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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
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OPINION<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>The</strong> coming week in our history<br />
Readers continue to<br />
respond to the police<br />
Eagle helicopter which is<br />
on trial in Canterbury<br />
David Martin – While your<br />
comments (from the editor’s<br />
desk) may be valid I have to<br />
point out police information said<br />
it was quiet and that criminals<br />
were unaware of its presence.<br />
Not so. <strong>The</strong> noise is not only not<br />
quiet, its loud and annoying,<br />
I have a hearing problem and<br />
even without my hearing aids it<br />
is loud. So if this one is quiet I<br />
would hate to have a louder one.<br />
Not to mention what the cost of<br />
flying and servicing one of them<br />
which I have not seen or heard<br />
publicised.<br />
Cyril Smith – I am all for<br />
the Eagle helicopter. From what<br />
I have read in the newspapers<br />
it has been the high number of<br />
criminal instances it has been<br />
called too that has caught my<br />
attention.<br />
From that point of view it can<br />
only be of benefit to the whole<br />
city to reduce the number of<br />
criminal incidents that regularly<br />
occur in our city. Over time,<br />
hopefully, its presence will assist<br />
the police to reduce all instances<br />
We want to hear your views on the issues affecting life in Canterbury.<br />
where all illegal activities take<br />
place. It will be for the greater<br />
good for all citizens of this city.<br />
Margaret Whittall – I am<br />
just wondering what is wrong<br />
with people. Would they rather<br />
we have awful people racing<br />
down our roads killing or maiming<br />
people or just a bit of noise<br />
knowing we are all safe.<br />
As I am sitting here it is going<br />
over my house but I know its for<br />
a good reason. We have so many<br />
other things to be concerned<br />
about.<br />
Please let them stay and keep<br />
Christchurch safer.<br />
Send emails to:<br />
barry@starmedia.kiwi<br />
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<strong>March</strong> <strong>19</strong>, <strong>19</strong>46 – <strong>The</strong> main<br />
body of Jayforce lands in Japan.<br />
More than 4200 New Zealand<br />
troops under the command of<br />
Brigadier Keith Stewart were<br />
part of 35,000-strong British<br />
Commonwealth Occupation<br />
Force campaign.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 20, 1834 – In 1833<br />
British resident James Busby<br />
suggested the adoption of a New<br />
Zealand flag. This would solve<br />
trade problems and encourage<br />
Māori chiefs to work together<br />
as an embryonic collective<br />
government. On <strong>March</strong> 20 the<br />
following year, 25 northern<br />
chiefs met at Waitangi to<br />
view three possible flags. <strong>The</strong><br />
preferred design incorporated<br />
the flag of the Anglican diocese<br />
of New South Wales into the<br />
Royal Navy’s white ensign.<br />
Busby declared it the national<br />
flag of New Zealand.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 21, <strong>19</strong>94 – Elevenyear-old<br />
Anna Paquin became<br />
the first New Zealander to win<br />
an Academy Award for acting<br />
when she picked up the best<br />
supporting actress award for<br />
her role as Flora McGrath in the<br />
acclaimed historical drama <strong>The</strong><br />
Piano.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 22, <strong>19</strong>02 – George von<br />
Zedlitz, Victoria College’s first<br />
professor of modern language,<br />
joined the fledgling institution.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 23, <strong>19</strong>48 – Otago<br />
celebrated the arrival of Scottish<br />
settlers on the immigrant ship<br />
John Wickliffe.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 24, 1894 – One of<br />
the most courageous feats ever<br />
performed in Waikato almost<br />
ended in tragedy when Leila<br />
Adair’s hot-air balloon burst<br />
several hundred feet above<br />
Hamilton.<br />
<strong>March</strong> 25, 1847 – Dr Isaac<br />
Featherston, editor of the<br />
Wellington Independent, strongly<br />
attacked the New Zealand<br />
Company’s land policy in his<br />
newspaper on <strong>March</strong> 24.<br />
Colonel William Wakefield, the<br />
company’s principal agent in<br />
New Zealand, interpreted the<br />
editorial as a thinly disguised<br />
accusation that he was a thief.<br />
He challenged Featherston to<br />
a duel at Te Aro the following<br />
day. Eyewitnesses reported<br />
that Featherston fired first and<br />
missed. Wakefield then fired<br />
into the air, saying that he<br />
“would not shoot a man who<br />
had seven daughters.’’<br />
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