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UNFORTUNATELY there was a break in to Martinborough School in the Weekend of May 18th – 19th. Low life took a lot of the kids resources. Any information would be appreciated – please contact Craig 3069602

TIWAI POINT SMELTER uses 540MW of electricity a day almost as much as the used by greater Wellington (369 MW) and Christchurch (274MW) combined.

TUTURUMURI SCHOOL welcomes their new Principal, Lisa Malones. Lisa was previously at Paekakariki School

THE AIR CONDTIONER was patented in USA by Willis Carrier in 1902. He described it as ‘An apparatus for treating air’.

AN EXPLOSION on a North Sea oil rig in 1988 resulted in the death of 166 rig workers

A GRANT OF $1,500 for cricket equipment has been received by Martinborough School from the ANZ Bank.

ON JULY 8TH 1889 John L Sullivan won the World Heavyweight boxing title by defeating Jake Kilrain over 75 bare knuckle rounds. Those were the days.

IT WOULD TAKE a person typing 60 words per minute eight hours a day for fifty years to type the human genome.

GERMAN PHARMACEUTILISTS patented a compound to alleviate insomnia in 1902. Barbaturic Acid a compound of malic acid found in unripe apples and urea. They warned that prolonged use may become addictive.

PIRINOA SCHOOL received a $2,000 grant from South Wairarapa Rotary to purchase a new sound system for the school.

A WORD TO THE WISE isn’t needed, it’s the stupid ones that need advise.

THE RAINBOW WARRIOR was sunk in Auckland Harbour on July 10th 1985.

THE OPTIMUM body temperature for human beings is around 37 degrees.

BOEING’S FIRST JET AIRLINER, the 707, made its maiden flight on July 15th 1954

THE SLOWEST ANIMAL is the sloth which can reach a top speed of 0.24 kph. The fastest human sprinters reach 40kph and the cheetah 113kph.

MRS SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE became the world’s first woman prime minister when she replaced her murdered husband in Sri Lanka in 1960

IN AMERICA there are more than 30,000 car crash deaths a year and 3,400 lives are lost through drowning.

HOUSE WORK can’t kill you , but why take a chance?

THE BRITISH Oath of Allegiance was modified in 1858 to allow Jewish people to sit in parliament.

The deadline for the July issue of the Star is 4 pm Thursday June 27th