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US fleet missed by many
Under grey skies, but in fine weather and mild for the season of the year, the visit of a section of the United States fleet to Dunedin drew to a close yesterday afternoon.
100 years ago
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22 namesakes in rugby squad
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22 namesakes in rugby squad
New light has been thrown on the hereditary transmission of acquired characteristics by a remarkable football match which was to have been played at Balfour on August 8.
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Fellow men join at Forbury
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Fellow men join at Forbury
Beautifully fine weather ushered in the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s welcome meeting to the visiting American naval men.
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US sailors play ball
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US sailors play ball
Not as many as might have been expected seized the opportunity of witnessing an exhibition of the great American national game of baseball at Carisbrook yesterday afternoon.
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Dunedin sky lit up
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Dunedin sky lit up
It is a week to-day since Dunedin gave its first welcome to the 15 vessels that comprise its contingent of the American fleet now in New Zealand, and each day of that week has seen an increase of...
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Extra rations arrive
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Extra rations arrive
American store ship USS Arctic arrived in the lower harbour yesterday morning after a passage of 27 days from San Francisco.
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Roles shift in Parliament
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Roles shift in Parliament
Wellington, August 13: The House met at 2.30pm.
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Making another print run
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Making another print run
Tucked away in the after part of the American "mother ship" Melville is a printer’s shop.
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Diffident in Dunedin
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Diffident in Dunedin
There were small white hats to the extent of about 1100 bobbing about Dunedin’s streets yesterday as their owners — sailors belonging to the visiting squadron of the United States Navy, made the...
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Pōmare whānau honoured
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Pōmare whānau honoured
Wellington, August 10: This afternoon the Prime Minister (the Hon J.G. Coates) took the opportunity of presenting Sir Maui Pomare, Lady Pomare and Miss Pomare with tokens of affection from the...
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A good run
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A good run
The St Kilda Harriers held their weekly run from the Anglican Boys’ Home, Anderson’s Bay, on Saturday. There were some 20 runners.
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Over there
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Over there
Sydney, July 30: There is a distinct American flavour about Sydney just now — in the shops, in the streets, in the trams, in fact, wherever one moves.
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A fine undertaking
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A fine undertaking
A very fine specimen of the motor body builder’s art is to be seen in the new motor hearse which has recently been built to the order of Messrs Hugh Gourley Ltd by Messrs A. Roberts and Son, of...
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Southland held to draw
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Southland held to draw
According to all reports, Otago were a trifle lucky at Invercargill to retain the Peter Dawson Cup, which they have held since 1922.
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Whanganui wreck sold bit by bit
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Whanganui wreck sold bit by bit
The wreck of the Cyrena at Wanganui is disintegrating under the effect of heavy southerly seas.
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‘Port Dunedin’ in Dunedin
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‘Port Dunedin’ in Dunedin
The new motor ship Port Dunedin, the first motor vessel to come to New Zealand from London direct, arrived off the Heads at 9am on Sunday and remained at an anchorage until yesterday morning off...
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Second time round for Brown
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Second time round for Brown
E.L. Brown, the Civil Service runner, who won the Otago Five Miles Crosscountry Championship in 28min 4sec at Wingatui last year, succeeded in lowering his own record by winning this year’s race at...
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Clowns’ street sale
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Clowns’ street sale
Yesterday, for the commercial travellers of Dunedin, was not as other days spent seeking out purchasers for gross, hundredweights or yards of whatever they had to offer.
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Maiden voyage to namesake city
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Maiden voyage to namesake city
Considerable interest is being taken in the coming visit to Dunedin of the new motor vessel Port Dunedin, which left London on June 26 on her maiden voyage.
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People pose as ceramic dolls
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People pose as ceramic dolls
His Majesty’s Theatre has seldom been so completely filled as it was last evening when a miscellaneous programme of a most entertaining character was presented.