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US athletes attract crowd

Visiting United States athlete Lloyd Hahn wins the 440 yards (quarter mile; about 400m) handicap...

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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

Start of the first Sanders Cup yacht race, Otago Harbour. — Otago Witness, 2.3.1926

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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

Mr A.J. Cobham on his arrival at the Wynberg Aerodrome at Capetown after his 8000-mile flight...

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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

Suzanne Lenglen ready to drive (left) and shaking hands with Helen Wills after defeating her 6-3,...

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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

Nelson girl guides, Jean Sanders (left) and Jean Jones, were awarded silver medals for saving a...

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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

Port Chalmers, viewed from the Robert Falcon Scott monument looking towards Portobello. — Otago...

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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

Bowlers in their 80th year and over gather for ‘‘elderly bowlers’ day’’ at Dunedin Bowling Club. ...

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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

Pupils from 1856 to 1874 at the 70th anniversary of Green Island School. Otago Witness, 23.2.1926

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.

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Winner’s breeder Dunedin-bred

Mr J. S. Barrett's Count Cavour wins the Dunedin Cup at the Dunedin Jockey Club's autumn meeting...

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Winner’s breeder Dunedin-bred

There is a story based on fact that the Dunedin Cup has never been run in wet weather.

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Mack wins

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Mack wins

In the championship driving and yarding contest at the sheep dog trials, held on the Exhibition sports ground on Tuesday, Mr J. Donald, of Paerau, with his dog Mack, scored 46 points.

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Kaikorai murder trial opens

Nola Ellen Hart, and her two brothers, were allegedly murdered by their mother. — Otago Witness,...

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Kaikorai murder trial opens

At the Supreme Court yesterday Ellen Hart was charged with the murder of her three children — Lindsay Alexander Hart, aged five, Andrew William Hart, aged three years and five months, and Nola...

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Kuia laments her people’s absence

Mataatua, the ornate whare whakairo on display at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition,...

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Kuia laments her people’s absence

She stood looking mournfully at the Maori House, with its beautiful carvings and its ancient timbers. She was an old Maori with a proud, erect figure and, as she gazed up at the handiwork of her...

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Rebuild of Hillside announced

The railway workshops at Hillside, Dunedin, before they were "reorganised in accordance with the...

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Rebuild of Hillside announced

The final details for the reconstruction of the Hillside railway workshops have been arranged and within 12 months the work will be commenced.

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Ex-PM’s Green Island schooldays

Green Island Bush School, as it was then known, opened in 1856. — Otago Witness, 23.2.1926.

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Ex-PM’s Green Island schooldays

The 70th anniversary of the Green Island School, which was originally the Green Island Bush School, will be celebrated next week.

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Looking at fine detail

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Looking at fine detail

Institute of Optometrists of New Zealand conference in Dunedin

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Motor launch cruises NZ waters

Mr A.H. Court’s launch Ruamano in the boat harbour, Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 9.2.1926

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Motor launch cruises NZ waters

Glistening white from stem to stern, her graceful, sweeping lines lending an added touch of charm as she rose to the ocean swell

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Jubilation as Brits leave city

Quartermaster-Sergeant Greenwood hauls down the Union Jack from the British general headquarters...

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Jubilation as Brits leave city

Thousands of Germans packed the Cathedral Square at Cologne to witness the departure of the British troops.

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French rite in Queens Gardens

Captain Jean Decoux of the French naval sloop 'Cassiopee' arrives at the cenotaph (still under...

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French rite in Queens Gardens

The officers and crew of the French war sloop Cassiopee took part in a little ceremony at noon yesterday which could not fail to win the deep appreciation of the people of Dunedin and also of the...

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Close finishes at Forbury

The field leaves the straight in the Telegraph Handicap at the Forbury Park Trotting Club’s...

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Close finishes at Forbury

The Forbury Park Trotting Club’s summer meeting concluded in fine weather and the final card attracted one of the largest attendances ever seen on the course.

Eponymous

The Water of Leith at Woodhaugh Gardens, Dunedin. Otago Witness, 23.2.1926

Eponymous

Once upon a time, when attending an Imperial Conference, Sir Joseph Ward after London visited Edinburgh. Possibly they gave him a civic reception.

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