The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 6, Milford, Kosciusko County, 7 March 1973 — Page 7

SOUTH PACIFIC—Sixth In A Series

Gaming tables finally come to Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

By ARCH AND DELLA BAUMGARTNER HOBART, Tasmania, Australia, Friday, Feb. 9 — For a country that is supposed to abound in Kangaroos, Koalas and other storied animals, Australia has left us a little disappointed. In our stay in Australia and the southern island of Tasmania, the only such animals we have seen were in the Healesville Sanctuary just outside Melbourne yesterday. The sanctuary was a disappointment to our high expectations (nothing like an American sanctuary), and the animals lazied around in the hot mid-day sun to the chagrin of the host of amateur photographers in

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our group. But, then, when one comes to think of it, the Bald Eagle is the American national bird, and who among us has seen it? Ever See A Platypus? Our group of 28 American journalists, touring the South Pacific and Orient on a National Newspaper Association tour, flew from Canberra, Australia, the new capital city, to Melbourne on the south coast of Australia on Wednesday, Feb. 7, and were put up at the luxurious Southern Cross hotel in downtown Melbourne. The next day, Thursday, we visited the Healesville Sanctuary where we were to see all the native animals.

Well, to be sure, we did see some Kangaroos, and other animals, but most of the excitement of the occasion was left to the imagination. We found three small Koala bears in a tree and they hardly moved. The furry little creatures are seen on Qantas? Airline commercials on American television, usually climbing up the squiggly staircase of a Boeing 747 and bemoaning about tourists coming to Australia. Among other things, we were busy filling requests for little stuffed Koala bears for our friends back home. Other than Kangaroos and Koala bears, native to Australia is the Emu, a large Ostrich-like bird, and the Platypus. Now there is an animal! The Platypus is a remarkable marsupial (an animal that carries its young in a pouch) that lives in Australian streams from southern Queensland to a little west of Melbourne. It has webbed feet, a tail like a badger and bill of an otter. Someone in our group said, “When God made the earth and its creatures, he had odds and ends left. He put them all together and made a Platypus.” Then don’t forget the Dingo (dog), Wombat,yellow-footed Rock Wallaby and Rufous-bellied Pademelon, only to mention a few. Well, enough of this. Suffice it to say Australians animals are of a different breed than we

Americans are familiar with. Melbourne A Big City It was fairly early Wednesday evening when our group moved into die Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne, and found ourselves in a big, beautiful city of some IVi million people. Melbourne is a bustling city, with huge building cranes dotting the skyline. From our corner window on the fifth floor we could see six cranes in one direction. Our tour of the city on Thursday proved to us conclusively that tall buildings are going up all over the central city. The Southern Cross Hotel (named after an unusual constellation in the sky seen only from this point in the Southern Hemisphere) has a number of small shops on the perimeter of its busy lobby. On Thursday morning as we were to set out on our day-long tour of the city, Della went into a small jewelry shop in the hotel to price a kangaroo charm, and was surprised to learn a Nappanee youth was manager of the shop. He was 22-year-old Brad Newcomer, son of Mayor and Mrs. James Newcomer of Nappanee. Brad and his wife, a native of Rushville, decided to make Melbourne their home. Os course we had to have our picture taken with Brad outside the hotel to show his dad when we get home. Our stay in Melbourne was brief. Following our tour of the city on Thursday, which included

a dinner at a cozy Inn named Chateau Wyuna in a wooded area outside Melbourne, we visited the animal sanctuary mentioned above, then on to the airport for another leg of our journey to Tasmania. Ever Hear Os Tasmania? We must confess we never knew where Tasmania was until we received literature of the NNA tour and looked it up on our globe at home. Well, it’s a shield or heartshaped island located off the southeastern coast of Australia, and it is part of Australia. The entire country has only 272,000 people. The flight from Melbourne to the capital city of Hobart is only 300 miles. We had a brief stop-over at Launceston en route. We are put up at the Four Seasons Downtowner in Hobart, where accommodations are entirely agreeable to all in our party. Most of our party took a bus trip today to Port Arthur some 60 miles southeast of Hobart, taking a circuitous route and crossing several bridges to get there. Port Arthur is an old penal colony where the British sent their incorrigibles during the last century. Fire burned down most of the buildings, and it wasn’t any too soon. If we could take the word of our guide at face value, the place must have been something horrible. Not only were prisoners lashed with a cat of nine tails, but the worst of the lot received such treatment as the dark and silent treatment, where they were put into close cells with absolutely no light. Many of them simply went insane, we were told. The little island on which Port Arthur is located is surrounded by shark-infested waters, which

