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Mayor’s treat for 400 orphans
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Mayor’s treat for 400 orphans
“I was on the scenic railway for the first time to-day, and enjoyed it thoroughly.’’
100 years ago
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A fishy tale
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A fishy tale
The other evening three fishers went sailing away to the west of Wakatipu as the sun went down.
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Three million cheers
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Three million cheers
Three lucky ladies were hailed as prize winners yesterday.
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But does it have a toilet?
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But does it have a toilet?
The caravan has made its appearance on the roads of New Zealand, and is now resting in a pleasant green cutting under a tall stone-faced hill, a little distance beyond the...
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Bridge taking shape
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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
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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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Buy a poppy, by George
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Buy a poppy, by George
Yesterday marked two distinct occasions; one a national one, the other local. It was St George’s Day and it was Poppy Day.
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Home birth
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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
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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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No End to Exhibition
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No End to Exhibition
“The Exhibition closes on May 1, but does it end there?”
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Lights-on moment
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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
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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
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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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Gratitude due Knox founder
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Gratitude due Knox founder
Professor Hewitson, master of Knox College, acknowledging on Sunday last the presentation to the college of a tablet in memory of the Rev. D. Cameron, first chairman of the college.
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Births
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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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First leg of Arctic attempt
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First leg of Arctic attempt
Captain Amundsen’s airship the Norge has arrived at Pulham. The Norge’s flight occupied 30 consecutive hours. The best speed was 70 miles hourly.
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‘Dunedin’ tugs ‘Dunedin’ in Dunedin
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‘Dunedin’ tugs ‘Dunedin’ in Dunedin
His Majesty’s warship Dunedin, flagship of the New Zealand Naval Division, and HMS Diomede arrived at Dunedin on Saturday afternoon.
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Railway station worth a look
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Railway station worth a look
The flower garden at the Green Island Railway Station, which was bracketed with Wingatui for second place in the competition recently promoted by the Otago Women’s Club, presents a very beautiful...
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Mussolini survives — by a nose
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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...