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Dates and Place of IleanngsPlace: tAC Heanng Room

Block II (Orange) LevellBenjamin OfficesChan 51BELCONNEN ACT 2617

Tuesda)' , July 1985Mooday 15 July 1185Tuesday 1& Jul)' 1985Wednesday 11 July 1185

Hearing times will be to.3Oam to 1%.45pm and %.15 pm to4.t5pm unless otherwise notified.The heanng on ~July will commence with appearances andthreshold n1att.ers.Members of lhe Defence Force, IlIleres\.ed persolL'> andorganiz.aoonsand lhe general public are .....elcome 10 attendtho he.,."...

CopIes of the suDrnisstons recel.\"ed by the Tribunal areuai.lable rorpubhc perusal III the offices of the Tribunal (1stfloor, ANZ Bank Bldg. Manuka ACT).

The Hon Mr Justice A.E. Woodward. OBE, hasbeen appolnted tbe firstChairman of fhe AIlS­Irallaft De/ence ForceAcademy CouncU.

The Academy Councilis a part-lime bodywhich has been estab­lished in accordancewith an Agreement be­tween the Common­wealth and the Uni­versity of New SouthWales.

Patrolboattowed

Patrol boat WOLLON·GONG Is being towed toCaIns for decomisslonlng..........

The patrol boat, damagedwhen grounded on CabolsIand on Way 31, will be re­paired at NQEA - her...........

WOL.LONGONG is e~­ted to be recommISSioned as afully operational unit of theRAN in November.

Estimated cost of repair Is11.5 million.

The tow to Cairns, at aspeed of 5e\-en knots. beganon Wednesday and ISscheduled to take about 1%

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lie stressed that as legalproceedmgs .....ere to beinstituted the matter wasstncUy sub judice and therecould be no speculation as toIhe possible OUlcome norwhether negligence had

"""'""'.lie said damage to WOt,.

I.ONGONG had been as­sessed on t.he siJp at Eden, U1

southern NSW, and tempo­rary reparrs effected.

The damage Vt'as con·siderable but he emphasisedthai II .....as repall"Ilble.

A decisKIn IS to the futureof JlMAS WOLLONGONG...ould be made shortly ....·henlhe techOlcal and fmancialexaminallOnS had beencompleted.

RepaiI"S were estimated totake several months.

Present planning was fort.he slup to be lO.....ed to NorthQueensland Engineers andAgents (NQEA) Ul CalmS,which was the companywhich bad built her.

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of the ship's company ...e~c.1pable of perfortTUng theirduues in a normal manner.

P'rOC'eedings would entail aformal disciplinary hearing,after wh.ich it would be de-

• Aller groundmg the stupwas carried by the action ofWind and ...aves up to 50metres inshore to the posi\Jonin whIch she finally settled.

• After the groundlng, theactIons of all members ofShJp's Company to containdamage and presel"·e the stup...e~ of a Iugh order

• Adequate precautions....-ere taken to preserve theb\·es of the shlp's company,and to securely stow Classi­fied materiaL

• Reasonable prt'l:au\JolL'>.....ere taken to secure the shippnor to her abandonment.

VADM Hudson said that IIIaddJoon to the above findmgs.the Board of InqUiry haddetermined Ulat all members

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Two orricers (rom Ihe Fremanlle-class palrolboal Hl\IAS WOLLONGONG (pictured), whichgrounded off Gabo Island on May 31, are 10 facelegal proceedings.

No alcohol had been con­sumed by any member of thecrew after they returned onboard some U hours before... growxlmg.

The report had also statedthat the OffiCffS pnnctpallyconcerned ....1th the safe twid­bng of the ship ... ere ade­quately trained and ex­penent'ed. and thal the state",,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,."',,.,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"',,,,,,,,,,,...,,..... f

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~_I ~ SUITSFOItMALFOIAU OC:':5 ~_I ~~!~:1:~;E'~two minutes aner gro1lllding

~ ''''' DISCOUNT ~ andlhesuua.UGnlhenbecame- IfTt'lnevable.

VAOM Hudson said that in- respect of legal proceedings._ actIOn would not be started

until at least July 3, 1985, be­cause of various techmcalcomplex)\Jes assonated ....ithIbe advent of the newDefence Force DisciplineAOI.,., _ ,.."..,.."..", __ "" ...

WOLLONGONGGROUNDING:

• No materl.11 ormadunery defect or failurecontributed to tbe grounding.

• The grounding ....1lS a re­sult of Daligational error.

AnnollllCUlg the decislon, the Ctllef of Naval Stan. Vice Ad·nural M W. Hudson said that the formal report of the NavalBoard of Inquiry had made certaIn recommendationsconct'rnmg di.sciplmary action.

These ..'..e~ sub llld1ct'.

However, neet Com·mander Rear Admiral 1. W.Knox had dt'l:lded that legalproceedings should be in­

stituted against the ship'sCommanding Officer, L.CDRIan Gull"'er and the Na\iga·tJOn Officer, LEUT JonalhonFoni

VADM Hudson SlId that thepnnClpal hndmgs containedIJI the report ...ere

• IiMA5 WOL.LONGONGgrounded 210 metres out fromthe high water line on the...esternshore of Gabo ISland

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CQmmerClal SblpS, andundersea te<:bnoIQgy. ThefinanCial viabIlity of alltenderers would be keptunder review as .a normalpart of the POS.

VADM lIudson sui thaIguaranlH of through Idesupport for a KKkums'submanDe, 11 cbosen at theend of the stlldie&, bad beencovered m a MeJTlOTllndumof Understanding beingnegotiated between theSwedisb and AustralianGQvernmenls_ Tbis wasnormal pi octdure.

Ill' s.aid addition.al In·SIIr.Ince wu provxled bythe govemrneut deOSIon tobuild the submarines m Aus­tralia using locally sourcedmaterial and equipments_

ocean from KmgflSb B oil plaUonn (Qr S5km."'.from llMAS COOK they dropped expend·

able bathythermographs While Ihe shipdeployed its sound velocity, COnductIVity.temperaturt, Qxygen and depth probe.

Data fOlllldshowed the Bass StnJt water tobe saJUer aJW1~ givtng It greater del\Sltythan water III the Tasm2n Sea.

As the water flows east from the SU'aJt Itsink.'; below the Tasman Sea water and cas­cades over the edge of the ((Intinental shelf.

The effects of the cascade are stronger inwinter than summer.

Where the Bass Strait current and the Tas­man Sea meet a front IS 'ormed 'oI-bkh IS

swtabk! lor~ types of rnanoe hfe 'oI-ruchattract dIffetYnt speOes of nsh.

1be changtng fronl, betv..een SIlffiIJ'Ier arxlWUllf!r, helps uplaiD fish migratIOn.

The waterfaU also gll'es unusu.al sonar ((In·dilJOllS which has a beanng on submannehunting_

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firm, Kockull'lS, might beIn financial difficulties,contained a Dumber ofinaC1:Uf"aClf!S_

VADM Hudson said pre­liminary dlSCU$SlOllS WIththe four contenders Ciln·firmed that the ProjeNDefinition StUdy, as ten·dered for, could be com·pleted within 15 months.

As far as the allegationsc:oncerning KockulI'lS. theevaluation of contenders in,cluded an extensive studyinto the financial positionand histQTY. of tbe com·panies includiog tbeirfuture orders and pros·,.,...

