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Mussolini survives — by a nose
Rome, April 7: While Signor Mussolini was leaving the International Congress of Surgery, an elderly woman fired a revolver almost point-blank, wounding him slightly in the nose. Signor Mussolini...
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They’re having a baby
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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
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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
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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...
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‘Christies’ marks 50 years
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‘Christies’ marks 50 years
Yesterday (Easter Sunday), mass was celebrated at St Joseph’s Cathedral at half-past 8 o’clock for the ex-pupils who had assembled from all parts of the Dominion to co-operate with those resident...
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Architect has bust up with uni
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Architect has bust up with uni
The bust of Lord Lister in the Exhibition Art Gallery has been admired by thousands of visitors. It is an exquisite piece of sculpture and it is pleasing to know that it is to be retained in Dunedin.
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When the carnival is over
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When the carnival is over
The Exhibition months have sped by on lightning wings, and in another four weeks the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition will have run its course. Dunedin without an Exhibition seems now almost...
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Octagon litter disappoints
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Octagon litter disappoints
‘‘I wish the corporation would do something more than it is doing to stop the waste paper nuisance about the streets,” said the Hon G.M. Thomson at the annual meeting of the Amenities Society...
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You’d be a nutter to work here
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You’d be a nutter to work here
On Fanning Island there are over a quarter of a million palms bearing good fruit or just coming into profit, while different parts of the island are being cleared and thousands of young trees are...
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Phone cable laid across strait
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Phone cable laid across strait
Wellington, March 26: At 9 o'clock this morning the final touches were put to the splicing of the new Cook Strait telephone cable and at a point a little distance from Blind River the last loop of...
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Expo treat for Queenstown pupils
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Expo treat for Queenstown pupils
Upwards of 50 of the children attending three or four of the schools in Queenstown and the immediate district set out this morning on their pilgrimage to the Exhibition.
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Running their own race
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Running their own race
The New Zealand championships were favoured with fine weather, and in consequence two large attendances were recorded.
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Grooming the Sphinx
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Grooming the Sphinx
The Sphinx is being cleaned and repaved by M. Baraize. He (the Egyptian Sphinx was not a she, but a very masculine person indeed) is now for the first time since Ptolemaic days being disencumbered...
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Big game fishing
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Big game fishing
Mr Zane Grey's visit to New Zealand has attracted attention to catching the swordfish, a pastime that seems to be as fascinating as chasing the deer and following the roe. The well-armed swordfish...
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All revved up
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All revved up
A gorgeous day, a perfect vista of sea, sky, and hill, a magnificent speedway of Nature’s own construction, the smell of petrol and burnt castor oil.
‘Uh oh,’ said the fantail
‘Uh oh,’ said the fantail
Visitors who have recently travelled over the track from Lake Manapouri to Doubtful Sound report that the party of surveyors which is engaged there by the Public Works Department to ascertain...
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Having a grand old time
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Having a grand old time
A white-haired old lady sat in her invalid’s chair in the Grand Court at the Exhibition listening intently to the music of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders’ Band.
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Waiata, haka at expo
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Waiata, haka at expo
A special attraction in the Education Court last evening at the Exhibition was an enjoyable Native concert given by the Maori children of the Arowhenua School, Temuka.
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Blame levelled at motorists
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Blame levelled at motorists
Level crossings do not present a problem that is peculiar to New Zealand.
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Keeping cows well-stoked
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Keeping cows well-stoked
The cow is simply an organic engine for manufacturing milk, and like the steam engine, she must be supplied in the first with fuel or fodder to create energy sufficient to move her own body from...