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Dargaville Online08 August 2008
Volume 1 No 22
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This Week In New Zealand And Beyond
Army Unit Turns 150
New Zealand’s oldest Army unit
marks its 150th year of service this
weekend with services and a parade
in Taranaki. The celebration of the
5th Wellington West Coast Taranaki
Battalion Group will begin tomorrow
morning with a Chunuk Bair remembrance
dawn service at the Malone
Gates in Stratford.
On Saturday there will be a parade through the streets
of New Plymouth and Sunday involves a service in St
Mary’s, where the regiment was garrisoned for a short
time in 1860. During the parade a number of the regiment’s
personnel will be presented with medals for
efficiency and deployments to the Solomon Islands and
Sinai.
A powhiri will be held in Waitara to recognise and acknowledge
the regiment’s relationship to Taranaki iwi.
Japan Marks 1945 Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
Tens of thousands bowed their heads at a ceremony
in the Japanese city of Hiroshima for the 63rd anni-
versary of the world’s first
atomic attack, as the city’s
mayor hit out at countries that
refuse to abandon their bombs.
A bell tolled at 8.15am local
time on Wednesday 6 th August to mark the exact moment
when the bomb dubbed “Little Boy” was dropped
on the city, killing tens of thousands immediately and
many more later from radiation sickness.
“We who seek the abolition of nuclear weapons are
the majority,” mayor Tadatoshi Akiba said in a speech
at the Peace Memorial Park, attended by the ambassador
of nuclear-armed China, as well as Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda and elderly survivors of the attack.
“We must not repeat such a sad event,” one mother
attending the ceremony told broadcaster NHK. “We
need to pass that message on to our children’s generation.”
Special Parliamentary Train to Mark Centenary
A celebration and reenactment
of the first
train journey from
Wellington to Auckland
in 1908 departed
on Wed 5 th August.
The centennial of the
famed Parliamentary
Special will start at Wellington Railway Station where
a heritage steam engine with five carriages will be on
public display from 7.30am to 3.30pm on Platform 9.
In 1908, the then Liberal government of Sir Joseph
Ward organised the Parliamentary Special to take a
group of 200 celebrities, including 44 members of Parliament,
to Auckland to welcome the visiting American
Great White Fleet. The journey took more than 20
hours and included several locomotive changes to
complete the trip. In one section of the line, the train
crawled over a temporary, un-ballasted track that the
Public Works Department had rushed through in the
nick of time.
It was not until November of that year that the North
Island Main Trunk Line was actually completed.
The train will carry about 150 special guests including
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national and local politicians and railway enthusiasts.
For more information visit: http://www.steaminc.org.nz
Questions for Political Parties
Dargaville Online is preparing a questionnaire to be
sent to all the major political parties. In it we will be
asking them to tell us what they will do for our town
and community if elected to govern later this year. We
will publish their replies each week in our newsletter.
If you have a particular question you would like us to
ask them, please send us that question in an e-mail.
We will use a selection of these in our questionnaire
Electoral Roll
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and
half shut afterwards. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
It is time to make sure that you are on the electoral
role if you are eligible to vote. You can do this online
at http://www.elections.org.nz/enrolment/how-to-enrol/
how-to-enrol-to-vote.html
It is of concern to read in the news that a lot of Maori
electors have had their enrolment forms returned so
please make sure that you do get onto the roll and
vote.
The old saying that people get the government they
deserve through complacency is so true!
The F-word sees ‘Whakatane’ censored online
From stuff.co.nz Friday, 01 August 2008
The pronunciation of “Whakatane” and its close proximity
to the offensive F-word has seen the town censored
in cyberspace. A visiting tourist was astounded
that he could not search for “Whakatane” on the district
council’s own online service, because the word
was considered vulgar.
Visiting Auckland web developer John Henry used his
laptop in the middle of the town to connect to the council’s
wireless service, called Freenet. He was flabbergasted
to discover his Google searches for
“Whakatane’ services were rejected by the content filter.
The Freenet website’s explanation was: “The content
is filtered so this service is for legitimate use.” “I
could search for ‘fish and chips’ but not for ‘Whakatane
fish and chips’,” Mr Henry said.Council communications
manager Barney Dzowa explained that the prob-
lem lay in the pronunciation of the town’s name. “The
content filter is an American-based product, and it does
a phonetic analysis of what has been typed in,” he
said. “Whakatane, to the system, sounds like an Fword.”
Following Mr Henry’s discovery, district councillor
Russell Orr, who business provides the service, has
now solved the problem. He added the town’s name
to a list of words capable of over-riding the content
filter.
Historic Dargaville
St Josephs School
On 21 March 1906 Dargaville’s parish priest
- Father van Westeinde’s - wrote a letter to
the Bishop of Auckland, Bishop Lenihan
requesting him to write to Mother Mary
McKillop, founder of the order of Sisters of
Joseph of the Sacred Heart (often called the
Brown Joes to distinguish them from the
Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth - Black
Josephs). Bishop Lenihan enclosed this in
one of his letters, which he wrote to Mother Mary on
22 April 1906.
In September of 1907 Father A. Bowen, a Mill Hill Missionary,
who had replaced Father van Westeinde as
parish priest in Dargaville, wrote an impassioned letter
to Mother Mary:
“Send us Sisters to nurture and cherish those delicate
little plants in God’s own garden; Sisters to water with
gentle counsel and kindly advice, to prune away an
unsightly growth of unruly propensities — which, if not
amputated, might develop into open vice — in fine,
Sisters who, when the fierce blasts of worldliness and
temptations shall assail these unprotected plants in
their immaturity, may bind them securely to the immovable
support of Catholic faith and piety”.
The Sisters arrived and the foundation stone of St
Joseph’s School was laid on December 8 th 1907.
