DENNESS AXES HIMSELF Higgins to continue run

SYDNEY. - MCC captain Mike Denness is dropped from the England side for the Fourth Test against Australia starting here today.

Vice-captain John Ed­rich was named to lead England.

MCC Bf'dr,er dropp d lntcrcst.'i

manager Alec said Denne.<>S himself In the or the side and

lhe offer was accepted by the other selectors. who are Bedser. Edrich, Tony Greig, arsistant manager Alan Smith and Denness himself.

England's team is

from: D L Amiss. B Lloyd, M C Cowdrey, J H Ed­rich, K W R Fletcher, A W Greig, A P E Knott, D L Underwood, F J Titmus, R G Will is. G G Arnold. CM Old.

Bcdc;er said Denness hr.d talked the matter over at length with the other selectors.

Dennes decided two days ago that he would not play in the fourth lC l.

Edrich. who played hi first test in 1964 against Australia at Lords, has ne,·er captained England.

D ... nness has been Eng­land's captain for the last

Bishops confident of Darwin's future

Darwin will looli 0$ new

New concepts in town planning and building design would be im­plemented in the new Darwin, the Minister for the NT, Dr Rex Patterson said yesterday.

Five prominent Dar­win churchmen have "expressed their sym­pathy to all the people of Darwin who have suffered ... in the re­cent cyclone" and "have pledged their re­sources to the recon­struction of the city .. .''

In a letter signed by th Rt R v. K B Mason, bishop of the Northern Territory, on behalf of th Most Rev. J P O'Loughlin, Bishop of Dnrwln, the Rev. Bernard Clnrke, United Church dir ctor or missions, the Rev. Lloyd Kent of the Baptl, t Church and Cap­tnln Alnn Walker of the

l\lvntion Army, the church m n expressed confidenc in th future ot D rwln

Th y vol ed the unan­imous belief that "the re­. tor tlon of family life ;hould h v the priority In th reforming of the D rwln community nd npph\ud d th announce­m nt th t • hools wlll r -o~n. for the fir t term o! 1915.

''Thev re onlidt>nt", tht lett. r nclud -, ''that

tm1cn1cnl group will ct up by U1elr church­

,. to · ist Pt-Opie with th many personal prob­lem· th t re going to ·onfront them in the month head",

He said the interim D n r w in Reconstruction Commission would begin planning a new city - it would not be carrying out a. patch up program on the present cyclone de­vastated city.

He said it had to be realised that the Com­mission faced a. task of mammoth proportions

that involved very large sums of money.

The commission would hold its first meeting next Monday under the chairmanship of Sir Les­lie Thiess.

Three permanent heads of Government depart­ments are on the Com­mission.

They are the secretary

New are

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committees set up Darwin

New committees to co-ordinate Government _and industry were set up in Darwin yesterday.

All conunlttee are based In Block 7 on the first floor. They are: Fmance - Col Stephens (Department of the NT>,

chn1rmnn. Ke\ in Burke <Treasury>. John Parsons Housing nnd Construction). a member of the Legis­

lative A embly and one representative only for the Chu.mbcr of Con merce. Master Builders and Chamber of Indu ·trte-. T lephone 819280.

Dome. tic Accommodation - Gordon Williams <De­partment of the NT>, chairman; Terry Fegan (De­partment of the NT), Ross Fountain <Housing Com­

m!.'; ·1oni and a member or the Legislative Assembl\' 'folephone 319250. · ·

• fanpow r Re ourc - St n Haupt (PSil chairman. H~mter Harrison (He Ith'. Bnan Collins Department ot the 1'7 1 • John Parsons <Hou·i.ng and Construction). n member oc the Leg· l::ltive As.sembly. Geoff Swan lTrades and Lnbor Councill. Jim Hare rChrunber of In­dunni: . T le phone 8971-12.

Emergency Service: Ray d:cHenry, chairman. The mmi tee in this organisation will continue and be

ph. ed out o\·er the coming months.

of the Department of the NT, Mr Allan O'Brien, the secretary of the Depart­ment of Urban and Re­gional Development, Mr R Lansdown and the Sec­retary of the Department of Housing and Construc­tion, Mr A Reiher.

Other members are the majority leader of the Legislative Assembly, Dr Goff Letts and a nominee of the Darwin City Coun­cil

The commission will be based in Darwin.

Dr Patterson said Leg­islation enabling the set­ting up of the com.mission was currently being work­ed on as a matter of pri­ority.

He said he would at­tend the first meeting.

Airlines resume flights

The two major airlines, Ansett and T AA have re­sumed normal air services into Darwin.

Spokesmen for both air­lines said yesterday filghts were heavily booked.

About four flights op­erate from Sydney into Darwin each day.

Intending passengers now need entry permits, obtainable from the Com­monwealth Employment Service offices.

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Inf r Johnt~· 'K~f is e ·~~d to ci a free ron rt in D rwin on Tu y ni ht, probablY

t Ri hardson P r . · He i · on of se\·e .. 1

artist· who have volun­teer r t "help ch r Dar­win up."

C medi.m Roli H ~r is another. but the date f r his y· it · n t yet fi::·ed.

The visiting T- '-Y Band will gh·e a serie- of con­cert soon.

Arrangement are bein made by an emergenc~· recreation commit ee. "ith Mr Al n • farkham as chairman.

