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Hinds brigade chief Dave Kingsbury (right) and deputy chief Roger Sparks are angry at “blatant ignorance” preventing the removal of a blue gum tree and the building of an ideally-situated fire station.

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Blue gum sparks major divisions

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A large blue gum and “blatant ignorance” stand between the Hinds Volunteer Fire Brigade and its new fire station Hinds fire brigade members had what they believed was the ideal site for a new fire station, but the tree is in the way and the Ashburton District Council is not allowing it to be cut down.

The council can not understand why the brigade can not just shift the site of their planned station another 10 metres to the west, while the brigade can not understand why the council wants to save a tree which has no special status and is not even a na-

tive. Chief Dave Kingsbury said he had come up against many brick walls as he had tried to get the council to see common sense.

“To me it’s blatant ignorance on behalf of the council,” he said.

It will cost further ratepayer money, a few thousand dollars, to get the alternative site surveyed, and it would be a site which would not be as good as the favoured site.

The proposed building sites are on Hinds Domain land, vested in the council and managed by the Hinds Reserve Board.

Mr Kingsbury said the favoured site was chosen as it was a logical place to put the new station – there was a well on the land so it could not be used as

a permanent playing field, the station would fit compactly there, and there were houses straight across the road which offered a security aspect.

The alternative site would see a power pole inconveniently located in front of the truck bay, and building there would itself necessitate the removal of one of several established evergreen trees.

“Ten metres doesn’t sound far but it’s the principle of it and the cost to the ratepayers, and it creates more issues than it solves,” Mr Kingsbury said.

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Star Wars set to knock over Frozen Move over Elsa and Anna, the lightsabers have arrived. Star Wars could blow Frozen off the toy sales charts when the merchandise for the upcoming instalment of the sci-fi phenomenon hits shelves on tomorrow. Retailers are prepping for a sales frenzy with Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens merchandise coming out three months before the film hits cinemas in December. Toys”R”Us and Target have even planned midnight opening sales for their stores tonight. “I know there are a lot of fans heading out to those openings,” said Chris Brennan, the director of Star Walking Inc, the longest-running Star Wars fan club in the world.

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Director defends alcohol cloud A Brisbane show director has defended his decision to present a vapour cloud of gin and tonic that guests can absorb through their eyes and lungs. Health experts have criticised the attraction, which will form part of the Fear & Delight dinner and stage show at the Brisbane Festival from Saturday until September 21. The show’s director, Scott Maidment, says the gin and tonic cloud was intended to be a stimulating experience for the senses, rather than a new way to get drunk. “It’s also about tasting the juniper berries and things like that that are in gin and tonic,” Mr Maidment said. “It’s actually healthier for you they say, because it’s not affecting your liver.” Mr Maidment said the mist’s creator, UK-based culinary architects Bompas and Parr, had biochemists and respiratory experts from the Centre for Altitude, Space and Extreme Environment Medicine calibrate the ratio of alcohol to mixer. He said people would have to stand in the cloud room for 40 minutes to absorb the equivalent of a large gin and tonic, but people wouldn’t be in there for that long.

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The video of a French tourist desperately seeking the man who impregnated her during a holiday fling in Australia is a hoax.

The video went viral on social media this week as the woman pleaded for members of the public to help her track down the Sunshine Coast father of her unborn child with whom she had fallen in love. A Sunshine Coast social media company revealed yesterday the woman was an actress who volunteered to star in a video to promote tourism in Mooloolaba.

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An Australian news anchor has posted a picture on Twitter apparently of an “official” Wallabies rugby jersey boasting a New Zealand flag. James McHale, a news anchor with ABC in Perth, posted this picture and a tweet pondering whether it was in fact an official piece of merchandise. It is not known what the garment is or where Mr McHale purchased it.

In response to his post, some Twitter users poked fun of the situation. @ FarCueMate said: “Don’t worry mate, us Kiwis will be changing our flag soon enough ...” While @ CouchHalfback posted: “I hope it was cheaper, there are less stars on that flag!” Meanwhile, @Longworth72 wrote: “They did beat us in the Bledisloe. This means their flag goes on all our clothes now.”

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Contactless payment jacket Contactless payment technology has been applied to fashion to create the “world’s first” contactless jacket. Barclaycard and its contactless bPay technology has partnered with fashion brand Lyle & Scott to create a jacket that can be used to make contactless payments in the same way consumers would use a contactless card – by tapping the sleeve against pay points. The jacket – which is going on-sale online and in the brand’s Carnaby Street store in London – has space in the cuff for a contactless payment chip, like those found in debit and credit cards. Technology is being increasingly embraced by fashion, as smartwatches and other wearable technology become more widely available.

Lyle & Scott has created an innovation team to launch “ground-breaking products” designed to fit this growing trend, of which the jacket will be the first.

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Delays in hearing appeals on the Ashburton District’s local alcohol policy (LAP) are stymying a community drive to make Ashburton’s street’s safer after dark, says mayor Angus McKay. The Sale of Liquor Act 2012 challenged local authorities to come up with a policy that would set trading hours and conditions that were appropriate for their own community.

The 2013 draft policy attracted more than 200 submissions, hearings were held and a provisional policy developed.

This was eventually signed off by the Ashburton District Council but was immediately challenged by Hospitality New

Zealand and two supermarket chains. It is now waiting in a queue for those appeals to be heard.

And those delays, Mr McKay said are immensely frustration for a group he leads, charged with finding solutions to Ashburton’s late night street violence.

The LAP includes a oneway door policy after 1am and a bar closing time of 2am and those changes, combined with improved late night transport options would go a long way to improving the late night situation.

Last weekend, an alcohol fuelled brawl erupted in the inner town and four young men were arrested.

The incident occurred after

bars closed at 3am.

“Some people would argue that the same will happen at 2am as it would at 4am but there will be a shorter timeframe to drink,” he said.

His group was confident that as part of a multi-pronged approach to late night street safety, the LAP was critical.

“This is not helping at all with our co-ordinated efforts in the central town around late night behaviour.

Our LAP is the big thing that we need to have enacted.

The government has put in place a system for this that’s taking a long time and could only get longer.”

Ashburton had held off having appeals heard until the outcome of similar appeals in oth-

er parts of New Zealand were known, but in spite of some decisions already having been handed down, it was unlikely the appellants would go away, Mr McKay said.

Ashburton’s appeals are scheduled to be heard during the second week in October.

If Ashburton’s LAP appeals were upheld the district could be forced almost back to the drawing board with its policy as any enforced changes meant the document would have to go back out for public submissions and hearings.

Not only would that delay its implementation by many months, it would also add considerable cost to the process, he said.

■ ALPINE FAULT

Faultline closer than previously believed

By SuSaN SaNdyS

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The Alpine Fault is closer to Mid Canterbury than previously believed, new research suggests.

The findings throw into question the level of shaking intensity the district will be subject to when the fault ruptures, expected within the next 100 years.

Victory University earth sciences associate professor Simon Lamb said yesterday the new research had suggested that the region where the Pacific Plate met the Australian Plate was not only a vertical crack, but was instead horizontal for about 350 kilometres along the length of the South Island, as the Australian Plate slid underneath the Pacific Plate.

This made the faultline up to 100 kilometres wide in some places.

The 350-kilometre zone was believed to run south from the Tekapo area, and Wanaka was now considered to have the fault running underneath it, whereas previously it had been about 80 kilometres away from it.

The northern end of the thickened faultline area could extend into Mid Canterbury, bringing the fault closer to the district. The Alpine Fault has previously been considered to be 120 kilometres west of Ashburton.

“But whether it’s got significantly closer to Ashburton is difficult to say,” Dr Lamb said. “Ashburton is somewhere in transition near where it is vertical and where it begins to widen.”

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In brief

■ LOCAL ALCOHOL POLICY

By Sue NewmaN

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Saving school pools World champion silver medallist and double Olympian Lauren Boyle is supporting a campaign to save 130 of New Zealand’s school pools from closing due to lack of maintenance funds. She has joined Water Safety New Zealand (WSNZ) as an ambassador to inspire youngsters about the importance of learning water safety and swimming skills.

“School pools are a really important part of getting that exposure and feeling confident and comfortable around water,” said Boyle. “They are especially important in rural areas which don’t have big council facilities and they become a community hub for hanging out for swimming and recreation at the weekend.” - NZME

Teenager killed A teenage driver has died after a crash with a logging truck in rush-hour Christchurch traffic on Tuesday. Matthew Thomas Ngataki, a 19-year-old from the city, was driving a red Mitsubishi when he hit a logging truck near what police have called “a gentle bend” on Mairehau Rd shortly after 5pm.

Mr Ngataki, the only one in the car, died at the scene. His death has been referred to the coroner.

“Canterbury Police are supporting Matthew’s family who are devastated at losing a loved family member in such tragic circumstances,” Senior Sergeant Scott Richardson said yesterday.

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Quake research The University of Canterbury is offering scholarships to help inspire research into the effects of the devastating 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes, focusing on the lessons learned from the disaster response. UC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive (CEISMIC) director Professor Paul Millar is concerned that as time wears on vital information about the response and recovery is being “irretrievably lost”. The first four scholarships, funded by The Canterbury Community Trust, will support masters’ students to research and write on aspects of the quake response and recovery.

Successful applicants will have their fees paid and receive a stipend of $12,000 to support them through a year of study.

- NZME The Alpine Fault, marked by the blue shaded zone, is wider than previously believed. It was formerly conceptualised as a narrow line (to the left of the blue shaded area).

(Image courtesy of Lamb et al (2015) paper published in G-Cubed, American Geophysical Union.)

The consequences for seismic shaking during an Alpine Fault earthquake were not fully understood and required further study.

However, researchers suggested the energy released from such an earthquake could be bigger than previously predicted.

Previous research has shown the fault is capable of generating a magnitude eight earthquake, while scientists in the past have suggested Mid Canterbury would be subject to shaking not as serious as it suffered during the 2010 Green-

dale Fault earthquake.

Dr Lamb said the research results were not necessarily alarming for any particular area.

For example, where the faultline ran under Wanaka, it was not known whether it was “locked” or sliding. Sliding areas were relatively benign, whereas a locked area could become an earthquake epicentre when it suddenly slipped and gave out its built-up energy.

Additionally there was debate over whether an Alpine Fault quake would rupture along the whole length of the faultline or

just a restricted part of it. An earthquake at its southern end could have minimal effects on Mid Canterbury, while a big earthquake at a more northern location could have a greater effect.

What the research had shown was that the Alpine Fault was a much wider and bigger feature of the South Island than previously thought.

“I would not see it as good or bad news, we are improving our understanding. During a big earthquake on the Alpine Fault, it’s still a major earthquake,” Dr Lamb said.

Police attack A 16-year-old was on electronic bail when he and his co-offenders allegedly launched an attack on two Hamilton police officers.

Hamilton city area commander Inspector John Kelly said two officers - one male, one female - went to check on the teen just before 9pm on Tuesday after he was bailed to a Kahikatea Dr house. The teen wasn’t there however he was found shortly afterwards. Mr Kelly said the people at the scene were initially co-operative before things turned aggressive. “As our officers were trying to effect an arrest the juvenile has resisted, punching an officer about his head and face.

“We understand about six people have come out of the house and surrounded the police officers with at least one other person believed to have assaulted our staff.”- NZME

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■ POLICE ASSAULT

Judge’s decision reserved for now The Timaru police officer accused of assaulting a teenager in his custody admitted his communication with the complainant was “poor”, however he doubted the outcome would have been any different.

The case against the officer was heard in the Ashburton District Court before Judge Raoul Neave over two days.

At the conclusion Judge Neave reserved his decision saying it will be released at a later date.

Both the 17-year-old complainant and the defendant have name suppression.

On Monday the court was told on June 21 last year, the complainant and his mother had argued over his associates staying over and “eating her out of house and home”.

He had pushed her out of the way and slapped her face.

He was later resisted arrest for domestic assault and led off in handcuffs after becoming physically and verbally abusive.

En route to the police station the youth continued to resist and abuse both officers in the vehicle.

“We are taught to dominate an offender to gain control – whether verbally or physically,” the officer said.

“On this occasion it did not work – it got to the point neither of us were communicating.”

In the police car the youth at the officer twice, hitting him in the face on the second occasion.

He claimed the officer hit him in the head up to 10 times in the aftermath. His account varied in

three separate statements in the days following the alleged offending.

Police brought out the big guns to defend the charges against the officer, in the form of Pip Hall QC, who began yesterday’s proceedings by calling the defendant as a witness.

The defendant, who has been on restricted duties since the incident, agreed he had hit the complainant twice but said the blows were “distraction punches” and in line with police training to subdue threatening behaviour.

The officer then forced the teenager’s head between his knees and held him down with his left hand and his knee for the remainder of the journey to the police station.

He claimed he had broken a bone in his hand during the altercation and was therefore incapable of using his right hand to punch the teenager again, despite a second officer in the vehicle giving evidence of seeing the complainant punched twice more.

“I couldn’t hold him down and punch him with my left hand,” he said.

“If I had used my right hand I would have hit my own hand which was on the back of his head.”

Prosecutor Chris Hunt put it to him the hand injury was incurred during the second volley of alleged punches, delivered after the complainant was incapacitated.

The officer denied this alle-

In brief

■ ALLERGY SEASON

Allergy season rears its ugly head

By Caitlin Porter

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Mid Cantabrians might be getting over winter ills but allergy season is around the corner.

Allergy New Zealand’s allergy advisor Penny Jorgensen said allergy season can start as early as July, but wet conditions usually keep it at bay. As the warmer, drier weather arrives the effects of allergies make themselves felt.

East Street pharmacist John O’Brien is already seeing people wanting to talk about ways to help their allergies. “It is a bit earlier than usual,” he said.

A Methven resident who asked not be named said she suffers from hay fever or allergic rhinitis for about eight weeks per year.

“I get itchy eyes, sneezing, runny nose and mild asthma,”

For Kaylee Swan, 11, springtime is a time to admire the daffodils. For others, it brings chronic bouts of hay fever.

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she said. “Nor’west days are the worst…I stay inside for most of these eight weeks, the longer I am outside the more it seems to build up.” Professor Julian Crane of the University of

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Otago Department of Medicine specialises in allergies and said while no studies have been done on the pollen levels in Mid Canterbury, people who suffered from hay fever were generally

affected by grass.

Allergy New Zealand estimates that around 40 per cent of the population suffer from allergies and around a third of the population or 1.5 million people suffer from hay fever. However, Ms Jorgensen said there were indications that number was growing.

“A recent study has found elevated levels of carbon dioxide primarily due to the effects of climate change, could increase the amount of grass pollen produced per flower,” she said.

“International predictions indicate in 10 years’ time, 50 per cent of people could suffer from hay fever.”

Ms Jorgensen Pollen said that while allergies were widespread across New Zealand, in Canterbury, the birch tree has become a significant issue.

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gation along with a suggestion he first hit the youth while attempting to get him into the police car.

After spitting in the officer’s face, the teenager laughed and said he had Aids and hepatitis.

The officer said he could hear the complainant “hoicking” in preparation to spit again.

“I was not going to let him spit at me again,” he said.

Other remedies such as using a taser, baton or pepper spray were not suitable for use in a vehicle, leaving “opened handed” force as the only tactical option defence witness Thomas Weir, a former police trainer, told the court.

Judge Neave gave no indication of when the verdict will be delivered.

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From P1 Council community relations manager Vincie Billante said the gum tree was the last of a row which had sustained weather damage.

The reserve board had gifted the land for free and the council was funding the building, and it was not the fire brigade’s place to demand the site location.

“It (the blue gum) is not a protected tree by any stretch of means, but domains and public places are there for flora and fauna foremost, so if you are getting a building and land for free you don’t bite the hand that feeds you,” Ms Billante said.

Hinds Reserve Board chairman Garry Brown said a clause in the board’s management plan spelled out that council’s open spaces department made any final decisions with regard to trees.

The board had granted permission to the council to survey the original site, and then to move the site.

It had no opinion on the tree one way or the other.

Council representative on the board, Stuart Wilson, said it would have originally been impossible to move the fire shed to the west, because a proposed public toilets building was to be constructed nearby.

However, now the public toilets site had shifted, it was possible to move the fire shed site.

An open spaces representative had told him the district was losing a lot of its old gum trees, and a small difference in the siting of the fire station would not make a big difference.

“Life is a little bit of a compromise sometimes,” Mr Wilson said.

Fraud charges A registered early childcare worker responsible for supervising other childcare workers for the Nga Rito home-based childcare service in the Gisborne region has admitted defrauding the organisation and the Ministry of Education.

Renee Rangiraupiki Williams, 30, pleaded guilty to nine charges of dishonestly using documents for a pecuniary advantage when she appeared in Gisborne District Court. Judge Tony Adeane further remanded her on bail for sentence, along with one of two co-accused, on October 17. A third accused is yet to plead to charges and will appear at a case review hearing on October 8.

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New highway troubles Auckland Transport has been accused of a “bulldozer” mentality in wanting to slice a new highway through 200-year-old trees.

