If the Highlanders name fits, we should use it
POOR Ben Bell. He is surrounded by at least seven councillors who will not disclose their reasons for signing the request for his resignation. One can only assume that those reasons would (if publicly exposed) would not pass the “pub test’’.
These councillors are happy to white ant him. While they say they are acting for the good of the community they are nevertheless white ants. (chief executive) Mr Parry is an employee of the council and he should be made to listen to and speak to the mayor. If he doesn’t like what he hears then the answer is simple.
The fact that the white ants appear to support Mr Parry’s approach should preclude them from being on any committee dealing with his employment.
Good luck Ben — you are sure as hell going to need it.
Scanner slipup
Ted Lloyd Wa¯naka
IN his letter to the editor (4.5.23) Pete Hodgson asserts that currently all PET scanning in the New Zealand public health system is privately provided but publicly funded. This is factually inaccurate. Men in the Southern region with recurrent prostate cancer who require a PET PSMA scan must pay approximately $3800 to access the scan in private as it is not publicly funded in the South Island.
Linda Smillie Urology Nurse, NZNO delegate
I JOIN with Agnew and Bulman (letters, 13.5.23) that Anna Campbell’s column regarding the coronation was well written.
The real point is simply that the wrong royalty was crowned. Charles will never go the distance that Prince William would had he been crowned.
Young, handsome, beautiful wife and lovely children.
I’ll not be here when William becomes king, other than to observe, it will be a repeat expensive show.
Isn’t wonderful that we have a platform like the Otago Daily Times to exercise the occasional ‘‘free speech’’ in a letter.
One could lose their head for obnoxious royalty comments in days long gone.
Jim Moffat Caversham.
The ammeter is a delicate instrument, but its purpose is there. When the lights are switched on with the engine not running, the reading on the ammeter should be normally 5 to 8 amps (discharge).
If the pointer should go all the way back when switching on the lights, there is a short in one of the circuits that would soon run the battery down or set fire to the car if the wire is run near any material liable to burn.
With the engine running at about 15mph and no lights on, the reading of the ammeter should be 10 to 15 amps “charge.”
— by ‘Accelerator’
Plunket decries sex abuse
I WAS disappointed to see that the Highlanders are now being called the ‘‘Landers’’ in the Otago Daily
I’ve been a supporter of the team since they were formed as the Otago Highlanders in 1996.
I can understand why the ‘‘Otago’’ designation was dropped.
But the name ‘‘Highlanders’’ was originally chosen to represent the people who populated the southern part of New Zealand in the 19th century.
In my opinion, that name should be retained in full.
John Burton Belleknowes
‘‘The society wishes to urge upon the Government the absolute necessity for better protection of young boys and girls, realising that the effect upon the victims is that of a lifelong injury and calamity.
‘‘When a little girl is the victim the ruin of the body is accompanied by a stain on the mind and soul that can never be removed.
‘‘In the case of boys they become possessed of a horrible and sinister knowledge, which may return in the form of a temptation to them for the rest of their lives, and cause them to follow in the footsteps of their betrayers.
‘‘The society feels that the ruin of the innocence of these children is moral murder, and as such is worthy of drastic punishment.
‘‘The society feels that it may rely upon New Zealand men who form juries to deal with sexual offenders as they would wish them to be dealt with were the assaulted children their own.’’ — ODT, 21.5.1923
Otago Daily Times sports editor Hayden Meikle replies.
We also generally prefer to use ‘‘Highlanders’' in full, as you will see from our stories.
However, 'Landers has come to be used commonly and fondly by fans of the team, even during difficult seasons.
It is also a handy substitute when headline space is at a premium.
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