This year’s 2nd Annual Cottonwood Forge Antique Tractor and Power Show featured a whole lot more than just tractors, crafters and food, stated Sam Dembitsky, show superintendent.
And the attendance numbers prove it. Sam Dembitsky, who organizer, estimates between 1,200 and 1,500 people. “With people coming and going from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., it is [...]

Crowds gathered in Crinan St to watch the house, which was to be placed at the rear of an existing house, inched between the eaves of the house and its neighbour. Transit Homes Ltd operations manager Kurt McNamara said the house needed to be tilted to fit between the two houses leaving about 10cm to [...]

I havejust spent five weeks working and experiencing life in China, with fellow dairy farmer Peter Ferguson. While it was good to return on Easter Monday to good, green Southland grass, there was a lot about China and the Chinese that impressed us.
Our first stop was on the outskirts of Tianjin, Chinas fourth largest city [...]

Ching Luh plant is one of 10 factories that contract with Nike to produce sneakers in Vietnam. Nike’s contractors in Vietnam make about 75 million pairs of shoes each year, and the Ching Luh plant accounts for about 12 percent, said Nike spokesman Chris Helzer.”We recognize the impact that rising inflation has had on the [...]

“After a struggle of 11 years, the state has failed to prove any case against Mr. Zardari,” his attorney, Farooq Naek, told reporters in Rawalpindi, a city near the capital, Islamabad. “After a long darkness in the tunnel, the light has come.”Zardari took control of Bhutto’s party after she was assassinated in December. The party [...]

The implications of new rules for overseas workers have alarm bells ringing.
Industry leaders say there is a very real risk vines will remain unpruned into spring if growers or contractors do not soon become accredited under the Recognised Seasonal Employment Scheme (RSE) or the Transitional Recognised Seasonal Employer Scheme (TRSE).
The new schemes have a longer [...]