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STAFF Editor...... Brent Lewis Technical Editor...... Malcolm Walker Chief Report ...... Mike Rann r o b b i e . . . . Reporter...... Bill Ralston Typist...... Wendy / am grateful to Brent Lewis, the Editor o f Craccum, for the opportunity o f Record Reviews...... Jeremy Templar expressing a few thoughts at the beginning o f a new University year, in Interview...... Ian Sinclair particular, I have been asked to express some opinions regarding present day youth. Advertising Manager ...... Graeme Easte Distribution ...... God Willing Legal V ettin g ...... Ken Palmer As far as I am aware, most University students take their studies seriously. At the same time, it is normal, natural and desirable, that they give expression Valuable Help Rendered B y ...... to youthful exuberance, provided this is within reasonable limits. Steve Ballantyne, Colin Chiles, Phyllis Connns, Roger Debreceny, Paul Halloran, John Langdon, Old Mole, Mike Moore, and Murray Cammick Also ran, Adrian Picot and Tony Dove. My experience with young people has demonstrated that in the main, they Items may be freely reprinted from Craccum except where otherwise stated, are responsible and recognise that society does not owe them a living, and provided that suitable acknowledgement is made. Craccum is published by the they must accept responsibilities in return for privileges. Criccum Administration Board for the Auckland University Students' Association (Inc), typeset by City Typesetters of 501 Parnell Road, Auckland, and printed by What we have to recognise is that .the technological, social and economic Wanganui Newspapers Ltd., 20 Drews Ave., Wanganui. changes that are always occurring, are now accelerating to the stage where it is difficult for the average person to keep up with them. Young people, especially, are under great pressures from special interest groups with an axe to grind, particularly, sexually, economically and socially.
It is natural that young people are under very strong biological pressures, and the freedom offered by University life for easier social contacts between young men and women, intensifies the natural attraction that exists between LETTER them. Dear Sir, « I regret to say that the subject of I would not like to express an opinion in this article regarding sexual this letter is one with which students relationships outside of marriage, because this is a subject that would require a full length article on its own, but I have mentioned it because it is one of have, over the years, grown all too the facts of life we must face up to, and I have never been an advocate of familiar. I speak of the Association's HOI#* refusing to think seriously about these important matters. catering facilities. I am not one of those who would complain about the On the other hand, I would not be presumptuous enough to offer 'boring caf food' even if the caf were gratuitous advice. Nevertheless, we should recognise that people living in selling Tournados Rossini for sixty Auckland enjoy many advantages not shared by people in less fortunate cents with Beluga Caviar on toast cities or countries. Melba for an entree, but I do feel compelled to speak out about the It seems to me that by using wisely the special advantages we have in Auckland life can be enjoyable, even though our eyes should be continually nasty plastic bottle of fermented pas fixed on the ultimate target of achieving academic pre-eminence in one's sion-fruit juice which I bought for chosen field of endeavour. twenty cents and which the woman behind the counter refused to replace, May i conclude by wishing both new and continuing students a successful the rare T-bone I ordered in the University year, and assuring all of my interest in the University and my restaurant during one of their less desire to co-operate to the best of my ability. busy periods which nevertheless took half-an-hour to arrive, and the machine-prepared fizzy orange drink (SIR) DOVE-MYER ROBINSON, so dilute that it had the colour of MAYOR. baby's urine and tasted little better. These complaints are mostly occasioned by failures in the food What is wrong with Patricia Bartlett artist in a society is like having a rival preparing systems StudAss uses, rather is as someone said: That she has sex government. Therein lies the point. than by inadequacies of personnel on the brain, and that's a bad place to The politican, too, has always rec (except for that woman who sold me have it. Moral crusaders have a ten ognized the truth of this. As long ago the soft drink, but perhaps it is too dency to talk against the windmills of as 1913, Woodrow Wilson on view much to expect someone to run a their own creation. ing Griffiths' "The Birth of a Nation" milk-bar and be polite as well), so it Why +s it though, that films have could exlcaim that it was like seeing may be that the time has come for a been prurience when'Truth has history written in lightning. fresh look at those systems. More fres* comment existed for over 50 years on a diet of Cinema is a far more potent force quent servicing of dispensing lurid sensationalism without having now that artists truly understand the machines, more care to see that sup The criterion for film censorship, if been prosecuted? nature of the medium in which they pliers are delivering fresh goods, and indeed there need by any, should be Surely a sophisticated society work. They are thus that much more a complete revision of the restaurants on the same basis of book censorship should be self-regulating. This was the susceptible to forms of political con ticketing system would make a fine as a first step. This' is what Frank hope that Orson Welles expressed in trol. start. O Flynn, Q .C., and the government an interview with "Playboy" when he Orwell's vision of 1984 concerned Yours sincerely member for Kapati suggested at last suggested that "artists should not be a society which had no artists to Michael Swinberg ' year's Labour Partv conference. censored, but I do think they should articulate ideals and opposition to that But, as Sir Kenneth restrain themselves in order not to ottalitarian regime. Ultimately then, if t o ka/j bfefcw r U e d b J Gressom, former Chairman of the weaken the language of their art." It we accept censorship in a so-called Indecent Publications Tribunal, sug is not the role of the politician to k o 'i U tr Côt^rfUAQ MQiAdpy. "free" society, we accept the rights of gested recently, surely mature adults adjudicate on the artist. Solzhenitsyn's bureaucrats to regulate our thought * Gt&xJ M&dc M&I a &U should be able to read what they recent treatment validates the state patterns in the guise*of public want to. ment he once made that having an M O r e * s m { 7 ( £ . (QUfyjfc. g u fc decency and order. Brent Lewis
vent your Presidential powers? INTERVIEWER— "I see. But surely NEDDY— Er-yes-well (pausing to Your Excellency if these matters * by our political correspondent ... comb hair)—er-Well you see — I was directly concerned Mr Abdul's por deeply disturbed to discover members tfolio — it seems strange that there "A STAR IS BO RN " of my Workers Assembly feasting should be any objection". Last week, the imaginary Presi within the boundaries of the Presiden NEDDY—"I can understand how dent of the mythical Tibetan tial suite . . Under section 4, parag misinformed individuals might see it Republic of Vanitalia (a sort of raph 9 of our Constitution — the that way. However its all a matter of Civil Servants’ Shangrila), broke parking of refreshments in the legisla- • Constitutional precedence. I mean — with tradition to appear on the tive assembly is a forbidden act — would the Queen allow her Corgis to popular television current affairs punishable (by Presidential decree) by replace her on postage stamps. epic ‘‘Face the Nation’’. the sealing of the offenders' office Besides I'm applying for a job in a o n Undaunted by probing interviewers windows on extremely hot days. toothpaste ad. You know what they our Neddy spoke of a crisis that INTERVIEWER— "I see. However I say . . any publicity is good publicity. was facing consensus govt in his understand that another crisis rocked Next week Our Neddy at the Hall the formerly tranquil land . . . Here’s your administration last week". of Mirrors how the interview went. NEDDY—"Yes . . I stumbled—er P.S. The characters in this sketch are hill INTERVIEWER— "My Seaweed . . (pausing to comb hair)—across my fictitious. Any resemblance to persons When did you first realise that ele Aerospace Minister being interviewed living or dead is unintentional and ments in the lower echelon of your about matters which directly con purely coincidental. administration were trying to circum cerned his portfolio. CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 3
INTERNATIONAL MEDITATION SOCIETY ls an international (understandably) non-profit organisation existing to teach Transcendental Meditation (T.M.) and it s theoretical aspect, the Science of Creative Intelligence (S.C.I.) as brought into the West and taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. You may have heard the name but may not as yet understand about this simple, natural technique of T.M. and its wide ranging implications. The technique is quite ancient and was probably taught in various parts of the world (only they probably didn't call it transcendental meditation) it is now being taught in its original simple form, this giving it its surprising were 40 trade union officials degree of effectiveness. The Global Ecology Seminar In order to maintain its simplicity and therefore its effectiveness the techique and management consultants and they held by the Dept, of Continuing were discussing industrial relations at is taught in a carefully structured course. Teachers who teach this technique Education at Auckland on are specially trained for a minimum of four months in Europe, having spent the functions room in the Students' November 24th last year was an Union. many months in New Zealand training for this course. Then once a year ambitious, and on the whole suc Their aim to set up an industrial at least they spend 6 weeks learning more and revising what they originally relations society to initiate dialogue cessful event, and much credit is learned. All these teacher training courses are full-time. It probably seems and their belief, that industrial rela due to Dr. Stenson, of the History surprising that so much teaching goes into the teaching of a simple technique tions were human relations requiring Dept., who was largely responsi practised for fifteen to twenty minutes twice a day. There are a number of reasons for this: personal solutions. ble for its success in organisational 1) Over a number of generations in the past this technique which is Management and labour seemed to terms. agree on one thing — that it was Sir Dove-Myer Robinson hit the learned by word of mouth will have lost some purity (simplicity) until it reached a point where (as now seen in the East) the emphasis is on necessary to informalise contacts. right note when he said that the concentration and control thus bringing little success and much frustra Margaret Wilson, industrial law lec seminar was “ simply about human turer and convenor of the meeting, tion, not to speak of loss of repute. Thus we see the continuing concern survival/ in the face of a deteriorate over maintaining an upholding the purity (simplicity). Moral: be sure said that membership would be open ing environment." to anyone interested as “ you don't you've learned from a fully-trained teacher who is authorised by the But the seminar indicated the have to come with a title to justify''. Maharishi. The desire for an Industrial Rela depth of the crisis — a crisis in 2) ' This simple technique has a wide ranging effect in every field of human tions Society grew out of the belief man's intelligence and adaptability concern at the fore-front of which is his unfolding creativity. Thus we have that there was no common run where — by the very structure of think the Science of Creative Intelligence, a 33 lesson programme with T.M. as individuals from both sides of the pic ing that obtained in the majority its practical aspect. This course is now beingtaught in a number of universities ket lines could meet informally. The of the papers presented. Most of * throughout the world for credit and as part of the curriculum including organisations that had existed to pro them were prognostications based Yale, Harvard, and Stanford Universities in the U.S., Keele and Manchester Universities in England and York University in Toronto Canada. Plans for vide such an arena — such as the on theory, and generally there was teaching at the University of New South Wales is in the final stage i.e. Institute of Management — had ended lacking the feeling that they up management-dominated. one more committee to cross. sprang from any deep awareness It is part of the civil service training in Manitoba, Canada. Schoolchildren Of course there