The bulletin

Call Number
NX 252
Created/Published
Sydney, N.S.W.: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880-1984
Issue
Vol. 104 No. 5403 (14 Feb 1984)
Images
168
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Contents

THE BULLETIN 1 , 3
Advertising 2
THE BULLETIN 3
Advertising 4 , 5
THE BULLETIN 6
THAT’S WHAT YOU SAY Our yachting traditions 6
Socialists, good and bad 6
East German reality 6
Advertising 7 , 8 , 9 , 10
Soviet thought 11
A fan for Imran 11
Immigration policies 11
Decorative poetry 11
Britain’s national health 11 , 14
Advertising 12 , 13
Private medical care 14
London experiences 14
Family history studies 14
A surfeit of takeovers 14 , 17
Advertising 15 , 16
Piratical predators 17
‘Peculiar structures’ 17 , 18
Advertising 17
Professional balance 18
Advertising 18
Differing viewpoints 18
Cultural exchange 18
Advertising 19
THE WEEK’S ACTION AUSTRALIA 20 , 21
THE WORLD 20 , 21
BUSINESS 21
SPORT 21
COVER STORY/AUSTRALIA THE RECOVERY: LOOKING GOOD AND HERE TO STAY -SAY THE ECONOMISTS 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26
THE ECONOMY Wages accord looking more healthy 26 , 27 , 28
PUBLIC OPINION Labor soars to a record lead 27
POLITICS PM shows he’s ready for the main event 28
FOREIGN POLICY Tracing the lines of ‘the odd couple’ 29 , 30
APPOINTMENTS A ‘zillionaire’ to head Home Affairs 30
CRIME The day one man held Sydney in terror 30 , 31
BROADCASTING Flexing the muscles to ripple a pond 31 , 32 , 34
It’s still as complex as ABC 32
Advertising 33
PROFILE Formidable, the keeper of a race’s culture 34 , 36
Advertising 35
QUEENSLAND The high-rise stress of life in Paradise 36 , 37
NEW SOUTH WALES The twang of Nashville Down Under 37 , 38
QUIZ The answers within the maze of Mensa 38
AUSTRALIANA Recording the growth of industry 39 , 40 , 43
Advertising 41 , 42 , 43
PEOPLE 44 , 45
Advertising 46
One swallow doesn’t make a ‘somebody’ 47
Advertising 48 , 49
UNESCO is digging its own grave 50
Advertising 51 , 53 , 52 , 54
BATMAN’S MELBOURNE The agonies of a Malvern Star owner 55
LIFESTYLE In praise of the motorbike 56
THE BULLETIN FINANCIAL DIRECTORY 57
THE NEW ERA OF PLASTIC BANKING 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
Advertising 60 , 61 , 62
BANKS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LTD 64
BANK OF NEW ZEALAND 64
BANK OF QUEENSLAND LTD 64
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS 64
COMMONWEALTH BANKING CORPORATION 65
NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK (National Commercial Banking Corp of Australia Ltd) 65
RURAL AND INDUSTRIES BANK OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 65
STATE BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES 66
THE STATE BANK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 66
STATE BANK OF VICTORIA 66
WESTFAC BANKING CORPORATION (GROUP) 66
Advertising 67
SPECIALIST BANKS AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 68
AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BANK LTD 68
COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPMENT BANK OF AUSTRALIA 68
PRIMARY INDUSTRY BANK OF AUSTRALIA LTD 68
MERCHANT ABN AUSTRALIA LTD 69
ALL-STATES CAPITAL GROUP LTD 69
AMRO AUSTRALIA LTD 69
AMP ACCEPTANCES LTD 69
AUSTRALIAN EUROPEAN FINANCE CORPORATION LTD 70
AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION LTD 70
AUC HOLDINGS LTD 70
BA AUSTRALIA LTD 70
BT AUSTRALIA LTD 71
BARCLAYS AUSTRALIA LTD 71
BARING BROS HALKERSTON AND PARTNERS LTD 71
BILL ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION LTD 71
BOSTON FINANCIAL LTD 71
BOT AUSTRALIA LTD 72
CCF AUSTRALIA LTD 72
CAPEL COURT CORPORATION LTD 72
CHASE-NBA GROUP LTD 72
CHEMICAL ALL-STATES LTD 72
CITINATIONAL LTD 73
COMMERCIAL CONTINENTAL LTD 73
DELFIN-BNY ACCEPTANCES LTD 73
DOMINGUEZ BARRY SAMUEL MONTAGU LTD 73
ELDERS FINANCE & INVESTMENT CO LTD 74
ELDERS RURAL FINANCE LTD 74
EURO-PACIFIC FINANCE CORPORATION LTD 74
EUROPEAN ASIAN OF AUSTRALIA LTD 74
FIRST CHICAGO AUSTRALIA SECURITIES LTD 75
FRENCH AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION LTD 75
Advertising 75
GRINDLAYS AUSTRALIA LTD 76
HAMBRO AUSTRALIA LTD 76
HILL SAMUEL AUSTRALIA LTD 76
INDOSUEZ AUSTRALIA LTD 76
Advertising 77
JARDINE FLEMING (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD 78
KLEINWORT BENSON AUSTRALIA LTD 78
LLOYDS INTERNATIONAL LTD 78
MARTIN CORPORATION LTD 78
PARTNERSHIP PACIFIC LTD 78
PITTSBURGH NATIONAL, SELDON & CO LTD 79
PNB INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CO (AUSTRALIA) LTD 79