Monsignor Hackett opened the school in March 1908
with over 60 pupils. At that time the Sacred Heart
Church, St Joseph’s School and the convent were at
Mangawhare, then some distance from the site of the
present township of Dargaville. They stood quite close
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to the banks of the wide sluggish Northern Wairoa
River, one of the principal means of access to the district.
The first community consisted of Sisters Martina
Morrissey, Germaine Quinn, Stanislaus Tobin and Leo
Foster.
In 1939 Bishop Liston came and surveyed the area.
The growing population was across the Kaihu River in
Dargaville. He bought an area with a house already
on suitable for a Presbytery at 97 Hokianga Road.
Across the road he bought a large section with a house
on it for the nuns. He sent Father W. Hyde to move
the Church and School onto it. Once more St Joseph’s
School, nuns and three priests became a Diocesan
parish which served the community well.
In the 1950s, the Dargaville convent narrowly escaped
being destroyed by fire. As a result, the kitchen and
the Sisters’ dining-room had to be renovated, which
meant that this part of the dwelling could be modernised.
In the 1960s the erection of a new wing to the convent
provided extra sleeping accommodation. The story
goes that the necessity for improved sleeping accommodation
was brought home to the Parish Priest on
the occasion of his having to visit an ailing member of
the community. He averred that the only way he could
get out of her tiny cubicle was by backing out! Having
told his people that the Sisters’ rooms reminded him
of horses’ stalls except that the horses had at least
half a door each, he was promptly supported in his
appeal for funds and the new sleeping accommodation
resulted. The Sisters, having heard the comparison
made, saw to it, that on his next visit a large drawing
of a horse’s head decorated the entrance to each
cubicle.
The Private Schools Integration Act came into effect
on 7 September 1981 which meant that salaries and
building maintenance would be met by the state. The
estimated cost to bring the whole school complex up
to the standard required was $150,000. The staff comprised
Sister Stephanie Kelly as Principal, assisted by
three lay teachers, Mrs D. Posa, Mrs L. Smith and Miss
K. Joblin. Sister Lucy Buckley assisted with religious
instruction in the school and also with remedial work.
A music centre was conducted by Sister Eileen Mary
Atkins. Sister Bernadette McDonald that year joined
the community at Dargaville and enjoyed a pleasant
semi-retirement there.
The Sisters were withdrawn from Dargaville in 1991
and the school was left in the control of lay staff for the
first time. Following in the footsteps set by the Sisters
of St Joseph of The Sacred Heart, today, in the context
of Parish life and worship, the role of St. Joseph’s
School is still to contribute to the spiritual, academic
and social growth of the children of the parish. The
goal is a responsible, well-adjusted Catholic man or
woman.
The School is celebrating its centennial during Labour
Weekend this year. Former pupils can enrol by contacting:
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The Principal: Glenis Guest
St Joseph’s School
PO Box 403
Dargaville 0340
Phone: 0944398639
Mobile: 0272241095
E-Mail: principal@saintjosephs.school.nz
Dargaville Business Profile
Jean Sircombe. – A Lady With A Gift!
Man has made use of his intelligence,
he invented stupidity. Remy De Gourmant
As a young child of 10, Jean
Sircombe started painting.
By the age of 12 she was
doing black and white
sketches for a farming magazine
who paid her the
princely sum of half a crown
(25c) or even five shillings
(50c) for her work. The
sketches were all done in Indian
ink so that they could
be used to make the type
plates as used in those days
for printing newspapers and
magazines. No photocopiers
or colour back then!
10 years ago this month, after
leaving the sawmill where she worked, Jean opened
her own art gallery here in Dargaville. For typically 6
hours a day, four days a week, she produces her
artworks using oil, acrylic, and pastels.
Jean favours seascapes, landscapes, and portraits;
however if the mood takes her she will paint a vase of
flowers or other objects that catch her eye at that particular
moment. She has held exhibitions in Whangarei
and Dargaville – the most recent being during the Kauri
Coast Festival in 2006. Her gallery is beautifully arranged,
with her paintings framed and ready for people
to buy, take away, and hang when they get home.
In case you might think that Jean has no spare time,
she does have Wednesdays off. She also takes night
classes as part of the Adult Education programme at
Dargaville High School, and also works with the Kauri
Coast Rest Home. Another group she helps is Alzheimer’s
NZ . “Painting is great for people with this debilitating
illness” says Jean “as participants can produce
a painting which they can look at later on and
continue to identify with. The social interaction of the
classes is also therapeutic.”
Jeans other interests include country music, travel,
gardening and reading. She does indulge herself in
these “occasionally” she told Dargaville Online when
we visited her.
“Painting make timeless gifts” Jean tells us. “When
you buy a bottle of perfume, it gets used up and forgotten,
but a painting hanging on the wall is there as a
constant reminder of the person who gave it to you
and enjoy.”
Later this year Jean and a long-time
friend from Nelson are off on holiday
to visit Spain and Morocco. ‘I have
always wanted to visit those two
countries - ever since I was at school,
and yes – I will be packing my
brushes”!
To celebrate the birthday of the Big
River Art Gallery, Jean is discounting all her paintings
on display there. Prices are affordable so buying a
painting is perfect retail therapy without the guilt!
Call in and view her artworks at Big River Art Gallery
in Murdoch Street, Dargaville. It is open every day
except Wednesday from 9.00am until 5.00pm. For all
enquiries phone (09) 439 0255 during business hours.
Our verdict - A great place to take our visitors when
they want something different to go home with.
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“Geek Speek”
This week we have reproduced two excellent articles
from New Zealand newspapers. They have been
slightly edited to fit into the available space in this
newsletter.
VOIP
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wedding ring, and suffering. Anonymous
A Guide to Internet Phone Calls
By ROSS MARTIN - Fairfax Media | Saturday, 02 August
2008
Tech geeks already know about it. Chances are if you
work for a company that has offices up and down the
country the calls you make everyday are made over it.
