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Blustery day at the Cale
The Otago amateur athletic championships were decided on the Caledonian Ground on Saturday before an attendance of about 1200.
100 years ago
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Omimi stud’s record cow
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Omimi stud’s record cow
The Rosevale Stud is famous for being the home of Burkeyje Sylvia Posch, now recognised as the greatest cow in the world.
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Level crossing dilemma
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Level crossing dilemma
In a statement covering efforts to minimise the dangers of level crossings, the Secretary of the Railways Board said that it was impossible to eliminate them all on account of the cost.
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Rotary’s Fijian guests
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Rotary’s Fijian guests
The inaugural gathering in connection with the New Zealand Rotary Clubs’ Conference was held in the Allen Hall last evening, when some 500 rotarians, their wives and daughters, were present.
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Brigade over drills
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Brigade over drills
The forty-seventh annual meeting of the United Fire Brigades’ Association was concluded at the Central Fire Station.
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Seafarer drowned; another missing
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Seafarer drowned; another missing
Auckland, March 1: It was reported from Te Paki station that this morning a wreck resulting in the loss of life had occurred a few miles from Cape Maria Van Diemen, when the schooner-rigged steamer...
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Quickstep honours to Auckland
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Quickstep honours to Auckland
Quickstep Day of the New Zealand Band Championships on Saturday was ushered in with a steady and continuous downpour of rain which lasted with only brief interruptions throughout the day, and...
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Eiffel stunt ends in tragedy
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Eiffel stunt ends in tragedy
Paris, February 24: A bet made by an airman named Leon Collet that he would fly beneath the Eiffel Tower had a tragic ending. The airman accomplished the actual feat, but when attempting to rise...
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Believing in success
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Believing in success
Captain Amundsen is confident of passing over the North Pole in an Italian dirigible of the semi-rigid type from Spitzbergen to Point Barrow, Alaska, in May.
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Sanders Cup is Canterbury’s cup
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Sanders Cup is Canterbury’s cup
A magnificent race, fought out grimly by two expert skippers and crews, resulted in Canterbury at last winning the coveted Sanders Cup on Otago Harbour yesterday afternoon.
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Most beautiful race
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Most beautiful race
Avalon, the Auckland champion 14-footer, registered her second victory in the 1926 Sanders Cup contest by winning the fourth race after a close and exciting contest with Betty, the Canterbury...
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Superior to windward
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Superior to windward
Betty, the new Canterbury 14-footer, registered an easy victory in the third race for the Sanders Cup, sailed yesterday morning over a windward and leeward course on the Upper Harbour.
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US athletes attract crowd
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US athletes attract crowd
It is seldom that champion athletes from overseas come this way, and so it was not surprising that a crowd of well over 3000 should be present at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday.
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Auckland yacht cruises to win
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Auckland yacht cruises to win
Avalon, the new Auckland 14-footer, registered an easy victory in the first race of the 1926 Sanders Cup contest, sailed on Otago Harbour yesterday morning.
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Flight path to South Africa
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Flight path to South Africa
Capetown, February 17 (received February 18, at 5.5pm) Mr Alan Cobham has arrived, concluding a flight of 2020 miles from Croydon Aerodrome, London.— Reuter.
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Lenglen overcomes Wills
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Lenglen overcomes Wills
Cannes, February 16 (received February 17, at 5.5pm): The score in the match between Mademoiselle Lenglen and Miss Helen Wills was 6-3, 8-6, in favour of the former.
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Awards to Guides for brave act
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Awards to Guides for brave act
Jean Jones and Jean Sanders, of the Port Nelson Girl Guides Company, who last year saved a lady from drowning in the Motueka River, have each been awarded a silver medal.
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Road workers busy in Port
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Road workers busy in Port
At the monthly meeting of the Port Chalmers Council, the Works Committee reported that the principal work of the past three weeks had been the new concrete channel in George St.
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Rain does not stop play
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Rain does not stop play
The twelfth anniversary of the Elderly Bowlers Day took place on Saturday on the Dunedin bowling green.
Green Island School at 70
Green Island School at 70
An important event in the history of Green Island — the seventieth anniversary of the opening of the school — is being celebrated at present, the functions being spread over three days.