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THE MURDER AND By J.L
THE GREAT
MANHUNT FOR TWO
Sydney, (By Airmail).
Deadline Evory Minuto- Joe Alex Morris
Fow people who glance telly
TWO DRAMAS AND
COMEDY.
Unholy Wife"
two in-
66 Brings
through their newspaper on the teresting film personalitics way to and from work
give to us. much thought is to how that gets put together. They do not way
Both are known one or another. Rod
seem to think it wonderful that Steiger, who leaped to fame on one page of print, there are with his performance in the items gleaned in places us far British fim, "Across the apart ag Wigon and Wagga
T has been another wook of scaring heat, of widespread bush-Wagge, and Mayfair and Mis- Bridge," and Diana Dors.
fires, of brutal murder in Australia's dead heart-the driest year for 69, and to make it all sound ridiculous, record snow sports at Kosciusko.
who seems too famous for everything but her film performances.
They never stop to think that for the Journalist, there is no such thing as night and day, dawn and dusk. Yet much is the
The publicity which accom- Im- case, for the newspapermann spanies the flm gives the ruled by neither kun nor clock, presalon that Hollywood la much One of the
The time impressed by Miss Dors, and greatest man- Friday, 13th, and then for that it will all be the country's but by a Deadline. hunts in history, by police of those well-line characters who second biggest clip.
his news item has to be pushed tells us that movie fana marvel all State, by a dozen or more give them away na Christmas The record solos year (not on the Editor's desk, while the because Diana speaks more like English light aircraft owned by graziers | presente,
clip) was the boom of 1950 when whale machinery of the business an American than an in the wide open outback and So well is the No. 1 lotte.y wool brought more than £500 is waiting for that few inches girl. Well, let that be as I may In this film, Miss Dors andi helped by the latest planes of going that Treasury offlells ex-million. The second record year of copy. the RAAF, has been going on pect the Open Jolterież 1 and record clip - was lost In a matter of seconds, that Mr Steiger nre cast as an
couple, and climax a surprising tor car speck. somewhere in yield £1 million a year towards year, when wool realised ap-hastily assembled news Item is assorted married the thousands of miles outback. the construction
pro-proximately £490 million. so much lead typing revolving after an erroneous crine, In this car are two people
rapidly as it inks the words you
Dlona Dars, as the scheming are reading now, and thrusts wife becomes involved with whom police think may be able
them out in a cascade of news- to tell them something of the
performer and conspires print, of a murder
to gain control of her husband's daughter and a young man,
property through ** deviously as try drave
planned killing. fortnight ago, down Adelaide.
the
tonely
woninn,
road
CONTRIBUTED
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year.
on
of the
Opera
On the other hand, most other
Such Is
of a
the subject fascinating book telling the story of the United Press, and Ka
there is
-
1)
pofed £3,500,000 Opera House This year with prices slumping and the clip 64 per cent less on the Ilarbour foreshores.
rodeo The £1 million will be raised than last year, the wool cheque her the rate of ticket sales con- is kely to be £370 million.
tinues for succeeding House lotteries throughout the exports are on the rise with the
steel output the greatest in his
the Tom Tryon
appears as rodeo The State
Government must, lory; with record trade figures fifty years of news service.
performer, and Beulah far this year, doubtlessly,
"Deadline Every Minute," is a
Bond has the part of Steiger's be kicking itself ach month so
that there is every hope that fascinating story or this agency aged mother in this lurid drama. for not thinking before of a tax
June will
Filmed see the figures not which was formed in the year
in technicolour In on Inland anglers. This is whalf as bad as Canberra is fore-1907.
author Joe Alex California, The
"The
Unholy slug thought up by, the Taxa-
Morris tells of the achievements Wite" presents somo pir- Department and lice
compes into shadowing.
of the U.P. In his own brilliant
turesque backgrounds. 1. January 1 oper; tion
manner. Mr Morris knows the Each ungler Ashing in inland
game, loves the game, and plays to
£1 streems will have
Day
the game with all the devoltan Hecate fee after that date and
and skill a real newspaperman the State Government estimates
DOSSEGARA. Reading the book is thit this will return to lis Trea-
newsroom This circular-an election one ke sitting in the sury at least £100,000 per year, stated that in the current year just as a big story is about to You get all the thrills the Club make £62,000 net break. from poker machines. Without of the intense moment us some them, according to the circular.reporter at the other end of the the club would have shown a earth begins to feed in a scoop. loss or £54,000.
