Rotary Club of Onehunga One Tree Hill Inc. PO Box 13271, Onehunga, AUCKLAND 1643 Club meets: Monday 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm at Royal Oaks Bowls Clubrooms at 146 Selwyn Street, Onehunga, Auckland President: Bill Grayson – Ph: 09 571 2444 Email:[email protected] Secretary: Gwynyth Carr – Ph: 09-5797 426 (h) – E-mail: [email protected] 9910 District Web Page: www.rotary.org.nz/information.cfm?ID=1364 9910 DG’s Newsletter: http://www..rotary.org.nz/newsletter.cfm?District=10 Club Website: https://www.rotaryonehungaonetreehill.co.nz/ PARTNERS, FRIENDS & VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME
BULLETIN NO: 192006 Thursday 8th August 2019
PROGRAM LAST MEETING : 5th August 2019 August Attendance: 12th August 2019 Membership and New Visitors: Ashwini Sadhu PP Harbourside
Attendance: George Arulanatham Apologies: Parehuia Enari, John Club Development Tapu, George Arulanantham, Ian Month Hospitality: Bruce Clegg Equipment: Robin HUlford Deveraux, Robin Hulford, Duncan 5 Minute Speaker: Bruce Murdoch McDonald, Iain McCrae, Derek Neutze, Host: Bill Grayson Bruce Passau, Chalita Wood. Speaker : Bede Brittenden
Subject: : Quiz Night Sgt. Raised This Week $.96.00 Thanks: Bill Grayson Thought for the Week :
Derek Neutze Monday 5th August 2019 Meeting report
19th August 2019 President Bill Attendance President Bill promoted next week’s meeting, : Duncan McDonald Hospitality: Falefatu Enari which is Quiz Night. Bring your friends! Equipment Ernie Meyer 5 Minute Speaker Derek Neutze The club will have a combined local clubs Rotary meeting in Host: Trevor Mosley November, enjoying the delights of the Dolphin Theatre Speaker Andrew Bell Subject Fred Hollows Rex spoke about the JK Celebrity Dinner at Sacred Heart Foiundation College, $150 a ticket, 14 August. Rex is happy to give folk a lift Thanks: Barry Stafford Thought for the Week : both ways if that is helpful. Deidre Shea Let Rex know if you are interested.
Trevor asked that we remember to pay our club Dues.
If you can’t make it, or, wish to bring a Noel said that the baiting season for the Kokako recovery work partner &/or visitor to our meeting, was last week. There was a 41% uptake on the rat baits please advise (otherwise known as the rat tracking index). Alan Bannin [email protected] The group bagged 2,000 bags of bait in preparation for the first 09 624 9020 weekend in September when about 1,500 bait stations are
Before Noon of the Friday preceding prepared. About 1.5 tons of bait are used in a season. the meeting so our caterers can provide.
Failure Will Incur a Meal Cost!!!
DUTIES: If you can’t perform your duty, please arrange a substitute & Bede, QUIZ Master and Sergeant next week, asked that we all advise Secretary Gwynyth & Sergeant bring a pen for quiz night next week Noel
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Five minute speaker Trevor Mosley spoke about tunnels and trains. Trevor has always loved trains. Tunnels go with trains. The longest rail tunnel in NZ is the Kaimai; it is 8879m and was finished in 1978.
The journey Trevor most remembers is as a 7year old on a two-day trip from Auckland to Balclutha, to meet the rest of the Mosley family. It was early January 1947 and at 7pm the family boarded the Limited Express at Auckland, en route to Wellington. Trevor’s Dad got pillows on the platform for 1 shilling, there were 2 huge steaming black locos. Exciting stuff! The next thing Trevor remembers is coming around the coast between Waikanae and Wellington! Trevor was surprised by the strange looking Wellington trams, where you got on in the middle. He was even more surprised when the trams to Seatoun and Lyall Bay did something that no Auckland tram did - they went through a tunnel. The second longest train tunnel in NZ is the Rimutaka which is 8798m and opened in 1955, replacing the Rimutaka Incline.
That night the family was due to take the Cook Strait ferry to Lyttleton on board what Trevor thought must have been the biggest ship in the world; it was the old Wahine. Next morning Trevor awoke in Lyttleton, and the family took the boat train. His Great Aunt Allie (always referred to in revered tones as "the Magistrate's Wife”) was there to meet the family and took them to breakfast in the station dining room. Another experience, Trevor thought it was magic. Aboard the Invercargill Express, from one of the front carriages, Trevor could see the tail of this long train going around corners which they seemed to have gone around ages before. South Canterbury and Caroline Bay, with the beach playground, were next and then into North Otago, with lunch at Oamaru. “23 minutes” said the guard. Trevor doesn't remember what he had for lunch, but he does remember the jellies and cream. He did not have time for one. The train guard saw Trevor’s disappointment. He told Trevor’s Mum to get him onto the train and he would bring it to Trevor. What a memory!
Dunedin was reached and one of Trevor’s uncles was on the platform with the biggest bag of licorice allsorts. Because of the war, Trevor had never seen such a bag. Finally, Balclutha and a service car ride to Kaka Point beach where Trevor met his Aunt Gert and heaps of uncles, aunties and cousins. Finally, Trevor sang part of a ballad about a Northern train, courtesy of Peter Capes of "Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line" fame:
It starts out from Otiria The smallest train you've seen This is the Okaihau Express
An engine and a guard's van With a carriage in between This is the Okaihau Express
There are puppies in a bag Pippies in a sack But you can't tell the difference When they're dripping from the rack Riding the Okaihau Express
She stops at Lake Omapere To take some water on The fireman takes a bucket The driver takes a swim This is the Okaihau Express!
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Guest Speaker Sumi Eratne: City Rail Link Programme Delivery Director
Sumi is a civil engineer who, prior to his current role, most recently worked on the Waterview tunnel. He is now the Programme Delivery Director of City Rail Link. Sumi’s passion is to build transformational projects that make a positive difference to people’s lives.
Auckland in 2041 will have more than 700,00 new residents Rail patronage has grown rapidly over the past few years and has already exceeded the forecast 20 million trips per year for 2020.
City Rail Link benefits - environmentally friendly, reliable and efficient transport system.
The network runs from Britomart Station to Aotea Square Station to Karangahape Station to Mt Eden Station.
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The network is due to be completed late in 2024, at cost of 4.4 billion. Sumi showed us several videos of the projected finished project; it will transform our city.
There are several types of tunnels: mined tunnels, bored tunnels, cut and cover tunnels
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Community Engagement • There has been, and is, considerable community engagement throughout the project. Community liaison groups • Downtown • Mid-town • Uptown • Mt Eden • Business Associations • Local Boards and Auckland Council interest groups • Individual briefings • Mana Whenua Forum • Public art heritage and urban design groups
Auckland University, schools and collegesDelivery, especially in the city, has significant impact on residents and businesses. There is considerable commercial development planned around the stations. Sustainability considerations are integrated into all aspects of the project. Sumi was thanked for an exceptional and informative presentation.
Bruce Murdoch gave the thought for the week the only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it. Gilbert K Chesterton:
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