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Leaky houses.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Sir--I cannot agree entirely with R. J.Cuthill (September 25). According to timber-grading rules, rimu is a native softwood, radiata pine an exotic softwood. Most houses were built of sap rimu, with...

Underbelly of school life gets an airing.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: KEEN Ryan Secondary student cannabis use is up, so is violence against teachers, while the drop-out numbers stay the same. But the message from the ministry is one of hope. Principals tend to...

New Synergy chairman.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Wellington-based information technology services company Synergy International has appointed Totally Wellington chairman Philip Shewell as its new chairman. The company said Mr Shewell would replace founding...

WHEAT PRICE.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) The wheat indicator price last week rose 42c to $460.08 a tonne, according to Agri-Fax and United Wheatgrowers. The ASW (11% protein) price on Friday was $US216.10 a tonne, down $US2.10. The...

Drawing back in the big debate on decriminalising marijuana.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: McINTYRE Stephen STEPHEN McINTYRE believes Labour should fulfil its promise to review New Zealand's cannabis laws. I t's official. Labour has reneged on its promise to review the cannabis...

Sector eyes cluster.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: WEBB Carol Moves are afoot to bring Christchurch electronics companies into a formal cluster arrangement. More than 100 small and medium-size electronics specialists have been identified as...

Westfield Trust confident.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Westfield America Trust said it remains confident its property insurance policies are adequate after the US Federal District Court ruled the World Trade Centre attacks were one occurrence. Westfield said the...

Apple Fields metal lower.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: WILLIAMS Alan Promoters of a United States-based precious metals venture with Christchurch company Apple Fields Ltd have been unable to produce as much metal as expected. "There was a small...

Hospital 'assessed own risk'.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: TALBOT Jillian Wellington's Wakefield Hospital did its own risk assessment for the public share offer document it made available to investors without consulting independent experts, according to...

Jumping Jade Stadium.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Press photographer Annette Turnbull-Dew joined fans at Jade Stadium for the Canterbury versus North Harbour game in Christchurch on Saturday night. TOP: Charlotte Hiatt, 15, left, Jessica Todd, 15, and...

Forests to deliver long-term gain.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: WILLIAMS Alan Fletcher Forests shares are at a crazy price, trading below the 25c mark, according to the doyen of New Zealand forestry consultants, John Groome. "It's disappointing but not...

SEA, AIR, RAIL.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Port of Lyttelton VESSELS IN PORT Om, No. 4 West. Ksenia Zharkikh, No. 4 West. Angelic Peace, Cashin Quay No. 1. Baltic Breeze, Cashin Quay No. 2. Hotaka Maru, Cashin Quay No. 4. ...

Never afraid of hard work.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: DARLING Stan Everyone has a story. The Press picks a street at random, then picks a house at random. If anyone at home is willing to have their story told we tell it in Meet the People. ...

Munce defies Sunline but earns steward's ire.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Winning jockey Chris Munce was praised by Defier's trainer Guy Walter but reprimanded by steward Ray Murrihy after the $A350,000 ($406,000) George Main Stakes at Randwick, in Sydney, on Saturday. "Lonhro...

Rodd's gem of a ride snares Kelt.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: MCCARTHY David Trainer Murray Baker believes Kelt Capital Stakes winner Prized Gem is "weighted right up to her best" in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, but they are her prime objectives in an...

Lawson rides back.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Judy Lawson, the leading South Island female rider before a temporary retirement due to impending motherhood earlier this year, is hoping to return to race riding in the next few weeks. Lawson, who gave...

Queen of the turf.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Samba Queen, raced and trained by Banks Peninsula Trotting Club committeeman Martin Larter, fought tenaciously to win at Motukarara yesterday. The six-year-old Tylers Best mare was well rated in front by...

COMMUNITY CALENDAR.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Garden City image An exhibition on display at Our City O-Tautahi, corner Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Tce, explores the image's origins, and the part gardening plays in the city. Neiel Drain, former...

Jack Hartley dies.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Jack Hartley, a long-time stalwart of Addington Raceway, died suddenly last Wednesday. He was 76. Hartley was a past president of the former New Brighton Harness Racing Club, a former director of Addington...

Freeman Holmes.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Freeman Holmes, a man of wide racing and breeding interests in both codes, died early on Sunday morning after a long illness. He was 77. Holmes was best known as the co-owner and trainer of the champion...

Varenne beaten.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Champion Italian trotter Varenne was beaten for only the second time in the last two years, and for the first time in 15 starts this year, in Canada yesterday. Varenne, taken on by Fools Goal mid-race in the...

Lyell Creek wins.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Lyell Creek won the $US36,000 ($76,000) Ervin Memorial at the Red Mile, in Kentucky, yesterday, in 1min 54.2sec. The champion New Zealander trotter led, and held by a head from Monte Hall and Plesac.