A 4.2ha native bush block in the path of the $472 million-plus highway was described at a planning hearing by veteran Forest and Bird member Graham Falla yesterday as a natural treasure demanding preservation as other cultures protected their ancient monuments. “One may ask what sort of culture treats its ancient monuments, dead or alive, with contempt,” he said.

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New ski area Ski bunnies can now shred the powder at an exclusive new ski area on previously untouched mountain land near Queenstown.

Soho Basin, boasting skiing similar to pioneering days of the sport in the 1930s, is nestled beside Cardrona. It is open in a limited capacity - but be prepared to shell out, with a four-run half day costing $295 per person and a full day priced at $580. Experienced ski area manager Hamish McCrostie, who ran Coronet Peak and The Remarkables in the past, said the company was going “slowly, slowly” but the idea was to develop Soho into a fully-fledged ski area.

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■ REAL ESTATE

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Local homes selling above capital value

By Sue NewmaN

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Houses in the Ashburton District are selling on average, 16 per cent over their capital value.

Over the past three months Quotable Value puts the average price of a house sold in the district at $324,500, up more than 25 per cent on the average selling price in July 2011.

The year-on-year growth has slowed, however, with this July up just 1.7 per cent on July 2014. During the three months from May to July, 126 houses were sold around the district.

Only a handful of districts are still carrying 2012 valuations and along with Selwyn and Tauranga, Ashburton’s sales are at the top end for prices exceeding capital value.

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The revaluation of the Ashburton District has been completed and property owners will receive updated values towards the end of September.

Across the district, over the past three months 41 homes were sold in Allenton, 26 in Hampstead, 16 in Tinwald and 15 in central Ashburton.

The remainder of sales were spread across Ashburton and rural towns and villages.

Huntingdon (Lake Hood) tops the average selling price at $680,000, followed by Methven, $420,800, Elgin, $488,000 and Allenton, $348,000.

The lowest price for the period was in Fairton, an average of $186,000 and Wakanui, $210,000.

Methven properties sold

on average 23 per cent above capital value with Rakaia and Hampstead 21 per cent above.

Ashburton remains about middle of the pack in terms of value for money housing in the South Island where the market is led by Queenstown Lakes with an average price of $717,021.

Christchurch’s hill suburbs now have an average sales price of $643,820 followed by Selwyn, $516,040.

It is still possible to buy a home for less than $200,000 in the South Island, providing you’re happy to live in Buller, $185,541, Clutha, $168,595 or Waimate, $199,220.

The Auckland market, which rose in value by an average of almost 20 per cent over July last

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year, is still the most expensive place in New Zealand in which to buy a home.

Four areas now have an average sales price of more than $1 million – Auckland east, $1.266 million; Coastal North Shore, $1.148 million; Auckland city, $1.014 million and North Shore city, $1.007 million.

By using three-monthly data, QV director of research Jonno Ingerson said a more indicative pattern of price changes is obtained as monthly data can be quite volatile.

“We are seeing more activity at the lower end of the value range and that will pull down a median or average sales price, but it doesn’t necessarily reflect an overall drop in values,” he said.

More rain and wind The miserable start to spring is set to continue tomorrow, with more rain and wind on its way for Auckland. And the weather won’t get much better this month, with forecasters saying it will be colder than usual for September. Thunderstorms had been predicted for Auckland today, but the city was spared with the exception Pukekohe, the Bombays and Hunuas.

Isolated thunderstorms also hit Waikato, the Bay of Plenty and Northland. WeatherWatch analyst Philip Duncan said most of the thunderstorms fizzled out over land last night. However, a few created spectacular forked lightning.

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Man found dead A man who went missing from his Panmure home on Saturday has been found dead. Dean Phillips, 59, was last seen at his home in Panmure on Saturday evening.

Police confirmed yesterday, after notifying Mr Phillips’ family, that his body had been found and identified. “The body of a male located on Gentleman’s Bay, St Heliers yesterday has been identified as that of Dean Phillips, reported missing on the weekend,” a police spokesman said. “Police have referred Mr Phillips’ death to the coroner”.

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■ ART EXHIBITION

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Methven to host exhibition

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Award winning New Zealand artist Henry Lowen-Smith is preparing for the opening of his first exhibition in Methven tomorrow.

Mostly Mountains will feature 37 paintings of the Canterbury high country and surrounding rural and mountain areas.

Among locations portrayed are Mt Hutt, the Rakaia Gorge, the Harper River, Erewhon and Lake Clearwater.

Mr Lowen-Smith sells work from his small gallery on the Main North Road in Geraldine.

He has recently published a book, entitled Canterbury As I Saw It, of his works of old buildings and rural scenes painted since the 1960s.

He became an award winning artist despite turning down the opportunity to go to art school when he was 13 and instead carving out a career as a carpenter. “I couldn’t see any

Motorists travelling between Ashburton and Christchurch will face a temporary diversion at Dromore today and tomorrow while State Highway One is excavated to allow a pipe to be installed. Traffic will be moved around the diversion via a temporary gravel track on the grass verge. The work is weather dependent and will start this morning and possibly continue into Friday. The diversion will be over a 181 metre length of road from Stanley Road and across the Somerton Road intersection. The work is being carried out by Greg Donaldson Contracting.

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Artist Henry Lowen-Smith prepares for the opening of his exhibition in Methven tomorrow.

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future in it,” he has said of an artistic career.

Mr Lowen-Smith retired from carpentry and has been

painting full-time since 1978.

He lived in Ashburton for most of his life. He paints landscapes in oils, and has ex-

hibited in all the major centres and galleries, at one time supplying paintings to 11 galleries throughout New Zealand.

■ SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Borough School students crowned winners

By Caitlin Porter

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Think First short film competition winners (from left) Henry Goodes, 9, Jesse Martin, 11, Wil Jemmett, 11 and Eddie Galbraith, 9, with the brand new GoPro camera.

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A group of children from Ashburton Borough School were yesterday crowned the winners of the Think First short film competition.

Wil Jemmett and Jesse Martin, both 11, along with Eddie Galbraith and Henry Goodes, both 9, teamed up to enter the competition, making a video about cyberbullying titled Yeah Right. Thanks to their excellent videography and acting skills they won a brand new GoPro camera for their class, The goal of the competition, open to youth under the age of 19, was to create the best short film that incorporated the theme of becoming a superhero by speaking out about bullying. Think First project co-ordinator John Hobbs said

the competition received entries from all over the district, from schools and community groups as well as individuals.

Mr Hobbs said three judges voted on the entries and after the competition closed entrants were able to share their videos online, the total amount of views contributed to their overall score.

Wil, Jesse, Eddie and Henry said they were pretty happy with their prize and couldn’t wait to try it out.

Class teacher, Dewdene Percy, said the camera would be a great addition to the class and would be taken on an upcoming class camp.

All of the video entries are still available to view on the Think First mobile phone app which can be downloaded for free at the Google Play and Apple stores.

East Street location for waste disposal station Ashburton is hoping to earn itself Motorhome Friendly status by installing a new campervan waste disposal facility near East Street.

The Ashburton District Council wants to replace a public disposal site in the Tinwald Domain with a new facility on the open space area on the north west side of East Street between Walnut Avenue and

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John Street.

Tinwald has one disposal site in its camping ground, but with the second near the domain entrance needing to be upgraded, the Ashburton District Council believes a central Ashburton site should be the site of choice.

Council staff considered six sites for the disposal station, four in Tinwald, one in Rakaia

and the chosen East Street location. Each was given a pass or fail according to five different criteria, with the East Street site the only one to achieve a perfect score.

The new facility will be similar in standard to one opened last year in Methven and will be able to cater to campervans up to 12.6 metres in length.

Completion of the new fa-

cility will allow the council to achieve Motorhome Friendly status which is expected to provide additional exposure for the district and for Ashburton to the tourist market.

The council’s service delivery committee will debate relocating the waste disposal site at today’s meeting and staff have recommended they sign off on the project.

A second community walk is to be held in memory of murdered North Shore woman Blessie Gotingco. The mother and grandmother was raped and murdered by Tony Douglas Robertson after she got off a bus on her way home from work on May 24 last year. Robertson, 28, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 24 years and preventive detention. After Mrs Gotingco’s death last year friends organised a memorial walk and thousands of of people participated. A candlelit vigil followed. A second walk will take place on Sunday 20 September at 2pm starting at the Eskdale Cemetery where Mrs Gotingco’s body was found, to Birkdale Primary School near where she disappeared.

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Charge upgraded A man arrested in relation to the death of a 6-month-old baby girl on the Kapiti Coast has had his charge upgraded to murder.

Gracie May McSorley died in July from severe head injuries, which police say were “inconsistent” with claims she had an accidental fall. Michael Te Kouarehu Kereopa, 31, has now been charged with Gracie’s murder. An initial charge of assaulting a child was upgraded to murder in the Porirua District Court yesterday, police said.

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Concert outrage Concert goers in Christchurch are outraged and demanding an apology after a lewd sex act was done live on stage. Up to a hundred people turned out for the Pretty Ricky concert at The Bedford venue in Christchurch on Saturday night. Only twenty minutes into the act, one of the American hip hop band members picked a female audience member and performed a sex act on her.

Dr Abby Suszko was in the front row and said their group immediately left when they saw what was happening. “We were basically subjected to something that was quite pornographic and it just made me feel sick, and wrong.” Matiu Workman was also there, and said complaints will be laid with the promoter.

“We’ve left feeling pretty empty, pretty hollow, very disgusted and disappointed. ”He said it made his group feel extremely uncomfortable, and said “this behaviour is totally unacceptable”.

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In brief All-day breakfast For those in the US who hate missing the end of breakfast hours at McDonald’s, the fast food chain has announced its breakfast menu will soon be available all day. Items like Egg McMuffins, hotcakes, sausage burritos, fruit ‘n yoghurt parfaits, hash browns and biscuits will be available anytime from October 6, although the exact menu will vary in different markets. The company said core items like the Big Mac, McNuggets and fries will still be available at all of its locations.

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‘Prison cell on wheels’

Hungarian police officers talk to some of the hundreds of migrants waiting near the Keleti Railway Station in Budapest, Hungary, after police stopped them from getting on trains to Germany.

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New migrant stand-off Hundreds of migrants have been in a stand-off with police outside Budapest’s main rail station as new figures highlighted the unprecedented scale of the European Union’s refugee crisis.

More than 350,000 people, many from war-torn Syria, have made the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean so far this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says.

Police, some in riot gear, cleared and briefly shut Keleti station a day after thousands of migrants boarded trains for Germany and Austria.

As night fell more than 300 migrants were still being barred from the station by po-

lice, and rights group Hungarian Helsinki Committee warned the situation was “very tense and unpredictable”.

The blocked migrants chanted “Germany! Germany! We want to leave!” in protest, and some held their babies in the air in a sign of their distress.

Hungarian railway authorities said they would allow “only those in possession of the appropriate travel documents and - if necessary - a visa” to board trains travelling to western Europe.

The ban was enforced just 24 hours after police had unexpectedly allowed people stuck for days in makeshift camps to leave Budapest, with hundreds surging onto trains bound for

Germany and Austria, despite many not having EU visas.

This saw the highest number of migrants entering Austria in a single day this year, with police saying 3650 arrived in Vienna by train on Monday.

Many continued on to Germany, which last week eased asylum restrictions for Syrian refugees.

German police said a record 3500 asylum-seekers had turned up in Bavaria on Tuesday.

At least 2600 died trying to reach Europe, either by drowning or suffocating in packed or unseaworthy boats, the agency said.

Stories of refugees dying in horrific conditions crammed

inside lorries have piled the pressure on the EU, which has scheduled emergency talks for September 14.

Within the EU, the crisis has stoked friction over burden-sharing - about help for “frontline” nations where the migrants arrive by sea or land, and about sharing out the numbers who are granted asylum.

Much-flouted EU rules, known as the Dublin regulation, say refugees should be processed in the first country they reach.

But Hungary, where 50,000 migrants arrived in August, insists it cannot cope and has built a razor-wire fence along its border with Serbia.

- AFP

■ THAILAND

Second foreigner held over Bangkok blast A foreign man described as a “main suspect” in the deadly Bangkok bombing has been arrested, with Thai police calling him an important figure in the network that staged the attack.

The man detained near the border with Cambodia yesterday is the second foreigner held over the August 17 blast at a religious shrine which killed 20 people, mostly ethnic Chinese tourists.

Prime Minister Prayut ChanO-Cha said the unidentified foreigner was picked up in Sa Kaeo

province on the Thai side of the Cambodian border.

Asked whether he is thought to be the person who planted the bomb at the Erawan shrine in Bangkok’s busy Chidlom shopping district, he replied: “We are interrogating. He is a main suspect and a foreigner.”

National police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said investigators believe the suspect is “an important person in the network” behind the bombing, Thailand’s worst single masscasualty attack.

The man speaks English, Prawut said, adding he appeared “similar” to a prime suspect captured on security camera footage leaving a bag at the scene moments before the blast.

The man was detained around noon trying to cross into Cambodia from the Thai countryside, away from towns or roads.

DNA samples were being taken from the man, the spokesman added, to see if they match any locations searched by police.

Fresh arrest warrants are also out for three new suspects

for possessing bomb-making material. One was unnamed but the other two were identified as Ahmet Bozaglan and Ali Jolan, although Prawut did not give their nationalities. The motive for the shrine attack remains shrouded in mystery.

Suspicion has fallen intermittently on Thailand’s bitter political rivals, organised criminal gangs, Islamist militants, rebels in the kingdom’s strife-torn south and sympathisers of refugees from China’s Uighur minority.

- AFP

Austrian police, on high alert for people-smugglers since last week’s truck tragedy, say they rescued 24 young Afghan migrants crammed inside a van that was like a “prison cell on wheels”.

“The car was carrying 24 Afghan minors, most aged around 16 or 17. They had been packed into this dangerous vehicle like objects, crammed on top of each other into a very small space,” a spokesman said yesterday. “The windows and side doors had been welded shut, a grille had been welded to the inside of the windows which were sprayed in black paint. A locking bolt had also been attached to the doors on the outside. It was like a prison cell on wheels.”

- AFP

Explosion kills five An explosion at a chemical plant in China has killed at least five people just weeks after a massive blast in a northern port killed 159.

Pictures said to show a fireball in Dongying, in the eastern province of Shandong, circulated on social media yesterday. The explosion occurred at the Diao Kou Xiang Bin Yuan Chemical Co, according to a news website run by the local government. The fire was extinguished about five hours later and “people in charge of the company” were detained by police, the site said.

- AFP

Bus crash kills 18 A speeding bus has swerved off a mountain road into a deep gorge in the Himalayan region of northern India, killing at least 18 people. Another 15 people were injured, three of them seriously, in yesterday’s accident which occurred near Nathpa, some 175km from Shimla, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh. “Fifteen people died on the spot and three on their way to the hospital,” police superintendent Rahul Nath said.

“The bodies have been pulled out of the gorge and have been identified. The autopsy is being carried out on the spot and bodies are being handed over to their families,” he said.

- AFP

Eight dead in fire A fire in an apartment building in northern Paris that killed eight people, including two children, may have been started intentionally, officials say. It took more than 100 firefighters to contain the blaze in the 18th district of the French capital yesterday. Criminal investigators have taken over the probe after it emerged the fire, the deadliest in Paris since 2005, broke out in two separate places in the building.

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Too great a crisis to be ignored Stu Oldham

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ew Zealand can demonstrate it has, apparently, matured enough as a nation to get a new flag by showing it is mature enough to act as a good global citizen and accept more refugees.

The government has been challenged to increase New Zealand’s refugee quota as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since the mass dislocation of World War Two. And it is bad. So far this year, nearly 2400 refugees have died trying to reach Europe by sea.

A further 300,000 have arrived in Europe over the same period.

National’s support parties say this is too great a crisis to be ignored and that New Zealand’s refugee programme is eminently capable of resettling hundreds more people.

New Zealand’s annual refugee quota is currently 750 people. Act – yes, Act – United Future and the Maori Party all say the programme could handle 250 more.

The Prime Minister wants to keep things as they are ahead of a three-yearly review next year, setting the government apart from its support parties but bringing it closer to those who say New Zealand should fix its own problems, first.

But tackling its housing crisis, the plight of its own poor, and the health and education needs of its own citizens does not preclude New Zealand from being a good global citizen. It might even be in our interests.

Our European trading partners might be grateful to New Zealand and countries that voted us to the United Nations Security Council might appreciate seeing us back words with action.

We boosted our refugee intake when we were on the Security Council in 1993.

Then, as when more Somali refugees were accepted in 2006, this little country was an example to others.

That is the sort of thing a mature country with a good economy, a multi-cultural society and plenty of space does in the face of a global humanitarian challenge.

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t is my unsubstantiated opinion that McDonald’s should run Novopay. At least you would know what you were getting every time you dealt with them and they would do the work.

See it’s a simple concept at McD’s. You want food, quick.

They will give you that food if you give them money. They will prepare that food and then hand it over.

So why should they run Novopay? Because they do the work.

You see at Novopay, they don’t do all of the work – the school does some of it for them.

