The Southland Tribune; Edition #319
Simmonds pushes back on MP's licensing trust bill | Day 2: Wind tests SBS Tour of Southland riders | Remember when: Invercargill was going to be called 'Invergiggle'
Simmonds pushes back on MP's licensing trust bill
Invercargill MP Penny Simmonds has written to a fellow telling him his quest to get rid of the licensing trust alcohol “monopolies” isn’t wanted in Southland. ACT list MP Simon Court revealed last week he had lodged a new member’s bill to abolish the remaining liquor licensing trusts’ trading privileges - including the Invercargill Licensing Trust and Mataura Licensing Trust. (READ MORE HERE).
Day 2: Wind tests SBS Tour of Southland riders
The SBS Bank Tour of Southland peloton was given its most serious examination for several years with Samuel Jenner surviving the wind to sprint his way into the orange jersey on day two. (READ MORE HERE).
Remember when Invercargill was going to be called 'Invergiggle'
We’re kick-starting a new weekly series in The Tribune where we will look back at moments in Southland’s past. We start today by winding back the clock to 2010 when a former Wellington mayor suggested what “Invergiggle’s” point of difference should be. (READ MORE HERE).
The big wet: November to January predictions provide hope
NIWA’s latest seasonal climate outlook for November – January provides some hope for rural communities in Southland who have been managing well despite the wet conditions. (READ MORE HERE).
Invercargill teen driver wins in the US
Seventeen-year-old Invercargill racing driver Alex Crosbie scored a dominant win in the final race of the F4 US Championship at Circuit Of The Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas on Sunday morning (NZ time) to put the icing on his campaign. (READ MORE HERE).
Quick Quiz…
In 2012 Sir Tim Shadbolt broke the world record for the longest television interview when he was interviewed by who?
The Menzies Building in Invercargill was an office building, what is it now being transformed into?
The Wallacetown Tavern is also known by what name?
Where in Southland was former prime minister Jenny Shipley born?
In what year was the Invercargill Licensing Trust established?
Answers: 1. Tom Conroy (On CUE TV) 2. Distinction Hotel 3. Greenroofs 4. Gore 5. 1944
In case you missed it…
25 years on: The 68th Tour of Southland begins today, and for the 25th time Nathan Burdon will be there writing about it. Logan Savory chatted to Burdon about how he unexpectedly fell in love with New Zealand’s premier cycling race. (READ MORE HERE).
Thirsty Thursday: “Oh god Mr mr is sick. I mean sick as in sick, not sick, obviously, and not like sick (but maybe?) but sick sick. I should have known because the big one had a sore throat at the weekend. I thought it was the dust at first - I dusted his room and it was a grimy grey horror show and both children made a grand show of coughing and spluttering”. (READ MORE HERE).
Sarah McCarthy’s Thirsty Thursday column is brought to you each week thanks to Invercargill-based law firm Mee & Henry Law
“Warning shot”: “Those who target me in the media as ‘screwing over the South’ you do so at your peril. With all the issues in Gore, I've respected they are for Gore to resolve and not for me to comment.” (READ MORE HERE).
