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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 8 <strong>2018</strong> 13<br />
News<br />
Light-fingered cat on the prowl<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
MUCH LIKE Lynley Dodd’s<br />
Slinky Malinki, cat Duncan,<br />
from Rolleston, has been<br />
helping himself to his<br />
neighbours’ soft toys.<br />
Owner Diane Guthrie says<br />
Duncan’s habits are “a bit<br />
embarrassing” but she’s pleased<br />
their neighbours are good<br />
about it.<br />
“He likes to collect things.<br />
He’s not a really cuddly cat, he<br />
kind of does his own thing but<br />
he’s very social,” she said.<br />
Mrs Guthrie says Duncan,<br />
aged 18-months, particularly<br />
likes to steal dog toys from<br />
Charlie, the golden retriever<br />
which lives across the road.<br />
“He takes all his toys . . . he<br />
just brings them home and<br />
leaves them,” she said.<br />
Duncan also likes adventuring<br />
to a nearby outdoor gym,<br />
where Mrs Guthrie says he has<br />
brought home hats, a sock and<br />
a child’s headband.<br />
After posting numerous pictures<br />
of Duncan’s stolen goods<br />
on the Rolleston Community<br />
Page on Facebook, Mrs Guthrie<br />
decided to create a separate<br />
page for his mischievous acts.<br />
A few weeks and 600 or so<br />
likes later, Duncan’s adventures<br />
are proving popular on Facebook.<br />
But stealing isn’t the only<br />
thing Duncan gets up to, Mrs<br />
Guthrie says he also likes to<br />
make himself at home in neighbouring<br />
houses.<br />
“He upset one neighbour because<br />
in the summer he would<br />
leave his window open and he<br />
woke up one morning, well in<br />
the early hours, and our cat was<br />
sleeping at the end of his bed,”<br />
she said.<br />
Mrs Guthrie says Duncan<br />
isn’t bothered if there are other<br />
animals residing in the neighbouring<br />
houses when he visits<br />
and at times, he even tucks into<br />
their food bowls.<br />
•To follow Duncan’s<br />
adventures visit https://<br />
www.facebook.<br />
com/Duncan-the-<br />
Cat-979226362250503/<br />
SNEAKY CAT: Rolleston’s<br />
Duncan with one of his<br />
many finds.<br />
Local<br />
News<br />
Now<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
Bridge gets<br />
second fix<br />
• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
A BRIDGE in Coalgate will<br />
be sealed this summer after<br />
complaints recent repairs made<br />
the surface worst.<br />
The Coalgate Township Committee<br />
is unhappy about repairs<br />
the New Zealand Transport<br />
Agency has done on the bridge,<br />
saying it has “made the bridge<br />
worse,” a Malvern Community<br />
Board report said.<br />
NZTA repaired the bridge in<br />
June after the deck joints had<br />
deteriorated and were no longer<br />
functioning correctly.<br />
It was resealed at the same<br />
time costing about $300,000.<br />
District councillor Bob Mugford<br />
said the bridge was brought<br />
up at a recent committee meeting<br />
while it was discussing the<br />
general quality of the roads.<br />
He said it appeared while the<br />
joins on the bridge had been<br />
repaired, they are raised causing<br />
a series of bumps on the bridge,<br />
“It is definitely bumpier than it<br />
used to be,” he said.<br />
Cr Mugford said he took the<br />
issue to the district council, who<br />
have since followed up with<br />
NZTA.<br />
The bridge was built in 1939.<br />
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