low, 11.52 am (0.4 metres). 11.44 pm (0.3 metres). SUN: Rises 5.50.

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Inter state by air extra, Sydney has had its best rain this summer and the Weather Bureau expects more today and tomorrow. The rain follows six months of below average falls. Last year Sydney had 923 millimetres, almost 300 below the annual average and slightly more than half the 1976 total of 1,783 mm. I he rain, which the bureau said was caused by upper-level disturbance, swept over Sydney early yesterday and by 9 am tails had been reported trom throughout the metropolitan area. The highest to 9 am was 56 millimetres at Bondi.

More rain fell during the day and last night. From 9 am to midnight Observatory Hill recorded 2.4 mm. However, farmers will benefit little from the light to heavy rain which has fallen over much of rural NSW. Many rural areas had local thunderstorms on Tuesday night and Wednesday with some fairly heavy falls. (Report page 3.) The Stale forecast for today is for rain or showers with local thunderstorms and possible heavy falls on the eastern half gradually contracting to the north-east.

I)rv times, hard times, Page '7. remarked last night: "It's something of a bombshell. Everyone out here thought Cottcc had it in the bag." A licence for Sydney's north-western area based at Parramatta was offered in 1 975, but since then the region has been altered and applications were called for a licence for the western area, based at Blacktown. In 1 975, the Broadcasting Control Board recommended that Prospect Broadcasters Ply td, whose shareholders included Cumberland Newspapers Ply Ltd. part of Mr Rupert Murdoch's News Limited group, be granted the north-western licence.

But Prospect never got to air. Metro-West challenged the decision in the High Court and the incoming Minister for Post and Telecommunications, Mr Robinson, decided Qld farmers in drought aid plea Simpson wants to finish series MELBOURNE. Australia's cricket captain, Bob Simpson, is not prepared to stand down from the fifth Test against India if he decides against leading Australia -on the tour of the West Indies starting next month. Simpson, appointed captain for the five Tests against India, said this in Melbourne yesterday after the Indians had won the third Test by 222 'runs to trail 2-1 in the scries. "If the selectors feel that whoever is chosen to lead the team in the West Indies should captain the team in Adelaide, well and good, but I would still want to play," he said.

He will tell the selectors hk decision regarding the West Indies tour during the fourth Test which starts at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. India took 39 minutes yesterday to wrap up the third Test, The Australian tail-en dcrs added 41 runs. Brian Mossop and Bill O'Reilly report, back page, Section 2. Editorial, Page 6 TODAY'S WEATHER Metropolitan: Mild. Max temps: City 25, Liverpool 27.

NSW: Rain and local thunderstorms in east contracting NE. Generally dry west. SE to NE winds. (Details, Page 18) Late news 6 soldiers killed MANILA. Pharooine Army Sol diert wen killed in two uimlai with Moslem retell an Jdo Island in the far onthera Sofaa Groan mtantar.

military noma Mid today. AAP-Reotet State on the Jordan West was undesirable. Mr' Sadat has described the remark as an embarrassment and -said it might delay Middle East peace. In a carefully worded state ment after the talks, Mr Carter said that before a just and comprehensive peace could be achieved the Palestinian problem must be resolved "in all its aspects." The solution, he said, "must recognise the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people and enable the Palestinians to par ticipate in the determination ot their own future." The Palestinian question was the main stumbling block on which President Sadat and the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Begin, failed to agree at their summit meeting in Ismailia on December 25-26. Mr Carter's pronouncement today seemed open to a number of interpretations ranging from a plebiscite to having Palestinian negotiators take part in peace talks to which they are in any case invited.

The United States has in the past made reference to the "legitimate rights of the Palestinian people," but its repetition now may strengthen Egypt's position in its talks with Israel. Mr Carter also declared that peace in the Middle East must be based on normal relations among the parties to the settlement, and that Israel must withdraw from territories captured in 1967 to secure and recognised borders. Homeland as initial step Egyptian officials said yesterday, before the talks, that Mr Sadat would make clear to Mr Carter that Egypt was not calling for the immediate creation of a Palestinian State and would in any case prefer the territory to be linked with Jordan. The officials added Egypt could accept the idea of a Palestinian homeland as an initial step to self-determination. President Carter said he was deeply impressed by the unanimous desire for peace among Arab and Israeli leaders.

