The Age du lieu suivant : Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • 1

HHXB mmm Monday May 23 1977 60 0421 (Classified 6006111 250 Spencer St Melbourne 36 Pages 12ird Year 12c' TPTtJTTC IL AGE PLUS: Peace or truce? ectioim termed Industrial reporter Vincent Basils looks at the Hawke plan for industrial poace and sees tha potential for future trouble 13 Voters tune in to Advance Australia Fair Referendum of any song in any Torture result be the may trigger CANBERRA The three year wrangle over a national-signature tune has been settled with a dear vote for Advance Australia Fair The tune won Saturday's national song noil with a 43 per cent vote well ahead of Waltzing Matilda with 28 per cent God Save The Queen 18 per cent and Song of Australia 9 per cent The Opposition Leader Mr Whitlam adopted Advance Australia Fair as a semi-official an them during his term in office while the Prime Minister Mr Fraser bus preferred Waltzing Matilda on national occasions Advance Australia Fair swept the polls in all States except South Australia where the local entr Song of Australia scored its on real support More than 25 million voted for Advance Australia Fair 16 million for Wallinq Matilda 1 1 million for God Save The Queen and 560000 for Song of Australia In Victoria Advance Australia Fair polled 40 per cent three per cent lower than the national average and the lowest of any Stata apart from South Australia On the other hand Waltzing Matilda got 32 per cent of the vote in Victoria It was its best performance any State God Save The Queen got 20 per cent and Song of Australia 6 per cent Advance Australia Fair got its strongest support in New South Wales where it polled 51 per cent of the vote It was the best per- fnrmance State It was also the only time a song scored an absolute majority in any slate Waltzing Matilda got 2k per cent God Save The Queen 15 per cent and Song of Australia per cent Advance Australia Fair will only he used on purely national occasions such as the Olympic Games God Save The Queen will continue to be used on regal or vice regal occasions Michael Richardson reports on a Manila walfara worker who says she has been tortured by Filipino soldiers 8 From MICHELLE GRATTAN our Chief Political Reporter CANBERRA An election for half the Senate seems likely late this year following the defeat of the simultaneous election question at referendum Both Liberal and Labor strategists expect the poll and will intensify their campaign preparations over the next few weeks But the Prime Minister Mr Fraser refused to comment yesterday on election timing He said it would be Munwise to NEWS sommar: 5 Rules on uranium this week CANBERRA Federal Cabinet this week will spell out the Government's policy on safeguards for any future uranium mining exports Despite the fact the majority of Australians support simultaneous elections it seems unlikely the proposal will have a majority of States Mr Fraser 14 per cent defeat simultaneous elections proposal New Timor proof A NSW Liberal politician says he has new evidence on the Indonesian takeover of Last Timor Protesters warned off The State Government warns that intimidation will not be tolerated when sue clearing work begins at Newport 3 Lawyer sues Amin A Melbourne lawyer has issued a writ against Idi Amin claiming compensation for the murder of his aunt Loans for students The Federal Government is considering setting up a S2U million loans fund for university and college students Eye cancer hope Eye surgeons now can sate the lives of nine out uf 10 children suffering cancer of the retina the most common eve tumor 4 Apartheid antagonism South Africa and the US appear to be on a collision course over the issue of political rights for South African blacks SALT progress America and the Soviet Union have agreed nn the framework for a new eight-year SALT agreement Bul there are still serious difficulties to be resolved before an accord will be ready for signature 7 ODD SPOT A plague of kangaroos and wallabies in central Queensland is giving panel-beaters ii boom trade and local residents are re fusing to drive at night 6we acted in accordance with Liberal principles the Constitution has come to the aid of the smaller States Charles Court The Opposition Leader Mr Whitlam challenged the Government to hold a poll for both houses next May The Liberal Party's Federal Executive will meet in Canberra this morning to discuss the referendum! result The Government must hold the half-Senate election by mid-1878 following the defeat of the simultaneous election proposal Australian voters carried three of the four referendum proposals by an overwhelming majority and in all States The question on simultaneous elections had received a national vote of about 62 per cent when counting finished yesterday But the proposal was defeated in Tasmania Western Australia and Queens-land leaving it short of the four-state majority required for success The questions carried provide for a retiring age for Federal judges the replacement of a Senate casual vacancv by a member of the same party and a vote in rererendums for the electors of the Northern Territory and the