It could be just the ticket for you to get a bit of extra
cash for your monthly food or petrol bill. It’s VOIP -
four letters that could save everyday Kiwis a packet of
money. VOIP stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol,
and in everyday terms means being able to make
phone calls using the internet or local network (like
within your office) for next to nothing.
When I talk about VOIP, I am not talking exclusively
about Skype. With Skype, users traditionally keep their
existing landline and merely make toll calls through
Skype, or call other Skype users for free. This does
save money, but you can save even more. Recent regulations
have allowed the smaller network companies
to supply you (the customer) with so-called “naked
DSL”, which gives you an internet connection without
having to have a landline with it too. Why should you
care? Because using VOIP instead of a traditional
phone line will save you money, even if you don’t make
a lot of toll calls.
How it works is pretty technical, but basically each
computer is given a unique identification number on
the internet. VOIP uses technology that gives your
phone its own number on the network and attaches a
particular phone number to it. So, for example your
friends could dial 03 333 3333 and your VOIP setup
would recognize this as the internet address of your
phone. If that scares you a bit, don’t worry. You don’t
have to understand it for it to save you money.
There’s more to it too. VOIP also lets you easily add
other lines to the home/office and gives you services
such as call forwarding, caller ID and conferencing for
dirt cheap or even free. These services will all cost
you over a regular phone line. It’s not all toast and jam
though, and there are drawbacks. Using VOIP instead
of a normal phone line does have drawbacks. First
you need power for to make calls. If the power goes
out and you need to make an emergency call, you will
need to use your mobile phone. Call quality also is
probably not as good as a traditional phone line either.
When I’m using VOIP on a local call to my dad,
he often asks me whether I’m on a mobile. In saying
that, I haven’t experienced any real problems apart
from the slightly technical setup process. The phone
is also not as portable, as it needs to be connected to
your DSL router at all times. However, if you have a
cordless handset you can get around this.
The other issue is that most of the ISPs require you to
be a reasonably heavy user to be able use naked DSL
and to get VOIP on their network. In my situation
TelstraClear said that I needed to be on a 10GB plan.
Time for the big question. How much exactly does VOIP
save me? First of all I had to buy either a VOIP phone
or a little converter box, which allows you to plug your
normal phone into your router. I chose the latter. The
box itself cost me the princely sum of $89 from Dick
Smith Electronics.
I signed up with VOIP provider Slingshot’s iTalk
(www.slingshot.co.nz/italk), which costs me $9.95 per
month for as many local calls as I can handle. It also
gives me Skype-like toll rates of 5c per minute to most
phones in places like England, Australia, and non-local
calls in New Zealand. Calls to mobiles and unpopular
countries are more expensive. Obviously, I still
have to pay for my internet connection, but I do save
on the phone line.
Running VOIP costs me about $60 a month, about $25
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less than the equivalent phone and internet package
from TelstraClear. Over the course of a year I can expect
to save a shade over $300, which easily pays for
any one-off costs like the purchase of VOIP phones or
converters. And because VOIP toll calls are cheaper
than on a normal landline you’ll actually save more,
especially if you make a lot of long-distance calls. Like
any newer technology, it isn’t perfect. For those who
want a little bit more security, the best call quality, or
don’t want a broadband connection, then this is probably
not the technology for you.
If you are game enough to persevere through the disconnection
process with your existing internet provider
(they sometimes need prodding to let you get rid of
the phone line), and can handle making the odd emergency
call on your mobile phone then this technology
could be right up your street.
Measure Your Broadband Speed
Anthony Doesburg: NZ Herald Monday 5 Aug
So, you’ve got your ADSL broadband internet connection
with its potential speed of megabits a second -
and you’re wondering why it’s not delivering web pages
to your desktop at quite that rate? Welcome to the
world of contention rates, backhaul and bandwidth
bottlenecks. “Oversold” is the word that springs to mind
in relation to internet service providers’ latest
broadband offerings. A gullible media must also cop
some of the blame for building up unrealistic expectations
of the new (in New Zealand, at least) generation
of DSL services. But who can blame us all for getting
a little excited in a land so starved of bandwidth for so
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The trouble is, the latest services are coming to us on
the same creaky old copper phone lines that were installed
decades ago for the purposes of voice communications.
You have to admire the ingenuity of
telecoms engineers who have managed to come up
with ways of getting the same lines to carry internet
traffic at faster and faster speeds. But there is a limit,
and that is what we are up against now. More accurately,
there are several limits, and we’re feeling the
effects of them all.
The first is the length of your phone line: DSL services,
which most New Zealand broadband subscribers
have, slow down the further you are from the telephone
exchange. For faster flavours of DSL, such as
ADSL2+, this is even more marked: at a distance of
2km from the exchange, the top speed you can expect
is less than half the theoretical 24Mbit/s. When
ADSL2+’s still-faster sibling, VDSL2, arrives (Vodafone
and Orcon last week said they’d begun VDSL2 trials),
the slowdown with distance will still be noticeable: its
52Mbit/s top speed is much reduced beyond about 500
metres from the exchange. In other words, DSL is a
clever way of getting a tired old phone system to do
the work of an internet-age data network, but only if
it’s not asked to carry lots of video and do other highbandwidth
tasks.
The next limit is the number of subscribers among
whom your ISP is dividing the available bandwidth - a
measure known as the contention ratio. If you’re sharing
the bandwidth with 19 other subscribers (a 1:20
contention ratio), you’ll be better off than if you and 49
others (a 1:50 ratio) are fighting it out to download the
latest YouTube sensation. The irony is that as an ISP’s
popularity rises, its network speed falls, unless its investment
in bandwidth is staying ahead of the rate at
which it is adding subscriber numbers. In my experi-
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ence, service tends to get worse before it gets better.
