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Bizzare - someone has taken the effort to climb a light column on refuge in middle of the village and obscure keep left with grey paint (they have also done the same to smaller sign on the , can't be seen in photo due to darkness). Seems more sociopathic than normal (maybe someone pissed off the refuge is there in first place, it discourages speeding through the village, or angry that the local Speedwatch have put up a camera nearby?)

_The Evening Post_, 17 July 1924:
TEACHING SWIMMING
DISSATISFACTION WITH
MINISTERIAL REPLY.
A question was asked in the House of Representatives by Mr. R. A. #Wright (Wellington Suburbs) whether, in view of the valuable work carried on amongst the children … by the New Zealand Amateur #Swimming Association, the Government would this session grant that body increased financial assistance.
The Minister of Internal Affairs (the Hon. R. F. #Bollard) replied yesterday that the question … was receiving consideration.
Mr. Wright protested that the reply was by no means satisfactory.… He submitted that £100 [ca. $12,000 today] was a very modest contribution, in view of the work the association was doing, and he hoped the Minister would … endeavour to induce the Government to increase the amount to £500 [ca. $60,000] per year.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #QuestionTime #Parliament #NewZealand

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Another way to tie up a narrowboat on the canals is by using a bollard.

My favourite knot for this is a clove hitch. It's fast, and when you undo it, the knot falls out of the rope.

A bollard that Canal & River Trust – or British Waterways before them – has painted black and white (see photo) is only for temporary use, while operating a lock, bridge, water point, and so on.