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Dargaville Online
Volume 2 No 17
24 April 2009
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Dargaville Weather Forecast And Tides From The Met Service
For the Most Current Weather Information visit:
http://www.metservice.co.nz/public/localWeather/dargaville.html
Dargaville Anzac Day Services
Dawn service 6am, Mount Wesley Returned Servicemen’s Association Cemetery, Old Golf Course Road, Dargaville.
Public Commemorative service 10.30am, Northern Wairoa War Memorial Hall, Hokianga Road, Dargaville.
For more information about the origins of Anzac Day have a look at:
http://www.anzac.govt.nz/
http://www.rsa.org.nz/remem/anzac_intro.html
Dargaville
The Heart Of The Kauri Coast

An appeal is when you ask one court to show it’s
contempt for another court. Finley Peter Dunne
New Books In the Dargaville Library
A sample of new books that have gone onto the library shelves this week
FICTION
Tuck – Stephen R. Lawhead
Cold in Hand – John Harvey
Chasing Windmills – Catherine Ryan Hyde
The Garden of Evil – David Hewson
Forgive and Forget – Patricia Scanlan
Crime – Irvine Welsh
The Deceived – Brett Battles
Found Wanting – Robert Goddard
NON FICTION
The Selfish Gene – Richard Dawkins
White Silence: Grahame Sydney’s Antarctica
Heaphy – Iain Sharp
Taming the Tiger – Tony Anthony
Wots Coming Up!
Southern Rugby Football Club 125 Years Reunion
Are you a former player or supporter of the Club? If so make sure you enrol for the 125 year reunion to be held over the weekend May 29
– 31 2009. Registration $25.00 Close Off Date 15 May 2007 Contact: Michael marinkovich@farmside.co.nz Carol: carol-ann@xtra.co.nz
DARGAVILLE QUILTERS EXHIBITION
MAY 2009
Friday 15th Saturday 16th Sunday 17th
9:30am to 4:30pm
Town Hall, Hokianga Road Dargaville
CAFÉ, MERCHANT STALLS
Entry $2 affle $2
Proceeds to Dargaville Palliative Care
FRIDAY FRIEND-ZY
May 2009 - three Fridays May 8th, 15th, and 22nd.
5:00 - 7.00pm at the Dargaville Methodist Church – Cnr Awakino Rd & Normanby St.
Fun, Stories, Games, Craft and FOOD! Children aged 6 – 12 years
$7 each child for each session. Program includes a meal.
Registration forms are available from Newman Engineering, Beach Road or contact Beth Muir on 439 0682.
Registrations close 1.May 2009
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Matariki
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country
against his government. Edward Abbey
As we prepare to celebrate Matariki in June this year we are publishing some historical links from the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
and other websites with information on them.
MATARIKI CALENDAR 2009–2010
ISBN: 978-1-877385-54-5
RRP $19.99
Publication date: April 2009
Te Papa’s Mäori New Year calendar, Matariki Maramataka, is full of proverbs, körero, and images that celebrate Maori principles of living
– in harmony with other people, and with nature.
Around New Zealand, Matariki is a time of great festivity, as well as reflection and planning for the year to come.
This colourful calendar begins with the Mäori New Year in June – when the star formation known as Matariki (the Pleiades) reappears
in our skies – and runs through to the end of May 2010. Included are images of Mäori taonga (cultural treasures), and New Zealand’s
changing landscape throughout the seasons.
JAYMAC Computing “Geek Speek!”
Mailwasher Pro
Like many millions of people who got onto the Internet in the early days, I blithely gave out my email
address to every web page that asked for it. I even used it on early social networking groups
like MSN and ICQ. Now my address is on millions of SPAM CD’s and lists all around the world. On
a bad day I can get up to 100 unwanted e-mails. Oh dear! As my e-mail address is associated with
a domain name xxx@yyyy.co.nz I can’t change it. So what to do was the question.
Some years ago, a Christchurch based company called Firetrust, under its leader Nick Bolton,
developed a program called Mailwasher Pro. I obtained an early copy and installed it on my
computer, almost as a last resort, hoping to find a quick way of deciding what was spam and what
were wanted e-mails in the great list that came into Outlook Express every time I cleared my e-mail.
It was so simple to install and setup that over the years I have almost forgotten that it exists. From
time to time I get an e-mail from Nick, telling me that an updated version is available for download,
so I do the update and forget about it again.