And ISPs tend not to be too forthcoming with their contention
ratios. Two other factors are conspiring to make
your new broadband connection less speedy than you
were led to expect. One is the amount of backhaul
bandwidth your ISP has from the exchange to the wider
internet. The other - and a particular issue in New
Zealand - is how much bandwidth your provider is prepared
to fork out for on the Southern Cross submarine
cable (half-owned by Telecom) linking us with the rest
of the world.
The choking effect of these bottlenecks is particularly
noticeable at rush hour on the information
superhighway. And that, says Michael Cranna, of
broadband performance measurement company
Epitiro Technologies, reliably begins around 3.30pm
each day - the time when tens of thousands of school
kids get home. “Basically,” says Cranna, “at 3.30pm
the whole thing slows down, and it stays that way till
about 8pm. You can see the pattern in the data - clear
as day.” Epitiro keeps an eye on what’s happening at
11 sites around the country, from where it tests
broadband speeds for the five biggest ISPs and a selection
of second-tier providers. It does so in Britain,
too, where it provided the Advertising Standards Authority
with data that led to Virgin Media last month
being ticked off for making misleading download speed
claims. The company also provides a free tool,
Isposure, that lets individual broadband users tell exactly
what performance they’re getting from their ISP
and easily compare that with the speeds enjoyed by
other ISPs’ subscribers in their vicinity. Once Windowsbased
Isposure (download it at www.isposure.co.nz -
there’s no Apple version) is loaded on your PC, it will
test your line speed, web browsing speed, responsiveness
for gaming and web address look-up speed.
Cranna says this is more information than ISPs them-
selves have about how your connection is performing.
They probably like it that way. If they really knew, it
might cramp their style in the claims they make for
their services. Then again, maybe it wouldn’t hold them
back.
This Weeks How To’s:
(Thanks to Joseph Douglas for these!)
Bed Sheets
After drying sheets, put both sheets and one pillowcase
in the other pillow case. Fold neatly in a square.
Next time you change sheets, you just take the one
pillow case and all the sheets and pillow case are inside.
No need to look for matches.
Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of
the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This
keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw
this on the cooking channel and it really works.
Reheating Refrigerated Bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated,
place them in a microwave with a cup of
water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist
and help it reheat faster.
Broken Glass
Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken pieces of
glass - the fibres catch ones you can’t see!
Easier Thank You’s
When you throw a bridal/baby shower, buy a pack of
thank you cards for the guest of honour. During the
party, pass out the envelopes and have everyone put
their address on one. When the bride/new mother
sends the thank you’s, they’re all addressed!
Name Tag
If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their
picture inside the handle bar before placing the grips
on. If the bike is stolen and later recovered, remove
the grip and there is your proof who owns the bike.
Flexible Vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the
fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap
roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get
in narrow openings.
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Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you
will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works
with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place
pin in seam of slacks and — voila — static is gone.
Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring
cup, fill it with hot water. Dump out the hot water, but
don’t dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as
peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.
Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and
keep it in the glove box of your car. When the windows
fog, rub with the eraser!
Works better than a cloth!
Reopening Envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to
include something inside, just place your sealed envelope
in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals
easily.
Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s a lot
cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really
smooth. It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner
you bought but didn’t like when you tried it in
your hair...
Good-Bye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/
2 with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing
liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the
cup and gone forever!
Get Rid Of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They
eat it, take it ‘home,’ & can’t digest it so it kills them. It
may take a week or so, esp. if it rains, but it works &
you don’t have the worry about pets or small children
being harmed!
Take Baby Powder To The Beach
Keep a small bottle of baby powder in your beach bag.
When you’re ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself
and kids with the powder and the sand will slide
right off your skin.
Some Advice from the NZ Police
Holiday Driving Tips
Holiday driving doesn’t
have to be stressful or
dangerous. Plan, prepare
and pack ahead of time.
Take a roadmap and the phone numbers of people
you may need to call if delayed.
Make sure your vehicle is in roadworthy condition and
up to the journey. Check or have a garage check your
vehicle at least a week before in case repairs are
needed. Many garages offer safety checks for tyre
tread and pressure, lights, brakes, cooling systems and
other components. You should also check that your
spare tyre is properly inflated and your lift jack and car
tools are there in case they are needed.
Check your torch batteries are bright and the contents
of your first aid kit are complete.
It is a good idea to keep a spare key inside your wallet
in case you get locked out.
Don’t be in a hurry. Speeding and driver fatigue cause
accidents. Allow plenty of time for your journey and for
rest breaks and delays along the way. Be prepared to
enjoy the journey, however long it takes. Your holiday
fun will start earlier and you will arrive in a happier
state of mind.
Unless you can leave early and have allowed extra
time, avoid leaving on the last workday before a holiday
when you know the roads will be congested.
Determine to be courteous and remain calm, even if
provoked by other drivers’ behaviour.
Maintain a safe following distance from the vehicle in
front. Use your indicators.
Keep left unless passing and pull over to let others
pass you.
If you need to pass a slower vehicle, wait for a passing
lane or until you can see clear road ahead of you
and enough space to overtake safely. Remember not
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to cut in too closely, especially in front of larger vehicles
that take a longer time to brake and could end up
hitting you from behind.
Don’t let a speeding ticket mar your holiday. Buckle
up with a seat belt and use approved child seats for
restraining children. There is a $150 fine for each person
not buckled up.
Do not allow distractions such as eating, drinking and
passenger / telephone conversations to interfere with
the primary task of driving.
You can avoid driver fatigue and stay alert by:
* having a good sleep before your journey
* driving at times of the day when you are normally
awake
* taking a rest break every two hours or less and
stretching or exercising
* drinking fluids regularly, especially while driving
in summer conditions
* taking a short nap if you feel tired
* sharing the driving
* keeping the air vents open or using your air
conditioning in the fresh or outside air mode
When packing your vehicle, make sure everything is
securely stowed. Even small objects can become dangerous
missiles in the event of a sudden stop or a
crash.