were a few who of the integration of man's moral didn't quite understand what the soci in Sweden are given government financed handouts and it is also heavily and technological problems. ety was all about. One dullard said subsidised in Sweden. In fact every government that is approached is that he never had been able to get a Two notable exceptions to this enthusiastic about its proven value/results and thus its potential. cup of tea with the boss and maybe were the papers presented by Dr. It is a technique which can be learned by everybody even very low he could have one at the society. Whittlestone, on the problems of intellects and thus governments can think in terms of it being taught Brian Stephensen, acting in his aid in alien cultures, and by Mr everywhere. In Canada the federal government has accepted a programme capacity as Journalists' Union rep., Guy Salmon, on ecology and con to teach S.C.I. and T.M. in all state prisons and penitentiaries all over the helped to clarify everyone's ideas by sumerism in the Third World. country. Basically (T.M.) is a technique inducing very deep relaxation while simultane asking individuals at the meeting to Very few concrete proposals state what they thought was the ously allowing the awareness to be increased/expanded. A tremendous amount emerged from the effect of all the of physiological and other scientific research has been conducted on the effects importance of the society. papers, and we are now in an era The ball was thrown back and he of T.M. as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. The^ rest is twice as deep as when concrete proposals are explained that most of the members in deep sleep. The other results are no less profound. desperately needed. This of course of his union of 300 were without a is an easy criticism to make of a trade-union orientation (a good com Results of Scientific For information on ment on New Zealand journalists), seminar such as this, as it is no and he felt that the society would more than a forum anyway, but it Research Scientific Research write to enable them to better define their is becoming increasingly impor * Changes in breath rate. interests. tant to leave behind us the stage * Change in cardiac output. 233 The Terrace, Wellington Another trade-unionist maintained where experts disseminate infor * Biochemical changes. or to M.I.U., Seelisburg, that the struggle for wages as a trade mation almost solely to the con * Increase in restful alertness union must continue but that it was verted within the confines of the * Brain wave synchronomy (inferior Switzerland 6446, necessary for unionists to concern universities. The urgency of the hemisphere increases in activity or themselves with the work environ co-ordinates with more active or international Centre for S.R. problems being discussed here ment also. hemisphere). must begin to reach the people via on T.M., 1015 Gayley Ave, Two words began to reverberate — * More effective interation with the mass media, and although education and communication. There environment. ~ Los Angeles, U.S. of A. was a rather pointless debate about local press coverage of the semi * Faster reaction time. which had priority, for unless one is nar AS AN EVENT was not too * Increased perceptual motor per going to take a Jesuitical approach to bad, examination in depth of the formance. Scientific interest in the effects of education I can't see how it can e issues raised therein has been * Increased intellectual growth rate. Transcendental Meditation is growing exist without communication. hopelessly lacking in the media to * Increased learning ability. rapidly and research at more than Our friend, the dullard, made date. When the information * Improved academic performance. 80 institutions has! been reported to another contribution by saying “ the revealed in this seminar starts * Development of Personality. the International Centre for ordinary trade unionist may not be appearing on radio chat shows, * Decreased anxiety. -Scientific Research of Maharishi interested if he's going to come along presented in the right format by * Decreased blood pressure and get educated, that sounds a bit International University. someone who can manage not tc * Beneficial effects on bronchial longhair and all that." sound too much like an 'Expert', asthma. I must report however that the * Reduced use of alcohol and longhairs won. then we shall really be getting somewhere towards provoking cigarettes. AUCKLAND TEACHERS ARE: And it was important that they did, * Faster recovery from sleep awareness of the problems at Graeme Lodge M.S.C. for ignorance is w.hat destroys indus deprivation. hand. and trial relations. Witness the comments * Rehabilitation from prisoners. of Mr Jimmy Reid, a Clydebank shop * Reduced use of non-prescribed Lew Cormach steward after meeting Mr Heath, “ We drugs. 876 Three Kings Rd, Ph 656-559 got the impression that we were talk ing to a man who didn't know what lirttiR to the dole queue was, who didn't know COURSE STARTS IN AUCKLAND what it meant to working-class families and who didn't much care r a d t o T.M. 8 p.m. Rm 035 Old Arts Building, Tuesday 26th February. either." 8 p.m. Ellen Melville Hall, cnr High and Chancery Sts. That sort of arrogance that Heath represents has polarized Britain. We Thursday 28th February. cannot allow it to happen here. f i O S O H S.C.I. Enrollments on or before 5th March If an Industrial Relations Society can do anything to alleviate such a Contact Centre 876 Three Kings Rd, Ph 656-559 crisis from occurring here, then it will be worth it. d S O i NATIONAL CENTRE 233 THE TERRACE, WELLINGTON CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 4
This general election in Bri continues to suffer economic stag majority of the population, hostility for renegotiating or withdrawing from the present structure of the E.E.C. tain is a particularly significant nation, industrial and class conflicts towards 'them', and economic and moral bankruptcy in her govern decision-making made by a small offers the only realistic way out of Bri one. For instance, it's outcome ment's domestic policies these ills will elite with traditionalist and inflexible tain's economic difficulties. will vitally effect New Zealand tend to infect New Zealand as well. attitudes. in three distinctive ways. The Conservatives are attempting to Moral bankruptcy can be demon It seems almost certain that unless blame militant trade unionists for the strated in the government's attitude to something drastic happens the Euro greater part of Britain's troubles, and, non-European immigration, stinginess pean Economic Community will not as the National Party showed in 1951, in welfare policies — particularly agree to significant amounts of prim have a better than even chance of suc towards the elderly, and in tax hand ary produce entering Britain or the ceeding. However, although there outs to the rich while the public sec other E.E.C. countries on even mini undoubtedly are some reds to be tor is cut back. This has meant very mally acceptable terms from New found under beds they could not little school or hospitalbuilding and Zealand or the developing countries seduce Britain's usually placid trade that pay scales for nurses, transport of the Commonwealth. The only pos unionists unless they were articulating workers, and other public employees sibility of drastic action to rectify this widely recognised grievances. Coal are so low that essential services are arises from the British Labour Party's miners, who are vitally needed to dangerously understaffed and of poor pledge to renegotiate the terms of combat the energy crisis, were quality. entry into the E.E.C., including the already leaving the mines in In response to these chronic prob treatment of Commonwealth and thousands rather than earn only about lems and the seeming inability of As far as Britain's other problems developing countries, and to give the $NZ50 a week while suffering the either the past Labour administration are concerned, the Liberals could sig British people the opportunity to vote unhealthy and dangerous conditions or the present Tory one to solve them, nificantly redistribute income through on such renegotiated terms of entry or in the pits. an increasing proportion of voters generous welfare and community for total withdrawal from the Euro Trained nurses receive have ceased to support the two main action schemes, but the Liberal's pean Common Market. about $35 a week, women shop assis parties. opposition to reform of the education On Britain's foreign and defence tants $20, and old age pensioners In 1970 the main beneficiary was and economic systems would also policies and attitutude to world prob $12. While the Conservatives have non-voting which, at about 30%, was mean the perpetuation of class lems generally both the Labour and maintained tight controls on wages only slightly less popular than voting inequality and hostility ib Britain. Liberal Parties have emphasised and they have drastically cut taxes on the Labour. In Denmark last year the Labour's manifesto details proposals detailed their proposals for major rich, and failed to tax significantly the beneficiary was the party of Mr Glis- in these fields and others aimed at changes in the sort of traditionalist, vast profits being made on property trup, which came second in the elec achieving a fundamental and irreversi selfish and negative policies followed speculation. During a period when tion by advocating abolishing income ble redistribution of wealth and power by the Conservative Government. thousands have been homeless, one tax, sacking two-thirds of civil ser in favour of working people and their Labour and the Liberals advocate a property developer has kept several vants, cutting pensions and welfare families.'Unfortunately as well as great expansion in aid to developing huge office complexes unoccupied for payments, and replacing the armed there being grave doubts that Labour's nations and changes in trade and years and increased his personal for forces by a message in Russian saying leadership has the political will to financial policies that could enable tune by $200,000,000 in unrealised "we surrender". Fortunately for the carry these proposals through, it is real development to take place and capital gains — without any govern British, the main beneficiary of protest unlikely the electors will give them a reduce external exploitation and con ment intervention. Government's votes will be the Liberals, who at least chance, ‘ Jr trol. policies have h§d so little regard for have a workable policy. They have Most of the news media and public social justice it is little wonder that advocated community involvement opinion share the Cosnervative's con industrial unrest has intensified in and participating in decisions and tention that militant unionists are more recent years. worker participation in industrial to blame than the Government for Britain's low rate of economic decision-making. Those should Britain's present troubles, and a rather growth is in large part an inevitable undoubtedly be beneficial reforms but tired'and indefinite Labour leadership consequence of the growth of efficient they do not seem to me, and probably will probably not succeed in making rival industrial powers, the loss of to most people in Britain, to face up the government's failings in other empire and its raw material, and the to the key issues facing the country. areas, and their own positive prop increased importance of possessing By not advocating changes - in owner osals, the central issues of the cam national natural resources. Many in ship of British industry, the methods paign. I would rate Labour's chances Britain are unwilling to accept these and participants in Britain's economic new facts. The Conservatives try to decision-making, and in the structure of winning a clear majority in this election at about 20-25%. The Con retain the Concorde project and sub of the European Economic Commun stantial overseas military bases while ity they would only be tinkering with servatives have seized on one of the few times since they won office in Both parties advocate various the Scottish and Welsh Nationalists these problems. At present all these 1970 when they can succeed in sanctions against Southern African have won substantial votes in by-elec areas are run in a rigid conservative regimes and assistance to liberation tions by claiming their region's prob manner — decision-making in indus blaming their political opponents for movements opposed to them. There lems are caused by English try is inefficient, in the economy Britain's troubles and they have had a are also indications of moves towards exploitation. generally the selfish views of the City fairly consistent if narrow lead in the downgrading of military alliances, However, the retention are predominant, and in the E.E.C. the public opinion polls in recent weeks. action against nuclear weapons tests of inequality between classes and of bureaucrats are not answerable to They seem to have a better than even and nuclear weapons generally, and the "old boy" network particularly in elected representatives. chance of winning. 