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    General optimistic

    The famous Black Watch in a village answering a roll call prior to going into the firing line. —...

    General optimistic

    General Smuts, speaking at London, in reviewing the military situation, said he hoped and trusted that this time the tide had turned finally and conclusively.

    Sedition charge

    The morning train puffs its way out of Waitati, bound for Dunedin. - Otago Witness, 17.7.1918.

    Sedition charge

    Mr H. A. Young, S.M., presided at the Police Court yesterday, when Thomas Padraic Cummins, of Green Island, and Albert James O'Ryan, of Dunedin, were charged with having caused to be published in...

    Islanders' contribution

    A battery of the New Zealand field artillery in action on the Somme, in France. - Otago Witness,...

    Islanders' contribution

    There arrived in Sydney last week 25 Gilbert and Ellice Island policemen, who have volunteered for service at the front, and whose services have been accepted by the Imperial Government.

    Advance limited

    Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island, with the church perched on the hill. - Otago Witness, 17.7.1918.

    Advance limited

    While it is too early yet to be forming definite conclusions as to the issue of the enemy offensive which was launched but three days ago, and which will presumably be energetically pushed for days...

    London temptations

    Soliders manning a New Zealand machine gun position on the Somme. - Otago Witness, 10.7.1918

    London temptations

    Sir Thomas McKenzie was recently interviewed by the Empire News, Manchester, on his demand that the State should take steps to protect soldiers from the class of women who hang about the camps and...

    India's future

    Pupils from junior classes at the Avarua public school, recently opened by the Cook Islands...

    India's future

    One of the most difficult of the problems that has been brought to a head within the Empire by war, even if not directly arising out of it, is that of reform of India.

    Historic advance

    The matron and nurses at the new Red Cross home at Eglinton, Dunedin. From left: Miss Ogston, Mrs...

    Historic advance

    The matron and nurses at the new Red Cross home at Eglinton, Dunedin. From left: Miss Ogston, Mrs Arthur Stronach, Miss Brenda Bell, Sister MacMillan (matron), Miss Trotter (Hampden), Miss Penfold (Oamaru).

    Prohibition

    The entente cordiale: British and French soldiers cooking together in a wood during the April...

    Prohibition

    Sir, your up-to-date report of facts and figures regarding the increased manufacture and importation of whisky alone during the whole of the war period, and a comparison of each year's increased...

    Panic stations

    British aeroplanes by the roadside during the German offensive on the British front - ready to...

    Panic stations

    The officers of the Maori stated on Tuesday, on the vessel's arrival at Lyttelton, that the previous night's trip was the worst the ferry steamer had experienced for five years.

    Drunk and disorderly

    This forest of masts is created by some of the 1500 barges in Rotterdam harbour that brought in...

    Drunk and disorderly

    This forest of masts is created by some of the 1500 barges in Rotterdam harbour that brought in grain to be stored at the beginning of the great war. The barges have lain at Rotterdam for a year, each with a family on board.
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