Fed: Oddities of the week

AAP General News (Australia)
02-06-2004
Fed: Oddities of the week

SYDNEY, Feb 6 AAP - Oddities of the week:

+ A gesture of trans-Tasman pride by one Melbourne couple has angered war veterans
who desribed the naming of the pair's newborn son "Anzac" as disrespectful. Australian-born
Gaylene George and her Kiwi partner, Reimana Pirika, said the name was a tribute to the
baby's Australasian heritage. "If we have to change it, I think we would turn the C in
Anzac into a K," Ms George said.

+ Cricketers with blurry vision may have a slight advantage over their keener eyed
teammates. A University of NSW study shows the last minute …