5 support for international agencies and the education system and in employ Only the Labour Party manifesto There remains the very real chance action to preserve the world environ ment practices have contributed to envisages substantial changes in all that no party will win the 320-325 ment and resources. None of these Britain's stagnation. The education these are^sand even there the perfor seats required to form a secure gover issues can be decisively affected by system allows few working class chil mance of the last Wilson government nment. This is partly because the gap Britain alone but a positive outlook by dren to get good schooling and far and the known attitudes of most between the main parties in electoral her Government would be immensely too few to gain tertiary education and shadow cabinet ministers cast grave support is relatively narrow and partly influential. , the Conservative Minister of Educa doubt on whether they would have because disillusionment with them Dominant issues raised in the cam tion has prevented the implementa the will to carry out the changes has resulted in increased support for paign and most influential in its out tion of further comprehensive class envisaged. However their policy of the Liberals and fringe parties. North come will be internal questions, prin less education schemesby local the extension of public ownership ern Ireland's twelve seats are normally cipally how to deal with the recurrent authorities. into key areas of industry, of worker nearly all held by allies ofihe Conser crises afflicting the country. These Most jobs in the Civil Service and participation in decision-making in vatives but the Ulster Unionists are substantially affect other countries industrial management still go to the the nationalised industries, of a now so divided that the Social including New Zealand because of tiny group who have gone to the elite National Enterprises Board that would Democratic and Labour Party, protes- our still great economic and emo private schools. The result is an have more power than the City in the tant extremists aVid Bernadette McAl- tional attachments to Britain. If she immense waste of the talent of the general running of the economy, and liskey will probably win more than half the'Ulster seats. Similarly, the Nationalist Parties should win some seats, probably none and certainly no more than two in Wales, but quite possibly four to ,six in Scotland. Dick Tav'erne, the right-wing Labour rebel will probably hold his seat and there is an outside chance that his new party-and other dissident fringe groups will pick up a few English seats. This means about twelve to fifteen minor party candidates in the next British THE parliament apart from the Liberals. The Liberal vote is the most unknown quantity in the election. As DAV Social Credit has found, single electorate first-past-the-post voting makes it hard for third parties to win much representation, and even if the Liberals doubled their 1970 vote they OP would still only hold about ten seats. If they win almost twenty percent of the vote they would still win only about twenty seats, but if they THE reached 25% theywould gain about 50 seats, and at 30%, about 150 seats. iMCKHl Fred Zinnemann is one of Hol Interestingly enough the film's His ready change of disguise lywood's tragedies. In the late 60's lack of depth is succintly emphasises that the Jackal is a after directing some of Hol described by one of the Jackal's human chameleon, — devoid of lywood's most notable films such pursuer who says "I don't think feelings, the mask hides all. as "High Noon" and A Man for we've ever had an idea of what Still he survives through his skill All Seasons", he was preparing to kind of man we've been and through a Profumo-like situa film his version of Andre Malraux' pursuing". Netierh has the viewer. tion which gives him the informa "A Man's Fate". Unfortunately he Still there are some moments of tion he requires. (Interestingly did not count on the ascension of visual skill. Particularly, I liked the enough, this takes place at about James Aubrey, the new head of opening and closing sequences. the same time as the Profumo /OtvG.M., whose ruthlessness The shots at the beginning of Affair). earned him the epithet of the the corridors of power at the Jackals like cats, run out of lives 'Smiling Cobra'. Elysee Palace with unknown per and the final sequences of the film "The Day of the Jackal", Zin- sonages strutting them amid chan- prepare for the final denouement. nemann's first film in three years, deliered glitter emphasized the Amid the pallour of Paris, the like its mysterious main character archaic and solitary grandeur of tricolours are whirled. It is Libera tion Day. Tanks clank by the Arc «SMf : requires professionalism rather de Gaulle's rule. I couldn't help than an intuitive brilliance. thinking of the start of de Triomphe while cleaners brush I think it is unlikely they will It reminds one of "Z ", although Bodarchuk's "Waterloo".. red carpets with witches brooms. win more than about twenty seats essentially it is a thriller existing in The tension here is established Everywhere the Jackal is being which means that the chances of the a political scene with the politics by cross shots with little dialogue sought in homes and sewers. Even election resulting in no one party lef out. and consolidated by Georges the priests' cassocks are being gaining a majority would be about This may be a major criticism Delaure's score which never searched for weapons. In the 20-25%. However, recent public becomes intrusive. Cathedral, marksmen take their opinion polls are indicating a nar for it fails to delineate properly the reasons behind the actions which Between them and the end, the places. Paris has become a garri rowly Conservative lead and an son state. increased Liberal vote, either of which it depicts. film concentrates on the pursuit of And, finally the Jackal's mas could result in an inconclusive elec-, The characters also remain elu the unknown Jackal. querades are over. Shot in an tion. sive throughout the film, to the The one sexual encounter in the apartment his body is lowered into That would mean Heath's confi extent that rather like Sidney film amusingly enough begins an unknown grave. dence trick aimed at gaining five Lumet's films it becomes an exer with a discussion when the Jackal An English inspector sighs than more years in office had failed but cise in alienation. says how boring he finds would do nothing to help solve the kfully when it is found that the Who was the Jackal? As the film magazines dealing with pig farm great problems facing Britain. Jackal may not have been an Eng shows him, he was a mercenary ing and combine-harvesters. lishman. Shades of Bertie Wooster, hired by the O.A.S., a group Hiscompanion disagrees, "I'm all's right with the Empire. opposed to De Gaulle's Algerian enthralled by combine-har And so it was not to be "apres Written by Richard Northey, who policy, to assassinate him. vesters", she says, "in fact I yearn moi la deluge". Th.at was to wait has just returned from Britain after Although a mercenary, for a to have one for a pet." to 1970 to be proved false. doing 6 months post-graduate work reason that remains inexplicable That encounter ends in a mur And for Fred Zinnemann on political parties. as it never explained the task of der when the Fox finds she knows perhaps like the Jackal there are assassinating De Gaulle becomes his identity. But again no reason is only tasks left requiring a studied for him, an idee fixe. given and we left to assume that professionalism with little scope A mercenary is not a patriot. we are to assume that he is a left for brilliance. And that's a m W m The Jackal's obsession seems a pathological psychopath. tragedy in itself. strange contradiction. Brent Lewis
owned by rack-renting landlords) conditions. How much w ill the rental be on Halloran.... will be demolished to make way Their scheme however, now new tender? Don't know. for town houses, delicately and comes unstuck. A tender was Will Government still approve? Don't know. If you can accept the often couthly described as received (only one), half an hour Are the applicants means-tested? quoted axiom that Government is "maisonettes". late. Council has considered it to No. for all the people, then the same These structures which reflect be too high, about $23,000 per Will displaced workers and should apply to local government the sycophantic nature of coun unit and are they really pissed off families have first choice? No. as w ell. cil's housing policy are not — you bet! (A tear is permitted at Will the Carpenters Union build O ur dribbling, bungling, seat- designed to house the workers of this stage if its really getting to them anyway? Don't know. removing, monk-baiting, coat of Freemans Bay, but the University- you!") In the face of a national housing arms hanging, pompous minority- white-collar orientated bastards Add to this the fact that they crisis where State Housing has an elected, Auckland City Council and wives from somewhere else. need Government finance to build urgent waiting list of over 11,000 again shows it acts for its friends Part of the design, we are told, with and we have some riddles. the City Council wants to build for east of Queen Street, by its recent incorporates large vibra-pac con These are questions needing the rich. example in the housing are^.. crete walls with slits in. Not for answers. Does Council need It has had every encouragement Take for example the Hayden- asthetics, but probably to poke Government for the scheme? Yes. in housing but is not prepared to Well ington Street development. , guns through when locals get Does Council have to guarantee get deeply involved. This block of houses, (some still pissed off and revolt over slum fixed rental to get it? Yes. CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 6
BY ROD PASCOE The road to Jerusalem from Raetihi is 25 miles of windy, bumpy, dusty track weaving its way through the water-scoured valley of the Wanganui River. It is symbolic, perhaps, of the crooked, bumpy, cloudy paths many of the more than 2000 young people who have travelled to Jerusalem these past years have followed before finding the peace of mind the settlement offers. The famous -— for some, the infamous — commune is set on the slopes of the hill high above the village. From it, you can see, down to your right, the little church which crowns the serenity with its simple beauty. W ay down, at the foot of the hill, is the pa — about 6 houses, a meeting house and a large dining room. And oyer to your left — a bend in the river near where Hemi Bax- - ter used to swim. In the middle room of the com mune there is a small bookshelf. Between it and a small photo-por trait of Baxter are written the words: "W e love you, Jesus our King". There is no carpet — only dust laying an unprotecting film on the bare floor. The walls are but slabs of rough sawn timber — there is no wallpaper either. For things like carpet and wallpaper don't mean much to the young inhabi tants. There are a few symbols, but only of the religious society many of the followers of Baxter work hard to become devout parts of. The commune dwellers are like the Maori community that has accepted them as part of itslef. To them it is the inner man that counts — not what he wears, not what he owns. They will love you until you prove yourself unworthy ot their love. They w ill show you total hospitality — manuhiritanga — be you stranger or long lost friend. And they will understand you should you lack conformity with them — an understanding that the "civilised" world hasn't yet found in its heart. And it is this understanding and love that really got to me during my weekend at Jerusalem. On my arrival, a young Maori lad bade me welcome and gave me all the information I would need about accommodation and food. As soon as I parked my car a young girl came over and hugged me, calling me brother. This was to be repeated many times during the weekend, both by young men and young women. CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 7
