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SEMPER FLOREAT 1974 VaUME 4 4 / 3
news/magazine of the union queensland univeraty, st. lucia
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PAGE 2 THE RHINOCEROS
LISTENING IN THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION CHANNEL TEN EXPOSES
ITSELF
Zionist opponents of the recent AUS Middle F,ast Resolutions had
much to say privately of their position on the solution of the long
conflict between Israel and the ousted Palestinians, hundreds of
thousands of whom now live in refugee camps in Israel, the occupied
West Bank and Gaza, and surrounding Arab nations. Their stated
views: the necessity of a separate Palestinian state in Gaza and
the West Bank (in accord with the UN Partition resolutions of
Nov-ember, 1947). These areas have been oc-cupied by Israel since
1967.
That sucli a position is in line with Israeli state policy has
been open to ques-tion for quite some time; consider for example a
recent statement by Israeli Premier, Golda Meir: Israel rejects the
establishment of an additional separate Arab state west of the
Jordan.
Quote; Time, March 25, 1974.
west Australia, and is being restructured into a fully
Aboriginal controlled body.
Following the University performance the dancers will again
appear at the official opening of the Quecnsland Festival of the
Arts at Simpson's Road, Mt Cootha, on Sunday, Sth May at 2 p.m. The
location for the dancing at the University has not yet been
decided; however people should watch for posters and the next copy
of Semper for full details.
CHEAPER PETROL-NO QUESTIONS ASKED
MARIJUANA CAMPAIGN
On 7 March a Ms Karen Fearnley of The The centre island petrol
pump at the Daily Telegrap.i (Sydney) rang Arena to ask Blue and
White Cab depot at Eagle whether Macquarie students had yet taken
Terrace, North Quay, dispenses petrol at up the latest
self-indulgent prank of the a 4 cent per gallon discount, so we've
WASP campuses of the United States, heard. And it doesn't ask any
questions, 'streaking'. She was informed that no such If you don't
turn up during trading hours incidents had occurred at Macquarie
nor did (7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. it appear that
Macquarie students were ] p.m. on Saturdays), then try the'coiii
anxious to provide the bourgeois press pump where a 2 cent per
gallon discount with any free copy at tlie moment, thank is
available, you.
WIN -r.tqjzlne A two-phase marijuana campaign is
being organised by the Australian Union of Students.
Agreed to by students at the Annual Council of the Union held in
Canberra during Januar>', the campaign will initially focus on
information collection offences and penalties, police violence and
civil liberties-and information dis-semination. Posters comparing
penalties with those for other 'crimes', and 'what to do when
busted' posters will be distri-buted, as well as the findings on
police activity and tlic law.
A national conference has been pro-posed to unite activists and
plan tactics for legalisation. Anyone interested in receiving
niailouts on the campaign should write to 'AUernatc News Service',
97 Drummond Street, Cariton, Vic. 3053.
Source: Alternate News Service No 17 March 12, 1974
It was pointed out to her that, as far as can be ascertained,
the US craze appears to be confined to the comfortable white middle
class students. One doesn't read reports of Blacks, Indians,
Chicanos, or other oppressed minorities, engaging in mindless romps
au naturel - it might just be possible that they have more
im-portant tilings on their mind. With a final diatribe on the
bankruptcy of a press that has to manufacture clean, safe news, the
conversation was ended.
Some of Arena'.s comments made it into The Telegraph on March 8
under the heading 'Students refuse to streak yet'. An editor of
Tharunka, Tony Dolk was also quoted as accusing the press of
'trying to set us up'.
Prophetic words indeed. At about 1,30 p.m. on the same day the
Students' Council office received a phone call from Channel 10,
requesting that a notice be displayed advertising for a female
(what else?) student to do a streak for twenty bucks on the Chris
Kirby Show. Maybe next they'll pay out a few bucks for an
Aboriginal family to do an impersonation of poverty in Redfcrn.
^ Source: Arena, March 13, 1974
+ PRINTERS IGNORE STUDENT PRESS
United opposition to the printing of student newspapers has
reached an all-time high in 1974. Already 'Pelican' (W.A.) and
'Woroni' (A.N.U.) have had issues refused by their printers.