I have no icon on my desktop for Outlook Express and have replaced it with Mailwasher Pro instead. When I first start up my computer
in the morning I open Mailwasher Pro, look at the e-mails that are waiting to be downloaded to my computer, tag any spam ones that are
not already tagged (yes Mailwasher remembers and learns) then click on the Process Mail button. All the tagged spam is deleted from the
list, Outlook Express opens automatically then down come the wanted e-mails without the spam.
When you have finished with Mailwasher Pro, you can minimise it to the task bar. Assuming that you are on broadband, it checks your
mail in the background and when a new e-mail arrives it flashes discreetly advising you of this. It also sounds an alert if you have sound
turned on. You can then deal with the new mail when you are ready. What is really clever is that it only alerts you if the new mail is not
already tagged as spam!
Mailwasher Pro has lots of cute features built into it, which take the hassles out of e-mail and the problem of spam. Yes it costs but for the
small one time payment is well worth it. I really like the comments on the Firetrust Website that the program is designed so that it takes no
more than five minutes to understand it.
Go and have a look for yourself! http://www.firetrust.com/products/mailwasher-pro/?q=products/mailwasher-pro. While you are there also
check out the other really useful products from Firetrust. After all what less can you expect from a Kiwi company?
Today FM. 88.5 & 106.7
Dargaville’s Bringing Back The Memories Station

An economist is a man who states the obvious in terms
of the incomprehensible. Alfred A. Knopf
You must buy this program online but have no fear that your credit card details will be compromised. The little padlock in the lower righthand
corner tells you that this is a secure payment site. You can download a fully functional 30-day trial free as well. Great product and
great service!
From the Webmaster
We keep hearing on the news these days how broadband speeds have improved. For those of us who live in Dargaville, there seems to
be a huge variation in speed from one day to the next. We can accept that at peak times our download speed will drop but by how much?
Here is a graph showing speed variations over a period of several days in the Awakino/Ranfurly Street area of Dargaville. It was created
using “Isposure” a small piece of which can be downloaded from http://www.isposure.co.nz/index.htm.
Computer Help
While most Internet Service Providers offer a “Speedtest” this only
shows the results at the time the test is taken. Interestingly enough,
many ISP’s don’t seem too interested in sorting out speed problems
in small rural areas such as Dargaville. They are happy to take your
money but not worry about the service they are providing here.
If you are having problems with your broadband connection, get on
the phone to your ISP and keep hanging in there till the problem is
resolved to your satisfaction. We have the same rights to good service
as those who live down the road in Auckland because we pay the
same money!
JAYMAX Computing is here in Dargaville to help. If you want your computer cleaned, fixed, or just some assistance with a project you are
working on contact us by e-mail. We are affordable! No travel charges within the town boundaries either. Mobile Phone: 021 174 4637
Some Money Saving Tips
Lots of Uses For Vinegar
Using Vinegar for BEAUTY, HAIR & BATH
1. In your bathwater. Add ½ cup of vinegar or so to warm bath water when bathing and get double benefits softer skin and a cleaner bath
with less work!
2. Hair Conditioner. Vinegar makes a simple, inexpensive conditioner for your hair and helps remove the sticky stuff shampoo can leave
behind. About a tablespoon will do it.
3. Dandruff Treatment. Simply pour a few Tablespoons of vinegar on your hair and massage into your scalp. Wait a few minutes, then
rinse and wash hair like normal. Try this for a few days until you see results.
4. Weight Loss. Vinegar naturally helps to remove fat from the body - apple cider vinegar is especially good for this. Drink some in a glass
of water a few times a day, and add a little lemon or honey for a nicer flavor. This will also help reduce your appetite.
5. Cracked, dry skin. Smooth a little vinegar on dried skin to help it heal.
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Courage is often lack of insight, whereas cowardice in
many cases is based on good information. Peter Ustinov
6. Clean dentures Soak dentures overnight in Heinz White Vinegar, then brush away tartar with a toothbrush.
7. Facial spritzer mix 1/2 apple cider vinegar and 1/2 water into a spray bottle. Refreshing!
8. Hair Cleanser Take 1 cup of vinegar and warm water into a large glass and use to rinse your hair after you shampoo. Vinegar adds
highlights to brunette hair, restores the acid mantel, and removes soap film and sebum oil.
9. Longer lasting pantyhose Add 1 tablespoon of vinegar to the rinse water when washing and your pantyhose will last longer!
Using Vinegar for CLEANING
1. Cleans Glass. Mixed with water or simply sprayed full-strength on glass and mirrors, vinegar does a great job quickly and easily.
Simply wipe windows dry with crumpled-up newspapers and watch your windows sparkle.
2. Clean your car. Use it full-strength to polish car chrome with a cloth and see it shine! Use it on your car’s windscreen and windows, too.
