DEAR News Of The Area, TWO months ago there was a letter about plans to charge school age sportspeople for using sports fields. The letter writer blamed the idea on “lefties”. This has been niggling me and now I write, as a self identifying leftie, to clean up this misunderstanding. Lefties wish to reduce inequality, […]
The Pearly Gates and the Desert Island are two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world.
The Pearly Gates and the Desert Island are two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world. YOU would think that after decades, cartoonists would have wrung out every last drop of humour from two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world – the Pearly Gates and the Desert Island. Yet, somehow, […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been a regular visitor to this area since my first visit in 2010. I was very disappointed to read of the lockdown of the Hamilton Green markets after 55 years of operation at the same site. The Rotary book fair at this site was one of the reasons […]
DEAR News Of The Area, FROM my observations at polling booths, it is clear that many voters are ignorant of the system of government in this country. Some of the voting public do not know the difference between State and Federal governments, let alone who the candidates represent. If voting is compulsory, so should education […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to say a big thank you to a young couple and Bec, who is a paramedic, who helped me and my wife at Thrumster on Saturday 25 October. My wife who is 77 tripped over and fell to the ground, causing some bruising but mainly shock. They […]
DEAR Jasminda, I was recently being led to my medical appointment by a young intern when I accidentally broke wind. It was loud and it was pretty clear that I was the culprit. I am in my mid-fifties. I was mortified. Should I have said something to him? Brook S. Dear Brook, First of all, […]
DEAR Jasminda, OUR home was adorned with beautifully framed photographic memories of our travels and adventures. Over the past few visits from in-laws, these memories have all been replaced with watercolours. Is this something to embrace or something to mourn? Brett P. Dear Brett, What an unusual conundrum. Are you suggesting your in-laws are perhaps […]
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a general observation, I can’t understand how the priority of [upgrading] an expensive, over-budgeted expressway got the go ahead – instead of the Wright’s and Lake Road roundabouts being addressed. We have past and present State and Federal local representatives who enabled this to happen. To me, this doesn’t […]
