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7Th March 2009.Indd The Norfolk ISLANDER “Your Community Newspaper for more than 40 Years” FOUNDED 1965 Successors to - The Norfolk Island Pioneer c. 1885 The Weekly News c 1932 : The Norfolk Island Monthly News c. 1933 The N.I. Times c. 1935 : Norfolk Island Weekly c. 1943 : N.I.N.E. c. 1949 : W.I.N. c. 1951 Norfolk News c. 1965 Volume 44, No. 9 SATURDAY, 7th MARCH 2009 Price $2.75 incl GST Foundation Day 2009 Two hundred and twenty-one years ago, on 5th March 1788, Lieutenant Philip Gidley King recorded that he and Lieutenant Henry Ligbird Ball “landed in a fine sandy bay or beach without any difficulty whatever. Above this beach lay a bank, ye edge of which was surrounded by ye large kind of iris; on piercing thro’ OYEZ OYEZ OYEZ To all to whom these presents shall come it, we found a fine piece of ground; altho’ well wooded Greetings (as is every part of ye isle) here, I resolved at once to These were the words of welcome given by the Town fix, and felicitated myself on having found a place out Crier at the fun-filled ceremony held at Puppy’s Point where I could make a commencement”. on Saturday, 28th February to install Gregory Gilbert At daybreak on 6th March, King landed with his Francis (Greg) Quintal as ‘The Right Worshipful Lord party of 22, consisting of free men together with male Mayor of Anson Bay’. and female convicts. “Before sunset everything thing The ceremony, which had been organised by and person belonging to the settlement were on shore, Ngaire Douran and her team of ‘royal occasion and their tents pitched before the colours were hauled assistants’, together with members of Greg’s family down - I assembled all ye settlement and Lieut. Ball and his many, many friends, attracted a large crowd present, I took possession of ye isle, drinking “His of his constituents. It was good to see ‘The Rightful Majesty”, “The Queen”, “Prince of Wales”, ‘Governor Worshipful Lord Mayor of Cutter’s Corn’ Mr. George Phillip” and “Success to ye Colony”, after which three ‘Kik’ Quintal and his Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Bonnie cheers were given”. Quintal amongst the guests. Our picture shows a scene from the re-enactment of (continued overleaf) this landing on Foundation Day 2009. There’s every reason to dine at ... PH 24400 QUEEN ELIZABETH AVENUE ~ OYEZ OYEZ OYEZ - continued Thanks to the ‘royal occasion assistants’, Lord Mayor Quintal, looking splendid in ermine coat and wearing a gold crown, arrived in style in his ‘State Coach’, a 1926 wooden Chevrolet station wagon, affectionately known as ‘Kar See’, driven by his chauffeur Archie Bigg. Their arrival was greeted with thunderous applause. The Proclamation, delivered by the Town Crier,(aka Tom Lloyd), outlined aspects of Greg’s long life as a member of the Norfolk Island community. Among the interesting facts related were that Greg. had lived in the Anson Bay area for 75 years; in 1938 he married his childhood sweetheart Joy Christian who unfortunately broke her leg just before the marriage. Greg another of Norfolk’s gifted poets, read a poem which was heard to say at the Reception that he had always he had written for the occasion. wanted ‘wun gael who gut 2 crutch’; how he and Joy After the presentation of his Chain of Office, our had raised 3 children - Ellen Craiglene, Greg Junior and newest Lord Mayor thanked all who had organised the Leslie; how in his well digging days he had helped to function and in typical Greg. Quintal fashion concluded rescue Max Niven, brother of the famous British actor by saying “I wunt et known, I ent a Ma(yo)re - I es David Niven, who had fallen down a well; how he had wun stallion!! served his community for many years as an all-round It was a glorious afternoon and everyone enjoyed the sportsman, Member of the Norfolk Island Council and delicious spread that had been prepared and continued Assembly and as an Auctioneer extrordinaire. singing and dancing well into the night. Before he was presented with his Chain of Office, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN some of those present related many side splitting tales - Tom. of Greg’s escapades over the years. Mervyn Buffett, Four Day Weather Forecast for Norfolk Island Current Friday evening SATURDAY Mostly fine. MONDAY Mostly fine. SE winds 10/20 knots. Min: 21 Max: 25 Min: 20 Max: 24 SUNDAY Mostly fine. S/SE winds 10/20 knots. TUESDAY Chance shower. SE winds 10/20 Min: 20 Max: 24 knots. Min: 20 Max: 24 POPULATION STATISTICS - PEOPLE ON ISLAND FOR WEEK ENDING RESIDENTS GEP TEP OTHER TOURISTS TOTAL 23rd January 2009 1381 152 310 32 537 2412 30th January 2009 1367 147 329 35 459 2337 6th February 2009 1361 151 338 23 433 2306 13th February 2009 1367 151 349 26 567 2460 20th February 2009 1360 153 353 31 659 2556 27th February 2009 1350 151 361 26 707 2595 Visitors to Norfolk! We are Norfolk Island’s Largest Department Store with everything at Duty Free Prices