The Star: March 15, 2018
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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />
Inside<br />
FROM THE<br />
REPORTER’S DESK<br />
AN INTERNATIONAL<br />
cricketer, the Ghetto Hustlers,<br />
a couple of cold bevvies and a<br />
Snapchat sounds like a recipe for<br />
disaster.<br />
But not in our page 3 story.<br />
Black Caps bowler Ish Sodhi<br />
was asked via Snapchat if he<br />
would play for the Burnside<br />
West Ghetto Hustlers in their<br />
T20 Metro Cavaliers section<br />
two match against Parklands on<br />
Sunday.<br />
And to the team’s amazement,<br />
he said yes.<br />
It was a big occasion – more<br />
than 100 spectators watched as<br />
Sodhi took an early wicket at<br />
Burnside Park and helped guide<br />
the Hustlers to victory.<br />
He even stuck around after the<br />
match for a cool beverage with<br />
his new teammates.<br />
It’s that time of the year again<br />
– the <strong>Star</strong> Media City2Surf.<br />
Every year thousands of people<br />
take part in the iconic fun<br />
run – some to raise money for<br />
charity, some to beat personal<br />
goals, some to win, and others to<br />
just have a good time.<br />
Entries will still be open on<br />
the morning of Sunday’s event.<br />
Are you up for it?<br />
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Thursday Christchurch Urban area 10+<br />
Barwick, Endacott inducted<br />
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At a Glance<br />
THIS WEEK IN CANTERBURY’S PAST<br />
Retirees fear plan to<br />
change Orbiter route<br />
This week in history saw the Te<br />
Maori exhibition opened at the<br />
Robert McDougall Art Gallery on<br />
<strong>March</strong> 14, 1987. Over a nine-week<br />
period, 147,012 people visited the<br />
gallery, the largest number at the<br />
time to attend a single exhibition.<br />
Between <strong>March</strong> 12 and <strong>15</strong>, 1927,<br />
the Duke of York (later King<br />
George VI) visited the city. On<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong>, 1854, sheep stealer<br />
James McKenzie (left) was arrested<br />
and imprisoned at Lyttelton. He<br />
SPORT 21, 22<br />
subsequently escaped and was<br />
recaptured several times, and was<br />
conditionally pardoned on January<br />
11, 1856. On <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong>, 1982,<br />
a city council resolution declared<br />
Christchurch a nuclear weaponsfree<br />
zone. On <strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong>, 1983, New<br />
Zealand’s first test-tube baby was<br />
born at St George’s Hospital. On<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>15</strong>, 1856, the Christchurch<br />
Club was formed. Between <strong>March</strong><br />
16 and 17, 1970, the Queen, Duke<br />
of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales and<br />
News....................................3-19<br />
Readers’ photos......... 13<br />
Viewpoint..............................16<br />
Food...................................25<br />
Gardening.............................27<br />
Puzzles..............................32<br />
City2Surf....................... 33-36<br />
Sport.......................... 37-39<br />
Specialist tasked with<br />
museum upgrade<br />
NEWS<br />
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LOCAL NEWS<br />
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Princess Anne visited the city. On<br />
<strong>March</strong> 17, 1864, Arthur’s Pass was<br />
crossed by Arthur (later Sir Arthur)<br />
Dudley Dobson. He became the<br />
Christchurch city surveyor in 1901.<br />
On <strong>March</strong> 17, 1857, the first vehicle<br />
crossed the Port Hills – a spring cart<br />
pulled by bullocks negotiated the<br />
Bridle Path. On <strong>March</strong> 17, 1928, the<br />
Civic <strong>The</strong>atre opened in Manchester<br />
St. It was built in the burned-out<br />
shell of the old Alexandra Hall; part<br />
of the Canterbury Exhibition Hall.<br />
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