Roller-coaster Derails In Timaru, Man Taken To Hospital

A roller-coaster derailed at the Caroline Bay carnival in Timaru yesterday at 3.45pm, leaving a man and a four year old child hanging upside down within a carriage below the tracks. The man was taken to hospital with back injuries and the child is said to have been “shaken” by the event. See the report…

NZ A “Few Bricks Short Of A Wall” – Pike River Mine Rescue

Today’s editorial in NZResources.com, written by Ross Louthean, has expressed astonishment at the police being in charge at Pike River Coal and “making it known what could and could not happen.” In a report headed “Mine rescue must not remain with Mr Plod” Louthean said that, in the view of his Australian mining colleagues, this…