Then he died, and overnight Then another youth moves became a saint, a sort of national slowly, solemly , towards the hero. grave. As he halts at the end of Strange as it may seem, it's only the ungrassed earth, the thumb of during the formal part of the each hand runs through his fin weekend — the welcoming of the gers. Baxter family onto the marae, and There's silence. the unveiling of the headstone — He grips his fingers into a fist. that I hear anyone among the 600 The first starts shaking. He raises in attendance talk about him. his head high. He gasps for air, Jerusalem, I suppose, is too breathing quickly. A Maori lady much a paradise to get morbid or rushes to comfort him. She hauls sentimental. It's refreshingly him physically to the ground. A informal. priest puts his arm around him to During the Mass on Sunday give him extra strength. The elder morning which preceeded the pro tells everyone the yong man lived cession to the grave, the strangest with Hemi, loved him, but has dif bunch of priests you're ever going ficulty expressing himself in words. to see grouped around an altar Throughout the whole cere concelebrated. mony, only one person — Hemi's O f the six, two had beards, one eldest daughter Hiliary — is seen has longish hair, one was dressed to shed tears. in corduory jeans and sandals and I think this is because the 600 the poloneck of anothers jumper is followers present, and the hun An outside Mass was in progress Outside the window of the bed- showing over his elbow dreds of others who couldn't make as I walked up the path to the roon, a little girl dressed in her Only the chief clebrant, Father it because of university exams, chapel. Communion of both bread Sunday best put her finger to her Te Awhitu, would pass as accept honestly believe it when they say and wine was being given, and lips to tell others not to make too able in "civilised" society. James K. Baxter lives on. after receiving Christ each com much noise — the three puppies I think everyone in the hall feels After all, a man's body is but a municant quietly sat down on the she was patting were snuggled up proud of Father Te Awhitu. He's physical thing. It is his mind, his grass and prayed. Strangley, that against each other asleep. still recovering from a stroke and consciousness, that is all impor sight touched me deeply. It was pure beauty. All that finds it difficult to get his tongue tant. As they prayed their thanks to much uninhibited humanesse in around the English phrases. And Hemi put all the important God, some of the young people the view from a single window. The songs during Mass are in things in his mind onto paper. His hugged each other. Others had Maori, but the Mass itself is in consciousness therefore lives on their eyes shut, their heads bowed. Jerusalem has the appearance of English. The sign of peace in a reflected in the actions of those The sun was shining brightly . . . it a school reunion. gathering like this couldn't help who are moved by his teachings. was all so peaceful. As folks arrive, others who pre- but have meaning. I went to Jerusalem with an After the Mass, the priest took ceeded them rush to give them big After Mass, it's off in procession anxious mind. I had been off his vestments and immediately hugs and kisses. I feel so envious. behind the priests up the hill, past forewarned by news reports to looked so unlike any priest I had Society demands of me and other the little church, past the com expect a filthy hovel. , ever seen before. He wore cor city folks that we simply shake mune to the grave. What I found was God's own duroy jeans, open sandals and a hands or say hello when we meet Father Te Awhitu blesses the village in God's own country. woollen shirt. our friends. Yes there's even grave, Mrs Baxter unveils the Every minute of the eight hours it After packing up his gear, he enforced conformity about greet stone (taken from the river near took me to drive home I wanted walked at the head of his flock ing friends. where Hemi used to swim), the to turn back. It's that kind of a down the path, joking as he went If there's one thing I think a visit Maori elders do their chanting and place. After spending 30 hours at that the young Maori traffic patrol to Jerusalem could teach us mem the TV crews keep their cameras Jerusalem, I think I have come to man looked all the earth like Che bers of the Establishment, it's that rolling. realise what it is about life that's Guevara. being ourselves isn't such an With folks sitting on the slope worth living in search of. On reaching the area in front o,f offensive business after all. on two sides of the grave, with When we do search for things the dining room, he was greeted I remark to the priest how much young boys climbing between the intangible, perhaps we should with bear-like hug's of friendship it looks like a reunion. branches of overhanging trees, remember the words of Hemi from other young folk who had "Y e s," he agrees, "but in a with other youths watching from Baxter. arrived on the marae while he was much better atmosphere Here we the verandah of the commune, the "The night sky is full of stars. saying Mass. don't need liquor to enjoy our tribal leader invited the Pakehas to The stars are made by God. He One time I was sitting on a bed selves." And at that, two arms are address the spirit of Hemi. sustains them in existence by a in a front bedroom of the com thrown around his neck in a hug , The leader of the commune, continual act of creation, from the mune. A youth was sitting on the so I let two old pals get on with Greg, asks Hemi to see to it that Now that is his only dimension. same bed playing an anti-drug the reunion business. his spirit continues to guide the My soul wants to go into God, song on his guitar. On a mattress But it's true, you know. commune. As soon as he asks this, into the night sky. It cannot hap in the corner a young chap had Throughout the weekend, I didn't a sudden gust of wind blows over pen yet. One cannot yet be his arm around his girlfriend. On see any grog consumed. And if a milk bottle-cum-vase of flowers. entirely poor. That is where the the bed running against the wall I there were any drugs, I didn't see The wind has answered for Hemi. pain lies." was leaping against, four young them. "Right on, brother". Maori girls — several with tat Come to think of it, there was tooed arms — sang with the one addictive drug being used guitar. quite frequently — nicotine. Two young Maoris wearing Somehow our fine, upstanding studded Hells Angels-type leather law-abiding citizens have man jackets walked into the commune. aged to keep that one out of the Being city born and bred, I was narcotic laws. I don't suppose the immeidately on the defensive. But fact there's millions of dollars tied I was alone. No one else seemed up in the cigarette industry would worried by their presence. There's have anything to do with its kinship amongst the outcast. ommission, would it? Under the chestnut tree at the But even when nicotine was tope of the slope just above Hemi being inhaled, there was a good Baxter's grave, a young man side to this action. played his flute. An angel couldn't No one ever smoked a cigarette bring more peace with his harp. without offering one to everyone Under another tree, a young chap, else in the room, whether he sat with his legs crossed making knew them or not. movements with his hands and Twelve months or so head w hich seemed to be a cross ago, to many folks James K. Baxter between Hatha Yoga and Hare was a bit of a screwball. Krishna. True, doing a lot of good for mixedup kids. But a hairy, scruffy, screwball of a has-been poet none-the-less. CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 8
ANGLO-CHINESE HASH On a lighter note - now you have a LOjD)£ll(§ nice new flat you'll, presumably want to ask someone to tea - even if it's only the landlord. And.Xhe very thing to serve on such an occasion is Uncle Fred's Special Expanding Sweet and l can hear you now — Sour Anglo-Chinese Hash. These what's this BLO O D Y quantities are about right for four people - but you can adjust it to suit CRAP in Craccum? — it yodr~party. gets more like the About. 1 lb of meat. Could be pork Women's Weekly every with all fat removed and cut into pieces about + inch cube, or mince in week — the next thing //, V . _ _ similar size pieces, or just about any will be BLO O DY Seeing as it is the start of the year limit the money payable on taking a thing. Coat in batter made of about t KNITTING patterns. What and everyone is looking for a new tenancy, be it bond or rent in cup flour, a pinch of salt and enough flat, I thought I'd mention a little bit advance or both to a TOTAL equival water to make slurpy. Fry these in oil about the revolution? about the extortionate bonds some ent to one month's rent. Any other - the deeper the better, but if you All so true, but based on landlords are demanding. Last year's payment demanded by a landlord (eg have nothing deep enough to cover the premise that people do Rent Appeal Act limits the bond to a key money) is illegal (though of the meat just keep on turning - until a maximum of one month's rent, and course if you get your flat through an nice golden brown. Which takes some not live by revolution the landlord -is obliged to.advise you agency they will charge a fee, time. Drain and keep warm. While alone this column will ofer in writing that the bond will be perhaps as much as one week's rent). this is cooking mix up about a tables refunded in full when you leave, So much for the legal position — poon of cornflour with a couple of the archetypical flatter except only to the extent of any loss the only trouble is getting the law tablespoons of water and put aside. advice on graceful living, or damage caused by you. It is also a enforced. Unfortunately the accom Make up a sauce of about 4 tables comments on tenants' good idea to agree in writing with the modation situation is so acute in poons each of sugar, soya sauce and landlord when you move in just what Auckland that if you insist on your vinegar, 2 tablespoons each of tomato rights and landlords to will constitute damage, who is to rights you may well find that the flat sauce and pineapple juice and a tab avoid, and answers to any judge the cost of making good and is "no longer available". In which lespoon of sherry. Mix well and put particularly interesting who is to hold, the bond. (Preferably a case there's not a lot you can do aside. Heat up about 4 tablespoons of lawyer or other agreed third party, but about it — you could try a lawyer or oil in a wok or frying pan, when it is questions submitted by almost inevitably the landlord). It is the TPA, but the best bet is probably hot add % teaspoon or so of ground intrepid readers. It will also a good idea to prepare with the the Labour Department who are sup ginger, then add previously diced veg appear as often as I can be landlord a written inventory of furni posed to administer the Act. etables - perhaps an onion, a carrot, ture and existing damage before pay If a landlord unjustifiably refuses to a couple_ of beans, cabbage, a pepper stirred to produce it and ing a bond — if you think this is repay a bond please raise much shit - whatever you've got handy. (Chunks the editor can be per unnecessary then you have never had about it — every time someone says o/ cucumber are excellent). Toss in a a landlord refuse to repay a bond and 'oh well it was only $20' the rac few lumps of canned pineapple (yes, suaded to print it, and let "prove" he is right by producing a keteers get a bit stronger. Most land thats where the pineapple juice came ters on any subject dog-eared piece of paper listing the lords are pretty good about this, but from). Keep stirring this and pour in remotely connected with furniture that was in the flat about there is one lady in Auckland who the sauce almost at once. When it three years ago, most of which has when taxed on this point admitted boils stir in the cornflour and add the flatting will be most wel been stolen by earlier tenants but the that she regarded it as a perk — and meat. Let it cook for a couple of sec come, especially if you list never updated .... she owned at least twenty flats which onds to thicken (keep stirring!) then include your favourite Rent in advance is a hairy one, usu at a conservative one tenant a year at serve hot with noodles or ricp, Eat ally two or four weeks, but an excel $20 a time was an unearned $400. with chopsticks or you won't get the tapioca pudding recipe. lent provision of last year's Act was to Don't be put off — if you haven'1 full flavour. damaged the place that money is yours. Ei 4 (y ls I ^PlCcISG, INVADE THE ARABS! Well, this is what is being suggested as a possibility by an Adelaide paper and more recently by a member of the U.S. Senate. And there’s no doubt it is a possibility. A possibility that is, once the media have created a climate of opinion mak ing such action acceptable. So they’re working on it. After all, there is an oil crisis, and its better to blame the Arabs rather than the oil companies. Especially as the financial interests behind the oil companies are the same as those behind the press. But, before you start believing them, think a bit. Are the Arabs responsible? Last year, long before the Arabs got going U.S. scientific advisors warned that oil reserves would start to fail soon. That’s not the fault of the Arabs. The fact is that the West has created an industrial system < H E .U N IV C A 3 lfy QOOK SHOP..... , based entirely upon the reality of cheap oil. Monopoly oil 0 *ENS 9>Avf\