matters little now with bridges to carry tourists to the colony, but made it almost impossible for prisoners to escape! The remains of the prison buildings still stand. They were burned out by fire many years ago, and the walls of the old stone structures still stand as a mute reminder of a penal system long gone. If we never knew where Tasmania was located we were not alone. This morning in The Mercury, a leading daily newspaper in Tasmania, we read that the famous American movie and television star Jerry Lewis never knew either. Jerry arrived here on Wednesday to headline the opening of the new Wrest Pont Hotel-Casino on Saturday night. He admitted to interviewing newsmen freely that he had no idea where Tasmania was until he got the bid to appear here. Jerry is holding a performance tonight for members of the Australian government, then having an official opening of Australia’s only legal gambling casino tomorrow night. A special act of the Parliament authorized the Casino, we were told when we went through the casino this afternoon by special invitation. Some of us were disappointed in the casino, no doubt comparing it with the likes of Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. However, one must admit a lot of concrete, glass and aluminum went into this 17-floor showpiece. The view from its dining room which revolved on the top floor is incomparable as it overlooks the bay filled with sail boats with the city of Hobart in the background. A young lady broke our group into two parts and took us through the casino. The large gaming room has the usual gaming devices except for slot machines. No slot machines. According to our information, the Parliament thought this would attract a crowd that could ill afford to gamble. Perhaps this will come later. One floor man, to whom I spoke, said, “Ah, yes, with slot machines we could pay for this thing in 10 days.” This is the first legal gaming casino in Australia, and it is certainly a forerunner to a bid for tourist trade from all over the world. Perhaps another Las Vegas or Monte Carlo is in the making here. It is a long way from the United States, to be sure, but from spots in the Orient, whose people at this point have had their fill with a prolonged war, this might just be a step in the right direction to bring a little excitement to sleepy Tasmania. We would invite our readers to look up Hobart, Tasmania, on their maps. It is so far south, in relation to the United States, that it’s beginning to get cold. It is perhaps as far south as we will be for a good long time. But a little chilly weather today we can stand. For tomorrow our group begins a long flight which will take us back to Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, then completely across the vast expanse of Australia to Djakarta, Indonesia. We will be emplaned for about 17 hours. It’s now 10:30 p.m. Friday night, and bags are out at 5:15 a.m. It’ll be a long day tomorrow. And that’s enough reason to bring this to a close. Goodbye for now.

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New Salem News Bv MRS. HERB MOREHOUSE

Sunday services Doug Baker played a piano solo, “I Believe” during the morning worship hour. Rev. Woodburn delivered the morning message, “Responsibility to leaders over you” and used scriptures I Thessalonians 5:1213; I Timothy 5:1-19; I Peter 5:23; and Hebrews 13:17. Rick Rapp led the evening singspiration. Cindy Rapp and Elaine Kilmer accompanied. Rev. Woodburn’s message “Practical Guides” was taken from James 2:1-20; Ephesians 2:11 and II Corinthians 5:9. Helping Hands meet at nursing home on Tuesday The Helping Hands met Tuesday evening, Feb. 27, at the Prairie View nursing home for a program for the residents. Group singing was led by Mrs. John Plank with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Robert Hurd. Mrs. Hurd also led the primary department children in several choruses. Specials were given by the Johnson children, Mischelle, Nick, Angelia and Charity, singing “Turn your Radio on” and “Reunion Time in Heaven”. Michelle accompanied with the tambourines. Sonia, Lori and Kathy Giant sang “He’s got the Whole World in His Hands” and Sara, Rachelle and Mike Coon and Jeff and Gina Stookey sang a Spanish song “Dan Gato.” Mrs. Hurd gave devotions, reading Isaiah 26:3 and “Love,” an article from the Haven of Rest. She also offered prayer. The group then drove to the Alfran nursing home. Mrs. Hurd led the children with their songs in the room where Miss Clara Driver and Mrs. Nettie Teeple are patients. After this the group returned to the church fellowship hall where refreshments were served by Mrs. Bruce Baker and Mrs. Bill Wildman. Present were Mrs. Larry Summy and children, Mrs. John Stookey and children, Mrs. John Plank and grandchildren, Mrs. Bill Wildman and daughters, Mrs. Lyle Johnston and children, Mrs. Wayne Teeple, Mrs. Dale Mock, Mrs. Edwin Meek, Mrs. Ray Ferverda, Mrs. Lydia Morehouse, Mrs. Frank Johnson Mrs. Robert Hurd, Mrs. Albert Mathews, Mrs. Bruce Baker and Mrs. Herbert Morehouse. Mrs. Summy recorded the children singing and plans to send the tape to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Wildman in Arizona.

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Honored on 83d birthday Mrs. Lydia Morehouse was honored Sunday afternoon by her children to help her observe her 83d birthday which occurred March 5. Homemade ice cream and cakes, toppings, nuts, potato chips, strawberries and coffee were enjoyed by Mrs. Morehouse; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Morehouse of South Bend; Mr. and Mrs. Dale Morehouse of Leesburg; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Tyler and sons of Nappanee; Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bornman and family, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morehouse and family and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Meek and daughters, all of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Morehouse and family and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walter and family, all of New Paris; Mr. and Mrs. John Morehouse and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Evans and sons, all of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Newcum of West Lafayette; Mrs. Clara Fisher of Peru; and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Morehouse and Georgina and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morehouse of r 1. COMMUNITY NEWS Ed Smith was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mathews. Mrs. Clara Fisher of Peru is spending several days with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morehouse, at Milford. Mrs. Davis Niccum was a week end guest of Mrs. Edna Tom and Mrs. Emma Cripe. They were all Saturday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Mullinix and daughters of Cromwell. Mr. and Mrs. John Mullinix and daughters were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mullinix of Wabash. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Newcum of West Lafayette are spending a few days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Glen Morehouse and Georgina. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Meek and daughters entertained Sunday at dinner for Mrs. Lydia Morehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Evans and sons of Goshen. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Morehouse entertained Sunday at dinner for Mrs. Clara Fisher of Peru, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bornman and family of Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Walter and family of New Paris. LAKELAND LOCAL Dr. and Mrs. George Arbaugh of Rock Island, 111., spent the past week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Richards of High street, Syracuse.

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