3. Cleans drinking glasses. Soak cloudy drinking glasses in warmed white vinegar for a few hours to remove the film, simply wipe clean,
rinse, and dry.
4. Clean your washing machine. Periodically run 4 litres of distilled vinegar through your washing machine to clean it thoroughly, get rid
of soap scum, and clear out the hoses. Run the machine through the warm water wash cycle empty and then add the vinegar during the
rinse cycle.
5. Furniture Polish. Make your own furniture polish with one part vinegar and three parts lemon oil or olive oil.
6. Remove price tags or stickers Paint them with several coats of vinegar and let it soak in. Depending what you are removing them off of
is whether they’ll slide off easily or require a little heavier rubbing.
7. Clean your IRON Put vinegar in the water holder and let it steam itself clean. Remember to flush it with water when you are done.
8. Clean paintbrushes Simmer paintbrushes in pure vinegar, then wash in hot soapy water.
9. Wash walls. Wipe down your walls with a vinegar-water mixture and it will help absorb odours and clean the surfaces.
10. Remove spots from glass. Use a vinegar-soaked cloth to remove spots from any glassware or crystal.
11. Unclog drains Pour boiling white vinegar down clogged drains to remove the clog!
12. Clean jars. Remove odours and stains from jars by cleaning them out with vinegar.
13. Clean an old lunchbox. Soak a piece of bread in vinegar and let it sit in the lunchbox over night.
14. Clean and deodorise a garbage disposal Make vinegar ice cubes and feed them down the disposal. After grinding, run cold water
through
15. Teapot cleaning Boil a mixture of water and vinegar in the teapot. Wipe away the grime.
16. Dishwasher cleaning Run a cup of vinegar through the whole cycle once a month to reduce soap build up on the inner mechanisms
and on glassware.
17. Microwaves Boil a solution of 1/4 cup of vinegar and 1 cup of water in the microwave. Will loosen splattered on food and deodorise.
18. Remove smoke smells from clothing Add a cup of vinegar to a bath containing hot water. Hang clothes above the steam.
19. Clean eyeglasses Wipe each lens with a drop of vinegar.
20. Remove stains from furniture and upholstery Remove stubborn stains from furniture upholstery and clothes. Apply white vinegar
directly to the stain, then wash as directed by the manufacturer’s instructions.
21. Natural air deodoriser. Vinegar is a natural air freshener when sprayed in a room.
22. Remove rust Soak the rusted tool, bolt, or spigot in undiluted white vinegar overnight.
23. Toilet bowl Pour in one cup of white vinegar, let it stand for five minutes, and flush.
24. Brighten fabrics Add a 1/2 cup vinegar to the rinse cycle.
25. Natural cleaning wipes. A cloth soaked with vinegar for sanitising kitchen counters, stove, and bathroom surfaces. This is just as
effective as the anti-bacterial products and does not promote resistant strains like the commercial products can. This is also a cheaper
and greener way to protect your loved ones.
26. Remove lint from laundry Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the rinse cycle.
27. Remove grease from suede. Dip a toothbrush in vinegar and gently brush over grease spot.
28. Remove perspiration stains from clothing Apply one part vinegar to four parts water, then rinse.
29. Clean coffee or tea stains from china A mixture of salt and vinegar will clean coffee and tea stains from chinaware.
30. Clean coffeepots and coffee makers. Vinegar can help to dissolve mineral deposits that collect in automatic drip coffee makers. Fill
the reservoir with vinegar and run it through a brewing cycle. Rinse thoroughly with water when the cycle is finished.
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Children are a great comfort in your old age -
and they help you reach it faster, too. Lionel Kauffman
Using Vinegar for FOOD & COOKING
1. Cheese Storage. Cheese will last longer if you store it in a vinegar-soaked cloth.
2. Whiter Cauliflower. Add a teaspoon or so of white vinegar to your cooking water while cooking cauliflower - it will retain a whiter colour.
3. Ketchup. Only have a little ketchup left in the bottle? Add a bit of vinegar and give it a good shake and you’ll have a bit more!
4. Boiling Eggs Add a bit of white vinegar to the water you’re boiling your eggs in, and the shells won’t crack.
5. Cooking Cabbage Add a bit of vinegar to the water you’re cooking your cabbage in to remove that stinky cabbage smell.
6. Fluffier Meringues. Add 1 teaspoon vinegar for every three egg whites and you’ll have fluffier meringues.
7.Tenderise Meat. Soak in vinegar over night.
