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...final was an all-Australian affair. First-seeded Ashley Cooper, 20, faced unseeded Malcolm Anderson, 22. A stocky student who turned down a brace of scholarships at Australian universities to concentrate on tennis, Cooper had been the favorite all week long. Slim, moody Mai Anderson, son of a Queensland cattle rancher, had been playing such mediocre tennis before Forest Hills that he almost missed a berth in the tournament...
Just before the rally began, the finance company seized one contestant's Fiat. The jack-booted driver of an Australian Ford showed up with his rear seat cramped by an ice-cream-packed icebox. The crew of a Queensland Volkswagen whooped it up in American Indian headdress. But most of the competitors in the 10,563-mile, round-Australia Mobilgas Rally who started west from Melbourne last month spent their last spare minutes sensibly checking safety equipment. They would have to drive a distance more than one-third the circumference of the earth, bounce over the worst...
...trial ground down from Darwin across the horrible roads of Queensland, rough creek crossings and rocky stretches ripped tires and shattered windshields. By the time the cars reached Brisbane, the first seven places were held by sturdy little Volkswagens. Well up in the running, though, was Mrs. Doris Isabel ("Geordie") Anderson, 46, a Brisbane housewife and mother of six, who was driving her own brand-new, cream and grey Mark VIII Jaguar-a $6,750 job complete with automatic transmission...
Almost a shoo-in for three prizes (best of the big-car section, best woman entrant, best Queensland entrant), Geordie Anderson took time out to go home, do her washing, and check up on her daughters' housekeeping. Refreshed by a nap, she whipped through Canberra so fast that she was picked up for speeding. But apart from a damaged windshield, her Jag was still in good condition. Geordie finished far up in the overall standings (behind five Volkswagens), easily earned her three prizes, and went home with $1,215 plus assorted trophies, including an electric razor and a supply...
...Australian public, forever haunted by fear of drought, has followed Bowen's program with enthusiastic appreciation. When a long dry spell last month threatened to ruin wheat planting in the Darling Downs district of Queensland, the parched farmers clamored for Bowen's rainmakers. He sent airplanes reluctantly, knowing he could promise added rain over a period of months-not cloudbursts on order. Even when seeded clouds obligingly dropped heavy rain on several large areas, Bowen refused to claim credit. Nevertheless he smiles a little when he hears of his growing reputation among grateful farmers. "There...