After watching the news and hearing that the Labour Party's conference wanted to spark up the republic debate again, my wife and I headed off to the Last Night of the Proms at the Wigramair force museum in Christchurch," writes Jeff. "Many were dressed up in attire that featured the Union Jack and many more were carrying Union Jack flags. By chance the Labour Party conference was sharing the facilities. How must the Labour delegates have felt having to share with the monarchy-supporting masses, awaiting entry into a concert dedicated to the UK? I wondered if strains of God Save the Queen drifted through to the debate?"
That's got to smart
Brad King, programme director at The Rock, scrubbed up well for the Melbourne Cup, or so he thought ...
A reader writes: "My surname is Wood and I was a woodwork teacher along with my brother, and father a builder. Wednesday's Herald had Miss Deadman as an embalmer, and a leaky homes story featured a man named Mr Rainey. How good is that?"
Spotted in Ponsonby.
Final twist in Lemon tale
Lemon the runaway dog has been located after a tedious mail drop, writes Bronnie. "She has remorse, evidenced by skulking around the back garden. Either that or she liked the brief spell at the new abode ... Horrors, she went home with a stranger from the park! We have reminded her that the grass is not always greener."
