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4 Wednesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
News<br />
Man seriously<br />
injured after<br />
tractor ignites<br />
• By Anan Zaki<br />
A MAN was taken to hospital<br />
with smoke inhalation after<br />
a tractor fire near Leeston on<br />
Sunday.<br />
Two fire trucks from Leeston<br />
and Dunsandel were called to a<br />
property on Allens Rd at about<br />
1.55pm.<br />
Firefighters saw a middle-aged<br />
man sitting on grass near a shed<br />
where the tractor was stored.<br />
He was taken to Christchurch<br />
Hospital in a serious condition, a<br />
St John Ambulance spokesman<br />
said.<br />
The shed was not<br />
damaged from the fire, Leeston<br />
chief fire officer Lloyd Clausen<br />
said.<br />
“It was contained in probably<br />
about 10 minutes,” he said.<br />
“The initial call was that there<br />
was a tractor inside a shed and<br />
we expected to see the shed fully<br />
engulfed in flames. But luckily it<br />
was just the tractor.”<br />
The cause of the fire was<br />
unknown at this stage, he<br />
said.<br />
The tractor had not been<br />
used for four days when the fire<br />
started.<br />
Library ready for more users<br />
• By Emily O’Connell<br />
AMONG THE new<br />
developments in Tai Tapu is<br />
a historic building that needs<br />
people – the library.<br />
The library, which has a long<br />
history in the area, was opened<br />
at its Old Tai Tapu Rd site in<br />
1932.<br />
Head librarian Marian<br />
White is wanting more people<br />
to make the most of the library<br />
and says it could be used as<br />
a meeting place for different<br />
groups, such as a children’s<br />
play group or craft group.<br />
“We just thought we’d like<br />
to let people know that the<br />
building was available for<br />
other things beside being a<br />
library,” Mrs White said.<br />
The library, which is run by<br />
volunteers, has a small kitchen,<br />
a computer, WiFi, a large table<br />
which could be used for craft<br />
work and group sessions and<br />
a big lawn suitable for outdoor<br />
activities.<br />
Mrs White said the library<br />
has a “particularly good”<br />
children’s area and “the best”<br />
collection of non-fiction books<br />
about New Zealand in the<br />
district.<br />
She said it has “at least” 200<br />
books about New Zealand,<br />
from very historic ones to the<br />
latest reads.<br />
Popular genres in the library<br />
include modern and historic<br />
fiction along with children’s<br />
books, Mrs White said.<br />
She said the library has<br />
a lot of “local books and<br />
information” and librarians<br />
can assist people in finding<br />
out more about their family<br />
history.<br />
There is no charge for<br />
people or groups wanting<br />
to use library and it’s open<br />
from 2-4pm on Tuesdays and<br />
Thursdays and from 10amnoon<br />
on Saturdays. Mrs White<br />
said groups are welcome to<br />
use the library outside of its<br />
opening hours.<br />
•If you are interested in<br />
using the library or would<br />
like more information<br />
phone Mrs White on 329<br />
6021.<br />
HISTORY: Head<br />
librarian Marian White<br />
is encouraging the<br />
community to make the<br />
most of the Tai Tapu Library<br />
and its facilities.<br />
PHOTOS: MARTIN HUNTER<br />
“I dream of a Pacific where this terrible disease has<br />
been eradicated and can no longer cause fear, stigma<br />
and discrimination in families and communities.”<br />
Lorena and three of her children were diagnosed with leprosy.<br />
Lorena says “Although our leprosy could be cured, we knew that<br />
sometimes there can be serious effects from the disease, like<br />
disabilities. I was terrified that more of my children would get sick.<br />
But then the Pacific Leprosy Foundation started its new programme<br />
which gives medicine to the rest of the family so that they are<br />
much less likely to get leprosy. It was wonderful to have that<br />
reassurance! Now I want the rest of the countries in the Pacific<br />
to be able to take part in this programme, but I know that costs a lot<br />
of money.”<br />
Your gift of $35 will provide preventative<br />
treatment for one household contact of a<br />
leprosy patient.<br />
A gift of $420 enables the treatment of an<br />
average household in Kiribati, Samoa or the<br />
Solomon Islands.<br />
Pacific Leprosy Foundation<br />
Private Bag 4730, Christchurch, 8140<br />
www.leprosy.org.nz<br />
Registered Charity No: CC26987<br />
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