KQclr::ums had advisedthat they bad a slrongorderbQok for submarines.specialist high te<:hnology

Navy helps findhidden waterlall

Meanwhile. the new gen·eratlon submarine proJe<:tis progressing on schedule.

Croef of Naval Staff, ViceAdmlf"a1 MIU lIudsons;udarff'ent report In The Aus­tr.a1Ian newspaper that inpart a1Ieged the new projec1.would be delayed one year,and also that one 01 thecontenders, the Swedish

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Nav)' sc::lentlsts, with belp from "MASCOOK, have d1sc::overed what amOltlltsto the world's biggest waterfall.

The fall IS underwater and out Of sight andm terms of the volume of water that (lows, itIS unparalleled by anything in the world.

The disco\'ery of the waterfall helps explautsome of the pu22les .aboot ot'ran CUTTents andnsh mIgration along the south-east c:oast ofAustralia.

The cascade is on the eastern side of BassStrait. where a 30m thick layer of water,25llkm wide. flows over the edge of the conti·nental shelf for up to 600m_

ThIS volume of water is far greater thanthat ",ruch pares Q\'er the world's highestfalls, the Angel .....Us. which mn-e a beigbt of.....

The as yet unnamed submanne fall e\'f!Doutstnpsthe Sutherland Falls III New Zealand

and the famous N1.1g.ar.l and Victona. Falls.Scientists discol-ered the waterfaU by

examining the temperature and sahruty of the

faCIlities of various linkswould ha\-e to be bwlt," he.....

"But It is \'ery unWtel}'that.aU thetnuungand lest·i.Ilg facthuesat HMAS WAT·SON would be lransferredtoWA

"50 there are realchances of submarinesbemg based on either side_..

Elforts are under way to gain war service r«ognllion fQrIhe men 01 "MAS SYDNEY and her eStOrl destroyersiomll-ed In the Vietnam confrontation.

Mr Bob AustQn Qf the newly-formed IIMAS SYDNEY andVietnam Logistical Support Veterans Association says thecrews of these slups al'ol'ays expected to be awarded war ser­\1l'f! recogJ1ltion.

TIns would enutle them to. repatnalJOn. a delence homeloan. taxalJOn rebate, a Returned lrom Acllve Service badgealId possibly Vietnam medals_

:'tIr Auston says war rewgrutlQn for the men QIU'lese slupswould bnng the Navy Into line with the Anny and RAAF_

He said in some cases soldiers were awarded full recog·JUtlon even If they dJdn'lleave a ship in Vielnam_

The Melbourne branch of the association will meet for thefirst time at HMAS LONSDALE on July II.

An lJUtlal.l:lnlJlch meeting IS also planned lor S}-dney III

J,",.for more mformallon telephone Mr Auston on (n)

674 f7%.1. Mr George CaITo! (02) 170 40420 or Mr Fred McLeod·Dryden m Melbourne on (03) i63 9820.

Sailors seekwar status

LESLEY Absolon, 21, has escaped some of the winter chlJl by enjoying thesunshine at Byron Bay. Pic: Ure Kuessner.

The Fede.ral Government is awaIting a reportwhich could recommend the basing of RANsubmarines In Western Australia.

Defence Milllsler, Mr some on the west.Beazle)', says there is con· "There are some oper-.siderable ment m relcx:at· aOOna.l contJngenCles 'oI-l\Icbang submarines to the 'oI-est suggest an east.about routecoast. most Ilkely to be sutteSSful

A stOO}' on the re~lJOn and some SIlggest a west.IS 'oI-ell u.nder way and Mr about."Beazley u-peets a report onIts recommeooations 'oIithin lie said the current studythe next few weeks. would provide a lurther

Mr Bea:tley said there baSIS for the relocationhave been tWQ prevIous deCIsion_studies related to sub· The study wl1l report«llymanne relocauoD and that look at the possible reloal·they bave found con· UOn of.a number of OberonSlderable ment III the Idea submannes vnth lbe pro-Qf haVUIg submannes based gressive baSing of newontheeast.andwest coasl.s_ submarines at II MAS

"I think a hkely outcome STIRLING.would be a decision to base "If the submannes areSQme on the east coast. based at STIRLING, then

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The ReCllat Defeo('tforce "'tlfate AssociallnGbas SIIecessl.Uy "tl~ the.ido,..., .f three sailors 10repalriatkln petISIGa claims..

In UlSt. four yOWig sailorsdied of leukaemia. All fOUThad been exposed to two-partaIrcraft paint spray rrust andsolvents and the ROFWAthought there might be IIconnection. The assoclalionearned Olll techniral andwork history research topoint to that possibleCOMet:lJOIl aDd asSI.S1.ed thewidows of lhrfto' the ,ictmtsIn repatriation pensionclaims.

The ROFWA now reportsall three claims have SIIC­ceeded and these widows arebemg compensated eH~n In asmall way for !.hear sad loss.

The fourth victim. anunma.rned, young sallor Withno dependants. did nol haveanyone 10 claim lor hIm andthere was no one to becompensated for Ius death.

In the course of ltsinvestigations the RDFWAhad a great many cases of leu­kaemia and olher dlsorders ofUle blood reported to It.

A few of these cases ITUghlm,·o"..e the suspect pamlS andIn'"estlgauon IS conUmllIJ.g_

Most of the cases reported,however, do not have anyconnecllon with the paints butIII some orthese the RDFWAhas been able to point to otherpossible service causes andhas been able to assast..

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-------------------------------------------------------,! D E NELLIE MELBOURNE !I ,,'llh more rMCI'"eUs behind ller thaD lbe legendary Dame Nellle Melba. former ft,\S II . rbgsllip lIMAS MELBOURNE has ani,-cd ill ChIna for brealdng up. II The honour of the last fare.....ell to MEL- lhaldayltlcluded··onefoh.Jes!lcclasulrcraH

BOURNE seems to have gone 10 pal1'Ol boat carrier whkh appeared unmanned and II llMAS TOWNSVILLE. unhappy". II The memonr.ble occasIOn 1l.-a5 In May just The past few months have seen II bdore TOW~SVILLEentered the Brisbane TOWNSVILLfo; change XOs luth LEUT

Rl,'er for a t\I,o-day VI!iIt to the~ SI('\'I" Gilmore laIwtgo\'er and SBLT Andrew II capital Rourke relieving LEUT BaIT)' Jones as II MELBOURNE was anchored in Moreton naVIgatorI Ray ..Me repa1rs .....ere made to ber Ounese ,\ eomplete port mam engtDl' rebuild was I

4 tllg. eamed oul III MarchIApnI. which was a II '1.. All ,oU-walch shIp's company took the great combtned effort by ship's staff, "MAS II ., - ":" opporturuty to ha\"e ODe last look at the ··ok!. CAIRNS and IIMhS WATERIIEN personnel.I .... e:=':; gui", ... tuJe TOWNSVILLE passed 1»' gJ;\"lng as \\'eU as an MTU iepttsl'nlatl\'e II hf'r a rma.l. pIpt'. nus combined efrort made it possible lo I

It was an 0CC3SI0Il made even mort" memo completely Slop and rebwkl the engine"'luJe II OnlINe as TOWNSVILLE's CO was the last sWIintheslupandcompleteUusunscheduledI rind-wmg·squadron Commandlng Officer of laSt l.lI tIme lo saaI for the next patrol. Many II an embarted squadron lD MELBOURNE. thanks must go to aU concerned for such an I

