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IN THE LAST twelve months more than 6,600 children aged under 12 were hospitalised to have teeth pulled under general anaesthetic. At a cost to tax payers of over 14.7 million dollars.

IMAGINATION was given to man to compensate him for what he is not. A sense of humour to console him for what he is. Sir Francis Bacon

SONY IS TO restart its Tokyo vinyl record plant shut down in 1989. It will remake Sony owned titles plus new releases. Meanwhile Panasonic has re-launched its popular Technics SL 1200 turntables.

ONLY TWO things are infinite: the universe and stupidity

EUROPEAN honey bees were introduced to New Zealand in 1839 by Mary Bumby the sister of a Methodist missionary working at Mangungu in the Hokianga.

THERESA MAY has all the personal warmth, wit and oratorical skills of an indesit fridge-freezer. Rod Little in the Spectator

AROUND a quarter of a million orange road cones are produced in New Zealand every year. These sell for between $25 and $35 each and are mainly mad by Roadside and Traffic Control Equipment Ltd which , unsurprisingly , made a twenty million dollar profit last year.

TWENTY percent of New Zealanders have a tattoo.

ENVIRONMENTAL measures of a 200m forestry no cut zone to protect Victoria’s (Australia) endangered possums has cost the state’s timber industry over $20 million over the last ten years.

NEVER interfere with the enemy when he’s in the process of destroying himself – Napoleon

THE GIANT Japanese tobacco company Japan Tobacco is one third owned by the Japanese government to which it paid $700,000,000 dividend last year

THERE’S NOTHING more disconcerting than an emotional, defeated Aussie sportsman –David Wyn Williams

THE GAP between ACC claims for rugby and fitness training injuries is closing. In 2016 there were 62,337 claims for rugby injuries and 51,337 for gym injuries. A total 499,629 in claims were made for sports injuries with a total pay out of $542 million. Exceeding the pay out of $435 million for road injuries.

THE AUSTRALIAN Corruption and Crime Dept has unearthed that 326 Western Australian truckies have been issued with licences although they had failed their driving tests. The licences have been revoked and the investigation of the testers continues.

A RECENT American university survey showed that more American children can plan computer pages than can ride a bicycle of swim.

WE DON’T have money so we have to think – Ernest Rutherford

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