I arose at 3.40 a.m., having lain awake since a quarter to three. The number of glasses of scotch and dry I had quaffed before dinner had left me feeling unwell. The last fifty minutes of the film, “Loss Of Innocence”, was being shown on Channel Nine. Produced in 1961, it stars Kenneth Moore as the older man to whom Susannah York’s character, of just sixteen years, is attracted.
We drove to work in the gloriously sunny, yet cold conditions; just five degrees Celsius. This evening I learned that it was actually Sydney’s coldest morning in June since 1949 and of any month in the last three years.
Bookmaker, Lloyd Tidmarsh, was fatally shot this morning in his home in suburban Kogarah. Preliminary enquiries suggest that his killing was for no apparent monetary gain.
“Science Magazine”, at 1.30 p.m., on Channel Two, explains, among other things, how carbon dioxide, which forms the bubbles, is used in the making of soft drinks. This evening’s viewing follows the usual pattern: “Flashez” at half past five; ‘Wildebeest’ on “Last Of The Wild” (6.00) although we diverted from it for Channel Seven’s news at half past six and, after “Willesee”, we watched the second part in a double episode of “Good Times” in which a wake is held for James. The latter half of “Charlie’s Angels”, on Channel Nine, shows each of the three girls managing to deactivate a bomb aboard a ship. We returned to Channel Seven, at half past eight, to watch a repetition of the film, “The Executioner”. Produced in 1970, it features George “Banacek” Peppard, British actress, Joan Collins, and the Australian actor, Keith Michell. Another film, “The Game Is Over”, from the mid-1960s, featuring Jane Fonda, screens on television later tonight.