LCDR Yord commanded VS816 Tracker excellent eUort.I Squadron. and led them on their last launch Patrol 3/85 took TOWNSVILLE to her II from the carner m NO\'ember, 1981 atler a namesake city for Anzac Day, ...-tuch by all II _ sucCt'~fu,1 Kangaroo 81 exerCise (MEl..- acc?~nts w~s a ~esounding success, II THE ltil rilffYt-eH POCOX PlJlBlp Stewart maUs flepipeud LeDR Font Wllres as BOURNEs fare...."elllo the RAN). TO~NSVILLE stups company marched m I

... TOWN5YlLLE puses MEUIOURNE. TOWNSVILLE'sSllfVeillancesummaryfor the Anzac Day celebrations..L ~

"MAS NIRIMB,\ laas ae·n'pted the Initatlon of theNSW RSLto panlclpate 1ft tile1185 Glrlln A Million Qoesl b)'sponsoring III entrant III l~Miss Armed Servkes St'dlonoJ tbe compdltkHl.

The purpose of the quesl isto raise funds for the RSLbenevolent fund which assistsdisadvantaged ex-ser·vicemen and their fanulies.

NIRIMBA's entrant is 25­year-oldSWRETC Karen LeeAdcock, 25, formerly ofManly, NSW.

Karen, an aclive memberof NlRIMBA'S ship's com·pany, expressed a desire toparticipate in the quest andset about finding sponsors andstimulating Interest bothwithin NIRIMBA and the sur·rounding area.

As editor of the monlhlysporting magazine, The Spor·ticle, Karenhasthesupportofthe large sporting fraternityat NIRIMBA and her dailyduties bring her in con13CIwith a broad cross·sedlon ofthe ship's company and staff.

The senior sailors' mess.under the enthusiasticleadership of WOMTPGeorge Graham, agreed tomanage the fund·talSIn& ac·tivities of the quest .and hascome up with a host of fund·raising ideas including thetradiuon.a.J. raffles.

A Quest for Ihe Best orseiU"Ch for NIRIMBA·scham.pions begIns in July witheveryone being invited tocJaun and subsequently de­fend the title of champion inany reasonable ph)'S1C11 ormental pursuit.

Navy News WIll carrynotices of functions and fUf"'ther det.aJ15 of how yOll mayassist in Ihls cause ortelephone m 4ttl or contactany NIRIMBA seruor sailor,

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With the assistance offavourable weather andenthusiasm from the engin·eerlrtg department, SUPPLYwas able lo aclUe\'e speeds mext:ess of 16 knols for Ihehomeward passage. a con­siderable feat for the oldestand largest ship in the RAN.

Now that the date forSUPPLY's final decomffilS­siorung has been set towardthe end of 1185. it IS lJkelythat the West ha.s enjo)'edSUPPLY's company for thelast time, Yet the spirit of thetough tenacious tankennan...1ll continue m HMAS SUC·CESS, kepi. alh'e by the menfrom SUPPLY wbowillmaketheir way lo the new tankerwith the lnldition of the old inmmd.

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you are thinking of letting.Your home is a major investment and oarvery experienced and professional PropertyManagers aim to look after it as you wouldyourself. with care and attention to detailand cost; its maintenance and preservationare our chief concern,

Ship's company, A sincereattempt was made to fiy alight civil aircraft like an A4Skyhawk ....ith some SUttess.

Departing STIRLING. anew minimum manning rou­tine was instituted byregulallng chief CPOWMOwen Pontin, the remainderor personnel being used forlank mucking dulies, a taskwith rather obscure delights.

The homeward passagealso permitted round two orthe kite flying contest.Though fewer kites werestreamed, I..5QMG "Duck"Cannard, succeeded inshooling the tail from one kiteWIth 40/60 Bofor rounds.

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...·ann as 30 deg C and asdeep as 15,000 leel,

• Crossing the lineceremon}',

U.S. Battle group ops, In'cluding vertreps WIth CIl4fiSeakrught helJcopters and aRAS(L) with the world'slargest AOR. USSCAMDEN,

• A centrallnchan Oceanpalrol

• A tolal of 3137 VISItOrsthrough dunng three openslup c1avs.

HMAS SYDNEY no ....stnkes OIlt for lM Wl.ids orArrica "Thorough andReady'-to take on all cb.al·lengesthat lay mherpatb!

M\"e bet-n• Port \1SIlS 10 DaN 1l1.

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SYNDICATE 3: BROWN COLT (N.Z.IRising 2 y,o. BY One Pound Sterling. ChampionNZ SIre of Mr McGinty, Mr Ironclad. Ke..-ish.McGenlOgan, Old Currency etc. Hlsdam GoldenHaro - Winner 8 races m N.Z. From lhe samefamily that produced MUNlEE, ONCIDON,ElIXER, JACKS COBBER. REPATRIATE,HINDI etc. This colt IS well grCMIn. goodconfirmation and has the makmgs of a tophOfse.Nominated for 1986 Golden Slipper Stakes.

15 Shares at $2500plus s2O.oo approll. per week.

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SYNDICATE 141: BROWN FILLY - BY SpecialKingdom. a son 01 Pilinet Kingdom - fromSpeCial Miss, a Yl sister to Laughler. ThiS lilly ISfrom one of the best famlhes m the Stud Book 10Shares available: approll. $25 p.w.SYNDICATE 15t. CHESTNUT FILLY - BY BoldZest - One of1he Best Horses Racing of his Year.Sire of Regal Zest. Zestful etc. Her dam CubanTouch, City Winner. This filly is a 'h sister to 4winners incl. Cuba. From a greal wmnerproducing family. 10 Shares available: apprOll.s25 p.w.SYNDICATE (6): GREY FILLY - BY And BeholdSire of Honey Behold. Moussorgski, Yasook etc.From Chlppawa Lass. Family 01 NZ StakesWinners TONIC TIME, KARINA. ROYALFENCER, BELL RINA, HONEST PROMISE. 10Shares available apprOll. S25 p.w.

group with Ueutenant Glenn Bridgart (who took part In the1984 Kokoda trail expeditIon) as his 2I!C,

A t....o·man medlcal team comprismg Lieutenant DavidHatton and l.eading Seaman "Bomber" Brown ....ill also ac·company the group and their kno....ledge should provehelprul ..... hen combating the leeches. snakes and. mosqUItoes.... hich are kno....n to be plenWuJ on the trail

The team's tnwung has consisted or a ....eekend. hfXe in!be' PIgeon House Mountam rt'gion. as .....eD as 5e\'eral crosscountry runs a .....eeIr. UI the Jer"l'lS Bay area.

T1Ie membef's are fil and. reanng to go as tJus may pro\'eto be the last aD Navy Kokocla Tral1 expedltkm ... anexpenence of a lifetime and one not to be rorgotten.

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Syndicate 1: DOUBLE SYNDICATE2 Horses In One CMlnersnlp

(1) Rising 2 y.o. Chestnut ColtBY Langley Vale, JA brotner to champion sireBlETCHINGlY. His dam Fair COfona fromoutstanding N.Z. family of wmners. This colt hasbeen nominated for 1986 GOLDEN SUPPERSTAKES.

