(No. 18)Craccum-1972-046-018.Pdf
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
'ID' FINALLY COMING '1D', Instinctive Impulses Ltd.'s long planned national publication has finally come out of ks planning stages. Approval for publication of the first issue in early September was given by the Board of the Company in Wellington recently. The initiative started in Christchurch during a recent visit by David Cuthbert (President NZUSA) Following discussions between Cuth bert and Canterbury publications personnel, a proposal was presented to the Board of Instinctive Impulses Ltd. NZUSA publishing company. Fuither investigation of the viability of the Canterbury proposal was done leading to approval to go ahead by the Board on Tuesday 18 July. NATIONAL PARTY: NO VOTE FOR 18yr OLDS The President of the Auckland Teachers College, Robin Kora, 23, says the National Party reason ing in throwing out the remit on lowering the voting age at their Conference over the weekend is a load of crap1 . He says the 18 to 20 year old age group is probably the best informed in the country, that .age doesn't mean a thing. A large majority of voters don't know why they vote - they tend to follow their grandfathers. News media are so concentrated now that the young study and fi.lter out their own opinions. Therefce the young are the most politically informed on t h is p la n e t, and th e y 'd know more about N ational and Labour Party policies than their parents. Which is, nc doubt, the real reason the National Party Conference threw out the remit. ADMINISTRATIVE VICE PRESIDENT C h a n ...................... 1 3 9 7 M y a l l s .................... 211 N e w m a n ................. 7 5 7 V e r n e r .................... 3 0 6 WELFARE VICE PRESIDENT *(According to the Returning Office Lack withdrew before counting finished) L a c k ............................................. ............................... 1 * — H o p k i n s o n ............................ ..................................... 1 1 4 2 * “Unofficial” sources quote 1533. REFERENDUM ON VIETNAM MEDICAL AID Y e s .......................... .....................................................1 5 1 4 N o ..................................... ............................................ 1 0 8 4 RECOUNT RESULTS Russell Bartlett survived a recount to score a ■ clear win in the presidential elections. There were complaints that the first count had been poorly conducted, with insinuations that Bartlett may have made unjust gains, but the recount gave him 100 e x tra v o tes. The f in a l fig u re s a re : BARTLETT U+13 VOLKERLING 1039 ROTHERAM 384 Despite his gains Bartlett is still a minority president, and taking in the other two positions we have the anomaly of B artlett, Hopkinson & Newman WINNING w ith Lf0% of the poll, and Vo’lker- l i n g , Chan & Lack LOSING w ith A8%. The effect on the vote of cam;aigning is inter esting to note. Last minute attempts on the p a rt of B a r tle tt and Co. to thoroughly d is c re d it the Triumverate apparently succeeded in the Hostels. Bartlett arid his cohorts even went so far as to fabricate "facts" about S.R.C. in order to swing the h o s te l vote th e ir way, and according to th ir campaign sources, the more succeeded. That the Socialist candidate, Peter monolithic nature of aUSa , both in thie univers Rotherham, split Ngahuia Volkerling's vote is ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTIONS ity and in the community at large. The result of the election was confirmation of obvious from the vote cast for both Chan and voting trends throughout the year on S.G.M. Bartlett wi" probably prove no more effective Volkerling. This indicates very poor politi motions. Interested students obviously no long than Bill Spring or John Woodroffe in his term cal strategy in the Socialist camp. Faced with er wish to to le r a te incompetence and monodism of office. He lacks the grass-roots dedication a c e rta in d e fe a t, and knowing th a t g re a te r con in the Association Executive. Although Mrs. of his two predecessors, and his greater sensi cessio n s would be gained from the V olkerling Volkerling was not e le c te d , the e le c tio n was a tivity to criticism and complete lack of polit ticket than frero the unofficial Bartlett! h ^1 - - ‘ triumph for the triumverate because only the in ical acuity will distinguish him from them. the Socialists have suffered a greater de trusion of the Socialist candidate, Peter What he does promise, however, is perhaps bettor than ju s t an e le c to ra l one. Rotherham, in s p l i tt i n g the v ote, denied Nga- representation in the