ZISTENING THE OFFICIA.l ORGAN OF THE RETURNED SERVICES lEAGUE

AUGUST, 1973 REGISTER! D FOR

The Governor urges sub-branches to

keep ·membership up "League membership is selves had contributed

1,000 Clown on last year $3,500 to the appeal fund, and this is not good en- displaying a fine spiril ougb," the Governor, Sir The League had played Douglas Kendrew, said a very fine role ever when officially opening since the Great War and the 67th State Congress he hoped the role would of the R.S.L. at Anzac continue because the House on July 20. League was an important "I put it to you sub- body in Australia.

branch delegates," he "You can eXJ)ress your sai.d, "when you get back views very strongly and to your sub-branches see influence a lot of people that you impress on your including governments," members that if the he said. League's work is to go on "You can say what you the membership simply think on defence matters must be kept up. and that is one of your uThe .work cannot be main tasks.

done without adequate "You can demand the financial hacking. This is beat· equipment for the one of my main pointa. services and see that the "There is a place in the training facilities are of

League for widening the the heal strUcture. It is ea8ential "You can keep an eye on to do this, but remember: service condilions and membershiP. will only ·pay. 1tay up With a tremen-

~~You have your work among young people as well as your very com­mendable work for war veterans.'' "I have tremendous

fa ith in Australia:' Sir Douglas said, "because you of the League are a hard-core who can inO-

~fi~'ri. tr~ 1sou~~S:i'e:;; have a strong Australia which everyone respects. This is a duty never to be shirked by any member." The 20()..year-old link'

with Great Britain was to be regarded as sacred and never to be broken, Sir Douglas said. A vote of thanks to His

Excellency was moved by the Premier, Mr Tonkin, and supported by The Leader of the Opposition, Sir Charles Court.

TM Gowntm-, Sir Dougla8 Kendrtw, is •iunun here at Congress holding the pi<lqtu preunled to him by StoU Prellident Pearson.

dcsu. amount of efforl. · "You must try to bring

in young chaps - from Korea, Malaysia and Vi•tnam.

('~·· . - --~ "A friend to the last" Sir Douglas said the

work the League did was never really known be­cause it was largely done quietly and without fuss, yet efficiently.

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)resident re-elected Through his re-election

at Congress as State President Mr Percy Pear­son has entered his 9th full term Of office in succession.

He first took office in March 1965 on the resig­nation of Mr W. S. Loo-

VICE-i>lftSlDENTS Mr L. Phenna was re­

elected Senior Vice­President and Mr L. J. Turner Junior Vice­President.

TRUSTEES Messrs W. S. Lonnie, J .

R. Ewing anll K. Broadhurst were re-a)>­pointed League trustees.

COMMITTEEMEN The committeemen

chosen were Messrs M. C. Hall, R. R. Bell, W. T. G. Cloutman, M. Crewe, S. H. Johnson, J . A. Wag­land, C. Briggs, J . D. Balfe, E. C. Vickers, C. P. Fcrnie, A. E. Johnson, G. F. Stacey, F. Birnie, S. R. King, R. J . O'Bren, H. G. Holder, E. Dr.aper and Z. T. Kwiecinski.

Mr H. F. Holland was named as reserve.

REGIONAL POSTS "' Country Vice-Presi-

dents for the ensuing year were named as fol­lows: Slate & Nortb-Weot:Mr A. J. Spendlove. Northern: Mr M. Willialllll. Central Wheatbell: Rt.. Rev. Bi.ohop Deni.o Bryant.. Southern Wbeatbelt: Mr J. Marchesi. South-Weot: MrS. Crook. Great Southern: Mr F. Go mm. Goldlleldo: Mr F. Meyers.

STATE PRESIDENT'S REPORT

Concern· on: foreign policy: North Vietnam recognlt,ion

Sorne of t~e Com~onwealth 9overnment's actions in the field of foreign policy were to be v1ewed Wlth concern, State President Pearson said in his annual report to Congress this year. S~c~ actions in~l~ded the "totally ,Prematw;e" recognition of North Vietnam,

prec1p1tate recognition of the Peoples Republic of China and statements having an adverse effect on relations with the United States. He s'pok'e as follows:

The 58th annual oomme- Radio and Television sta· Bill Lonnie, has been Toodyay for a day's out-moration of the Gallipoli tiona for use by announo- very busy indeed. ing. landing was again fit- ers on duty if the station An Appeal Committee Commemorative ser­tingly observed in per- had not prepared any· under the chairmanship vices have been held in feet weath~r. Unfortu- th!ng it oor.sidered more of Sir Thomas Wardle the chapel by some assc>­nately, the slX-<Iay break su1table. . was formed and an ai>' ciations and books have over the Eas~ long We must oontm~e to peal for $100,000 been donated to the li· weekend p~mg An· seek the c;<H>perat10n . of launched on Oc~.c?ber I. brary in memory of de­zac Day d1d affect at· the med1a, otherw180 On Marcll 11 thiB,.vear - parted oomrades tenda nces .at both t~e young people will have n~ the home's 12th anniver- As an indicatidn of the Dawn Serv1ce and ma1n knowledge o_f wh~t the sary - Mr W. J . Hunt, quite outstanding work Parade, fewer wreaths oommemorat1on IS all M.B.E., a former State and leadership provided being . laid and fewer about. Presi?e~t, set a capsule by the Superintendent hemg m at tendance. "'?nta•.nm.g docum~nta of Major Owen Ho'l'es, However, the turnout of War Memorial h1stonc mterest m the supported by his unassu-

marclling personnel was We are grateful to the foundations of the ming wife Kath, the larger than expected, and outgoing Warden, Mr. Centre. State Executive unani-publ!c ~upport was very George Simpson, for his H~me resi~e':'ta. showed mously agreed to· a peti­gratlfymg. Two new as- very great interest in the their apprec~at1on by tion from residenta that sociations marclled for affairs· of the Memorial oontributing $3,500 to- the new centre he called the first time. and for the dignity with wards the project. the "Howes Wing." . The Schoolchildren's which he always carried Most sui>-branches and An appeal for the voter-Service previously out his duties. Possibly many unit aasociations ans' annexe at Geraldton conducted in King's Park his highest moment in have identified them- is proceeding with $7 /XX) ~t the State War Mem.or- office was to be in at- selves with t~e. appeal already in hand. It is 1al on the day precedmg tendance during the visit and one 8.880C1at1on has hoped to be able to make Anzac Day was no~ held of Princess Margaret and und~ken to install a start early next year. as a result of the stx-<lay Lord Snowdon. machmery for occupa· Congratulations to Ger­holiday period. However, Mr. Simpson handed tional. t~erapy work. aid ton and those sul>­a Schools Broadcast over his duties to Mr S1gn1f1cant . among . the branches supporting the conducted by Channel 2 Frank Statham, .O.B.E., lal'gl!r donations was a project. on Thursday, April 26, E.D. Director of the gift' from the Guildford .. was relayed to all schools Commonwealth Depart- sui>-branch and oom­The W.A. Turf Club and ment of Works. munity of $14,000, being

the W.A. Trotting Asso- Tribute is due to Mr the proceeds of the sale ciation oonducted special Dou¥ Dargie for his oon- of a property, while the meetings on Anzac D~y • . tinumg work as ~is- War Widows Guild don­the proceeds of wh1ch tant Warden over m ne · ated $10.000. were paid into the Anzac years a nd to Mr. Bill Fit- We still need $6,000 to Day Trust. thardinge and his sui>- reach our targel

ThrOugh the Anzac Day wardens of Highgate To all who have given so Trust the League in 1972 sui>-hranch and the Thir- generously, to the W<>­benefited by· $13,000 tyniners' Association. men's Auxiliary who while the Aged Soldiers Thirteen ceremonies maintain the canteen, to Fund received $6,500. were held during the the Red Cross Society

Congress year. who provide occupational Anzac Day therapy and to the Cler· The traditional service Veterans Home gy who give spiritual

was held at the State Subsequent upon the oversight and guidance War Memorial and last Congress directing we\ oonvey our heartfelt buglers were posted at the State Executive - thanks. City intersections to and through it the War During the year many sound the " Last Post" Veterans' Home Board - sul>-brancheg and unit. and " Reveille". to proceed with the associations have. enter-

More poppies were sold establishment of a 40-bed tained residenta of the than 1n the previous Frail Aged Centre the home. Mf. Lawley sul>­year, with proceeds of hoard, under ·chairman branch tQok them to $3,498.00 as against $3,434.00 in 1971. Your State Executive

has again discuased the possibility of replacing the original poppy eml>­lem with a tear-off paper or plastic label, but it was decided to keep to the poppy.