(2) Rising 2 y.o, Brown ColtBY Ring Round The Moon - Consistant Sire ofwinners incl. RINGmUE, His dam GoldenWanle (winner) % sister of 6 winners fromNANGRAM (Stakes Winner. VAlC OebutantStakes) Family of Poncho (17wins) TARVAletc.This is a top winner producing family.

20 Shares at $1150 per shareAPPfOll. S25.00 per week covers tra,mng costs.

SYNDICATE (2): CHESTNUT COLTRising 2 y.o. BY NISKU (USA) (son of the MightyNorthem Dance r Sire of Stakes Placed MissNisku Batchelors Mistake, Glissade. My YokoV,Niskadoo and Grand Nisku elC. HIS damCounlock (NZ) is Yi sister to Sealed Treatv,Grand Dam is sister to British Luck from thefamily of LOCH COURT (VRC Queens Cup)DEllOCK, & MARBLE FOX. This Coh has beennominated for 1986 GOLDEN SLIPPERSTAKES.

10 Shares at $1500 per shareApproll. S2500 per week covers tramlng costs

In early Jul}' a 14·strong contlngenl 01 olll~ers andmidshipmen from the RO)'al Auslrallan Naval College atJenis Bay ...ill head north....ards 10 Papua New Guinea inordertowalkthe Kokoda Tralllrom IhevllJage of KolI.oda toPort Moltiby.

These expedlUOns to New Gwnea, which ha\'e occLUTedover tbe past re.... years. are an integral part or themidshipmen's expedition l.ralIung.

It will also provide an I1LSIght Into an interestIng part ofAustralian military history.

Transport ...;U be proVIded by arrttaR of lM Royal Aus­trahan AIr Foree whi~h will fly the group to and. from Ne...'Guinea.

l.ieutenant Commander James Buchanan will lead the

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Sl'DNE1' t~lIcts ~ "enrep It'ltb ~ 5eUn!glrt lJe/kopur dllri"G U.S. battle grollpoperlldotJs itJ tire UJJtt'lllllldUD (ke1llJ.

THE WORKING MANS WAY INTO THE "SPORT OF KINGS".

After se\'en hard \oIo'eeks rFG 03 Is finally in thesu.nny Seychel1e Islands. The deployment has in­cluded many memorable events Including se\'eral ad­dltions to her growing list of "firsts".SYDNEY so far has water·sk.Jers betund her In

achIeved the follo ..... o& the Indian Ocean.firsts: • first AustraiJan ABCD Tim 113)'es andFFG W1lb Phalanx. LSRP "Rock" Hudson suc-

• F1rst AustralIan n-G cessfuUy braved the foam-With a pl:'nn;l.nenl AS350B inK white .... aters 01flight, SYDNEY's 'aXe

• First AUSlraIian FYC SYDNEY 'tIl achM've at(along ....,tb ADELAIDE) to least one more fIrst thiSctlnduct Jartstay alt. and deplo)'menl In becommg

• First Auslraban t'FG the first AustralIan warslup10 carry oul a dual jack· to VISIt MoroN In UIe Cor·stay (again WIth HMAS mors Islands.ADELAIDE). Other notable occur-

Iler latest was to tow two rences on the deployment

Skiers tame wakeof FFG!

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II is used by the RoyalNavy; the Royal AustralianNavy; the Royal New Zea·land Navy: the Royal Cana­dian Defence Force (Mari.time): the Royal DutchNavy and the Soulh AfricanNavy.

'The guarantee still holdstoday.

Those worshipping atHMA Ships' and Estab­lishments' divine serviceswill not be (tred upon whileat prayer.

A further guarantee is inforce - a warm welcomewill await aU who attend.

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One or the oldest sig­nal nags in the Navy isthe Church Pennant.

It was used dUring the"Dutch Wars", when unitsof the Royal Navy and theDutch Navy were often inconflict.

In those days, wars werefought according to"gentlemen's rules".

The battle could be sus­pended for many reasons bymutual agreement.

The two principlesinvolved were:

(1) you don't fire on yourown nag, and

(2) you don't haul downyour own flag except inSUITender.

Both sides acknowledgedtheir duty to God.

When a ship was holding"Church", this pennant wasflown so that they would nolbe fired upon while atprayer.

'The Church Pennant iscomposed of the ensigns ofthe Dutch and the Royal

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courage the passing outclasses, and all other navaltrainees here at NlRIMBA, toparticipate wherever andwhenever you can."

R.A.N. WIVES' NEWS(Please forward oU irem.s for IIrU co/.llmn ro Mr! D. Holbert, 4(/ Benelollg St, seaforth, 2Q92)

The Meet and Greet Sue McCormack on 2111991 or Deadline for babysming isCocktail Party held re- Judy Ralph on 211760. Friday, July 5.cently by CANBERRA .. .. .. It is imperative that numbers of

ROCKINGHAM DIVISIon IS cluldrenarefmalisedbythlsdate.BRANCH proved to be a holding Its annual Chicken and Please call Shetla IhlOter onvery successful function Champagne Lunch on Wednes· '!I 780llolx>akinyourbltleones.and any doubts about the day, July 10 al the Q<:ean Clipper .. .. ..

Inn, Rockingham Road.venue were quickly dis- Rockingham. Anothernuni.!lustrlPlSpJannedpelled. The cost will be stn per pomlOn by WESTERN DISTRICT

For those who attended and there will be a door pnze. NAVAL WIVES.both the AGM and lhe Cock. Starting lime IS Il am. Tickets Date is July \I and the trip Willtail Party it was hard to i)e.. for this function may be pur· be to Gledswood Winery.lieve thaI they were in the chased from Moira Crowe on Ths bus will leave IIMASsame room. T/ 7l87orShella HunterooT/7801. NIRtMBA at 9.15 am and relurn

Lieutenant Commander Hyland Babysitting will be available al at 2.30 pm.and his team had done a spIendkt St NICholas' Anglican Church. Cost is $3.5G.job along wllh everyone who The charge is SI per child or S2 Anyone wislungtoattendshoukl_, ,om', w--, "' time LO call1n, .,,,'"helped prepare the room. It had "'":::";";;;;;;" .;;~-;::':.::.::.::.:::;::.;:;:,.,been tastefully transformed into a -delightful selling by carefullayoul and use of nO"'ers andother decorations.

Athoroughly good everung wasenjoyed by aIL

This group will hold a coffeemorning in Alexandra House al111.30 am on July 25.

A guest speaker will be invitedto talk to all present On a subjeclpertinent to Sl!nllce families.

If you would like to attendplease call Carol Moore on 504 299'1.

• • •CERBERUS Wives have

arranged a film monung for July29 commencing at III am LO theSOuthern Cl'OSS Cinema.

Cost to members is $3 and non·members $3.5(1.

There will be a basket lunchwith wine and the movie to bevieWed is the recently released"Silver City".

Next commilteil meeting of thisgroup will be onJuly 8at CerberuslIouse commencing at III am.

If you have anything you wouldlike raised at this meeting or haveany questions ahout this group ortheir activities please call IlelenGilmour·Walsh On (OSt) 83 n57 orChristlne Bromfield on (1l5t)

~"".Or if you require transport to

any function please call DebbieDouglas on 83 722l5.

• • •July 3 is the date set lor FRE·

MANTLE DlVtSION's AGM.Meeting will be held in the IJK

Room alHMAS LEEUWIN allll,m.

