Author: ian

We have had the papers, which pertain to our application for a mortgage, in order that we might purchase a house of our own, signed by a Justice of the Peace.

“Tubarubba” and “Swiftly Ann” finished second and third respectively, at the races in Sydney this afternoon.

Rex “Moose” Mossop provided the commentary on Channel Seven’s “Big League” programme as I watched Canterbury-Bankstown defeat South Sydney, by thirteen points to twelve, in the inaugural “League-a-thon” match; played at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of just thirteen thousand spectators.

Greek songstress, Nana Mouskouri, sings on ABC-TV, this evening from half past seven.

The New Zealand pacer, “Stanley Rio”, has finished second in a heat of the Inter-dominion series being held at Albion Park, in Brisbane. It has paid a return of twenty-six cents, on the place tote, on the N.S.W. T.A.B.

As both of the trousers to my pyjamas are on the clothes line, I have donned Tiki’s old blue nightie and, much to her amusement, am wearing it to bed.

Steve McGarrett, played by Jack “Stoney Burke” Lord, is framed for his girlfriend’s murder on this evening’s edition of the perennial series, “Hawaii Five-O”, from half past seven. The series was first screened, in Sydney, on ABC-TV.

The comical British film, “Carry On Camping”, screens from half past eight.

We left for the Illawarra Golf Club, which is situated on the Princes Highway between Sydney and Wollongong, at 3.00 p.m. Although Sydney experienced a maximum of twenty-six degrees Celsius, it was extremely cold down there. The wind blew and the sun was low to the horizon.

On the par 5 first, I carded a bogey after having hit both of my approach shots from behind trees. In spite of this I was still pin-high in three, only to then three putt. My four iron, on the par 3 second, left me twenty metres short of the green, however, I struck the ball cleanly with my sand iron and it rolled up the green, hit the pin and followed it down into the hole for a birdie.

The excitement of being even with par after two holes proved to be too much for me, for on the par 4 third, alongside the highway, I sprayed the ball all over the place and nearly hit a passing car. I had to ignominiously cross the road to retrieve it. A chap, who was a member of the group in front of us, actually had his ball stolen by a crow!

“Little Ben” ($1.60 and $0.55) won the last at Randwick, with “Butch Cassidy” ($2.10) and “Leica Lover” ($0.60) filling the minor placings. Among those to finish behind this trio were “Bold Mayo” and “Duke Ellington” — minus his piano! The trifecta paid approximately two thousand two hundred dollars for the investment of one dollar. The N.S.W. T.A.B., which is owned by the government, opened its first branch, in Manly, in 1964.

Eastern Suburbs thrashed Manly-Warringah by twenty points to nil at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the latter now sits in seventh place on the ladder in the Sydney premiership. The first “League-a-thon” at the S.C.G. has not been a success with an aggregate attendance of only sixty-six thousand at the six games over the three days.

Today is a public holiday to commemorate the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps and those who have fallen in war.

At half past seven: “The Dick Emery Show”; 8.00: “Love Thy Neighbour”; 8.30: Episode 14 of “Rich Man, Poor Man: Book 2”.

This morning was a sunny and chilly one.

“Willesee”, at 7.oo p.m., devotes a portion of its thirty minutes to the severe strike, in Victoria, which is crippling the supply of petrol to the public. It is followed by the American comedy series, “Good Times”, which is also on Channel Seven. In this evening’s edition J.J., played by the exceptionally thin Jimmie Walker, learns that his fiancee is addicted to drugs.

“Holiday”, on Channel Two, at 8.00, looks at how one can holiday on a farm at Adaminaby; ski at Coronet Peak on New Zealand’s South Island; as well as the ins and outs of duty free shopping.

Later tonight, Vincent Price stars as Dr. Phibes, in the movie of that name.

Sydney received fifteen millimetres of rain overnight; the city’s first worthwhile fall in fifty-one days.

The edition of “Behind The News”, which screened from 10.00 a.m. on ABC-TV, includes segments on the U.S. Energy Crisis, ‘Heart Week’, and a ‘dry’ suit — as opposed to a wetsuit — the invention of a resident of Hobart.

Tiki and I arose at half past six. I was taking my dirty socks to the laundry when I stopped off at the toilet and thinking that they were a used tissue, threw them into the bowl!

The morning was beautifully sunny but the temperature was a cool eleven degrees Celsius as we drove to work.

It cost me eighty cents for a single red rose at the new florist, Shire, on President Avenue, in Caringbah.

“Australia’s National Parks”, features Bob Raymond taking the viewer to those in the Northern Territory, which includes a visit to the Olgas and Ayers Rock. At half past eight and also on Channel Seven there is another programme in the series, “Policewoman”. Tiki lay sound asleep on my lap for more than half an hour and the dead weight of her head and shoulders meant that my legs were numb by the time she awoke.