RACEWEEK.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) HORSE OF THE WEEK Prized Gem won a Brisbane Cup within 13 months of her race debut, and came back better than ever to win our richest weight-for-age race, the Kelt Capital Stakes, on Saturday. THE...

Campion gives all in blood-and-guts display.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: COFFEY John Craggy old campaigner Kevin Campion was an inspiration to his New Zealand Warriors team-mates when he ignored a severe head wound to return and play a full role in the win over the...

Jones conjures up historic try.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: COFFEY John Stacey Jones believed it was too early for field goals when he brilliantly set up John Carlaw's match-winning try, to complete a dramatic 16-10 victory over the Cronulla Sharks in the...

Nairn makes careful call on stable star.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SCOTT Jeff Leeston trainer Paul Nairn is treating Call You Later's first big race win in the $21,000 Canterbury Draught Banks Peninsula Trotting Cup as an early bonus. Yesterday's effortless...

WEEK SEVEN - AT A GLANCE.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) First division Friday In Dunedin: Otago 21 (Blair Feeney 7 pen) Wellington 20 (Jason Spice, Paul Steinmetz tries; Riki Flutey pen, David Holwell pen, 2 conv). Half time: 3-3. Saturday ...

Southland holds out Taranaki.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Southland bounced back from its bad performance against Bay of Plenty last weekend to register an upset 26-23 win over Taranaki in yesterday's first division game at Invercargill's Rugby Park . Playing...

McLean tough taskmaster.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SMITH Tony Aussie McLean is a tough taskmaster. The Canterbury coach is still expecting improvements after the red-and-blacks' most commanding performance of the National Provincial Championship...

SHIELD DREAM TURNS SOUR.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SCHUMACHER Bob North Harbour's changing room after its record 65-10 loss to Canterbury resembled a morgue. Lifeless bodies spilled along the seats around the room and a deathly silence...

Auckland too strong.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Canterbury fought bravely, but was unable to upset top seed Auckland, in the semi- finals of the women's NPC first division rugby competition on Saturday. Canterbury, which had lost 47-0 to Auckland in...

A punt on the run.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SMITH Tony A personal bet has two All Blacks tight forwards putting the hammer down to show their sprinting skills after scoring tries for Canterbury. Captain Mark Hammett amused the Jade...

Canty floods Harbour.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SMITH Tony Canterbury gatecrashed North Harbour's Ranfurly Shield "homecoming" with the rampant red-and- blacks running in nine brilliant tries in a crushing 65-10 win at Jade Stadium. There...

Nth Otago qualifies.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) North Otago became the first third division team to qualify for the play- offs with yet another bonus-point winning victory in the National Provincial Championship. It beat Poverty Bay 49-29 at Oamaru on...

Win over E Coast 'best of season'.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SCHUMACHER Bob Mid-Canterbury coach Nigel Marshall labelled his team's win against East Coast as its best performance of the NPC second division rugby season. Ahead 25-12 at half time after...

Canty B beats Harbour.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Canterbury B bounced back from its drubbing by its Auckland counterpart a week earlier to down North Harbour's second XV in the Ranfurly Shield rugby curtain-raiser at Jade Stadium. Canterbury, with the...

Wilson happy in white.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Jeff Wilson ended his first day back in white nursing a slight ankle injury but is satisfied that part two of his cricket career has finally been launched. The double international claimed one wicket for...

Canty in big league win.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Canterbury A was a runaway 60-10 winner over a depleted West Coast rugby league team in the South Island provincial championship at Rugby League Park yesterday. The win took Canterbury a step closer to...

Langer heads toward retirement after semis loss.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: COFFEY John Brisbane Broncos legend Allan Langer almost certainly ended his sparkling career watching his team- mates trying in vain to give him a dream National Rugby League grand final...

Milestone for Maddock.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SMITH Tony Jade Stadium again became Maddock's Paddock as Canterbury wing Joe Maddock dotted down for a record-equalling five tries to double his haul for the season. Maddock, 23, shot to...

Cool teen runs rivals ragged.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: DEW Rod Keeping his Van Diemen Stealth single-seater "on the black stuff" was the chief concern of teenage motor racing sensation Jonny Reid in the rain-drenched 30-lap final of the national...

Waitt laments Wellington's poor showing.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: DEW Rod All Whites coach Mick Waitt is the top coach in the country but his influence was not enough to save a lacklustre Wellington side from a 4-1 hiding at the hands of Mainland Canterbury at...

Grosvenor hits put Canty up.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: DEW Rod Inspirational Keith Grosvenor nailed Wellington to its own crossbar with two rapid-fire second-half strikes for Canterbury, in a few moments of soccer magic, transforming the annual...