Please suppon your Division byattending this very importantmeeting.

In order to cast your votes youmust be financial - Barbara willbe on hand before Ihecommencement 01 proceedings torollect subsc:Tipti<lns ($5.00).

At the ronclusion 01 the meetinga rold lunch will he served.

The creche will operate as usual-please contact Lorraine on337 '!I44 after S pm no later thanJune 28.

• • •NOWRA Branch has its oextrolfee morning on July 17 With apresentatiOn by "Colour MeBeautiful".

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The 8!th passing out class of technical sailors of "?lIAS NIRIMBA has been toldthere are no limits to the progression of their careers.

NIRIMBA CO, Captain horsepower in order to sue·Derbidge said !.he only pro- ceed," he said.viso was that the sailors Ill" also stressed the im-worked hard. porlance of team work.

To back up hiS philosophy "Be assured that !.he Navyhe told the passing out parade is a learn and each ship andof the imminent promotion of every establishment isa teamex-apprentice B. L. Swan. within the total scheme," he

A member of the initial said.NlRlMBA mtake of July 1956, "In our training, I'll" are en­the former apprentice will couraged to work together inbecome Captain Swan on support of each other and I'll"

June 30. play at sports to develop theH I" wi II be tbe first individual prowess that binds

NTRIMBA-trained appren- people together as a unit.tiel" to reach the rank. "At work at sea, I'll" have,.

There were 92 graduates at our separate tasks which,the latest passing oul parade when brought together, keep- 35 apprentices and 57 adult our equipment in good repairtrainees. and enable the ship to operate

Parade reviewing officer as a unit within the fleet.was Chief of Supply to Ihe "It is more important thanDefence Force, Rear Admi· ever that each person playsral1. MeL Crawford. hiS or her part in this team

Ill" urged tbe gradualing effort.sailors to be enthusiastic in "But while doing our jol:ts aswhatever they did. individuals, I'll" must be

"You have been en- mindful of the collective andcouraged at NIRIMBA by cumulative results I'll" areyour instructors, bUI the time trying to achieve, asall of onehas come when you are going company.to have to contribute much "Unless I'll" work asa team,of your own self-starting and achieve unity of purpose

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RflDJU Crawford and CAPT Derbidge with the prizewinning graduates of the 89th passing out parade (left to right) P. ltIangohig,K. L. Warner, H. G. Wakeford, T. F. McCabe, D. J. Cheyne, W. J. Allen, G. B. Hammond, AI. J. Hopmere, K. W. Soper, S. CampbeJl. G. J. Morris,

M. G. Vanoverdyk, S. E. Casey, J. Sheridan, P. A. Gray and P. J. Russell.

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PLATS/W'llEN, S. seu, T, Viles, P. Cwter. D. COIIIlOI4I. N Mllchell, B. WaLs/.ey. JRona, R. Ander$Qn: thml row: D, Cook, G. Blake. C. Dat'lS01l, G May, II' \I'lrzlt, BSUllloon,secood row M Clarke, G. Cl!TJl'?'lter, S. T'homp$Ql'l. S. L<mgler,S. CordQn. M

Wood; /Ton! R Fmnks, G. MlD"shaU, G Cet"conie

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- S£ NEWSHMAS KUITABUL, boct row (l-r): B. Dlmster, E. B(D'1OrI, S. LucllS, C. Cooper. D.Kay. ETW Bn)IL"IU". W. AdaTIu; lIIird row: B. SuftorI, T. BllTcln1l, AB BrotC1l, K.B'1iO"~ D. Mclnlmh. M. Hodgson,J.Askllam, K. SfeVrnSaI'l; see<mdrow: 1. Rigbt/, B.Hancock, P. DeckoTf, B. Clmiml'lS, T.JQfW!s, C. Maslm, P. Holum; front: oS. Marnn,S.

Crilly, G. Hanson, S. Leet, P. Johns.

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HMASsrUART; bock row. (I-r): S. Hogan, T. Clarey, D. Piltaw\:ly, R. Unwin, D.Vthlow, G. Holthoo.w; r.hinIrow: S. Griffith$, P. Grogan, 1. Lam!lden, M. Pool, G.CJ'ooks, G. Cantin, D. Slringer, P. f'erming; second row: T. Blackmon, R. Davies,G. Green, P. Mocq, B. Forde, P. Gree7l; Jront: B. Trueman, R. Thompson.

ALBATROSS t; back TOW (/.r): R. Webb, B. BIac/«l, L. Lord (Capt), T.Maeni.roill, R. S!fmonds; serondrow: C. Cree! (1\'I.OJI1lIgft"), E. Cameron, S. Wall,P. Reed, . Keating, K. Foster (coach); front: R. Laslmlar, S. Marhews, F.

StieRan, S. Tanner, B. Lee, S.~

HMAS VAMPIRE:; bock row (I-r): C. Browne, B. Brown, C. Talbor, 50 Ricketlll;second row: C. Wilson, J. Anderron, 50 Henley, J. Jeffrie5; front: 50 Egan, P. Reid.

A. Bray, K. Ballard, G. Hf'W~tr, M. Dn'w.

HMAS BRISBANE: !lack row (I-r): P. l.¢lUlder, B. Bensem.en, C. Smith, S.Taylor, C. C'IwpmarI; lhird row: B. BiTch, W. Martin, F. Fismer, H. Pear.son, P.stoke5, S. Runge, B. Mace; second row: C. Neech,A. O'Kely, D. Watson, B. Green,

W. W!IC(D"oo, T. Jac/o;$Qft; front: G. SUWghtorl, P. P/li1Jip5.

HMAS PARRAMATTA; bock row (l-r): B. Roughly, G. Smith, D. Grlll'll, D.Emery, R. Holbrook, R. Brooks; tIlIrdrow: J. Lee (Coach), W. COOper, 5oAIlStin,F. PTadero, P. Adaln!l, S. Flaherty, L. 'fhQma.$, R. Mundy (M/J1UI//er), W.Crocker; serondrvw: A, Lang, G. Lane, N. SpaTk€!., I. Davies (Copt), S. BI<Jir,J.

Koelma; from row: W. H(Jf1I$teod, K. Lowe, A. Pahion.

HMAS SWAN; bock row (1-1'): O'COll1lOI", Nf'WlOII, MlJ1'1'isMy, HaU, Smyw,Bower; second row: PIymin, GoUowoy, McCluskey. Sprod, DIlmmell, Pironer,

Et't'r$Oll, B",mbl/; front: Hine, Dodd, smyth, Payne, Burnetr, Glastollbrn'y.

HMAS HARMAN; back row (i-r): R. SwllI'l, D. HoUil.Ury, R. Robert$Qll, D. Habe~D. BeUingIzmn, M. Woods; second row: C. Caner, T. Piper, K. Stevensorl, T.Bisse~ G. Strowbridge,I. Irlam, D. Daw€5; fronl: A. Kirkpatrick, R. SteWart, J.

Carrol, D. Dummett, A. Dtmimett, B. Britton.

HMAS DERWENT; back row (1-1'): S. Beitz, G. 5atm<Ier'$, C. Ayling, M. Glasbl/,M. HefJU!y, M. McDonald; thirdrow: 50 Taylor, S. Leitch (manager), L. Stewart,D. Morton, D. Parer, D. 0%1ey, G. Redlllll7l, CMDR Bidd~,CO, B. Stewart· secondrow: B. Ryan, F. Diaz, B. Stoke5 Capt/Coach,L.~,M. McK~, F.