8. Rice. To cook rice without sticking add a spoon full of vinegar in it.
9. Remove onion odours from skin. Eliminate onion odour by rubbing vinegar on your fingers before and after slicing.
10. Disinfect/clean cutting boards. Clean and disinfect wood cutting boards by wiping with full strength vinegar.
11. Make buttermilk Make buttermilk. Add a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of milk and let it stand 5 minutes to thicken.
Using Vinegar for GARDENING & YARD
1. Clay Pot Cleaning. Remove white salt build up on old clay pots by soaking them in full strength vinegar.
2. Kills grass. Undiluted vinegar will kill grass between bricks and path cracks.
3. Kills weeds. Spray full strength on weeds - be careful not to spray it on the surrounding grass as it will kill that too.
4. Deter Ants Spray vinegar around doors, appliances, and along other areas where ants are known to gather.
5. Keep Cats Away. Keep cats away. Sprinkle vinegar on areas you don’t want the cat walking, sleeping, or scratching on.
6. Freshen Cut Flowers. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 teaspoon sugar for each quart of water.
Using Vinegar for HEALTH
1. Suffering from a sore throat? Mix a teaspoon vinegar with a glass of water. Gargle with the mixture and then swallow.
2. Remove calluses Try soaking your feet in a combination of white vinegar and warm water nightly and watch your feet soften noticeably.
3. Soak a facecloth in vinegar and gently apply it to sunburned skin for cool relief. Reapply as needed as it evaporates. Besides sunburn,
vinegar also soothes the itch and irritation of bee stings!
4. Arthritis Tonic. Two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, several times a day.
5. Jellyfish Stings. Dot the irritation with vinegar and relieve itching.
6. Sinus Infections and Head Colds. Add 1/4 cup or more vinegar to a vaporiser.
7. Wart Removal. Mix one part Heinz Apple Cider Vinegar to one part glycerine into a lotion and apply daily to warts until they dissolve.
8. Soothe an upset stomach. Drink two teaspoons apple cider vinegar in one cup water to soothe an upset stomach.
9. Mosquito bites. Use a cotton ball to dab mosquito and other bug bites with vinegar straight from the bottle.
Using Vinegar for PETS & ANIMALS
1. Pet’s drinking water. Add a teaspoon of vinegar to your pet’s drinking water to encourage a shinier coat, and reduce odour.
2. Stop your cat’s scratching furniture. Sprinkle or spray vinegar on areas you don’t want the cat scratching on.
3. Fish bowl cleaner. Eliminate that ugly deposit in the gold fish tank by rubbing it with a cloth dipped in vinegar and rinsing well.
4. Remove pet stains from carpets. Blot up urine with a soft cloth, flush several times with lukewarm water, then apply a mixture of equal
parts vinegar and cool water. Blot up, rinse, and let dry.
Musical Notes –
Re-live the music from the 60’s as played on the Lever Brothers Hit Parade! See this weeks chart by going to http://todayfm.dargaville.
biz/ftp/lever.html
If you enjoy this music you can hear the songs for “this weeks” charts and more, every Saturday night
from 8.00pm on Today FM 106.7. “Rock” with John as he brings back the memories.
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Trivia about Animals
I distrust camels and anyone else who can
go a week without a drink. Joe E. Lewis
A bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
A capon is a castrated rooster.
A chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can’t.
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
A father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. He will not eat until his young are born, which
may take several weeks.
A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
A newborn kangaroo is about 2.5cm in length.
A polecat is not a cat. It is a nocturnal European weasel.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
All clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
An electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
An iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.
Beaver teeth are so sharp that Native Americans once used them as knife blades.
By feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.
Camel milk does not curdle.
Carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.
Catfish have 100,000 taste buds.
Certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living.
Dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. They frequently rise to the surface for air.
Elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.
Every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. This is four times the amount spent on baby food.
German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
Goldfish lose their colour if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
Hippos have killed more than 400 people in Africa - more than any other wild animal.
Howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. Their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.
Human tapeworms can grow up to 22.9m.
In its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1/12th teaspoon of honey.
It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
It takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.
Large kangaroos cover more than 10m with each jump.
Lions are the only truly social cat species, and usually every female in a pride, ranging from 5 to 30 individuals, is closely related.
Mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.
Of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the Earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
On average, pigs live for about 15 years.
Pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.
Rats can’t throw-up.
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune
to every known disease including cancer.
Snakes are immune to their own poison.
Swans are the only birds with penises.
The anaconda, one of the world’s largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.
The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
The bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
The cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
The cheetah is the only cat in the world that can’t retract its claws.
The hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
The penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in Egypt, was death.
The poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
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