presstige community papers / petone herald / current issue

ph051108 table of contents
ph221008 table of contents
ph081008 table of contents
ph240908 table of contents
ph100908 table of contents
ph270808 table of contents
ph130808 table of contents
ph300708 table of contents
ph160708 table of contents
ph020708 table of contents
ph180608 table of contents
ph040608 table of contents
ph210508 table of contents
ph070508 table of contents
ph230408 table of contents
ph090408 table of contents
ph260308 table of contents
ph120308 table of contents
ph270208 table of contents
ph130208 table of contents
ph300108 table of contents
ph121207 table of contents
ph281107 table of contents
ph141107 table of contents
ph311007 table of contents
ph171007 table of contents
ph031007 table of contents
ph190907 table of contents
ph050907 table of contents
ph220807 table of contents
ph080807 table of contents
ph250707 table of contents
ph110707 table of contents

? Jackson stores catch sustainability bug
? Bus service for poverty-stricken suburbs
? Old Bill keeps grass smooth at defunct club
? Eastbourne carnival spilling into the streets
? Is there a bowls club in heaven?
? Smoke and strobe give Eastbourne spin on Seuss
? Tears and hugs after 24-hour ride
? ?Why would they steal from us??
? Empire?s future in limbo
? Hutt health board hires twice as many managers as docs
? Jackson Street Mile could win Olympic support
? Rotary fair dodges bureaucratic bullet ? for now

Fraser Colman: Petone forced to say thanks in plastic
By Tim O?Connell

Sitting humbly beside the Petone railway station, the memory of former Petone and Pencarrow MP Fraser Colman remains etched in hard plastic. As reported last month in the Petone Herald, the memorial was organised by Hutt City Council and the Petone Community Board to celebrate the life of Mr Colman who died in April aged 84. Unfortunately, the commemorative plaque unveiled in a ceremony on September 20 is lacking in the grand aesthetics that were originally planned. A plague of scrap metal thefts in Petone forced a less valuable medium to be used. Instead of the intended brass, a sign-written plastic top-plate has had to suffice. Speaking previously board chairman Gerald Davidson was disappointed, but rational about the switch in materials. ?If we made it out of bronze, it wouldn?t stay here.? Mr Colman was MP for the Petone electorate from 1967 to 1978, and the subsequently formed Pencarrow electorate from 1978 to 1987. As well as providing a long period of service to his community he was also a member of the Privy Council.

About Us | Contact Us | ?2006 Presstige Community Newspapers