Imagine if you hustle on up to McDonald’s and asked for a Big Mac combo. Before they even move they turn the till around and ask you to type in your order. Imagine you make a minor mistake and misspell combo. You submit the order and McDonald’s issue you with a ticket.

They don’t begin processing the order because of the mistake. When you go to ask what is happening with your order they turn the till around again and ask you to fill in the correct query form. Once you have done this they issue you with a second ticket.

All the while you get daily updates from McDonald’s telling you the progress of your

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original order based on your first ticket number.

These tell you nothing other than that ticket hasn’t been closed because they haven’t completed your order. This also happens for your second ticket number.

Eventually you go over to the counter and after waiting in line you speak to a frontline worker. They look at their computer screen and ask if you can hold, they will have to ask their supervisor.

Now the supervisor has never seen combo misspelt and therefore doesn’t know what to do and so informs you it would be best if you started again and resubmitted your original order.

They turn the till around again and ask you to type in your order. This time you are careful and spell everything correctly and have a guess what – you get issued with a ticket!

Now you get more daily updates telling you your original first two tickets have been resolved because they have been

cancelled and your third ticket is being processed.

Then, just when you have given up hope of ever tasting the secret sauce oozing over two all-beef patties – hey presto your order arrives!

Honestly this is how Novopay works.

I kid you not – if you want to deal with Novopay, you have to become their secretary. Each school has to identify authorised administrators to deal with Novopay. In most cases that is two people in each school.

We have to sign in with passwords that change every three months. Now I know cyber security is important but I am struggling to imagine North Korean spy masters wanting to hack the pay details of an Ashburton principal. Actually if they tried they would probably be issued with a ticket and daily updates telling them how their infiltration is going.

Novopay are on to a sweet deal. They don’t employ the authorised school administrators – your local school does.

The Ministry of Education has never increased schools’ budgets to pay for extra hours for administrators to be the Novopay secretaries – your local school does.

And get this – if the administrators don’t take part in on-going training known as

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‘webinars’, then they will not know how to manage things like balancing employees’ sick leave.

If anyone advocates for webinars as the main form of professional development in your organisation, say yes, as long as they take a ride in a bus driven by a blind man who got lessons from a Bangkok Tuk Tuk driver, via phone calls.

So back to McDonald’s running Novopay. At least you would get served by someone who understands your order.

They would tell the paymasters what to do and then tell you when it is ready. You would know that your order would be processed consistently and if things were running behind schedule they may surprise you with some free fries while you wait.

Not only that, because I am a boy they would give me a toy to play with at my desk while my part-time teacher gets the correct pay for the extra hours they did. Now that’s what I call a great combo.

Peter Livingstone is the principal of Tinwald School. The views expressed in this column are his and do not represent the views of his school, the Ashburton Guardian or the Mid Canterbury Principals’ Association.

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■ KATHMANDU TAKEOVER BID

Briscoe: Take the offer or leave it

BY FIONA ROTHERHAM Briscoe Group, the retailer controlled by managing director Rod Duke, won’t lift its price to buy Kathmandu Holding and told the shareholders in the outdoor goods chain to take it or leave it.

The original terms at an implied $1.80 a share offer in cash and scrip will remain and Briscoe won’t be extending the offer period beyond September 17 unless the offer has sufficient acceptances to become unconditional, the Auckland-based company said in a statement.

Briscoe is offering five of its own shares for every nine Kathmandu shares, plus 20 cents cash.

Briscoe chair Roseanne Meo said the group considers the offer price is attractive and sees no reason to increase it. Briscoe encourages Kathmandu shareholders to lodge their acceptances as soon as possible.

The takeover bid was rejected

by the Kathmandu board because it felt it undervalued the chain, which was put at between $2.10 and $2.41 by Grant Samuel’s independent assessment of the offer. Kathmandu’s shares fell 4.6 per cent to $1.65 yesterday.

Briscoe built up a 19.99 per cent stake in the company before signalling the takeover bid at the end of June.

The retailer also said it will announce its first-half results on September 14. Briscoe shares fell 0.7 per cent to $2.83.

Last week, Kathmandu announced a review of its head office structure which could cut up to 10 per cent of top management employees in Australia and New Zealand.

Chief executive Xavier Simonet said the company was taking decisive action to address the recent underperformance in sales and profit and was looking to all areas of the business. The review is due for completion at the end of this month. - BusinessDesk

Fonterra’s moves paying off

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BY JAMIE GRAY Fonterra’s moves to reduce the amount of product on offer on the GlolbalDairyTrade platform appears to be having the desired effect, with prices rising by 10.9 per cent at yesterday’s auction, but the market has a long way to go yet before the co-op’s milk price forecast can be realised, economists said.

Whole milk powder prices, which are key to determining Fonterra’s farm gate milk price, rose by 12.1 per cent to an average US$2078 a tonne. Most product groups posted gains at

the auction, with butter milk powder rising by 30 per cent to US$1829 a tonne and skim milk powder by 11.7 per cent to US$1698 a tonne.

Fonterra last month cut its farm gate milk price to $3.85 per kg of milksolids, from a previous forecast of $5.25 – well short of DairyNZ’s break-even estimate of $5.40 a kg.

Wholemilk prices need to reach US$3000 a tonne for Fonterra to deliver on its latest farm gate milk price forecast.

AgriHQ’s theoretical farmgate milk price has increased to $4.19 per kg milksolids after

the sale. Susan Kilsby, AgriHQ’s dairy analyst, said the dairy derivatives market indicates whole milk powder prices will increase by a further 34 per cent by the end of the season.

The volume of whole milk powder offered by Fonterra yesterday was 50 per cent lower than a year ago.

“The lower volume of product on offer is lending support to the market in the short-term,” Kilsby said. But analysts said there needed to be a meaningful reduction in global milk production before a sustained price recovery could occur.

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■ AUCKLAND DISTRICT COURT

METAL PRICES

Ex-mortgage broker convicted of fraud after forging documents

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A former mortgage broker has been convicted of fraud in the Auckland District Court over a scheme where she sold properties to low income families for a profit, using forged documents to allow them to obtain home loans.

Vicky Ravana Letele, a former director of Focus Property Investment, was found guilty on 10 charges under section 228 of the Crimes Act for dishonestly using a document.

Letele was facing 11 charges relating to 11 property trans-

actions undertaken during the second half of 2010 with a total value of $3.9 million. She wasn’t found guilty on the 11th charge, which involved about $308,000.

Letele was remanded on bail and is to be sentenced on November 3. Letele resigned her directorship in July 2011, and the company was placed into liquidation on January 31, 2012.

The Serious Fraud Office, who brought the charges against Letele, established she had conspired with Ramni Kumar to obtain mortgage finance for low income families using

false documents. The finance was then used to purchase properties from interests related to Letele and Kumar, who profited from the transaction.

The SFO said the case was one where inexperience had been exploited.

“Vulnerable investors are often targeted by those who are aware of their inexperience in dealing with significant financial transactions,” SFO director Julie Read said.

“It is important wherever possible to obtain advice from reputable advisers and institutions.”

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■ BEEF SERVICING COSTS

Strong incentives to buy bulls A scheme which enables dairy farmers to buy and use proven beef service bulls deferring payment until the bulls are sold is finding favour as bull sales begin around the country.

PGG Wrightson national genetics manager Bruce Orr said the potential additional profit the Beef+Lamb Dairy Integration Programme will bring has highlighted the advantage of using proven beef genetics over the balance of the herd after replacements were accounted for.

“What I am concerned about, however, is that a majority of service bulls arrive on farm with no records – no indication of the traits needed by dairy farmers – calving ease, short gestation and days to calve,” Mr Orr said.

“It’s a risk dairy farmers can avoid by ensuring that any bulls on the farm have Economic Breeding Values (EBVs) and come from a registered breeder.

“Locating those good bulls is easy – dairy service bull sales begin, around New Zealand, at the

end of August and the majority of those beef bulls have EBVs.” Mr Orr said there are some significant incentives for farmers to buy, rather than lease, their service bulls.

“If you lease a bull you are not in control of what is sent to you; nine out of 10 are not registered and you will be paying anywhere from $450 to $800 to use and then return the bull after mating,” he said.

“However, if you buy a proven bull, through our defer-a-bull agreement, for say $2000, you will only pay interest on that bull at 1 per cent per month for the time you use it.

“At the end of mating the bull is usually sold. In comparison to the cost of leasing you’re probably looking at a cost of a few hundred dollars for a proven beef bull.

“It’s a win-win whatever way you look at it. The bull has the traits you need so it will sire calves which will be worth more than straight dairy calves, and overall it will cost you less than a leased animal.”

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Stuart and Sara Russell are up for another crack at the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards after taking home the LIC Dairy Farm Award in their first attempt.

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Ashburton sharemilkers Sara and Stuart Russell have always strived to make their dairy operation as sustainable as possible.

Entering the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards helped them confirm they were on the right track.

“We wanted to see how our business compared with others, and we wanted to find out what we could do to improve in future,” Mrs Russell said.

The couple 50:50 sharemilk 700 cows on 252ha farm owned by Mrs Russell’s parents Rick and Diana Bourke, via the Bourke Family Trust, south of Ashburton.

The Russells entered the 2015 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards (BFEA) and won the LIC Dairy Farm Award in their first time in the competition.

“We were blown away to win the LIC award,” Mrs Russell said.

“It was great to know that the judges liked what we were trying to achieve.”

Last year’s LIC Dairy Farm award recognised the dairy farmer who demonstrated in a practical way the choices made to farm for the longterm. Judges took into account the wise use of land, labour and capital resources, and they also considered the effects of dairy farming on both surface and groundwater and its impact on soil properties.

BFEA judges were impressed with the Russells’ strong work ethic, clear focus on productivity, innovative nutrient management and excellent staff management.

Mrs Russell said they always consider staff and the environment when making key management decisions.

She says winning the LIC Dairy Farm Award was a welcome endorsement of their operation.

“It was great to get such positive feedback from the judges. Stuart loves talking about the farm and we both really enjoyed the judging process. The judges gave us some very useful advice on how we could im-

prove our business in future, and we have taken on board their ideas.”

One tip they implemented immediately was putting shade cloth under the sawdust in the calf shed, to improve drainage.

“The judging process made us take a good look at our business and think hard about what we are spending our money on. That’s been a valuable exercise because in times like this, we have to watch our farm expenses very carefully.”

The awards evening was another highlight.

“It was brilliant to meet so many people from different farming types.

We found it quite inspiring,” Mrs Russell said.

The Russells plan to enter the competition again.

“We’d certainly recommend it to other farmers. It’s an amazing experience.”

Entries for the 2016 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards close on October 1. Entry forms are available online at www.bfea.org.nz

Fonterra loans could help some dairy farms surv

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Fonterra is hoping to offset depressed dairy prices by offering interest-free loans of 50 cents for every kilogram of sharebacked milksolids produced from June 1 to December 31.

Currently the co-operative has $3.85kg/ MS on the table, which falls well short of the cost of production for many of its farmer shareholders.

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vice-president and dairy farmer Jessie Chan-Dorman said cash-strapped farmers would jump at the offer.

“I imagine there will be a good uptake given that most farmers are in negative cashflow,” Ms Chan-Dorman said.

“This is the first time in the history of the co-op that milk prices have been this low relative to the cost of production.”

Applications opened yesterday and close at 5pm on September 25. The loan will be interest free until May 31, 2017.

Farmers can repay all or part of the loan at any time and no security is required over share or other assets. The loan will be repayable directly from milk payments and automatic repayments will kick in when the Total Advance Rate Payments exceed $6kg/MS. Ms Chan-Dorman said Fonterra was well positioned to use its strong balance sheet to assist co-operative members.

After months of decline in global milk prices, farmers were heartened by prices

lifting in the two most recent GlobalDairyTrade auctions.

In total whole milk powder, which forms the basis of farmgate milk payouts has lifted by more than 30 per cent in the past fortnight.

Ms Chan-Dorman said well-established dairy farmers were better positioned to weather the storm than new entrants to the industry or sharemilkers, bearing in mind everyone was facing a second season of low payouts.

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■ BLOWOUT

■ BOOKS, BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS

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hen Richard Wilson told me he had something to show me which he said I would find interesting I was immediately intrigued.

Those who know Richard will understand the feeling of anticipation because he’s a very enthusiastic chap.

I wasn’t disappointed – he reached into the back seat of his car and produced two books which he said I could borrow to browse through.

The publications are Automobile Year Books covering the years between 1999 and 2000.

They are extremely well illustrated, and after only a quick browse it’s fascinating to see how some things like cars and fashions have changed in what only seems like a short time.

Of course I was interested to find out how come the books were in Richard’s car at that time.

Bernard Egan MOTORING

It turns out he was given the books by a good friend to circulate among folks who would appreciate them.

While he kindly had me in mind, I wasn’t actually supposed to be next on the list of borrowers, but as happens

sometimes it was a case of being in the right place at just the right time.

Mind you Richard’s dad Owen and Lorraine may not entirely agree with that thought.

You see the books were on their way to them.

Which means I could be in a spot of bother!

But in mitigation I can tell Owen and Lorraine that from what I’ve read so far the books will be well worth waiting to see.

And I’ll make sure you don’t have to wait too long.

Speaking of all things books, the ever-fabulous annual Rotary Club Bookarama, which is a great opportunity to pass on or purchase books, is fast approaching.

Bookarama is a great example of recycling which also benefits the community.

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he other day Cliff and Cindy Begg, who are very keen members of the Vintage Car Club with a particular interest in military vehicles, referred to the latest edition of Blowout - the Club Newsletter which had just arrived in the mail.

Blowout, which is more like a small magazine than a newsletter, is superbly produced by a keen editorial and production team who month on month provide members with plenty of information about the club’s activities.

And the club, which has plenty going on, always welcomes inquiries from people interested in vintage and classic motoring.

Like all similar organisations the Vintage Car Club exists because of the enthusiastic members, like the Blowout team who make things happen.

Following a stint as club captain Trevor Begg has stepped up to the role of president.

He and son Craig have organised some great rallies and events in the past and with the backing of a strong committee and a newsy magazine the club can only go from strength to strength with Trevor at the wheel.

And Trevor seems as comfortable behind the wheel of the club as he looks behind the wheel of the 1937 Chevrolet Deluxe with its fascinating Begg family history which he and Craig often take on rallies.

■ A LETTER FROM RUBY

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ear Bernard, I’m writing to acknowledge the words you wrote about me and my owners.

Normally as you mentioned in the story I’m quite a modest and retiring little Elf, but I have to admit I did enjoy some public recognition.

It was a nice addition to all the care and attention my kind owners lavish on me.

Actually while I let them think of themselves as my owners, really just between you and me I have them round my little finger!

Now I don’t want to sound conceited, but I did like those photos you published of my cute little nose and my rather classic dashboard, but I hear through the grapevine that several people have asked if they could - how

shall I put it politely - see a little bit more of me.

We must keep it seemly but just for their sake you have my permission to show another photo of me, perhaps that nice full frontal one your talented photographer took in which I thought he got me posing in such a tasteful and elegant way.

I hear too that my story has reminded several readers of their pleasant experiences with other little Elfs like me.

So I am delighted to have rekindled happy thoughts for others.

Of course thoughts about us little Elfs could only be happy ones.

Well thanks again and please pass on my gratitude to all the readers who have said such nice things about me and my cousins.

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Ashburton County Lions Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds! What lady isn’t interested in the topic of diamonds and this was the subject covered by our speaker at the August meeting of the Ashburton County Lions Club. Nicola Crossen has spent 10 years in her Ashburton shop Time for Diamonds and 25 years in the jewellery industry and had many interesting tales to tell. She gave us an insight into the path a diamond takes from the mines in Africa to a completed piece of jewellery and gave us the opportunity to look at some samples and replicas.

We also welcomed two new members to our club Karen Christensen and Wendy Watson and we hope they enjoy their time with us. In coming month members will be involved in selling raffle tickets in support of Camp Quality which as stated on their web site ‘provides fun, hope and happiness to over 300 children living with cancer throughout New Zealand’.

So if you see us out and about please support this good cause by buying a ticket.

Three teams from the Ashburton County Lions Club took part in the recent ANZ Daffodil Day Quiz and there will be a morning tea held on September 5 for all new members. It was also decided that the club would support the 10-1010 Walk for Kids by holding an informal walk around Lake Hood followed by lunch at the Lake House.

Ashburton Electronic Organ & Keyboard Club Sorry I missed our August meeting (Lucky me I was sunning myself in Australia) however Janey took notes for me so here goes. Margaret T greeted us with some toe tapping music. The evening was organised by Teresa and Bev and started with the men’s singing group.

Ron Colin and John accompanied by Audrey on the piano gave us Mocking Bird Hill, Sweet Violets, and Two Little Girls in Blue. Barbara H Pink Panther, Tea for Two. Lovely old tunes. The member on accordions played St Bernard Waltz A Gordon for me My Happiness Don’t Dilly Dally Greatly enjoyed by all. Next up was Rose playing the piano while being accompanied by organ music played through the keyboard The Nuns Chorus The Holy City then a lovely medley. Lorraine told a couple of stories which gave us a laugh. The men then came back with some great songs There’s a Tavern in the Town On the Ball (Real footballers) maybe preparing for the World Cup? Irene on Accordian and Bev on piano played The Loveliest Night of the Year, Forever and Ever then Irene played The Flying Dutchman, The Burnt Tatie. Rose and Audrey played a duet on the piano Champagne Rag and Tritsch Tratsch and so finished another great night.

