Nor'West News: February 29, 2024

17 th March 2024 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 

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Baffling 

case of 

padlock 

openers at 

Edmonds 

ALLEGED OFFENDERS: 

The Friends of Edmonds 

Factory Gardens Society 

believes these men are 

responsible for opening 

padlocks and removing 

them from implements 

sheds. 

gardens 

• By Chris Barclay 

THIEVES WHO open 

padlocks securing implement 

sheds at the Edmonds Factory 

Gardens and remove them, 

without taking anything else, 

are baffling volunteers who 

tend to the city landmark. 

While the Friends of 

Edmonds Factory Gardens 

Society’s work off Ferry Rd is 

routinely undermined by vandalism 

and rubbish dumping, 

the curious actions of two men 

present an unusual headache. 

How the duo, who targeted 

the sheds on December 8, January 

23 and February 7, opened 

the padlocks concerned society 

president John Hoskin. 

“These guys somehow or 

other have managed to get a 

key. It’s a complete and utter 

mystery why they’re doing 

this,” the 86-year-old said. 

Hoskin said police had been 

notified on each occasion and 

he was surprised they had not 

been able to trace the pair. 

With six CCTV cameras 

on site, Hoskin said they have 

footage of the men arriving by 

car, removing the locks and 

departing, always in broad 

daylight. 

“We’ve given them ideal 

photos . . . the car they come in 

and the registration and they 

still don’t seem to be able to nail 

them down.” 

Police were contacted for 

comment but had not responded 

before deadline. 

NO LIGHT SHED: Society president John Hoskin 

(right) is puzzled and frustrated by the theft 

of padlocks. 

PHOTO: CHRIS BARCLAY 

Hoskin said they have lost 

five padlocks, and only on the 

first incident did the men try 

and continue to enter the sheds, 

only to be thwarted by another 

layer of security. 

Now they are content to just 

take the padlocks. 

Waipapa Papanui-Innes- 

Central Community Board 

member John Miller was also 

perplexed about why padlocks 

were targeted. 

“It’s very bizarre. The obvious 

reason is metal value, they are 

made of brass, but a merchant 

told us they’re $5 each, so it 

seems like a hell of a lot of work 

and risk,” he said. 

The city council’s acting head 

of parks Rupert Bool was also 

puzzled. 

“We are unsure how these 

padlocks are being taken, we 

are looking into a new style of 

padlock to hope to alleviate 

thefts,” he said. 

Between September 5 last 

year and February 20 council 

staff had to replace 33 padlocks 

at community parks. 

The city council oversees 

infrastructure at the gardens, 

including a toilet block and 

rubbish removal. A band of 

devoted volunteers take care of 

the gardens’ upkeep. 

In recent months the toilet 

block has been vandalised on 

several occasions, while cyclists 

are ignoring signs barring access 

and damaging the lawns. 

Nine brass memorial plaques 

have also been removed 

from benches. 

“That is purely for scrap. 

We’re trying to get them 

replaced,” said Hoskin, who 

also lamented some benches 

had been gouged, and rose beds 

uprooted. 

”There’s always something 

going on, it’s very heartbreaking.” 

Thomas Edmonds, manufacturer 

of the iconic Kiwi baking 

powder brand, commissioned 

the gardens around his Ferry 

Rd factory in 1923. 

The factory, which was 

demolished in 1990, and 

gardens are recognisable 

nationwide thanks to featuring 

on the front cover of the 

Edmonds Cookery Book since 

1955.

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Plumbers raise $15k and 

awareness in adventure race 

• By Dylan Smits 

THREE PLUMBERS 

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construction workers mental 

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Chris Dick, 64, completed 

the race earlier this month 

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“We had a lot of fun just 

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Their team competed in 

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“We have seen this in our 

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or in confidence and support 

each other through tough 

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A University of Otago study 

in 2021 found people working 

in the construction sector 

were at two times greater risk 

of suicide compared to the 

rest of the workforce. 

Dick said there are strong 

parallels between the Coast to 

Coast and increased mental 

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caused by thieves who have been 

stealing copper from the powerlines 

along Gayhurst Rd at night. 

This means some Dallington 

residents, and businesses like the 

child care centre, are waking up 

to find they have no electricity. 