HemsworIh; frrmt: R. MIll-serI, S. Janes, N. Thompson.

ZETLAND; back row (l·r): D. Wikitoo, G. F'ronkJin, R. McAUisler, S. Moms:secondrow: P. Harte, D. Tremaine, M.AnderSQrl, C. Spears, B.Jasmin;jront: PThompson, J. Uri, T. Rohtulrla (C), C. O'Brien (manger), G. O'SUllivan. B. Bart!l".

HMAS ORION; back row (I.r): P, Gardiner, T. Coghlan, J. Sparks, 50 SCott, G.Red"lllll,5o KeUaway; second row: M. White (manager), D. COlmlll'l, S. Bromley,B. Dobson, C. Fowler, P. Sinclair, M. McLaughlin, K. Pill (Chief SUppo1"ter);

frrmt: s. Young, A. Wil.lcin5, B. Tomll$, R. Jeffries, T, Wilson, S. MacAdam.

HMAS COOK; back row (l.r): Nar€ll, MiUn, Neal, Friend, RusseU, Quambl/;second row: Freedman, Goodwin, CoventTl/, OsbonU:!. Place; jront: Jolrnsofl,

Hayes, Deming, Evans, Aleen, Woodward.

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"MAS CANBERRA; bock row (l·r): R. ftfltcheLl, D. Hunter, S. Christle, M.Hunter, S. Thomo:s; third row: J. BOTtorI, r McKeown, K. Gould, M. Kmg, GHUl/s,M. McKelll'l, R. Dyer, A. Hughes; secondrow: A.Smith, S. Rezd,N. Walker.P. D1gbl/, M. QUilarl, M. Retford; frrmt row: L. Fox, 50 Roberts, D DibaU, N

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HMAS II'ATSOJV; back (l·r): B. Doy, D. Brown, D. SColl, A. JOfles, K.MllfIChenberg, B. Macrae; ~cond row: K. Gregg, M. Buckley, K. Foster, J.Valek, M. Kirkpatrick (CuptICoacll), A. Young; fronl: M. Collins, D. VO"I07JdeI.

D. Walters, B. Kitchen, D. Robinson, D. BarrelL

HMAS COONAWARRA; bock row (l-r): M. Humfl/u1l5; third row: S. Dai, B.Barb, S. Janes, M. Hemh, 50 Carmon, P. BlackweU; second row: G. Hodges, I.Martin, J. PortaniaOO5, S. Marb, B. Herd, C. Wynn; frOnl: A. 7ronson, A.

WilIiam.s, W. Brown, W. Prot, K. Bl-lPIt, R. Fisher.

';<4.'lIMAS PENGUIN; back row (lor): M. P~, K. Linoon, R. RollerUon, M.Ea.'JtorI, C. H(IU~ G. Smithen; third row: D. Gonna>l (Coach), T. Alsford, T.Gourley (Capt), R. Bl$mire, F. Lomey, D. Dodd'I, P. Darcey, P. Tonb(~);second row: E. Mo:zytet:U, P. Dai/ight, 50 Grier,J. Bennx,A. Pierce;fronl: S. McCarey, J. McDenrwll (CAPT Penguin), R. Plicha, 50 Stewnrt, L.

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•The 1!8.li Mons Cup has ~ome and gone and what agreat

day II was. Congratulations to cup IoI-inners KUTIABUL~oa~hed by Ian Sutton and to plate winners PLAT\'PUS!WATERHEN ~oathed by Ken M~Mlles. O"erall the realwinner on the day was Na\)' rugby union with good, fast >open play all da)·. The behind·the-s~enes people whodesen'e ~ongratulations are LCDR Col Jenkins, all the ref·erees, LEUT Geoff Smith (CRECO). CPOPT John Lace~'

(CMDCPOPT), The NIRIMBA PT staff and ground part)'.NIRIMBA's buffer, Ihe Nav)' wl\'es assodation andNIRIMBA's Commanding Offi~er. Captain Derbidge, forhosting the gala day.

• • •In my view a team which really stood out at this vear's

Mons Cup was the ALBATROSS (111) side, whith COru.lStectof mostly "Golden Oldies". It would be interesting to seehow a fully prepared Navy "Golden Oldies" side would farein future competitIOns. What they would lack In speed theywould certainly make up In experience.

• • •The XO of HMAS SUPPL\', CMDR Errol Kavanagh.

nOl~hed. his fifth marathon ~-hen he ran in the Wang Aus­tralian maralhon ucentl)'. His time of 3hr 04min, six min­utes outSide his best, was probabl~' due to the $18GBln spon·sorsblp money he was carrying for Ihe Multiple Sclerosis _Sodet)' of NSW. Nine hundred dollars was pledged from histough, tena~lous, tanker Shipmates, The run also recordedhis 114th mile or competitive running s[n~e joining the RANrunDing dub two )'ears ago.

• • •The AustralJan Services Orienteering Championships for

19&5 were held in Canberra recently. Navy runnersperformed creditably with LSRP John Bizjak from JlMASWATSON winning the RAN M21 section, closely followed byLEUT Doug Collins from HMAS CERBERUS. LieutenantCommander Mike Welford from Navy Office won the 1'.135section and Leading WranZoe Read won the W21 secuon.

• • •r believe the Western District Navy Wil'es Association in

S)·dney deserves a big pat on Ihe back for lIS conlinuedefforts In supporting NIRIMBA learns and clubs, In recentyears the asSOCiation has presented several ~heques to thesporting ~lubs, the most recenl a cheque to Ihe NIRIMBASportsmans Club 10 ~Ol'er the pur~hase of a mi(To~'a\·e

oven.

Col will be accompanyingthe Austraban Army rifleteam to Blsley, UK, to·wards the end of the monthfor four weeks and. on hisreturn. hopes to rekindlesome Interest In rifleshootmg In the RAN. par·tlcularly in NSW.

It seems Incredible thatonly rive learns of eIght(two of them fromNIRIMBA) have beenentered In this year'sweekly competition, Onlythree establishmentsmanaged to field teams and.at present, the futuredoesn't look rosy for Navyshooters.

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CPOQMG Oowd 181. AETSCook 150. AMTP Napitalai135. AMTP Williams 121.POMUSN McCallum 116and ABF"C Everingham 79.

Many naval personnelhave taken ad\'antage of therecent decIsion by the Aus·tralian Army Rifle AssocIa­tion to extend assocIatemembership to other ser­vices. Cost IS S5 and Ihe ben­efits are many. An)' in­terested personnel shoulddirect mquines to the Nav)'representallve, CPOQMGCol Oowd Gunners Store,lIMAS NlRIMBA. phone6264134.

Dumpey Doe Transmlttlllg Stallon has finished on top InHMAS COONAWARRA's annul swimming ~arnlval.

The combination of hot, humid weather and a cool,inviting pool attracted 60 competitors from HMAS COONA­WARRA and her outstations - Shoal Bay ReceivingStation,Humpty Doo Transmitting Station. Naval Headquartersand Darwin Naval Base.

In addition to the usual competitive events, a few lessserious relay events were held,

These included kickboard, overalls, dog paddle and thealways difficult, but fun to watch, tyre tube relays.