Lindbergh'n flight, the abdien- tion of King Edward VIII, the Wall Street Crash, and "Cham- berlain's trip with his hat in hisTHE
Never have so many people froth so many walks of life con- tributed so much In such a short time as has poured into the valorus
Relief Bushare funds throughout the Com monwealth.
So great has been the food of money from school children, from old-age NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES from the blind,
and from the mat. petizioners who rides in the tram ancl iratu, that the Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alderman Jensen, has appealed for a halt in the flow of donations.
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MOLLERS'
In less than a fortnight since blowtorch swept through the Blue Mountains, nearly £100.- 000 has been subscribed-car aid all more than enough to those who need it.
The Opera House Lottery has been selling like hot enkes
on a recon sale Brstly, for
MISGIVINGS
The year will close with some misgivings about the balance of trade in the next half of the financial year following ៩ព estimated
fall of £120 milion this year in the wool cheque.
While this full might seem bad in the eyes of graziers who will not have it to spend, and to Treasury officials who will not have it to budget against ex- ports, it should be remembered
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How much money is poured imo poker machines in this State cach can be judged from a circular Issued by the NSW Maconie Club.
SNOWY RIVER
Taking it all round, it is n fairly good aim of this type, but as I suld a few weeks ago, we never saw what Steiger could do until he appeared in "Across the Bridge." In this exchange of actors, Miss Dors to America, and Stelzer to England, I think the British got the best of the bargain.
TH
Diana Dory and Rod Steiger co-star in RKO Radio's tease drama, “The Unholy Wife,” which opens tomorrow at Roxy and Broadway.
NEW FILMS
ANTHONY FULLER
Co-starring with Lancaster is Tony Curtis who plays the role of a Broadway press agent who
vicious
that they are actors and
just screen personalities,
not
"Sweet Smell of SuccERS" provides the opportunity, for we see Lancaster, the powerful columnist, destroy reputation without 4 qualin, alded by Curtis, an ingratiating press agent,
This fim will provide a com- plete change from anything that has been shown over the holl- days, and I recommend it on that account.
*
66 JUST My Luck," which comes to the Lee and Astor tomorrow is Norman Wisdom's latest sparkling comedy. Whatever opinion you might have of his parti- columnist cular form of comedy role, figurative throat-supplies hand to meet Hiller. These were cutters and backbiters (Lancaster) with tiems for his there is no getting away column, and also does his from the fact that he is all scoops. They had all to be Whatever else may be said wired in for New Yorker's to 10f the entertainment world } double dealing for him,
read at the breakfast table, or of Broadway are the sub-
To complete the unholy trinumber one box office.
Hla last picture to be shown Susan Harrison who to get the afternoon Edition in ject of "Sweet Smell of ity is
In Hongkong went down su Hongkong.
Success," and the whole makes her picutre debut as the
prisingly well. I say 'surprising, not only a journalist's reading, show was filmed on the site sister of the vicious columnist.