R.S.L. Shop This shop is ooncjucted

for the benefit of all membera as well as providing a service to the public. Ita profita are di· rected to the War Veter­ans' Home. The goods it has to offer

are of first-class quality and oompare favourably with merchandise in any city store. For the year ended 31

December 1972 - a dif­ficult year - a profit of $2,927 was produced.

During the year Mr R. G. Moffatt was appointed to the shop hoard. He was formerly general manager of G. & R. Wills in Perth, and we are gra· teful for his assistance. The new ran~te of R.S.L.

ties is now available at the shop in a range of cioloun des'igned to match modem trendy suitings. Our thanks to Mr Alan

shop manager, anp staff for their courteous attention to clients. It is realised that more

publicity is required to bring out the real mean· Legacy and Miss ing of Remembrance Crawnlng Glory Day, particularly to our Congratulations to Mr young people. We sent a C. H. Evans on hia ai>' letter well in advance to pointment as president the major newspapers, of Legacy and to Mr J.

S uperintm&nt 0 . H<iWta 8ign.a U... V•leroni Honu's !UIO Vi.itor 'a Book during U... vUit by Congrualklegatu.,. Sunday, JvJy U. With him urelkle­gaus R. HaW. (SouJMrn .Crou) und R. Tunur (NOr!/w.m).

in addition to his Tordl- early next year your can· bearers duties has -also didate will already have been a very effective started working with

Our income is also affect­ed by falling member· ship.

member of our own State your support. Executive and is also on Our · operating coota the oommittee of the Finance have not stood still and, Australian ForteS Over- You should be aware by if we are going to .main· seas Fund. the communications tain our effectiveness,

Miss Crowning Glory is which have gone out sui>-branches and individ­now in ita 15th .Year and from Anzae House that ual members must look to both organisations have the financial situation i s and find a remedy for oome to rely on the pro- a matter . of grave oon· thia situation. ceeds from this appeal. cem to us. The rmancial state-1

Last year our &hare was While we are still en· menta have been $7,803. deavouring to make ~o published in 'the "Listen· It is a matter of deep with a·memberabip fee of mg Poet", and a supple­

personal regret that sui>- $4 a year most other or- mentary statement has branches did not in many ganiaationa have lifted been since sent oUt to ·cases keep faith with my their fees by. 50% or 60%. Sub-branches ~ enable

~~es~e·~~~c;~~·f;: u;,;,;uu;a;a;u:~i~.U~i;,; .. ~,;.; .. ~,;.; .. ~,~~~"~";"~'~'~n~;~;~n~i~o~li;o~o~ii~o~&WI~ War Veterans' Home n project be f inalised by ·Jnvilalion lo the end of December to · avoid interfering with RS L the effectiveness of the 1973 Miss Crowning Gl<>-

ry Quest, which closes :;. " next month. • Too few sul>-branches amt U Parlicipalion·

have lent their support, if and hitherto ~e can- le un l1111iloti<m to inemben a11d tamUieo didates have proVIded the to 1upport the R.S.L. Shop, whooe opera· major share of the pro- tiotl 11 eolel11 for the be!lefit ot the War ceeds. We must be active Vetera11'1 Home.

in 1974 or the future of ~~"".,~0~fl:u~!f'"a11'{,g~~~h'Je.s;;.~:.()f> the quest will be in jeo- ~ n -

pardy. We j ust cannot Th RSL Sh afford to be without it. e op Plan now so that when 570 HAY ST., PERTH

the 1974 Ml~ Crowning Phone 234883 Glory quest 1s announced · ..................... ;, ....................... ,AY

Whaiever your walk tn life: And what~er financial strv!te you n~, whether your account is large ur small, a oenulne w6fcome awaits you ot any of our '1umerous branches. The monaoer and staff will o~ be pleased to oulst you,

THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA LIMITED

And Its Wholly Owned Subsidiary

requesting they publish W. Kevan on his appoint-an appropriate story ment· as president of · drawing on articles in Torchbearers for Legacy, THE NATIONAL BANK their papers published at · and grate(ul thanb to the time of the Armi· Mr Bob Davis and Mr stice, but the result was John Balfe, past presi-diiappointing. denta Of Legacy and An intrOduction to the . . . Torchbearers respeetive-

tw<>-minute silence was St<Ju Eucuhw ?Mmbor W. Conllm' ('Witll ~..,..,. ly. prepared by the State plunie) repru mttd both tM &utA hrtA und City of A special word 'ot Preaident and. sent to all Perth. ~bmncku 41. Congru.t. thanks to John Balfe,who ,_ 2 -- THE USTINING I'OST, A"1"11• 1973

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SAVINGS BANK LIMITED K. N. MacDOUGALL. STATE MANAGER

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STATE PRESIDENT'S REPORT

an intelligent diacu.aeion fully, as doee the Good ment of this wonderful in Congresa. Neighbour Council and band of women who work

Aged Fund The Fund is currently

making grants to 96 vetr erana at an average root

· of'$1.000 .. month. We received $6,500 from

the Anrae Day Trust for this fund, for which we e.re very grateful. A grant of $3.000 has been made to the Frail Aged Centre.

Welfare

the Citirens Aid Bureau. so hard for the League The root of this work to and what it stands for.

the League in terma of Certificates of Appre­atalf aet aside and grants ciation from the League made was $26,e:l. were preaented to three Housing auxiliary branches which

had attained 50 years of The Housing sub-oom- aervice - Subiaoo, Bas­

mlttee (chairman Mr. sendean, and West Lee<I­Len Phenna) oontinues ervili&-Fioreat Park. its liaison with the War Certificates of Merit Service Homes division (highest honour awarded of the State Housing to non-members by Na­Commission. Availability tional Congress for outr of land and the ai,tuation standing service to the generally seem much betr Lea ) ted

This year we have seen ter than for some time. gue were preaen a oonsiderable increase in We thank Mr. Me- to Mrs E. P . Cottrill, the "!!listance given to K . 1 B.E.M., of Subiaco families "leas fortunate erwe, genera manaj{er branch, and Mrs Ethel than ourselves" and the ~ th~ .State Housmg Ames, M.B.E., J .P., of eommittee, under the jm'":"'on and particu- City of Perth branch. chairmanship of Mr :,. Y ~~au~ts::!~: SuchdedawardsN are reco

1 Com­

CrewP, has been very ao- • men to attona n­tive. Unfortunately, Mr (w~o · took. over tr;om Mr. gress by State Congress-

Phi! Herbhy dunng the es Crewe suffered a heart r;:arn.ll). and also Mr. Cotr ~ attack a few months ago ~ ' a~d one of our Vice- A .departmental change Presidents, Mr. Len currently taking place Turner, has been car- will transfer War Ser-rying out his d11tiee. vice Homes . ..ctivities

· Over aoo food . parcels f th s H ·

Noteworthy items of expenditure were: Hoepi­tals $3,352, Christmas Cheer $1,744, War Veter­ans' Home maintenance $126, War Memorial $200, Frail Aged Appeal $234. At the opening of their

congress I was presented with three further cheques: $820 for W.V.H. maintenance, $207 !or State War Memorial and $215 for the Frail Aged Appeal. The ladies visited 20

metropolitan C-class hos­pitals as well as Royal Perth;-Hollywood, Lem­noe and Claremont. Other auxiliaries provide the same service in country areas.

Auxiliaries have been main supporters in the Mias Crowning Glory quest and are represent­ed on the joint R.S.L.­Legacy oommittee. State executive mem·

hers of the Auxiliary provide a daily roster for

running the canteen at the Veterans' Home. On behalf of the League

a big "thank:you" !or all you women do !or us!

Membership The Membership com­

mittee under the active chairmanship of Mr Jack Wagland report a State membership figure drop in 1972 to 11,710 !rom the 1971 figure of 12,352 - a decline of 642. The oommittee meets

fortnightly. Its members have travelled through· out the State organising Group Conferences and assisting to re.organise sub-branches calling for assistance. The State Executive

endeavours to create in­terest by giving its Liai­son O!!icers and Country Vic&-Presidents Ui>'t<>­date administrative d&­tail and information on matters of State branch and national policy.

We e.re loelng many Great War veterans. by death, but unfortunately there is too much apathy on the part o! World War men and women, and those of the later wars. We need the support of all ex-senrice men and women, and I take the opportunity to seek the ro-operation of kindred and unit associations to invite all their eligible members to also become members of the League.

Unity is strength. The unit associa tion can never be big!(er than its unit strength; the service association can never be bigger than thst sen •icc, but all together in the R.S.L. - the short title for the organisation that in earlier years was known as the Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmens Imperial League of Austra1ia - we can represent a very size­able body of people and

Open a

so bring gr'\l&ter emphas­is in our representation to governments. So let us put our should·

er to the wheel! Go back to your sub-branches and challenge your member­ship to bring in at least one other member apiece before the end o! the year.

