Reporter’s diary

Press, 3 June 1989, Page 2

Reporter’s diary

Forms 0f... FIONA Street residents suffering from an identity crisis reminded a reader of another suburban confusion a few years ago. Mr Brian Heffernan, a director of Sherris and Robertson, said he sold a house in Raxworthy Street, which had also been listed with four other agencies. On the same day, all four agents had placed an advertisement in the same newspaper. All four listed the property in a different area of Christchurch — Ham, Westburn, Avonhead, and Upper Riccarton. We’ve heard of property subdivision, but this is ridiculous. ... address MUCH social status hangs on having the correct address, of course. In a letter to "This England,” a reader quoted a conversation she overheard be-' tween the Queen Mother and a little boy who had grown a prize bulb. She asked him “Where do you live, dear?” Round the

back of Arding and Hobbs,” he replied. “Where do you live?” “Round the back of Harrods,” came the Royal repartee. Michael Eaton OFFERS of goods for a garage sale are coming in steadily. But this is no ordinary garage sale. It is being organised by five Christchurch Masonic Lodges to raise money for a Sedo Buggy for Michael Eaton, aged 3 1 / 2 > who has cerebral palsy. A Lodge grand master, Mr Tony Fussell, said he had received offers of electric stoves, settees, and freezers, and where people had no goods to sell they have made donations. “We already have $5OO in donations towards Michael’s wheelchair,” said Mr Fussell. Even a dishwasher has been promised is the real thing and not “three kids and a towel” as Mr Fussell thought it might have been. The garage sale will be held on Saturday morning, June 10, in the Papanui Methodist Church

Hall. Any people wishing to help with more goods can reach Mr Fussell at either 556-860 or 559-494. Going down in history INTERNATIONAL soloists boycotted the unhappy new Paris Bastille Opera after its controversial dismissal of the conductor, Daniel Barenboim. This led a deputy of the French National Assembly to ask the riddle: “What is the difference between the Bastille Opera and the Titanic?” His answer: “The Titanic at least had an orchestra.” Barenboim’s post has been filled by Myung-Whun Chung, a 36-year-old Korean conductor who will have an uphill task ahead getting a programme and orchestra together before the Paris opera season proper begins in January. “Out, damned tot.” LIFE with an ankle-biting baby sister has been especially irksome recently for one five-year-old Angel. She always got the

blame when trouble flared, even though The Brat was always the one to start feuds. This week the pair were packed into the back seat of the car to fight it out between them while their mother drove in relative peace. At the start of their journey The Angel was seen fingering some Fastpost stickers thoughtfully. After she dropped The Angel at school, the mother noticed The Brat grinning inanely from her harness — with a Fastpost sticker plastered square on her forehead. It was then the mother recalled explaining how the stickers worked with the words: “They’re when you want to send things away quickly, and this sticker helps them go away much faster.” Making sure SIGN in a shop in Maroochydore (north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast) which sells top price women’s gear says: “Shoplifters will be shot. Survivors will be shot again.”

—Jenny Setchell