Betore leaving the personality for his is a type of humour that is uefiillely homely, although the good although it is in the sense of New York's theatreland. angle, it is as well
to mentionnction of "Just My Luck," will the director โ that it is seeped in the news- Burt Lancaster, who rarely that
Sandy appeal to all the local fana and Mackendrick, an naper atmosphere, but it is struye from the straight
American Reason, it shows what happens spent most of packed with excitement, histori- narrow path, takes the broad-tizen who has
when you win a packet. cal Insigirt, and good reading highway with a vengeance in his line in Great Britain, and for the man in the street who **Sweet Smell of Success," has become famous as a director likes a well written book about which opens up at the Star and of English movies. You will An interesting subject. Get it Metropole tonight. and become enthralled about the way newsraen reek unrelentingly for news to fill your paper.
about Japan, it must be conceded that she is making a desperate effort to rehabilitate herself and to find outlets for her undoubted energies.
She is now making a strong bid for a share of the construc tion of the Snowy River Hydro Electric Scheme.
Tan Japanese engineers have flown into Sydney to inspect the Scheme and they are interested
In a contract which may be worth more than £3 million sterling.
They represent a company that is interested in the construction of on underground power station and pressure tunnel.
At present United States com- panies hold major contracts for Sadowy Scheme works, but it is known that the Australion authorities have'd high regard for Japanese electrical equip- ment.
"Deadline Every Minute" is
Madol Rules For A Walfaro Benefit Fund-HK Labour Department
RADIO Hongkong
You will find a vastly im- proved Norman in this alm, and he is really funny as he raids the family money bax, and un- known to himself, intending to - place an ordinary bet, he goes
remember him as the director of "The Man in the Wille Saft, and "The Lady Killers."
The picture itself is a hard hitting drama of the knife in for a fantastic "accumulator." Also starring the film is wielding, power-mad denizens of Broadway's entertainment Margaret Rutherford a A bol, and it is very obvious that eccentric millionairess and Jill in
this appearing In
Alm, Dixon as the girl of Norman's She is also the cause Lancaster and Curtis are break-dreams. Ing away from
rebellion the roles of of his rash
ngainst 'swashbuckling that earned homo authority, and his flutter them their inliial screen recogni» |on the horses. tion.
A crazy comedy, a fantastic This film cells for acing and "acctumulator", the excitement this office for review has signata Demi Heute Francelse, nction of a more restrained and of which will be appreciated by been drawn up by the 8.30, Vienna State Opera Orchestra subtle type.
Star: Tilde
Quite aside from every horse player for miles Gueden Hongkong Labour Depart-oprano): 6.58, Weather Report; 7. the aforementioned, Lanenster around, this Wisdom feature is It looks like "Operation
Time Signal. New; 7.10, Comman and Curtis are anxious to show his best yet. Travel" for quite a number ofment, and issued in their tary: 7.15, Anna Itusse gives A VIPs next year. The Premier,Trade Union Education Survey of singing from Madrigals to Mr Cahill, is to go to Ualted Series. States to help catablish the
TRAVEL YEAR
ONE
of the neatest pamphlets to come into
collection for him, and the sum contributed rests upon how much his fellows are able, or feel in- clined to give ot that particular
0.30 pm, Nut for Squares; 0, Time
-Guest
Modern Opera: 1.40 Departure of The Governor-Ediled Hecorded Version: 8.15. Take It From Here:* 1.45, Guy Lombando and his Royal Canadians; 8.80, Weather Report: 9. Tima Signal, News and Home News from Stain; 9.15, Scottish Music -Band of The Boots Guarde: 0.43, Look What I've Found presented by John Wallace; 10.45, Song Hits from Theatreland-Mantovani and
Orchestra: 10.58, Weather Re port: 11, Time Signal. Ant NewGreci: 11.15, Out and Aboul! A from New Year's Eva Round-up four different point. In the Colty. In a Newspaper Ofico-Ted Thomas, At the Paraisount Restaurant—NTER Kindall; At the Laces Recrea tion Club John Wallner: On the root of the Star Forty-The elsimes of Midnight: 12.30. Clara Down.