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Problems of the New Zealand^ Herald and the Auckland Star, Media Act, which prevented Lord want the competition." "I don't press are much less publicly dis supplement this with other over Thomson of Fleet from starting blame you," Lord Thomson ironi cussed than those of broadcasting seas services. All of them in quality papers, like his London cally replied. • — probably because the press is general support conservative inter "T im e s", in N .Z. This act was The Labour Government is now privately owned. ests, such as the National Party. opposed by the N.Z. Journalists repealing this parochial Act so as Th is article is one of a series on No morning or evening paper has Association and by individual wri to promote competition and vari the N.Z. press to be published by any direct competition, apart from ters such as the late Sir Leslie ety in our press. Anti-monopoly Craccum. I shall here try to give a the tendency of most "big city" Munro, Government M.P. and laws could be strengthened to pre general picture of our press, refer dailies to crowd out the country former editor of the N.Z. Herald, vent dominance by any one is m particularly to Auckland news papers. We thus have a series of who said that it would "give a group. Similar action could be papers and offer suggestions for regional monopolies, linked monopoly to the metropolitan taken to prevent our major dailies, press improvement. such as the Herald and Star, from Oldest of the mass media, our buying up too many magazines newspapers date from the early and suburban weeklies. "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and 1840's and, with few exceptions, Meanwhile, Lord Thomson has are still a typically "settler's expression; this right includes freedom to hold opin expressed interest in starting a Li- *• - press." The only real difference is ions without interference and to seek, receive and daily paper here and in Western men that the colonial papers were impart information and ideas through any media and Samoa, which has two weeklies Hun more competitive and more criti regardless of frontiers" Article 19, Universal Declara but no daily. The progressive Los Unix cal of authority than today's tion of Human Rights (adopted by the U.N. General Angeles Times is also interested. spor press. Assembly, December 10, 1948). NEGLECTED AREAS Asso New Zealand now has 41 Many New Zealanders believe grou "general interest" dailies with a by John Wilkes that they have the best press in the Free» total circulation of 1,063,000 (1727-97 — on Earth) world. Yet only seven to ten per copies. This represents just over cent of editorial space is devoted 34 copies for every 100 people, to world news — much less than him were dropped and he was com pared with 38 in 1968. The *JOHN WILKES, a forcible and the proportion allowed for horse- elected Lord Mayor of London. decline may be due mainly to daring Whig politician, champion racing. Only sketchy coverage is A noted wit, Wilkes is still competition from TV and the of freedom of the press and of given to large areas of the globe, active in outer space, where this ubiquitous transistor radio. popular causes. For violently such as the South Pacific, Africa, article was written. He was once However, we are still in the' attacking the Tory Government in Latin America and Asia (except confronted at the Hellfire Club, world's top ten for daily his paper The North Briton, he war-torn Indo-China). Scandinavia, West Wickham by the Tory Earl of readership. was committed to the Tower of of great social interest to N.Z., IS Sandwich who shook his fist in There are also some 100 non London but won release because ALSO POORLY COVERED. Wilkes' face and shouted: "Sir, daily papers, including three Sun he was an M.P. He was later Visiting journalists have you shall die of a Pox or on the days, and 195 periodicals. expelled from Parliament and fled remarked that our treatment of Gallows." To which our con Most of our dailies are indepen to France. Returning in 1768, he tributor replied, "That depends, world news is still insular and that dently owned, but all are close was elected M.P. for Middlesex. A Sir, on whether I embrace your we publish too much about two members of the Newspaper Prop fresh prosecution and a fresh Mistress or your Principles." Sub countries — Britain and America rietors Association and of the expulsion took place and three sequently the sandwich and the (our chief trading partners). national news agency, the N.Z. times he was expelled and as Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) were Founded in 1878, the N.Z.P.A. is Press Association. The N.Z.P.A. in often re-elected. A great agitation both named after the noble lord - one of 200 national news agencies turn is co-owner, with the British ensued and he gained such the latter by Capt. Cook, his pro and the sixth oldest in the and Australian press, of the world popularity that the charges against tege. world. It has been criticised for news agency, Reuters, based in relying too greatly on Reuter's London. (The other world agencies conservative service, which main are Associated Press and United through the Newspaper Proprietors newspapers of this country." tains exchange agreements with Press International, U.S.A.; Association. Standardisation of Curiously, the declared purpose the other world agencies but has Agence France-Presse, France; news and opinion is the frequent of the News Media Act was to little contact with the newer Tass and Novosti, U.S.S.R.). result. save our press from monopoly national agencies of Africa and MONOPOLIES Our press has welcomed over control. Subsequently, however, Asia (coloured). All of our dailies receive the seas investment in N.Z. industry, the N .Z. delegate at a Com The N.Z.P.A. has correspon same home and overseas news except in the press. monwealth Press Union confer dents in a number of centres through the P.A., though a few of In 1965, the National Govern ence explained, in Lord Thom abroad. However, their main job the larger ones, such as the N.Z. ment rushed through the News son's presence, that "we don't is to collate what overseas papers ■ ;■
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report, rather than to develop "We consider that New Zealand, being reports themselves. The failure of a small country and long-isolated . . . our press to provide adequate by distance and national policies world reportage may explain the from exotic contacts, still suffers rapid increase here in sales of from a lack of access to ideas and overseas news weeklies, such as knowledge which hinders original the New Statesman and the Guar thought, and produces a narrow dian Weekly (Britain) and Time ness of outlook inimical to the and Newsweek (America). search for knowledge. RETICENCE "We also fear that New Zealan On the domestic scene, our ders do not receive sufficient dailies show little spirit of enquiry information about political, and little interest in assessing pub economic and social issues in lic opinion, particularly youthful other countries . . In consequence, progress. Meanwhile, technologi opinion, on major issues. The they are limited in their ability to is being repealed. Our libel laws, cal advances are revolutionising N.ZPA.distributes minority com reach informed judgments. which unduly limit freedom of the role of the mass media around ment but many of its member "W e find the mass media to be expression (and investigation), the world. dailies too often fail to print it. timorous, unenterprising and in should now be reviewed along the Automation and electronics are Their general attitude is many cases guilty of bias, reti lines adopted some years ago in transforming the production of authoritarian. They record, but do cence and com placency in their the U .S.A. books and newspapers in many not explain, investigate very treatment of news and other infor Private persons should be pro countries. Progress in transmission deeply or give pointers to the mation. These deficiencies may tected from slander but public and reception is widening the future. Examples: their reticence often be due to the inadequate figures should have to face more impact of radio and TV. Space over our shipping problems and training of news and managerial critical enquiry. The mass media communication via satellite can their opposition to the case for a staff. Having examined various sometimes have to suppress vital vastly extend the range and scope national shipping line; their failure instances of the suppression or information about people in gov to present the case against distortion of information and com ernment, national and local, of all the media. Auckland University might con apartheid until forced to do so ment on domestic and world because of risks of libel action. sider establishing a chair in com under staff pressure (but their issues, the Conference considers This was also the case in the munications to promote know sports pages remained solidly pro- that the practices of press, radio United States until the Supreme ledge in community theory, Afrikaner); more recently, their and television should be urgently Court ruled that it was not enough research and practice, as well as failure to present adequately the revievved. for public figures to prove libel. of new techniques which are case against film censorship. "We further hold that the To win a claim, the plaintiff must increasingly affecting society. This “ At least one metropolitan policies and practices of the mass also prove "actual malice." faculty could also advise on train paper," the N.Z. Federationof Film media help to produce a confor This made it difficult for politi ing programmes for the mass Societies reported in January mist society. O w ing to the cians and public officials to sue media. 1974, "ensured that our views did authoritarian influence of the mass news enterprises but precluded not reach its readers, w hile giving media, the exponents of dissenting libel of private persons-. Without Throughout New Zealand, jour generous space to the Censor, the ideas are few and not well this reform, the American press nalism training is distinctly spotty. magistrates and other hardliners regarded. Opportunities to receive could not have exposed the Most dailies provide limited, "on on censorship. This form of extra- non-conformist ideas are limited Watergate and Agnew affairs. the job" training and there are brief crash courses at the Auck legal, unacknowledged censorship unless one has access to overseas In New Zealand, there are no is more pernicious in a democratic sources. specific libel laws and no land Technical Institute and the society than the statutory variety, "W e therefore conclude that adequate definition of libel. Wellington Polytechnic. Canter and is worthy of Press Council there exists in New Zealand a very Actions are decided largely in the bury University provides a post attention." So much for our press real restriction on freedom of light of previous court rulings. Our -graduate course for journalists champions of freedom of infor information, and that if fundamen common law on this issue should studying for a degree. Canterbury mation! tal improvements are not made in be codified as a basis for a libel also offers the only journalism Co n f o r m is m this field, the efforts of all sections statute which could help the scholarship in N.Z. that I know of — the Robert Bell award founded There has been little improve in this Conference will be largely investigation of public questions. Li’ ment since the Conference on nullified." bel reform is now being planned, by the Ashburton Guardian's late Human Rights, held at Auckland LIBEL REFORM on these lines in New South owner. University in 1968 under the Restrictive laws have undoub W ales. It is strange that our wealthy Auckland dailies, which together sponsorship of the United Nations tedly hindered the growth and OTHER WAYS OUT command nearly 40 percent of Association and 20 other civic effectiveness of our press and Technical as well as political or N.Z.'s total circulation, should groups, observed in its section on other media. The pro-monopoly legal barriers must be removed if have done so little to finance Freedom of Information: News Media Act, thank goodness, the press and other media are to individual scholarships or general journalism training. The N .Z. press could well afford to maintain a broad national programme for staff training, including travelling awards to give our journalists wider experience abroad. (Or would they be lost forever?). Pacific island journalists could also be trained under this scheme, which might be supervised by the Press Council. In all fairness, I would say that the N.Z. Herald and Auckland Star are among this country's best dailies, as well as being the most influential. It's up to them to give the lead on these proposals for press improvement and others that may be offered. The W elling ton dailies are widely rated as being among our worst papers and Dr Martyn Finlay is rightly embarrassed to think that foreign diplomats in our capital should be seeing them.