From ~his year we will be introducing a system of pennant awards for sub-branches increasing their previous year's membership by 15%. We have a club which

under present licensing laws allows us to cater for Associate Members. Here is your opportunity to extend the influence of the League.

Let me thank all who have worked so hard in this respect of our work. Let us a ll be sensit ive to

people with whom we come into contact so that we do not miss an op­portunity to welcome

have been made available ~!'m~on ta: theC::!~ to meet caaea of urgent monwealth Housing family. needs. Department and the divi­M&IIy · families ·have aion -w~11 be known as the

been evicted from their Defence Service Homes homes an~ -alternate · ao- Department. eommod&tton. ~ bee.n !(any extensions in eH­arranged, and ID this gibility for entitlement area.:we are thankful to have been· made in recent aenior Vlce-i'ftsident., months. Len Pbenna, who la ex- . . •

·aervicellien'a ·represent&' Hospital-VIsiting · tive.with the State H6ua- This ·task la eontinued

lng Comm~ion. .by a cleyoted: ·haDdful of The .:Leliue .wcrb ·in. · elder\y.ex,..mc, ·-people .

·Vflr1 cioee-llarmocy with: to--whom we. owe. 11 ....,.t the- 80Cial· wodien' ' et. ·deal of gratitude. . putmenta .. ~·pa~J& be»- . During· .the ·12 montlia

Town & Country 6~~ Savings Account at your

FdacJiy Society Chcmilt I .. pUala· and other. ln.atit.r.- ending ;JUDe •. 80th; . 19'13,

:tlona. . · · 892· 'riaits wennnade by Many British .. U-eel'-. . memberi·of·our Corps of

Yicemen who 'have only ·Hoopltal Viaitora to aid< been in · the COWttry a ex-service . men .and .w<>­abort wltile have run into men. troable and:· some. have ·Members of the Corps died. 'l'he ·~• ~ · are Miss H. G. Doyle and stood in with >elief on its .. Meears L. R. Alderman own &<llOUnt, and in R. T. Boyes; R. M: Cam~ many caeea has made hell, W. T .. Fitqimons, D .

. ·ad'f&lleeo<>n behalf of the. W. Kirk, E. C. Logan and British . Com~onwealth E. J . Okely. We ·deeply E>.-5ervlcea League. ·the regret the·deatb of Mr L. Royal Naval Benevolent J. He~berington last Trust. Fund; the . Royal !l'ovember. Air Fo""' Benevolent A:dd to these visits the Trust Fund, the Army work of the Women's Ben••vulent Trust ~nd Auxiliary in .this activity and the Far East Prison- and we have an Imposing er of War Fund. reeord.

)o!:uch time is spent in· We urgently need vestigating these cases volunteers from those for the organisations having just reached retir-concerned. . . ing age to take up this Great aaaiBtance ts rewarding work.

given by the Services W , ' I' Canteens Trust Fund, omen ~ .aux.• tary our representative on the Those pnvtleged to atr bo8rd being MroRoy Bell. tend th; opening o~. the The Community Wel- Womens Auxthary

fare Department, the conference on Monday, 9 Churdtes and various July, we~ .astound-? at Night Shelters co-operate the magnlftcent achtev&-

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VALUERS, BUSINESS BROKERS, LAND AND esTATE AGENTS, AUCTIONEERS

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.,fVd<e inY'fledote deposits .ard wiMawals at ooy branch

PERTH. 84 BEAUFORT STREET SUBIACO. 122 ROKEBY ROAD LEEDERVILLE. 148 OXFORD STREET CLAREMONT. 40 BAY VIEW TERRACE CANNING BRID~E. 906 CANNING H'WAY FREMANnE. 25 ADELAIDE STREET WILLAGEE. 86 ARCHIBALO STREET

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BUILDING SOCIETY HOUSE 297-305 MURRAY STREET. PERTH, W.A. 6000. TEL: 22 2066

An Authorised Trustee Investment­Group Assets exceed $1 00,000,000.

THE USTENING POST, Auguot, 1973 __ ,_ 3

STATE PRESIDENT'S REPORT another into the fellow­ship of the League, Only by so doing will we keep before the public our motto: "The Price of Lib­erty is Eternal Vigi­lan~."

- fouth Welfare The year 1972 proved

most progressive in the assistance rendered to youth in the metropolitan area.

ment Appeal Tribunal in that period. Some 616 interviews

have concerned pension enquiries - our thanks to Peter Ellis. We thank the Deputy

Commissioner of Repat­riation, Mr J. W. Rebson, M.B.E. and his staff for unliring advice and assi,... tance both at the William Street administration and repatriation hospital level.

Working StaH

with Floreat, by a narrow margin, winning the shield for the first time. M.T.T. as runnenrup car­ried off the Bill Holder Shield. The State President was

in attendance on grand­final night, 6th June and presented the shields respectively to John 0'­Sullivan of Floreal and Roger Meredith of M.T.T.

Building Societle1 National Executive meet.- . The League has eight inga in Canberra,

terminating Building A.F.O.F. and Misa Societies which were Crowning Glory- in all a formed to assist ex-ser- stimulating though som~ vicemen not eligible tor what tiring year. housing loans under the There were visits to present War Service eaeh of the three Services Homes Scheme. Training Eatablishmenta, Through theae societies where one ~not be

the League has been able · ol;her tiTan •!"Pressed to help many British ex- w1th the beanng and servicemen in addition to !"orale ~f young Austrai-Australians. '¥'o '.ill'~"::~ of State Anzac Houae Executive, past and pre-We are still no nearer to aent, I extend my gra-

an answer to th.is prob- tefullhanka for the time lem than we were a year and energy expended in ago. Tbe Government the aervice of others. The Girls Rhythmic

League (Perth branch) has been sponsored by the State Executive by granting it the use of the ballroom twice a week. The RS.L. Junior Band

rehearses in the ballroom each week. The City of Perth sub-branch has been very co-operative in the reduction of rent for accommodation in th~ basement.

The staff is made up of a hard-working, dedicat­ed band of people under the leadership of our State Secretary. There is a tendency on the part of State Executive Sub­Committees to initiate action and then leave much to the staff. A little more sharing of the burden will be helpful.

The State President also presented the Yellow Cab Cup (for best rifle shot). to the Mt. Hawthorn sports director , Lea Thorn. Mt. Hawthorn (144.25 points) beat F lo­reat.-City Beach (141.75) Only a few Sub-Branch-

will not remove the res- On behalf of the League trictive clause in the t itle of Western Australia I which we have found extend thanks to staff, something of an embal'- trusteea, police, Federal rassment, and certsinly and State Governments, we cannot now e nter into Perth City Council, Lot­any undertaking with a teries Commiasion, Anzac developer. Day Trust., the Churches,

Bunbury dekgate W. Pidnoorth at Coilgru1.

Defence es were represented this year and if it were not for the sterling efforts of a few stalwarts like Bob Charles, Bill Hood and the sports directors, the Archbishop Shield Games would become defunct.

There arc, however, Torchbearers for Legacy, current discussions to do State Women's Auxiliary with the rebuilding of (including thanks for the Anz.ac House with a supper to follow), Kin­semi - Commonwealth dred Associations Presa, Government inslrumen- Radio and Television, tality interested in the State Wardens of the ground floor and some War Memorial, the other spa""' Kinga · Park Board, the

On this subject the League had to aay:

Operation Stand-in, wherein we provide Stand-in Dads on "Father's Day" for the boys nt "Leeuwin" is on again. Special mention should be made of the Riverton sub-branch which last year enter­tained several boys in the family tradition.

A new scheme was in· augurated last year in that we hired buses, with the help of contributing sub-branches, and took the boys to Serpentine Dam for a barbecue lunch; and then went to Pinjarra, Mandurah, Kwinana and back to Anz.ac House for high tea prepared by the Stal~ Women's Auxiliary with a couple of hours' musical entertsinmenl before returning to Lccuwin. Many s ub-branches

throughout the State are actively supporting youth work, and greater em­phosis must be made on encouraging others to do so.

It is appreciated thRt some sub-branches do­nate books to school li­braries in memory of departed Ex-Servicemen of the district.

Repatriation The Repatriation sul>­

committee, under t he chairmanship of Mr Har ­ry Holder , M.B.E., con­tinues its work with energy.

From perusing lost year's Congress notes I notice that "forther representations have

Mr Jim Benyon has been engaged as accoun­tant and we wish him welcome and every success.