Ashburton Harrier Club Championships The Ashburton Harrier Club contested their annual club championship road race around the Northpark Industrial Estate on August 29. This year the race was a sealed handicapped race and was hotly contested by the 11 runners and 13 walkers.

This year only one junior - Jessica Grey competed finishing the 2km lap in a time of 17.50.

Senior and veteran men completed four laps, and the woman runner and walkers three laps.

The 1st runner home on handicap was Neil Lyons 31:03, 2nd Brian Good 34:15, and 3rd on handicap was Joe Ford 31:20.

Neil Lyons was also the fastest runner home.

First male home for the over 65s on handicap was Mike O’Callaghan 40:51, 2nd Merv Gilbert 32:15, and 3rd Phillip Crozier 37:30.

The first veteran woman home was Alison Conway 32.20.

The first walker home on handicap was Lori Rusbath 45:54, 2nd Dave Strong 41:19 and 3rd Judith Crozier 43:36. The fastest walker home was Dave Strong.

Many thanks to our time keepers and marshalls and also to Front Runner for sponsoring our spot prizes.

Ashburton Hearing Association President Russell Anstiss welcomed 48 members to our Spring Dinner held at

very varied and interesting description of her experiences. She was thanked by Bev Gregory and presented with a fruit basket. The meeting closed at 11.45am and 15 ladies went to the Bedrock for lunch.

Allenton Bowling Club Aussie Pairs: August 29 Last Day 1st Grahame Bishop and Jill May, 2nd Murray Smallridge and Graeme Clarke, 3rd Mike Quinn and Janet Kingsbury. Aggregate Winners: Grahame Bishop and Jill May, Runner-up: Mike Quinn and Janet Kingsbury, 2nd Runner Up: Brent Mason and John Drayton. Great bowls everyone and congratulations to the winners. It was a fabulous day to finish starting with a Brunch which was really enjoyed by all and went down really well. Well done to the organising team of Wendy and all her terrific Helpers.

Reminder: Allenton Friday Triples is on September 11 with a 12.30 start.

Make sure if you are playing to be there as our Opening Day is not until the next day, so straight into it with two days in a row. Looking forward to seeing everyone on the greens again. Good bowling to all for the season.

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the Senior Centre on August 28. We enjoyed a delicious roast meal and dessert, once again provided by Mrs Bev Opthoog and her helpers.

Russell then welcomed John and Coby Snowden, who both enjoy (and are passionate about) their sporting involvement in Smallbore and Fullbore shooting.

John started Smallbore while at university and then aged 22, moved on to the more challenging Fullbore. He has represented New Zealand many times, including Commonwealth Games with the highlight of a Gold Medal in Delhi. His most treasured trophy is New Zealand’s Ballinger Belt which he won in 2013.

Coby started Fullbore shooting aged 40.

She is making her way to the top of the shooting grades and was selected for the New Zealand Ladies Team competing in South Africa and Brisbane. Coby also shoots Smallbore at representative level during the winter.

Dick Bennett thanked John and Coby and presented them with a fruit tray.

Ashburton Horticultural Society There was a very good attendance at the recent 125th Annual General Meeting, with four apologies received.

We were pleased to welcome new member Ann Polglase.

President Joy Jaine gave her annual report with particular mention of another successful Annual Garden Competition, the opportunity to be involved with the enjoyable Domain 150th Celebration and Joy thanked members for all their hard work and support. Special guest for the evening was our Mayor, Angus McKay who graciously presided over the election of the following Officers for the new season. Patron: Graham Gunn, President: Joy Jaine; Vice President: Trevor Gamblin; Secretary/Treasurer: Rosemary Case; Committee: Dorothy Broome, Norm McDowell and Pat Tarbotton. Retiring Committee members Mary McCosker and Maureen Randall were thanked and new Committee member Rex Tarbotton was welcomed. Awards were then presented for the past year’s Table Show competition. Results: R A Lloyd Trophy (most points vegetables and fruits) 1st Maureen Randall 2nd. Pat Tarbotton, 3rd Brian Glassey. A J L Williams Trophy (cut flowers) 1st Pat Tarbotton, 2nd Joy Jaine, 3rd Brian Galssey.Joseph D Murdoch Trophy (decorative) 1st Surrey Lamont 2nd, Shona Thomas,3rd Rosemary Case.

National Chrysanthemum Show Trophy (most points overall) 1st Pat Tarbotton, 2nd Brian Galssey, 3rd Joy Jaine. Monthly Premier Award 1st Brian Glassey.2nd equal Shona Thomas and Pat Tarbotton.

Ashburton Indoor Bowls Ashburton has a pair of national indoor bowling champions, kind of.

Twins, Cameron and David Ellis, were

crowned winners of the New Zealand Secondary School Pairs competition on Monday defeating some of the best young indoor bowlers in New Zealand in the process.

The Ellis twins are from Ashburton, but were representing Timaru Boys High School, were they attend, at the competition. The pair play a majority of their bowls in the Ashburton district though, so we can most definitely claim it as an Ashburton victory.

It was a good weekend for Cameron who finished in the top eight in both the New Zealand Junior Singles Championships on the Saturday and then repeated the effort in the Secondary School Singles the following day.

Ashburton’s representative, Laura Mackenzie, was unable to qualify in both events but was named in the Southern Zone team which was beaten by their Northern counterparts.

Cameron was also part of that team.

Back here in Ashburton, the Interclub winners for 2015 have been found.

MSA 1 emerged dominant victors of the main division with a 7-0 victory over Willowby in the final while Division 2 was claimed by Willowby 2 who will be promoted to the top division with Allenton heading down to Division 2 after losing their play-off.

Tonight club pride goes on the line again in the Aggregate Shield with the Rakaia side the team to topple after they won last year.

Ashburton Ladies Probus Meeting held in the RSA Doris Linton Lounge on Wednesday, August 26. 44 Ladies were welcomed by the President Margaret Taylor, three Lady visitors, Elizabeth Vincent, Raymond Chamberlain and Janet Old were welcomed and the National Anthem was sung. Apologies were received from 14 ladies. Noeline Keast was congratulated on her birthday and a new grandchild. The raffle was won by Health Murdoch and Bev Gregory. The Almoner reported she had visited four ladies and condolences were extended to Norma Kell who had lost her husband. Everyone was informed of the forthcoming Bus Trip to Timaru and Geraldine on Tuesday, September 29, cost $25 (lunch not included), meet hotel carpark 9.15am names and money to be in by next meeting on September 23.

The Mini Speaker was Rona Hayward who read some of her funny quotes and stories that her and her late husband had accumulated on various trips. She was thanked by the President. The Main Speaker was Liz Carrick who qualified as a teacher which vocation took her to London, China, Bangladesh, Singapore, Indonesia and back to New Zealand after she was taken ill with Kidney failure which had to be treated with dialysis.

She is now on a transplant list for a new kidney which could be seven years. A

August report: Meetings second Tuesday of month, Seniors’ Centre 206 Cameron Street, 9.30am. Phone Dennis, 308 0140 or ashmensprobus@gmail.com President Dennis opened the meeting and welcomed a new member to the club.

Robin Bruce told us of his experience in the equestrian world and the challenges of preventing the use of forbidden substances on the horses. Robin and his wife Diana have bred and showed Welsh ponies for many years. He has chaired the Horse Stewards Council and told us how some owners are tempted to use forbidden substances on the show horses and the challenges the authorities have with swabbing and the legal follow up.

Caterer, jet boater, and musician Dan Lysaght gave an entertaining presentation on his career as a caterer and his experiences in top level jet boating. Dan started work in an Ashburton stock firm but then became a caterer by buying a business in Te Awamutu. This was a sharp learning curve but he was successful doing functions with up to 600 guests. Later he had a restaurant in Christchurch before returning to Ashburton and establishing “All Fed Up”.

The golden rule in catering is “Never to run out of food!” Jet boating is a passion of Dan’s. He has crewed in two world title championships wins and he had some entertaining stories about his experiences. Dan completed his talk by playing some well-known musical pieces on a Techniss Organ.

Ashburton Musical Club The August meeting of the Club featured string groups, vocalists and classical reminisces. The Ashburton College String Ensemble of 12 players played Gavotte in D by J.S. Bach, Gabriel’s Oboe

by Enrico Morricone and an extract from Symphony by Beethoven. Paula Green, Hayley Ward and Mary Pearson then played two items of their own choosing. Courtney Carter a soprano from Christchurch sang excerpts from the Fairy Queen (Purcell) Mio, Babbino Caro (Puccini), Alleluja (Mozart) and Poor Wandering One (Gilbert and Sullivan). The Club’s Scholarship Holder, Olivia Brown, sang Spring Sorrow (Ireland) and Love me not for Comely Grace (Jacob). Piano accompanists were Angle Cresswell, Jean Rutherford and Carolie Andrew. Alister Argyle in two sessions relayed the results of the survey of members’ choice of Classic music they would recommend. In all 20 pieces were chosen ranging from Handel to Strauss and short excerpts were played in various genre including piano, violin, choral, cello and brass. An afternoon of exceptional music was enjoyed by all present.

Ashburton Woodworkers Bruce Ferriman welcomed the twenty members to the August meeting and reported on the progress of our clubrooms that it’s close to completion and that the target for the official opening be October 17.

Show and Tell: Kevin Challis a carved spalted pear bowl along with decorated medium bowl.

Geoff Brown an oak platter.

Ken Neale a pencil trap device.

David Ford a hollow vase and a silver birch bowl.

Bruce Ferriman two rata rattles.

John Millichamp a small black wedge bowl.

Ian Harding four small bowls.

Clarrie Brake a rata gavel inside an ornamental box and a pohutakawa bowl.

Frank Luxton an offset ‘wobble” chuck bowl.

Wim Melchers walnut bowl with an ancient nail and several off centre turnings.

Brian Marsden an ornamental brass medallion.

Adriaan Slooten then demonstrated how to sharpen wood tools and emphasised the importance of sharp tools and the correct angle for each type of chisel; a skew, a gouge, a parting, spindle gouge.

Blunt chisels are a danger, as they don’t cut cleanly and become a hazard to the user. Using a special tool sharpening system along with a CBM grinding disc on a bench grinder he showed us how to obtain a perfect consistent edge, within a very short time.

Thanks Adriaan for an informative demonstration.

Coronation Target Shooting Club This week was the last official shoot for both the Monday and Tuesday shooters.

On Monday both groups joined for the Drawn pairs match for the Maw trophy.

The winning team of Maddie Evans and Hailey Beevor finished with a creditable 205.5 points ahead of Matt Batty and T.J. Stewart on 204½.6. and Keith Bonnington/Savanna McArthur 203½.5. The highest individual score went to Ben Nordqvist with 107.3 including handicap.

Over 40 shooters took part in a most enjoyable evening. It was a credit to the handicapping skill of the Club Captain that only one pair failed to score better than 190 and even that was 189½.5. The Tuesday nighters ended their season with a novelty shoot and an introduction to a training game normally reserved for the rep and national shooters. A very big “Thank you” to those who have contributed through the season. If promises are any indication, an even bigger year ahead in 2016.

RSA Women’s Section President Colleen Hands welcomed members on Thursday, August 27. Apologies were received. Hope McIntosh played the piano for the singing of the RSA song. Followed by Happy Birthday to a few members. Sympathy was given to anyone who has sadly lost a loved one. Sick members were wished a speedy recovery. Meals on Wheels, this coming week on Monday and Tuesday.

The president thanked, in advance, those who are going to help. Our 70th birthday will be celebrated next month on the 24. A meal – cost $15 will be served at 12.30pm. Please be seated by noon.

The list for names to attend dinner will be in the office until September 17. The RSA is having a garage sale on September 26. The Women’s Section has been asked to run a cake stall. It was then eyes down for Housie. Several members were lucky. This was great fun; especially the last game with Colleen using traditional Bingo calls. Raffles were won by Fay Johnson and Hope McIntosh.

Competitions: Small Crystal Animal: 1st Helen Lynn, 2nd Margaret Morgan, 3rd Judy Peck; Winter Rose: 1st Margaret Morgan, 2nd Wendy Marr.

The hostesses served afternoon tea to end a lovely fun time.

The Plains Ladies Probus Club Joan welcomed members to our August Meeting, giving birthday wishes etc. and condolences to Edith Watson on the loss of her husband. Celebrations are to be held for our 23rd birthday in the form of a lunch following this meeting to be held at the RSA. Barbara Kingsbury and Cecily Casey were welcome back after being unwell.

It was noted that Ross Gurney is retiring as president of the Northern South Island Probus Assn. Val told members about a Mystery Bus trip that is arranged for October 5, names and money to be paid at September meeting. Our Christmas meeting in November is to be held at The Panthers Rock Mayfield Tavern.

Jill Bennett was the Mini Speaker telling us about the Mission trip that she is involved with and the work in progress that they do in Fiji. Teaching in schools, retirement villages etc. Books, sewing machines and medical requirements are taken to help. Money was raised to build a new toilet block. Following morning tea Lorraine Pluck and Company entertained with several stories, some funny and some took us down memory lane.

Members from The Electronic Organ Club four men and one lady sang songs that we could all join in. Lots of fun and laughter was had by all. Deb thanked Lorraine and her team of Audrey, John, Colin, Lester and Ron for good time had by all. The meeting closed at 11.30am.

The September meeting is on 28th at 9.45am.

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■ RUGBY

Unlucky told to be ready Coach Steve Hansen has used Colin Slade’s injury scare as a warning to the unlucky few not selected for the All Blacks’ World Cup to prepare as if they will be required.

The 12 players not selected for the 31-player squad - most notably Cory Jane, Charles Piutau, Israel Dagg and Lima Sopoaga - will meet the All Blacks coaches in Wellington today to discuss why they were left out and what is expected of them over the next few weeks.

Talking a day after Slade left training at Wellington’s Hutt Recreation Ground with a minor knee tweak, Hansen said

an ITM Cup assignment could quickly turn into a plane trip to England for those on standby.

“It [discussion] is their moment to have a chat about why they’re not in the team and the other key message that we’ve got to get across is that this is our expectation of you going forward,” Hansen said. “There’s a possibility you could be on a plane tomorrow. You only have to see how quickly things could have turned yesterday [Slade’s slip]. A lot of it will be just between us and them and some of it will be about logistics and so forth. It’s just important they can get back to playing really

good rugby in the ITM Cup.” Hansen said there was no point basing players in Europe in case of injury during the tournament as World Cup regulations insisted on a 48hour stand-down period before a player can join the squad as an injury replacement.

The All Blacks will today disperse for a trip to different parts of the nation - a repeat of a successful innovation ahead of the last tournament - before meeting in Auckland on Tuesday for their final pre-tournament camp. They will leave for the World Cup next Thursday.

Hansen said his squad for the

first game against Argentina at Wembley on September 21 (NZ time) was pretty set in his mind.

“We’ve got a pretty good idea who we’re going to start. Obviously with a four-day turnaround [before Namibia match] we’re going to have to make some changes for the second one.

“We know we’re playing Argentina and that’s probably one of the key games for the pool.

We’ll try to put as many of our best players out as we can but we’ve still got an important game four days later.”

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■ OLYMPICS

Los Angeles enters 2024 Olympic race

By Rob Woollard Los Angeles joined the race to win the 2024 Olympics after city leaders gave unanimous backing for a bid to stage the sporting extravaganza for a third time.

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) formally named Los Angeles as its candidate soon after the city coun-

cil members voted 15-0 in favour of supporting the bid.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with Los Angeles as our US bid city for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games,” USOC chief Scott Blackmun said.

“LA has the proven experience in hosting the Games, and knows how to deliver worldclass events for athletes and an

extraordinary experience for fans.”

Los Angeles has hosted the Olympics twice before, in 1932 and in 1984, widely regarded as one of the most commercially successful Games of the modern era.

“The Olympics loves LA & LA loves the Olympics,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. “We hope to return the

Games back home.” The United States has not hosted a Summer Olympics since the Atlanta Games in 1996.

Los Angeles faces fierce competition from other cities which have already entered the race for the 2024 Games, including Paris, Rome, Hamburg and Budapest. The decision to award the Games will be taken in 2017.

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Scotland axe Barclay and Cowan Back-row forwards John Barclay and Blair Cowan were the two most high-profile omissions when Scotland coach Vern Cotter named his 31-man squad for this month’s World Cup yesterday.

But fellow back-rower John Hardie - who only arrived in Scotland five weeks ago from New Zealand and has played just 57 minutes of international rugby after making his debut in Turin this month - was included by Kiwi coach Cotter.

Cowan’s absence was a particular surprise as the New Zealand-born forward, who plays his club rugby for London Irish, started all five of Scotland’s Six Nations matches this season.

Barclay, meanwhile ended a near two-year spell in the international wilderness when he was recalled for this month’s warm-up matches with Ireland and Italy.