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th Pakist n earthquake. Detail:; :ire expected to

b k.nown in the n xt few d ~ ·

Government is

will be

x x AU n en.hers of D _

win" !ta an conunumt. h \'e bee::i "ed -0 attend s. mee·ing in e Uni\"er--

. coffee ounge, West­ralis S . Stuart Park. at 8 pm on Monday.

ever.ii Darwin groups x x x ~ trying to organise col- DOCTORS: Pri>ate ledions and functions t.o specialists and general raise money for victims of practi~ioners are request-

4 The NT News, Saturday, January 4, 1975

B·RIEFS ed to mee· Dr Gurd.. Dir­ec or of Health. on the first floor, MLC building, this morn.1ng.

x x x The emergency pr

centre ha.s been relocated from .llikhell t Police

tation to '.he first floor of the XZ lllld Victoria Buildinr in mith t.

x x x applies of liquid pet­

roleum. gas are DO'W baclt to normal in Darwin, aecor~ to Gorden Oli•e. act~ manacer of Gas ~upply Co (D&l"Win) •

lli Oli •e a1s-O said that the LPG ·anker Island ~as will dock Su.ndy night rught With a further two months supply of gas.

x x The War

x Services

Homes division of the De­partment of Housinr and Construction has sent three inspectors to Dar­win to a dam.ace t.o defen~ n'ice houses.

They are lli Ren Sum­mero:: Mr Colin Davies an.ct Mr George Faulkner.

They said of the houses ey ha~·e inspected so far

abou 90 per cent could o~y be described as write o ..... s.

The repair of the re­maining houses would de­pend on decisions :ret to be made by the interim COrrunission.

x x x ~AGE and discaI

reticulation: Frank Brad.­born is again open for consultation at 8 Marsina. Street.

14 tests. winning four nnd losing three. The remain­der were drawn

He became England captain at the beginning of 1974. when England toured the West Indies.

Denness has pla ved 23 tests, making his first test appearance against New Zealand in 1966.

of victories MELBOURNE. Top jockey Roy Higgins has

started the New Year well with three winners in two days.

Today at lho Valley punters will be looking for the "Prof ssor" to cnrry on the good work.

Bookmakers antlclpntc big money for two of Hig­gins mount..-; Juridlquc In the Pucklc Slnkcs nnd smart 3YO E lips r in the Bollndn. IInndicnp.

Jurldiqu Is reputed to be in the snmc elnss ns Juanita. Ony which Q"l\V "Higgs" nn nrmchah· ride In winning n.t the Vallry on Thursday nt her first stnrt.

Jurldiquc has followed tht> . nmc pat.t 'rn as his stnbl mnt . H won trluls a.t the Vnlley and Caul­field nnd was then put awny.

Enrly opera.tors have him n.t 6-4 in the Pucklc Stakes with Dashing Rom 'O, n. more exp<'ri­enccd youngster, who has recorded three second.8 from four sta.l'Ls, rated his only da.nR<'r.

Ecllpser has not raced since September but Is well forward in condition. He races particularly well when fresh and with Higgins now in the sad­dle on course backers arc not 11kcly to get the 4-1 on offer about him in the C'arly interstate markets.

Grim warning Recent Valley winners

Underground and Friar's Hope arc at shorter odds than Ecllpser but should get out to longer odds b fore starting time.

Another new ride for Higgins if> Socialist in the Melba Handicap.

This rather forceful warning painted on a house, or whars left of it, in Moil is not with­out reason, although irs not known whether Ws done the trick.

She recently won 1n similar class over 1600 metre.~ at the Valley but then could finish only fifth to Vlcenza at San· down last Saturday.

Rash plan?

SYDNEY. - Send 'em in again and make 'em sv:eat--that Le; Ian Chap­pel! 's plan as Australia seeKS o pu the final screws on England today in the fourth cricket test.

Austra ia will be chas­ing an unbeatable 3-0 series lead on the SCG _ the scene of the t-r.o de­feats that cost them a 2-0 ashe_ loss in 1970-71.

How things have chang­ed.

Once it was considered rank reck,essness to pass ~P the right to bat first m a test match.

Yet, if Chappell gets the chance again this time, it will be the third time in four tests he bas sent England in.

And why not? Despite the Denn.is Amiss fl.ght­bll<'.k of_ '!l.felbourne, Aus~ raha still hold all the aces in the Jeff Thomson­Den.ni.ss Lillee pace part­nership.

Sport soon starts again Organised sports activity is able to start almost

i~mediately in Darwin, it was determined last night at a well attended meeting chaired by Alan Markham, tile newly appointed chairman of the emergency sporting and entertainment committee.

A survey of ground.c; revealed that some corporat­ion ovals can be ma.de playable almost at once and Richardson Park can be ready for night contests bY Thursctay.

It 1s planned to hold sporting events on most week nlght..s as well as an weekends over the next 90 clays.

Among early starters will be baseball, with games ~morrow at Gardens oval and regular competition w1:hin a fortnight.

Horse racing will start next saturday with, prob­ably a Picnic meeting at Fannie Bay.

Polocross and equestrian events announced tha.t they can start: almost immediately and squash and volley­ball await only electric power.

Bowls and hockey will start next weekend and soccer and Austra~an Rul~ may start as early.

Basketball, tenrus and cricket have also indicated that they can start within a few weeks

Representatives of other sports are ~ged to con­tact ~n Markham at 815638 or to leave a message at Keith Kemp's City Sports Centre in Knuckey St.