Selwyn Times: September 15, 2021
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<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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NEWS<br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Memories of White House shared<br />
• By Susan Sandys<br />
CANTABRIANS have shared<br />
their memories of White House<br />
as the former restaurant has<br />
been sitting on the market for<br />
almost one year.<br />
Photos of the building, now<br />
a private home, attracted many<br />
nostalgic comments from people<br />
when posted on the public<br />
Remembering Christchurch<br />
Facebook page.<br />
People talked of stopping at<br />
the State Highway One restaurant<br />
at Dunsandel for scones<br />
with jam and cream, and of<br />
previous owners going back to<br />
the 1950s.<br />
“I used to take my nana there<br />
for Devonshire teas,” said one<br />
woman.<br />
Another said her first job was<br />
a waitress at the restaurant in<br />
1956 when Harrison’s owned it.<br />
“Hot chips from there to keep<br />
us warm while we watched<br />
(Darfield v Dunsandel) at<br />
rugby,” said another.<br />
Some commenters bemoaned<br />
the fact it was no longer a commercial<br />
premises.<br />
“In these days of fast cars,<br />
it’s just in the wrong place for a<br />
cafe,” said one man.<br />
“It hung in there for years<br />
when others of the same ilk<br />
failed,” said another.<br />
The owner, emailed through<br />
Trade Me where the home has<br />
been listed for private sale since<br />
October last year, did not wish to<br />
talk to the <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong>.<br />
Ray White had the building<br />
listed for six weeks in<br />
2017, seeking offers more than<br />
$595,000, but it did not sell.<br />
It was listed as having three<br />
bedrooms, industrial kitchen,<br />
bar areas and open plan restaurant/cafe<br />
area, large gardens<br />
filled with mature trees. There<br />
was a spacious two-bedroom<br />
cottage on site, as well as sheds.<br />
The same vendor listed the<br />
building privately on Trade<br />
Me in October last year, where<br />
it remains for sale, calling for<br />
offers over $650,000.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
THEN AND NOW: The White House is<br />
for sale (top left) as its glory days (left<br />
and above) are recalled.<br />
TRAILBLAZERS<br />
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Applications Now Open<br />
Local Government Internship<br />
Forge your own path, blaze your own trail<br />
In collaboration with (Te Ara Rangatahi) Youth Pathways and Ministry of Social Development,<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council is providing a five week group Internship in the following areas.<br />
To support career pathways:<br />
· Duty Manager<br />
· Event Manager<br />
· Recreation Assistant<br />
· Library/Customer Service Assistant<br />
· Programme Coordinator<br />
To be eligible for this Internship you need to be a New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or<br />
refugee living in <strong>Selwyn</strong> district, aged over 18 years, and looking for work because you aren't<br />
in work or are in paid employment for less than 30 hours per week.<br />
The Internship Programme starts 11 October and is based in Rolleston. Applications close<br />
30 <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Visit SELWYN.GOVT.NZ/TRAILBLAZERS for further information and application forms. These are<br />
also available from <strong>Selwyn</strong> library and Service Centre or Rolleston Headquarters.
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