The Star: October 24, 2019

Thursday October 24 2019 The Star
The coming week
in our history
October 24, 1913 – Violent
clashes between unionised
waterside workers and non-union
labour erupted two days after
Wellington’s ‘wharfies’ held a stop
work meeting.
October 25, 1971 – The
Christchurch–Dunedin overnight
express ran the last scheduled
steam-hauled service on New
Zealand railways.
October 26, 1942 – The
Women Jurors Act provided for
women aged 25 to 60 to have their
names placed on the jury list on
the same basis as men.
October 27, 1943 – New
Zealanders of 8 Brigade, 3 New
Zealand Division, helped their
United States allies clear Mono
Island in the Solomons of its
Japanese defenders. Forty New
Zealanders lost their lives.
October 28, 1835 – Thirtyfour
northern chiefs signed He
Whakaputanga (a Declaration of
Independence) at a hui called by
the British Resident, James Busby.
October 29, 1894 – The SS
Wairarapa was ship-wrecked on
Great Barrier Island. It remains
the third deadliest shipwreck
ever in New Zealand waters: 121
lives were lost when the steamer
Wairarapa struck Miners Head,
on the northern tip of Great Barrier
Island
October 30, 1865 – The
Native Land Court, one of the key
products of the 1865 Native Lands
Act, was created.
Readers respond to the
article about ‘tribute’
burnouts outside
a funeral home in
Harewood
John Hbr – It’s all part of a
good send off and has been for
years. It’s a police matter and
they will follow it up if need be.
Pauline Handley – Making
tyre marks from burnouts
to me just seems like a form of
marking territory like tagging,
animals do it by peeing on
things. Feral people do it with
tyre marks and paint.
Alyson Harlett – A couple
of speed humps would fix it.
Readers respond to
the article about two
police officers who were
honoured with bravery
awards for apprehending
the accused March 15
shooter
Nigel Easterbrook –
When training becomes real.
Isn’t it great we are training these
guys in case this happens?
Maria Melgies – Well deserved,
they totally put their own
lives on the line to stop more
bloodshed. Well done guys, New
Zealand will always be grateful
for your bravery to stop and
capture a crazed lunatic thank
you so much.
Sandy Gardner – Thank
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
ISSUE: Burnout marks left by boy racers near the
Harewood Memorial Gardens and Crematorium.
you for what you did that day, a
well deserved award.
Mu Zila – So does everyone
get an award too for just doing
their job?
Rachel Christian – Quick
thinking prevented further loss
and the offender has to face his
punishment.
Readers respond to
an article about city
councillors voting on
the size of their own pay
packets
Heather Wilkins – The
mayor gets a rise of a $1000?
Must be open slather then. How
many people get an increase of
that much over a year? Many
don’t get one at all.
Nigel Thompson – Maybe
their employers, the ratepayers,
should decide?
Julie Dalton – They should
try $450 a week and see just how
hard it is.
Christine Clarke – They
should get minimum wage rates.
Denis Lynn Gillison –
Should we not decide what they
get paid as we actually pay them?
Matt Cuthill – They will give
themselves a nice big pay rise and
raise our rates. Meanwhile, many
of our streets are still a mess.
OPINION 23
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to about 150 words
Kim Mckinley – How about
the living wage, same as most
others?
Kinley Richelle – They
should be paid the same as everyone,
or less cause they
don’t do their jobs, all they do
is sit around and take our
money.
Carolyn Fraser – Well,
aren’t they lucky. Wish we could
all do that.
Calvin Soo – Sure they will
be very frugal with their pay. You
guys aren‘t greedy, right?
Allison Grant – This is
disgusting.
Angela Toomey – Will that
be the norm for all councils?
Vanessa MacKenzie – I
have concerns about being given
power over your own salary. Any
normal person, and I’m sure
they’re not abnormal, would
vote for a higher pay. I think it’s
more prudent to have a separate
payroll team to evaluate and
salary based on performance etc.
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