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The Weekend Sun
The real Aussie pest in our backyard The whole country must be worried about the recent finds of the devastating Queensland Fruit Fly. Luckily, both specimens were male and are safely pinned to a board. Unfortunately, we have had a similar type of Australian fly in New Zealand for quite a number of years.
It is still alive and could ruin the country if given a chance. It is the Queensland Fruit Loop Fly – Russelius Normanus. It buzzes around upsetting world leaders, waving flags most undiplomatically, and has high hopes of stopping just about anything that creates money in New Zealand
‘Tyred’ of the money-wasting the finances of a city. Before the last election the Mayor said/wrote/published: “ I will fix all of Tauranga’s problems in the first 100 days of 2014”. Well the 100 days have passed. I wonder how many of the problems the Mayor has sorted? I haven’t seen him or any member of the TCC publish anything about even one problem he has fixed. I feel the Mayor should right now resign from office. Alastair Bourne, Omokoroa.
I am sure most ratepayers are ‘tyred’ of the money-grubbing money-wasting principles of practice and philosophy of the Tauranga City Council. The proposed worn tyre fine is the last straw. A warning would be okay, after all the owner of the car could be waiting for a tyre to become available and the car could be booked for a tyre change or Warrant of Fitness. This is a greedy Dickensian move by a greedy council that has no idea how to run
Don’t be fooled by low energy bulbs We are now being subjected to another push for us to install energy efficient light bulbs. This last happened four-six years ago with special price offers from several directions. I fell for this and during a period of several months I replaced my old faithfuls with these lightbulbs made of new technology.
After putting up with poor lighting for a year or two; from these energy efficient bulbs, supposed to be equivalent or better than my old faithfuls, I reverted to my originals. Thanks Mr Edison. The modern substitutes are now stored in a cupboard. Why? I’m not sure. I do not want to use them again,
but I’m concerned about the waste of money that was coerced from me, at least $50. I have a 150 watt ‘round’ light bulb in my garage, which still works since installation in 1965. Pleased don’t be conned by these offers of ‘energy efficient light bulbs’. Barry Walker, Mount Maunganui.
Top marks for The Great Walk of Papamoa Last weekend I had an occasion to walk the new boardwalk onto Papamoa Beach from Papamoa Beach Road. It’s quite impressive; it reminds me a bit like the Great Wall of China. Another thing I thought was good, was the mix of general public and naturists, both enjoying one of New
Zealand’s best beaches. Top marks to the Tauranga City Council for allowing this mix. New Zealand is a bit behind when it comes to nudism on our beaches. Good work TCC. P Prosser, Rotorua.
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– thereby meaning tens of thousands of jobs will be lost. It sounds plausible, but really is highly dangerous. Shane Jones seems to have his measure so should be the first port of call in helping to eradicate this threat. Tim Pickford, Bethlehem.