Never leave children unattended in a vehicle, even
for a few moments.
Some Advice from the NZ Fire Service
Fire Extinguishers
What type to use and how to use
them
You are only young once, but you can stay
immature indefinitely. Anonymous
Fire extinguishers should only be used in the following
circumstances:
* When everyone has been evacuated and accounted
for at a safe meeting place.
* When the fire service has been called.
* When it is safe to do so considering the size and
location of the fire.
* Access to the fire is unrestricted and a safe
retreat is possible at all times.
* Remember life is more important than property,
don’t put yourself or others at risk.
* Only when everyone is outside and the fire
service has been called, should you attempt to
put the fire out, and only if it is contained and you
can safely escape.
What type of fire extinguisher do I need?
Fire is divided into 6 classes. Note: This is a new classification
- be aware that most extinguishers will be
labelled with the old four classification.
Some extinguishers are more suitable than others for
putting out the different classes of fire.
Where should I install the fire extinguisher?
* Fire Extinguishers should be wall mounted above
the normal reach of children, and in or near the
kitchen.
* If it is in the kitchen, don’t put it to close to the
stove or cooking surfaces.
* Ideally have another extinguisher in the garage
and one in the car.
* Caravans should have one attached to the inside
of the door.
* Boats should have one mounted in a protected
area where it can be reached from the open
deck.
Operating the extinguisher
* Always carefully read the instructions on the side
of the extinguisher, and make everyone staying in
the house aware of where it is and how to use it.
* Most extinguishers require a safety pin or clip to
be removed before a trigger can be operated.
* Aim the extinguisher at the base of the fire,
keeping yourself low, and work the extinguisher
in a sweeping motion from left to right.
* Don’t start too
close to the fire (
most extinguishers
are designed to be
operated from
about 2 - 3 metres
away).
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First Aid Tips
Action Priorities - Emergency
Checklist:
This Action Priorities checklist has
been designed to give you a simple
”Action Plan” to be followed whenever
you come across an emergency.
CHECK FOR DANGER
DON’T PANIC! Check for danger to yourself, to the
Casualty and to other people [bystanders / workmates
etc].
Make sure no-one else gets hurt – you cannot help if
you are also a casualty.
CHECK RESPONSE
Is the casualty conscious?
Gently shake and shout “Are you OK? Can you hear
me?”
For the CONSCIOUS casualty;
* Check for and manage BLEEDING and other
injuries.
* Seek medical help if required.
For the UNCONSCIOUS CASUALTY:
* Send for help immediately - DIAL 111
* Unconscious and breathing, place in RECOVERY
POSITION.
* Unconscious and not breathing start CPR.
Musical Notes - August 7 th
Born on this Day :
You can’t have everything.
Where would you put it? Steven Wright
1925, Born on this day, Felice Bryant, songwriter with
her husband Boudleaux. Wrote Everly Brothers hits,
‘All I Have To Do Is Dream’, ‘Bye Bye Love’, ‘Wake Up
Little Susie’ and ‘Raining In My Heart’ a hit for Buddy
Holly.
1936, Born on this day, Charles Pope, The Tams, (1971
UK No.1 single ‘Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me’). Pope died
on 16th March 1996.
1945, Born on this day,
Kerry Chater, Gary
Puckett and the Union
Gap, (1968 UK No.1 & UK
No.2 single ‘Young Girl’).
1950, Born on this day,
Rodney Crowell, country
guitarist, songwriter,
worked with Emmylou
Harris, acts that covered
his songs include Bob
Seger, Willie Nelson & Carlene Carter.
1958, Born on this day, Bruce Dickinson vocals, Iron
Maiden, (joined in 1981, UK No.1 single in 1991 ‘Bring
Your Daughter To The Slaughter’).
Events:
1957, The Quarry Men made their debut at Liverpool’s
Cavern Club without Paul McCartney who was away
on a Scout trip.
1963, this weeks UK Top 5 albums: No.5, Elvis Presley,
‘It Happened At The World Fair’, No.4, ‘West Side
Story’, Soundtrack, No.3, Cliff Richard, ‘Cliff’s Hit Album’,
No.2, The Shadows, ‘Greatest Hits’, No.1, The
Beatles, ‘Please Please Me.’
1964, appearing at the 4th Richmond Jazz Festival
held over 3 days in Richmond, England, The Rolling
Stones, Ronnie Scott, Tuby Hayes, Manfred Mann,
Yardbirds and Mose Allison.
1965, Herman’s Hermits went to No.1 on the US singles
chart with ‘I’m Henry VIII I Am’. The single was
only released in the US. Singer Peter Noone once interviewed
Elvis Presley for UK music paper New Musical
Express.
1969, during a North American tour Led Zeppelin appeared
at the Berkeley Community Theatre, California.
1971, The Bee Gees started a four week run at No.1
on the US singles chart with ‘How Can You Mend A
Broken Heart’. It was the groups tenth US hit and first
No.1.
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You can’t buy love, but you can pay
heavily for it. Henny Youngman
1976, Elton John and Kiki Dee were at No.1 on the US
singles chart with ‘Don’t Go Breaking My Heart’, giving
Elton his sixth US No.1. It was also Elton’s first UK
No.1 single.
1976, UK music weekly Melody Maker gave The Sex
Pistols their first front cover.
1982, ‘Come On Eileen’ by Dexy’s Midnight Runners
was at No.1 on the UK singles chart.
1982, Fleetwood Mac started a five-week run at No.1
on the US album chart with ‘Mirage’. The bands third
US No.1.
1984, US soul singer Esther Phillips died from liver
failure. (1975 US No. 20 & UK No.6 single ‘What A
Difference A Day Makes’).
1997, Garth Brooks played to the largest crowd ever
in New York’s Central Park. An estimated 1 million
people attended the live concert with an additional 14.6
million viewing live on HBO.
