Opinion

    Bohemian revolution

    A scene in the Haast and Landsborough Country. - Otago Witness, 27.6.1917.

    Bohemian revolution

    Revolutions are becoming so much the order of the day that there is no occasion for much surprise that one is said to have broken out in Bohemia among the Czech population, and that Prague and...

    Elderly combatant

    New Zealanders on a troopship, ready to join their comrades in the trenches. - Otago Witness, 27.6.1917.

    Elderly combatant

    Mr W. C. Chatfield, of Island Bay, tells a good story of a gallant son of the Empire, who will be remembered by many of the more elderly residents of Wellington.

    Anzacs buried at Capetown

    Panoramic view of the lower Silverstream Valley from Leishman's Hill, Whare Flat, looking towards North Taieri. - Otago Witness, 20.6.1917.

    Anzacs buried at Capetown

    A little while ago the members of the Capetown Anzac Committee decided to undertake the care of the graves of the Australian and New Zealand soldiers who died at Capetown, either on their way to or...

    Germany and Russia

    Artillerymen outside a dugout during the Somme advance. - Otago Witness, 20.6.1917

    Germany and Russia

    It is authentically reported that Germany has indicated to Russia that a peace without annexations, and with no indemnities, would be acceptable to her.

    Independence for girls

    A useful German car fitted with barbed wire cutters, captured on the Oise front. - Otago Witness, 20.6.1917.

    Independence for girls

    A plea for the girls who are to be the mothers of the future was made at the Arbitration Court at Auckland on Monday by Mrs Baume, who appeared on behalf of the union in the Upholstresses' dispute.

    Disorderly house

    Messengers and chauffeurs of the Central Post Office, Dunedin, 1917. Back row: W. J. McCallion, W. H. Drain, S. E. Wragge, T. Lyons. Second row: J. Monaghan, J. A. Weir, W. R. Robertson, J. O. Armour, H. T. Cameron. Third row: A. V. Bowden, L. P. Standen

    Disorderly house

    A sidelight into the sadness which mars the happiness of some homes was furnished in the Police Court yesterday, when a well-dressed and attractive young married woman appeared before Mr H. A....

    United States conscription

    The Otago and Southland troop of the 30th Reinforcements at Featherston Camp. Back row (from left...

    United States conscription

    The Otago and Southland troop of the 30th Reinforcements at Featherston Camp. Back row (from left): Troopers Welsh, Bull, McWha, Duggin, McKenzie, Pollock. Second row: Troopers Dyar, Phillips, Brockett, Graham, Brooks, Stewart, Wright. Third row: Troopers Mincher, McRae, Houghton, Sinclair, Borland, Sergeant Young, Troopers Hall, Frame and Nicholl. Front row: Troopers Pringle, McColl and Dalton.

    USSCO sale questioned

    The residence of Mrs Robert Cullen and her daughter, at Allanton, on the Taieri Plain. Two sons...

    USSCO sale questioned

    It is apparent that an acute difference of opinion exists among local holders of shares in the Union Steam Ship Company respecting the proposal for the sale of their interest in the company to the...

    Mutton birds for Maori troops

    Three well-known old time shearers: Steve Boreham (60), highest tally 172; Jacob Boreham (54),...

    Mutton birds for Maori troops

    Three well-known old time shearers: Steve Boreham (60), highest tally 172; Jacob Boreham (54), highest tally 158; J. A. Boreham (53), highest tally 172. In their time, each of the brothers has shorn more than 200 sheep in one day.

    Electricity development

    Boys from the special school at Otekaike, North Otago, gathering a crop of potatoes - one of the branches of farm work in which some of them are engaged. - Otago Witness, 13.6.1917.

    Electricity development

    Mr E. E. Stark, city electrical engineer of Christchurch, is at present on a visit to Wanganui, and in the course of an interview (says the special correspondent of the Dominion) predicted...

    Destruction of Rheims

    With the British Army on the Western Front: getting the big gun nicknamed ``Granny'' ready to fire at the German lines. - Otago Witness, 13.6.1917

    Destruction of Rheims

    The martyrdom of Rheims increases daily, and though the enemy no longer of late has shelled the cathedral, he is evidently bent on the systematic destruction of the town.

    Historical floods

    British troops entering the ruins of the town of Peronne, in Northern France, after driving out...

    Historical floods

    British troops entering the ruins of the town of Peronne, in Northern France, after driving out German forces. - Otago Witness, 6.6.1917.

    Cattle lifting

    Allanton railway station and surroundings during the recent floods on the Taieri Plain.- Otago...

    Cattle lifting

    A case reminiscent of many came up before the Auckland Land Board when a returned soldier, who owns 200 acres in the neighbourhood of Mercer, applied for 300 acres of land adjoining his holding.
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