Humpty 000 Transmitting Station emerged victors atthe end of the day and were presented with the HMASCOONAWARRA swimming carnival trophy hy the Com·manding Officer CMOR J W Jones

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HUMPTY DOO TAKE SWIMMING,,,'

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Medallions for variousother events ere won byCPOQMG Do d. ABMTPWilliams and AETS Cook.

In a ....'ell organiSed andconducted met-tmg. whichbrought together some 450of the best Shooters fromAustralia, nme Navyshooters entered the ser­\1ce rifle events.

Although outclassed In

many events, some goodscores were obtaIned andplenty of experiencegamed.

Top shooter went to fivetimes Queen's medalist ­Army'S WO Phil Oakford.

Petty Officers Gil Cherryand 'Rocky' Searle, twoof Victoria's top Navyshooters, travelled fromHMAS CERBERUS to com·pete. They .....ere disadvan·taged by not being able tobring their own rifles andhad to borrow rifles onarrival.

The remaining Navy rep­resentatives all came fromNIRIMBA, four of themapprentices.

Scores for Navy were asfollows: AETP Hopmere188, POETC Cherry 187.POMUSN Searle 183,

A NIRllIlBA apprentice has emerged the top NavJ shooter from the AustralianArmy's "Skill at Arms" meeting at Anz.ac Rine Range.

He is apprentice ETP Michael Hopmere. Michael also won a medallion as topjunior in the 300m rapid fire event,

hvmg near the Blue Moun·talns who are feelingspnghtly can contact WOJohn BIgnell on GI ext 3888.John IS plaYing rugby withthe "Blue MountainsOldies" and they are lookingfor players. They play four'games a year and have asIx-week spelt betweengames and the keg after thegame.

• • •In a recent edition of a

rugb)' program II was In­lerestlng 10 note John Ghe·radi and Bob Coffel' were­tate selections In South Aus­tralia, John was a memberof the RAAF and for fGUT)·ears was a member of theASRU touring side. Bob. anex me~hani~ian. ~'as aNavyand Fleel rep winger.

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Union certainly delivered ablow to themselves byrejecting the appeal of for­mer Wallaby Ken Wrightfor reinstatement. Heplayed league for SouthSydney and Eastern Sub­urbs. Wright had apphed tocoach bottom side Elthambut in their "wisdom" theVRU said no. The SydneyRU has reinstated formerWallahies Thornett and Joyand Rex Mossop, whocoached union in Sydneyafter playing league inEngland

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Harry Pearson is helping-run a very solid HMAS

BRISBANE rugby side."Wacka" Macarba. who isplaying with Wests, isHarry's tip for represen·tative selection this season.Brisbane recently beat an·other strong side, PERTH.1117. Trainer manager isBrett Mace. Brett has donea course and hopes to assistat Randwick. Recent post·ing to BRISBANE is formerhockey and rugby represen­tative full-back "Chalky"Birch who has returnedfrom the US.

• • •One of the tragedies of

Nav)' rugby is thai Ihe tal­ents of Do<: Watson ~111 nOIbe put to Ihe lest again thisseason. Do<: Is not playinggrade rugb)·. It would be In·teresting to see Doc playlor a dUb like GordonhthhLI

• SK'R L~.sboots for goJl1 dW"ing rhe netball.

COONAWARRATOP SPORTS

IIMAS COONAWARRA sports teams hal'e done IheNav,' proud III local and Inter-ServIce sports recentl~·.

They took out the award in Superwalk 1985 for raisingthemost money in the Northern Territory for spastic children:then a Navy!Army team beat RAAF 11).7 in inter-Servicerugb)'; and finally Navy!Anny ran out easy winners in theinter-Service netball.

The final score in the netball was 54 goals to seven.It was the first time inter·Service netball had been held

in the NT.Eight walkers took part in the 10 kin Superwalk with $608

raised by the team.Following the rugby POETC Blackwell and ABMTP

Lewis were jointly awarded the best and fairest inter-Ser­vice troph)'.

• Jnter-Sen1ce rugby coacb, CPO Muldoon, leIt, with thewinner's rropfJy and joinr best and fairest winners POETC

BlacklH!1/ and ABMTP Lewis.

Rugby boost for STALWARTNow "Blue" Bolger has

paid off it Is good to see for­mer Na\'y rugby represen­tath'e fill! Haldon takingmore Interest in organisingrugby in STALWART. BlII,one of the most dedicatedand underrated pla)'ers inIhe S~rvlce, certainh' willbe wel~omed to the organ­Ising sIde. The new XO InSTALWART, CommanderRalph Northern, recentlyjoined from Ihe slaff ofONRC at Navy Office, Can·berra. He is a keen rugbyman.

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manager Of ASRU, CMORChris Levi. is now secretaryof Navy Rugby Union. Taskswhich will keep him busyduring the year are theinterservice nationalcompetition and the Navytour to the UK. Anold boy ofSydney High, Chris was anoutstandmg half-back.

• • •I ucenlly bumpedfnto ex.

Navy ui~kel represen.tallve Ken Devlin, a ChiefOusly before pa)'ing off.Ken was one of the earliestreferees who completed thecourses held by seni~e lec­Iurers, He is now rei Iredand Is playing Agradebowlsin the Randwl~k district.Ken Is also ~oachlng bowlsfor Ihe Marcellan ChristianBrothers College Recently• were oy '" aur e . • .he bumped Into ex·Cblef Monaghan. The winning team - Humpty DooDusty and ASRU player • • • I_KUOABUL WIN RUGBYJohn Slh'et, who sends his Any of you young oldies "THINKING OF BUYING ABUSINESS??"

• From ba~k page a high kick and winger Mario Cinello and forwardsIf you are leaving the service and intendFOR All YOUR REAL ESTATE REQUIREMENTS: the half came after eight Michael Hodgson won the J. C. Cambell and Cameron

minutes when KUTIABUL race to touch down for the Martin. buying a business in Canberra or surrounds

{:=~centre Spike Jones landed a Sydney team. At the presentation cere- we could be of assistance.

penalty to put his team The coup de grace for mony, Flag Officer Naval We may have the business you are after amongahead 3·niI. ALBATROSS came five Support Command, Rear our current listings or maybe we can find it for

The first hall was tight minutes from lull-time Admiral David Martin, you.

2 Ch"rch Street, Ryde 2112with both teams tackling when Jones landed his sec· thanked all teams for their We specialise in businessesspiritedly and running ond penalty to bring up the contribution in making the JAMES MEIGHAN

JEAN LANGlEY - CATHY PETERSONstrongly. 10-ni1 final tally. day "a fantastic success".

NATIONAL BUSINESS BROKERSIn the second stanza Best for the winners were "It's the biggest rugbyPROPERTY, SALf5, lETTINGS, MANAGEMENT KUTTABULput the seal on centre Jones, half Kel carnival in Australia ... in LONDON COURT

Members: the final. Bryant and forwards Bart the world." RAOM Martin 13 LONDON CIRCUIT, CANBERRA CITYReal Estate Institute Midway through the baH CumminsandGaryHansen. said. (062) 47 7721EAC Muttilist (02) 8071155 the first and only try was ALBATROSS was hest "It was non·stop, wall-to-

scored. KUTTABUL put up served in the final by half wall, good, hard rugby." (OCA P/L UC AGENTl

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The NSW RAN rugbyside bas been beatennarrowly by NSWCCKlDlry.