Lawson starts season with Beckenham 1000 win.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Gary Lawson says he has never started a bowls season so well, and that should sound warning bells for opponents. Lawson, who plays for the Hornby Domain club, won the Beckenham 1000 tournament on...

US eyes F1.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) American motor racing legends Phil Hill and Dan Gurney are planning to launch an all-American team for the 2003 Formula One season. "We are awfully close to it," said Gurney. "I would like it to be a US...

Adams tops 18m.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) World junior shot put champion Valerie Adams exceeded her previous best of 17.73m on all three of her valid throws at a World Cup athletics meeting in Madrid yesterday. Adams started with 17.94m, fouled her...

No-show by top gymnasts.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: LONGLEY Geoff The appearance of only one of the New Zealand's Commonwealth Games gymnastics team took some of the gloss from the national championships in Christchurch. Only three...

Garcia ditches Kiwi.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Spanish golf star Sergio Garcia has parted ways with New Zealand caddie Anthony Knight. Knight no longer wears the bib of the world No. 5 after the two went their separate ways a fortnight ago. The...

Cavaliers battle to nervous win over Northland.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: TUTTY Kevin A goal in the first minute did nothing to help settle the Canterbury Cavaliers men's hockey team in its 4-2 win over Northland at Whangarei yesterday. A Canterbury striker was...

Davey wins sudden death.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: SCHUMACHER Bob Otago newcomer Nick Davey parred the first hole of a sudden- death play off to beat Christchurch's Nic Fry for the Coringa 72-hole open golf title. Davey and Fry had to return...

Du Plooy checks eligibility.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: DUNBAR Tim Irene van Dyk's old South African team-mate, defender Leana du Plooy, is one of four new players in the New Zealand squad to build for the 2003 world championships. And the lanky...

Te Huna quiet on decision.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) After all the excitement of the weekend Canterbury netball shooter Jodie Te Huna now has to decide what franchise she wants to play for next year. A Capital Shaker for the last five years, Te Huna is...

Canty shuts down Otago.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Byline: DUNBAR Tim Canterbury's intimate knowledge of the opposition shooters' styles helped its successful defence of the New Zealand Cup in the Smokefree netball championships grand final against...

Specialist Seymour.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) For Canterbury netball co-captain Julie Seymour the national championships ended the way they started, with a win over Otago -- and no action in between. Seymour had to field suggestions that she was...

Finals win for Canty B.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) Canterbury B's jig of joy was fitting after the side overcame a dangerous Waikato premier side, 50-46, in the second grade final at the netball nationals. The result was one place better than last year...

SPORT RESULTS.
September 30, 2002... (From The Christchurch Press) 1000 TOURNAMENT Results of the Tuskers Beckenham-Young and Lee Travel Beckenham 1000 tournament on Saturday: Round 1: Nigel Wright (Dunedin) 17 Mike Rees (Belfast) 14, Colin Lowery (Hornby Domain)...

Colombia: Uribe wants to criminalize small amounts of drugs for personal use.
September 30, 2002... (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) September Pereira: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has announced that he will ask the Congress of the Republic to criminalize small amounts of drugs for personal consumption in order to...

We Salute Akosombo International.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) This past Saturday, the Akosombo International School celebrated its 40th anniversary with a grand durbar. The school, together with others like the SOS Herman Gmeiner International College in Tema,...

Airline Takes Off With Seven Top Awards.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) British Airways last Wednesday emerged as the most successful airline at the prestigious Business Traveller Awards, winning a total of seven categories. As well as winning the Best Airline award,...

Five Regions to Receive More Than 5.6 Billion Cedis.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) More than 5.6 billion cedis is to be distributed to five regions classified as poor by the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy under the Micro Finance Programme of the Economic Sector Reform Programme. ...

Reaching Socially Marginalized Youth.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Byline: Mr. William Femeyibor Many young people in Ghana and for that matter many developing countries, have weakened or severed family ties, are subject to social stigmatisation, and are not connected...

AMA to Eject Hawkers.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has noted that in spite of persistent warnings, some traders remain adamant and continue to sell their wares on pavements and on the streets of the Central Business...

Bigger Denominations By November.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Byline: Kent Mensah The Central Bank is expected to release bigger denominations of the cedi by the end of November this year to coincide with the farming season, the first Deputy Governor of the Bank...

Mechanic Kills His Father.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The Police at Madina on Wednesday arrested Gabriel Ablizah, a 28-year old fridge mechanic from Volo in the Volta Region, for butchering his father to death. Police sources said the deceased, Joseph...

Phony Beggar Jailed.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The Madina Community Tribunal in Accra on Friday sentenced Baba Seidu, 30, who had been feigning disability, to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour for beating up a blind beggar he accused of invading...