PLACE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS Norfolk Island’s MOST INTERESTING STORE NEW STOCK JUST UNPACKED Ladies Leather FISHING Folding Walking Stick Wallets 2 PIECE ROD Lots of $24.95 Folds in to 4 compartments segments Also available as Height adjustment Only $13.95 a Very sturdy Range of Colours! combo $50! $15.95 Souvenir KNIVES, SCISSORS Ceramic Nail Files from Germany Tea Towels KITCHENWARE Last for years FROM GERMANY Pack of 3 Washable 1/2 MAINLAND PRICES Aircraft friendly Smooth on your nails $15.95 SINGLE KNIVES SETS OF 2 or 3 Made especially for us! SETS IN STANDS From $13.95 Absolutely top quality Braun Oral B Organic Toothbrush Heads Manicure Cookware Scissors Utensils Peppercorns 4 PACK! Clippers Pots • Pans in a grinder Files Scissors Premium $12.95 Quality Zwilling JA Henckels $7.95 Excellent Value AIRCRAFT APPROVED! OK to take in to Aust and NZ Laundry Detergent Egg Cutters Concentrated Lemon Fresh Slices or Segments for salads Hot or Cold Water Pierce for boiling Biodegradable Lap Table 1kg $4.95 Side Pockets $24.95 Aust Owned and Made Sturdy Plastic Range of types available Email [email protected] • Ph (Int+6723) 22405 • Fax (Int+6723) 23098 P.O. Box 213, Norfolk Island. R.S.L. end of town... ‘Wun HiHi’ ulla ‘Two Hihi’, Dids? Last year, David ‘Dids’ Evans was invited to the 9th Changchun China International Sculpture Symposium which was held from late July to early September, 2008. The theme ‘Friendship, Peace and Spring high- lighted the Symposium’s desire to promote international cultural exchange and improve Changchun’s urban sculpture construction. Dids was one of 51 sculptors from around the world to attend the en myse sullun. There’s no way that wun sullun gwen Symposium and he and his sculpture ‘Wun HiHi’ ell tek wun hihi en end up gwen to China”. pictured above, were great favourites with the 500,000 To receive a second invitation to submit proposals residents who flocked into the Changchun Sculpture to the latest Symposium, is also a great honour not Park, to see the finished works. only for Dids, but as he said ‘myse lettle Island, myse Well Dids, together with 23 other sculptors from lettle community en myse sullun”. around the world, has just received another invitation Well done Dids -we look forward to seeing your to submit three proposals to the Convenors of another proposals, and ask once again ‘Wun HiHi ulla Two Sculpture Symposium which will be held this year in HiHi? Shuangyang, China. - Tom. Shuangyang, with a population of 380,000 is in the Changchun area. However, I understand that the Shuangyang Sculpture Park will be established in an area where the Chinese breed deer. ISLAND VET SURGERY He has to submit his proposals by 1st April and Middlegate this year’s Symposium will also run from July to September 2009. Telephone: 50838 or 23838 When Dids returned last year he told me “I was so extremely honoured f’ be ell go to such a huge country Ph: 50VET en represent myse lettle Island, myse lettle community Nlk Guardian V70 16 Mar 30 Mar Nlk Guardian V71 27 April 11 May Nlk Guardian V72 8 June 22 June Nlk Guardian V70 6 April 13 Apr Nlk Guardian V71 4 May 13 May Nlk Guardian V72 22 June 1 July Reliable - trustworthy - dependable - proven Monster NRL Footy Tipping CompetitionCompetition ����������������� From the desk of the ��������������� Chief Minister Sometimes I reflect on how lucky we are to live in such an active, lively and caring community. In the past ������������� few days, we have been able to participate in Opera in the Ruins, Poetry in the Parish, the Foundation Day �������������������������������������� commemoration not to mention the many meaningful ��������������������������� events which collectively raised some $30,000 for the relief of victims of bushfires and floods in Australia. ��������������������� My congratulations to the many willing people in our ������������������������������������� community who contributed to the success of all of ����������������������������������� these diverse activities. We have also seen real progress ������������������� on the Norfolk Tourism rebranding project and plenty � of feedback on the proposals to modernise and expand �� �� our immigration processes. � ���� �������������������������������������������������������� I had hoped to be on the radio this week to give an � update on discussions with the Commonwealth about ��������������������������������� building our cooperative relationship, programme ����������� delivery and other matters of mutual interest. But I’ve ����������������� picked up a bit of a virus and have not been feeling the � best for most of the week. Last Friday, Commonwealth Minister Bob Debus and I put out a joint media release �������������������������� expressing our satisfaction with the real progress ������������������������� which has been achieved, and in this week’s column I’ll try to give you some more detail.
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