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h o o v o o i<£o v e n M e m H e r //v - « £ s f y o v H o r a . They say it's never rained for Phil Warren yet, ■ ------and his luck certainly held I® out for the day of this concert. The sun was swel- tering down, but every- M | h ^ I body seemed to be out to enjoy themselves. About 75,000 people turned up, and the place was filling up as soon as ~ the gates opened at m * midday. You could feel the atmosphere of expectancy . as soon as you got any where near the approach ing roads, lined w ith ! aprked cars. Chapeaux did a com mendable introduction and sounded a lot better than usual with the aid of a really good P.A. - you could hear that pianist for a change!
The idea of doing the whole und of "the The effect which the Faces stage in a theme of white was body hugg- have on an audience is quite ama- pleasing to the eye, but it seemed scarf, is the zing. Certainly Rod Stewart's pre- that the use of a crowd barrier on a driving diction the night before had been actually creates a psychological er Now" — wrong. This is probably due to state of mind in a crowd. A bar on its feet, two factors: firstly, the sheer tal- rier is something to be got over, ig. The whole ent of the group to arouse a and its presence seems to induce e Faces pro- crowd to a feverish pitch through the wrong sort of atmosphere. od one. driving thythms and a highly pro- Confronted with a barrier, your i kind of fessional and yet deceptively average self-respecting rock fan, iage. Stewart relaxed stage act, and secondly probably a bit inebriated, natur e stand the fact that New Zealand audi- ally feels the urge to scale it in aber. Ronnie ences have grown up a great deal, the high moment of a perfor in trousers, Whereas a couple of years ago mance, probably not because he s to be in as people were so overwhelmed at wants to touch the rock star, but ime time as the mere presence of a group simply as a release of excitement. the mic- which had been previously known Notice how once he's up there he ?wart to to them only on record, that they seems kind of lost and doesn't re necessary. simply sat and gaped, people are know what to do with himself? ind Tetsu now more determined to use rock After some resetting of the ppeal, concerts as a means of letting off stage, in which roadies with yel stage, with steam, which is what the perfor- low "Far East-Man" t-shirts scurry ?ar to ear. mers themselves intend, over mountains of White endrix Ronnie Wood shows that he's Speakers, sort out leads and iron lich brings not just a pretty Face with some out bugs, the Faces themselves a relatively nifty slide work on his guitar after emerge on stage in a vivid splash Liild-up to the rythmn changes and builds up of colour. The crowd roars its as "Angel" transforms into "Stay approval, while the group swag- With Me"., The crowd claps in CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 13
time and hands reach up towards the stage. Stewart's personality can control the crowd. "Thank you for that beer can in the back of the head, I think you're very brave, he says cutt ingly to the culprit, who probably wishes he could crawl away somewhere. Rod Stewart has the crowd on his side. "This is an easy number to lis ten to," he says and the group lunges into "I'd Rather Go Blind", a quiet, sad number, with "M ac" on the organ. The slow blues is the true test of the guitarist, and Ronnie Woods' face provides a side-show in itself, screwed up with concentration, squinting, and blinking furiously. "Baby, baby, baby," moans Stewart, and Wood looks as if he is going to bite off his tongue with the sheer pain of it all. On the whole, however, Ronnie Woods shows himself to be a pre tty good musician. "Borstal Boy" is the one which shows the group at its best. This one is really Woods' own show. He leaps around the stage, giving an exhibition of slide guitar work, using harmonics and a driving rhythmn, which Mick Taylor wouldn't be too proud to own. Tetsu proves himself to be a competent bass guitarist, using harmonics and filling the sound out very well. He comes in right on the dot. The driving rhythms they use are very similar to those of the Rolling Stones, but the stage image is not so serious. Kenny Jones doea fairly credit able drum solo, while Ian Mac- lagen dashes from piano to organ to microphone to piano, and is not above demolishing the occa sional Steinway with a clawhammer. One added touch of style which I particularly liked was the barman behind the stage, dressed in white, bow-tied, and mixing cocktails etc for the group. One added touch which I didn't like was the way in which an Eden Security guard picked up a fan who had scrambled onto the stage and threw him bodily down onto the heads of the crowd. Judging by the shocked expres sion on Rod Stewart's face, neither did he. Not satisfied with that, the s^ime guard then attempted to kick another member of the audience in the face. The response of the audi ence was cryptic, and in the form of several dozen well-deserved beer cans. It was the only ugly moment of the whole perfor mance. Stewart has the ability to keep a good natured patter between songs, which maintains a com munication with the audience, "Haven't seen so many healthy faces since the war," and 'scuse me for not talking too much but we don't know yer." The Faces managed to evoke about the best audience response for many years, and most of those who went there would agree it was a good concert.
photos — murray cammidk There were about 20 or 30 of us in the tiny, muggy, reception room at the "Big I", and the tem Stewart: "We just got off the plane, Ann Haysom: "Was it tough back perature wasn't made any more tolerable by the pre does it look like we just got off the in the Rock'n Roll Times?" sence of the TV arc lights glaring down from above. plane? I've got a stereo throat." Stewart: "Compared to some Sinclair: "Where did you last people I had it really easy. I was with This was going to be a formal conference — press play?" John, who is one of the few true delegated to one half of the room, in mini-galleries of Stewart: "I think it was Christmas gentlemen in the business, who, if red plush chairs. Eve, yeah, in London. We played for you've ever met him, if you get the We sat for about an hour, apparently the plane was a ball in London. Good crowd. So we chance to meet him, he really is a late — reading our red Phonogram dossiers on Rod are a bit rusty, and we'll have a great guy, and he always looked after Stewart (do you know what his middle name is?) and rehearsal, tonight. — We are, aren't his musicians, which wasn't the big we boys?" (Laughter). thing to do in those days. And then I gazing at the five empty chairs, under the arc-lights, One problem with Western Springs went to Jeff Beck, and I can't put him in the corner. is that being large, and open-air, an down, he is still a great guitar player, Finally, it passed along the grape "Tetsu, did you manage to get into inadequate PA is next to no good, as and if he was here today he wouldn't vine that they had arrived and had the British Musicians' Union?" the sound is swamped out by its own blame me for saying that — you gone upstairs to freshen up, and "Yes, I got in". reverberation:— know that I left him because there twenty minutes later they entered, led "It was your second application?" Sinclair: "Did you bring your own was no money in it." by Rod Stewart, dressed in a white "Yes". P.A. out?" brocade smoking jacket, and super "How long had you been in Eng Stewart: "I should hope so, we've star sunglasses. Under the focal point land before applying?" got road managers and so forth." The of the arc lights was a large green "About four years I think." reason for Stewart's surprise at my chair, which looked like a cardboard "Rod, having performed in question apparently lay in the fact cut-out of the one on the ocver of "Tommy", what was your estimation that he knew nothing of the nature of "Never a Dull Moment" which they of "Quadrophenia"?" (Pete the facilities. all avoided like the plague. Stewart Townshends' latest extravaganza) Stewart: "Where are we playing agreed to sit there after some per "I don't know, I haven't heard it tomorrow, is that a nice venue?" suasion. yet." Then in a mome nt of wit: We described it to him. In spite of the fact that they had just "Mind you, Status Quo's a bloody Stewart: "Oh that's probably why flown in, they were all in excellent good group," whereupon everybody you asked us if we brought our own Basically, the Faces live up to the spirits, with Stewart indulging in replied in chorus: "It wasn't Status P.A." true tradition of the English rock stars, repartee with Ian Mclagan (Mac), the Quo, it was the Who." Sinclair: "Yeah, you need a fairly wearing flamboyant clothing and lark reporters and with the roadies. They Stewart, feigning surprise, "Was it big one." ing about. Stewart shied away from were obviously in the mood for lark REALLY!" We are assured that his one was the description of himself as a ing about. It took several minutes for Sucked in. big enough (and indeed it was). superstar. the milieu to regain the resemblance About all the questioning was han A BIT OF BACKGROUND "Can't you find another word? of a well-functioning press conference dled by myself, Mike Stock, and vet Rod Stewart was born in London in Pretty good person, that would be — we were all a bit overwhelmed by eran, Ann Haysom, whose knack of 1945. alright. : (Laughter). their breezy entry — so I decided to keeping the subject talking prevented "I started playing professional foot "He's always tried to look like me, steel myself for the first question, the conference from falling flat on its ball when I left school, but I wasn't and it never really worked," quipped which I aimed at the new bass face. very good at it, although I was keen." "M ac". A witty side between them, guitarist, Tetsu (I'm not saying he's Moving into music he toured generally at the expense of one or the thin, but he wants his job back as a France and Spain with Wiz Jones other, was accompanied by a mock "chalking up" of scores on the oak dipstick") Yamauchi. On account of sleeping on the beaches. His first panelled walls. his Japanese origin, the British Musi group was Jimmy Powell and his Five SAM COOK cian's Union had taken it upon them Dimensions in which he played har Back about 1966, before he met Jeff selves to ban Yamauchi from their monica, followed by the Hoochie Beck, Rod Stewart discovered that organisation on the grounds that an Coochie Men, which was later called Sam Cook had a similar style to him Englishman could do the job as bass Steam Packet. player to the Faces as well as any "I was with John Baldry and Julie self, and for awhile, he modelled his "bloody wog". (not a direct quote). Driscoll, they were the ones that own music on that of Cook's. This got Stewart's back up. and for a started me. Then I was with Jeff Beck, "I don't define what I'm going to while they all refused to play in Eng and, there've been only three bands do before I make an album. I just try land unless he was admitted to the in my life really — its like talking anything in the studio, and if it works, Union. about women!" we lay it down and we leave it. CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 15
