Raiders handling errors
Two of Rugby League’s greats,Arthur Summons and Norm Provan,last night were under an injury cloud:they were heavily dumped by the rampaging Raiders. The Winfield Cup,topped with the famous statue of Summons and Provan,opposing captains in 1963 of Wests and St George respectively,hit the deck and broke in three pieces during a victory motorcade yesterday in Canberra’s city centre yesterday.
Boy soldier home
Reg Bantoft was 15 when he went to France to fight the Great War. Now,aged 90,he has come home. After having fought some of those awful battles of military history in the First World War,he fought with the French resistance in the Second. Now with his wife and daughter both deceased he has returned to his family back home. “My life has been tres interessant,very interesting,oui,” he told our Herald reporter.
Galileo’s belated blessing
The Pope said the Roman Catholic Church wronged 16th century scientist Galileo,who was condemned by the Inquisition for his view of the solar system,saying “Galileo Galilei’s scientific work was imprudently opposed at the beginning,but now it is recognised by all.” The condemnation may never be formally lifted as it no longer has legal standing,and the Pope has symbolically reversed it by praising the scientist.