ROTHSCHILD AUSTRALIA LTD 79
RBC AUSTRALIA LTD (formerly RoyAust Ltd) 79
Advertising 80 , 81
SBC AUSTRALIA LTD 82
SCHRODER, DARLING AND CO LTD 82
SECURITY PACIFIC AUSTRALIA LTD 82
SOCIETE GENERALE AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD 82
SPEDLEY SECURITIES LTD 83
STANDARD CHARTERED AUSTRALIA LTD 83
TRANS CITY HOLDINGS LTD 83
THE TRICONTINENTAL GROUP OF COMPANIES 83
WARDLEY AUSTRALIA LTD 83
Advertising 84 , 85
FINANCE COMPANIES SIZE ISN'T EVERYTHING 86 , 88
How the finance companies add up 87
Advertising 88 , 89
ALLIANCE HOLDINGS LTD 90
AMEV-UDC FINANCE LTD 90
ASSOCIATED MIDLAND GROUP LTD 90
ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD 90
Advertising 91 , 92
AUSTRALIAN GUARANTEE CORPORATION LTD 93
AVCO FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD 93
BARCLAYS AUSTRALIA (FINANCE) LTD 93
BENEFICIAL FINANCE CORPORATION LTD 93
BFC FINANCE LTD 94
BROADLANDS FINANCE LTD 94
CBFC LTD 94
CITICORP AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS LTD 94
CUSTOM CREDIT HOLDINGS LTD 94
ELDERS LENSWORTH FINANCE LTD 95
ESANDA LTD 95
FINANCE CORPORATION OF AUSTRALIA LTD 95
FORD CREDIT AUSTRALIA LTD 95
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA 96
HFC FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD 96
HUNTER BNZ FINANCE LTD 96
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CREDIT CORPORATION 96
KIMBERLEY NZI FINANCE LTD 97
MERCANTILE CREDITS LTD 97
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER FINANCE AUSTRALIA LTD 97
NETWORK FINANCE LTD 97
PERMANENT FINANCE CORPORATION LTD 98
STANDARD CHARTERED FINANCE LTD 98
TRADE CREDITS LTD 98
TRICONTINENTAL FINANCE CORPORATION LTD 98
Advertising 99 , 100 , 101
OFFICIAL DEALERS AMP DISCOUNT CORPORATION LTD 102
ALL-STATES DISCOUNT LTD 102
AUC DISCOUNT LTD 102
CAPEL COURT SECURITIES LTD 102
Advertising 103
DELFIN DISCOUNT COMPANY LTD 104
FIRST FEDERATION DISCOUNT COMPANY LTD 104
NATIONAL DISCOUNT CORPORATION LTD 104
SHORT TERM HOLDINGS LTD 104
TRANS CITY DISCOUNT LTD 104
Advertising 105
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICES Offices and representatives of foreign banks in Australia 106 , 107 , 110
Advertising 108 , 109 , 111 , 112
BOOKS The art of thwarting flippancy 113
Breaking bones in colonial New Guinea 113 , 114
BOOK BULLETIN To see is to review 114
WORDS 114
Advertising 115
AMUSEMENTS ZAP! ROW! WHAM! GAMES BECOME BIG BUSINESS 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120 , 121
Checkmating the computers 118 , 119
Advertising 120 , 121
OPERA Libretto says it all: ‘Applaud, you idiots’ 122
Advertising 123
FILMS Subjects radiate alarm 124
Advertising 125 , 126
THE LAW Verdict pending on jury system 127
WORLD IN FOCUS BEHIND THE SECRET KILLINGS THE SILENT WAR OF INDONESIAS DEATH SQUADS 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132
The night the executioners came for idrus 130
THE EEC Drowning in an ocean of milk, a lake of wine 132 , 133 , 134
Showdown in the War of the Pig 133
Formula for confusion 134
CHINA The woman who would be empress is unrepentant 134 , 136 , 137
THE SOUTH PACIFIC Now, a mini UN stretches across the ocean 137 , 138
Advertising 135
YUGOSLAVIA Winter Olympics cool mounting economic woes 138 , 139 , 140
Advertising 139
THE UNITED KINGDOM Tory Right backs Powell over Queen 140 , 143
Advertising 141 , 142
REFUGEES ‘All aid is an act of complicity’ 143
JAPAN Blackmailers, the curse of top executives 143 , 144
ISRAEL Fears mount over threat of Jewish terror 144 , 146
Advertising 145
THE MIDDLE EAST Turkey urged to back Iraq against Iran 146
Advertising 147
BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT HOW ABE GOLDBERG BUILT HIS RAG TRADE EMPRE 148 , 149 , 150
Advertising 151 , 152
SPECULATOR’S DIARY Puffing out the portfolio with powder 152
Advertising 153 , 154
WILDCAT Tobacco companies still make a packet 155 , 156
THE CHARTIST Beach rides out of base pattern 156
Advertising 157 , 158
THE MODEST EARMER A challenge for the greenies 158
Advertising 159 , 160 , 161
PIERPONT Pierpont's School 162 , 163
CHESS Opening traps for the unwary 163
INTELLIGENCER Two-man war on tiny Nauru 164
No keeping tabs with taps 164
Riding high 164
And sugar? 164
Well and truly rolled 164
Mother Russia to her children 165
Losing the Farm 165
Shearing the lawns 165
ALL THEIR OWN WORK 165
THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY CROSSWORD 166
BACKGAMMON 166
BRIDGE 166
Advertising 167 , 168

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