And the current newspaper shortage is providing an excuse for
those who are loo gutless to print material contrary to the
narrow-minded attitudes of their Boards of Directors. In Melbourne
a meeting of printers decided not to touch the student press,
although their money hunger has subsequently led them to accept
some papers (after indemnities
On Friday, 3rd May. University students relieving them of all
legal responsibility and staff will be able to see traditional have
been signed). Aboriginal dancing by a number of cultural groups
from the North Queensland Source: Alternate News Service No. 17
communitiesofWcipa.Arukun, Edward March 12, 1974 River, Lockhart
and Mornington Island.
The thirty-six dancers arc performing in Brisbane in association
with the Queens-land Festival of the Arts and will be spons-
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MONKEY BUSINESS PAGE 3
WHAT PRICE BANANAS NOW ? In the City Council elections in March
1973 the ALP won 30,000 more voles in Brisbane alone than Johannes
Bjeike-Petersen's Country Party won in the whole of Queensland in
1972.
Among the earliest moves of the Country Party-Liberal coalition
when it won power in Quecnsland in 1957 was to set in train a
redistribution of electoral boundaries. These culminated in the
1959 electoral redistribution, whicli combined a system of quota
weightage with manipuhilion of electoral boundaries so as to
heavily favour the Country Party. .
The 1969 State election .showed that it served its purpose well:
The ALP received 44.9% of the popular vote, but only 31 seats. In
contrast to this, the C.P.-Liberal coalition took 45 seats with a
44.6% vote.
1971 REDISTRIBUTION
Population changes required that a redistribution take place
before the 1972 election. The number of seats were increased to 82
and the State was divided into 4 zones; each with differ-ent
electoral quotas. The quotas in the two rural zones - those in
which the Country Party could anticipate polling well - were 60-70%
of the urban quota - thus, maximising the Country Party's returrl.s
on its fairly limited vote. Yet the worst feature of the
redistribution was the creation of a "Provincial Cities" zone,
covering those areas which have traditionally favoured Labor. The
largest of the electorates in this zone is double the quota for the
"Western and Far Northern Zone" and 5,500 votes more than the quota
for t he Country Party dominated "Country" zone. As a result a
large number of Labor (and, for that matter, Liberal Party) votes
are bottled up in a comparatively small number of elector-ates.
Electoral rigging in 1971 also took the form of fiddling the
boundaries to maximise the number of seats won by the non-Labor
Parties. For example, before the 1972 election 2,000 potential ALP
voters were moved out of the Yeronga electorate after Clem Jones
nominated as the ALP candidate,
The effects of the redistribution were evidenced in the 1972
State election. The ALP won only 33 seats with its 46.7% vote; yet
the coalition, with its 42.2% vote, won a combined total of 47
seats.
But the zones were constructed with a double purpose: not only
do they help the coalition in power, they
also keep the Country Party as the senior member of the
coalition. The Country Party has five more pariia-mentary seats
than the Liberal Party, despite the fact that il won 2.2% less of
the popular vote.
So Queensland finds itself in (he unenviable position of being
governed by a party and a Premier that com-mand 20% of the popular
vote, whereas the largest single party in the .state, supported by
neariy 47% of the state's electorate is still well short of a
pariiamentary majority, and trails the combined Country
Party-Liberal re-presentation by 14 seats.
The Australian Government's pro-posed referendum to ensure
equality of size for all electorates in Australia is therefore of
special significance to Queenslanders. Clearly wc cannot rely on
the goodwill of the Country Party to achieve electoral justice.
Their attitude is well expressed by leading backbencher, Russell
Hinze: "If you don't gerrymander boimdaries, sorne-body'd get under
your neck and do it for you." As against this, the Prime Minister,
Mr. Whitlam has correctly summarised the import of the proposed
constitutional amendment:
// goes beyond party poUcics to elementary rules of right and
justice. WE SEEK AN END TO ALL GERRYMANDERS, BY ANY PARTY, BY AfX
POLITfCfANS, FOR ALL TIME. It is a proposal which deserves the
support of all thinking voters.
