The News Review:
- Pennyfarthing Tour de Tasmania
- Veneers and timber products from Britton Timbers
- The Don King (minus the hair) of the airwaves
- Tigers once again enjoy that winning feeling
- Third Time’s The Charm For Zinifex
- Firefighters’ dispute hots up
Pennyfarthing Tour de Tasmania
abc.net.au – Feb 25, 2008
Novice NSW pennyfarthing treadlie Huw Morgan won the championship followed by veteran rider Victorian Steve Gray. Bell Chamberlain won the women’s section. The race is part of the Evandale Village Fair. Search Australia Wide.
Veneers and timber products from Britton Timbers
Infolink Architecture & Building – Feb 25, 2008
Britton Timbers harvests processes manufactures and distributes timbers for export as well as domestic sales. The timbers from Britton Timbers are made of Tasmanian oak constituting 60% Tasmanian blackwood constituting 30% and Myrtle constituting 10%… Britton Export Timbers exports hardwood timbers and sliced veneers from the forest of Tasmania. The veneers and timbers offered by Britton Timbers are ideal for flooring furniture internal decoration musical instrument and commercial fit out. Britton timber exports blackwood Tasmanian osk and Myrtle. Britton Timbers also exports jarrah karri spotted gum red gum blue gum pacific rosewood cypress and Victorian ash. Britton Timbers offers a wide range of colours textures and timber finishes enabling architects specifiers joiners flooring specialist and cabinet makers to create the desired feel and look for their products.
The Don King (minus the hair) of the airwaves
The Age – Feb 25, 2008
Aged 13 now English diver TomDaley will be 14 years 80 days old when the Games beginbeating the record for the youngest British male lympian by morethan a year. Crunch time (and some) for HusseyIT HAS been quite an extraordinary week for Victorian cricketerDavid Hussey. Fresh from being bought at the Indian Premier Leagueauction for a mouth-watering $740000 the Victorian batsmanventured to Tasmania at the weekend but his 50 runs off 69 ballswere not enough to get his team over the line in a thrillingdomestic-one-final against Tasmania at Bellerive. The other setbackwas this one (above) a bone-crunching collision with Tasmanianwicketkeeper Tim Paine as Hussey scampered through for a run. Butthe jolts didn’t end there. n the other side of the world news ofHussey’s signing has not gone over well with English clubNottinghamshire which recently signed him for two years. You seeshould he play the entire IPL season Hussey would miss fivechampionship matches but understandably believes he should have theright to do so as his Indian salary is way above the estimated$175000 he would get for a full Notts season.
Tigers once again enjoy that winning feeling
abc.net.au – Feb 25, 2008
It was a day when the calculations of Messrs Duckworth and Lewis – cold figures on a white sheet – became a type of numerical script. Mark Divin and Travis Birt were playing for time as the final rain storm approached Bellerive the figures telling us that one more wicket for Victoria could win the visitors the game. The Tasmanian duo subsequently played with the caution of men trying to save a Test match. When the final shower hit and Duckworth and Lewis had Tasmania half a nose in front the hard heads and the pessimists were happy for the game to end right there. Short rideThen the skies began lifting and when the howling wind blew the last of the clouds away and a bright rainbow hooked itself inside the ground seasoned cricket watchers strapped themselves in for a short ride to the finish. Forty-two runs off 68 balls has never seemed so simple or looked so difficult. Despite a team plan not to Divin cut at Bryce McGain and was caught at point then Xavier Doherty’s defining characteristics of steady temperament and unruffled approach left him as he charged wildly at McGain… Mark Divin and Travis Birt were playing for time as the final rain storm approached Bellerive the figures telling us that one more wicket for Victoria could win the visitors the game. The Tasmanian duo subsequently played with the caution of men trying to save a Test match. When the final shower hit and Duckworth and Lewis had Tasmania half a nose in front the hard heads and the pessimists were happy for the game to end right there. Short rideThen the skies began lifting and when the howling wind blew the last of the clouds away and a bright rainbow hooked itself inside the ground seasoned cricket watchers strapped themselves in for a short ride to the finish. Forty-two runs off 68 balls has never seemed so simple or looked so difficult. Despite a team plan not to Divin cut at Bryce McGain and was caught at point then Xavier Doherty’s defining characteristics of steady temperament and unruffled approach left him as he charged wildly at McGain. ld club team-mates Brett Geeves and Birt then carefully built the total inching towards the revised total of 131.
Third Time’s The Charm For Zinifex
Forbes – Feb 25, 2008
” He recommended that his shareholders take up the offer in the absence of a superior proposal by March 7 which is the extended deadline: “The decision to recommend it was not taken lightly particularly in light of the current volatility in world equity markets. “Zinifex and Allegiance also announced they have included a traditional “no shop” clause in their agreement that prevents Allegiance seeking other potential purchasers. That said Zinifex has to worry only that Jinchuan Nickel Group China’s biggest and the world’s fourth-largest nickel producer which currently holds about 10. 4% of Allegiance may launch a rival bid.
Firefighters’ dispute hots up
abc.net.au – Feb 25, 2008
(File photo) (ABC news). Firefighters will hold a series of meetings this week to determine the next step in their campaign for better pay and conditions. The month-long campaign now includes a ban on volunteer training the issuing of fire permits and a refusal to arrange fire investigations out of hours.