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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> 8 <strong>2018</strong><br />
Inside<br />
FROM<br />
THE<br />
EDITOR’S<br />
DESK<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong><br />
News....................................3-16<br />
A COLLEAGUE here at <strong>Star</strong><br />
Media, Shane Victor, is off to<br />
France this month (see pages<br />
1, 4 & 5) to retrace the cycle<br />
tracks of his grandfather Bill.<br />
He, and husband and wife<br />
Jillian and John McKie, are the<br />
only three Christchurch people<br />
on the 37-strong Kiwi tour<br />
which will follow in the footsteps,<br />
so to speak, of the New<br />
Zealand Cycling Corps on the<br />
Western Front during the latter<br />
stages of World War 1.<br />
Shane and the others will cycle<br />
hundreds of kilometres on their<br />
journey, a trip I am sure will be<br />
very rewarding.<br />
<strong>The</strong> corps was involved in<br />
building tracks close to battlefields<br />
to allow the following<br />
main body of troops, artillery<br />
and horses access to positions<br />
close to the German lines at such<br />
strongholds like Messines.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were exposed to constant<br />
enemy fire, and shelling.<br />
When they signed up for war<br />
many young men saw it as the<br />
adventure of as lifetime.<br />
How wrong they were.<br />
– Barry Clarke<br />
<strong>The</strong> Christchurch <strong>Star</strong> Company Ltd.<br />
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At a Glance<br />
Patrols launch police<br />
careers for migrants<br />
THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST<br />
This week in history saw<br />
Riccarton Racecourse<br />
established on <strong>March</strong> 6, 1856.<br />
On the same day in 1914 the<br />
first point-to-point flight from<br />
Christchurch to Timaru took<br />
place. <strong>The</strong> pilot was J. W. H.<br />
Scotland. On <strong>March</strong> 6, 1989,<br />
Princess Anne, the Princess<br />
Royal visited the city. On <strong>March</strong><br />
7, 1925, the Cholmondeley <strong>March</strong> 8, 1958, Christchurch<br />
Home for children (a gift by athlete Marise Chamberlain<br />
Hugh Heber Cholmondeley) broke the world record for<br />
opened at Governors Bay. On running 440 yards. On <strong>March</strong><br />
NEWS 12<br />
9, 1880, the first steam trams<br />
began operation from Cathedral<br />
Square to the railway station. On<br />
<strong>March</strong> 11, 1899, a railway crash<br />
at Rakaia killed four people<br />
and injured 22. Two trains,<br />
crowded with Islington freezing<br />
workers returning from an<br />
excursion, crashed nose-to-tail<br />
at Rakaia station in pouring rain.<br />
<strong>The</strong> collision led to dramatic<br />
improvement in railway signals,<br />
braking systems and safety<br />
equipment.<br />
Our People............. 20-21<br />
Readers’ photos..............22<br />
Viewpoint....25, 26 & 29<br />
Gardening.............................31<br />
Travel.................................35<br />
City2Surf................................40<br />
Entertainment......50-55<br />
85 and still pounding<br />
the pavement<br />
NEWS<br />
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LOCAL NEWS<br />
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FUN IDEA FOR EMPTY SHOPS<br />
THe hunt is on to find creative<br />
ways to fill the city centre’s shop<br />
windows. <strong>The</strong> city council is<br />
launching an initiative, ShoPOP,<br />
aimed at turning unused shop<br />
windows into temporary fun<br />
attractions. People can put their<br />
suggestions forward on the city<br />
council’s Facebook page. Designs<br />
would be then be sought based<br />
on the ideas. All proposals will be<br />
reviewed by a panel, and a shortlist<br />
made. <strong>The</strong> public will then get to<br />
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