Selwyn_Times: August 30, 2023

Selwyn Times Wednesday August 30 2023
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NEWS
Prebbleton
shops
to get
new roof
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Thieves steal community’s coal cart
A BLOCK of shops on Springs Rd,
Prebbleton, is getting a new lease
of life.
The building is owned by
Prebbleton resident Tony Lee.
Lee said the work is to replace
the ageing roof, which is about 20
years old, and has some leaks in it.
“We’re putting a new roof on
and really upgrading the shops,”
Lee said.
“It is 20 years since the roof was
replaced and it’s had quite a few
penetrations many which have
been patched.”
Lee said with all the development
in the area he thought it was
time they had a tidy up.
Work is expected to be finished
within the next two to three
weeks.
GONE: A hole has been left in the Glentunnel community after one its coal carts was stolen. ​ PHOTOS: FACEBOOK
• By Daniel Alvey
WHY WOULD anyone steal a
coal cart?
That’s the question that has
left the Glentunnel community
stumped after one of the coal
carts, which are at
the entry points
to the area, went
missing.
Glentunnel
Store owner Glenn
Chambers said it
has saddened the
community.
“We’re just gutted, to be
Glenn
Chambers
honest, gutted that somebody’s
done it. You know what’s next,
there’s all the concerned citizens
because we do have a lot more
bits that are more historic than
that.
“My jaw hit the ground when I
found out about it.”
To remove it the thieves had
to cut the metal straps holding it
to the rail.
“It’s a fairly heavy object,”
Chambers said.
The replica cart was built by
members of the community
from original parts about 10
years ago. One of
the people involved
in its construction
was Malvern Ward
district councillor
Bob Mugford.
“It really upsets me. Bob
I couldn’t believe it Mugford
when I was told.”
Mugford said this isn’t the
first time the cart has been
targeted.
“It had only been there a week
when someone pushed it down
a bank.”
The settlement became well
known for its coal and sand
mines in the 1870s.
Chambers said he reported
the theft to police.
Chambers is still holding out
hope that someone has seen it
and it is returned.
“We’re just waiting to see if
it turns up at some stage. It’s
quite annoying because we are
a township that doesn’t seem to
get a lot of crime at all.”
Chambers said they are
now looking at doing more
fundraising to install CCTV
cameras in Glentunnel.
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