2001, harmonica player Larry Adler died aged 87.
Known for his original collaborations with George
Gershwin, Kate Bush, Sting and Vaughan Williams and
his own virtuoso performances.
2002, former Boyzone Keith Duffy made his acting
debut in UK TV soap Coronation Street playing the
role of Peter Barlow’s old Navy mate Ciaran McCarthy.
2007, Lily Allen had her US work visa cancelled after
arriving at Los Angeles airport. The 22-year-old, who
was due to tour America in September, had flown in
for the MTV Video Music Awards launch. She was held
at the airport for five hours in connection with an arrest
for an alleged assault in London in June.
2007, Pete Doherty was warned by a judge that he
could face jail or a community order over drugs offences.
In July, the 28-year-old Babyshambles
frontman pleaded guilty to driving illegally while in
possession of crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and
cannabis. The judge said: “What I have in mind is a
community order or prison... if he does not show his
motivation, it’s prison - it’s as simple as that.” The singer
volunteered to show the position of an implant in his
stomach designed to help him give up drugs.
Lets Go Out and About!
Keep Kids Slim
YOU may put your
child’s chubbiness
down to innocent
puppy-fat, but obesity in
kids is a growing problem.
Recent reports
show than 1 in 10 children
are obese before
they start primary
school. And if no action is taken, current trends could
lead to an even bigger obesity crisis in the future. But
getting the under-fives active and choosing healthier
foods can be more difficult than you think.
Here are some tips, to keep your children happy,
healthy and active.
Fit tips for healthy kids
“Healthy children should be introduced to exercise as
early as possible.” says Fitness Expert, Nicki
Waterman. “Whether it’s swimming, football or dancing,
find something they enjoy and encourage them
by joining in too.”
For babies- 2-year-olds.
1) Take a dip together. Holding your baby in the water
will get them used to it and will encourage them to
swim later on. You could also join in swimming lessons
for mum and baby, check out your local swimming
pool or leisure centre for details.
2) Join a baby class.
Leisure centres have plenty of classes for mum and
baby to enjoy together that will give them a lust for life
and activity at an early age. From music and movement
to baby yoga, engage them as soon as you can
to keep their minds healthy.
3) Encourage them to walk.
Once your baby can walk- encourage them away from
the buggy as much as you can, keeping them on reins
for safety.
4) Visit a mother and toddler group.
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Toddler groups are great fun for little ones and a good
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you can team up with for fun-filled park trips and bike
rides in the future.
5) Get out and about.
Whether you head to your local beach or playground,
kids are never too young to enjoy the great outdoors.
Engage in play and outdoor activity at least twice a
week, so that fun is associated with being away from
the house.
2 to 5-year-olds
1) Buy them their first bike.
Kids can start riding a tricycle before they start to walk,
so it’s never too early to encourage them and once
they are ready, they can try a bigger bike with stabilisers.
Go out on family cycling trips together in your local
park - it will benefit all the family.
2) Play an old school game with your kids. Re-introduce
old favourites like Hop Scotch, Tag, Skipping,
Hide and Seek, Leapfrog or Elastics, in the garden -
fun and nostalgic for you, a blast for them!
3) Let them choose their own talent.
Pushing your kids into an activity will only make them
lose momentum, but that’s not to say you shouldn’t
encourage them at all. Kids know what they want from
a young age, so ask them what they would really like
to try, and within limits, try to adhere to it. If your son
fancies trying dancing over footie, then let him!
4) Be inventive.
Getting your kids excited doesn’t need to cost the earth.
Create a bowling alley in your driveway using empty
plastic water bottles or cans as
pins or in the summer set up a
“water-shoot” using a water hose
and a large sheet of plastic for
them to whizz down.
5) Take the kids to a pick-yourown-berries
farm.
Kids love getting involved in these
kinds of “grown up” activities. Al-
Sanity is a madness put to good uses.
George Santayana (1863-1952)
lowing them to pick their own will give them a sense of
self -importance while helping them to appreciate
healthy food.
6) Don’t replace good old fun with computer games.
Although the Nintendo Wii can help kids to stay fit,
don’t use this as a replacement to sport. Allow them to
use such games from time to time, but make sure they
have a go at the real thing too.
Some More “Definitions”.
From The Not So Correct
Dictionary
Abbreviations used:
acro. - Acronym; adj. - Adjective; adv.
– Adverb int. - Interjection; n. - Noun;
phrs. - Phrase;
v. – Verb
ABASH n. A great party.
ACTOR n. Someone who tries to be everything but
himself.
ACUTE n. The opposite of an ugly.
AFTER-MATH n. The period following algebra.
ALIMONY v. Bye now, pay later.
APPARENT n. A large, old, bossy person who tortures
youths.
BABY PHILOSOPHY phrs. If it stinks, change it.
BOASTING n. Pitter patter of little feats
CAT TOY n. Any object on the ground.
CATACOMB n. Used for brushing cat hair.
CATHOLIC n. A cat with a drinking problem.
CHOCOLATE n. The other major food group.
COMPUTER n. Machine that makes very fast, very
accurate mistakes.
CREDIT CARD n. A way to increase ones yearning.
DIPLOMACY n. The art of letting somebody have your
way.
DOOR n. Something a cat or dog wants to be on the
other side of.
EXPERIENCE n. What you get when you don’t get
what you want.
FLASHLIGHT n. A device used to store dead batteries.
HANGOVER n. The wrath of grapes.
HUMAN n. Useful domestic animal, popular with cats.
JOB n. A really, really, really, bad joke.
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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build
bridges even when there are no rivers. Nikita Khruschev
LAWYER n. The larval form of Politician.
MULTITASKING n. The art of screwing up several
things at once.
NERVOUS adj. Asking which wine goes best with fingernails.