Bowl1 Contesh A party c • 16 players

from this State visited Brisbane last Christmas to compete for t he Jack Hamilton V.C. Interstate Bowls Trophy. As players are required

to pay accommodation and transport costa them­selves the selection of talent is restricted ac­cordingly, and thou~h our team did not ' bring home the bacon" they met with reasonable success and were consid· ered excellent ambaasa­dors for the R:s .L. in W.A.

Maurie Crewe has been elected Australian Na: tional President and Norm Fraser National Secretary of the Nat ional R.S.L. Bowls Council. This year's interstate

carnival will- be held in Perth and a very exten­sh•e itinerary has been arranged to eater for some 400 Eastern States visitors. Already 110 per­sons have booked nights from Sydney, 60 from South Australia and 30 from the A.C.T. The Maurie Crewe tro­

phy event will be held on 7th and 8th October to enable t he selection of t he State representative in the Jack Hamilton V .C. trophy event.

I t is up to all sub­branches to discuss the A.R.M.S. Games with their members and enter a team for the coming 1974 competition. One or more sub­

branches may join to­gether for the games competit ion. Sons of ex­servicemen are eligible, and it has been encourag­ing to see an increase of the younger generation taking part. It is the intention to

commence games nights punctually.

Anzac Club The Club has made

steady progress during the past year and fin -

The State Government sub-branches, their also, has aaid that should members and individuals we rebuild it would ser- who have aasisted in iously consider taking their work. office space. We have !ndicated that t~e build- NlnONAL NOTES mg could be des1gned to have the floor levels cor­responding with those of the Superannuation building next door to al­low for connecting dool'­ways. There are, however,

other possibilities to be examined.

State Executive During 1972 there were

ten Life • Membership awards, 28 Certi!icatca of Service, one Certificate

The 67th National Con­gress was held in Adel­aide from 30 October to 3 November 1972, with all States and Papua-New Guinea represented.

My thanks to State Ex­erutive representative L. J. Turner, ~"d the State Secretary, who accom­panied me. Among matters coming

under scrutiny at the conference the following items were regarded of grave importsnce: "FOREIGN OWNER­SHIP"

A preN releaee o~ our return to Perth read: Tbe Returned Services

League notes with deep concern that many mil­lions of acres, many mil­lions of dollars of real estate, and much of Aus­tralia's mineral and natu­ral resources are in the hands of foreign inter­ests, and declares that this situation is basically unsound and contrary to our long-term national interes._. The R.S.L. therefore:

been made to the Mini,... ter". A.R.M .S. Game1 During this year we Five sub-branch teams

have seen many changes - City of Perth, Mt. in the area of war-corn- Hawthorn, Floreat-City pensalion which are long Beach, M.T.T. and overdue, and many of the Gloucester Park - corn­entitlements for which peted foe the Archbishop we have been pressing Riley Memorial Shield. for years are currently Tbia competition was coming to fru ition. inaugurated in 1932 anll

At Congre., Mr N. Healy (Rivervah) "'""'"a vote of thanks to th• League auditors, Meura Fe/! and Starkey.

(I) Calls for action by Commonwealth an.! Statu Gover.nments to halt and reverse this trend in a way that will still be consistent with the obvious needs of an inflow of foreign capital to assist in Australia's development.

At Entitlement Appeal has since been competed Tribunal hearings in for annually. Until last Perth during the 12 year the following sub­months ended 30 June, branches had won the the R.S.L. War Compen- shield: Darling Range, aatlon Officer has been South Perth, Nollamara, responsible for the inv.,... Nedlands, Gloucester tlgation, {'reparation and Park, City of Perth and presentation of 261 ap- ML Hawthorn (winner peals. for three years running). Assistance was also This year Floreat.-City

given to some 178 ap- Beach and M.T.T. played peals bi!fore tbe ASaeSa- oU in the grand final ...... 4 -- TH1 USTINING POST, Aootvsf, 1973

ished with a profit of $8,468, which is very heartening. More ol"ganiaations are

now making uae of the facilities to conduct meetings and functions, which are catered for by the Club manager: It was a aad loaa when

Paddy McCiune was killed in an accident last year. He was well-known and well-liked by Club patrons. Our thanks to manager

Norm Fraaer and staff and to the Anzac: Houae and Club committee (Chairman Pat Fernie).

of Appreciation and &I (2) Aaks that all political a.wards for 50 years of parties declare in clear continuous service. and concise terms a firm As Stale President I policy on foreign owner-

hRve attended personally: ship prior to the fortb­• 38 sub-branches, some coming elections.

having been visited on (3) Directs the National more than one occasion. Executive of the R.S.L. to • Three Group Confel'- carry out a further inv.,... enoes, giving me direct tiJation into this matter contact with 49 addition- w1th a view to making al sub-branc\les, making more precise recommen­a total of 87, and in addi- dations to Government. lion. Tbe statement on policy • Made 143 official calls from the various political

including attendance at parties reached us before public functions. the elections, and action

Added to this were on this matter has al­mulit.fariou! committee ready received Govern­meetings, attendance at ment attention.

Self-aufliclency must increasingly be the prin­ciple determining Aus­tralia's foreign, defence and national. policies. This ahould include: (1) New and more vigo­rous diplomatic initia­tives in international pol­icies, especially in Aus­tralia's area of strategic interest, seeking joint solutions to social and economic problems and promoting the concept of International under­standing as the basis of enduring stability and peace. (2) Tbe encouragement of a spirit of oommunity involvement and concern for Australia's progress and well being, as the basis for a sound national philooophy. (3) Preparedneas, flexi­bility and rapid response as the basis of sound d~ fence planning. (4) An army made up" of a regular element of divi­sional strength, a citizen fon:e maintained at no leas than 85,000, and a National Service sclreme to provide re inforce­ments for both as a aati,... factory reserve. (5) A Navy and Air Force with emphasis on surveil­la nce ability, long range capacity, speed and strik­ing power. (6) A technical capacity increasingly able to meet the equipment needs of the three Services, a nd Australia's civil require­ments. (7) Sound and vigorous national policies on deve­lopment, immigration, decentralisation and edu­cation as the basis on which Australia can moet eftectively cope with the challenge a nd the pro­mise of tbe future. In t he light of more

recent developments the League has expressed concern at the withdra­wal of our troops from overacaa which already has affected the morale of the .>ervioes in certain respects.

Pay rises within the Services and other im­provements In conditions will &elp recruitment in limes of depressed econ­omic prosperity, but it will not be a substitute for the prospect o.f over­seas service and with it the opportunity to aee

something of countries outside our borders. Our repeated request

over many years for pa­trol '(easels on the west­ern aeaboard was again brought up at the last National Congress, and a resolution from one of the Eastern States called for a substantial naval fon:e, in conjunction with our allies, to be stationed in the Indian Ocean. Recent diacl08ures of

fishing-poaching give rise to the prospect of drug-smuggling and have caused a State Minister to express concern. Should the provision of

patrol vessels stretch the defence vote too far then the costs could be shared between Navy, Fisheries and Customs. Tbe prob­lem should not be in­surmountable.

Repatriation The R.S.L. will continue

to exert every pressure available to it to preserve the repatriation system for future generations of Australian ex-servicemen and women.

War Service Homn ; The League has gone on

pressing for a riae in the amount allowed by way of loan, and this has since been raised to $12,000. The Government has widened the scope of this facility to include aerving members of the Services, hence the change of name of the department as mentioned above.

Jubilee Fund The Jubilee Commemor­

ative Fund created in 1966 endorses in practical terms two im~rtant principles to wh1ch the R.S.L. is committed. Tbe first is that in any

intelligent and effective aeheme of national de­fence wise diplomacy is the moot easenlial ingre­dient, and that in this area of special interests to Australia it can best be interpreted in closer contacts between the people of the various countries in the area, the development of undel'­standing, the encourage­ment ot mutual aaai,... tsnce, and the pursuit of common interest& The second is the practi­

.cal interpretation or the first object, to perpetuate the close and friendly ties of friendablp created

STATE PRESIDENT'S REPORT by mutual aervlce in the wan of the British Commonwealth.

The establishment of t he Jubilee Fund is a re' cognition that this object can beat be honoured by providing some help where it Is desperately neoded among those men v.ho -have served in the armed forces of the Commonwealth and now need the usistance their former eomrades-in·anns can give.

