Harrington’s hero was Major Deon Terreblanche – notorious for his killing sprees. ‘He was actually like my father. He was interested in my work. He always wanted to know how I was. He told me I personally have to fight against the ANC, because they were communists. He said he would see to it that I never get into trouble.’ But a kitskonstabel with ANC sympathies killed Terreblanche.

bow chaser; stern chaser

The Taiwanese milkfish industry has faced troubles in recent years, and in 2011 a state-owned PRC firm placed an order for the fish from the town of Syuejia (Xuejia) in Tainan County.

In our coppers we have fifths and tenths both of the pound and the ounce, so that a farthing thrown into the scale with our ounce is the equivalent (within one grain) to the so-called metric-ounce or sixteenth of 500 grammes, and with eight halfpence on the pound we get the half-kilo quite near enough for practical purposes.