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Dancing 'clean recreation'
Mrs Ethel Gaskell, the well-known society dancing hostess, basing her remarks on the news that the Church of New Zealand has said definitely that dancing is "immoral."
100 years ago
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Display of scoutcraft
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Display of scoutcraft
Some 1200 boy scouts of all ages and sizes attended the Exhibition sports ground yesterday afternoon for the second display of scoutcraft
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World’s largest dam opened
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World’s largest dam opened
January 18: The Khartoum streets were beflagged and large crowds assembled to meet Lord and Lady Lloyd when the British High Commissioner in Egypt formally opened the Makwar Dam, the gigantic...
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Animals killed for food
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Animals killed for food
To the editor: Sir, I sat at the SPCA conference the other day and listened to the discussions, and what struck me most forcibly was that in discussing means of slaughtering animals by a body of...
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Scouts attend knee drill
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Scouts attend knee drill
Yesterday a church parade was held on the Oval, at which about 1000 Sea and Boy Scouts were present.
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Milford remains inviolate
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Milford remains inviolate
A few months ago there was a vigorous local discussion over a proposal to establish works at Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, for the extraction of nitrates from the air.
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Young swimmer crosses harbour
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Young swimmer crosses harbour
In swimming across the Otago Harbour yesterday morning Miss Kathleen Miller, a 16-year-old pupil of Mr H.E. Olds (custodian of the Municipal Baths) accomplished a feat
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Sailing dinghy impresses
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Sailing dinghy impresses
Colleen, Carl Moller’s Takapuna one-design boat, visited Ravensbourne on Sunday morning and her appearance caused quite a flutter of excitement among the youths and boys sailing small boats.
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Mourners wear daisies for queen
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Mourners wear daisies for queen
The funeral of Queen Margherita was the most imposing ever accorded an Italian Queen.
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Scout jamboree opens
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Scout jamboree opens
The Exhibition Jamboree which was officially opened at Tahuna Park yesterday morning is a big event not only in the history of the Scout Movement in these lands, but — so there is good reason to...
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Digging for doubloons
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Digging for doubloons
Hunting for treasure in the time-honoured way is usually a futile business, right from the time the get-rich-quick adventurer charters his yacht and sets sail for the islands of the blest until he...
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Cometh the man
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Cometh the man
The Axemen’s Carnival again drew a large crowd last evening when some keen contests were witnessed.
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Queenstown busy
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Queenstown busy
Queenstown has been revelling in blue skies, brilliant sunshine and midsummer warmth. Every day dawns fine, and at the close of each we can refer to it as "a perfect day."
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Record tonnage at port
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Record tonnage at port
Complete figures compiled by the secretary of the Otago Harbour Board disclose the fact that shipping berthed at Dunedin and Port Chalmers on January 5 constituted a record for the port.
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Eton is a mess
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Eton is a mess
London, January 4: After a rise of nine inches during the night the Thames to-day is still rising.
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Sarcophagus of value
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Sarcophagus of value
Cairo, January 3: Eight men were required to carry the golden coffin and royal mask of Tutankhamen, which was brought here from Luxor, and is now in the Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo.
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Flooding in Netherlands
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Flooding in Netherlands
Amsterdam, January 2 (Received Jan 3, at 5.5pm): A dyke on the Meuse, near Cuyck, collapsed, torrents of water rushing into the eastern part of the province.
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A great display of pyrotechnics
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A great display of pyrotechnics
It is many years since Dunedin people have been offered anything ambitious in the way of a fireworks display and undoubtedly the promised £500 demonstration was one of the outstanding events at the...
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School marks jubilee one year late
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School marks jubilee one year late
For over 50 years the Clinton School has stood at the northern end of the town, and when its jubilee was celebrated yesterday many acquaintances were renewed.
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Cyclists looking back
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Cyclists looking back
The two-day professional sports meeting of the New Zealand Athletic and Cycling Union was commenced yesterday at the Caledonian Ground.