Hospital bus
The Urban Express Hospital Service 283 bus route has changed. Buses now cross Grafton Bridge, missing out Upper Symonds St, Khyber Pass and Grafton Rd. There will also be a connection between the Auckland Museum and downtown Auckland during museum opening hours.
On the waterfront
A free multimedia display
marking the 50th anniversary of the 1951 waterfront dispute is on in the School of Creative and Performing Arts, 74 Shortland St.
Cash for sport
Applications for the Hillary Commission Sports Club Development Fund close on Friday week. The fund is available to non-profit clubs and organisations within Manukau City. For details phone (09) 262-8900 ext 8813 or visit the Hillary Commission website.
Step-families
Barnardos New Zealand is offering an evening course for step-family couples. For details phone (09) 638-8935.
Roadworks
The Southern Motorway, St Marks Rd on-ramp, southbound, will be closed from 9.30 pm to 5 am for work on safety barriers.
Another day
King George V did his bit for the British war effort today in 1917 by ordering all families with royal connections to abandon their German surnames. German families had ruled Britain since 1714. His order eradicated the Mecklenberg-Strelitz, Teck, Hesse, and Wettins lineages, while the Battenbergs became the Mountbattens. King George's own Saxe-Coburg-Gotha royal family, which was named after Queen Victoria's German husband, Albert, became the House of Windsor on July 17.
Suggestions for Need to know?
E-mail: info@nzherald.co.nz