A further $27,000 has been allocated for the 197Z-78 year for aasis­tance a nd scllolarships. This brings the total granta since t he inaugu· ration of . the fund to a lmost $194,000.

mission.s in the countries P,inea; the diaastrous eoncerned. events surrounding the ~be ·Amb~ors and visit of the Yugoslav

H1gh Comm1ss1oners from Prime Minister a nd the the eountries eoncerned ASJO episode are all resident In Canberra matters which must be of have been advised of the very real eoncern to the action taken and asked to average .Australian. aasisL As an over•simplifica· This assembly is expect. tion of a very complex

ed to follow the pattern problem it can be said of the 1966 eonference of that the world is divided yeteran.s' organisatio!"' into three strategical 1n the South-West Paof· groupings: ic, but In this wider p~ (1) The Western dem~ ject it is hoped to involve cracies veterans' organisations (2) Tb~ non-aligned na· from all over the world tions and including former enemy (3) The Communist na­eountries, having' in mind tions. that those who have had None of t hese groups contact with war will be are monolithic struc· the most likely to work tures. All of them determineilly for peace arc fragmented into for the aske of the future various factions, each

0vei'HCI5 Fund jteneration.s of mankind. with its own special in-Although we are not Perth will be the venue terest.s. Therefore, the

making further appeals for the next Nat ional broad division into three to the public or to mem· Congress which will be major groups can only be bers, the Overseas Fund held over the period 29 a very broadly-based as· is still in operation and is October to 2 November sessmcnt with limited being managed by a this year. application. small steering eommit- INTERIIInONAL Australia has tradition· tee, the chairman of ally been an established which is S ir Thomas NOm member or the free world Wardie. and our various pacts,

Very little is going out This is a period in Aus- agreements and treaties, of t he fund at present, tralia's contemporary have been based on this although we are aasisting history which can per · principle. with entertainment par· baps beat be described as Recent months have ties !or troops at Butter· one or "new initiatives". seen initiatives which. if worth, Manus Island, and For its part the R.S.L. continued, must lead us wherever troops are sta· has eonsistently advocat- into a position of non· tioned outside Australia. ed imaginative new ap- alignment lt is this pas­In recent months this has proaches in the field of sibility to which most extended to some remote foreign affairs. This phi· careful thoufbt must be areas in Australia. losophy has been ex· given by al those who The local eommittee press<ld in all R.S.L. De- are concerned for Austra·

meets aa necessary, while fence Papers in recent lia's future security and t he national committee is years. independence. meeting quarterly with Having said that one is It is t imely, then, for Service representatives obliged to examine care- the League to restate presenL fully the nature oC new t hose fundamental prin· The State commission- initiatives that are taken. ciples of foreign policy

ers of the fund are still· The initia tives the R.S.L. which up to the present accredited philanthropic would see aa desirable time have g iven Austra· representatives within would be t hose that, lia the basis Cor ita de­the Army, this arm of the firstly, clarified a nd fe nce planning. In the service having been de- strengthened established League's view, the fol· signated to represent and relationships of proven I owing principles arc cs­co-ordinate on behalf of value to Australia; and sential to present and the three Services. secondly, those that led future international ar-

to the development of rangementa: Public Relations new relationships m~ (1) Clarification, and in In an endeavour' to get t ivated by a community some r espects reaffirma·

across to the public a vi· of interest and of Sllch a lion, of agreements with tal message of what the nature th11.t they ' would the United States. League standa Cor _ its not endanger those alii· (2) The development, on a achievements and ita as- ances that are the real realistic basis which in· pi rations - a series of basis of our national eludes the overseas de­Cilma have been prepared security arrangements. ployment of Australian which may be loaned to These, then, could be Forces, of the Fiv~ Pow· sul>-branches or to out- regarded as basic princi· er arrangements with side organisations on pies on which the League Britain, Malaysia, Singa· requesL would see our foreign pore and New Zealand. Our a~peals for finan· policies developed. (3) The st rengthening

cial aaa1stance have met Concern must be ex- and greater ~ordination with negligible support, Pre:"ed at. some of the of existing de~encc ar· which is disappointing actiOnS whtch have been rangements wtth New when repeatedly within taken by the present Zealand. our ranka we hear the ~Government in develop- (4) ~operation with comment that we are ing a n independent for- neighbouring countries, misrep-esented so often. eign policy for Australia. initially based on social,

The precipitate ~i· economic and cultural World Veterans tion of the People's activities which may The League is planning Republic of China on eventually develop to t he

for 1975 when it is to conditions that were far point where they could hold a World Veterans less favourable than eonceivably have defence Assembly. those achieved by certain implications.

Invitations have been other nations; tbe totlllly (5) A policy of reaching extended to every major premat ure recognition of aceord with communist veterans' organisation in North Vietna m; public nations in the region, but the world whose address statements adversely reqlliring, aa pre-r cquis­is known to us, and ef· affect ing our relations ites, evidence of good forta are being made to with the Uni ted States; faith, t he cessat ion of obtain others. In all, let- decisions on the Uisposi· policies oC aggression and tera have been sent to 44 tion of Australian troops the withdrawal of troops organisations. abroad, which have from neighbouring The Department of caused concern to our states.

Foreign Affairs has been partners in the Five Cloaing Thoughh adviaed oC this action and Power arrangements and One cannot eome to t he aaked to follow it up misgivings with such close of another C<lngress through Australian Em· countries aa Indonesia, Y car without being bassies an,d High Com· Thailand and the Philip- mindful that aa Austral·

ian people we are in dan· ger of losing our direc­tion, if not our heri tage. Only this week it has

been reported that the Prime Minister haa undertaken to look at a proposal to do away with Anzac Day and in its place substitute a peace day.

If t he critics would only pause to watch and listen they would find that Anzac ,Day is in fact a Peace Day. lt all dependa on interpretation. If we ever eo me to t he

point or forgetting those who have died in the de­fence of their country we will have lost our soul aa a nation.

This would seem to be yet another a ttack on the establishment desie-ned to create uncertatnty, and indeed confusion, in the minda of the young.

Add to this agitation for a new flag and a new oath of allegiance and a new national a nthem: If we give way we will be like a ship without a rudder . Whether this pressure is

initiated within or with­out Australia is -tuird to determine, but let us be careful Jest having lost our sense of'direction we one day find ourselves "liberated."

Let it be said quite clearly that we in the League do not want a change of flag. The Prime Minister has said t here is to be no change.

We do not wish for a new oath of allegiance; thanka to pressures like our own, including the Loyal Societies and Local Gov~rnment authorities, this has been defeated. Australia needs a na·

tional song, but let us hold fast to our present National Anthem. Let us not be afraid of

the word patriotism, but rather let us take pride in our national heritage. The people of Australia would do well to heed t he content of the Governor· General's speech on Aus· t ralia Day of this year. Let us hold out the hand

of friendship to new friends, but let us hold on to our old ones . - the tested and the tried. As to you and I. as

members of the League in Western Australia, let us (I) Address ourselves to keeping t his organisation strong_ through an in t en· siCied membership drive. (2) Explore means of keeping interest alive through social activities a nd our involvement in community welfare. (S) Finalise our present Frail Aged projecL (4) Embrace as a further development an addition· al projo:ct on our three acres or land situated about a quarter of a mile from our present W.V.H. site. In short - busying our·

selves in the interests of those less fortunate than ourselves; at the same time watching and work· ing in the interests. of a better , nobler Australia, that by the grace or God can effectively take its place of leadership in the world eommunity which is evolving around us.

"Probate¥ department" blamed for delay

League t rustee J . R. department - the State final settlement of cs­Ewing, who is also Corn· Taxation Department. tales quite outside the missione r of State Taxa· If the delays eomplained seope of his department., tion, says he regrets that of in the motion are be- but is prepared to assist a prior eommitment lieved to be taking place where possible. prevented him f rom at- within his department, · • ~........~ tending Congress when Mr Ewinf suggests that Disco.l ••......­agenda item No. 61 was individua .mcm~><:rs Chryslcr Australia Ltd. discusaed. ed d 1 • a!'ywhen; havmg d.tf· has advised the League

lt eoncern e ays '" fu:~lty Wit~ death duttes that its programme for the

1,:'Probate Depart- wnte ~- htm personally providing Vietnam veter·

m~~ ~ing says there is for asststance. ans with a . substantial no such department as ~e ~ures th~m of diseount on tts products the Probate Department Immediate attentlo!' and has been terminated. and that the assessment what help he can giVe. The reason given for the of death duties Cor State Mr Ewing points out change was the withd.ra· purposes comes within that there a rc many fac. wal of the Australta n the jurisdiction of his tors causing delay 1n the Task Force.

There wao a fartwell gift at the ~ning of C<mgr .. s for Lady Kendrew a.. well a• for Hia Eueller.r!/. and hue Women'• A uriliary State Pr .. ident Mr• A. Rowe (le/1) ia Bhown presenting it. Th< gift W48 an arrangerrnmt of pr .. ervtd wild. flowers. Mrs John Tonkin is uen at right.

