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Laundry shed in hot water
Rotorua: A new geyser which developed destructive tendencies the other day and destroyed Mr K. Simpson’s washhouse near the Utahina Bridge, had a brief but spectacular career.
100 years ago
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Lost leopard found drowned
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Lost leopard found drowned
Auckland, October 11: The alarms and excursions regarding the female leopard which escaped from the Zoo on September 16 were ended today when the beast was found drowned in Lady Bay, near St Heliers.
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Stanley, 6, found alive
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Stanley, 6, found alive
Oamaru, October 8: The community rejoiced yesterday
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Exhibit delivered by air
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Exhibit delivered by air
One of the Defence Department’s exhibits for the Exhibition arrived in Dunedin on Tuesday at noon in the form of an aeroplane piloted by Captain Findlay.
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Coleridge search continues
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Coleridge search continues
Christchurch, October 6: The search for the bodies of the three men killed in the Lake Coleridge tunnel disaster is being kept up unceasingly, and the new drive is expected to be completed tonight.
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Waitati road consumes budget
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Waitati road consumes budget
The free grants to district councils, as stated in the Estimates, are:
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Two of five tunnellers survive
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Two of five tunnellers survive
Christchurch, October 4: After nearly 40 hours’ feverish work the two men, Hugh Daly and Gordon Archer, who were entombed in the fall of earth in No 2 tunnel at Lake Coleridge on Friday, were...
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Five tunnellers trapped
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Five tunnellers trapped
Christchurch, October 2: Five men were entombed by a fall of earth at the outlet end of a tunnel in the course of excavation work at Lake Coleridge at 6.45am to-day.
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Leader of upper house retires
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Leader of upper house retires
Wellington, October 1: The Attorney-general (Sir Francis Bell) officially took farewell of his colleagues in the Legislative Council
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Carnival at Logan Park
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Carnival at Logan Park
The spirit of carnival was abroad last evening for the curtain-raiser of the Exhibition
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Butter flies off the shelves
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Butter flies off the shelves
London: On the August bank holiday 45,000 people visited the New Zealand pavilion at Wembley, and 15,000 attended the cinema show.
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Cancer needs more power — prof
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Cancer needs more power — prof
Auckland, September 28: Sir Ernest Rutherford, when interviewed, said he was here only to see his people, particularly his mother.
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Spring at the gardens
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Spring at the gardens
Taking the Botanical Gardens as the barometer of the seasons, one can say with confidence that spring has really come.
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Board thwarts council plot
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Board thwarts council plot
At yesterday’s meeting of the Otago Harbour Board the Chairman (Mr L. Loudon), with the aid of a plan, explained the position regarding a triangular piece of land at the intersection of Harrow and Hanover streets, leased by the executors of the late George Morgan.
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Italian-Prussian union
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Italian-Prussian union
Rome, September 23: Princess Mafalda was to-day married to Prince Philip of Hesse in the presence of the Royal Family in medieval and almost pastoral settings.
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Realistic diorama at expo
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Realistic diorama at expo
Work on the majority of the provincial courts at the Exhibition seems to be progressing steadily.
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Forth St bridge unboxed
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Forth St bridge unboxed
The new traffic bridge in Forth Street has now emerged from its chrysalis of forms and seeming tangle of reinforcement, and is now nearing the completion stage.
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Otago beats Wanganui ...
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Otago beats Wanganui ...
By defeating Wanganui at Carisbrook on Saturday in the last match of the season Otago saved itself from a “wooden spoon” record.
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Kaikorai best school choir
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Kaikorai best school choir
The annual sessions of the Dunedin Competitions were continued yesterday at Burns Hall, the Victoria Hall and in His Majesty’s Theatre.
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Kiwi WW1 hero’s Channel attempt
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Kiwi WW1 hero’s Channel attempt
Lieutenant-colonel Bernard C. Freyberg’s effort was a remarkable one for a man who had indulged in no special training for the great trial.