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Touch of colour at college Corpus Christi bandsman Year 10 student Ray Forlin plays the Last Post and Reveille. Three jets swept o ver the Corpus
College Christi Anzac Day service held last week because of the school holidays. Residents of the Air Memorial Force Estate, Bullcreek,
were the college's official guests, together with Year 4 students from Queen of Apostles School, Riverton and parents of college students. Traditional music was provided by the Corpus Christi Col-
lege band, conducted by Mr Rod Christian, and choir, conducted by Mrs Estelle Dragun. Two pipers and a drummer loaned by the Trinity College Pipe Band added colour to the ceremony.
the Air and Sea Cadets raised, unfurled then lowered to half-mast the Australian, Western Australian and College flags while Year 10 student Ray Fortin played the last Post.
A minute's silence was observed before Reveille was played by Year 10 student Ray Fortin. Bateman parish priest Fr Peter Whitely, a chaplain in the Army Reserve, blessed the
two wreaths which were then laid at the bases of the flagpoles by Army veterans Joyce Owston and Bert Skillen and Year 11 student councillors HopfCatherine muefler and Shaun D'Monte.
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Pope is sad V ATICAN CITY (NC): The British soccer stadium tragedy in which more than 90 people were killed " deeply saddened" Pope John Paul II, said a message of condolence sent in his name. The message said the pope was "deeply saddened by the Sheffield stadium tragedy, which has caused such loss of life and brought about suffering to the injured and to numerous families whose beloved set out for a day of relaxation and pleasure". It said the pope "prays for the souls of the deceased and invokes God's comfort and strength on the nation and on all who have been affected personally".
Students played major roles throughout the ceremony. Head girl Christine Tooley made a short address on the significance of ANZAC Day and head boy Ian Watt recited The Ode. Student members of
FAMILIES WHO THINK THEIR FORTUNES HAVE BEEN BOOSTED ARE $26 BEHIND Fr Kevin Caldwell. An Australian family of father, mother and two children on an average weekly earnings will have lost about $26 a week of disposable income since 1982-83. That's the deduction made by the Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission. A press statement issued by the Commission said in fact only 40 per cent of a family's loss since that date would have been recovered as a result of the newly-announced measures in the Economic Statement issued by the Government. The Commission, however, welcomed the
change in direction the Government had taken by recognising the worsening financial plight of families in Australia. "Any further erosion of support for families would have been intolerable," said Father Kevin Caldwell, National Director of the Commission. The Commission was pleased to see that families on the lowest end of the income scale, for instance larger families receiving full Family Allowance Supplement, are better off in real terms since 1982-83.
However, relatively few families come into this category. For the vast majority of families the changes do not compensate for their loss in disposable earnings since 1982-83. The Commission has been monitoring the changing financial position of families for some time and a detailed examination of its findings will be seen in a major report entitled A Fair Go for Families said Father Caldwell. • Fair go for families — see Page 11.