THE PUBLIC planting at the Whangaimoana Dunes will be held on Saturday July 26th (not the 6th as stated in last month’s Star). All are invited to come along and lend a hand – and enjoy a barbecue. For details see item in the Star.
THE POPULAR tourist attraction the three day Tora Walk, set up by the Elworthy, Bargh and Doyle families, celebrates it’s twentieth year this coming season.
DEMOCRACY: how you chose the guy who gets the blame.
FILMS were shown three times a week in the Town Hall. In 1939 the proprietor, Mr A Blackwell, fell from the cat walk breaking his back on the downstairs seats. He never recovered.
PRESIDENT OBAMA announced a new proposal to lower carbon emissions and help stop global warming. Step one stop printing the 600 page proposal.
SIXTEEN species of penguins nest along the NZ coastline.
THERE ARE 127 million cars on the road in China and 280 million licensed drivers.
NZ HAS ROUGHLY one sworn police officer for every 600 people. America has one for every 250 Americans. However if American private police numbers were include this would be one for every 125 Americans.
YOUTH would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
TOO OFTEN we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought – John F Kennedy.
HALF the world’s supply of radish seed and a third of it’s carrot and bok choy seed is produced in the Ashburton District.
ACCORING to OECD figures NZ’s Government financial burden is 42% of GPD. -That is the equivalent of all earnings up until June 4th goes to the government.- By comparison South Korea’s ends on 21st April, Switzerland’s 2nd May and Australia’s 11th May.
MONEY can’t buy happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery – Spike Milligan.
TOP FIFA World Cup goal scorers: Ronaldo (Brasil) 15, G Mueller (Germany) 14, M Klose (Germany) 14.
EACH YEAR the dairy industry produces the equivalent of 100kg of butter and 65 Kg of cheese for every New Zealander.
FIVE of England’s eight rugby wins over New Zealand were in London.
THE LATEST available figures density of population in NZ is 39 people per sq mile. In USA it is 82, China 365, Germany 611, India 968 and Bangladesh 2,850.
The deadline for the August Star is 4pm Wednesday July 30th.
