100 years ago: January 1910

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Basaltic rocks, Mt Cargill. The view from above the Blue Spur claim, Gabriel's Gully, with the township of Blue Spur at the upper right. A large crowd watching the finals of the New Zealand Bowling Association's annual tournament at the Dunedin green. Bullock wagons carrying heavy loads of grass seed to the steamer at Little Akaloa, Banks Peninsula. The Caledonian Club rink, third in the championship at the NZ Bowling Association's tournament. From left: J. Veitch, H. J. Martin, H. Campbell, D. Smith (skip). A tourist's paradise: one of the many delightful boating places in Dusky Sound. An exhibitor en route to the Blueskin A. and P. Society's 42nd summer show at Waitati: Mr James Kay, 45 years resident in the district. Starting the first tunnel for the Westport-Reefton railway. This photograph was taken at Te Kuha, where the line starts to go through the Buller Gorge. The judges of the dancing at the Southland Caledonian Society's Invercargill sports. From left, Messrs Jas McGregor, W. McCrostie and John McGregor. The mail room at the Chief Post Office, Dunedin. During the week ended on Christmas Eve 5970 bags and hampers of mail matter were dealt with. One business firm alone posted 53,000 articles for distribution. Maori princess Plara Nene is a direct descendant of a chief and possesses a most remarkable voice, something between a tenor and a bass. She recently made her debut at the Queen's Gate Hall in London, singing 'Come into the garden, Maud'. Her dress, of Maori work is worth 300 guineas and is said to be one of the finest specimens of embroidery in existence. Mount Charles (1340ft; 408m) Otago Peninsula. Two traction engines tow a wagon to Kaikorai Valley with a new rope, weighing 17.5 tons for the Roslyn Tramway Company. The New Zealand Express Company's eight storey reinforced concrete building, Bond and Crawford Streets, Dunedin, under construction. The old mill at Tapanui. The Public Works Department staff in Dunedin. The Roslyn team, runners-up in the rinks at NZ Bowling Association's annual tournament in Dunedin. From left: G. Wedderspoon, A. Barnett, E. H. Fountain, W.A. Wilkinson. Yachts leave the entrance of Otago Harbour at the start of the race for the Rudder Cup. Entrants in the South Canterbury Motor Cycle Club's reliability trials from Timaru to Dunedin and back, held on December 25, 26 and 27. Workers struggle to move the piano salvaged from the beached 'Waikare' for loading onto a launch and then the 'Moura' for shipping back to Dunedin. The piano, one of Schiedmayer's famous instruments, reached Dunedin in perfect order after four days' exposure to the Stop Island camp, according to Chas Begg and Co Ltd, the suppliers. The 'Ruru' laying well out during a race at the Broad Bay regatta on New Year's Day. A competitor clears the bar in the pole vault at the Southland Caledonian Society's sports in Invercargill. A fortunate ending to shipwreck: some of the passengers and crew of the 'Waikare' on Stop Island, Dusky Sound, shortly after the vessel was beached on January 4. The Waitahuna Brass Band at Waitahuna Agricultural Show, December 28, 1909. Wakatipu Bowling green in the Queenstown domain. Visitors at the Taieri Mouth ferry at the site of the proposed new bridge.
 

These photos first appeared in The Otago Witness in January 1910. Photo prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.

 

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