Source: University of Queen.sland Labour Club Leaflet (March,
1974).
THE 20% PREMIER - BJELKE PETERSON
'Shocker' I WOULD Uke to adj my
piece to the speech made by Mr Whitlam, reported in your paper
on. March 4,
In Queensl'and the- gerrj'-mander is a shocker. Tlie fol-lowinif
figures taken from the 1972 Queensland Slate election are
authentic: the percentage of voters who voted for the respective
parties and the number of .seals received by each party were H)
A.L.P.. 48 per cent and 33 seats; (2) Liberal Party, 22.2 per ceut
and 21 seats; (3) Country Party, 20 per cent and 2C seats.
Theii- ni;uri>.s sl.ow a defi-nite ei'rrymander as evidence!
by llie next juicy piece of In-formation. The liirywl elector-ate
i.s Pine Rivers where 18,400 people weiiL lo the iioll.s. Tiie
A.L.P. won wilh a vote o< 8500. The smallest electonilc i.s
Gregory, right in the heart of the country area. The Country Parly
won with a vote of :U19 - Ihat particular member j.s in tlie
Cabinet.
The neighboring electorate to Gregory is Ml Lsa, with 13.n3
voters, which the A.L.P. ^•on.
But, wait; more is to come, The distribution of portfolios in
the Cabinet is .seven Coun-try Parly and six LilM r̂al Parly. The
Country Parly ha.s the major portfolios of edu-cation, primary
industries, Alwriginal affairs (imiwrlant in Queensland), .local
gv>vern-inenl, mines and main roads, and, of course, the Premier
himself. TJie only other im-portant portfolio is Treasurer which
was obviously offered to the Liberals on appeasement.
So. in fact, we poor suffer-ing QucensljinUcrs are being ruled
by a parly supported by 20 per cent of the population.
I urge all Au-strallatis — whether they l)0 well in-formed,
neutral, or indifferent — to support wholeheartedly Mr Wlittlam's
recommenda-tions on the forthcomitifT referendums and thus .stop
this stupid nonsense going on, pul things on a even keel, and get
back to decent demo-cracy
W, P. MULES Taringa. Qld
Letters lo the Editor / Australian / March 20 1974.
catch at number 22 INNOVATIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL THREATENED BY
COUNCIL ACTION
The Brisbane Cily Council has informed the Orwell Secondary
School thai its request for planning permission to use a
residential dwelling at 22 Lambert Rd., Indooroopilly as an
innovative and community-orientated .secondary school has been
denied. In effect, the Couijcil is telling the School that it
cannot continue to occupy the building in which^t has conducted
classes for more than a month. The Council has notified the School
that it is contrary to Council policy to allow "the use of a
dwelling house for other than specific purposes". The School,
however, has not been told just what "specific purposes" are
allowable under Council policy.
Since February, 1973 a group of approximately eighteen adults,
with experience at all levels of education in a wide variety of
contexts, have met fortnightly to develop the educational
foundations and locate a suitable site for a community-orientated
and in-novative secondary school. The students and fully-qualified
head teacher have worked closely together during the past month to
create an educational and social environment that would be
stimulating and con-ducive to learning. If the Brisbane City
Council does not reconsider its present position, or if the School
is not successful in winning an appeal in the courts, then the
enthusiastic work that has gone into planning and operating the
School will have been to no avail.
At present, the Orwell Secondary School is the only secondary
school in Brisbane with the avowed aim of im-plementing the
guidlines of the Com-
monwealth Government's Australian Schools Commission report.
They are attempting to put into practice tliosc educational and
soc-ial objectives that the Commonwealth Government has considered
to be essential to Australian education today.
