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H A N M E R S P R I N G S V I L L A G E N E W S hanmer springs village news Award Winning If you are thinking of buying, selling or renting, call your local Harcourts Hanmer Springs Ofice today! 03 315 7084 [email protected] Your home for local property Shop 3, 12a Conical Hill Road Four Seasons Realty 2017 Ltd | Licensed Agent REAA 2008 Four Seasons Realty Family Violence – It’s Not OK – get help on 0800 456 450 Women’s Refuge 0800 REFUGE (733 843) For emergencies ring 111, North Canterbury Police 105 Lifeline 0800 543 354, Youthline 0800 376 633 or text HELP (4357) for free, 24/7, confidenRal support . Hanmer 0274 337 985 ! Christchurch, Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura, Peter Moody Cheviot, Waiau, Rotherham, Waikari, Waipara Phone 021 927 037 Amberley, Rangiora, Greta Valley, Culverden E: [email protected] For all your flooring needs. [email protected] 59 Jacks Pass Rd, Hanmer Springs 03 315 7503 [email protected] Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-12:30pm & 2:00pm-4:30pm VISITING PROFESSIONALS No more checking the spam folder. • Plunket – Claire – second Monday of every month • Audiologist 16th June From now on each week we will • Dietician 18th June send you a reminder to click on NZ COVID Tracer app – Scan upon arrival h\p://thepinkie.co.nz/ It’s critical we continue to use the NZ COVID Tracer app to keep track of where we’ve been to improve our chances of quickly stopping the spread of COVID-19. CoVer: Autumn colours We encourage everyone to keep scanning and to turn on Bluetooth tracing. Check that you have Bluetooth tracing Photos this issue Richard Tapper, enabled on the dashboard of the NZ COVID Tracer app. If historical archives, HDC you don’t, please turn it on. www.health.govt.nz/nz-covid-tracer Prescriptions Just a friendly reminder to call at least 48 hours before you If You Want to HaVe need a repeat prescription. Your script will automatically be sent to your pharmacy (Amberley or Healthworks Christchurch). Prescriptions sent to Amberley can be picked Something included in up at the Health Centre and those sent to Healthworks Christchurch can be picked up at Healthworks Pharmacy in The Pinkie the village. If you want a hard copy prescription to take away and sort yourself, please ask the clinician. Please email it to [email protected] IN AN EMERGENCY DIAL 111 0274 337 420 Amuri Historical Society is holding another open day at the Contact Details HISTORICAL LYNDON HOMESTEAD [email protected] –Waiau, North Canterbury (31 Lyndon Rd) Richard Tapper Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 10.30am to 2.30 pm 0274 337420 This iconic building is being restored by its current Deadline for material including advertising is 5 owner. The restoration is in the early stages and will pm Sunday take some years to be Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily completed. those of the editor or publisher Entry: Adults $10 and children free. Light refreshments complimentary. The Pinkie is published by Also the Waiau Museum and Cob Cottage will also Hanmer Springs Village News Ltd be open 12.30 - 3 pm Richard Tapper For inquires: Don Galletly 0272445150 [email protected] or Sue Harris 0212647198 19.What is the chief city of Mallorca? 20.What is Homer Simpson’s father’s first TTRRIIVVIIAA name? 21.Which film and entertainment company used to feature a strong man striking a gong? 22.Merlot grapes produce what coloured wine? 23.What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl? 24.How should a piece of music marked ‘largo’ be played? 25.In the Harry Potter stories what type of an estab- lishment is The Leaky Cauldron? 26.What type of musical instrument is a snare? 1. Which chemical element is also known as 27.In the Bible, who was the second son of Adam quicksilver? and Eve? 2. In India they are bhindi, they are also called 28.What type of creature is a merganser? ladies’ fingers or gumbo. Which vegetable are we talking about? 29.What is the name of the British royal family’s residence on the River Dee in Scotland? 3. His real name was Eric Blair but what was this famous author’s pen name? 30.In Formula 1 Racing, what do the initials DRS stand for? 4. Liverpool is linked to Birkenhead by which tunnel? 31.Which company is the sole supplier of tyres to Formula 1 racing? 5. It is also called vingt-et-un or pontoon but in the casino this card name is called what? 32.What is the ancient citadel of Athens called? 6. Chillies were originally native to which country? 33.In which country was the actor Richard Burton born? 7. Who wrote the nonsense poem ‘The Hunting of the Snark’? 34.For what is the Victoria Cross awarded, as inscribed on the medal itself? 8. Which actor played Marty McFly in the ‘Back to the Future’ films? 35.How many players are there (on the field) in a rugby league team? 9. Americans call this simple game ‘tic-tac-toe’. What do we call it? 10.What term is given for the standard score of a golf hole or golf course? 11.What type of farm animal has a breed called Tamworth? 12.Palaeontology is the study of what? 13.Which measure of distance equals 1.61 kilometres? 14.Who was Oliver Hardy’s comedy-film acting partner? 15.What is the official language of Brazil? 16.What comes before a fall, according to the proverb? 17.What does the acronym REM stand for in terms of sleep? 18.How many sheets of paper in a ream? Amuri Chambers Will Be Returned to Former Glory Herbal The Amuri Chambers in Culverden was built in the early Profile 1920’s and is familiar to Hanmer people because it was of the week: the seat of the Amuri County Council until 1989 when it was dissolved and amalgamated into the Hurunui District SAGE Council. The Amuri Council was Culverden, Waiau, Rotherham and Hanmer Springs and many an august Hanmer citizen served on this body during its hundred year existence. The significant landmark in the North Canterbury service town was put up for tender by Hurunui District Council in Benefits of Sage—It can be used in either its fresh or its January. As of last week the Chambers came under new dried form. The most common means of employing sage ownership. for curative purposes is in the creation of tinctures (when The Croft family from Culverden, a joint venture between using fresh leaves) or infusions (when employing dried husband and wife Voray and David, and their children leaves) of various strengths. Catherine and Robert have bought the building. A tincture of sage leaves has been employed as a remedy Voray has always had her eyes on the Chambers, as she’s always wanted to do up an old building. for "everything" - fevers, flu, coughs, colds, and even indigestion. Sage can also be incorporated as a gargle to The Croft family has been in Culverden since 1962, Voray help remedy gingivitis (bleeding gums), combat halitosis, has been there 33 years. and cure sore throats. Because of its soothing, slightly- Voray and Catherine have a vision for the Chambers minty aromatic properties, sage can also be employed as a being a great community hub, with the board room remedy for stuffy noses, and, if allowed to steep in honey staying as just that, for whoever wishes to use it. along with grated ginger roots, cloves, and orange peel, it They plan on enhancing the historical 1920s features, can even be partaken as syrup that helps to treat and polishing up the most recent back section of the hoarseness of voice and tonsillitis. building. “A community tradition is local people getting involved to Milder dilutions of sage tea can be drunk prior to bedtime upkeep important properties, both for use by the or after a hard day’s work, as sage not only possesses community and to retain a visual record of our history,” significant sedative properties, but it also been found to said Voray.. enhance memory and improve mental recall - this likely being the origin of its name! Sage is also a noted anti-inflammatory and antihistaminic herb, making it useful for the treatment of minor to moderate aches and pains. Moderately strong decoctions of sage tea are also beneficial for the digestion and may be drunk after or during meals to achieve such effects. 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