We did try once having aparty but ROCK'N ROLL CIRCUS CONSPIRACY Ronnie thought highly of Bowie as we couldn't pull it off. It was very "Are you going to do the Roc- "A lot of the big artists were did Rod Stewart. Most of his inspira much like twisting but we couldn't k'nRoll Circus thing again?" recording on Polydor at one stage, tion came from jamming with people, pull it off. There's not many of those "No we can't do it again, we don't weren't they?" such as the Stones, or fiddling around tunes that really lend themselves to go back on something. We've brought "Polydor? Actually I don't under before a concert and coming up with white music, likewith Motown Num quite an elaborate stage with us. stand this Polydor thing and you a new riff. bers as well. They don't lend them We've also brought our own lights know the other record companies as "Did you know 'Sweet Lady Mary?' selves really. There's a few but not which was a complete waste of well I think, they all must be one guy Well, I wrote the riff and the first many." money". (Evidently even the Aus that owns the whole lot, 'cause verse, while Ronnie Lane and Rod Along with Sam Cook, the Faces tralian shows were to be done during there's connections between all of wrote the other two, so they got have also borrowed from more the day.) them." credit. If I'd bother to I could have obscure sources. A journalist in Suddenly, the T.V. lamps were RONNIE WOOD written the other two and got all the Creem reported seeing Stewart duck doused and we felt as if we were Apart from Rod Stewart, who con credit, but I didn't." ing into a shop to pick up some plunged into relative blackness. tradicted all rumours of moodiness Most of the time, Ronnie writes the records to glean more material. "Turn the lights on," said Rod. and difficult behaviour in Press Con riffs, and Rod does the lyrics. Stewart: "I don't know most of the I explained it was only the T.V. ferences, the most amicable was lead We side-tracked onto Australia. obscure songs, Mac comes up with "Do you prefer playing during the guitarist Ronnie Woods. About four of Ronnie had heard they didn't have them.” day or at night?" us — one other reporter and a couple any air conditioning there. Mac: ” That's because I'm "I don't care, I like it during the of mates —- settled into a corner with "What's air conditioning?" we obscure!” day. You know, you can see their Ronnie and got him talking. He struck replied. Ann Haysom: "What appeals to faces." me as quiet, unassuming, and almost Ronnie laughed, "W ell, its pretty you about Sam CookV PREDICTIONS boyish in manner, which heightened cool in here, besides outside, but I Stewart: "He's dead for a start!” What sort of audience reaction do the contrast between his appearance was pissed off to find the hotel you like, do you like them to just sit and the matter of fact way in which doesn't have a swimming pool. We around or jump up and down?" names of rock idols cropped up as had one up in Hawaii." "I haven't known an audience to sit casually as if he was talking about We asked him what he was doing down for three years, but I bet they , Mrs Brown next door:— Pete this afternoon. will tomorrow and I bet they do in Townshend: "Gone all religious "W ell, I thought there'd probably Australia as well." lately." be some sort of boring tour organised. I agreed with him on that point, but Deep Purple: "Good group, they've Actually I was thinking I'd probably our prediction was to prove wrong. changed a hell of alot lately." end up going somewhere with one of "It won't throw me at all, as long Question: "ls John Lord still in?" you lads." as they get up at the end and show "Yeah, but the lead singer's gone, We were aghast. A virtual superstar, their appreciation, but we won't really and the new drummer, of Uriah Heep Ronnie Woods, Lead guitarist be up to it unless we get a good turned out to be an old mate of mine EXTRAORDINAIRE, friend of the Stewart is not a fellow to mince his night's sleep tonight. The public who I used to play soccer with." STONES, PETE TOWNSHEND, JIMMY words, and is refreshingly direct about houses close at nine o'clock or some "I got a real surprise, as I didn't PAGE and a list of other celebrities, his opinions. Take for example, ON thing, don't they?" even know he was in music." Ques asking a group of young nobodies if FLAMBOYANCE: — "It's show "Ten o'clock." tion: " "Yes" have changed a lot they wouldn't mind his tagging along. manship, its all part and parcel of sel "Ten o'clock, we we ought to be in lately, why did Chris Squire leave?" Of course we didn't. Would he like ling a song which I'm going to do. bed by half past ten!., (a second pre "I've really no idea. Actually the to come to the beach? He'd love to. You must sell the song. Entertain. You diction which proved to be wrong) last time I saw them there didn't seem Fine. I was beginning to have visions can't stand there in the middle of the DAVID BOWIE •to be any indication of a rift. Actually of selling my story to Rolling Stone if stage, well I can't, especially with the On David Bowie:— "He's one of Squire isn't really my scene. He's all we pulled it off(!) All we had to do music we do, it would be impossible. the few rock-men I really admire. technical, and my speciality is Rock was check it out with the manager. It BECK He's doing something different, all his n'Roll." turned out that the manager had other Then there was Jeff Beck. Beck "d- music may not be played to listen to Question: "There seems to be a lot plans. Evidently some nice people in iscovered" Stewart. But their profes in my ears, anyway. But he's surely of intellectual elitism around Rick Remuera had asked them out to their sional relationship didn't last. On the one of the best entertainers I've ever Wakeman, you know, with his having swimming pool and wouldn't it be Pnogram dossier, he said it was seen." been to the Royal Academy, (appar better if he went there? Ronnie said because he could never "look Beck in "If you've got to make an album ently uncomprehending) "Yeah, I he'd kind of like to skip it, and come the eye". Beck must be a very force and have it ready by a certain time, spose so." with us. The Manager, tall, muscular, ful person if he could make Stewart then it must make it less pleasurable, and bronzed, stood over wee Ronnie evasive. mustn't it?" and told him that it was fine, and it I wondered if there was more to it "I haven't released an album all was really up to him but more-or-less than that:— "Why didn't you get on last year, and it hasn't done me any implied to the effect that Ronnie was too well with Jeff Beck?" harm." a dead man if he didn't. We rallied "No, he's a good guitar player, he's "But if you had to, it would make it around Ronnie and offered to take a nice chap, but we just didn't get more difficult, wouldn't it?" him round to a friend's place, have an paid, you know! (LAUGHTER( So you "Yeah, it would take the pleasure authentic kiwi lunch, with authentic can take that anyway you want it.) out of it and it should always remain kiwis, pick up some booze, and togs Whether it was his fault, his mana a pleasure, once it's not you shouldn't Nasty incidents are rare for the along with a couple of guitars and ger's fault, I don't know but, um, we bother with making records really, Faces, but they have happened — head North for a swim. Ronnie liked used to have to steal eggs from super you should pack it in — hang your Ronnie: "If they take an instant dislike the idea, and even went to the extent markets to keep ourselves together . . . boots up, as they say. But if the pres to yer, or somethin', like we've had a of turning down the other offers in we stayed with him for a long time, sure's hard on you, and sometimes it woman in a Detroit hotel, looked at preference. considering, you know, we were is, its not fair. If the record companies us and said, you know, "You long However, it was not to be. When probably scared to go out on our own hit you on the nut you got to turn haired scum," and we immediately he headed upstairs for a few minutes 'till um, he left and joined the Yar- round and kick 'em in the face, espe go, "What do you mean you old to change, he came under pressure dbirds. We thought we'd be lonely cially if you make so much money for cow!" and the next minute there's a and relented. He came down about without him, being room mates as we them as I do — as we do — Phillips cop there with his gun and everything 30 minutes later with Rod Stewart and were. We are no longer room mates haven't been too bad with us really, you know. But it doesn't happen the boys, all of them in merry mood, as we can afford our own meals. they don't push us that hard." often." and asked if we'd like to come along. But we declined.
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wholly erroneous picture of the labor universities across the country has movement and its history in the US. shown that the Watergate affair has IN SEARCH Not long ago, the education depart not had quite as much impact as most ment of the American Federation of people had assumed it would. The Labor and Congress of Industrial Rela response has been one of fatalism tions (FL/CIO) held a National Plann rather than outrage. "It hasn't affected OF SOMETHING ing Conference on Labor and the my thinking at all about politics," a Schools in Washington,to discuss student at the University of Wisconsin ways of improving the image of the said. "It has only demonstrated what I DIFFERENT labor movement. thought all along to be According to the resolution passed true. . . Watergate was to be expected. at the last AFL/CIO convention, It's games, just like the rest of life." A The barricades have been long voting age to 18 has meant that organized labor as a "historical and one-time idealist at the University of since dismantled, the handbooks on young people with grievances against contemporary force in American life" California, Berkeley campus, put it bomb-building discarded, the revolutio the status quo now have the oppor is either ignored or maligned in the succintly: "We feel the system has nary slogans forgotten along with the tunity to bring pressure for social nation's classrooms. The resolution defeated us." popular songs of another season. change through the ballot box. And which the Planning Conferences met Apparently less easily discouraged Without even so much as a disarma campaigning for a political candidate to discuss contended that: "We are are the organized political youth, ment conference, the ferocious doves can be an arduous undertaking. reaping the harvest of exclusion from members of the Young Democrats or and the frightened hawks who divided "There is something exasperating the educational process in the body of the Young Republicans. The point US society into two seemingly about a democracy," an ex-activist our young new trade unionists whom was made that there have been no irreconcilable camps just a few years said recently, thinking back to the we find either antilabor or at the least major national elections this year to ago,have concluded that there really time of those by-now historical apathetic toward labor's efforts and put student attitudes to any sort of is not all that much to get agitated demonstrations and protest marches. causes." Antilabor sentiment among test. At Harvard, the President of the about, now that US combat troops are The very' freedom to criticize, to hold the young may be due to either one Harvard Republican Club, Wallace out of Vietnam and domestic prob mass rallies, print underground news of two opposite notions: that the Schwartz, said that membership was lems appear less amenable to solution papers seems to serve as a means of movement is essentially negative and up from last year. "People are con by violent means." "The campus bat encouraging the young to let off destructive in its actions, or that the cerned with what is going on," he tle is over," one puzzled professor steam. The younger brothers and sis trade unions are just as indifferent to said, "and want to change it from has acknowledged, "but who won?" ters of those who joined so gener radical social change as business and within the system." Perhaps the issue, The combination of ingredients that ously in the public protest movement management. in essence, is precisely this, whether has relieved the worst of America's of those days are no longer convinced As for the parties, Democratic and "the system", as the complex of sociopolitical headaches — the youth that mass action accomplishes any Republican political activities on US socioeconomic relations is vaguely rebellion — is one part common thing durable. campuses,have fallen to the lethargic termed, can be changed more effec sense to two parts cynicism. First, the No one is more disturbed about low that they reached during the tively from the inside or form the out demand for immediate solutions to these changes in the mood of US Eisenhower years when the attitude of side. The grievance machinery is complex problems, the shouted insis youth than the trade unions and the the young toward national affairs available; the youth have a choice — tence on action now has given way to political parties. Organized labor has ranged from the indifferent to the they can try to smash it as they did a wider acceptance of the need for now launched a full-scale information frivolous. A recent survey conducted with no great success in 1968, or they plain hard work. The lowering of the campaign to correct what it regards as by the New York Times at a dozen can try to make it work. PRESS THRERTERED