Although the Council has raised no specific objection to the
suitability of the house in Lambert Road us a school, it has
further informed the School that a change of use "would result in
an unsatisfactory form of development". It should be noted,
however, that the School is locateo in a "B-zoned" area, and is
bounded on one side by a supermarket, and on another side by a
block of flats. It is more than difficult for the twenty-six
students, their parents, and head teacher, Mr. John Radecki (BSc,
DipEd), to understand why a small innovative educational
institution in the area is anything other than a most
•» v«
desirable form of (leveiopment in IBrisbanc. The School believes
that, given Ihe opporluiiity, it will demon-strate thai it has a
vital role to phiy in tlie community. The School wishes it be
understood tliat it is far loo early tor it lo consider a permanent
loca-tion. All it desires right now is to be given ample
opporiunily lo assess the success of its innovative programmes.
Children arc coming lo the scliool in Indooroopilly daily from
as far as Deagan, Slacks Creek, and Aspley. These, and the rest of
the young people at the School, are determined to do everything
possible to preserve the school in which Dicy liave found learning
to be a joyful and exciting experience. Source: Orwell Secondary
School Press Rclea.ic 14/.V1974.
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PAGE 4 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
THE IMPLICATIONS OF A US BASE WHY FOREIGN BASES IN
AUST-RALIA?
"Aslies to ashes, dust to dust, Tltat's tlic way tltc West was
won."
- One Tin Soldier.
American military bases in Australia are the result of our
alliance with the United States, which was fornlally established
with the ANZUS treaty in 1951. The suggested purpose of this pact
is to provide Australia with American nuclear protection in the
event of external attack. In return for this so-called nuclear
guarantee, Aus-tralian territory has become an integral part of the
United States nuclear weapons system. To mention only two examples,
we now have in Australia the North West Cape base (possibly the
most important naval communication station outside the United
States) and the Pine Gap installation (one of the most advanced
military space facilities in the world).
ATrrruDE OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR GOVERNMENT 1. According to its
official platform (1973), the Australian Labor Party is "opposed to
the existence of foreign-owned, -controlled, -operated bases and
facilities in Australian territory". How-ever, the Labor
Government, rather than implementing this policy, appears
determined to establish yet another facility with serious military
implica-tion - OMEGA. 2. The Australian Government has stated that
it wants to renegotiate the terms governing existing bases but has
said very Httle about the changes that are envisaged. Increasing
the number of Australians manning the various facilities will in no
way alter the purpose or function of these bases. As for providing
Australia with a veto on all major decisions relating to the use of
these bases, it is clear that no superpower will ever allow one of
its minor allies to dictate policy on major issues of defence. In
other words, joint operation is meaningless and joint control
impossible.
WHY BASES MUST BE REMOVED
1. Foreign military bases enmesh Australia in the global
military-industrial complex which diverts valuable resources away
from areas of critical human need, and reinforces the primacy of
force and profit in the ordering of society. These bases repre-sent
a major barrier to any vision of an alternative society based on
justice for all and development for the human personality. 2. A
society which believes in the effectiveness of the use or the
threat-ened use of nuclear weapons renounces all the basic human
and Christian values that are worth defending, and, thereby,
undermines its moral right to self-defence. 3'. The presence of
foreign bases in Australia makes it possible for us to contribute
to a nuclear holocaust which could reduce the entire worid to
ashes. The Second Vatican Council has described any act of war
which con-tributes to such a holocaust as "a crime against God and
man hiniselP' which "merits unequivocal and un-hesitating
condemnation". 4. Because of our dkect involvement in American
nuclear strategy we risk being entangled in a war which is not
of our choosing. Our tragic role in the Vietnam war has already
shown uow difficult it is for us to dissociate our-selves from the
wars of our 'great and powerful ally'. The great danger is that we
may become party to a war which is unjust in the means it uses or
in the ends it pursues. In other words, by allowing foreign bases
to be stationed on our soil, we abdicate our moral responsibility.
5. The continued presence of US bases in Australia makes nonsense
of our government's pledges: (a) to foster open government; (b) to
oppose nuclear t«sts; (c) to support disarma-ment and arms control;
(d) to promote peace and neutrality in South-east Asia and the
Indian Ocean. 6. Given the general consensus that no threat is
likely to confront Australia in the next ten or fifteen years, this
is the right time for us (a) to abandon the mistaken policies of
the past; (b) to reassess our concern for social justice; (c) to
renew our commitment to peace. What is urgently called for is a
conscious decision to remove all foreign bases from Australian
soil. If v/e fail to act now we shall have faileii in our duty for
peace and justice.
