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    Wakatipu dam site busy

    One of 10 planned sluice gates for the Kawarau Falls dam awaits installation. — Otago Witness, 14...

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    Wakatipu dam site busy

    Rapid progress is being made with the construction of the piers of the Kawarau Gold Mining Company’s dam. The first pier is almost completed, while a start has been made with the second.

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    Dodgshun wins

    Mrs Dodgshun, of Dunedin, winner of the Otago Ladies Golf Championship. Otago Witness, 12.5.1925

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    Dodgshun wins

    The ladies’ golf tournament was brought to a conclusion on the Balmacewen Links on Saturday, when the final round of the championship of Otago was played.

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    Watts happening at Monowai

    Public works minister Gordon Coates opens the Monowai power station. — Otago Witness, 12.5.1925

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    Watts happening at Monowai

    Probably the largest procession of motor vehicles that has been seen in Invercargill left yesterday morning for the Southland Power Board’s power station at Monowai, where the official opening...

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    You have been warned

    Lawyers Head, on Dunedin’s south coast. — Otago Witness, 28.4.1925 

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    You have been warned

    At 10.30am tomorrow, the artillerymen of the local staff of the Defence Department will hold firing practice from Lawyers’ Head to White Island.

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    Expo holds Anzac service

    Anzac Day procession down Union St, Dunedin on April 25, 1925. — Otago Witness, 5.5.1925

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    Expo holds Anzac service

    From an early hour in the afternoon, it was evident that all roads in Dunedin were leading to the Exhibition building, where the Returned Soldiers’ Association was holding its...