Whenever a freee press publishes Among them, these unions turn out headaches to the Singapore student of a class of 36. The students charged sharply worded editorial views that literally hundreds of publications editors, politics sometimes does. Out the examinier with failing the students prove embarrassing to certain inter every year — newsletters, news spoken statemtns in defense of univer unfairly as a form of retaliation for ests, the compalint is sure to be heard papers, journals, etc. Some of the sity autonomy or even more con complaints made by some of the stu that it is indulging in "destructive cri better known examples of the student troversial positions on national or dents against the University adminis ticism." press in Singapore are The Tehnocrat, international issues have got the tration. In Singapore, where the national published by the Singapore young journalists in trouble with prin In an editorial title "The Need for press has had a reputation for being Polytechnic Students Union; the ters who would rather not be Impartiality" the Undergrad com too soft-spoken on most issues, the Nanyang Bulletin, put out by the associated with such dangerous opin mented: "one would have thought campus periodical of the University of Nanyang University Students Union, ions. that the Administration would have Singapore Students Union (USSU), and, oldest and most prestigious of Aside from these external troubles, been proud of students taking the Singapore Undergrad, believes in the them all, Singapore Undergrad, the students will tell you that another initiative to safeguard their interests; positive importance of being negative. which had, at one time a circulation reason for the Undergrad's somewhat instead, they were branded as The reporters and editors of this vigor of over 10,000 copies per issue. unpredictable appearances is a lack of 'pressure groups,' a term which hardly ous student journal seek out the One feature that distinguishes the really passionate support on campus justifies a reference to those who seek instances of what they feel are unfair Singapore student paper from almost for the crusading spirit that has to right a wrong. . . The Administra ness or incompetence and do not any similar publication, especially in characterized it at its best. This does tion does not realise that students are hesitate to label them clearly enough the Third World, is the fact that not mean however, that when an also capable of responsible thought for all to read. money is no problem. The paper is urgent issue comes up the students and action. In this instance, at least, Tiny though "city republic" of Sin distributed free to all registered stu will not respond. They do indeed. The they have displayed responsibility gapore is — population just over two dents and sold to the public at a nom special edition of the Undergrad throughout, having presented their million — it can boast the highest inal price. USSU has budgeted about devoted entirely to the subject of greivances through legitimate chan standard of living and of literacy in 280 US dollars for each issue of its "Victimization in the School of nels-, and have not taken to the Asia after Japan. It has five institutions periodical and expenses over that sum Architecture" is a good case in point. streets." The point seems well taken. of higher learning, each of which has must be raised through sale of the The paper printed a careful, step-by The practice of journalism in a free its own student union concerned to apers or commercial advertisements. step account of the dispute over the society shoudl be just that: a reason defend the rights of the students. If finances present no special failure of 12 architectural students out able substitute for violent action.
HELPERS WANTED PUBLIC NOTICE * Major Wilberforce A. (Bertie) Fox- The Polynesian Panther Party Ponsford M.B.E., M.P. for Birmingham and the Citizens’ Association for Central. His subject will be TWO Racial Equality are organizing joint WEA BLACKS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT homework centres for children in * Next Sunday the New Zealand * General Abraham (Abe) Jones. Ponsonby and Grey Lynn on three WORKERS’ EDUCATIONAL Fascist Party will hold its inaugural U.S.A.F AKl AID cn p c E nights a week in the school terms. ASSOCIATION meeting at the Old Synagogue buil ASSESSMENT OF ZERO Helpers are urgently needed, ding, Princess St., starting 7 p.m. POPULATION GROWTH - A and if you can assist in the coach Courses starting first week in * A distinguished panel of guest VIETNAM EXPERIMENT ing of any school subjects please March 1974. speakers will gracethe occasion. They * Agnes D.N. Proops, J.P., lecturer phone: and authoress. Her subject will be Copies of brochure and full are: Ama Rauhihi THE BIRCH IN THE PERMISSIVE information on courses can be * Justinian H. Martin III, Judge at the Polynesian Panther Party SOCIETY obtained by ringing the W.E.A., Louisiana High Court. The subjects Phone 764-830 * There will be no time for questions 769-664 between 12 and 2.30 p.m. will be ZERO POPULATION * Wine and cheese will be served at Joris de Bres on Monday, Wednesday and GROWTH AND OUR BLACK 10.15 p.m. CARE Friday. NEIGHBOURS. Phone 371-507 CRACCUM: FEBRUARY 25 1974 page 19
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You are an ordinary sort of chap, interested mainly in your 2 GALLON LIMIT ON FUEL IN CANS newspaper because it carries the sports news. But you do the LIGHTING VIEWS DIFFER right thing by your school training, and glance through the rest of Quite a scary month for the chap that got through all the front the paper as your attempt at becoming an informed citizen. page headlines! And what among all the deluge was there to The mind-benders of our society know your habits, however. offer any hope? Ogilvy and Mather, probably the most cunning of the world's PETROL RATIONING THE ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT SAYS advertising agencies, assures its customers "five times as many PRIME MINISTER: This you would think should warrant pro people read the headlines as read the body copy." They know minence. But it was hidden at the bottom of the page. The scares what you are up to. were bannered, but the public-spirited contributions were hidden This headline-reading fact is a well-known and well-used away! weapon inthe world of the truth perverters. WARNING FROM MINISTER TO OIL COMPANY was also a Good old granny HERALD, in far-away Auckland, is a faithful ray of light, but not a very self-explanatory missile. The headline disciple of New York's Ogilvy and Mather. Just look at how THE writer must either have beenlazy on this particular day, or else he NEW ZEALAND HERALD handled the build-up to the fuel crisis just didn't want to pass on any information. in January 1974 for your proof — and remember that 85% of the Better hope came in the 1 column headlines. TALK OF OIL — NEW ZEALAND HERALD'S readers, representing about 500,000 BUT FOR THE FUTURE; "COMPANIES MUST BEAR SHARE OF New Zealanders, gleaned their information about the fuel crisis COST", READY FOR FUEL CUTS, CABINET ORDERS CUT IN from Granny's mind manipulations. TRAVEL, FARMERS GIVEN FUEL PLEDGE. These provided the HEADLINES BANNERED ACROSS THE FRONT PAGE: news likely to stop a panic — a panic that could cause the USE LESS PETROL OR ELSE . . . necessity for rationing. Who decided they receive no pro PETROL PRICES UP TODAY minence, but just barely get mention? MAIN HEADLINES OF THE DAY: If you wanted real information, however, you needed to go PETROL PRICES MAY RISE BEYOND 60c A GALLON past the perversions of the front page. If you had gone a-digging FIRMS MUST SWITCH OFF LIGHTING FROM TODAY you would have found: OIL PRICE SPIRAL.MAY BE COMING TO FUEL OUTLOOK CLEARER NEXT WEEK AN END (page 3, January 28), OIL CAPITALS ON ITINERARY OF SAVE POWER NOW OR NZ FACES WINTER CUTS NZ MISSION (page 3, January 28), NO CUTBACK* IN DOMESTIC There were 26 publishing days for THE NEW ZEALAND OIL (page 3, January 23), NO IMMEDIATE RISE IN PRICES (page HERALD in January, and on 6 of those days the fuel crisis was 10, January 25), CABINET DISCUSS OIL CRISIS (page 3, January the main news. All headlines used were straight from the book of 19), DESIGN FOR THIRD NATURAL GAS PLANT COMPLETED classic scares, bar the one that promised some possible hope — (page 3, January 18), PHYSICISTS STUDY SUN, WIND POWER M, § "Fuel Outlook Clearer Next Week." The situation became (page 14, January 12), MEAT DEAL MAY AID OIL SUPPLY (page clearer, sure enough, but the clarification didn't prove to be that 3, January 10), LIGHT BAN SEEMS TO BE WORKING (page 3, pleasant, Granny didn't break her scare record after all! January 10). Take a look at the other headlines on the front page this month It was a brighter picture inside the paper, but statistics show of January, and you will find very little of con fort anywhere. fewer and fewer people read further and further into the paper. 7 col. headline: And even on these pages, you 500,000 normal New Zealan GARAGE'S PETROL SALES DOWN 7.5p.c. ders would not have found headlines telling you how the crisis 6 col. headlines (hidden at the bottom of the front page): had been accentuated by decisions made by the previous PETROL RATIONING THE ABSOLUTE LAST RESORT SAYS National Government. PRIME MINISTER But you cannot accuse granny HERALD of bias. She will quite DEPT. WONDERS WHY TASMAN POWER TURNED OFF rightly prove that hidden away in some obscure corner, on some 4 col. headlines: obscure day of publication, there is something that will satisfy CARLESS, BOATLESS DAYS COMING everyone. It's just that granny is cunning. She knows how to KAPUNI GAS FOR MILLS? mould opinion, and in the fuel crisis you 500,000 readers have GOVT. DIESEL THREAT ANGERS FARMERS left your headline reading with the twisted .thoughts of the 3 col. headlines: HERALD subeditors. RATES FOR CARTAGE INCREASED No-one can say that this dedicated team goes without its GALLON TO COST 58c-62c rewards. Proudly in January, in the midst of the perverted head DRY DAYS "NO HELP" lines, granny announced that her former Wellington political cor counting cost respondent had been appointed Publicity Officer for the National 1 col. headlines: Party. TALK OF OIL — BUT FOR THE FUTURE And granny offers living proof that the National Party never "COMPANIES MUST BEAR SHARE OF COSTS need run short of good public relations men — granny operates a ISLANDS BADLY HIT BY OIL CUTS permanent training course. CITY DIMS AS FIRMS OBEY SIGN BAN The message, then, for NEW ZEALAND HERALD readers, is FARMERS GIVEN FUEL PLEDGE this: keep away from granny's perversions — pull off her first part READY FOR OIL CUTS and play around with her sports section at the back. It's a lot CABINET ORDERS CUT IN TRAVEL healthier.
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