NURSERY n. Place where nurses are made.
PEST n. A friend in need.
POVERTY n. Having too much month left at the end
of the money.
REJECTION n. When your imaginary friends won’t
talk to you.
RING n. Item used to explore the drain in one’s sink.
SKIER n. Someone who pays an arm and a leg to
break them.
STICK n. A boomerang that doesn’t work.
TREE n. Plant used to stop cars.
VACATION n. A place to go without having to.
WUSBAND n. Ex-husband.
Did You Know?
* A “Blue Moon” is
the second full
moon in a calendar
month (it is rarely
blue).
* A bibliophile is a
collector of rare
books. A bibliopole
is a seller of rare
books.
* A ghost writer pens
an anonymous book.
* A magic potion or charm thought to arouse sexual
love, especially toward a specific person, is
known as a “philter.”
* A poem written to celebrate a wedding is called
an epithalamium.
* Cannibalism, eating human flesh, is also called
anthropophagy.
* Of all the words in the English language, the
word “set” has the most definitions.
* “Ough” can be pronounced in eight different
ways. The following sentence contains them all:
“A rough-coated, dough-faced ploughman strode
through the streets of Scarborough, coughing
and hiccoughing thoughtfully.
* “Rhythms” is the longest English word without the
normal vowels, a, e, i, o, or u.
* The “O” when used as a prefix in Irish surnames
means “descendant of.”
* The correct response to the Irish greeting, “Top of
the morning to you,” is “and the rest of the day to
yourself.”
* The idiom “pillar of salt” means to have a stroke,
or to become paralyzed and dead.
* The last thing to happen is the ultimate. The
next-to-last is the penultimate, and the secondto-last
is the antepenultimate.
* The phrase “sleep tight” originated when mattresses
were set upon ropes woven through the
bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would
use a bed key to tighten the rope.
* The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are
called aglets.
* The ridges on the sides of coins are called
reeding or milling.
* The side of a hammer is a cheek.
* The study of word origins is called etymology.
* The term “honeymoon” is derived from the
Babylonians who declared mead, a honeyflavored
wine, the official wedding drink, stipulating
that the bride’s parents be required to keep
the groom supplied with the drink for the month
following the wedding.
* The two lines that connect your top lip to the
bottom of your nose are known as the philtrum.
* The white part of your fingernail is called the
lunula.
* The word “set” has the highest number of separate
definitions in the English Language (192
definitions according to the Oxford English
Dictionary.)
* The word “assassination” was invented by
Shakespeare.
* The word “coach” is derived from the village of
Kocs, Hungary, where coaches were invented
and first used.
* The word ‘news’ did not come about because it
was the plural of ‘new.’ It came from the first
letters of the words North, East, West and South.
This was because information
was being gathered
from all different
directions.
* The world’s largest
alphabet is Cambodian,
with 74 letters.
* Only full-grown male
crickets can chirp.
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Phone 09 439 6100 Fax 09 439 4581
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1st Dargaville Girls’ Brigade
Membership Enqiries
Contact Pauline Taylor
Phone: (09) 439 7507
Look up our web site:
www. girlsbrigade.org.nz
or just come along on Thursday afternoon
To Dargaville Baptist Community Centre.
Pono Lodge No. 203
Meets 3rd Wednesday Every Month
(Except January)
Hokianga Road
Visiting Brethren Welcome.
Secretary Phone: (09) 439 5413
THE DARGAVILLE AND DISTRICTS
ORCHID SOCIETY CLUB
Meets at 1- 00pm
every 2nd Wednesday
Northern Wairoa Boating Clubhouse
Totara Street - Dargaville
All Welcome!
Come & Learn All About Growing & Showing Orchids
Alan Peden Secretary
Phone 09 439 7535
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Cafes
CAFE FARE LIMITED
75 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 0393
CUPPA N A CAKE
57 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 1081
EMPIRE LUNCHEONETTE
56 Victoria Street, Dargaville 09-439 7558
KAURI COAST CAFE
33 Normanby St Dargaville 09-439 0452
ELLE CEE CAFE
23 Freyberg Road, Ruawai 09-439 2992
Hotels & Taverns
ARATAPU TAVERN
Pouto Rd Dargaville 09-439 5923
CENTRAL HOTEL 2008 LTD
cnr Victoria & Edward Sts 09-439 8034
THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL
75 River Road, Dargaville 09-439 8018
KAIHU TAVERN
State Highway 12 Dargaville 09-439 0722
NORTHERN WAIROA HOTEL
70 Victoria Street, Dargaville 09-439 8923
RUAWAI HOTEL
16 Freyberg Rd Ruawai 09-439 2405
Clubs
Dargaville and District Kai & Wai!
