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Page Two THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, October 9, 1959 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!l^ KENNEL KAPERS IN KANGAROO LAND .iilllllllllllillllllllMIIIIIIIIH llllllllllillllllllfL Hello again, Canberi’a, the Austi'aiian na tional capital, is behind me now, and Jean has forgiven me for en joying a week of bachelorhood. It sure seems good to get back to home cooking, though; the sweet young thing had baked two lemon pies and a cake for a homecoming present. Boy, they sure tasted good with all those Pepsis I brought her a.s a present from Canberra. ELECTRIC MOTOR REBUILDERS 24-Hour Service ACE ELECTRICAL CO. 318 Tryon Palace Drive Dial ME 7-7350 PHONE US FOR YOUR FUEL OIL Tommy Davis OIL CO. 707 Ch.attawka Lane ME 7-2250 The highlight of our trip (other than getting back home, that is) was a visit to Parliament House in Canberra. One of the leaders in the Australian House of Representa tives is Mr. Bill Haworth, a Ro- tarian at South Melbourne (the Rotary Club I am assigned to.) He was away at an international con ference in Poland while we were in Canberra, however; so he gave us an introduction to another mem ber of Parliament, Mr. Phil Lu- cock. Nowhere in Australia have I been treated so wonderfully as Mr. Lucock hosted us that day. He ar ranged reserved seats for us to hear the House debates in the morning, and in the afternoon we sat on the floor of the Senate for their debates. Between the two sessions he treated us to lunch and morning tea in the Parliamentary (corre sponds roughly to Congressional) dining room. Sandwiched between all this he introduced us to many COASTAL CAB ME 7-6131 IS A GOOD PLACE TO EAT - S IW Ml i METROPOLITAN CLUB [ IS 317 Pollock Street ME 7-9827 S Ew/oy 'RaercoHow V'oui** P5^ im Z IM Z m 5 "fiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiii' MASONIC — Sun. thru Thurs. STARTUNG ORAMA...STUNN1NCLY PRODUCED AND nLMEOI HAS THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA PROBED SO DEEPLY INTO A WOMAN’S HEART! of the national big-wigs. Wo were greatly impressed by having the chance to only temporarily rub shoulders with some of Australia's political leaders. We met the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Senate majority leader, the organizer of the 1956 Olympic Games, the American con sulate, and many others of lesser importance. But I was even more impressed by the genuine conside ration that each person we met gave to us. , Mr. Wentworth, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, asked me several questions about certain atomic developments in the United States, and did I feel dumb! The questions he asked would have made good subjects for a doctorate thesis. After a while we narrowed down to a good discussion on one of my subject^—the generally false fears of people who blame nuclear tests for everything from earth quakes to snagged women's hose. . Somewhere during the day a photographer appeared and took a picture on the capitol steps of Mr. Lucock and us, and it appeared the next day on the front page of the Canberra Times. Needless to say, we all felt very honored. Among the two fellows I was traveling with and myself I think we almost doubled the circulation of the newspaper the next morning by buying seven copies of the paper. Late in the afternoon we went around to the American Embassy where we talked for over an hour with the American Consulate, Mr. Bob Hoey. It turned out that Mr. Hoey was a third cousin and close friend of former Senator Clyde Hoey of North Carolina. The dif ference is that Mr. Bob Hoey pro nounces his name like “Hoy.” It’s just as well for him because his name the way we pronounce it has a meaning in Australia .which could be very embarrassing. The guard at the door of the American Embassy was a marine who had served at Camp Lejeune. All he said was that he didn’t par ticularly care to return there, so I didn’t push the question any fur ther. I sympathized somewhat. In our talk with Mr. Hoey 1 a great deal ahSut Atheri- ca’s foreign service and some of the little problems which arise which we at hohie would never think about. I also found that Mr. •Hoey doesn’t think that the book THE UGLY AMERICAN gives a true account ’of our overseas serv ice. He gave us a very informative and amusing pamphlet entitled HOW NOT TO MAKE A MOVIE Also Co lUrring JACK BARBARA KEENAN GEORGE I i II IB cosunIiii jMurv dmhomhm tnclixhi'i LOREN ■ HUNTER • warden • nichols • wynn -sanderS!.^ PioducH M CARLO PONTI ¥>4 MARCLLlO CIR0$l - (HfKM H SIDNEY LUMET •S«ha|I1| Vi WALTER OERNSTEiN«SMMOMllOf|lv«tMU«ir ANrMtuMlllHM For Weddings, Showers, and Other Special Occasions, Your Cake Problem Is Solved at CRAVEN BAKERY 325 Tryon Palace Drive ME 7-3651 NEXT TO BRADDY'S LAUNDRY Masonic — Sun.-Thurs. Sophia Loren as "That Kind of Woman" learns about a different kind of life from Tab Hunter in the Paramount romantic drama due Sunday at the Masonic The atre. OUT OF ‘THE UGLY AMERICAN.’ Some of the debates we heard in Parliament during the day were highly interesting. The opposition party, in this case the Labor Party, has seats in a group on the left of the Assembly Hall, and they just shout out while the others are speaking. Somehow this seems a bit rude, but I understand that this be. •havior is quite accepted in Parlia mentary debates. Other than this the whole law-making system is much like our Congress. Parliament is divided into two bodies, a House and Senate. There are approximately 100 members in the House representing population distribution. The Senate has 60 members, 10 from each of the sij{ states in Australia. The two main political bodies are the Liberal (although the party is very conservative) Party and the Labor Party, having about the same political philosophies as their counterparts in England, although the government is probably more friendly toward America through thick and thin than Britain has been. Altogether the day we spent at Parliament House, Canberra, was definitely the most informative and inspiring day I’ve had in Australia. Before the day was up I was giving serious thought to running for po litical office someday myself—not that this was the first time I had thought about it. But the dog-eared joke would be thrown at me, prob ably by Jean, that all I could suita bly run for would be dog-catcher. You know, I’m dying to watch a good game of American football! Is that a form of homesickness? Until next time, Cheerio! Robbie READ THE MIRROR WEEKLY J. W. SMITH AGENCY, INC. GENERAL INSURANCE HOTEL GOVERNOR TRYON Parking Facilities Available in Back of Hotal Office Phone ME 7-5500 Retidonco ME 7-2344 R. E. BENGEL SHEET METAL WORKS Roofing of Warm Air Heafing 1311 N. Craven St. Phone ME 7-3404 WE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH IN OBSERVANCE OF RELIGIOUS ^ HOLIDAYS HEILIG-LEVINE JOE LIPMAN & SON THE PARISIAN THE FASHION CENTER THE JEWEL BOX SAM LIPMAN & SONS M' ll!
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