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● Suz Stuttle: Bad manners!
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● Erika Toh: Bad manners and blatant discrimination.
● Sue Corbett: Thieves . . . drunk driving . . . abuse of all kinds.
● Rose Ross: Alcohol and drug
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Most read stories on hawkesbaytoday.co.nz
1 Smack on the hand not good
enough for smoke exceedance\
2 Donations flooding in for elderly
victim
3 Veteran receives medals after 70
years
4 Two dead after car and train
collide
5 QV seeing houses re-listed due to
slow-down in value
Quiz
1 In which great bay are the Nicobar Islands?
2 A skulk is the collective noun for
which creature?
3 In 1986 Greg Le Mond was the first non-European to win which annual sporting event?
4 Bartlett, comice and conference
are types of which fruit?
5 Which US male singer had a hit
with Piece of the Action in 1985?
Joke of the day
Q How did the farmer fix his jeans? A With a cabbage patch!
Bible quote
“God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that is about him.” (Psalms 89:7 AKJV)
History
216BC: Carthaginians under Hannibal defeat ‘‘superior’’ Roman forces at the Battle of Cannae. 1347: French city of Calais surrenders to Edward III of England in the Hundred Years War.
1460: King James II of Scotland is killed by the English during siege of Roxburgh Castle.
1860: The second NZ land war begins.
1958: Atomic-powered US submarine Nautilus makes first undersea crossing of North Pole. 2007: A 94-year-old greatgreatgrandmother, Phyllis Turner, who left school at the age of 12 becomes the world’s oldest recipient of a master’s degree from University of Adelaide in Australia.
Birthdays
● Tony Bennett, US singer (1926-)
● Martin Sheen, US actor (1940-)
● Martha Stewart, US lifestyle guru (1941-)
● John Landis, US film director (1950-)
● James Hetfield, US rock musician (1963-)
● Tom Brady, US NFL player (1977-)
● Sonny Bill Williams, NZ rugby league footballer (1985-)
● Evangeline Lily, Canadian actress (1979-).
Quiz Answers
1 Bay of Bengal 2 Fox 3 Tour de France 4 Pear 5 Meat Loaf
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