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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.
100 years ago
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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.
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Doctor’s pride and joy
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Doctor’s pride and joy
Dr Moody spends most of his spare time cruising about the harbour in his fine launch Queen of Beauty.
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Highway network grows
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Highway network grows
In his Public Works Statement, laid on the table of the House of Representatives yesterday, the Hon J.G. Coates says the expenditure for the financial year ended March 31, 1925 exceeded that of the previous year, which represented a record for this branch of the department’s activities.
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Flight attempt ends in tragedy
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Flight attempt ends in tragedy
Paris, September 13.
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Spanish, French advance on Rif
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Spanish, French advance on Rif
Madrid, September 12: The Riffs are strongly pressing Tetuan.
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Aviators found alive and well
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Aviators found alive and well
Honolulu: The officers and men of PN9-1 were found alive and well adrift in the Pacific by a United States submarine on Thursday afternoon 15 miles east of Kauai.
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Parliament spends a night ...
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Parliament spends a night ...
Wellington, September 10.
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Team faces serious opposition
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Team faces serious opposition
The Peter Dawson Cup match between Canterbury and Otago, at the Caledonian Ground on Saturday, should provide the public with an interesting exhibition.
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NZ soldier’s journey to court
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NZ soldier’s journey to court
London, July 29: Events moved very rapidly with Mr W.O. Clark when he reached London en route to Cologne to give evidence in connection with the death of Cyril Cromar.
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Father, daughter ‘all well’
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Father, daughter ‘all well’
London, September 6: A liner spoke to Mr Unitt in the middle of the Bay of Biscay. The voyagers reported "All well."
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100 years ago
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100 years ago
On Saturday afternoon a few eddying flakes of snow were to be seen, but they had passed away by evening.
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Survivors cling to torn airship
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Survivors cling to torn airship
Washington, September 3: Fourteen officers and men were killed when the navy dirigible Shenandoah crashed in a windstorm 10 miles north of Belle Valley (Ohio) early on Thursday.
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Kiwi sheep on OE
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Kiwi sheep on OE
An interesting and unique shipment which reached Britain’s shores last week was the consignment of six Corriedales (two shearling rams and four ewe hoggets) from Wellington, New Zealand.