Untidy Towns

Just One Night of Parties

Maxine and Peter were doing the deliveries on November 1st after Halloween. The amount of bottles, cans and empty six packs and containers was almost unbelievable. Add to this image the number of smashed bottles on the road and you will start to get the picture. You still have to add the discarded fast food wrappers from McDonalds and the chicken and pizza places to get the full view of the terrible condition of streets of Tamworth.

Its amazing that we entered the Tidy Towns competition. It seems that the youth of the city could not give a "stuff" about their rubbish. It was disgraceful. We drove into most streets in South Tamworth and covered over 200km but can't remember one street or cull-de-sac that did not have at least one item of rubbish on the road, gutter or a letterbox. At all times we had to keep watch for broken glass to avoid senseless damage to our tyres.

Maxine and Peter

Friday 13th is Coming Up

Friday 13th

We are getting ready for some fun on this special day. The staff have been preparing their gear for weeks. Come in on Friday and check it out. Join in the fun of the day.

Buy yourself a lucky lottery ticket on the Friday and change your luck. Maybe we can sell another first prize on the special day. We will have a bonus for lottery ticket buyers.

We had a ton of fun on halloween with the shop decked out for the occasion.

See you soon,

Maxine and Peter

During Our Absence ...

Huge Effects On Our Business

After a terrible period of events and incidents over several months, we will attempt to re-launch our blog.

Many things have been happening but they have been overridden by some more momentus events.

In June we had the unexpected and sudden death of a long time member of staff. This flattened everyone in the business. We had to find some new staff to fill the huge gap created in our team and begin the long process of training them.

Maxine and Peter have continued to provide relief on the delivery by doing one day a week and assisting in preparation and wrapping for delivery. They did a full week to provide a small break for our regular deliverer as well as trying to oversee the daily running of the business.

In October we had the sudden and unexpected death of our delivery driver's long time partner. Maxine and Peter stood in for a couple of weeks while lives were reoganised as a result of this tragedy. We are still in the process of finding a driver to work alternate weeks.

Add to this a series of break-ins and damage to our vehicles at home plus other events and it was the blog that suffered for the period. We now hope to have more regular entries with information that will interest you

Maxine and Peter

Public Service

Justices of the Peace

Both Peter and Maxine are Justices of the Peace and regularly spend time during our long working day undertaking this voluntary service to the public. We willingly do it as a service for our customers. We have had at least one J.P. in the business since 1964.

Recently we were informed that the J.P.s at the court house were no longer providing the service and referring the public to other J.Ps with us near the top of the list.

More recently we have been told that the Post Office is now refusing to perform J.P duties because they are "too busy"! They are also referring people to us.

The service is free and J.P.s are appointed as necessary when they apply and show a reason for their application for appointment. Now that some are refusing to do their duty, they should resign their warrants. It is most disappointing that some see their appointment as a social matter rather than the public service it is meant to be.

We are happy to perform this free service for our customers, but please bear in mind that we do it at work and may be in the midst of a task. Don't expect us to drop everything immediately because you failed to plan. Please be patient because the increased number of people seeking our service is beginning to overwhelm us at times and we have our own work to complete as well.

Maxine and Peter

Millions More

Oz Lotto Hits $15 Million

After the $20 million Saturday Lotto was shared by 11 winners, Oz Lotto has jackpotted to a huge $25 million for Tuesday 26th May.

We are running in-store syndicates for our customers. Each has 15 shares. This allows you have part of a larger entry and a chance at larger and multiple prizes.

Ask our staff about these and system syndicates when you call in.

Maxine and Peter

Early Warning

Mid Year Sale

We have just been shown some of the great prices that we will have for you in our Newspower mid year stationery sale in June. These are the best we have had for many years and it will be well worth the effort to seek them out to save some serious money.

These specials will appear in store in June, so keep in touch

Maxine and Peter

Fire Sales in NSW

Selling Off OUR KIDS Assets

Can anyone explain why the NSW government is hell-bent on selling all of our assets such as stock routes, crown land and the state lotteries? These are but a few of our publicly owned or controlled assets being actively sold off by government.

How can selling such assets be a solution? These have been accumulated over hundreds of years for future generations and should not be made available for sale. Short of nationalising assets, they can't be recovered once they have been sold. Where is the outcry and outrage?

Why is there such a need for funds that such "fire sales" are thought to be warranted? Are the policians in fear of losing their over generous benefits and perks? The drive to quit these assets resembles a stampede.

We have observed these actions for some time and can't believe it is continuing. Now the lotteries are going to be put up for sale. The result will affect hundreds of small businesses that use them as a pillar of their structure. When they eventually end up in the hands of giant corporations like Woolworths, it is likely that small business will get excluded. Another step towards a huge retail monopoly created by governments.

Maxine and Peter