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Believing in success
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Believing in success
Captain Amundsen is confident of passing over the North Pole in an Italian dirigible of the semi-rigid type from Spitzbergen to Point Barrow, Alaska, in May.
100 years ago
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Sanders Cup is Canterbury’s cup
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Sanders Cup is Canterbury’s cup
A magnificent race, fought out grimly by two expert skippers and crews, resulted in Canterbury at last winning the coveted Sanders Cup on Otago Harbour yesterday afternoon.
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Most beautiful race
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Most beautiful race
Avalon, the Auckland champion 14-footer, registered her second victory in the 1926 Sanders Cup contest by winning the fourth race after a close and exciting contest with Betty, the Canterbury...
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Superior to windward
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Superior to windward
Betty, the new Canterbury 14-footer, registered an easy victory in the third race for the Sanders Cup, sailed yesterday morning over a windward and leeward course on the Upper Harbour.
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US athletes attract crowd
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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