Died: June 20, 2021. BRIGADIER Richard Rothery, who has died aged 86, was a distinguished member of the military, serving in troubled areas that often required sound judgment and diplomatic understanding, especially Northern Ireland. On retiring, he was appointed bursar of The Edinburgh Academy, where he is fondly remembered for his gracious manner and ability to overcome all problems. When he retired in 2000, his achievements at the Academy were recognised by the rector of the time, John Light, who wrote: “The Academy owes Richard and [his wife] Pam Rothery a huge debt of gratitude for their hard work, their positive manner and above all shafts of humour. Dick’s contribution in his years here has been massive.”
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Taking time for tea and friends
By Carol Marsh - DarkeCountyMedia.com
Kim Berry (center) offers samples of her “Indian Fire” blend to Greenville BPW club members (left to right) Karen Sink, Peggy Foutz, Betty Kosier, Kathy O’Dell, Pam Sharp, and Vicki Cost at the Blue Lantern Tea House, located at 106 Broadway, in Greenville.
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Jesse Berry, co-owner of the Blue Lantern Tea House, takes questions from the audience about the custom and significance of gathering for tea ceremonies.
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Kim Berry, co-owner of the Blue Lantern Tea House, smiles while serving samples of green tea to guests and friends at the May meeting of the Greenville Business and Professional Women.
The largest community housing development under construction in Christchurch is set to open its first stage today.
Trust chief executive Cate Kearney (left) says the development is a significant boost to community housing stock in Christchurch.
Photo: RNZ / Conan Young
The section on Brougham Street in central Christchurch used to have 89 social houses on it but it was demolished following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.
Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust is developing the section into 90 new homes, 30 are now complete with a further 60 expected to be complete by June.
When complete there will be 70 one-bedroom homes, 14 two-bedroom homes, three three-bedrooms and three four-bedroom homes.
Rare soldier s diary reveals secret massacre of Indigenous Tasmanians after almost 200 years
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McNally s diary is the only account by an ordinary soldier of life in the penal colonies, says Professor Sharpe.
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A soldier s diary disintegrating in Ireland s national library has revealed disturbing evidence of an undocumented massacre of Aboriginal people in Tasmania in the colony s early years.
The diary belonged to Private Robert McNally, posted to Van Diemen s Land in the 1820s, and records in gritty detail colonial life and encounters with settlers and a notorious bushranger.
But it s his account of his part in the cover up a massacre of men and women on March 21, 1827, near Campbell Town in the Northern Midlands, that stunned University of Tasmania history professor Pam Sharpe.