Watchdog Committee for Makola.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The Accra Central District Co-ordinating Committee is to form 100-man strong watchdog committee to beef up security to curb the rampant stealing in the 31st Makola Market and its environs. The Accra...

Three-Tier Car Park for Kaneshie Market.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Byline: Kent Mensah The Board of the Accra Markets Limited, operators of the Kaneshie Market Complex has approved the construction of a three-tier parking facility at the Kaneshie Market. The...

New Lorry Fares Being Negotiated.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The General Council of the Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council (GRTCC) on Friday said it would soon present new lorry fares to the Ministry of Roads and Transport for consideration. An official...

KNUST Great Hall Commissioned.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Dr Sylvia Boye, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETfund), has stated that the fund is not meant to take over the development budget of educational institutions but rather...

All Set for Kumawu Bye-Election.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Five candidates representing five political parties will contest the Kumawu bye-election scheduled to take place tomorrow. They are Mr James Yaw Owusu, 51, farmer, representing the People National...

Rural Development Week.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is to hold a rural Development Week from November 4 - 9, 2002 to showcase development projects undertaken so far since the New Patriotic Party (NPP)...

A Rare Gift for the Queen.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Byline: Martin Bailey, the Art Newspaper The Queen has found herself the fortunate owner of a Benin bronze head - an astonishing gift from the Nigerian government. The magnificent sculpture of a king...

FTC Needed for Traffic Offenders.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) The Minister of Defence, Dr. Kwame Addo-Kufuor who is the acting Minister of Interior has called for a fast track court system to prosecute traffic offenders. He has also entreated the police...

ECOWAS & AU Summit Declare in Accra.
September 30, 2002... (From Accra Mail (Ghana): AAGM) Byline: A. Harruna Attah The Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States held in Accra yesterday was as moving as it was determined in its...

Are We Perpetuating Violence Against Woman?
September 30, 2002... (From Cape Argus (South Africa): AAGM) Byline: Megan Power Parents who raise their boys and girls according to outdated gender stereotypes could be unwittingly encouraging the spiral of abuse against women and girls. This is...

Homes Spring Up 'Overnight'.
September 30, 2002... (From Cape Argus (South Africa): AAGM) Byline: Quinton Mtyala Twelve families, living in Khayelitsha, have watched their new homes rise from the ground in five days. The building exercise that started on Tuesday and finished on...

City Moves to Regulate the Sex Trade.
September 30, 2002... (From Cape Argus (South Africa): AAGM) Byline: Elliott Sylvester THE City of Cape Town unwittingly issues business licences that allow the illegal sex trade to flourish. But the public will soon have its say on how to regulate...

Doctor in Love, If Not in Name.
September 30, 2002... (From Cape Argus (South Africa): AAGM) Byline: Johan Schronen A CITY motor mechanic who pretended to be a medical doctor to impress his new girlfriend has been sentenced to pay a fine of R2 000. The Cape Town Magistrate's Court...

SAA Revises Flight Times To Luanda due to SADC Summit.
September 30, 2002... (From The Daily Observer (The Gambia): AAGM) Byline: Thabo Mokgola #Z The South African Airways (SAA) has revised its flight times to and from the Angolan capital Luanda due to the curfew imposed around the city's airport for the...

Strike To Impact Negatively On final Exams, Says Education Dept.
September 30, 2002... (From The Daily Observer (The Gambia): AAGM) Byline: Veronica Mohapeloa The Gauteng education department has expressed concern over the impact the strike by public servants this week will have on learners, as they prepare for the...

Police Swoop On 'Corrupt' Officials, Individuals.
September 30, 2002... (From The Daily Observer (The Gambia): AAGM) Byline: Veronica Mohapeloa Government says it is seriously rooting out the cancer of corruption prevailing in its departments and has vowed to institute criminal and departmental action...

Father And Son Drown As Wild Crocodile Attacks Boat.
September 30, 2002... (From The Independent (The Gambia): AAGM) Byline: Lamin Dibba One Kunajai Sanneh and his son Mustapha Sanneh a grade seven student of Kalagi Upper Basic School reportedly drowned last week after a wild crocodile in Burumang Bolong...

Yundum Women's Horticultural Site Sold Village Chief Distances Himself From Move.
September 30, 2002... (From The Independent (The Gambia): AAGM) Byline: S.b. Camara Leaks filtering through to The Independent suggest that a plot reserved as a women's horticultural garden in Old Yundum has been sold, allegedly by one Mamud Faye, the son...

Communications in Africa.
September 30, 2002... (From Business Day (South Africa)) Byline: Lesley Stones Communications in Africa Information Technology Editor FOR the first time in its 33-year history the International Institute of Communications is staging its annual conference...