Source: Pax Chcisti (Australiâ leaflet March, 1973.
ON THE WAY WEST : THE LONG MARCH TO THE CAPE
During the Middle East War of October, 1973, President Nixon
ordered a world-wide alert of all US forces. Among the
installations activated was the North West Cape Naval
Communications Base, a key link in the US's globe-spanning
communications network.
Located on the West Australian coast, between Carnarvon and Port
Hedland, "The North West Cape is said to be the most important US
Naval Base outside the US itself...The Cape's purpose is to enable
submerged submarines to be able to accurately fix their position
position so as to be able to aim their missiles more
accurately...Because of its accuracy-fixing ability the base would
be a first strike target for a Russian or Chinese offensive attack.
(Foreign Military Bases in Australia, Dossier No. 1,1973).
The October alert at the Cape was completely without Australian
advice or consent, thus illustrating American contempt for
Australian security. Because US bases m Australia are a threat to
Australian Security, the CAMPAIGN AGAINST FC)RE1GN MILITARY BASES,
supported by AUS, have planned "the long march" to protest about
the presence of US military bases in Australia.
The Long March, a cavalcade jf cars, trucks, buses, etc., will
leave most capital cities on May 4, for the Cape. Attempts to
mobilize the citizenry of towns and cities en route, will be made
through leafleting, street theatre, etc. The cuUnination of the
Long March will be Sunday, May 19, when a protest meeting will be
held at the Cape itself.
AUS's International Research Officer, Peter Galvin is now
working virtually full-time on the organization of the Long March.
On April4, he will be in Brisbane (and will speak on campus) to
discuss Queensland participation in both the Long March and the
broader campaign against US bases.
John Harrison
North-Wesi
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TOKAI STUDENTS On Thursday (March 2Ist), Queensland
University was visited by thirty-two Oceano-graphy students from
Japan's Tokai Univer-sity, Tokyo. The students, conspicuous by
their well groomed appearance and immacu-late blue coats, comprised
one half of a dele-gation currently touring the east coast of
AustraUa aboard the Tokai University owned research vessel 'Bosei
Maru'. Their voyage is jointly one of research, training and
good-will in the hope of initiating a type of 'learning exchange'
between Australia and Japan.
The Oceanography students were ac-companied by thiety-one sea
cadets in training and fifteen lecturers. Both the sea cadets, who
are students in Nautical En-gineering and the Oceanography students
represented two of seven departments in the Faculty of Marine
Science and Technology. They have been combining their knowledge
aboard the research vessel in order to acquire some experience in
their approp-riate fields.
Universities in Japan are financed and administered very
differently than Austral-ian institutions, being organized along
National, State, Local and Prefectoral levels. The National
Universities are largely subsidized by the government, while the
latter types are more highly rated and are financed privately at
varying costs to the student's family. A course in Medicine at the
most highly rated of private universities could cost as much as 10
miUion yen ($25,000 A) , while courses at less exclus-ive
universities are progressively less in cost, the least tuition fees
being for National universities. All entrants to university
must
also sit for extensive entrance examinations, for which a large
percentage do not qualify; All graduate, however, are guaranteed
positions on completion of their courses, their potential employers
being largely deter-mined by which university they had
attended.
On the more topical social issues, women's liberation does not
appear to be taken very seriously in Japan. Mr S, Yama-guchi,
journalist and photographer for tlie delegation sees women as still
basically suppressed in Japan, taking lesser roles to the men. He
did imply however, that this traditional role was slowly changing,
wilh progressively more women attending uni-versity (at present
counting for only 20% of the total). Further, Mr Yamaguchi
expressed a keen awareness on the part of the Japanese of the
unfair and discrim-inatory immigration policies held by the
AustraUan government towards Japanese immigration to this country.
