University of Wollongong Research Online The Living Daylights Historical & Cultural Collections 1-15-1974 The Living Daylights 2(2) 15 January 1974 Richard Neville Editor Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/livingdaylights Recommended Citation Neville, Richard, (1974), The Living Daylights 2(2) 15 January 1974, Incorporated Newsagencies Company, Melbourne, vol.2 no.2, January 15 - 21, 28p. https://ro.uow.edu.au/livingdaylights/12 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: [email protected] The Living Daylights 2(2) 15 January 1974 Publisher Incorporated Newsagencies Company, Melbourne, vol.2 no.2, January 15 - 21, 28p This serial is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow.edu.au/livingdaylights/12 Rough riders and high kickers ........ THE GRAND OLE OPRY IN THE SKY The slowest typewriter in the east A colleague, who should have known better, advised us against sending some­ one to cover the floods. “They always subside,” he told us. That was ten days ago and as this is being written the waters Richard Beckett are still rising in northwest NSW and Queensland. Graeme Dunstan splashed about in the area and unloads his mind beats up opposite. A world beyond the ambit of estab­ the week’s news lished science is rapidly unfurling. On one side we have the spectacular displays of Uri Geller, who recently on TV astound­ oing the grand old duke ed the British public by bending spoons DOF YORK ACT: Defence minister and breaking watches with psychic Lance Barnard having failed during talks powers. In the USSR the government is with the United States to win the right supplying large grants for the general :j: to stop them pushing the world’s end study of PSI. But people arent waiting for button on our territory, told breathless the results, as evidenced by the large •: reporters in Washington that: “From queues outside the surgeries of Filipino •: my point of view it has been an faith healers (p.9). |: extremely successful visit.” But as a sop PICLJE Harry Gumboot's three week catatonic to Australia's timid sensibilities the silence was broken this week after he :• gracious Americans will allow us to post adventure, a willingness to accept federal Queensland government has heard of the minister for immigration’s a few sailors to their communications challenge, and a desire to contribute to granted a total of $113,269 for research recent posturings in Britain. Under the base at North West Cape. These sailors the development of a new country — into the crown of thorns starfish. The $:• delusion that his garret is atop Mount will apparently be employed building confirming that the present 13 million crown of thorns, which has so far eaten :•$ Olympus, Harry then gushes out his acid :• their own morse code bunkhouse within inhabitants of the place lack all these its way through about 400 miles of the fascist worldview. America’s Australian territory so they remarkable attributes. barrier reef, is believed to welcome the Living delights is taking the shape of > can send messages to our own non research as it is beginning to run out of an unbeatable reader service and should existent navy. To make him feel better reef to eat. offer inducement to all to get up and see > about the whole deal, Mr Barnard was HEY’LL JUST LOVE IT WHEN what’s showing around town. February j: allowed to meet America’s newest whizz TTHEY GET HERE: My Cyril the column goes to Adelaide and we hope :■ kid, Dr Henry Kissinger. However, he Charles Hillier, aged 66, of the Mel­ HOVE IT UP YOUR BUM, SHE $:j to cover other cities later. :• failed to obtain a signed autograph of bourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, was SSAID: Sticking to her role as the We were asked by readers in last ■: president Richard Nixon. bashed and robbed outside his local world’s most gracious woman, Britain’s week’s letters why we said nothing about hotel, after refusing to give them two princess Anne has declined to accept a Harry Hooton, Australia’s own post war bottles of beer he was carrying at the chestnut gelding from the Australian *•:; anarchist poet. So, Albie Thoms, who has USHING THEIR LUCK JUST A time. Police said the beer was valued at Stock Horse Society as a wedding gift. glowing memories of him, pays tribute PLITTLE TOO FAR: United States 88 cents. Instead she has told the society in a Si; (P. 13). congressman Craig Hosmer, who is a formal reply to give the bloody animal :|S Talking of readers, Leonard Amos, the 5 member of the American government’s to the Riding for the Disabled Society. :$j: bete noir of our letter pages has joint committee on atomic energy, flew t least we can do some­ Obviously the lovely girl