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The Burkes Pass Herit=
age
Trust Newsletter
December 2007
Community
Carols
St
Patrick’s Church
Burkes Pa=
ss
4.00 pm
Sunday 23
December 2007
We might even=
have a
children’s nativity play!
Bring a drink/nibbles to share afterwards; coffee, tea provi=
ded.
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For
more details contact:
Barbara 685 6=
242; corcoran@xtra.co.nz
All
welcome!
Penny
farthing Cyclists Tour of Burkes Pass in November
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Bowler h=
ats,
beards, kilts and crinolines spilled into St Patricks, took breath and toge=
ther
with an accomplished organist, burst into song. The ‘Ordinary’
Cycle Club from Oamaru had arrived. I must make a note to dress for the
occasion next time. They were a fit and hardy bunch who had ridden from Mt =
Cook
to Lake Tekapo that day and still had energy to
explore our heritage walkway and visit the Stone House, Alma and Anniss cottages. Many of these folk have been respons=
ible
for keeping the Whitestone area in Oamaru alive=
and
their enthusiasm for our much more modest projects was very encouraging. Th=
ey
tell me that the term penny farthing is a more recent term and that their
distinctive transportation was originally termed an “Ordinary
cycle.” The wheel of the cycle is tailor made to fit the leg length of
the cyclist. Soon after came a version with two wheels of equal diameter ca=
lled
a ‘Safety cycle’. This makes you wonder what happened in the me=
an
time.
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Thank You
- Mid and South Canterbury Commu=
nity
Trust for a grant to assist with our Oral History Project. This means =
we
can now be assured of doing at least 4 interviews. A further applicati=
on
has been made so we can cast an even wider net. It has been difficult =
to
try and choose who to record at this stage. It is surprising how trans=
ient
information can be even for events or people who were well known in th=
eir
time.
- Community Post for donating mo=
re post
paid envelopes for the newsletters.
Donation Box Stolen<=
/o:p>
Recently=
our
wooden donation box went missing from the church. It was presumably taken f=
or
its contents that were likely to be minimal as it is emptied regularly. It =
is
painted a cream colour so keep an eye out in case it has been discarded
somewhere as we would like to have it back even if damaged and the contents
gone. Meantime if anyone has a suitable container or donation box we would =
be
grateful to have it. The collection in the church is one of our main income
streams and while not a lot of money it helps keep us afloat and is a way of
allowing casual visitors to feel they can contribute and show that they
appreciation the place.
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Native Beech Trees=
o:p>
These ev=
ergreen
hardwood trees are a characteristic feature of the New Zealand landscape and
belong to the genus Nothofagus or ‘Southe=
rn
(hemisphere) Beeches’. Interestingly, they belong in the same family =
as
oaks, chestnuts and northern beech genus (Fagus=
).
They are found in rainforest but are better able to grow on harsh sites than
most rainforest trees and often tend to occur in large areas as a uniform
species possibly as they require a particular fungus in the soil to grow we=
ll.
The southern limit is at the bottom of the South Island and they don’t
occur on Stewart Island or the subantarctic islands. Five varieties are fou=
nd
in NZ and local to the Burkes Pass area is Nothofagus<=
/span>
menziesii or Silver beech. It has a slightly larger serrated =
leaf
than mountain beech (Nothofagus solandri
var cliffortioides)=
. It
prefers wetter areas but can co-exist in slightly drier places with mountain
beech, which is the other species that is naturally found in the Mackenzie =
(ref
‘The NZ Beeches’, J Wardle).
Graham a=
nd I have
successfully grown several hundred N.menziesii =
from
seed and have some trees about two metres high but the jury is still out on
whether


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Cheers
Jane Bat=
chelor
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Trustees
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Jane=
Batchelor
(chairperson)
Alma=
Cottage
Burkes Pass
Postal Address: 41 Kirkwood Avenue, Christchurch 8004
Phone: 03 348 1531 (home), 03 355 8283 (work), Fax 03 348 0163
Emai=
l: jbatch@clear.net.nz
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Liz =
Angelo-Roxborough
03 685 6269
Emai=
l: angelo2@ihug.co.nz &n=
bsp;
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Ruth=
Waters
03 6=
85 8527
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David
Reynolds
03 329
6625
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p;Email: dgreynolds@farmside.co.nz=
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Davi=
d Taylor
03685
8544
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