100 years ago: July 1909

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A general view of the Abbotsford coalpits, near Dunedin. At left is Freeman's engine shed, in the centre, on the hill, is a sand pit and on the right the Fernhill coal mine. The Blackstone Hill Curling Club members who won the championship at the annual Bonspiel at Naseby. Delegates to the Imperial Press Conference arriving at Mansion House, London, for the Lord Mayor's luncheon. In the front car are Mr G. Fenwick, Editor of the Otago Daily Times and Mr Mark Cohen, editor of the Evening Star. The Governor, Lord Plunket, in dark suit on the verandah of the Government Buildings at Mangaia in the Cook Islands, addresses a crowd of local people. The man in white beside him is Major Large, the resident agent on the island. The s.s. Maheno entering the new dock at Port Chalmers after the official opening on June 30. The Union S.S. Co's turbine steamer Maheno in the new dock at Port Chalmers. The champion middleweight boxer at the New Zealand Championships S. Monaghan, shown with his trainer, E. Davies.
 

Photos from our daily '100 years ago' column, originally published in the Otago Witness of July 1909. Photo prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.

 

 

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