More clubs seen as a membership draw A proposal that eould visaged had already been

give rise to the creation embarked on in the East· of a plurality of ex-ser· ern States and especially vice d ubs in the met~ in Queensland, he said. politan area has been He thought a concret e endorsed in principle by proposition should be the State Executive. developed for submission At the July executive ~.:~branch r epresent&·

meeti~g, h~~embersJhip Mr H. G. Holder said a comm1ttee c .. a •rman . ack move in the dir~tion Wagland satd t he tdea suggested had already was probably the best been made at North thing to have c:_ome out of Perth. the Jun~ ~res1de~ts and The r ight sort of cooper· secretanes meetmg at ation should give League Anzac House. membership a good The proposal was for boost

encouraging combined · sub-branch social activity ..----------, in particular areas. he A Tip to Anzac said. For instance, it might pilgrims

be possible to arrange for

A tribute to Miss Grover The late Miss Elirobeth

.Gro•·cr, of the Returned Sisters' sub-branch, was one of this State's pi~ ncer nurses and had a very full and interesting career.

With the outbreak of war in 1914 she joined the Army Nursing Scr· vice, going O\'Crscns in 1915.

In England she nursed Australians from the Gallipoli campaign at the Harefield Mili tary Hospi· tal, and later brought some or the fi rst Anzacs back to Australia. She went overseas again

to Egypt and then Sal~ nica, al one stage work· ing in the prisoner-of· war hospital.

the use or existing club facilities at Claremont as the basis for one such operation.

She spent her last years lt is suggested by the happily in the Clifton

CommontVealth Foreign w f

Sul>-branches would be encouraged to merge their resources in groups of a convenient size, which would enable t he acquisit ion or entertain· men! facilities beyond the resources of a ny in· dividual sul>-branch. In support of Mr Wag­

land, Mr W. T. G. Clout­man said t he committee looked on the proposal aa a possible answer to the League's recruiting dif· Ciculties. • The sort of inter-sul>­

branch collaboration en·

Affairs Department in ing o the War Vetc~-Canberra that Australian ans Home, Mt. Lawl~)' tourists eontemplating and n;tamcd a k"!'n tn·

t ·I from Istanbul to ·terest tn R.S.L. acttvtltcs. rav~ . In 1971 she was awarded

Galhpolt; Cor Anzac Day the League's certificate ceremomes sho~ld carry for 50 years eontinuous out t~e followtng P~ membership a nd was one ccdurc. of the fi rst W.A. reci·

In addit ion to making pients. arrangements with the Miss Grover died at Qantas representative Katanning on the 23rd they should give advance May, 1973, in her 98th notice to the Australian year. A Requiem Mass Embassy a t Ankara "so was held in her parish t hat the · Australian church and she waa representation at t he buried with military ban­ceremony can be eo-ordi· ours near '' lndenup", her nated to the greatest birthplace in the South· advantage." WesL

THE USTINING POST, Augv1t, 1973 __ ,_ S

·28tli·laltlliol ·AJ.f •. lleles

The 28th Battollon As­sociation regrets the recent death of Ita honor­ary secret.rary, Jim Far­reil. Hia genial nature will be sadly miased. He ia succeeded by Har­

ry Kaban, a battolion original and a former aaeociation secretary. The aaeociation's annual

reunion will be held at the Anzae Club on Tues­day, September 25, eom· mencing at 2 p.m.

The Naval Aaeociation's annual ball will be held at the Embaasy ballroom, Perth, on October 5 (starting 8.30 p.m.). Orehestra: P. Josephaen

and his Silver Cascades. Lucky spots and door prizes. Supper and r&­

freshmenta. Admission $12 double. Inquiries and bookings through Mra V. Wagland (715296).

More will benefit from bigger

housing lo.ans

war. • Members of ancillary

servioes such as the Sal· vation Army who had scrved in theatres of war.

• Ex-servioe women and nursing sisters with· out dependants. • Personnel of the regu·

Jar foroea discharged on med.ical l{rounda before completing three years' service. Mr Phenna said that

with blind or totally inea· pacitated ex-servioe men or women loans would be granted to aaaist dis­charge of exiating mort­gages. The administration of

the wal'-sorvioe homes scheme, be aaid, was gradually being taken over by t he Common· wealth, but inquiries should still be directed to the War Servioe Homes division of the S.H.C. ·At the takeover date

there would be a cut--off of ex-scrvioe representa· lion at S.H.C. level. Said former State Presi·

dent W. S. Lonnie: This great range of con...,. sions, individually, have been preased for unceaa­ingly by the League ever since the World War and here they come out of the blue in one package!

SECOND LOAN

"Vicious 4istorlion", doctor cl1i111s

There was no truth whatever in any allega· tion that general practitioners were unwilling to provide medical services to their wartime comrades, an Australian Medical Association representative told Congress. This was a vicious dis­

tortion of fact , he said. He urged any League

member having diCCiculty in obtaining GP services under repatriation to complain a t once to the .-..M.A'a Pe rth office where the· mat ter would be fully investigated. Over the past year , he

said, t he re had in fact

been a remarkoblc im· provement in the range of services permi tted by GPs under t he scheme. Whatever happened

between the Minis ter and the profession, ~e said, ret urned service people e ntitled to treatment need have no fear of being overlooked by med· ical practitioners.

R.S.L ANNUAL BALL The 4tlt ann1«ll R .S .L. B all will be held at the

Sub iDeo Civic Centre on the n ight of Friday, Augu•t 17.

For on omtonding SerYice •..

During Congn•• Utu year dtugatu vilrited !M VeteraM II<TffU at Mt IA,;ley to iMp«:t progrt., witA tlte Frail Aged Centre. At tlu lumte State Prerident Pea non pre3enled •uperintendtnt Owen Hm«• witlt a Viliton Book ft>r tlu ilt>rru. PU:turtd at the pru entatit>n are Major HtJUJt• and Mr Pearw nfolnked by the State Vice·Pretrident• Mr L. J. Turner (left) and Mr L. Phen714. MEAD r-----------11.

Fonner P.O.Ws to ltolcl reunion In Pertlt

SON i CO. FUNERAL DIRECTORS

This year's interna· tional Ex-POW Reu· nion in Perth will at-­tract over 700 people, 8IX:Ording to ita organ­ising secretary H. J. (Horrie) Brown, of Bedford Intending participants

al Shawcross at his requ· est ana he bad intimated that the Navy would re­lax ita regulations and request Military Airlift Command transport for the Americans concerned and their wives. Mr Brown aaid he felt

the wide preas publicity in America for returned Vietnam POW had helped the cause of the reunion organisers.

Horrie scrved with the 8th Division in Sin~pore

and spent a\i years in 190 ALIANYP~~G:t!riJ~~CTORIA PARK

Chan~gaoL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He has been federal sec- [i retary of the Ex-POW Maociation Cor two years and State secretary for seve ral.

He s till has some reu· nion tickets to disp<.ee of and his addreas is: 122 The Strand, Bedford 6052.

Tickets are also avail· able at the Ex-POW of· fioe, Boans, Perth.

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INTERSTATE BOWUNG CARNIVAL PWINED

Prinling and

Stationer~ Service Arrangements for the

R.S.L. Interstate Bowls Camival to be held in Perth during the Christ­maa-New Year period

The five-day reunion were well ahead of sche­commenoes on September dule, Mr M. C. Hall told 26. the June executive mect-

Mr Brown aaid a great ing. weloome was in store in He was reporting . on Perth for the Houston behalf of the Bowls Sec­men. . tion chairman Monie He said that following Crewe, who was abeent

his appointment as ol'- on account of ill-health. ganismg secretary (over Mr Hall aaid notifiea· three years ago) it soon tion of 100 participants became apparent that had been received f rom there was much overseas New South Wales, 60 interent in the rally. from South Anstralia and Contact had been made 30 from the Australian

would also be nominating LETTERPRESS, OFFSET AHD players. CONTINUOUS PRINTING

The two main events ot ~.m~E f~~';!'~~~E the carnival will be the TYPEWRITERS J ack Hamilton VC trophy OffiCE EQUIPMENT

contest and the National 284546 Fours championship. Phones 210191 Mr Hall aaid the West Stvort Steel - Qveen Street, Perth

Australian representa· 1 '==================! tives in these events t-would be selected after the Morrie Crewe trophy e vent to be played locally on Sunday 7th and Mon· day 8th October. "' Mr J. Wagland reported

that t ickets Cor the car· nival would be made avai lable at the Anzac Club.

BEXrelieves sunglare headaches

with some Houston Capital Territory. survivors who were keen Queensland and Victoria r--------- --1 to come but could not face the cost of trans­port. In the hope of some """

rangement being made Cor them he bad written to the U.S. Naval Station at Exmouth who hall told him. it was a matter for t he U.S. Department of Defenoe.

