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    Bridge taking shape

    Dawes Point, Sydney, where the biggest arch bridge in the world is slowly taking shape. — Otago...

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    Bridge taking shape

    Sydney: The work of constructing the bridge is proceeding so rapidly that it is expected that the first section of 238 feet will be ready for erection in June.

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    Larger celebrations

    Anzac Day at Dunedin: returned soldiers and a portion of the massed troops on the sports ground...

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    Larger celebrations

    Anzac Day, an anniversary of poignant but proud remembrance, was observed in Dunedin yesterday with ceremonies befitting the nature of the occasion and with appropriate tributes...

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    Home birth

    Elizabeth, Duchess of York (later Queen and future Queen Mother) with her baby, the future Queen...

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    Home birth

    London, April 21: The Duke of York’s baby was born at 2.40 in the morning at the residence of the Duchess’s parents.

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    Going for gold

    Two views of a new suction dredge being built at Maori Point on the Shotover River. At left rear...

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    Going for gold

    The Shotover Gold Dredging Company has found it necessary to lay a second line of pipes to bring in sufficient water for the driving of the electrical machinery.

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    Lights-on moment

    The electrically illuminated New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition buildings at...

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    Lights-on moment

    Only a few years ago, adequate and correct lighting was considered by the majority an expensive luxury.

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    Scout hall opened

    Some of those present at the opening of the Boy Scouts’ hall at St Kilda, showing the hall in the...

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    Scout hall opened

    The ceremony of opening the new hall for Boy Scouts was held on Saturday afternoon outside the hall, which is close to the St Kilda tram terminus. It is a substantial wooden structure 50 feet by...

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    Failure breeds success

    The transformation of Lake Onslow: view from the road. — Otago Witness, 27.4.1926

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    Failure breeds success

    Situated high up among the hills of Teviot, Otago is an artificial lake. In olden days its site was known as the Dismal Swamp, but some 30-odd years ago the idea was conceived of converting it into...

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    Tramway profits well up

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    Tramway profits well up

    The results of the operations of the trading departments of the City Corporation for the financial year which ended on the 31st March last afford a great deal of satisfaction to the ratepayers.

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    Births

    Mrs Haley (centre) with her triplets at El Nido Maternity Hospital, Dunedin. Mrs Haley is holding...

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    Births

    Haley: — On April 12, at Nurse Cupples’s, ‘‘El Nido,’’ Duke street, to Mr and Mrs W.H. Haley, 12 Greenock street, Kaikorai — triplets, two sons and a daughter.

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    They’re having a baby

    Prince Albert, Duke of York, the King’s second son, and his wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later...

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    They’re having a baby

    London, April 6 (Received April 7, at 5.5pm): The Duke and Duchess of York have moved to 17 Bruton street where the Duchess lived prior to her marriage. This will in future be their town house. — A...

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    Baptist rivalry

    Baptist Bible classes' South Island Easter camp at Temuka. — Otago Witness, Issue 3762, 20 April...

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    Baptist rivalry

    Temuka, April 6: Members of the Baptist Young Men’s Bible classes have been camped at the Temuka Domain for the Easter holidays, and favoured with fine weather, have had an enjoyable time. The...

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    Varsity records beaten

    B. Dunne (Otago) throws the 16-pound (about 7kg) hammer at the New Zealand Inter-University...

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    Varsity records beaten

    The athletic meeting in connection with the New Zealand inter-university tournament proved a most successful affair. The weather was fine, but a fairly brisk southwest wind blew down the Caledonian...