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1 Bay adults least active of any region, according to Ministry of Health

2 Medical officers spend $90k on court action over Dannevirke supermarket shelves

3 Closures during strike up to

individual school boards

4 International fixtures return to

Napier’s McLean Park

5 Playground slide closed for safety

reasons

Quiz

1 In which film did Julie Andrews

play Gertrude Lawrence?

2 What is a Morris column used for? 3 What is the common name for the

condition myopia?

4 Peter Noone was the leader of

which popular group in the 1960s? 5 The Rainbow was the prequel to

which DH Lawrence novel?

Joke of the day

QWhat is the best way to speak to a monster?

From a long way away!

ABible quote

“This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.” (Joshua 1:8 AKJV)

History

1637: Dutch expel Portuguese from Gold Coast in Africa.

1824: Turkey captures island of Psara from Greeks.

1934: Germany’s President Paul von Hindenburg dies at age 87, and Adolf Hitler assumes the title of Der Fuehrer.

1939: Scientist Albert Einstein says in letter to US President Franklin D. Roosevelt that America should start an atomic research programme. 1963: The United States the tells United Nations it will halt all sales of military equipment to South Africa because of its apartheid policy

Birthdays

● Edward A. Freeman, English historian (1823-1892)

● Romulo Gallegos, Venezuelan president and novelist (1884-1969)

● Myrna Loy, US actress (1905-1993)

● James Baldwin, US author (1924-1987)

● Peter O’Toole, British actor (1932-)

● Isabel Allende, Chilean author (1942-)

Quiz Answers

1 Star 2 Advertisements 3 Shortsightedness 4 Herman’s Hermits 5 Women in Love

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