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SYDNEY - Exhausted firefighters in NSW last night checked one of the eight major blazes which stretch from 100 miles north of the Victorian border to 100 miles south of the Queensland border.

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About 400 Army troops mopping up operations on the south-west of l"he state.

aiding volunteer firefighters h<1ve begun 12-day old fire north of Balr<1na !d in the

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But NSW continued to be hardest hit with more than 200 fires reported yesterday in the Sydney metropolitan area alone.

Two fires southwest of the mining town of Co­bar, 724 kilometres north­west of Sydney, late last night were threatening to join together and jump firebreaks.

Major-General A. B. Stretton, Director Gen­eral of the Natural Dis­aster Organisation, said there was no danger to the town where a grazier wrui badly burned on Thursday. The man, Neil Hudson, 36, was reported to be in a satisfactory condition at Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital.

General StreUon who flew to the area said the fires, including another out of" control to the northwest, were burning on a wide front with thousands of hectares of grazing land charred.

He told a Press con­ference in Canberra he would make an immediate report on the fires to the Minister for Defence, :Mr Barnard, with a view to deciding on further Al"my aid.

He said about a dozen homesteads had been evacuated and there had been some sizeable stock losses.

One grazier had shot his whole flock of Merino ewes because they were so badly burnt.

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1n the Northern Territory, the Urban Development and Town Planning Branch le tebpom;ible tor t he preparation ot town planning schemea · aa well aa soctal, economic and community r; t udles. Ii advlae& on developmental proposals &nd land use in the several dl\'ene urban crowth centres as well aa In other de"·elopinr a reas throughout Terr!tory.

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DISTRICT ALLOWANCE : Married $850 a year S ingle $405 a year

ALCOM:\JOJ>ATION : Single ft.ccommoda.Uon s.v&Uable. The wai ting pf' r\od at Jll"t'fif'nt for ma1·rled accommodation Js approxima tely 12 months from the da le o! 11.. rr tva l In t he Nor thern Terrl ton•. However, In te rs tate married officers who obt a in prh Rtf' na t or house accommodation durhig this walling period m&y be paid & rehson&ble a llowance lo cover the higher rental in volved .

RECREATION L•:AVE : 15 weeks a year. Le&ve tarea every two yean.

TAXATION : A concession of $540 a year plus an allowance equal to halt the to lRl dcductton s tor dependents ma.¥ be allowable.

ELIGIBll_, JTY: Appl1canta muat be British zubjecta eUgible tor permanent r eb ld en cy In Aust r t.lla,

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rested for the first time in more than a week as the fire at Balranald, 912 kilometres southwest or Sydney, was checked. It has raged through

350,000 hectares of bush and mulga killing and maiming hundreds of head of stock.

ID Western Australia 17 fires were burning in six shires, in the gold­flelds and on the Nullar­bor Plain. Six are out of control.

The Sbire Clerk at Boulder, Mr Robin Ped­die, said the fires which were the worst for many years were expected to last for another six weeks unless rain fell .

An estimated 10,000 square kilometres of pas­toral and bush country have been blackened by the fires which have been burning, some for up to six weeks.

In Queensland bush­fires have devastated an area a quarter the size of England.

Meanwhile, a state of emergency has been de­clared in Perth and the whole southern half of Western Australia as fires bum out of control in the goldfields, agricultural districts and around the state capital.

Perth 's maximum tem­perature rose to 42 deg­rees yesterday and bush­tires almost completely encircled the city.

With no relict expected from the searing temper· atures and stronr winds, bushfire authorities have warned that conditions are similar to those of 1961 when there were dis· astrous fires.

The weather bureau has forecast strong northeast to northwest winds for the next two days.