He said 'Australians want Japanese tape recorders, stereos and
bicycles, but'not Japanese brains'
Mr A Tsuchiya, lecturer m Underwater Acoustics described the
problem as a misunderstanding and lack of communic-ation at the
government level rather than the personal level. Of tlie present
Federal Government, Mr Tsuchiya said 'Gougli good - not very good,
but better than other government.' He went on lo say that the
Japanese people were pleased that the present government is showing
more interest in restoring relations between the South-East Asian
countries.
Of Australians in general, Mr Tsuchiya
said, 'very kindly and friendly and spread-ing mind'.
Or is ours a case of more theory than practise?
We reluctantly parted company with the traditional bow, a
handshake and the wannest wish Ihat we could one day be neiglibours
in a much more real sense • than the presently existing
situation.
T.S. Journalism 1 Student.
(With thanks to Chris Elliot and Greg Pringle (Japanese 111) for
their assist-ance in translating the dialogue for this
interview.)
COMING EVENTS-ART
MI. J.Golding, an aulhotity on Cubism and the aullior of several
books on the subject will give the Power Bequest lecture at 8 pm on
Tuesday, 9di April, in tlic Abel Smith Lecture Theatre. Adiiii.wion
is free and open to tlic general public.
During May a selection of paintincs from tlic-Darnell Collection
will be on display at the National Gallery, Bowen Hills, ['or the
uninitiated, the Darnell Collection comprises works bouglit
by.givcn to or on loan to Uie University. Throughout tlic year,
selected works arc on display in the gallery, first floor, above
the main entrance to ihc Fotgan-Smith building.
THE DAPHNE HELLMAN TRIO Harp, Guitar and Bas.s
"Stuns audience - like sUnliglit after shadow, she swings into
solid rhythm commonly associated with jazz piano (more) than the
ethereal instru-ment....Daphne Hcllman first stuns the audience
with the shock of the unexpected."
-ESQUIRE.
Lunchtime concert -1.00 - 2.00 -Schonell Theatre, Wednesday,
April 10th. 50c.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT CONCERTS PROGRAMME: FIRST SEMESTER LUNCH-TIME
CONCERTS VENUE: ABEL SMITH LECTURE THEATRE TIME: 1.10PM,
WEDNESDAYS.
April 10 John Davies (piano) 17 Jubilate Singer] 24 Pamela Page
(piano)
WALTZING MATILDA: AROUND 19TH-201H APRIL. 1974 - UNIVERSITV.
"An historical look at Orstralia" by f^e Grin and Tonic Amateur
Theatrical Troupe and Circus"
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PAGE 6 LIVING WITH WINE len sorbello
THE ROTHBURY ESTATE A NEW CONCEIT
The Kothhury Estate winery issit-u;itcd in the llunlcr Valley,
New .Sooth Wales near C'essnock and is quite a spectacular modern
building. The build-ing which is nearly 60 feet high in parts
contains the Great Cask Hall that seals 200 peopli; for a banquet
and enables a tasting for 400.
Rothbury, which was the brainchild of Murray TyrrcU (a Hunter
Valley vig-nernon) and Len Kvans (Australia's fore-most wine
authority), revolves around the concept of a single estate, i.e.,
the Rothbury group grows its own grapes and makes its own.wine. Al
no time will its wine be blended with those of other areas.
The Estate sells only four wines - the best red and while il can
make is sold as THE ROTHBURY ESTATE' in a bottle with a distinctive
red or yellow lead cap-sule and an equally dislinclivc label
de-picting a painting by lî cd Williams.
Wines which don't meet the standard set for the 'ESTATE' wines
are bottled under the 'BRICKMAN' label. This label, loo, has high
standards and any wine which is not considered good enough is
disposed of elsewhere.
The marketing concepi of Rothbury is also unique. The Estate
sells direct to the customers. It docs not sell retail or through
agents in each Slate. It sells either at the winery or through a
personal mail order system.
REVIEW-THE 1973 ROTHBURY ESTATE WHITE THE 1972 ROTHBURY ESTATE
RED
These wines are without doubt two of the finest wines available
at the present lime.
