PERTH, WA: September 13, 1990
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The Record is the best looking Catholic paper in Australia. The Record was voted tops by the Catholic Press Association meeting in Auckland. In handing down the award for Best Design and Layout, the CPA noted: "The design and layout shows good typography, easy to read, good use of white space with variety towards the back of the paper which keeps your interest to the last page." The Advocate and The Catholic Weekly are very good but tend to be very "wordy".
This tends to overwhelm the readers a bit, The CPA further advised these papers to use observed the CPA. rules sparingly as "they often are used to pull Both of these papers, the CPA said, have together a poor layout when a little more time interesting pictorials and break up volumes of thinking about the layout will make it a more words. interesting page without the need for distracting Other papers tend to be too wordy with little lines". air around the headlines and almost throw away For the record, The Record's layout man is Roy pictures. a former senior Singapore journalist The CPA advised: "A good picture tells more Lazaroo, to Perth eight years ago. migrated who than a thousand words. "So take care to get good pictures and carefully He has been with The Record for two years and crop them to get the most impact." lays out a greater part of this weekly publication.
y this beauty ow! A Perth man, obviously an avid reader of The Record has hit the nail on the head. Stunned by the demise of the Melbourne-based Catholic paper — The Advocate — after a 122year run, he has urged Catholics in WA to stand by and support The Record, Perth's 115-year-old , Catholic paper. His suggestions are:
Cornerstone for abortion laws issued • Page 4
Priest to open a drug centre in China • Page 5
1. Contribute items that are newsworthy. 2. Buy and read The Record every week. 3. Patronise the advertisers and make it known that they see their ads in The Record. 4. Each parish have an active team to promote the sales; as was the practice years ago. The reader argued that the modern idea of self serve means no or low sales.
A pertinent point he made, too, was that no paper, however good, can survive on the principle of self-serve. "We must wake up now, before it is too late . . . "It is the duty of every Catholic to ensure the continuity of OUR PAPER The Record," he added. • The reader's letter appears on Page 12.
Appeal to help fleeing people SYDNEY: The Australian Council of attention," said Bishop Oliver HeyChurches has launched an appeal for ward, President of the Australian emergency assistance for the tens of Council of Churches. "I call on the people of Australia to thousands of people fleeing Iraq and continue to pray for a just and peaceful Kuwait. Information received directly from resolution of the Gulf conflict and for churches in Jordan and Syria tells us the welfare of the hostages and of the urgent need to provide shelter, refugees. food and medical services for the huge "Iam confident that Australians will numbers of people awaiting evacua- back their prayers with generous, tion to their home countries from immediate help towards the welfare of Jordan and Syria, and each day more those thousands of people trapped in foreign nationals are pouring across a terrible situation." the borders from Iraq. The Australian Council of Churches People from western countries are has already committed $10,000 from being flown out quickly, but those the Christmas Bowl towards the from other Middle Eastern countries appeal and the Uniting Church has and from Asia are virtually stranded in guaranteed a further $10,000. All appeal funds will be channelled Jordan and Syria with no immediate through the Ecumenical Relief Service likelihood of repatriation. "These people are arriving in Jordan of the Middle East Council of exhausted, dehydrated and in urgent Churches who are heavily involved in need of food, shelter and medical the massive relief effort.
Round-up of pope's visit to Africa • Pages 6 & 7
Family in get-together after 34 years • Pages 10, 11