Southern View: January 22, 2019

6 Tuesday January 22 2019
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SOUTHERN VIEW
News
Date set for
liquor store
appeal
•From page 1
“In particular the authority is
not confident that the argument
about bias and predetermination
can be separated from the
grounds of appeal.”
City council head of community
support, governance and
partnerships John Filsell said it
considered these grounds could
be disposed of separately from
the rest of the appeal. “There was
a lack of any evidence to support
these grounds and they would be
likely to waste time at the appeal
hearing.”
Mr Filsell said it was the first
time the city council had applied
for a strike out of an appeal
against a licensing decision.
Long-term Phillipstown resident
and advocate Wayne Hawker said
the community would see the
appeal through.
“It’s not over yet. It may be a
long, drawn out process but we’ll
be fighting this to the very end,”
he said.
More than 100 objections were
submitted to the Linwood-
Central-Heathcote Community
Board when the application was
received, including from Linwood
College and the police.
Uncle Harry’s cross finds a home
Two more World
War 1 crosses which
celebrated Armistice Day
at the Sumner Redcliffs
RSA have been claimed.
Jess Gibson reports
WORLD WAR 1 memorials
honour him as Lieutenant Harry
Marshall Wright. To his family
more than 100 years on, he
remains Uncle Harry.
Lieutenant Wright enlisted as
a volunteer in 1912 and climbed
the ranks before the war broke
out in 1914.
He was living in Sumner
when he left for Gallipoli to
fight in the battle of Chunuk
Bair. The last memory his family
has of Lieutenant Wright was
a piggyback ride given to his
younger brother before he drove
away for the last time.
He embarked from Wellington
on April 17, 1915, but was killed
in action in Turkey several
months later on August 7, aged
24.
City council heritage
adviser Gareth Wright said
the death of his great uncle
impacted on the family in a
major way. ​
“I recall my grandfather would
get quite teary when he talked
FOND MEMORIES:
Lieutenant Harry Marshall
Wright was last seen by
his family in 1914, giving his
younger brother a piggyback
ride.
about his older brother,” said
Gareth.
Lieutenant Wright’s name
appears on a number of
memorials around Christchurch.
“He’s on the memorial at the
community centre in Sumner.
He went to Christchurch Boys’
High, so his name is on the
memorial there, and because the
family was living in Hororata at
the time he was killed, he’s on
the Hororata memorial also,”
said Gareth.
He said his trip to Gallipoli to
visit the New Zealand
memorial at Chunuk
Bair, where his great
uncle’s name was
engraved, was “quite
emotional.’’
Gareth said
Lieutenant Wright’s
ceremonial sword
hangs on the wall at
his father’s house.
At his own home
in Addington, his
photo and some of his
medals are displayed.
Now one of 21 crosses held
by the Sumner Redcliffs RSA,
which were displayed in the
Armistice Day commemorations
to remember Sumner’s fallen
soldiers, will be added to
Gareth’s memorabilia.
Gareth got in touch with RSA
president Pat Boland after he
saw an article in Bay Harbour
News asking descendants to take
their cross.
Gareth said he is happy for the
opportunity to collect the cross.
“I’m very keen on my family
Gareth Wright
history,” he said. He plans to
either keep the cross or give it to
his father, who can hang it next
to his brother’s sword.
A significant part of the
Wright family history is that,
like Gareth now, Lieutenant
Wright was part of the
city council.
Before he was
enlisted, Lieutenant
Wright was a clerk
in the treasury
department of the
city council. His
father Sidney Wright
was a clerk at the
Selwyn District
Council.
“It’s a small world,”
said Gareth.
Mrs Boland is
meeting
with the RSA committee
this week to arrange a ceremony
for the collection of the crosses.
“We’re very delighted and
honoured to be able to do
that . . . we’re sure that the
crosses will find a good home
with their families,” said Mrs
Boland.
•To claim a cross, get in
touch with Sumner Redcliffs
RSA president Pat Boland on
027 333 2189.
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