The Star: November 07, 2019

Thursday November 7 2019 The Star
• By Devon Bolger
A WOMAN’S generous offer
at a McDonald’s drive-through
started a chain reaction of
customers paying for other
people’s meals.
Rolleston McDonald’s shift
manager Lizzie Treymane said
the woman came through the
drive-through about 5pm on
Tuesday and insisted on paying
for the meal of the motorist
behind her as well.
“She said she wanted to pay
for theirs too. It was a $50 order
so that was pretty incredible.”
Ms Treymane said when the
next vehicle came through to
pay for their order and staff
told the driver their food had
already been paid for, they were
shocked.
“We said that the customer
before them had already paid
for their food and they were
shocked, so they wanted to pay
for the order behind them too.”
This led to eight cars in the
drive-through paying it forward
for customers behind them.
“It’s not something that
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Good Samaritan starts chain reaction at McD’s
• By Jess Gibson and
Sophie Cornish
A PREGNANT woman and
her partner were taken to
Christchurch Hospital after
a candle caused a fire in their
central city home.
A passerby alerted the fire
service when they saw smoke
pouring from the Gloucester St
home about 8.45am yesterday,
said Fire and Emergency NZ
investigator Jason Hobbs.
A man was in the shower when
he heard the smoke alarm and
escaped the house through the
back door, said Mr Hobbs.
His partner, who is pregnant,
was not at home but arrived back
to see the house in flames with
firefighters battling to extinguish
the blaze.
The man was treated for
minor smoke inhalation and the
woman was taken to hospital as a
precaution.
Mr Hobbs said the fire
appeared to have started from a
candle on the dresser.
A witness to the fire said
the woman was “absolutely
happens every day so it was
really good to see.”
A staff member said they had
seen the woman pay for other
heartbroken.”
Neighbour Juan van Tonder
said he came outside after
hearing sirens.
“I could feel the heat coming
out of the windows.”
He said a passerby was
knocking on doors in the area to
alert neighbours to get outside in
case the fire spread.
Mr van Tonder said a lady was
acting “frantically” on the street
about the same time.
He did not know the occupants
but understood two women and a
man lived at the address.
meals two or three times in the
past month, but it had never
started a chain reaction as it did
this time.
A member of the community
who witnessed the event took to
the Rolleston Community Page
on Facebook to share what had
happened.
The post attracted nearly 1000
likes and 50 comments in a day.
One comment said the post
was lovely and so nice to read.
Another said: “We have a
great community out here in
Rolly Land.”
SCENE:
Three crews
attended the
house fire on
Gloucester St
about 8.45am
yesterday.
PHOTO: JESS
GIBSON
Pregnant woman taken to
hospital after house fire
NEWS 3
in brief
Police catch man
in online sting
Police posing as a teenager
have arrested a 38-year-old
Christchurch man in an
online sting. Mathew James
Momo appeared in the
district court on Monday
facing two charges, one of
intentionally exposing a
minor to indecent material
and one of intentionally
exposing a constable
pretending to be a person
under-16 years to indecent
material. He is expected to
appear in the district court
again on November 22.
Rubbish removed
from red zone
Since January, Land
Information New Zealand
contractors have removed
about 25 tonnes of rubbish
illegally dumped in the
residential red zone. It has
taken away items ranging
from old mattresses to
tyres and green waste.
Linz portfolio managers
monitor the residential
red zone and work with
contractors to keep the area
tidy. The rubbish is sorted,
separated and recycled
or disposed of. New road
barriers and bollards around
the red zone have helped
to significantly reduce the
amount of rubbish being
dumped. Anyone caught
illegally dumping rubbish
and waste can face a
minimum $400 fine.
One arrest made at
weekend party
One person was arrested
after police responded to a
number of reports about a
large party near the corner of
Keyes Rd and Sinclair St in
New Brighton on Saturday.
Between 9.30pm and
midnight, police dealt with
several disorder and breach of
the peace incidents. Officers
also helped to break up the
party. There were no reports
of weapons involved or
damage to property.
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