media, but then only as a service organisation. His running mates, Bartlett will now probably attempt to gai huia the Presidency. On a second ballot, majority hold on Executive, and such peop. Newman and Hopkinson, are non-descripts of the Volkerling would no doubt have collected the Brent McConachy, Richard Rowe, and Richarc great majority of Rotherham's, vote, thus first order, and we can expect nothing of the insuring a win for her, the triumverate, and creative or innovative from their administrat are almost certainly prospective candidates - the students as a whole. ion. Their candidacy has represented the naturally as independents. The Socialists were typically paranoid conservative backlash against planning to run a full ticket, but whether this Not since the time of Bill Rudman and Mike Law change and even greater stability for AUSA, and has eventuated will by now be history, as will has as impressive and strong team of candidates the childish antics so evident in their campaigi the future intentions of the Volkerling ticket. contested the Presidential election as the ing is indicative of the character of their next Volkerling/Lack/Chan triumverate; and sadly, The 1972 e le c tio n s have so fa r produced u n fo rt twelve months in office. perhaps, we may not see another like it for unate consequences - the underhand campaign of some years. This team promised a greater in The election reults indicate the realisation the Bartlett ticket, threats of physical viol ence to their opponents, gerrymandering, partic volvement of stu d en ts in the A ssociation than on the part of students that things need to be u la r ly in vote counting and the fa c e le s s , moron ever before, and deeper penetration into the done. The re tu rn of Chan and Lack w ith v a s t potentiality of Association than we have seen riddled Executive which appears to be forth majorities indicate support for a change in the coming. All this appears to be a misfortune for for some tim e. The w holesale re s ig n a tio n of style of representation AUSA has been accustom the Association as a whole. the triumverate will only serve to conserve the ed to in the past, and that the effectiveness ILL0LAHIA ARRESTED IN SYDNEY RESISTERS TO BE ARRESTED M.P. discusses libel law In a letter from Christchurch, OHMS member Marly Will lllolahia of the Polynesian Panther Party was Braithwaite writes: “ I have had a little bother with the police. arrested last Saturday in Sydney during the Aboriginal The Craccum-Cock-Earwig conspirators (Mclnnes, Clifton, Wheeler & Milne) had a two hour meeting with M.P. Jonathon They came to see me last Wednesday night. Mr Polizeman tried Rights March there. The organisers of the march had an to make me register fo r m ilita ry tra in in g b u t o f course I Hunt last week. The Security Service and the libel laws were the agreement with the police that if there were more than declined. Then he says “ I must caution you that anything you ( main topics discussed. One possible matter for political action is 1000 people on the march they would not be confined say will be taken down and used in evidence against you blah the liability of printers. The argument against this law is, firstly, blah blah etc.” I refused to make a statement for him but we to walking on the footpath, but could march on the that “ liability” in publishing is so poorly defined that printers made him a cup of cold coffee. By the time he had written down roadway. 4000 people turned up to march in support of are driven to an extremely conservative interpretation—so much all the formalities the coffee was stone cold but he drank it and aboriginal rights, but when they walked on the street, so that entirely “ legal” items may be unprintable because no left. All three of us Christchurch draft resisters are being the police charged into the crowd, arresting 16 of which printer will take the responsibility for them. Other key members summonsed within a month on a charge of failing to register. Will was one. He is charged with Offensive Behaviour of the printing trade (typesetters, photo-processors, paper Then after that jail term (non-payment of fines) they are going and Resisting Arrest and will appear on Tuesday 25th supplier etc) are left to themselves, but printers are required tc read, understand, and if necessary discriminate against some of to take us to military camp under polize escort. Basically I’m July. He has been allowed bail and is staying with fucking scared but I’m proud to be doing this whole thing.” friends. their clients* copy. Secondly, the law is out of step with technical developments in printing.