But despite scoring in the 48-7 rout of Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday, the Scarlets openside flanker has also been left out of the 31-man squad who will cross the border into England for the World Cup. - AFP

RURAL WOMEN REPORTS Mid Canterbury Rural Women NZ Provincial President’s message Mid Canterbury Rural Women New Zealand hosted their Annual General Meeting with a good attendance from Members and Invited Guests.

I was appreciative to be re-elected as President and privileged to have the continued support of Ngaire Brown as Secretary and Trish Small as Treasurer.

Trophies for the year were awarded to Seafield for best meeting attendance, Anama and Winchmore jointly for most new members, Marg Verrall of Winchmore for her President’s report, Winchmore for a branch project and Bev Bagrie for International Country of Study.

Promoted at the meeting was a request from Primary ITO requiring the assistance of Mentors - an opportunity to give back to community by supporting a Primary ITO trainee with their studies and English. Training is offered and it’s not necessary to be a grammar or maths expert, the most important skill is empathy and time.

On display at the meeting were over 90 handcrafted Safe Houses constructed by Members. This completed the first stage of our project in celebrating 90 years of Rural Women. Discussion will now be held in offering these to a Charitable Organisation for their use.

Guest speaker was Keri Johnston a principal of Irricon Resource Solutions, South Canterbury. Keri and business partner Haidee McCabe were the supreme winners of the Enterprising Rural Women Award 2014. Keri’s presentation was well received by Members and we look forward to her contribution to Rural Women following her participation in

the Rural Women Leaders of the Future programme.

National councillor Kerry Maw outlined undertakings from National Office and welcomed member’s attendance at the National Conference in Nelson November 21-23. At this time the rules/guidelines will be further discussed.

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” Audrey Hepburn Sandra Curd Provincial President

ing part and the opportunity to see the lives of the villagers during the run. That marathon had always been an ambition of hers and she urged members to go ahead and make their dreams and aspirations come true.

Members discussed arrangements for the provincial annual meeting and planned catering arrangements for the Mayfield Lions. The Panther Rock at the Mayfield Tavern was a pleasant venue for lunch after the meeting.

Anama

Seafield

Anama was once one of the large Ashburton pastoral runs. It extended from the Ashburton River to the Hinds and was bordered by the Valetta, Shepherds Bush, Buccleuch and Mt Possession runs.

Today it lies about halfway between Mayfield and Mt Somers and can be identified by road names such as Anama Station, Anama Settlement, Anama School, Anama-Cavendish, Anama-Valetta and Hekeao, the Maori name for the Hinds River.

The railway station and the school have closed but farming families are still proud to part of a district with a long history.

The Anama Rural Women branch came into existence 80 years ago as Anama Women’s Division of Federated Farmers, just 10 years after the organisation was founded.

The August meeting was held at the president’s home at Valetta with its stunning backdrop of snow-covered mountains. Guest speaker was Alison Fleming of Mayfield who had experienced high places on the other side of the world when she recently took part in the annual Great Wall of China marathon.

She ably described the steep climb to the top of the wall, the numbers tak-

Six members of the Seafield Rural Women met at the new museum and were welcomed by Michael Hanrahan and he showed us to a room where we could have a meeting before showing us around. Michael then showed us around and said the new Museum opened in February and their aim was to tell the story of Mid Canterbury. They have displays on Schools, Hotels and Health with many things used in Hospital over the years. There are many different displays which are very interesting all through the Museum. All the Archives are numbered and kept in a computer.

Michael was thanked and given a donation for the museum.

Motto for the month is” Time is a great healer but is a lousy beautician”.

All the business was dealt with and 7 members said they would be going to Provincial AGM on the 28th at the Sinclair Centre.

Four members attended special Provincial Meeting where a number of decisions were made.

Five members attended the 90th Anniversary tea party with Furs, Pearls and Hats of yesteryear being worn and a donation for Alzheimer’s was collected.

Members also went up to the Art Gallery and looked at the Embroidery Display

then to finish off the afternoon members went along to Robert Harris for a cuppa tea.

Lynnford Members met at Mary’s for our august meeting, it was a lovely sunny day this always seems to make a difference.

Our guest for the afternoon was from St John, John Tyrell was a very informative speaker, and he outlined the services that the organisation provides. St John run a supporters scheme, where, for an annual fee $45 singles, $60 couple and $79 families. St John Ashburton is very fortunate to have a generous supporter Trevor Wilson Trust, which enabled it to run one brand new and one near new ambulance.

St John is now the biggest supplier of the medical alarms, the Government will fund if people qualify, St John alarms are monitored by their control centre.

Mr Tyrell said the local St John Health shuttle was a very busy service and offered Ashburton people transport to medical appointments in Christchurch.

It can run every day and payment was by donation. He explained the priority call out system used a purple call rated the highest priority, with the patient identified as dying, or at risk of respiratory arrest. Red calls were next, for those assessed with urgent, but non-life threatening symptoms, followed by orange, green and grey calls At the conclusion of the meeting Mr Tyrell was presented with a cheque of $400, this was raised at the local Hinds Ploughing Match; this was made possible by a generous offer of vegetables which were used for our catering project, and our raffle which was very well supported.

Our September meeting will be at the Heritage Centre 3rd at 1-30pm.

Winchmore Twenty members and two visitors attended our August meeting.

Life growing up In Indonesia was the topic our speaker for the evening chose to talk to us about. Elsa is one of our own members and she delighted us all with a talk of “this is my life to date.” Her early education was in Indonesia but came to New Zealand as a teenager to finish her secondary studies and higher studies.

Elsa’s family are involved with material businesses in their home country and after a recent visit home she had some lovely examples of the silk they produce.

She has a love of crafts this has been installed in her since childhood.

During our business meeting we were delighted to welcome another new member to the branch Maryann Blair who we know will enjoy the fellowship and support that is enjoyed at Winchmore Rural Women.

The programme for the next 12 months is nearing completion and some changes in annual fixtures are being made fresh ideas are always a way of gaining new interest.

The branch is arranging a meal to be called “A Meet and Greet Luncheon” for all farmers and workers in our area on Tuesday 13th October come as you are but leave your boots at the door.

It is hoped to encourage as many district workers as possible to come and have a mid-day meal and share some fellowship with others in similar situations in the district. Flyers and personal contact will be made to all in the area.

Members were reminded that Meals on Wheels will be delivered on October 6 and entries for the A&P Show were encouraged.

The meeting closed with supper and Gwenda’s lovely home baking.

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■ WINTER TOURNAMENT

College into semifinal

By James Ford

James.F@TheGuardian.co.nz

The Ashburton College’s girls’ hockey team have reached the semifinal of the Jenny McDonald Secondary Schools’ Cup in Cromwell.

College dealt James Hargest College a 5-1 mauling with two goals from Emma Mealings while Jaimee Smith, Kate Donald and Lydia McCosker also found the net in their opening match on Monday.

Waiuku College were next up for the girls’ team on Tuesday and took a tightly contested 1-0 win.

College defended well before Felicity Dalzell seized a rare scoring opportunity to maintain her team’s 100 per cent record.

College then beat a combined South Canterbury rural team 2-0 yesterday with goals from Tayla Love and Kate Donald to book a place in the semifinals today.

In contrast, the boys’ hockey team were downed 4-0 by Southland Boys’ High School in their first match on Monday in Gore, but worse followed with a 10-0 hiding from King’s in the afternoon fixture.

College’s junior boys’ basketball team placed 11th out of 16

In brief Bournemouth swoop Bournemouth have signed striker Glenn Murray from Crystal Palace, the Premier League club confirmed yesterday. Murray agreed a three-year contract with Eddie Howe’s side after Palace accepted an offer of around £3 million for the 31-year-old. “It feels great to finally be here,” Murray told Bournemouth’s website. After joining Palace on a free transfer in 2011, Murray scored 47 goals in 125 appearances and was a key figure in their promotion to the top flight in 2013.

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Durban host city

Maddison Gourlay battles for possession during Ashburton College’s 4-0 win over Oamaru’s St Kevin’s College at the Ashburton Domain yesterday.

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teams overall in Nelson after a 70-58 win over Marlborough Boys’ on Tuesday night while the junior girls’ basketball team finished in second place following a 72-50 final loss to Dunedin’s St Hilda’s Collegiate School.

College’s netballers began their tournament in Timaru with a 34-29 win over Central Otago’s Dunstan High School

on Monday before downing James Hargest College 39-25 in their afternoon fixture.

On Tuesday, College cruised to a 43-9 hammering of Queenstown’s Wakatipu College for a third successive win but fell to a 32-29 loss to Marian College in their fourth match.

Ashburton led 14-13 at halftime but Marian levelled the score at 23-23 at the end of the

third quarter before edging the win.

Following two losses from their three pool matches, College’s girls’ football team bounced back in style with a 4-0 drubbing of Oamaru’s St Kevin’s College at the Ashburton Domain yesterday morning. The teams will continue to compete across the South Island today.

Durban has been confirmed as host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It will be the first time the quadrennial Games have been hosted on the African continent. Edmonton, Canada had initially planned a bid, but withdrew in February on financial grounds, allied to a global fall in oil prices. It has said it will bid again for the 2026 Games.

South Africa successfully hosted the 1995 rugby World Cup - the first time the nation appeared at the event - the 2003 cricket World Cup and most recently, the 2010 football World Cup. Durban, South Africa’s third largest city, had its bid put through a full assessment during this week’s Commonwealth Games Federation general assembly in Auckland.

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Clarke pulls out Australian cricket fans may have seen the last of Michael Clarke with the bat, with reports the recently retired skipper has pulled out of his Big Bash League deal with the Melbourne Stars. Despite announcing in April he had signed a two-year contract with the Stars as president Eddie McGuire’s marquee, Fairfax Media reports Clarke has decided to take an extended break from the game.

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Todd eyes Burghley

Grace Wilson (GS) and Georgina Kelly (GA) on attack for Ashburton College during their 32-29 loss to Marian College in Timaru.

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Ashburton College’s Kate Lloyd receives a pass against Marian College during her side’s 32-29 loss in Timaru.

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SPORTS DRAWS AND RESULTS RESULTS ■ Shooting Ashburton Rifle Association August 28 Champion of Club Champions competition - Coronation Range Open grade, Martin Fleming 195.7, 198.8, 393.15, Sandy Collett 197.10, 195.10, 392.20, Robbie Hewitt 194.5, 197.11, 391.16, Greg Menzies 196.11, 192.6, 388.17, Rodney McDowell 192.6, 195.5, 387.11, Dave Kingsbury 192.8, Neville Martin 191.10, Fiona Kingsbury 191.10, Steve McArthur 191.8, Carl Nordqvist

191.8, Mark Stewart 191.8.

Juniors, Hailey Beevor 98.6, 100.5, 198.11, Lanelle McArthur 97.5, 96.4, 193.9, John Duncan 96.3, 89.1, 185.4, Jakob Smith 85.1, 83.0, 168.1, Eddie Millichamp 87.0, 77.0, 164.0.

Club pairs, Senior, Coronation 391.20, Ashburton 388.17, Junior, Mt Somers 332.1.

Mt Somers Rifle Club August 31 Eddie Millichamp 90.1, 85.1, Brent Frame 98.3, 97.5, Dave Millichamp 97.3, 99.4, Stephen Millichamp 98.4, 96.2, Wayne Tubb 92.2, Michael Aymes 89.2.

Mayfield Rifle Club August 31 Nicholas McDowell 72, Sophie Holden 68, Hamish Kirk 83.1, Adrien Holden 89, Kyle Hansen 95.3, Oakley Murphy 83.1,

Will Boyd 54.1, Stef 52, Daniel Gould 64, Brian Hansen 84, Dave Kingston 90.2, 91.4, Fernando Torres 95.2, 88.1, Robert Spencer 91.1, Melissa Verney 95.5, Thomas Corbett 83.1, John Fleming 100.9, Martin Fleming 98.4, Alan Wakelin 96.4, Andrew Donaldson 96.2.

DRAWS ■ Golf Ashburton Golf Club September 5 Ladies Division Rnd 3 Truman Trophy – putting. Report 8.30am.

September 8 Mid-Week Ladies. Rnd 3 Truman Trophy – putting. Draw Steward Kathryn Green 3085393.

Starters: J. Ackerley & K. Green. Please report 15 minutes before tee off time.

No. 1 Tee. 9.30 S. Elliott, H. Robertson, L. Small. 9.36 am P. Bell, D. Engelbrecht, B. Watkins, 9.42 A. Grant, K. Green.

No. 7 Tee 9.36 L. Wackrow, M. Watson.

No. 10 Tee. 9.30 D. Hinton, H. Trott, S. Hastie 9.36 C. Trott, E. Porter, F. Matsinger. 9.42 J. Williams, D. Simmons, J. Ackerley.

September 10 Nine Hole Men and Women. Rnd 5 Medal, stroke. Report: 9.15 am. Convenors: Ann Fleming 3084005 and Joy Nicholas 308-6464.

Club captain: Jenny Williams 308-2081.

Mark Todd’s an old hand at lifting the Burghley trophy. But the five-time winner of the final four star eventing competition of the season admits he would love a sixth crown when the trial starts tomorrow night (NZ time). Double Olympic champion Todd will ride Leonidas II, on whom he finished fourth at Badminton this year. The 11-year-old bay gelding, the topranked horse in Britain, is making his debut at Burghley, traditionally a tough cross country course. “I think he has a good chance this year, all going well.”

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NZ to host Aust New Zealand will host Australia in a women’s cricket series in February. It will offer the White Ferns the chance to take back the Rose Bowl for the first time in 17 years. The trophy will be contested over three ODIs in Mt Maunganui, which will double as ICC women’s championship fixtures.

Australia will also play three T20 internationals in Wellington and New Plymouth. In addition, Sri Lanka are making a first visit to New Zealand, and will play five ODIs and three T20s in November.

The first three ODIs will also offer points towards the women’s championship.

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8 37646 San Diego Love (8) fr M Blakemore (J, ....Cl) 9 6D059 I Got Rhythm (21) fr ................. M McKendry 10 61019 Isa Smiling (U1) fr ..........................J I Dickie RACE 6 8.00pm MAJESTIC HORSE FLOATS MOBILE PACE $14,999, 4yo+ c3 to c6 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 32155 No Way Else (1) fr .......................A Donnelly 2 94524 Joey Maguire (2) fr ............................J Dunn 3 45339 Stars And Sound (3) fr ..................P Butcher 4 1291x McRoyal (4) fr.......................... T Macfarlane 5 06x26 Shestherealdeal (5) fr ...............S Abernethy 6 56533 Brydon Delight (6) fr ....................J Stormont 7 01373 First Home (7) fr ............................Z Butcher 8 22131 Vice Consul (8) fr ...........................T Herlihy 9 21146 Zakspatrol (21) fr................M Blakemore (J) 10 61641 Ideal Flybye (22) fr .........................S Phelan 11 23442 God Forbid (23) fr...................... J Abernethy 12 566x5 River Polka (24) fr .................... M McKendry RACE 7 8.30pm HYDROFLOW DISTRIBUTORS MOBILE PACE $12,000, 3yo+ c0 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 Booming Jet fr .............................. Scratched 2 2447 Van Mara (1) fr ..............................S Lawson 3 55 Jet Holme (2) fr ..................... T Cameron (J) 4 28 Ohoka Darcy (3) fr .........................T Herlihy

5 634 Dikerry fr ...................................... Scratched 6 7x3 Like A Hurricane (4) fr ...................Z Butcher 7 150x Art Form (5) fr ....................................S Reid 8 21432 Zach Maguire (6) fr .......................P Butcher RACE 8 8.55pm MITAVITE TROT $12,000, 4yo+ c0 trot, stand, 2200m 1 P7274 Reine Des Gitans (1) fr .................Z Butcher 2 7x448 Donna May (2) fr ...................... M McKendry 3 30447 South Coaster (3) fr .......................T Herlihy 4 0005 Duke Castleton (4) fr .......................... J Cole 5 30x32 Princess Mackendon (5) fr ................J Dunn 6 43351 Acougarzsun (6) fr ........................P Butcher 7 424x6 Thanks Shane (U1) fr....................T Mitchell 8 78 Demoiselle (U2) fr ..................... J Abernethy RACE 9 9.24pm JACOBSEN HEADSTONES MOBILE PACE $7500, claimers mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 76479 Nicole Vaidisova (1) fr ................A Matthews 2 84470 Elliot Daniel (2) fr ...........................T Herlihy 3 52711 Our Southern Man (3) fr ............ J Abernethy 4 87558 Kashin (4) fr ............................ T Lethaby (J) 5 Ganges (5) fr .............................S Abernethy 6 9571x Fracture (6) fr ................................T Mitchell 7 365x2 River Emperor (7) fr .......................S Phelan 8 0090x Washington Diva (8) fr ............. M McKendry

