To the point

I AM looking for relatives of the late Albert William Murphy and his wife, Florence ‘‘Flo’’ Margaret Murphy (nee Gare), both now in Omakau cemetery. Florence is my aunt.

Owen Powell (ospan33@gmail.com.au)

New South Wales

PETER Spiller is right about ‘‘shallow trouble’’ in Greymouth (Letters, 2.10.19). It’s shallows trouble: the Grey River bar. If dredged, let there be no moaning of it.

Alan Beck

Dunedin

IF Mark Wallace (Letters, 4.10.19) doesn’t like celebrities pleading for rapid action on manmade global warming, he could always listen to the scientists — especially the IPCC — or would that necessitate finding another straw man to argue his case?

Dennis Horne

Howick

AT last, the airports have finally decided to collaborate! Share the love, and the load.

Madeleine McCoy

St Clair

SURELY the world’s heads of state can now see that Trump is flighty and untrustworthy. His dishonest regime will soon be brought down and dismantled. An international sociopolitical cartel must be formed so that the US can be welcomed and reempowered at that time. Until then, Trump must be treated with appropriate scorn to hasten his political demise.

Clive Shaw

Timaru

I’M sure I saw Simon Bridges on

One News tonight accuse the Government of failing to clamp down on guns. But didn’t he say not long ago the Government was going too far on its plans to control guns?

Morley Williams

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