ACT Mr Fraser criticised the Queensland Prenucr Mr Bjelke-Pctersen and the west Australian Premier Sir Charles Court for opposing the simultaneous election question and said it would have been passed with their barking But he thanked the Australian people for supporting the referendums has been a strong 'Yes' vote nationally for all four proposals and it is clear that three of the four proposals have been carried in four or more States" he said am particularly gratified that the proposal for filling casual vacancies has been accepted This is perhaps the most important of the four questions" Mr Fraser said There could be no more dramatic illustration of the restrictions and shortcomings of Australia's Constitution 9 Whitlam The Prime Minister Mr Fraser wants the safeguards poiicy decided before his talks with President Carter next month The matter could be dealt with at today's Cabinet meeting But Government sources said yesterday no decision was expected this week on whether to go ahead with the mining and export of uranium The Covnnment Is considered certain to approve future mining hut is acutely conscious of the uiblic relations aspect of the ssue A decision this week would lay it open to charges of failing to properly study the second report by Mr Justice Fox which will be released on Wednesday Mr Fraser said last week it could be a help to have policy decided in time for his I talks because President Carter felt very sironglx as did Australia about the proliferation of nuclear weapons The first Fox report was released last October Vne Government has approved exports of uranium to fulfil existing contracts hut said it would wait for the second report before deciding on future mining Mr Fraser received a report on Mr Justice Fox's latest recommendations last week I he sccund Fox report concentrates on the environmental aspects or uranium mining and the deposits in the Northern Territory It reports on the issue of Aboriginal land rights in mining areas The 450-page report was hand-ded to some Federal Ministers last week One of the decisions which Cabinet must make on uranium once it approves mining is the method hy which deposits are to he developed Keating to run for ALP post CANBERRA Labor frontbencher Mr Paul Keating yesterday declared he would run for the ALP deputy leadership Mr Keating 33 who is spokesman on minerals and energy will be the second challenger to the present deputy Mr Tom Lren The leadership ballots are due to be held on Wednesday week Caucus sources last night discounted speculation that they couid be held this week The shadow treasurer Mr Hurford last week declared he would run for deputy leader against Mr L'ren Mr Keating lost by three voles to Mr Uren in the ballot alter the last election The Opposition Leader Mr Whitlam and his challenger Mr Ha den appear to be neck and neck at the moment Most Caucus sources believe a very small handful of votes will decide whether Mr Whitlam retains the leadership Mr Hayden has told colleagues he will not stand for deputy leader if he luses the leadership although if Mr Whitlam wins he would like Mr Hayden as his deputy Intense lobbying will take place this week as Labor MPs gather in Canberra after the two-week break for the referendum cam paign INDEXCrO: PAGES Arts Films World news Loiters Editoriels Weother shipping low list 6 Important From STKPH1N MILLS CANBERRA Less than 14 per cent of the electorate were responsible for defeating the simultaneous elections referendum on the basis of votes counted so far But three other changes to the Constitution received overwhelming endorsement being approved by a majority of voters in every State Victorians solidly backed all the proposals but the referendum! were most heavily supported by voters in New South Wales and South Australia While 64 per cent of Victorians and 70 per cent of NSW voters said Yes to simultaneous elections only 34 per cent of Tasmanians agreed Yes voters were in a minority in Queensland and Western Australia With per cent of the vote counted hv last night the total No vote in the three dissenting States was 927002 They were joined by 1560633 No voters in the other States meaning only 38 per cent of the voles counted were actually against the defeated proposal The key 2 On current figures if 2 per cent of voters in Western Australia had said Yes instead of No the proposal would have gained the necessary support of four States Labor States NSW and South Australia gave strongest support to every proposal but support in the other Labor State Tasmania was weakest on every issue Party allegiances partially account fur the result in Victoria NCP members were less able to secure support fur the jointly-backed proposals than were Labor members The three electorates with weakest support for simultaneous elections were NCP seats including Gippsland held bv the Minister for Transport Mr Nixon where only 552 per cent said ()The result shows the good sense of Queenslanders I hope Mr Fraser will now get on with the real problem of the economy Mr Blalko-Fatarscn Classified Index-30 Personal notices 30 WEATH ER JTODAY CITY: Cold windy Afternoon showers Expected top 