HOT TOPICS
● Naomi Aupapa Chong-Nee: That’s why they banned private sale of fireworks in Aussie way before we came here. We see why. Clowns that purposely harm animals or do silly acts with fireworks. Having displays in controlled areas have solved all those problems.
● Kayla Gair: It’s not just fireworks. I’ve seen horses in paddocks next to the motorway which aint good for horses
● Scott Kenah: It seems a knee jerk
reaction to blame fireworks when there is no conclusive evidence, an old horse it could have been any number of things. Sad for these involved though
● Raelene Hale: They were setting them of again last night, driving me nuts
● Sarah Hansen: So sad — ban fireworks all together. Poor Peaches and other animals
● Ben Evans: So sad, honestly, something needs to be done, too many irresponsible people with buying fireworks
● Shontae Haenga: Most read stories on hawkesbaytoday.co.nz
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Horse that changed kids’ lives dies of ‘stress’ after fireworks
2 Two charged with murder over the death of Napier man Alex Latimer
3 Scorching few days for the east
coast, west in for a soaking
4 Hawke’s Bay baby battling rare
skin disease
5 Christmas too early? Giant Santa appears on Hastings supermarket roof
Quiz
1 Which company made the Beetle, Golf and Polo cars?
2 Which fruit is traditionally added
to make a vodka gimlet?
3 In terms of sheep numbers, what is New Zealand’s position in the world?
4 Name the one country that won two silver medals only at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?
5 I Dream of Jeannie, the television
comedy, is set in which US state?
Joke of the day
Q: What happens to a frog’s car when it breaks down?
A: It gets toad away.
Bible quote
Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” — Psalms 51:5
History
1923: Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch”.
1966: Edward W. Brooke (R-Mass.) became the first black candidate to be elected to the US Senate by popular vote.
1974: A federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings.
1987: 11 people were killed when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded as crowds gathered in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, for a ceremony honouring Britain’s war dead.
2016: Republican Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president, defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Birthdays
● Actor Norman Lloyd is 104.
● Former Playboy Enterprises chairman and chief executive Christie Hefner is 66.
● Rock musician Pearl Thompson (The Cure) is 61.
● Chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay is 52.
● Rock musician Scott Devendorf (The National) is 46.
● TV personality Jack Osbourne is 33.
Quiz Answers
1. Volkswagen 2. Lime 3. 6th 4. Trinidad and Tobago 5. Florida.
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