Manapouri discharge

In response to your article (October 18) regarding Cr John Douglas’s comments, and being one of the silent majority of Manapouri residents, I would like to ask why he has suggested that Manapouri ratepayers help pay for a scheme that they will not be connected to.

Yes, Manapouri residents have been very vocal as it is fundamentally wrong for a town to discharge semi treated sewage to another town. It is also wrong to consider pivot irrigation near an airport and close to our town.

Having read that the council has received a $5 million grant from the Tourism Infrastructure Fund which is to support communities that are responding to the increase in tourism numbers, how can we still have a $2.1 million shortfall?

Some of the council and staff think it is okay for me and other residents to breathe in air contaminated with pathogens. 1. His first name was Mick and he was the title character in a hit Australian movie of 1986. What was his surname?

2. The southernmost tip of South America is part of what country?

3. What French phrase translates as ‘‘good word’’ but is used to mean a clever saying or witticism?

4. Would you find a cannula in a garden, a hospital or a church?

5. The Massey Memorial, commemorating a former New Zealand prime minister, overlooks what harbour?

6. What famous financial institution is located in Threadneedle St, London?

7. If your airline baggage tags showed the letters PMR, what New Zealand airport would you be flying to?

8. John West is an international brand of what?

9. Chappaquiddick Island, scene of a controversial incident involving Senator Ted Kennedy in 1969, is part of what state in America?

10. What word can precede cycle, form or jacket? 1. Dundee; 2. Chile; 3. Bon mot; 4. A hospital ward; 5. Wellington Harbour; 6. The Bank of England; 7. Palmerston North; 8. Canned fish; 9. Massachusetts; 10. Life. Anyone wishing to make a complaint to the New Zealand Media Council should first put it in writing to the editor. If not satisfied with the reply, complainants should then write to The Secretary, New Zealand Media Council, Box 10 879, Wellington, including a clipping of the disputed article and copies of the correspondence. Letters are welcome, but writers must provide their name, address and telephone number as a sign of good faith – pseudonyms are not acceptable. So that as many letters as possible can be published, each letter should be no more than 250 words. We reserve the right to edit letters for length, sense, legal reasons and on grounds of good taste. Please send your letters to: The Editor, The Southland Times, PO Box 805, Invercargill; fax on (03) 214 9905; or email to letters@stl.co.nz Above all, you must understand that no propechy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. Peter 1:20

Alva Pearce