10 33478 Elite Dose nwtd ................................ A Clark RACE 8, 7.21pm TEEGAN- GENTLE LEE AWARD SPRINT C2/3, 375m 1 74167 Bee Rabbit 21.39 .............................T Agent 2 42317 Opawa Uno 21.28 W & ...................T Steele 3 44664 Super Zip Zip 21.32 ....................... P Lowen 4 31455 Talkin Fancy nwtd.......................D Schofield 5 72442 Ez Feretti 21.37 ............................... L Martin 6 14225 Sometime Soon 21.34 ......................B Craik 7 77857 It’s The Dream 21.45 B & ................... Steele 8 55386 More Salt Needed nwtd ............... H Mullane 9 75688 Boston Strike nwtd ...........................T Agent 10 43658 McJopson nwtd ................................ A Clark RACE 9, 7.50pm KAREN WALSH STRIKE RATE TRAINER SPRINT C4/5, 375m 1 11311 Chris’s Pride 21.09..................... W Toomath 2 23752 Stylish Fancy 21.44 ....................D Schofield 3 23326 Jannik 21.11...............................D Schofield 4 61375 Ayra Stark 21.38 .............................. A Clark 5 12482 Atoonga Air 21.17 ........................... T Green 6 43433 Tee Kay Yapper 21.26 ...................... S Clark 7 64271 Rotovegas Rat 21.12 ......................S Payne 8 11114 Pay Da Trail 20.80 ........................... K Walsh 9 1648x Mia Zorra 21.31................................ S Clark 10 26566 Calamity Free 21.06 ...................D Schofield RACE 10, 8.21pm SUPERIOR CHUNKY DOG ROLLS SPRINT C2/3, 375m 1 36332 Mr. Mumbles 21.48 R &...............N O’Regan 2 18773 Rotovegas Sparky 21.34 .................S Payne

3 43412 Multicam Lad 21.63....................D Schofield 4 37821 Zulu Mercedes 21.48 ....................... A Clark 5 62235 Popcorn Sutton nwtd .........................C Hore 6 86432 Let’s Go Lettie 21.54 .................... H Mullane 7 16578 Manyana Groper 21.14 ....................T Agent 8 75471 Umaga Rama nwtd B & ..................... Steele 9 75688 Boston Strike nwtd ...........................T Agent 10 33478 Elite Dose nwtd ................................ A Clark RACE 11, 8.44pm JAZZBOY JACK MIDDLE GOY STAKES C4/5, 457m 1 71386 Spanish Fancy 25.54 .................D Schofield 2 22126 Jazzboy Jack 25.35 ................... A Lawrence 3 F1213 Teegambo 25.61 ....................... A Lawrence 4 66343 Rockin’ Fancy 25.82 ...................D Schofield 5 11176 Timmy Trumpet 25.46 ..................... K Walsh 6 61546 Teegz 25.89 .............................. A Lawrence 7 61852 Lucario 25.67 ....................................C Hore 8 28242 Gold Class 25.45 .......................D Schofield 9 38458 Lochinvar Impact nwtd ...............D Schofield RACE 12, 9.08pm DENIS SCHOFIELD TRAINER OF YEAR STAKES C2, 457m 1 67744 Illicit Twist nwtd............................... P Lowen 2 23144 Dylans A Villain 25.76 .......................C Hore 3 43155 What That Does nwtd...................... T Green 4 82322 Gumbalanya nwtd ..........................P Henley 5 12122 Rock Lass 25.56 ........................D Schofield 6 36767 Bigtime Dasher 26.04 U & ....................Bliek 7 32178 Regazza Gina 26.10 B & ................... Steele 8 76772 Winsome Dan 25.85..................D Schofield

RACE 8, 4.09pm DAVID EMERSON CONSULTANCY SPRINT C5, 295m 1 52437 Bump 17.01..................................C Roberts 2 41131 Rick’s Terra 17.25 C & ........................ Fagan 3 63152 Puma Pants 17.02..................J T McInerney 4 22212 Aiden Baxter 17.07 ................J T McInerney 5 21113 Homebush Kelso 17.04 ..........J T McInerney 6 51313 Paperbond 17.16 J & ......................D Fahey 7 113x6 Arbre Chene 17.12 M & ..................P Binnie 8 72244 Smash Rumour 17.19 ..................... M Grant 9 15516 Token Ace 17.28 ............................... J Rush 10 86156 Know Magic 17.14 .........................G Cleeve RACE 9, 4.29pm NZ RACING SERIES GRADUATION FINAL NZRSf, 520m 1 22741 Willis 17.98....................................R Adcock 2 11221 Opawa Shackley 30.19 J & .............D Fahey 3 53121 Born To Boom 30.18 .........................J Dunn 4 75221 Boston Billy 30.69 H & ........................Taylor 5 56341 Opawa Kendal 30.38 L & ................... Wales 6 48742 Know Hero 30.32 ...........................G Cleeve 7 72482 Briseur De Reves 30.47 ............A Bradshaw 8 37372 Opawa Rob 30.42 L & ........................ Wales 9 78Fx2 Shines Bright 30.31........................ H Cairns 10 32512 Know Neglect 30.61 .......................G Cleeve RACE 10, 4.44pm CTV SPRINT C5, 295m 1 21225 Mickey Tee 16.95 ..........................R Adcock 2 14121 Wheelchair Norm 17.01 .........J T McInerney 3 42781 Smash That 17.21 ........................... M Grant 4 76317 Homebush Rocky 17.17 .........J T McInerney

5 31636 Keramus 17.09 ...............................G Cleeve 6 71542 Shadow Apache 17.11 J &..............D Fahey 7 22371 Chokehold 17.27 ........................D Stapleton 8 45118 Little Regus 17.01 J & .....................D Fahey 9 15516 Token Ace 17.28 ............................... J Rush 10 43682 Hetfield 16.98 ...............................C Roberts RACE 11, 5.04pm KOLORFUL KANVAS ROBINSON ROSEBOWL C5, 520m 1 11121 Dyna Vikkers 29.94 ......................C Roberts 2 11135 Know Jinx 30.32.............................G Cleeve 3 66412 Ugo Flash 30.18 J & .......................D Fahey 4 36722 Trust Issues 30.04 J &.....................D Fahey 5 22341 Opawa Diesel 30.46 L & .................... Wales 6 56128 Opawa Rosie 29.96.......................... B Dann 7 61338 Homebush Chopper 30.06 .....J T McInerney 8 21318 Another Liz 30.63 ...................J T McInerney 9 14376 Know Mention 30.06 ......................G Cleeve 10 85876 Homebush Howard 30.22 ......J T McInerney RACE 12, 5.19pm LIVAMOL SPRINT C4, 295m 1 13544 Homebush Ariel 17.30 ...........J T McInerney 2 67343 Opawa Opal 17.20 L & ....................... Wales 3 62477 Another Fan 17.38 .................J T McInerney 4 51242 Rusty Knife 17.09 M & ......................Jopson 5 21136 Thunder Storm 17.42 .............J T McInerney 6 55878 Rambunctious 17.37 .................A Bradshaw 7 65622 Cawbourne Buttsy 17.21..............M Roberts 8 35556 Know Knowing 17.32 .....................G Cleeve 9 38875 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 10 46885 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant

Otaki-Maori gallops Today at Otaki Raceway

Fields for Otaki-Maori RC meeting at Otaki today. NZ meeting number: 4. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6.

Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6.

RACE 1 1.13pm (NZT) MILLS REEF WINERY MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 2100m 1 x2423 Hamiltonian b (6) 58.5...................L Allpress 2 22526 Zedace (7) 58.5..........................L Hemi (a2) 3 x90x3 Chico Rio (5) 58.5 ...........................R Myers 4 P30P3 And Thatz Scotty (3) 58.5 ..... N Teeluck (a3) 5 0 Royal Envoy (2) 58.5 .........R Goldsbury (a2) 6 57934 Ash Palace (4) 56.5.................B Hutton (a1) 7 92504 Serene Star (1) 56.5 ............ T Johnson (a4) RACE 2 1.43pm STELLA ARTOIS MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1200m 1 3245x Troup Road (8) 58.5 ................B Hutton (a1) 2 Falkor (1) 58.5 .................................J Riddell

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3 9x0x8 Sir Hiko (6) 58.5 ...............................K Smith 4 3555x Bartoli (2) 56.5 ...........................L Hemi (a2) 5 3x Sauvignon (3) 56.5...................... R Hannam 6 Auxsoelusive (9) 56.5....................D Bradley 7 0x Bellontherocks (7) 56.5 ........... D Turner (a1) 8 7 Waituna Heights (10) 56.5 ............L Allpress 9 4. Liapari h (5) 56 ................................ K Myers 10 2 Lucy Liu h (4) 54 .............................R Myers 11 Brienne 54.................................... Scratched RACE 3 2.13pm BILL SKELTON CHALLENGE 17TH OCTOBER MAIDEN $7000, MDN, 1380m 1 3520 Lastrollofthedice (12) 58.5 .........L Hemi (a2) 2 656x3 Blazing Opal (4) 58.5 .......................K Smith 3 00x98 Bad Boy Brown h (3) 58.5 ............... K Myers 4 Better In Time (8) 58.5 ......R Goldsbury (a2) 5 Motorvator (6) 58.5 ..................... R Hannam

6 4x725 Aly’s Belt (11) 56.5 ........................L Allpress 7 73874 Hi Fiver (1) 56.5 ..............................R Myers 8 4 Sparcling Thyme h (9) 56.5 ... N Teeluck (a3) 9 27056 Rossini Girl (7) 56.5 ................B Hutton (a1) 10 60. Eternal Angel (2) 56.5 ...............S Wynne (a) 11 7509x Azraf (5) 56.5 ...................... M Dravitzki (a1) 12 00x O’Ren Ishii (10) 56.5 ............ T Johnson (a4) RACE 4 2.48pm NZB INSURANCE PEARL SERIES RACE RATING 65 $12,000, Rating 65 Benchmark Fillies and Mares*, 1600m 1 10x43 Promises db (5) 59..........................J Riddell 2 x302x Endure (6) 58.5 .............................L Allpress 3 75345 Spendaholic m (3) 58 .................L Hemi (a2) 4 x7813 Allstars m (4) 57.5 ........................ D Mo (a3) 5 00x32 Red Sunset t (2) 57.5 ............ N Teeluck (a3) 6 62541 Waipatiki Girl m (7) 57.5..................R Myers

Auckland harness Today at Alexandra Park

Fields for Auckland Trotting Club Inc meeting at Alexandra Park today. NZ Meeting number: 5. Doubles: 2 and 3; 4 and 5; 6 and 7; 8 and 9. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9.

RACE 1 5.45pm (NZT) CULLEN BREEDING MOBILE PACE $7500, 3yo+, c0 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 94472 Sleeping Beauty (1) fr .................J Stormont 2 Booming Jet (2) fr ......................S McMullan 3 45043 Diamond Supreme (3) fr .............A Donnelly 4 884 Mystic Potion (4) fr ........................N Chilcott 5 x5630 Concorde (5) fr ...................................S Reid 6 63907 Emerson Margaret (6) fr................P Butcher 7 9x660 M T Pockets (7) fr ......................S Abernethy 8 Son Of A Wish (8) fr .......................J I Dickie 9 67040 O’Gara (21) fr ................................S Lawson 10 0 Prime Lustre (22) fr ........................S Phelan 11 9x4 Atomic Betty (23) fr .......................Z Butcher 12 4x005 Without Prejudice (24) fr ........ K Marshall (J) RACE 2 6.15pm SMITH & PARTNERS MOBILE PACE $7500, 5yo+ c1 to c2 mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 444P1 Bettabe Perfect (1) fr ......................T Herlihy 2 23765 Jet Black Shadow (2) fr .................N Chilcott 3 47940 Could A Dunit (3) fr .......................P Butcher 4 55455 Shards Phoenix (4) fr ................... B Mangos

M9 Fields for Waikato Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Cambridge Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 9.

Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12 RACE 1, 4.35pm (NZT) BOX 1 GOLD SPRINT C1, 375m 1 21477 Who Rocks 21.68......................... H Mullane 2 7438F Feral Helen nwtd B & ......................... Steele 3 64284 Contemporaneous 21.65 R & .....N O’Regan 4 44163 Krack It 21.23 ................................... S Clark 5 54646 Skyler White 21.50 ............................B Craik 6 17665 Spinel 21.78 ......................................S Ross 7 1788x Lochinvar Belle nwtd ..................D Schofield 8 64573 Multi Chaser 21.35 .......................... T Green 9 54486 Mr. Darci 21.35 R & .....................N O’Regan 10 86858 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik RACE 2, 4.51pm YGOT BONUS SCHEME SPRINT C0, 375m 1 Lochinvar Maine nwtd ................D Schofield 2 627 Deceptive Lad nwtd....................M Mathews 3 475 Global Conquest nwtd W & .............T Steele 4 23832 Chateau Neuf nwtd .........................P Green 5 83 Jump On It nwtd ........................... H Mullane 6 65 Semi Automatic nwtd ...................R K Roper 7 53333 Our Swift Buddy nwtd ...................... S Clark 8 Zoe’s Funk nwtd ........................... H Mullane 9 5457 Red Rascal nwtd R & ..................N O’Regan 10 67 Kapai Lana nwtd W &......................T Steele

M3 Fields for Christchurch Greyhound Racing Club meeting at Addington Raceway today. NZ Meeting number: 3. Doubles: 1 and 2; 3 and 4; 5 and 6; 7 and 8; 9 and 10; 11 and 12. Trebles: 1, 2 and 3; 4, 5 and 6; 7, 8 and 9; 10, 11 and 12.

RACE 1, 2.07pm (NZT) SUPER PETS SPRINT C3, 295m 1 41123 Firemans Galaxy 17.12 ..................G Cleeve 2 75773 Spider Girl 17.18 .............................. B Dann 3 18427 Hampden On Tap 17.38 .............D Stapleton 4 23271 Only Got Time 17.12 .................R Blackburn 5 36485 Homebush Slinky 17.42 .........J T McInerney 6 65365 Rick’s Treasure 17.25 C & .................. Fagan 7 74136 Ilabb 17.32 M & .................................Jopson 8 77152 Expect Delay 17.61 ......................... M Grant 9 58636 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 10 68773 Know Pride 17.08...........................G Cleeve RACE 2, 2.25pm RITCHIES COACHLINES DASH C3, 295m 1 16772 Adroit 17.18.................................. L Waretini 2 11455 Quedrago 17.15 C & .......................... Fagan 3 73188 Batiatus 17.34 ............................D Stapleton 4 41156 Glenn Is Goodesy 17.20 ................. M Grant 5 33121 Jinja Luca 17.54 J &........................D Fahey 6 34617 Know Favours 17.21 ......................G Cleeve 7 55178 Vincent Gallo 17.39....................D Stapleton 8 67343 Botany Win 17.32 ...................J T McInerney 9 58636 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 10 x5743 Sleeper Agent 17.16 .................A Bradshaw RACE 3, 2.44pm THURSDAY PLACE PICK STAKES

5 4690x Platinum Poker (5) fr ................. J Abernethy 6 74276 Kilkeel Lady (6) fr ..........................Z Butcher 7 54381 With A Vengeance (7) fr ..... J MacKinnon (J) 8 0240x Soul Hanover (8) fr .........................M Collins 9 16978 Hadrian (21) fr ...........................S Abernethy 10 24348 Culinary Delight (22) fr ......................J Dunn 11 60030 Can’t Explain It (23) fr .............. M McKendry 12 97007 Thatshowie Roll (24) fr ........... K Marshall (J) 13 6236P V C Dell (U1) fr.............................R Downey RACE 3 6.40pm TROPICAL NIGHTS 9TH & 16TH OCTOBER HANDICAP TROT $13,500, 5yo+ c1 to c2 spechcp trot, stand, 2700m 1 78431 Opawa Speed (1) fr ............... S Cruickshank 2 00430 Ventimiglia (2) fr .................................L Neal 3 21508 Lady J (3) fr ...................................T Mitchell 4 96605 Dauntless (4) fr ..........................P Ferguson 5 689x3 Overstayer (5) fr ..................... K Marshall (J) 6 97932 Brookside Colt fr .......................... Scratched 7 08173 Makarewa Jake (1) 10...................Z Butcher 8 54469 Jomo (2) 10 ................................ J Robinson 9 6223D Djokovic (3) 10 ...................................L Chin 10 969x0 Alexandra Leaving (U1) 10 .......D McGowan 11 00091 Commander Paris (U2) 10 ................J Dunn 12 8411P Twelve Monkeys (U3) 10 .......... M McKendry RACE 4 7.05pm KIWI PUNTERS CHAMPS HEAT4