Centre manager Sarah Webb- 

Matenga said it is proving 

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open. The first time we couldn’t 

open until after 10. And this last 

two times, it was sort of nine”. 

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ongoing issue of outages could 

result in them losing some 

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BEING RECOGNISED with 

a community services award 

is a badge of honour the 

Canterbury Society of Model and 

Experimental Engineers display 

proudly. 

John Howie, Mike Harrison 

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“We have around 160 members 

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train rides to kids and families,” 

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“We’re always astounded by 

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In 2023, the group received a 

city council community service 

award in recognition of their 

volunteering – an award that 

now proudly sits in the 

CSMEE clubroom. 

This year, CSMEE is helping to 

promote the awards, which open 

for nominations on March 1. 

“Our train shed, rail tracks, 

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we’ve collected over the years 

from the train rides,” said Howie. 

“We’re always looking for new 

CSMEE members to join and help 

out and invite anyone with model 

engineering like-minded interests 

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7; Safety – Five Star ANCAP crash rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 8.5 

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dark blue pearl, alloys, ABS, ESC. 

SALE 

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$9,990 

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Includes ORC 

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Includes ORC 

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$16,750 $25,990 $27,990 

$12,750 

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2010 toyota Vellfire 

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airbags, superb family coach. 

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niSSan nV350 

2500cc turbo diesel, auto, 5 door, roof 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

9 

10 11 

337 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

237 

6 

T M R 

E P I 

12 13 

14 15 16 17 18 

many words of three or more letters, 

How 

including 

many 

plurals, 

words 

can you 

of 

make 

three 

from 

or 

the 

more 

six 

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 24 Very Good 30 Excellent 37 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Solution 236: fag, far, flag, flu, frag, frug, FRUGAL, 

fug, fugal, fur, furl, gal, gar, gaur, guar, gulf, lag, lug, 

word. rag, rug. 

Good 24 Very Good 30 Excellent 37 

19 20 21 

22 23 24 25 26 

27 28 

29 

Across 

1. By the shortest and most direct 

route (2,3,4,5) 

10. Protective garment (5) 

11. Appear again (9) 

12. Stress (7) 

13. Drastic reorganisation (5-2) 

14. School group (5) 

16. Climax (9) 

19. Go right ahead (2,2,5) 

20. Annotations (5) 

22. Hard worker (colloq) (7) 

25. Organise (7) 

27. Wash kit (6,3) 

28. Measure of liquid (5) 

29. Formal close to a letter (5,9) 

Decoder 

Down 

2. Bully (6-3) 

3. Capital of Vietnam (5) 

4. Account (9) 

5. Calm spot (5) 

6. Arrangement of people or things 

(9) 

7. Hopping mad (5) 

8. Spire (7) 

9. Of milk (6) 

15. Blind (9) 

17. Sluggish (9) 

18. Before birth (9) 

19. Discrimination (7) 

21. Metal pin (6) 

23. Farewell (Fr) (5) 

24. Jewish scholar or teacher (5) 

26. Sovereign (5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. As the crow flies, 

10. Apron, 11. Resurface, 

12. Tension, 13. Shake-up, 

14. Class, 16. Culminate, 

19. Be my guest, 20. Notes, 

22. Grafter, 25. Arrange, 

27. Toilet bag, 28. Litre, 29. 

Yours sincerely. 

Down: 2. Strong-arm, 3. 

Hanoi, 4. Chronicle, 5. 

Oasis, 6. Formation, 7. 

Irate, 8. Steeple, 9. Lactic, 

15. Sightless, 17. Lethargic, 

18. Antenatal, 19. Bigotry, 

21. Skewer, 23. Adieu, 24. 

Rabbi, 26. Ruler. 

WordBuilder 

emir, emit, imp, ire, item, 

merit, met, mire, mite, 

mitre, per, pet, peri, perm, 

PERMIT, pert, pie, pier, pit, 

prim, prime, remit, rep, ret, 

rim, rime, rip, ripe, rite, temp, 

tempi, term, tie, tier, time, 

timer, tip, tire, trim, trip, tripe 

Sudoku 

DECODER 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

All puzzles copyright 

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y 

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz


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