Stale Government's new Trading It is not going too far to sug- Office there.
gest that one or two other de- Actually, nobody will bepartments have a look at it, for grudge the Premier a trip away as a plece of writing, it possesses Leenuse he must be one of the all the qualities good writing very few heads of Government | should passesS, It is concise, in ibis country who has not clear, and straight to the point. left its shores during his term Its object is addressed to that of offee, which has extended strie of trade unionism which five years or more.
deals with welfare. The Lord Mayor, Ali. Jen- Many people who are Inter- sen, is likely to visit Israel and ested about this particular ILB several points north, south, east pect of welfare work are aware and west He has been invited that whatever good qualities our to visit Israel by the Israeli local trades unions. might Government to
the possess, there is a lot left to be atend country's 1011 anniversary desired on the subject of sicht- REDIFFUSION which begins on April 24. ness, accident, and death bene-
3
Matinee; 3.50. p.m. Musical The National Secretary of fit funds.
Most of them work in a slap-featuring the Four Knigas; Tra A Programme of Foslar Blusta the Federated Ironworkers, As- sociation, Me Laurrie Short, is happy way, so that should a
Tune Rendezvour; 4.39, A Pro- gramme of Popular. Bonga featuring to fly to United States to ex-member fall on foul times and
Toni Harper and Prank Sinatra: plain of all things long in need of assistance, the best
Children's Corner-Présented by service leave to American steel that can be done is to have a Auntie Ray: 6:30. Progressivo Jam- Music in the Modern Manner Fre workers.
sented by Ray Cordeiro: d. Ehow Tunes and Light Cooders Lavourites played by Binev Tarch_and_bia_Dr. chestra: 4.20, Birthday Mailbag: 8.30, Band Call Featuring Ray Anthony and his Orchestra; 6.4, The Bury From there, the pamphlet pro- of Jane Armitage 7 Time Signal Aus-ceeds to point out how a Bene- and the New; 700, Weather Fere- cart, Announcements and Interlude; nt Fund should not be run in
7.15. Track Talk-Tips for To-
Face; 7,50, morrow's Trade Union leaders, has been such a loose manner, and then
Evetung Serenade: 7.45, Glenn Miker and fi invited to America by the Pro- follows a set of model rules.
Orchestra: 8 Personality Parade- sident of the Steelworkers'
An aspect of the pamphlet
Kosemary Clusoney: 0.15, Mantovani Union, Mr McDonald,
which must appeal to even the emoties: 8.30, On The Outer Bide most jealous or rigid trude union -A Programme of Popular Muste official is the conclusion on page featuring the Reverso Bide of illt Paraders Presented by Nick Ken- 10. Here the Trade Union Sec- dali; 9. Squad Noom-A Story of tion of the Labour Department Crime and Punishment; 9.30, Bong- offers advice. Nothing is forced written and presented by Jack Bin
word Hound...A Mudiral Travelogue HMAS Quiberon, which to- Joined the Australian feet as a
upon anyone. There is no "wo chair; 10. Ray Anthony and nis melodies submarine killer last week is a are the experta" attitude about Orchestra play
Hamist eing over 1957, and Bome bright.
lune trim steel grey colour from the whole thing. The mood of for
shythmic waterline to mast-tip
on the the documpont is, this has been for 1958: 10.30 NEW CHI
why don't Trollo in Toe Morgan Manor-RTURE tried and it works, outside, but inuide she is just a
Morgans and the Orchestra you try it?
HOT Nostalgic orgy for low Year's Government documents Aro Eve: 11, New Year's Dance Party: Hatch covers AID a bright blue, the companionways are noted for their rigid style, un-1.m. "God Save The Queen;" yellow, the huge pipes that run compromising duliness, and, It is Close Down. throughout the ship are
a regretted, often pompous *P:TELEVISION variety of reds and greens; in proach. Not the seamen's mesa the bulk-Rules for o heads are a mushroom pink, Fund," is as inviting as its neat atokers take their showers in a pink-tinted bathroom
and the
He will attend a series of conferences in Washington with the American Steelworkers Union which has nearly 1 moment milion members,
Laurrie Short, one of tralia's well-known
moderate
PINK-TINTED
riot of colour,
cools have daffodil yellow
blua cover.
this one. "Model Welfare Benefit
curtains on their internal port US Denies Report
boles.
