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A BRILLIANT VVS Laxman knock
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Laxman scored 73no to guide the
home side to a thrilling onewicket win in Mohali.
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FULL STORY IN SPORT: PAGE 56
Footy riot over 700km
By SARAH CRAWFORD
A VIOLENT clash that began
just before a flight out of Darwin was eventually stopped
by police — 700km away on
Groote Eylandt.
Police confiscated a number of spears, machetes, a
bow and spear guns.
Officer in Charge at Alyangula Police Station, Lee
Morgan, said about 70 people
gathered for the fight at Angurugu on Monday at 11am.
‘‘We got there just in time
and started grabbing weapons off people,’’ Senior Sergeant Morgan said.
The officers confiscated 20
spears, two spear guns, three
large machetes and a bow
and five arrows from about
20 people in the crowd.
‘‘Fortunately no one was
injured. We had trust in the
fact they were not going to
harm us, we just walked up
and took the weapons,’’ SenSgt Morgan said.
The dispute between two
families started when community members travelled to
Darwin at the weekend for a
Defence Jobs pre-season NT
Football League Carnival.
A fight broke out between
20 community members just
before they boarded a charter flight from Darwin to
Groote Eylandt on Sunday
night. Later that evening police responded to several reports of people fighting with
weapons at Angurugu.
But when they arrived the
community was peaceful.
Sen-Sgt Morgan said that
the next day police were called minutes before a large
fight broke out near the
water tower.
Sen-Sgt Morgan said there
have been no further disturbances
in
the
remote
community.
‘‘The families aren’t willing to be involved in a mediation, they are going to sort
it out themselves,’’ he said.
CHARGES LAID
Five men aged between
23 and 27 have been
arrested and charged with
offences including:
FIGHTING in a public place.
BEING armed with an
offensive weapon.
BEING armed in a
public place.
Cyclone Tasha first
in line to shake us
By ELODIE BOAL
TERRITORIANS should
start preparing for the
latest dinner guest, Cyclone
Tasha, who could be knocking on our doors very soon.
As the cyclone season
quickly approaches, and
the summer storm conditions in Australia intensify,
the weather bureau’s list of
cyclone names can expect
to get a workout.
The list includes 104 different entries which rotate
between genders.
With the last tropical cyclone being dubbed Sean,
Australians can expect the
first upcoming cyclone to
be christened Tasha.
Other names on the list
include Vince, Zelia, Anthony and Bianca.
Once a name has been
used, it is then replaced
with a similar one..
The only consideration
that may delay Tasha’s arrival is if an already-named
cyclone enters Australia’s
cyclone zone.
However, until then, prepare an emergency kit as
we await the arrival of
some of the wildest and
rowdiest of dinner guests.
Telstra research shows people are addicted to internet-connected phones and are using them to surf the
web everywhere — including the dunny
Picture: STUART WALMSLEY
AUSTRALIANS are avid ceramic
surfers, with a new study
suggesting one-third of people
have no problems sitting on the
toilet and fiddling with their
‘‘smartphones’’.
Telstra research has revealed
many users are addicted to their
internet-connected phones —
such as the iPhone — and take
them to bed, to the toilet, or use
them behind the wheel.
The survey of 2800 people
showed about half of owners used
their smartphones in bed — with
54 per cent of women and 49 per
cent of men admitting to the deed.
Meanwhile, almost one-third of
One in five Aussie
drivers admit to surfing
the web while driving
respondents said they had
‘‘throne-surfed’’ — surfing the
web while on the toilet. Men were
the more likely culprits, with
38 per cent admitting to it, compared with 22 per cent of women.
Telstra’s Rebekah O’Flaherty
pointed out smartphones hadn’t
managed to make drivers smarter. Apparently one in five Aussie
drivers admit to surfing the web
while driving — despite it being
illegal and ridiculously dangerous for themselves and others.
Ms O’Flaherty said their research had found 36 per cent of
Australians with mobiles owned
a smartphone.
She said smartphone ownership levels were tipped to grow to
more than half the mobile population within a year. ‘‘At home in
front of the tele, in the bathroom
or in bed, smartphones have become an indispensable way to get
connected,’’ she said.
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010. NT NEWS.
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