PINGELLY j

Ping~~~~~~inner l1

on April 14 was attended by 33 people including · visitors. .

A highlight was t he pre­sentation of Certifieatcs o( Servioe by Country Vice-President Cliff Stretch to Messrs. R. G. Kerr, L. N. Shaddick and A. J . Eva - all of whom have given stirling sel'­vioe to tbe R.S.L.

The

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INSURANCE GROUP

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"Insure with confidence"

On any outdoor <>Calliion sun glare can quicklr bring on headache and spoil the day's enjoy · mcnt. Be prepared-for soothing relief from head­a che toke Bcx as directed.

BEX. IS BETTER The local auxiliary was ,

responsible for the exoel·l"'--------..1 •---------------...:::52:,::0~ lent catering.

THE USTfNING POST, August, 1973 --P'Dge 7

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I ASSOCIATIONS OF EX-SERVICEMEN JloYAL AUSTRALIAN AR·

MOURED CORPS ASSOCIA· T ION - )lctW• every fourth Thut'lday in Pre. Pavilion, W.A.C: ... A Ground. ENt Perth, Prnhknt, 0 . J , Sampeon, 73

Co~~~tc.Lfn~~~ llcG"'fttr SL Palmyr. (..v.61).

GALLII'OLI LEGION OF A.'OZACS - MH ta In Visiton' ltoom, Anz.&t" II<MUC, on th ird

Z.:unday or February, ,_...._y, August and D«t!mbu each }ear al 10 Lm. l'midc-nt; Mr S. V. Stoc:ltmin (2-11174). Art· ing ~t.aryiTrcuurer: Mr J. Andet'!IOn. P.O. Bolt 164. Clal't'­mont, 6010.

214TH 11. G. BATTALIOI'i A.I.P. ASSOCIATION PI'C!Iident.. J . Fruer, 83 Alu­andu, Wembley (871854). Sec­rtt.ary, P. R. Tomldn:a. 2 Devl· inl' PI. Mortey 6062. Tru~rtr,

~L. Si'~~~ ~~-~~i;;',r:sur IlTH and 2/I ITH BATTA·

LIONS - Proold<n~ t.. Thom· as. i6 Tweeddale Rd., Appl~ '""" (6<250S), So<ntuy, D. 8urd, 20 W&J'fta R..l. ML Yokine (2AS174). Committee meet. 3rd Wtd. ad~ month a t Anuc llout~:. Reunion in An­De Uou.e ballroom Pri . Ort. $ (6.30 p.m.).

MII)OU: F.AST VOLUNTARY AID ASSOCIATION. W,A. -Contact--offi c:t:,.., Misan Hden

16TH IJA1lALION AN D 4TII and Betty Morriton (867800) BRIGADE ASSOCIATION - and Mrs L. O'Brien (219205). Committee mcetA third Mon- Mectin~t~ u csllcd. Annual day (2 p.m.) at lla\1-.·ay In- reunion nea.rest Sat urday to !ltitutc (main hall) l'trth, 23rd No\'ember. l'n-!lidt•nt, W, l,illt )'m:t.n, 52 T III RT Y-N INERS' ASSOC. -Chanrllcr-a\'cnuc. l1orut Park "'C'CU Antac tlouae U h Wl'd . (874050). SM:rc\.llry 0 . C. tuh month. President J . P. YounJr. 2M OakO\'t'Nlrt'(!l, Hall. G.I'.O. Box 3039, Perth Wt f n:mantle !392934). 6001 (~:.!). Seaetary·Trea...'-Women'/11 AuxiliRt}' mecu .. ~ C. l'tnnell. G.P.O. Box u.mc 11mc. ~m~ plart 11 3039 l)erth (615880).

2116TII HATTAUON ASS(). lOT H I. IGUT HORSE ASS(). CI ATION - l, n:sidtnl. T CIATIOS A.I.P. - .M ct"U; K1 rldand. 15 Woodland. SL. fourth t ' riday in March. Woodlands 6018 S«rt-tary l .. AUg\1.'11 and Novcmi:K:r a t 1.30 Andcr'l.IOn, 11 Kltc~nt'r St., pm .. .at Anz.a.c llou!!e. Commit· Sht·nton Part 60I:»l !811971) t~ " bu csllC'd. P~idtont. C. Tn.-uun·r. J Paull. 36 Lode· Anu.,·ortb, 3 Kinnane PI., At· hart ~l . Como. Hl '•.:oon Po.tR t..adalc (3().&362). 5«n-UI'}·. J . - t"lhtor !" Walla.or, 19 A.'ltlf')' Syme, 28 Yart~ui.'l St.. &nlley St., G08nr ll• 6110 Com m1ttt'l' 1~6) mcc~ f•~t W«< t'at'h month 21'(rtl BATTALIOS, A.I .F. at An&ac lfou~ AS."iiCI ATIOS - .M~ts An­

.UTU 8 ATTAt.IOS ASSOCIA­T IO!\' - Commlltct tn4.'f'U wht·n t"alh."<i Annual Rt•un•on Sho• · W~k ~Ion l)n!!!ldent , fto)' Collm.j., l:U KOI!of'bcry SL. lkdfonJ 1'71 .. 4.C!H. S«retary A J W1111amr.. 172 f1 indc-rt SL. Yokint' f49:z7$1)

~;X. J' 0 W ASSOCIAT ION 0~' W.A. - l~residcnt, G. r Ai~r. 1~ lkau fort SL llMfon.i l~ar\ (71~). Secretary, W 11 . l' . llood. 38 Sa ndenon SL, Emhlcton 6062 (7152.45) . M~t­inW~ \at W«!d. e&t'h month in Viahon Room. Anu t ll ol.llle. Pt.rt.h.

48TK BATTALION ASSOCIA· TION - Prtsidrnt, ft W. Le"·· in. 57 llcru.man Strt-et, South Pt'rth 6151 (675139). S«rttaf)'. S. G l)ower , 113b RWandana," Subla.co 6008 (83208). A.<v~l. & Sot. ~. T. H. E.uom. 5 l...an· ark S L ML l..awl~y 6050 (il2929). Mc-ct ings held lm~ rial UoU!I, WellinJt.On St~t. Ptorth, whu c:alkd.

c.u lloutt %.30 p..m. fourth TUHdn. Preaident. J ack Rrov.•n.' :t3 l'addinl(lan SL. North Pen b (Z.C-l$71). Stoc... lh.rT}' Kaban. 2142 RutJ:rnd "''fn\lt', Victoria Park

!618230) AnnuaJ ~union 2 p.m. Sho"*' v.·~k. Tuu.

MST 8ATTALIOS A.l.l' . AS. SOCIAT IOS - Pre~ident. E. Wiclu., 26 North Road, ~n· dr11n (791328}. ~crcl.ar)', H. llowra, 7 lti~ehland·road. North l,erth 0006 (2..&2585). Weltart' Officer: R. Aldcnnan, 44SA ll «1.or Street, YokiM (U G801). AnnuaJ reunion. f"ri· day 2Slh ~ptember 2...30 p.m. Anr.at" lto~.

2132110 BATTAI.ION ASS(). CIATJON (W .A.) - Proidt'nt, f' . J. Smith, 184 .Shaft&bury· .1\ 'f'. , lkd ford 6062 (7164192). S«rct.ary. J . Neaa. Wit'hmann­n:t. At t.adale 6 156. T reasurer: ft C. Edmiston, 141 Stiriin~· hi,~thway, Cl.rtmont (863308). AnnuaJ dinnt'r lut Friday in S.pL ..........................................................

SUBS NOW OVERDUE R.S.L. MEMISIS: Yovr 1973 subscription ($4) become due on Jonuory 1. Poyment moy be mode either to your tub-branch secretary or at Anzac Houte, Perth. DON'T-

• Wear a bode• with no financial clip. e Weor o bodge wllh o clip yeors old.

DO-e w_, yovr bodge with pride.

Your bodJe deMI'WI o finonclol clip. The Leoilue need~ your membership. If yov yourself don't nHd the IAogue at the, moment, one of your old service matM doet. The Leogue is only en slfone en ih mem,benhip.

I endose $4, my subscription to 31 / 12 / 73

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PARTIALLY BLINDED SOJ.. DIERS' ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA. W.A. B..n<b Inc. - Central m~tln«1 htld iD Railw1y l rm.itu\e (Rttittd Orriee~ Room) Wtlllnp n Strftt. Perth, at 8 p.m. OD firtl

~':!;~ ;:.;:~Ut ~01!~~ Grant, 70 Hobt. Ann~. Como (67'4471). Secfttary: A. R. lldlooald, 17 Crowsha• Cf'l!'.tOent. llannlnr (604.222).