Looking firstly al the White - this wine was made entirely from
Semillon grapes and was bottled in late August, 1973. Whal
impressed me most about the wine was its delicate rich flavour.
Normally I like my Hunter whites with some 4-6 years bottle age
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accompaniment). However, this wine, provides ideal drinking now
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1972 Rothbury Estate Red-S22.00 a dozen.
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MUSIC THE FIRES OF LONDON Peter M. Davies, Director MUSICA
VIVA
The Fires of London, directed by the English modern composer,
Peter Maxwell Davies, arc an extraordinary instrumental
combination, and they play music to match. Certainly for those who
like music of little consequence, or are attracted to
schizophrenia, their programme last Tues-day niglit provided a good
deal of enjoy-ment.
In the firsl half, the audience was treated to Davies'
arrangements of Purcell's 'Fan-tasia Upon a Ground' {with a shrill
fott-i.ssimo picolio purporting to suggest the 'brilliance of a
Baroque chamber organ', while a xylophone rendered the ground bass)
and two of his Pavancs (instruments including a honky-tonk piano)
done in early 20th century idiom.
This was followed by a further Davies' arrangement, this time of
Bach's 'Prelude and. Fugue in C-sharp minor' with parts being taken
by viola, cello, flute, clarinet, xylophone and harpsichord. The
best that can be said of this work is that it did Bach a great
disservice. I wait for the time when pseudo composers finally lose
their adolescent attraction to the great master.
Charles Ives' Theatre Orchestra Set* and 'Three Songs' were
performed more or less as written, and provided interesting mood
and emotion studies, and little else was attempted. Mary Thomas,
soprano, sang in the latter work, and one wonders if her voice has
not been overtaxed by the 'avant-garde' music she performs, for her
projection in the middle and lower regis-ters was almost
non-existent even towards the front of Maync HaU, a building in
which sound carries very well.
The second half was devoted to nuisic of a considerably more
serious nature, Schoenberg's 'Pierrot Lunaire', an a-tonal
'Sprechgesang' presentation of a schizoid's fantasies. Perhaps I
.should make one point qui^e clear. With music like this, one can
appreciate two separate factors - the music itself on one hand and
its performance on the other. The perform-ance of 'Pierrot Lunaire'
was stylistically superb, Mary Thomas being dressed in a clown's
costume, and acting out the part as well as singing. Her control of
the 'Sprechgesang' method was very impressive, and coupled with her
ability to move expressively, this amounted to a memorable
performance.
However, one cannot rationally say that this was memorable
music. And lest you think that 1 am now about to embark on a
subjective appraisal of 'avant-garde'
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disagrees with a composer's philosophy is irrelevant to an
aesthetic ap-praisal of his work and art. What one must do is
evaluate the purely aesthetic elements of the work, the technical
mastery (or lack of it) with which the composer projects (or fails
to project) his view of life. Accord-ingly I feel that 'Pierrot
Lunaire' gets a low grade - thougli ihe performance requires a
great technique, the music is dull and boring, and in no way
communicates the complex and varied emotions and visions of a man
in a fantasy world - from 'The Laundrymaid' to 'Decapitation', it
amazes me that Davies can say diat this work 'is one of the most
importanl foundations of 20th century musical experience'. Ayn
Rand:
"^The art of any given period or culture, is a faithful mirror
of that culture's philosophy. If you see dismembered monstrosities,
leering al you from today's esthetic mirrors - the aborted
creations of mediocrity, irrationality and pantc-you are seeing the
embodied.con-cretized reality of the philosophical premises that
dominate today's cuUure. Only in this sense, can those
manifestations be called 'art' - not by the intention or
accomplish-ment of their perpetrate..,, but only by grace of the
fact that even in usurping the field of art, one cannot escape from
its revelatary power." „ r> o
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QUIET DAYS IN CLICHY Henry Miller
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llie reputation of this film suggested it would be fine
pornography and an inspired 'art' film. Sadly il failed in both of
these aspects. The depth to be expected from a Henry Miller novel
wasn't forthcoming and the film technique was, I'm afraid, as
imaginative as that belonging to ncwsreels.
