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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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