DARGAVILLE BOWLING CLUB INC
Parore Street Dargaville 09-439 8136
DARGAVILLE CLUB
53-55 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 8211
NORTHERN WAIROA MEMORIAL RSA
Hokianga Rd Dargaville 09-439 8164
NORTHERN WAIROA BOATING CLUB INC
Totara Street Dargaville 09-439 8098
Restaurants
BLAH BLAH BLAH CAFE/BAR
101 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 6300
FUNKY FISH
34 Seaview Rd Baylys Beach 09-439 8883
GOLDEN LION RESTAURANT
18 Hokianga Rd Dargaville 09-439 8940
LYRIKS FAMILY RESTAURANT
138 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 7343
NEW ASIAN RESTAURANT
73 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 8388
PREMIER RESTAURANT
95 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 8212
SHARKEYS
13 Baylys Coast Rd Baylys Beach 09-439 4549
SHIRAZ INDIAN RESTAURANT & BAR
17 Hokianga Rd Dargaville 09-439 0024
Takeaways
DINNY’S BAKERY & TAKEAWAY BAR
Kapia St Dargaville 09-439 5146
EZY ROASTS
103 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 0605
FAST FOODS
3 Murdoch St Mangawhare 09-439 8497
OCEAN BEACH FISHERIES & TAKEAWAYS
164 Victoria St Dargaville 09-439 8055
PAD THAI TAKEAWAY
52 Normanby St Dargaville 09-439 1315
RIVER ROAD DAIRY & TAKEAWAYS
33 River Road, Dargaville 09 439 8693
SUBWAY DARGAVILLE
85 Normanby St Dargaville 09-439 3375
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Dargaville and District Accomodation
Awakino Point Boutique Motel
SH 14 Dargaville 09-439 7870
awakinopoint@xtra.co.nz
www.awakinopoint.co.nz
Baylys Beach Holiday Park
22 Seaview Rd Baylys Beach Dargaville
09-439 6349
motorcamp@baylysbeach.co.nz
www.baylysbeach.co.nz
Birch’s Bed & Breakfast
18 Kauri St Dargaville
09-439 7565
ewanandanneke@nettel.net.nz
Central Hotel 2008 Ltd
cnr Victoria & Edward Sts
09-439 8034
Colville Estate
122 Colville Rd SH12 Dargaville
09-439 8200
Dargaville Campervan Park & Cabins
16-18 Gladstone Rd Dargaville
09-439 8479
rayglen@xtra.co.nz
http://www.dargavilleaccommodation.co.nz
Dargaville Holiday Park
10 Onslow St Dargaville
09-439 8296
dargavilleholiday@xtra.co.nz
http://www.kauriparks.co.nz
Dargaville Motel
217 Victoria St Dargaville
09-439 7734
Dargaville Northern Wairoa Hotel
Cnr Victoria St & Hokianga Rd Dargaville
09-439 8923
northernwairoahotel@xtra.co.nz
www.nwhotel.co.nz
High Norton B & B
79 Norton St.
Te Kopuru
ph/fax 09 439 5946
www.luxurycountrystay.co.nz
highnorton@ihug.co.nz
Hobson’s’ Choice Motel
212 Victoria St Dargaville
09-439 8551
hobsonschoice@xtra.co.nz
www.hobsonschoicemotel.co.nz
Huckleberry Cottage
Pouto Road, Dargaville
09-439 7018
kumarabox@xtra.co.nz
Kai Iwi Lakes Country Cottage
Kai Iwi Lakes Rd R D 3 Dargaville
09-439 0303
country.cottage@xtra.co.nz
http://www.kaiiwilakes.co.nz
Kaihu Farm Backpackers
3344 State Highway 12 R D 6 Dargaville
09-439 4004
kaihufarm@ihug.co.nz
http://www.kaihufarm.co.nz/index.htm
Kauri Coast “Top 10” Holiday Park
Trounson Park Rd Kaihu Dargaville
09-439 0621
kauricoast.top10@xtra.co.nz
www.kauricoasttop10.co.nz
Kauri House Lodge
Bowen St Dargaville
09-439 8082
kaurihouselodge@orcon.net.nz
http://www.bnb.co.nz/hosts/kaurihouselodge.html
Kaurivale
Babylon Coast Rd Dargaville
09-439 5927
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Dargaville and District Accomodation
Kiwi Holiday Homes
State Highway 12 RD 4 Dargaville
09-439 1003
Leslies Lodges
134 Colville Road, Dargaville
09-439 7243
dormavillakauri@actrix.co.nz
Lighthouse Lodge
Pouto Pt Te Kopuru RD1 Te Kopuru
09-439 5150
email@lighthouse-lodge.co.nz
http://www.lighthouse-lodge.co.nz
McLeans Bed & Breakfast
136 Hokianga Rd Dargaville
09-439 5915
mcleans@igrin.co.nz
Ocean View
7 Oceanview Terrace, Baylys Beach, RD 7, Dargaville
09-439 6256
baylys@win.co.nz
Parkview Motel
36 Carrington St Dargaville
09-439 8339
james@parkviewdargaville.co.nz
http://www.parkviewdargaville.co.nz
Pooks Backpackers
422 Kaitui Road Donnelly’s Crossing
09-439 5504
info@pooks.co.nz
http://www.pooks.co.nz/index.php
Tangowahine Farmstay & Retreat
1078 Tangowahine Valley Rd Tangowahine RD 2
Dargaville
09-439 1570
holiday@tangowahine.co.nz
http://www.tangowahine.co.nz
The Commercial Hotel
75 River Road, Dargaville
09-439 8018
info@commercialhotel.co.nz
www.commercialhotel.co.nz
The Greenhouse Hostel
13 Portland Street, Dargaville,
09-439 6342
grahamdunnjack@hotmail.com
The Hunky Dory
29 Kelly Street, Baylys Beach
09-439 0922
amyditch@paradise.net.nz
Turiwiri Bed & Breakfast
State Highway 12, Turiwiri, Dargaville
09-439 6003
crawford@igrin.co.nz
Wai Hou Oma Lodge
357 Kai Iwi Lakes Road, Dargaville
09-439 7282
info@waihouomalodge.co.nz
http://www.waihouomalodge.co.nz
Waipoua Lodge
SH 12, Waipoua Forest, Kauri Coast
09-439 0422
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And The Joke Of The Week!
The Car Breakdown
There are three engineers
in a car; an electrical engineer,
a chemical engineer
and a Microsoft engineer.
Suddenly the car just stops
by the side of the road, and
the three engineers look at each other wondering what
could be wrong.
The electrical engineer suggests stripping down the
electronics of the car and trying to trace where a fault
might have occurred. The chemical engineeer, not
knowing much about cars, suggests that maybe the
fuel is becoming emulsified and getting blocked somewhere.
Then, the Microsoft engineer, not knowing much about
anything, comes up with a suggestion, “Why don`t we
close all the windows, get out, get back in, open the
windows again, and maybe it`ll work !?”.
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