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They had no umbrellas
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They had no umbrellas
A picture in this week’s Otago Witness greatly captivates my fancy — using the word "fancy" in no light spirit, for the subject is very serious.
100 years ago
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Exhibition build gets going
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Exhibition build gets going
Work on the Exhibition buildings is proceeding apace, and satisfactory progress is being made.
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Team at its best
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Team at its best
Leicester, October 4: The conditions were perfect for the All Blacks match against Leicester, which the visitors won by 27 points to nil.
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Narrow win for All Blacks
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Narrow win for All Blacks
London, October 2: In their match against Newport to-day, the All Blacks had a different experience from their easy win at Swansea, only coming off victorious after a tough struggle by a margin of...
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Lawmakers tour South Africa
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Lawmakers tour South Africa
The New Zealand parliamentary party to South Africa have been enthusiastically welcomed.
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Moana pools courts for schools
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Moana pools courts for schools
Those clubs which held their opening day on Saturday were favoured by conditions well calculated to stimulate enthusiasm to the full, and as a consequence there were large attendances at all the...
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Squad comparable to Originals
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Squad comparable to Originals
London, September 29: The rugby critic of The Times still cautiously compares the New Zealanders with the original All Blacks, but admits that, in Saturday’s game, they undoubtedly came nearer to...
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Lawrence sees a crowd of visitors
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Lawrence sees a crowd of visitors
"A host of golden daffodils" once inspired a great poet to pen some lines of rare beauty, and his words have lived long after he has passed away.
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Big day at the Caledonian
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Big day at the Caledonian
The Otago Centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association held a sports meeting on the Caledonian Ground on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a large number of spectators.
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Gloucester defeated
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Gloucester defeated
The All Blacks played their fourth match at Gloucester and in the face of considerable disadvantages were not only successful in winning but also in once more keeping their own line intact.
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Win for Thomson’s stud
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Win for Thomson’s stud
The advent of motor traction would not appear to have made much appreciable difference to horse-breeding if one may judge by the large entries received for the Otago Horse Parade.
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An odd occasion
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An odd occasion
MUIOOF Otago District executive, accompanied by several city brethren, journeyed to Kaitangata, where the South Otago lodges were having an initiation competition in the lodge room of the Pride of...
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Explosion at Auckland racecourse
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Explosion at Auckland racecourse
Auckland, September 23: The centre portion of the buildings at the Avondale racecourse, in which a terrific explosion occurred last night, contained the stand-by plant, which was totally wrecked.
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New viceroy arrival set
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New viceroy arrival set
The Governor-General (Viscount Jellicoe) has received advice that General Sir Charles Fergusson, the Governor-General-elect, has arranged to leave England about November 6 by the Ruahine, which is...
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Don’t compare them to Originals
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Don’t compare them to Originals
The All Blacks’ third match, against Somerset at Weston, was won only by the narrow margin of 6 points to nil.
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Grouse birds for hunting
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Grouse birds for hunting
Though several attempts have been made to bring grouse alive to New Zealand, all have failed until this week, when six out of seven birds sent out by Lady Liverpool arrived alive.
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Resort switches on
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Resort switches on
When the history of the Queen City of the lakes comes to be written up September 18, 1924 will be chronicled as the reddest of red-letter days, because it signalled the inauguration of an up-to...
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All Blacks were holding back
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All Blacks were holding back
The result of the opening match of the All Black team — against Devon — was received with considerable surprise by local followers of the game.
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A place young women can go
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A place young women can go
The forty-sixth annual meeting of the YWCA was held in the association’s rooms last evening.
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Botanic garden a singular delight
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Botanic garden a singular delight
In the Gardens work goes forward apace with the season.