Even the well-scrubbed dock
has gone and a surf-green linoi
laid.
*CAT
B D... Children's Hour toons: 6.15, Children's Film, 0.30, Circus Boy in The Proud Pazine- chi"; 6, Clows Down.
7.50 p.m.. "Adventure in Cook- in Conducted by. Ano Lett. (A Studio Prosentation), Producer John B30W; 7,45, Redifusion Nowsed:-- World and Colony Irente: Broderick Crawford a “Highway Patrol 8.30. "LINĮ Palmer": 8,43, Washington, Dec. 10.
Calling Card (Chinew) Prosted The American State Depart by Alexander Bun. (a Studio Pre- Quiberon's young skipper, ment today categorically denied nation.) Produca-John Baw
District Attorney“, StarTION Commander L. M. Ponion, said; } the United States had put David, Brian; 0.30, "eport From Featuro "Colour la being used everys pressure on West Germany to America 10 Evening
-The Lite By Forn" "Bist where you look ashore to make make It cancel orders for ring: Lloyd Brides, John Ireland living brighter, so why not on
La British plance and order and Maria Wimor; 11,30,
NIADE Finalı — News India board ship? - After all that is American aircraft Instead.
Weather_____Report
Annouidee and Franco-Preud, the mallor's homef"
menta; "Close" Down.
China Mail Entertainment Guide
WHAT'S ON TONIGHT
ROXY & BROADWAY: "April Love." Pat Boone and Shirley Jones, in a modern pastoral with five new songs.
KING'S & PRINCESS:
"3.10 To Yumu.". Glen Ford, Van Heflin in a Western. LEE & ASTOR: "The Pajama Game." Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, and Eddie Foy, in the screen version of the Broadway success. QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA: "Springtime In Paris."
A French spectacle in colour.
STAR & METROPOLE: "Interlude." A forbidden interlude filmed against Europe's most enchant- ing scenery.
Burt "Sweet Smell Of Success." Lancaster and Tony Curtis. In the story of a hard hitting Broadway columniat. HOOVER & LIBERTY: "Les Girls."
A sparkling
show that leta in the New Year with a bang. Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, and Thine Elg.
RITZ: "Beau James." Bob Hope, Vera Mlles and Paul Douglas. The story of fabulous Jimmy Walker, Mayor of New York, ORIENTAL & MAJESTIC:
"Stopover Toltyo." Robert Wagner, Joan Collins and Edmond O'Brien in a spy thriller.
CAPITOL: "King And Four Queens." Clark Gable
and Eleanor Parker in a Western.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31
By Air. Thailand, India, Pakistan, Middle tart, Alfica, Great Britain. Xurope,
4 p.m.
Sanada. V.B.A, 8 p.m. Hawell, 8 p.m.
Korea. p.
Formose, Okinawṛy Zapaḥ, p. Philippines, N. Horton, 8 p.ns.
iny Burlace Thailand, 3 p.m. Maco, dp.m. China, People's Republic, 6 p.. GENERAL HOLIDAY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1,- 1938 By Ar Mizlaya, Indonests, Australia, New Zestand, Neon.·
wall, U.S.A., Canada, Hoon.
Formosa, Korea, Nood
Laos, Noon by Warface
Maceo. 1 p.. Масла, 6 р.м.
THURSDAY, JANUARY E by Air
Peking, Shanghai, Hankow, Kua- ming. Holhow, f .in.
Thalland, 5 min.
Japan. PR.M.
Malays. Indonesia, Ausicalia, New Boland, Ceylon, India, Pakistan, Africa, Grent Drita & arrops,
Hoodies, Noon.
U.B.A.. 6 pm.
Thaland, Burma, India, o pim. Cambodia, Curich. 9 pini.