Country won thematch 13·4 but Navycoach Ken McMiles wasdelighted with the wayhis side performed.

"There was very lituein it," coach McMiles....

"80th teams scored atry apiece and it wasonly Country's beltergoal kicking which wonthe day:'

CoWltry had previouslythrashed the touringCanadian team.

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HMAS K:trlTABUL's ngbyteam hasaptured itsthird MODS cap Imodout etImpetitiOD.

KUTTABUL look out the To take the cup KUTI'A-pre~ti~ious tr~phy by BUL had to wiD sill: gamesCODvmcmglybeatingHYAS during the day - aboullJOALBATROSS No 1 ](kliI in minutes of IllggOO, graftingthe rmaL rugby.

KUTTABUL had pre- KUTTABUL beat HMASviousIy WOII the cup in 1m JERVlS BAY 7..(l in the fJrSland 1980. game, then a r"JTSI. penalty

The final was played gave the side a lucky winheron: 101 large galbering of over IIMAS NJRIMBA Noplayers and spectators at JI. Tben came HMASIIMAS NJRIMBA. NIRJMBA No I, beaten II)..

Teams from every comer 0; IIMAS SWAN 4-..(l; andof Austr.ilia participated - IIMAS MORETON 8-0'including squads from before the 10--0 defeat ojIIMAS CAIRNS, IIMAS ALBATROSS.STIRUNG,IIWASCOONA· For ALBATROSS toWARRA, Harold E. Holt, reach the final it beatIlYAS CERBERUS and IIMAS CAIRNS 3-0' IlMASIIMAS IIARMAN. BRISBANE 3-0' 'HMAS

It was the biggest CERBERUS on a fll'Sl. pen_competition since the altY' and IIMAS PERTHinceptionortheMonsCupin 8-3.'1969. Thirty·(our teams Although the l"inal waspLayedduringthedayandin tighl, KUTTABUL ap­all lber~ were about 680 peared to have the game inplayers 1D\·olved. control from shortly after

Play got under way the start.shortly alief- 0!l30 and pro- First and only points inceedings did. oot concludeW1til after 17tIO. • Tq p:lge II

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As participation in the cup grew it movedaway from Balmoral to RaDdwid: and then toNIRIMBA, wberethefirst p ntationoftheMons Cup was made in 1969.

Mons Late is a regular at the carnivalAlthough be lives in Brisbane, where be is par~ish priest at Sl Lucia. be makes the annualtrip always to be delighted by the eDthnsiasmbe sees for rugby.

lIis sentimental favourite for the cup thisyear was MORJo.'TON.

But MORETON fell to eventual wiIlnersKUTI'ABUL.

It might be MORETON'Scupnertyear,bulwhoever wins, Mons Lake plans to be inSydney to make the presentalkln.

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f«Vl' NEWS .. f"'bIiJ-J"'" lhe.h" .......t-d _'oI._,ibas 01hNo.,.-dII--~ fhe""'..,>aI~ ..~,.",,, andlhe__~ .........,n <>01 "'" i, theM 01...D.pIoiDJ-a, INA""'"",,,,001-, ..,.-.:i«JbyhIANc.....IJJe--. Fvrod,pc.J~..and~fdbdsJaH and alb'u.... ,,_ "". "".-1M by h Drtpao ._'"

Among the MOnS Cup spec=tators was tbe man wbo donated the rompetition c=ap':'Monsignor Grantley Lake.

Mons Lake said the competition startedback in the 19611<; 1.0 roster interest in rugby.

The first competitions were a far cry rromthe national knock-out fIxtures today.

Mons Lake said in the early days thematches were played at Balmoral, Sydney, inlate summer.

At haU·time a swim would belp revive theplayers to face a second half in the summerheat.

A family picnic almosphere prevailed atthese matches which aimed to restore a littleritness lost over the general leave period andprepare the players for the season ahead.

Mons Lake said the family atmospbere basalways been important 1.0 the cup.

/~ ~ t• KU1TAlJUL captain Bart CIlmmiJJs is hoisted akJft bJ'

teammates alter ret:elving the MOIlS O1p.

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PLATS/W'HENTAKE PLATE

PastPasl winners of the Mons Cup Rugby Competition:

IK! HMASMELBOURNE; lfillHMAS NIRIMBA; lfilIlMAS PENGUIN; U12 IIMAS KUTTABUL; 1'13HMAS CRESWELL; 1f74 "MAS ALBATROSS; 1!7511M AS PENGUIN; II7S "MAS ALBATROSS; 1'17IIM,\S ,\LBATROSS; 1'18 HMNZS WAIKATO; l''i!Hl'tIAS MELBOURNE; I,SO HMAS KUTTABUL; 1'81lIMAS NIRIMBA; 1'82 lUlAS CERBERUS; 1'83I1M,\SCERBERUS; 1!84 HMAS NIRIMBA; U85 HMASKUTTABUL.

The Mons Plate - for teams beaten in the eliminationrounds - was won by PLATS/W'HEN,

PLATS/W·Hf<;N. holders of the Dempster Cup, beatCAIRNS 8·nil in the final.

The winners had been knocked out or the cup byNIRIMBA No 1, while CAIRNS went down to eventualfinalists, ALBATROSS.

To make the plate final PLATS/W'IIEN accounted rorIIMAS VAMPIRE 4·0; IIMAS CRESWELL 4·0; andHMAS PARRAMATTA 4-0. CAIRNS on the way to therinal tossed IIMAS CRESWELL 1(1-(1; WANRU:J.O; IIMASHARMAN l2~; and IIMAS SUPPLY l2~.

The result of the plate final was never in doubt. Afteronly two minutes PLAT/W'IIEN and NSW inter·Servicefive..eighth Greg Carpenter was in for a try. Six minuteslater he repeated the dose to send his side into the breakleading 8-nil.

The second half remained scoreless but CAIRNS' ratehad already been sealed.

It was announced after the games that it would nolonger be called the Mons Plate, but the Wally Long Pl.ate- in memory of the late Anglican Chaplain Wally Long.

Followtngthe Mons CUp:!:i plafers were selel:ted in tbeNavy squad for the natIonal lnterservlce carnival whichgot underway in Canbtrra 00 Monday.

On Monday, Army played RAAF at Rugby Park, Ain­slie, and won ... while on Wednesday Navy and Army mel

- with Navy finishing on top.Today the carnival concludes with the NAVYJRAAF

contest.Players in the Navy squad are:LS Jones (K), 1.5 Hansen (K). CONST Cummins (K).

"LS Swift (e), MION Rees (C), AS Bray (C), LEUTRogers (C), LS Thompson (H. E. Holt), AS Carpenter(W), LS Holland (Pl, AS Nimo (M), PO Wareaba (B), LSSmith (8), LS Watson (8), AS Staughton (8), l.S Martin(A), LS Campbell (A), AB Dodds (S), SBLT Forrest(CDT4), PO Longrigg (S), AS Cunningham (V), POStokes (D), AB Grant (M), LS Bryant (S). and PO Green(S).

YES GlORIA,OURJIM I~ HONE FhDM •• PREPARINtlA RICHT/ii)YALTTlE SEA - HE'S BEEN TRAINED 'l/NQUrr FOR lJS. IT Sf)ljMAS A CHEF Y'KNOW; AND IS ••• ,qBSOLUTE'LV t'LEIf'I1NT...

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