100 years ago: June 1910

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Agricultural Hall, Otago A and P Society hall, Crawford St, 1910. Mustering on Cairn Hill station, the property of Messrs Sutherland Bros, Southland. Captain Robert Falcon Scott, who is preparing for the South Pole expedition, visits the Terra Nova in the East India dock, where she is undergoing her final overhaul. A settler's first home in the backblocks: an old fern tree house at Catlins. A serviceable pastime of the backblocks. School children sledging firewood home at Catlins. Christchurch to Akaroa reliability and fuel consumption trial on March 17, on the Dyer's Pass road (from left) Dr Simpson's Clement Bayard (French Talbot), Adams Ltd Talbot (15 -28 hp) and another Adams Ltd Talbot (12-22hp). This beautiful design in fancy butter gained first prise at the Otago A. and P. Society's winter show for Mrs J. Belcher. The Farman biplane on which M. Paulhan made his victorious flight from London to Manchester securing the Daily Mail's 10,000-pound prize. Fern Bank farm at Waitahuna. Well-known Otago road cyclist Finlay Anderson. Cannabis culture: Department of Agriculture Hemp exhibit at the 1910 Otago A and P show.a Knox Church, Dunedin in June 1910. L Potter, captain of the University First Fifteen. Harvesting near Lake Hayes, in the Wakatipu district, Otago. A tramping group inside the crater of Mt Taranaki. 'Old Joe', a familiar figure to weekenders at Purakaunui. Oriental Bay, Wellington and the suburban residences overlooking it. The Post and Telegraph office at Te Oneroa, Preservation Inlet. Monoplane made by Mr H Pither of Invercargill has wing span 20ft, 26ft long, 6ft 6in propellor. Chassis and wing of steel, engine 40hp, weight 500lb. Mr Pither is a well known cyclist, who won two championships in Otago in 1895. The captain of the Ravensbourne Association Football Club, R Barlow. The rabbit trapping season in Otago: A large collection of skins at Malaghan's. The bread, scones and cake section at the Otago A and P Society's winter show included some tempting examples of the home-baking housewife's skill. Sir George McLean speaking at the opening of the new stewards' stand at the Otago Racing Club's Wingatui course. The Town Clerk of Dunedin and his staff. At back (from left):Messrs J Jacobs, RW Richards (town clerk and city engineer). In front: Messrs RA Johnston, SP Reynolds and RCT Evans. A splendid display of apples grown by Messrs Waigth and Sons in the Roxburgh district, exhibited at the Otago A. and P. Society's winter show. A crop of velvet wheat in the stook, grown by Mr H. Saunders, racecourse, Waimate. When threshed it yielded 50.5. bushels of prime quality wheat to the acre. Wheat fields in Canterbury. Mr Wright's first prize sheaf stack at the recent Winton show.
 

Photos from our daily '100 years ago' column, originally published in the Otago Witness of June 1910.

Photo prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.

 

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