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Kiwi sheep on OE
An interesting and unique shipment which reached Britain’s shores last week was the consignment of six Corriedales (two shearling rams and four ewe hoggets) from Wellington, New Zealand.
100 years ago
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Exhibition’s little oasis ...
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Exhibition’s little oasis ...
The Fernery is a small structure enclosing a scene of remarkable beauty.
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California-Hawaii air attempt
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California-Hawaii air attempt
San Francisco, August 31: Two of the navy aeroplanes left on the flight to Hawaii at 2.42pm to-day. The forecast is for favourable weather, with 10 to 20-mile winds from the northeast. The planes...
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Homes moved for highway
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Homes moved for highway
Work in connection with the main highway is proceeding apace.
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Deserved win for NSW
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Deserved win for NSW
The match between an Otago-Southland team and New South Wales was played at Carisbrook on Saturday in dull weather before an attendance of about 7000 persons.
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‘We don’t want any duds’
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‘We don’t want any duds’
London, July 16: To-day 34 boys selected under the New Zealand Sheep Owners’ Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen’s Fund left Southampton by the Hororata.
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First Church: a ‘noble heritage’
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First Church: a ‘noble heritage’
First Church of Otago has reached almost a venerable age as far as this young country is concerned, and it has grown rich in the traditions of this province.
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Germany makes down payment
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Germany makes down payment
London, August 25: The arrival at Croydon to-day of the Junker Company’s triple-engined all-metal monoplane was witnessed by many prominent aviation people.
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Rail services sped up
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Rail services sped up
The Christchurch-Invercargill expresses, Christchurch-Dunedin, and Dunedin-Invercargill mail trains have been accelerated, the time of the journey being reduced in the case of the longer-distance...
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Explorers plan to sail to NZ
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Explorers plan to sail to NZ
London: An ex-naval man, William Unitt, intends to sail from Plymouth on September 3 for New Zealand in a nine-ton yawl-rigged boat.
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On this rock
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On this rock
There was a very large number at the site of the new Presbyterian church at Awamoko on Friday last, the occasion being the laying of the foundation stone.
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US fleet missed by many
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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.
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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...