LIIIBLE:SS SOLDIERS' ASS0C. ("'WingiN a nd Slumples") -President, J . L. Yult'a. Sec:re­W)', E. P. Odg<,. (216888), 79 Colin St. Wn t Perth 6005. Mcetinp firt t Tbunday each month t ll:ccpl J anuary.

2128Tit BATTALION·24Tit ANTI-TANK COY. ASSOCIA· T ION - Pruiden~ J. Dalgllah, .t Boyoe Rd .• Tuart Hill (49'2297 home: 2..&2065 bua.). ~t&t)'. W. Goggin, 17 Eliu.beth SL, Bayswattr (713748). Annuli Reunion Show We-ek.

RATS OF TODRUK ASSOCIA· TJON (W.A. Brand!) - Ptcal· dt"nl P. J. Warner , 8.5 D)'IOn· ltrcet, South Perth (671169}. Secretary. D. Le Fnre, 465 Canning-h wy, Mch·ille (3024.20). T he committee mteta 2nd Tun. eac::h month.

RAt: ASSOCIATION mceta 2nd Sunday Marth. :mw~. Stpt. a nd S o,·cmber at W.A.C.A. Ground. SKrew,·. fl 0 Oohe rty (2.41802).

Gera/dton again thil year won IM C<>ik(t Cup a. most •fficUnt eount"'l aub-bra~. and here 11l~brane.\ pre•ident R. Guy ;. ••en at Congre~• receiving tM trophy jrMn .A.ir·Cammodoro I. Parker.

FEDERATED T.B. SAILORS, SOLDI ERS AND AIRMEN'S M.SOC IATION ( \\'.A BRAKCU) - 2nd Floor, Well· angton Buildings. 158 William­strftt,Perth. Jut Monda)'. P'"idt'nt. C. Chandlier. ~ tary, G. Pitsky 1215086).

Financial situation beHer than. the previous year

Travel Office gives details of Asian tour ROYA L ARTILLERY ASSO·

CIATJOS Of W.A. - Meet· i n~ third Monda)' at Anzac

g.i:u;~~ tt,~· ~~~G.~,.~: P~rth. Stcnta.ry A. S. ll eales, 2S Wilrox-•t~t. Applta"'M (6<1317).

BRITISH EX.SERVICtS AS­SOCIATION: SodaJ meeting third Friday ea(h month in the b&acmcnt. Anac HoU&C, Perth at 8 p.m. General P rt'lldent. W. (Bill} Youatt WooUaroU, Hon. Secretary, Ma ry Woolla· cot t., Box 51547, C.P.O .• Perth.

In many respects the The accounts told the League's financial situa· story. The R.S.L. Veter· t ion in 1972 was much ans Home was going e x­bet~r than in the cellently. previous year neverthe- When the appeal for the less there were problems, Frail Aged Centre was Stale Vice-Pres ident L. launched it was explained J . Turner said at Con· that the home finances gress last month. would look after them· As chairman of the selves ·given care. That

Slate Executive's Fin-· was lllill quite valid. ance sub-committee he The R.S.L. Shop trading was moving t he adoption had come out with a of the financial report. small profit, and 80 had

Many organisations, he the Anzac Club. said, had doubled or tre- The trust funds were bled subscription rates circumscribed. "We are during the last ~n years. caught up in the cost The League had kept

spiral like everyone else," Mr Turner said. It wsa most important

to keep up communica· lion with memben and the cost of doing that was the biggest problem at present. The report was adopted. Later in the day Con·

gress agreed to a Ned­lands sub-branch propo&­al for $3 of the annual subscription amount to go to headquarten and $1 to tbe sub-branch - an additional 35 cents for headquarten.

The R.S.L. National Travel Office, after costr ing two South-East Asian tours of areas where Australian troops were present between 1941 and 1945, has supplied the following informa· tion: e A ro.day tour of Sin·

gaporc, Brunei, Labuan, Kola Kinabalu, Sanda· kan, Hong Kong, Bang­kok, Kanchanaburi and Kuala Lumpur w~uld cost $1,230 ex Sydney.

KOREA ol :;()UTH·EAST ASIA FORCES ASSOCIATION -M~ta: quarterly on Znd Mon· d:~.y in J anuary, April and J uly in Aruac Houe buemt nt., 8 p.m. Praident, Jadt Gen e, I Gerald SL, Como, 61SZ. Secre­t.ary, M. H. Filu , S Valentine Ave.. Diaroe lla.. 6062 (6SOS48 businns).

32!10 BATTA LION ASSOC IA· TIOS - ...,...., 0. SlubiJo. Mills.. 40 Eliu.btth.al , North Ptorth. Com-mitt« mf'tlinga u '211~ Gt'neral m~ting ne..,.. ~~ Friday to July 19.

them very low and thus had not kept pace with rising costs. Expenditure hnd to be

watcl>ed and an intre""" in the rate of subscri!>" l ion would benefit the accounts, but that was a national rnat~r.

PI ebiscite ,..eeded to change rules

• A 13-day tour to Sin· gapore, Bangkok, Kan· chanaburi, Kuala Lumpur, Changi and Kranji would cos( $871. So far no dates have

TOTALLY & PERMANENTLY DISABLED SOLDIERS AS­SOCIATION - T .P.I. Memor­ial HOUAf', 88 Colin SL, West Perth (215457). Prratdenl, H. M. Noonan (673430). Secretuy. W. Le)·land, 88 CoUn SL, Wn t Pt'rth. li on. Tnou. H. W. Glide.

Sheraton lunch

League to help navy

recruits Correspondence re- Operation Stand-in will

(erred to at Congress again be conducted on included a letter from the Father's Day (Sep~mber Returned Ex-servicew~ 9) this year. . men's sub-branch invit- The League once agam ing delegates to at~nd a will lake the role of sp<cial luncheon at the stand-in father to 150 Sheraton-Perth Hotel on naval recruits from Friday, August 31 (12.15 H.M.A.S. Leeuwin. p.m.) with t ickets at $5 Many of them are from· each. the Eastern States. Guesl speaker is to be Last year the lads were

Air-Commodore I. S. taken by bus to a picnic Parker of the Pe!rce ' lunch at Pinjana and R.A.A.F. Base. returned to Anzac House The sub-branch received for high tea.

an awilnl at Congress This year's luncheon this year for the fint venue is Northam (via time - the Newdega~ the National Park) with Cup (presented to the high·tea at Anzac House. moot efficient metropol· An evening's entertain· itan sub-branch each menl at the Old Tivoii

There will be no change to the League's eligibility • for • membenhip rules without a plebiscite of all financial members of the League to be conducted by National Executive, if the Sta~ branch has its way. A City of Perth sub­

branch motion to this effect was agreed to at Congress last month. The motion called for

any such plebiscite to provide for a vole in the negative as well as in the positive. Submitting it State

Vice-President L. Phen· na said the League had been inundated with requests to admit ineligi· ble people. Last year one of the

State branches had pressed for plebiscites on a State branch basis. "We believe any plebis-

cite should be on a na­tional level with each branch contributing to the cost if neeesasry," Mr Phenna said.

50,000 ex-servicemen, 80 been set but it is that there were already suggested that the tour 35,000 or more eligible be at a si!P'ificant place people available here. on a significant date. The "Let us ooncentra~ on office suggests Singa·

those who should be with pore on February 15. us and are not," Mr The cost of the tour ino>­Phenna said. "If you do ludes economy-daas nothing else make your· return airfare, accommo­selv• enlist one new dation, meals, tours and member each year. Do transfen, airport taxes this and you will have and porterage. done a service for the· Some wann ex-service League, the State and welcomes are anticipated. the Commonwealth. Those interested are Without this we will see asked to contact the Na· our organisation lfl'OW tional Travel Officer, weaker and weaker.' P.O. Box 803, Canberra MR PEARSON: This City, A.C.T. 2601.

will be diaeilased at Na·"" tional Congress here in October.

R.S.L. GIVES SUPPORT

The R.S.L. wiU continue to support retention of the cadelrtraining sy&­tem in Australia, State President P. Pearson told the June executive meelr ing in Perth.

eurp ......... It was decided at Con­

gress this year to charge memben 40 cents a year to cover the oost of producing "Listening Post." The charge wiU lake

effect as from next Jan. uary and will be shown along with the annual subscriptions on the ..,. counts to be sent out then.

year). Theatre, Appleaoss.

At best the League could muster about13,000 members in W.A. with its

He was reporting on the National Exeeutive meetr

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...................................................... It was agreed that the Journal would continue to be published quarterly and in its present fonn.

,.... I -- THE LISTENING I'OST, August, 1973

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