Buick doesn’t know much about his grandfather’s war service but learned more after his sister Margaret Sims found a letter while cleaning out her home in Perth. It was a letter Bob wrote to his mother from Oaklands General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames in London on January 13, 1918. Bob must not have been in a fit state to do the actual writing. He dictated it to Jason Bates, presumably a mate. “Dear Mother,” the letter reads, “Just a line to let you know I am quite well as can be expected.” He then gives an account of going into battle in France on December 3, 1917.
Interest grows in Central Otago Merino Junior Judging Day
10 Mar, 2021 01:00 AM
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Simon Paterson (left), of Armidale Merino Stud, Central Otago Merino Junior Judging Day winner Samantha Harmer and Earnscleugh Station owner Alistair Campbell. Photo / Andrew McNeill
Simon Paterson (left), of Armidale Merino Stud, Central Otago Merino Junior Judging Day winner Samantha Harmer and Earnscleugh Station owner Alistair Campbell. Photo / Andrew McNeill
Otago Daily Times
Organisers of this year s Central Otago Merino Junior Judging Day were delighted when they received 18 entries for this year s competition at Earnscleugh Station.
Central Otago Stud Merino Breeders Association president William Jones said they used to see three or four entries about six years ago, and in the past couple of years they had up to seven or eight.
The Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) on Monday issued a public health warning for Lake Clearwater, which is in the Ashburton Lakes Basin area, after high concentrations of dangerous blue-green algae were detected. Forest and Bird regional conservation manager Debs Martin was at the lake this week visiting her family bach and was left “horrified by the brown cloudy lake water”. “Right now it looks like pea-brown soup and it’s not safe to use. It’s just awful,” she said. “You should be able to see down into the depths of the lake – that’s how the lake got its name and why fishers and holidaymakers love it so much.”