What was the stor>' of Clichy? I've searched very hard for it
and what'I've con-cluded is that it concerns two American writers
in Paris who conquer women at quite an unbelievable rate. Sound
exciting? Well, it's not, you'd do better reading Melbounie Truth
if you want tililation. With the ex-ception of a 15 year old French
girl. Colette, none of the actors had presence enough to be
memorable.
Tlie film is a couple of years old, is in black and white, and
was filmed largely in Paris. It is spoken in English and does
doubtless cater for the type of audience 1 found there, mostly
balding middle aged men wearing Horal shirts and sometimes
tatoos.
The film lacked any highpoint and from beginning to end just
didn't build at all.
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Dear Sir,
I had twelve bottles of whisky in my cellar and my wife told mc
to empty the contents of each bottle down the sink. I proceeded to
do as my wife desired and withdrew Ihc cork from Ihe first bottle,
poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass,
which I drank. I then drew the cork from the second boltle and did
likewise with the exception of one glass, whidi I drank. I then
drew the cork from the Ihird bottle, emptied Ihe good old booze
down the boltle except one glass which 1 devoured.
I pulled the cork from the fourth sink and poured the bottle
down the glass, then I drank some. I pulled the cork from the
fourth sink and poured the boltle down my neck, 1 pulled Ihc next
bottle out of my throat and poured the cork down the sink, all but
one sink which I drank.
I pulled the next cork from my throat, poured the sink down the
bottle and drank the cork.W hen I had emptied all of them, I
steadied the house with one hand and counted Ihe bottles, which
were 24.1 also'counted them when they came around again and I had
74, and as the liouse came around again I counted them and Unally I
had the house bottled and counted.
1 proceeded to wash the bottles but could not get the brusli in
the bottles so turned Ihem inside out and washed ihcm wilh water,
and went upsiairs and told my other half whal I did, and Oil BOY,
I've got the wifcsl little nice in the whole world.
Ron Werner NSW Instilute of Technology.
Dear Sir,
I was most disappointed to read the article entitled "Dad's
Army" which appeared in the "Listening In" column of the last
edition.
I last attended the University some four years ago and in tho.se
days "Semper I'loreat" served as a factual forum for articles of
general student interest. What a pity that in such a short time it
has degenerated to the extent that it should publi.sh such
ill-founded drivel as ihatwhich appeared in the article lo which I
refer.
Peter Murphy's political opinions arc his own concern, but he
can have no poss-ible evidence to support his charge that the I'l I
IC llghtcr-bombcrs, based at RAAl-Base Amberiey, were left to ihe
mercy of the ri.sing flood-waters during Uie Australia Day llood-s.
The truth of
the matter is that the flood-waters did not get closer than 200
yards to the fiiglit-linc, and thus no "engines had to be raced off
back lo the United States for maintenance" as he claimed.
In fact, if he knew anything about the Air Force, or simple
economics for that matter, he would know that the RAAF has its own
facilities for the overhaul and general maintenance of all engines
used in its aircraft.
However, his unsupported accussitions aside, after all ihcy
could be excused as examples of incompetent journalism; the thing I
found most objectionable about the article was his insinuation that
a Dad's Army sort of professionaUsm exists in the air force. Mr.
Peter Murphy, you can make as many disparaging state-ments as you
like about the air force's equipment, size and even Its structure
but you are certainly very obvioiisly just not qualillcd to comment
on the professionalism of the RAAl'.
Maybe some of the people who were plucked off roof-lops during
the recent floods; or the citizens of Ipswich who.sc floodklamaged
homes, bu.sincsses and streets were restored by air force
personnel; or even tlie relatives of the pilot who was killed when
his flood-relief helicopter crashed near the Queensland-New South
Wales border or the 10th January this year; maybe these people can
comment on air force professionah.sm but dear Mr. Peter Murphy you
certainly can not.
I feel your time would be better spent obtaining a little
profes.sionalism in your own field before you waste time accusing
others of a lack of it in tlicirs. '
Jim Toovcy, Surveying 1.
Ed. Note: Having received further infonnation a