The Committee has been appointed to: (a) inquire into the Incidence of all forms of specific

learning difficulties among Australian children and adults;

(b) examine measures that a~e . being taken at the present time to overcome such d11f1cult1es;

(c) report on the success th~t pres~nt '"!'~asu~es are having in ellevlating spec1f1c lea~~ing d1fhcult1~s ;

(d) examine the awareness of spec1f1c learning d1fflcul· ties among the community generally and among the medical, health, teaching and social welfare profes­sions in particular;

(e) examine the extent to which problems assoc iated with the incidence of specific learning difficulties are b<!fnp researched in Australia at the present t ime ;

(f) examine the social, emotional and other handicaps that individuals with specific learning difficulties su ffer;

(g) recommend measures that can be taken to heighten community awareness of specific learning difliculties ; and

(h) recommend action that can be taken by the Federal Government or by the Federal Government in co­operation with State and local governments as well es voluntary organisations to alleviate the diflicult ies &nd, In particular. to examine the need for wide· spread screenings of young children to detect the existence of specific learning symptoms so that adequate remedial programs can be recommended from an early age.

At its inaugural meeting, the Committee agreed that its Inqu iry should be concerned with those children who, while having adequate Intelligence, fall to achieve literacy in its broadest sense in the present education system.

Girl, 19, to be An accepted definition of specific learning difficulties

considered by the Committee is " a disorder of one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in under­stand ing or in using language spoken or written , wh ich may manifest itself in imperfect ab ility to listen. think, speak. read , write, spell or do mathematical calculations."

Such disorders include perceptual handicaps, brain in· jury, min imal brain dysfunction, dyslexia and develop· mental aphasia.

rescued today The Committee takes the view, however, that its Inquiry also encompasses other specific physical , psychological , emot ional . social and environmental difficulties such as poverty, cultural dislocation. unfamiliarity with the English language and inappropriate and inadequate te aching methods.

Written submissions are Invited from persons and organisations wishing to contribute to the Inquiry. The Committee may invite those making submissions to give supporting evidence at public hearings.

HOBART - Rescuers expect to carry an ex­hausted 19-year-old NSW girl out of the bush in 1outh-we5t Tasmania today.

Persons and organisations Intending to make written submissions are asked to write to the Clerk to the Com· mittee as soon as possible notifying their Intention and the date by which they will be able to lodge their submission.

A 19-strong party or Police plan to carry her down to the bay and .take her back lo Strathgordon by boat. The weather was so bad it was impossible to call in a helicopter.

Notices of ir>'ention to make a submission and submis· sions should ca addressed to the Clerk to the Committee, Select Committee on Specific learning Difficulties, House of Representatives, parliament House, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600. Telephone Canberra 72 6730 or 72 6780.

police, climbers and bushwalkers set out from Strathgordon about 90km (about 55 miles) west of Hobart yesterday across the expanded Lake Ped- \ri;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;;~~~~;;;~~~~~~~ der to reach the girl, Glenda Woodhouse o! Strath!ield.

She was one of four bushwalkers from NSW who set out from the nearby Serpentine Dam on Saturday bound for Scotts Peak Dam, ex­pecting to reach their destination on Christmas Eve.

Suffering from exhaus-tion and exposure. the girl collapsed on Thurs­day, and two members of the party walked out of the bush yesterday to notlfv police.

The group leader. 21-year-old Peter Caldor, of Chatswood, stayed with the girl sheltering under a big rock about half a mile from Lake Islet on top of the Wilmot Range.

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BENEFITS:

DISTRICT ALLOWANCE: Married, $850 a year; Single, $490 a year.

ACCOMMODATION : Single and married accommodation a.vallable.

RECREATION LEAVE: 6 weeks a year. Leave fares provided every two years.

TAXATION : A concession of $540 a year plus an allo,.ance equal to half the total deductions for dependants may be allowable.

ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must be Australian Citizens or British Subjects eligible for permanent residence in Australia.

APPLIC.ATIONS stating !ull details of qualifications and experience, together wltli full name, date anct place of birth to be forwarded by Airmail , to:

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