16 (yesterday 12) Detoils 1 3 Australians have now approved eight nut of 36 proposals for constitutional chance since Federation Before Saturday this was five out of 32 proposal for simultaneous elections was the most politically important of the four for the Government It was also the one which attracted the most vehement opposition from the dissident Senators and other critics Mr Fraser was reported some weeks 8J breatcning a possible Senate poll before the Budget if simultaneous elections was lost This option is widely regarded as impractical An end-of-vear Senate election is the most likely because Mr Fraser wants to isolate the result from the House of Representatives election expected at the end of 1978 Mr Fraser is reluctant to hold a joint poll in the middle of 1978 because he wants two more Budgets before going to the people for a general election Mr Whitlam said the Government was now "obligated" to combine a House of Representatives' election with the scheduled half-senate poll because a majority of Australians favored it The carrying of the referendum on casual vacancies has saved the Government from the certain loss of a Senate seat in Victoria at the next election If the referendum had not been carried Senator Austin Lewis who replaced the late Senator Greenwood would have had to face the electors The Government could have only expected to win three out of the six Senate spots which would have been contested Voting details and reports 5 l'm delighted so many people saw past the Government the Opposition and the totally biased media 9 Senator Rao rjports Age Walker takes 7 wickets OIHEtVGE yes The situation is even more marked In the crucial state of Western Australia Five seats held by Labor now or at tha last election relumed a majority in favor of simultaneous elections The five traditionally Liberal seats all said no Regional differences also help account for the outcome The smaller States especially Tasmania obviously uke very seriously any alleged threat to their rights and privileges In one Tasmanian electorate held by the Environment Housing and Community Development Minister Mr Newman only 29 per cent approved simultaneous elections Continued I narrow defeat of the simultaneous elections proposal is disappointing But it should not be a disastrous setback to rational constitutional reform Editorial 9 76 -year -old survives bush ordeal 'jDiscaite5' BRISTOL May 22 Victorian medium pace bowler Max Walker wrecked the Gloucestershire first innings here yesterday taking 7' 19 off 113 overs It was one uf the best performances of his career Walker's destructive spell which saw routed fur only 63 followed anniher poor Australian batting effort The Australians made 154 in their tirsi innings all-rounder Ray Bright coming to the rescue with 53 mu out Full report 36 Magpie test C'ollmgwood lop of the VFL ladder after eighi rounds and having its most successful season fur years faces a stern challenge next Saturday when it meets last year premiers Hawthorn ai Princes Park Hawthorn is only four points I'ollingwuod so top place will he ai stake in a match ceriain to attract a huge crowd Ron Carter 36 Fox hunter stranded two days with broken hip For the second year running SUZUKI 4WD has won the famous BP Desert Rally Australia classic off-road race SUZUKI came in first against Toyota Landrover and Daihatsu 1600 so is it any wonder off road enthusiasts and motoring writers have called Suzuki the "Giant Killer' FOR THfc NA'viE OF YOUR NEAREST SUZUKI AGENT CONTACT: come back from the piles of Mr Lee who lives in a caravan behind his son's house fired five shots from his rifle soon after fall ing on Thursday afternoon but no' one heard them "He was lying in a apace about a metre wide between the log piles It was so narrow we couldn't get stretcher Mr Newnlium said think there were two things that saved hint: his high spirits and the fact that he was wearing long woollen underwear Mr Lee was in a satisfactory con dilion in Bairnsdale hospital last night A 76-year-old fox hunter was rescued on Saturday after spending two nights with a broken hip lying in a pile of timber in thick forest near Bairnsdale Mr Eric Lee a Bairns-dale pensioner broke his hip after falling from a pile of timber as he was looking for foxes on Thursday afternoon He spent the next 50 hours lying on his back between the two-metre high log piles crying "cooee" every few minutes to attract attention Police and the Slate Emergency Service launched a 25-man search far Mr Lee on Saturday morning I 5 SUZUKI back but his spirit was the emergency service regional officer Mr Paul Newnham said yesterday "I got to him about five minutes after he was found and he was cracking jokes about how he missed a fox" ha aaid "Constable Morns found him when he whistled then heard a after they were alerted by his son that he had not returned home Mr Lee was found late on Saturday afternoon by Constable Tom Morris in the Ml Taylor area near Bairnsdale Ha waa located about 800 metres from where he had left his car "He couldn't move he was soaked through and ha waa lying on his A 544 Elizabeth Street Melbourne Viet Ph 3472899 i.