Mr Sadat, in brief remarks to- newsmen at Aswan Airport, said he and Mr Carter shared "identical views" and had decided on "certain steps" to be taken for peace. The Egyptian leader did not elaborate on the "certain steps" to peace. Mr Sadat said he welcomed "all the parties concerned" to come to Egypt and join peace negotiations. The Cairo peace confer ence, now adjourned, met in December with Israel and the United States attending. It was boycotted by other Arab States, the Palestinians and the Soviet Union.

Mr Carter and Mr Sadat did not answer questions from rcporlcrs crowding the tarmac outside the one-storey airport building. Earlier, as Mr Carter stconcd from his plane, Mr Sadat went forward and the two men embraced warmly. A large crowd of Egyptians shouted their welcome and chanted slogans praising Mr Sadat peace moves. Special airport lounge After the official welcome, the two men, who were smiling broadly, moved into the spe cially prepared airport lounge where their talks took place. In Beirut, the Palestine Liberation Organisation reacted coldly to President Carter's statement, saying it represented no change in an American policy hostile to the PLO.

Our correspondent reports from Pans: Mr Carter has sparked a maior political row here by agreeing to meet the socialist leader, Mr r-rancois Mitter rand, but snubbing the Gaullist Party Cruel, Mr Jacques Chi rac. The President who arrived in. Paris this afternoon will meet Mr Mitterrand at the American Embassy early on Friday for about 3U minutes. Polls indicate that Mr Mit terrand could be the French Prime Minister after the March elections. Mr Chirac, leader of the Gaullist Party and Mayor of Paris, has threatened to boy cott all ceremonies for Mr Carter unless the President agrees to make a visiting head of State's traditional visit to the Paris City Hall.

The American Embassy says Mr Carter hopes to meet Mr Chirac during a banquet at Versailles tomorrow night. But the Mayor may refuse to attend. Mr Carter's 43-hour visit is widely seen as a prc-clcctoral boost for President Valcry Gis- card bstaing. One of Mr Giscard d'Estaing's aims in March is to blunt the political power of Mr Chirac and the Gaullists and move towards a Centre-Left coalition. PAGE 5: Carter woos Saudi rulers.

ence yesterday to Liverpool Broadcasting and Transmitting Co Ltd. fhc company's chairman, Mr Keith Graham, said last night that he was delighted and excited by its successful application. "We're looking forward to doing something very special." he said. "It's a tremendous' challenge. "The station will be very strong on spot news and cur rent allairs and will he directed towards the western suburbs of Sydney, presently undcrserved by media, apart from the local papers." Mr Graham estimated the cost of establishing the station at about SI million.

He said three locations for the station were being investigated Parramalta, Prospect and Blacktown. The station's transmitting strength had not been decided but it would serve the 1 4 local government areas named by the tribunal Auburn. Fairfield, Baulkham Hills. Holroyd. Blacktown, Liverpool.

Parramatta, Windsor, Colo. Wollondilly, the Blue Mountains, Penrith, Camphclltown and Camden. Untapped for advertising Asked whether he saw the Katoomba-bascd 'radio station 2KA as a major competitor. Mr Graham replied: "Maybe they will be in advertising, since wc believe 80 per cent of our advertising revenue will come from the western Sydney area." The success of the application by Liverpool Broadcasters, whose shareholders include Steve Raymond of 2UE and his brother Michael, was unexpected in the region, an area of 5.600 square km virtually untapped for radio advertising revenue. The licence is the first granted to a commercial radio station in Sydney since before World War II.