ALEX PK 18/9 MBL PACE $13,500, c1 to c2 with cond. mob. pace, mobile, 2200m 1 41 Kate Hudson (1) fr..........................J I Dickie 2 22x35 Love Is A Drug fr .......................... Scratched 3 6x274 Jubilee Princess (2) fr ....................S Phelan 4 24348 Culinary Delight fr ........................ Scratched 5 21131 Jo’s Dream (3) fr .................... S Grayling (J) 6 47940 Could A Dunit fr............................ Scratched 7 4x371 El Jacko (4) fr ................................P Butcher 8 21553 Sky Art fr ...................................... Scratched 9 09xP1 Spare Change (21) fr .............. B Butcher (J) 10 2x122 Hartofdixie (22) fr ..........................Z Butcher 11 00223 The Faithful (23) fr......................... B Purdon 12 256P6 Return To Sender (24) fr ...................J Dunn 13 94524 Joey Maguire fr ............................ Scratched RACE 5 7.33pm CENTRAL LANDSCAPES MOBILE TROT $13,500, 4yo+ c1 to c2, c3 with cond. mob. trot, mobile, 2200m 1 74224 Allingham (1) fr........................ T Macfarlane 2 8790x Te Kouka Breeze (2) fr ................M Nicholas 3 05800 Philadelphia H (3) fr ....................J Stormont 4 44515 This Sky Rox (4) fr ........................S Lawson 5 82141 Tereskova (5) fr ..................................L Chin 6 62898 Sir George Grey (6) fr B Butcher (J,.........Cl) 7 52322 All Royal Gal (7) fr J MacKinnon (J, .........Cl)

Waikato dogs Today at Cambridge Raceway RACE 3, 5.11pm IMAGE APPAREL SPRINT C1, 375m 1 28467 Wild Falcon 21.68 .........................K Herbert 2 22167 Myrniong Girl nwtd .......................... T Green 3 11468 Lady Jane nwtd B & ........................... Steele 4 78356 Zipping Tay nwtd ..............................T Agent 5 42853 You Betcha Noddy nwtd R & .......N O’Regan 6 15454 Atomic Lass 21.34 ........................... S Clark 7 86452 Jack McCoy 21.33..........................P Henley 8 33878 Making You Paw 21.75 ................B Littlejohn 9 86858 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik 10 54486 Mr. Darci 21.35 R & .....................N O’Regan RACE 4, 5.28pm HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIANNE LOZELL STAKES C1, 457m 1 15436 Terra Way nwtd .............................M Gowan 2 24257 Matalino Twist nwtd ........................ P Lowen 3 24182 Podium Bonus nwtd W &.................T Steele 4 12136 Kinloch Osti nwtd ..............................C Hore 5 73781 Opawa Spice nwtd ......................B Littlejohn 6 13457 Circle Of Gold 25.91 ......................P Henley 7 24446 Zalia nwtd W & ................................T Steele 8 65264 April’s My Mum nwtd ....................... T Green 9 88374 Surmise 25.91 .................................T Patton 10 86858 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik RACE 5, 5.58pm THE CLUBHOUSE SPORTS BAR SPRINT C1, 375m 1 33448 Legato Bay nwtd ...........................K Herbert 2 47376 Just About Ready nwtd ....................M Black 3 65544 Melman 21.44 ..............................R K Roper 4 66186 Wairio Dee Jay 21.37 B & .................. Steele

5 76635 Opawa Jay 21.48 ............................. A Clark 6 78843 What’s Up Watto 21.53 W & ............T Steele 7 72577 Viking Cruiser 21.39 M & ................. J Smith 8 31847 Agent Schrader nwtd ........................B Craik 9 54486 Mr. Darci 21.35 R & .....................N O’Regan 10 86858 Cookie Monster nwtd ........................B Craik RACE 6, 6.25pm BEN CRAIK TRAINER OF YEAR SPRINT C4, 375m 1 18674 Speed Lorde 21.22 ...........................B Craik 2 54844 Fresco Star 21.43........................B Littlejohn 3 55252 Irish Blue 21.23 W & .......................T Steele 4 43515 Opawa Sam nwtd B & ........................ Steele 5 51566 Rasso 21.08 ......................................B Craik 6 42111 Sacred Can You 21.28 R & .........N O’Regan 7 8632F Macjam 21.17 ............................D Schofield 8 18355 Little Dreams 21.16 ........................ G Farrell 9 88774 Sandor Glegane 21.23 .................... T Green 10 26566 Calamity Free 21.06 ...................D Schofield RACE 7, 6.53pm PALAMOUNTAINS NUTRITION SPRINT C2, 375m 1 13824 Nikka Century nwtd .......................... A Clark 2 62571 Mockingjay 21.30 ..............................B Craik 3 18683 Walter Mitty 21.43 .............................B Craik 4 12232 Solarian 21.38 ...................................S Ross 5 35325 Very Chilly 21.55 ........................M Mathews 6 12526 Uncle Romilly 21.39 ..........................B Craik 7 52116 Hallo Star 21.41 ................................B Bond 8 46342 Rocketship Mac 21.28...................... S Clark 9 43658 McJopson nwtd ................................ A Clark

Christchurch dogs Today at Addington Raceway C3, 520m 1 41635 Plutonium 30.37 H & ...........................Taylor 2 78Fx2 Shines Bright 30.31........................ H Cairns 3 75413 Arcane Sabre nwtd ......................M Roberts 4 37237 Cawbourne War 30.22 .................C Roberts 5 12342 Cawbourne Kenny 30.67..............C Roberts 6 64814 Kinloch Action 30.72 S & ................B Evans 7 13758 Cawbourne Miami 30.18 ..............M Roberts 8 21255 Know Lapse 30.81 .........................G Cleeve 9 87238 Grunt Rodgers 31.49 .............J T McInerney 10 13667 Protonic Pedro 30.33 ....................... B Dann RACE 4, 3.02pm CAROL’S TAB SPRINT C3, 295m 1 53456 Opawa Idol 17.35 L &......................... Wales 2 55x36 Porky Pig 17.33 .........................A Bradshaw 3 22264 Neddy Seagoon 17.29 ......................J Dunn 4 55255 Business Review 17.44 ..............D Stapleton 5 8x471 Voreda 17.39 ............................. M Robinson 6 62142 Hershy Pie 17.25 M & .......................Jopson 7 14833 Know Contest 17.30.......................G Cleeve 8 38354 Om Nom Nom 17.43 ..............J T McInerney 9 58636 Brooke Davis 17.25 ...................... L Waretini 10 78268 Bo’s Business 17.27........................ M Grant RACE 5, 3.19pm CHRISTCHURCH CASINO STAKES C3/4, 520m 1 54135 Jessie Surfs 30.35 .......................C Roberts 2 23384 Elephant Gunn nwtd .....................R Adcock 3 87867 Opulent 30.44 .................................J Tanner 4 863x7 Know Attempt 30.20.......................G Cleeve 5 1F443 Izzey Bale 30.21...........................C Roberts

6 63414 Opawa Michelle 30.24 L & ................. Wales 7 26528 Andrea 30.34 ................................R Adcock 8 55365 Opawa Stretch 30.32 L & ................... Wales 9 87238 Grunt Rodgers 31.49 .............J T McInerney 10 34257 Jibbajabba Jewel 30.46................C Roberts RACE 6, 3.37pm (NZT) POWER FARMING CANTERBURY DASH C4, 295m 1 36127 Norman Jewel 17.16 ....................C Roberts 2 76721 Black Crow 17.57 ......................A Bradshaw 3 17867 Starburst Terry 17.20....................... M Grant 4 11834 Blonde Tori 17.45 ......................A Bradshaw 5 33876 Wunzee 17.39 ........................J T McInerney 6 11163 Dizzy State 17.20 ...............................C Weir 7 42152 Homebush Paige 17.33..........J T McInerney 8 12121 Jamaican Archie 17.46 M & ..............Jopson 9 38875 Collecting Money 17.27 .................. M Grant 10 46885 Zorba The Greek 17.26 ................... M Grant RACE 7, 3.54pm MAC DEVELOPMENTS DISTANCE FEATURE C2d, 645m 1 11111 Cawbourne Bright 38.30 ..............M Roberts 2 28531 Vernon Bale nwtd .........................C Roberts 3 21171 Dream Collector 38.09 J & ..............D Fahey 4 16665 Lagoon Mytye 38.09 ....................C Roberts 5 24873 Goldstar Junior 38.63 S & ...............B Evans 6 51553 Unova Bale nwtd ..........................C Roberts 7 87568 Blushing Belle 38.24 L & .................... Wales 8 44521 Can’t Catch Tim 38.79 ..................R Adcock 9 58745 Opawa Tania 37.78 L & ...................... Wales 10 56368 Opawa Paul 38.70 L & ....................... Wales

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Classifieds 20 Ashburton Guardian

Thursday, September 3, 2015 MEETINGS, EVENTS

PUBLIC NOTICES

The Club Orchestra will be performing this Saturday 7.30pm

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231 Burnett Street, Ashburton www.ashburtonclub.co.nz

Ph 308 7149 Courtesy van available.

Sept 8 @ 7.30pm

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Saturday 5th September 2015 7.00pm

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St Andrews Church Havelock Street, Ashburton

String Wizardry “Absolutely one of the best! Helen is a master of her music and Davy very entertaining.”

A good and varied program with the artists having an excellent rapport with the audience.

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Sept 17 – 19 @ 7pm Blood Brothers

211a Wills Street, Ashburton

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Blood Brothers is a story of family, unconditional love and the ties which bind us all.

It takes audiences on a journey with the people of working class Liverpool from the 1960s through to the 1980s. At its centre is the tale of fraternal twins; two boys separated at birth end up at opposite ends of the social spectrum with heart wrenching consequences.

Tickets $20 - Group of 3 $54 - Group of 4 $68 Group of 5 $75

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Thursday

Church Hall, Baring Square East.

9.30am - 1.30pm ASHBURTON BAPTIST CHURCH. Second time around Op-shop. Cnr Cass Street and Havelock Street.

10.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, interactive fun for all ages. Main Street, Methven.

10.00am- 11.00am GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN TRUST. Coffee/Support group on every Thursday. Presbyterian Support Rooms, Tancred Street.

10.30am RAKAIA REAL WOMEN. Real women circuit training in the hall, 1st time free. St Andrews Church, Bridge Street Rakaia.

10.45 am M.S.A. TAI CHI.

Stretching exercises for all abilities, Social hall, Havelock Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of may aircraft from past to the future. Ashburton airport, Seafield Road.

1.30pm ASHBURTON SENIOR NET. Topic Trade me, bring excess computer items to trade. M.S.A lounge off Burnett Street.

1.30pm M.S.A. PETANQUE CLUB. Club Day, new members very welcome. M.S.A. Sports Grounds, 115 Racecourse Road.

7.00pm ASHBURTON R.S.A. DARTS SECTION. Section night, all welcome. Doris Linton Lounge, R.S.A. Cox Street.

7.30pm GLENYS’ DANCE GROUP. Old time /Sequence dancing. Learn to dance, all welcome. Pipe Band Hall, Creek Road.

Friday

50+ An interesting speaker, 206 Cameron Street.

10.00am METHVEN HERITAGE CENTRE. New Zealand Alpine and Agriculture Encounter. Main Street, Methven.

10.30am ASHBURTON OSTOMY SOCIETY. Morning coffee for our members, Columbus Coffee, Moore Street.

1.00pm - 3.00pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. A great selection of many aircraft

from the past to the future.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.00pm - 4.00pm ASHBURTON FAMILY HISTORY GROUP. Open for research . Ground floor, Heritage Centre, West Street.

7.30pm ASHBURTON ASTRONOMY GROUP. Open for public observing (if skies are clear). Ashburton College Observatory. Walnut Avenue.

9.30am M.S.A. TAI CHI. Beginners refresher and learning.

Social Hall, Havelock Street.

9.30am - 11.00am BALMORAL HALL LINEDANCERS. Classes. Balmoral hall, Cameron St. 9.30am - 11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Daytime section, great exercise, new players welcome, rackets available.

EA Networks Centre Stadium. River Terrace.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON METHODIST PARISH GOODWILL SHOP. Sale of Pre loved clothing. Tinwald Methodist Church, cnr Archibald and Jane Street, Tinwald.

9.30am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY INC. Open Thursday and Saturday mornings www.toylibrary. ashburtononline.co.nz/ Methodist

6.00am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Real women circuit training in hall.

48 Allens Road, Allenton.

9.30am - 11.30am ST ANDREWS ANGLICAN CHURCH. Drop in for a cuppa, clothing sale.

St Andrews Anglican Church, Cnr Thomson and Jane St, Tinwald.

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YOUR STARS ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Things do not always run smoothly for you, but today they run right. You’ll be glad about how it shakes out. It’s important that you keep believing in the benevolent process of life.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You can’t plan your own delight — it will happen by surprise. You can, however, put yourself in circumstances in which you are more likely to be surprised.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Once again, you’ve set your sights on a lofty destination. Too lofty? No. If your wings can take you there, then it’s not too high for you. You’ll handle this one wing-flap at a time.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You feel that life is scolding you. It’s not. It’s just caring for you the way a good parent does, trying to correct you when you stray slightly from the path.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Mostly the best things are made slowly and painfully. If that’s how you feel your “thing” is being made, count yourself among the fortunate. This is going to turn out well for you.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Find a new model. The one you’re chasing isn’t worthy. Whether this is business or personal, the answer is the same. You’re bringing something unique, and a generic model is never going to encompass all you can do.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): The good thing about connecting with people from your past is that they knew you before these trials and victories shaped you. They help you to meet yourself as you were, which will be interesting for you.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Anyone who thinks it’s easy to sell isn’t in touch with sales in general.

There’s work that goes into finding the right product for the market. You’ll do the work and win.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): The person who dares to alter the power balance in relationships must be brave, indeed. People hate this. Maybe change is necessary, and if so, go carefully. A power balance is nothing to take lightly.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It will feel like you don’t have any control over the flow of ideas today, and maybe you don’t. The quality of the idea will make itself known over time. Document your mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Those who buy tickets to the circus should not be too surprised to find themselves interacting with clowns. Sit back and enjoy the entertainment.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Your tone will make or break your argument today. Strong messages are best sent with dulcet tones, and weak messages can be made more interesting with emphasis.

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Family Notices 22 Ashburton Guardian DEATHS

McLEAN, Doris Evelyn – Formerly of Lorneville.

Peacefully at Southland Hospital on Wednesday, September 2, 2015, in her 95th year. Beloved wife of the late Don. Loved mother and mother in law of Melva and Bob Rodgers (Ashburton), Alwyn and Allen Carmichael (Winton), Alister and Margaret (Mataura), and the late Margaret. Loved nana of Lynley and Andrew McKenzie, Sue and Pete Wilson, Malcolm and Kaz McLean, Nicola and Stephen Duston, Hamish and Deonie McLean and the late Campbell. A loved great nan of Olivia, William, Emma, Ella, Lachlan, Holly, and Kayla. Loved sister, sister in law, aunty and great aunty of the Hughes and McLean Paterson’s Funeral Services Families. A service to celebrate Doris's life will be FDANZ Ashburton held in St Stephens Ph 307 7433 Presbyterian Church, North CHING, Brent – Road, Invercargill on Much loved brother and MONDAY, September 7 at brother in law of Denise and 1.00pm, followed by an Robert Fairclough, Shane interment at the Eastern Ching and the late Garry.

Cemetery. Donations to Oban Wing, Resthaven Village, Please note all late death Gore, would be appreciated notices or notices sent and may be left at the outside ordinary office hours service. Messages to 164 must be emailed to: Waddle Road, No 2 RD, Gore deathnotices@theguardian.co.nz 9772. to ensure publication.

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CHING, Brent – On August 30, 2015 at Ashburton. At peace after a long illness. Aged 66 years.

Dearly loved husband of Bev. Much loved father and father in law of Michelle and Brent Jessep, Sharon and Paul Robinson and special grandad to Jack, and Sam; Ruby, and Jacob. Messages to the Ching family P O Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Donations to the Cancer Society would be appreciated and may be left at the service. A service to celebrate Brent’s life will be held at Our Chapel, Cnr East & Cox Streets, Ashburton on FRIDAY, September 4, commencing at 1.30pm.

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6am Breakfast 9am Good Morning 10am The Chase 3 0 11am May The Best House Win 3 Four sets of home owners are invited to judge one another’s houses based on interior design, homeliness, comfort and hospitality.

Noon One News 0 12:30 Emmerdale Megan plans her revenge; Harriet offers to find Carly; Leyla is disappointed. 0 1:30 Coronation Street PGR 3 Kylie keeps a close eye on David; Michelle is left bewildered by Steve’s secrecy. 0 2pm Who’s Doing The Dishes?

3pm Dickinson’s Real Deal 3:55 Te Karere 2 4:25 The Chase 0 5:25 Millionaire – Hot Seat 0 6pm One News 0 7pm Seven Sharp 0 7:30 F George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces George visits an ice sculptor who has taken on a special project to hand carve an ice bar in Liverpool; George and Will reveal their finished wilderness cabin. 0 8:35 House Husbands PGR 0 9:35 Word Up PGR 0 10:05 Miranda PGR 3 0 10:40 One News 0

6am Creflo Dollar 6:30 Tiki Tour 3 0 6:53 Piggy Tales 3 0 6:55 My Little Pony 3 0 7:20 Wander Over Yonder 3 0 7:45 Phineas And Ferb 3 0 8:10 The Octonauts 0 8:30 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3 0 9am Infomercials 10:30 Neighbours 3 0 11am Home And Away 3 0 11:30 Shortland Street PGR 3 0 Noon Cougar Town PGR 3 0 12:30 Jeremy Kyle AO 1:30 Hell’s Kitchen AO 0 2:30 Ellen PGR 3 0 3:30 Penn Zero – PartTime Hero 0 4pm Liv And Maddie 0 4:30 The 4:30 Show 5pm America’s Funniest Home Videos 3 0 5:30 Home And Away 0 6pm Friends 3 0 6:30 Neighbours 0 7pm Shortland Street PGR Harper deals with temptation; Murray destroys Dayna’s dreams; Mo discovers an awful truth. 0 7:30 Police Ten 7 PGR 0 8pm Surveillance Oz PGR 0 8:30 Neighbours At War AO 0 9pm Bogans AO 0 9:30 Embarrassing Bodies AO 0 10:30 Police Ten 7 PGR 3 0

6am Paul Henry 9am Infomercials 10:30 Story 3 Daily current affairs programme hosted by Duncan Garner and Heather du Plessis-Allan. 0 11am Rachael Ray Rachael counts down five more recipes to make before one dies.

