To the point

STARS should be adored in the sky. Bright painted metal stars have no place in a a pristine bush and water environment like Ross Creek.

Wayne Allen

Waverley

NO, John Avis (To The Point, 9.2.21), it is not just you. I, too, find those poorly timed pauses irritating and ridiculous.

Vicky Topping

Cromwell

IN a notunfamiliar report, a violent assault in Queenstown has occurred (ODT, 30.1.21). Noted social commentator Bob Dylan sang of ‘‘fools making laws for the breaking of jaws while the law looks the other way’’. After reportage for so long of aftermidnight violence, may the lawmakers limit the opening times of bars to midnight.

D. Boyes

Liberton

I WOULD like to obtain copies of two class photos from my Cromwell school days. The class photos are: Std 3, 1951, teacher Miss Sheila Thomas; and Std 6, 1954, teacher Mr Clive Stringer. Contact normgbell@gmail.com or (027) 2049027.

Norman Bell

Cromwell

I WAS disgusted to read that some irresponsible yobs had driven aggressively though the redbilled gull colony at Taiaroa Head (ODT,

8.2.21). I sincerely hope that the CCTV footage helps identify them, and that the full force of the law descends on them — not a slight slap on the wrist, which has been too often the case in the past for similar acts of vandalism.

Peter Sinclair

Dunedin

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