would have”:-:-: reappeared and is in fine fettle, issuing •: into Sydney and told us that we should A thing RIGHT: The Geneva preferred a cheque under plain wrapper. dire threats to all anarchists. j become the world’s dumping ground for based international organisation for Congratulations offered to Mungo : nuclear waste because we have so much standardisation has made Australia the MacCallum, author of Nation review's : spare land. The nuclear waste congress- headquarters of a committee to deter­ reat acts of statesman- ijS SHIP (PART ONE): The South :W release last week of the “Vietnam • man Hosmer had in mind was pluton- mine clothing inflammability. However, G African team has withdrawn from the Papers”, the story of Whitlam’s foreign : ium which remains deadly and active for it is not true to say that migrants who affairs baptism over Nixon’s pre christmas : around a quarter of a million years. are seeking a challenge in the new world gliding championships in Aus- bombing of North Vietnam in 1972. All country will be asked to act as test tralia following a threat by the federal :*:j: in all it shows Whitlam in not unfavorable material in the forthcoming series of government to withdraw the $20,000 light and dispels criticism by the Left at eacting like true Aus­ pyjama fires. subsidy if they compete. the time that he was fiddling while Hanoi Rtra lia n s : Taking advantage of burned. : the small amount of rain that fell over : the east coast of Australia during the HEY’RE SAVING HER SALARY reat acts of statesman- M Our Sydney distributor, normally of SHIP (PART TWO): Prime minis- ■ past week or so, friendly farmers gave a BY SCREWING THE BLACKS: G gloomy and unhelpful demean, reported ter Gough Whitlam has ordered a ijijij: : helping hand to their stranded city MrT J. Stanley, a part aboriginal member our first issue of the new year broke all massive witch-hunt following publica- v$: sales records. “I told you this would ■ cousins by charging them up to $15 a of the federal government national : car for ferrying them over flooded rivers aboriginal consultative committee, has tion in Nation review of a few telegrams :*v happen when you put words on your sent to Washington during the early : and selling them milk at a mere 30 cents objected to the building of lean-tos with posters and not pictures,” he bragged. As power flushed days of his government. : per pint. Perhaps this profit will allow dirt floors on aboriginal reserves and newsagents refused to display the pretty As the telegrams concerned were some- : them to waive the flood relief money settlements in South Australia. The posters we have now reverted to the what critical of the United States, : offered to them by both state and structures, known as wiltjas, also lack gaudy haiku of oversell until further whom we have now grown to love, one \ federal governments. ceilings and walls. He claims, oddly notice. The' Melbourne distributor also can understand the poor man’s embar- boosted orders. Sydneysiders who feel enough, that it was impossible for rassment. this paper is too remote and inaccessible aboriginals to be assimilated into the will now have somewhere to go and bitch. E ALREADY KNEW THAT: Australian community if “their educa­ Stephen Wall, the perpetrator of Access W Australia’s minister for immigra­ tion for it includes homes with dirt here really is a depres- M and a portion of Living delights, has tion, A1 Grassby, announced in London floors”. Replying with some venom, a TSION ON THE WAY: The central M reluctantly agreed to act as copy host and that Australia did not offer intending spokesman for the South Australian industrial secretariat has accused the apologist for the paper. So if you would migrants “a free ride to paradise”. He Housing Trust said: “The basic housing minister for Labor, Mr Cameron, of >:*:• also warned them that they should not like to drop in words or art work or just means of tribal and semi tribal aborigin­ generating a fear complex in the :$:$ ask embarrassing questions, come to 18 attempt to run away from gloomy als are shelter from the sun, rain and community about unemployment. The Arthur street, Surry Hills any time be­ conditions in their own country. Warm­ water. Aboriginal people like to live in essence of the secretariat’s message tween 9 and 5 tuesdays to thursdays. ing to his inane theme, the good A1 then the dirt.” appears to be that if you dont believe It has been suggested we devote an said migrants would find Australians you are out of work you will auto- £& issue to Awareness — 101 ways to expand somewhat different “because we live in matically be in possession of a full pay your consciousness and all that.