Metro West Broadcasters Ltd. chaired by Mr H. S. Coltec, a member of Hie Cottcc family with its financial roots in soft drinks, was considered the favourite for the licence. Metro's submission to the tribunal was six cm thick and lavishly produced compared with the inexpensive nine-page submission by Liverpool Broadcasters.

Mr Gordon Lewis, the general manager of Transcontinental Broadcasting Corporation Ltd, owners of 2KA, TODAY The lost cause? Sara Dowse talks to Marie Knuckey about politicians' attitudes to women's alfairs. Lookl Page 9. What women think a women's department should be doing. Page 8. Feeling the pinch Private school fees range up to $1000 a term but the schools still face financial problems.

Alan Gill reports. Page 7. TOMORROW this week features one of Australia's top rock-climbers, news on bike tour holidays and a report on Australia's performance In the Hawaiian winter surfing. to have the Hy ld delivered: water "We have gone back to the old supply system until we can solve the problem," he said. "Wc believe the problem is associated with chlorination.

"Wc arc draining the Min- chinhurv Reservoir and will clean it out." BRISBANE. Quccns-and's drought-hit farmers are seeking welfare pay ments similar to unemploy ment bcnciit. The United Graziers' Association of Queensland has applied for wide-ranging Government assistance to help save properties. The assistance sought in cludes welfare payments for graziers, cash grants to local authorities and help with council rates. The association's general secretary, Mr A.

M. Stephenson, said yesterday the situation had reached the dis aster stage. "At the moment the whole of south-east Queensland is drought stricken and there is every sign of its extending to western areas ot the State, he said. "To keep the men on the land we need Government help." Mr Stephenson said the association had written to the State Treasurer, Mr Knox, seeking his support in an application for aid to the Federal Government. "We arc seeking a welfare not to gi ant a licence.

The High Court challenge lapsed and Prospect Broadcasters did not apply for the subsequent Blacktown licence. Metro-West did. and was considered firm favourite when applications closed in November. The new station on the plains will undoubtedly bile into the revenue-raising ability of 2KA. which is losing money in I lie mountains.

Penrith has been 2KA's goal for many years, but the station's plan to install a low-powered relay transmitter' in the populated foothills was rejected in 1070. In 1975, the station was allowed to move the bulk of its operations down to the plains and new studios were built at Penrith, from where it began relaying programs to its mountains transmitter last May. Radio 2KA currently has an application before the Broadcasting Tribunal to move its main transmitter from Wenl-worth Falls to Penrith and put in translators at Katoomba and Wcntworth Falls to cover its traditional home range. Value of cut again The Australian dollar was devalued further yesterday in the wake of wide movements on international currency markets caused by the drop in the US dollar. The trade-weighted index of value of the was lowered from 89.4 to 89.2 to bring the effective devaluation since November, 1976, to 15.3 per cent.

Details in Finance. Front page, Section 2. payment equal to the uncnv ployment benefit to be paid to drought-atlcctcd tarmcrs and to graziers in the north badly hit by bushfires," he said. "We have a good case be cause any payment will help keep the tarmcr on his land and help him save what he can of it. "If he walks off, he would not be able to get work and would draw an unemployment bcnciit anywav.

"We're also asking the Government to consider allowing subsidies to local authorities to help farmers trying to meet local rates." Mr Knox said yesterday the submission was being examined urgently by his department. Meanwhile, Brisbane people have been asked to mow lawns and bag sun- dried clippings at Brisbane's It) suburban council rubbish dumps on Saturday. The grass will be collected and taken to a central depot at Cormda for transport to the drought-stricken Brisbane Valley and Nanango areas to be used as feed for livestock. smelly hundreds of complaints from residents about the smell and taste of the water. Some residents had expressed fears that the water would endanger their health.

However, the water was safe to drink, the spokesman said. Hundreds complain about The Water Board is draining a 45-million-litre reservoir near Rooty Hill to try to find out what is giving a bad smell and taste to the water in the Mount Druitt area. A Water Board spokesman said last night that the board had introduced a new supply system for Mount Druitt recently to cope with the district's growing demands. This had been followed by.