Noon 3 News 12:30 Baggage AO Game show hosted by Jerry Springer.

1pm Dr Phil AO 2pm The Ricki Lake Show PGR 2:55 The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills PGR 3 3:50 Entertainment Tonight 4:20 Million Dollar Minute 3 4:45 The Block – Triple Threat 6pm 3 News

6am Sesame Street 3 6:55 Peppa Pig 3 7am Sticky TV 3 7:30 Scaredy Squirrel 3 7:55 Rugrats 3 8:20 Chuggington 3 8:30 Hi-5 House 8:55 Peppa Pig 3 9:05 Fireman Sam 0 9:15 Thomas And Friends 3 9:25 Bob The Builder 3 9:35 Wonder Pets 3 10am Infomercials 3 2pm Sesame Street 3 2:55 Pingu 3 3pm Sticky TV 4:35 Big Time Rush 3 5:05 Victorious 3 5:30 Life’s Funniest Moments 3 6pm Malcolm In The Middle 3 0 6:30 How I Met Your Mother 3 0

7pm Story 7:30 The Simpsons PGR 3 8pm The Simpsons PGR 3 8:30 M The Change-Up AO 2011 Comedy. After a drunken night out, two best friends, one a family man, the other single and free of responsibility, wake up in each other’s bodies. Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde.

10:45 Newsworthy

7pm The Simpsons PGR 3 After unemployed workers from Ogdenville descend on Springfield, the mayor closes the borders. 0 7:30 Family Guy PGR 3 8pm Bob’s Burgers PGR 3 8:30 M The Abyss AO 3 1989 Adventure. Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn.

11:10 Strippers AO Documentary series following a group of strippers. 0 12:10 F The School AO 3 In the final months of school, the Year 11 students start preparing for life beyond Thornhill. 1:10 Te Karere 3 2 1:35 Infomercials 5:35 Te Karere 3 2

11pm The Last Ship AO 0 Midnight Orange Is The New Black AO 3 1:05 Highway Patrol 3 0 1:30 Infomercials 2:35 The Real 3 3:20 Pretty Little Liars AO 3 0 4:15 Mighty Med 3 4:40 The 4:30 Show 3 5:05 Neighbours 3 0 5:30 Infomercials

11:15 Golf World A look at the world’s exclusive golfing destinations and biggest golfing personalities.

11:45 Blue Bloods AO 3 0 12:30 Infomercials

11:15 F The Almighty Johnsons AO 3 The Johnsons face the question of what to do with the one night left, after which everything will change. 0 12:15 Entertainment Tonight 12:40 Infomercials

CHOICE TV 6am Benny Hinn 6:30 Monty Halls’ Great Escapes – Beachcomber Cottage 7:30 Holiday Home Sweet Home 8:30 Love Nature – Caroline Quentin’s National Parks 9:30 Love Nature – The Cook And The Chef 10am Tales From River Cottage 10:30 Holmes Makes It Right 11:30 American Restoration Noon Monty Halls’ Great Escapes – Beachcomber Cottage 1pm Where The Wild Men Are With Ben Fogle 2pm Wild Shepherdess With Kate Humble 3pm Holiday Home Sweet Home 4pm Love Nature 5pm Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey 6pm The Million Pound Property Experiment 7pm Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 7:30 Sean’s Kitchen 8pm Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 8:30 Poh And Co 9pm In Search Of Perfection 9:40 Italian Food Safari 10:10 Mary Berry Cooks 10:40 Buy It, Fix It, Sell It 11:05 Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey

FRIDAY

Midnight Bath Crashers 12:30 Benny Hinn 1am Holiday Home Sweet Home 2am Love Nature 3am The Million Pound Property Experiment 4am Sean’s Kitchen 4:30 Luke Nguyen’s United Kingdom 5am Poh And Co 5:30 Mary Berry Cooks

PRIME

SKY SPORT 1

6:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 7am Deal Or No Deal 3 7:30 Home Shopping Noon The Doctors PGR 1pm The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR 3 2pm Back Benches PGR 3 Wallace Chapman and Damian Christie discuss political issues of the week.

3pm The Millers PGR 3 When Carol’s dentist makes the Miller family blacklist for charging a $75 cancellation fee, Nathan must date her in secret, while Carol goes to great lengths to get her money back.

3:30 Antiques Roadshow 3 4:30 Hot Bench Judge Judy and other judges exchange debate before reaching a verdict.

5pm Deal Or No Deal 5:30 Prime News 6pm Escape To The Country 7pm The Crowd Goes Wild 7:30 Modern Family PGR 8pm F Modern Family PGR 8:30 N Grantchester AO In the quaint Cambridgeshire village of Grantchester, the local vicar, Sidney Chambers, becomes embroiled in a murder investigation.

9:35 Reign AO 10:30 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon PGR

6am Rugby – First XV Revision 7am Rugby – The Breakdown 8am Boxing – King Of The Ring Heavyweights.

10am Sky Sport Select 10:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Taranaki v Counties Manukau.

11am Rugby Nation Noon Rugby – The Breakdown 1pm Rugby – First XV Revision 2pm Golf Central 3pm Golf World 3:30 Motorsport – GT Asia Series (Highlights) Okayama, Round Three.

4pm Motorsport – GT Asia Series (Highlights) Okayama, Round Four.

4:30 Rugby – ITM Cup (Highlights) Taranaki v Counties Manukau.

5pm Tennis – US Open (Highlights) Day Three, Night Session.

5:30 Rugby – First XV Revision 6:30 Mainfreight Rugby 7:30 L Rugby – ITM Cup Manawatu v Canterbury.

From FMG Stadium in Palmerston North.

9:30 The Late Night On Crowd 10pm Rugby – The Breakdown The weekend’s rugby with a discussion panel of former top players and experts.

11:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

Midnight Home Shopping 1:30 The Crowd Goes Wild 3 An irreverent daily sports and entertainment show.

2am Home Shopping

11pm Cycling – Tour Of Alberta (Replay) Stage One. 1am The Late Night Crowd 1:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 11.

2am L Cycling – La Vuelta Stage 12. 4am Super League – Boots ’n’ All 5am NRL 360

MAORI TV 6:30 Pukoro 2 7am Dora Matatoa 2 7:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 8am Pukana 2 8:30 Te Kaea 3 2 9am Project Matauranga 3 9:30 Kai Time On The Road 3 10am Korero Mai 2 11am Toku Reo 2 Noon Korero Mai 2 1pm Toku Reo 2 2pm Ako 2 3pm Tangaroa With Pio 3 3:30 Pukoro 2 4pm Dora Matatoa 2 4:30 SpongeBob Tarau Porowha 2 5pm Swagger

THE BOX 6am The Glades MV 6:50 Hatfields And McCoys – White Lightning PG 7:40 The Simpsons PG 8:05 Storage Wars PG 8:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 9:20 Hatfields And McCoys – White Lightning PG 9:45 Criminal Intent MV 10:35 CSI – New York MV 11:25 NCIS MV 12:15 NCIS – LA MV 1:05 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 1:30 Whose Line Is It Anyway? PG 2:20 The Glades MV 3:10 Survivor – Fiji PG 4pm Storage Wars PG 4:30 Parking Wars PGL 5pm The Simpsons PG 5:30 CSI – Miami MV 6:30 Cajun Pawn Stars PG 7pm Storage Wars PG 7:30 CSI – New York MV 8:30 Longmire 16V 9:30 The Jinx 16VL 10:30 Criminal Intent MV 11:30 CSI – New York MV

FRIDAY

12:30 Survivor – Fiji PG 1:20 Parking Wars PGL 1:45 The Glades MV 2:35 Criminal Intent MV 3:25 The Simpsons PG 3:55 Longmire 16V 4:45 The Jinx 16VL 5:35 Cajun Pawn Stars PG

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6am Chaos Caught On Camera M 6:30 Deadliest Catch PG 7:30 Gold Rush PG Pink Slip.

8:30 Mythbusters PG Dive to Survive.

9:30 Alaska – The Last Frontier M 10:30 Alaskan Bush People M A Wolfpack Divided.

11:30 A Crime To Remember M 12:30 I’d Kill For You M 1:30 Scorned – Love Kills M The Doctor Will See You Now. 2:30 How It’s Made PG 3pm How It’s Made PG 3:30 Gold Rush PG The Merger.

4:30 Deadliest Catch PG Zero Hour.

5:30 Mythbusters PG Spy Car Escape.

6:30 Aeroplane Repo PG 7:30 River Monsters PG 8:30 Naked And Afraid M 9:30 Sons Of Winter M Stranded.

10:30 How It’s Made PG 11pm How It’s Made PG 11:30 Gold Rush PG The Merger.

6am Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 11.

6:30 #SkySpeed With Greg Murphy and Stephen McIvor.

7am NRL 360 8am Sterlo – On The Couch 9am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Tigers v Warriors.

From Campbelltown Stadium, NSW. 9:30 The After Match House Husbands The Almighty Johnsons 10am NRL Fulltime 8:35pm on TV One 11:15pm on FOUR 10:30 Cycling – La Vuelta (Highlights) Stage 11. A 138km ride from Andorra la Vella to Encamp, MOVIES PREMIERE MOVIES GREATS Andorra.

6:25 Close Up – Angelina Jolie PG 7:35 Head Of State MLS 2003 11am AFL Weekly Highlights Comedy. Chris Rock, Bernie Mac. 2012 Documentary.

Noon L Cycling – Tour Of 9:10 American Beauty 16VLSC 1999 6:55 Draft Day MVL 2014 Drama.

Drama. Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening. Alberta Stage One. 8:45 Delivery Man ML 2013 2pm Golf World 11:10 Observe And Report 16VLS Comedy. Vince Vaughn.

2:30 Ultimate Insider 2009 Comedy. Seth Rogen.

10:30 Fright Night 2 16VLSC 2013 12:40 Spider-Man MV 2002 Action. 3pm UFC Now Horror. Will Payne, Jaime Murray.

4pm Big Weekend Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst.

12:10 Goats 16VLSC 2012 Comedy.

With Matty Jones.

2:40 Spartan MVL 2004 Thriller.

David Duchovny.

5pm Rugby League – NRL Val Kilmer, Derek Luke.

1:45 Draft Day MVL 2014 Drama.

Saturday Highlights.

4:30 Ocean’s Twelve ML 2004 Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner.

3:35 Lone Survivor 16VLC 2013 Action. Action. George Clooney, Brad Pitt.

5:30 Rugby League – NRL 6:35 Three Kings 16VL 1999 Action. Sunday Highlights.

Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg.

5:35 Fugly! 16VC 2014 Drama.

6pm Rugby League – NRL 8:30 Training Day 18VL 2001 Action (Highlights) Raiders v Panthers.

John Leguizamo, Radha Mitchell.

Thriller. A rookie narcotics officer 7pm Twixt MVC 2011 Horror.

6:30 Sterlo – On The Couch experiences the toughest day of Val Kilmer, Elle Fanning.

7:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All his life with a partner who is a law 8:30 The Giver MV 2014 Drama.

8:30 NRL 360 unto himself. Denzel Washington, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep.

9:30 L Rugby League – NRL 10:10 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Ethan Hawke.

Broncos v Storm. From Suncorp 10:35 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron.

Stadium, Brisbane.

Drama. Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, 11:45 Fugly! 16VC 2014 Drama.

11:45 NRL Footy Show Kevin Bacon.

John Leguizamo, Radha Mitchell.

12:30 Deadly Affairs M 1:30 Crimes That Shook The World M 2:30 Chaos Caught On Camera M 3am Deadliest Catch PG 4am Survive That! M 5am Ice Cold Gold PG

1:10 The Misadventures Of The Dunderheads MVLS 2011 Drama.

2:35 Twixt MVC 2011 Horror.

4:05 Bad Neighbours 16LSC 2014 Comedy. Seth Rogen, Zac Efron.

5:40 Close Up – Angelina Jolie PG 2012 Documentary.

5:30 Te Kaea 2 6pm Nga Pari Karangaranga O Te Motu 2 6:30 Ako 2 7pm Te Kaea 3 2 7:30 #HakaNation 8pm World Forklift League PGR 8:30 Code 9:30 Hunting Aotearoa AO 10pm Kia Ora Mo Te Reta AO 10:30 Whawhai PGR 11pm Te Kaea 3 2 11:30 Closedown

DISCOVERY

FRIDAY

FRIDAY

FRIDAY

FRIDAY

12:50 Three Kings 16VL 1999 Action.

George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg.

2:45 Training Day 18VL 2001 Action Thriller. Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke.

4:45 Mystic River 16VL 2003 Drama.

Sean Penn, Tim Robbins.

0 Closed captions; 3 Repeat; 2 Maori Language. RATINGS: 16 Approved for persons 16 years or over; 18 Approved for persons 18 years or over; AO Adults only; C Content may offend; L Language may offend; M Suitable for mature audiences; PG/PGR Parental guidance recommended for young viewers; S Sexual content may offend; V Contains violence. Local Radio: NewsTalk ZB 873AM/98.1FM FM Classic Hits ZEFM 92.5; Port FM Local 94.9, 98.9 and 106.1

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2am Sky Sport Select 2:30 Fox Sports News 3am UFC Countdown 4am Rugby League – NRL (Highlights) Broncos v Storm.

4:30 Mainfreight Rugby 5:30 Super League – Boots ’n’ All

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Thursday, September 3, 2015

Sport Kyrgios accepts Open exit with dignity

BY DARREN WALTON A sporting Nick Kyrgios is refusing to blame the controversy and drama swirling around him for his first-round departure from the US Open in New York.

The human headline admitted the past three weeks had been “tough” in the wake of his infamous sledge of Stan Wawrinka that rocked the tennis world and landed the 20-year-old in hot

water with officialdom.

Kyrgios, though, admitted third-seeded former champion Andy Murray was simply too classy in a 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-1 victory under the bright lights of Arthur Ashe Stadium yesterday.

“I thought I played well. I created opportunities. I didn’t serve my best yet I still put myself in some winning positions. I just didn’t come away with the win,” Kyrgios said.

Trying to move on, Kyrgios said he understood there could be lingering animosity among fans but he hoped to restore his reputation. “(There are) still people in the crowd that are unhappy with what happened, and that’s only normal,” he said.

“I’d like to think that I’m going to learn from it. I think I have.

“I think I’m on the right path.

I don’t think any of us in this room right now were perfect at 20. Speak up if you were.”

Asked directly what he’d learned, Kyrgios said: “Keep your mouth shut at times”.

He wasn’t always able to do that against Murray, the mercurial youngster receiving an audible obscenity after dropping serve early in the fourth set and also fuming early in the match at the chair umpire after spectators

were allowed into the arena during one of his service games.

But the 20-year-old said he wished fans would cut him some slack - and also urged the critics to lay off fellow Australian young guns Bernard Tomic and Thanasi Kokkinakis, who Kyrgios dragged into the controversy with his taunting of Wawrinka in Montreal.

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NZ to take on bigger role New Zealand will take bigger role in running the Commonwealth Games Federation following the appointment of its Olympic Committee chief executive Kereyn Smith as vicepresident of the organisation.

Smith was elected to the position at the CGF general assembly, which finished in Auckland yesterday.

“It’s been some time since we’ve been actively involved in

the leadership of the Commonwealth movement,” Smith said of her appointment.

“I think we’ve probably been a little bit passive in relation to the Commonwealth Games and the Olympic committee reflected on that and felt it was time that we put our hands up and were part of the leadership.”

Smith said it was about taking responsibility and putting energy into driving the games for-

ward. The main focus of the assembly was confirming Durban as host city for the 2022 games.

Smith said part of hosting the assembly was about showing New Zealand was a good host and partner for the games.

“It’s a really good opportunity to show that we’re a welcoming country, that we’re respectful, that we understand forums like this are significant in world sport and provide the right envi-

ronment and the right support,” she said.

She said the federation had aspirations to host similar events in future.

“The nature and the significance of the decisions that were made here, it puts New Zealand on the map and we’re seen to be associated with that stepping forward of the movement and that can only be good for us,” Smith said of the benefit for

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the country. The future of the games has come into question recently and some have suggested they are losing relevance and failing to attract top athletes.

Further speculation followed a mere two bids for hosting the 2022 games, one of which was withdrawn by Edmonton, Canada earlier this year due to financial worries.

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