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SOUTHERN VIEW Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>31</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />

News<br />

Local<br />

News<br />

Now<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

Clock tower danger warning<br />

PEOPLE attempting to<br />

break into the earthquakedamaged<br />

Scarborough clock<br />

tower are putting themselves<br />

in a potentially dangerous<br />

situation, the city council is<br />

warning.<br />

The heritage clock tower<br />

is currently surrounded by<br />

scaffolding and has fencing<br />

around it, but that has not<br />

stopped some people from<br />

trying to gain entry.<br />

“The reason why the<br />

clock tower is fenced off is<br />

because we’ve had engineers<br />

working to determine how<br />

much damage it sustained<br />

in the earthquakes and what<br />

needs to be done to fix it,’’<br />

said city council head of parks<br />

Andrew Rutledge.<br />

“The assessment shows while<br />

the clock tower is structurally<br />

sound, it requires extensive<br />

repairs. Some of the surface<br />

masonry is loose and could<br />

fall off if we got another strong<br />

quake.<br />

“It is not safe for the public<br />

to be in the clock tower which<br />

is why we have got it fenced off.<br />

Our concern is that if someone<br />

does try to break in while<br />

the repair work is under way,<br />

they could find themselves<br />

in a potentially dangerous<br />

situation,’’ Mr Rutledge<br />

said.<br />

The repairs to the clock<br />

tower are likely to take<br />

several more months to<br />

complete and will involve<br />

removing all the clock faces<br />

so they can be restored by<br />

specialists.<br />

The scaffolding on the<br />

Scarborough tower was<br />

installed in March and is<br />

costing $280 a week.<br />

It is believed to be the first<br />

time the clock faces have been<br />

restored since being built in<br />

the 1930s.<br />

People have also tried to<br />

gain entry to New Brighton’s<br />

damaged clock tower.<br />

DANGEROUS: People<br />

trying to gain entry to clock<br />

towers at Scarborough and<br />

New Brighton are putting<br />

themselves in danger, the<br />

city council is warning.<br />

In Brief<br />

TREES TO BE REMOVED<br />

The city council has scheduled<br />

to remove nine dead and<br />

decaying trees from the South<br />

Brighton estuary on August<br />

17. City council community<br />

parks manager Al Hardy said<br />

after receiving further advice<br />

it has decided to carry out<br />

additional assessments before<br />

a final decision is made on the<br />

remaining trees.<br />

NEW WETLAND BRIDGE<br />

Patients and staff at Burwood<br />

Hospital can now make the<br />

most of Travis Wetland thanks<br />

to a new footbridge leading<br />

into the nature reserve. As part<br />

of widening work on Mairehau<br />

Rd, a new access bridge has<br />

been opened which provides a<br />

wheelchair-friendly entrance<br />

into the park.<br />

EUTHANASIA TALK<br />

Selwyn MP Amy Adams will<br />

host an information evening<br />

on the euthanasia laws<br />

currently before Parliament on<br />

Monday at Rolleston College.<br />

MPs David Seymour and<br />

Maggie Barry will speak from<br />

opposing sides of the debate.<br />

Ms Adams wants to hear<br />

what residents think and take<br />

questions. The event will start<br />

at 7pm.<br />

Cashmere Pharmacy has<br />

opened at 91 Centaurus Road<br />

Cashmere Pharmacy, conveniently<br />

located at the bottom of the Port Hills<br />

with lots of parking, now is the time<br />

to stop by and meet Pharmacist, Scott<br />

Kilday and his team. Browse through<br />

the neat and easily laid out facility,<br />

to find any of your desired healthcare<br />

needs.<br />

Pharmacist Scott has decades of<br />

experience and grew up in the industry.<br />

He has practised Pharmacy the world<br />

over and gained vast experience in<br />

doing so. He however has a deep<br />

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