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    Squalls disrupt regatta

    Scenes from the Broad Bay regatta on New Year’s Day. — Otago Witness, 20.1.1925

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    Squalls disrupt regatta

    A sudden change in the weather conditions spelt disappointment for the crowd of holiday-makers who boarded the early ferry boats and motor buses for the purpose of visiting Broad Bay.

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    All Blacks defeat London

    Jock Richardson reaches for the lineout in the All Blacks’ match against London Counties at...

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    All Blacks defeat London

    The All Blacks defeated London Counties in the second match, which was played at Blackheath by 28 points to 3, the margin being the same as in the first game against the Londoners, when the score...

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    Wreck unrecoverable

    Union Steam Ship Co’s steamship Konini, wrecked off South-West Point, near Bluff, while enroute...

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    Wreck unrecoverable

    The steamer Konini, which went ashore near Bluff in the early hours of Monday morning, is in much the same position as she was on Tuesday.

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    Driver hurt in bridge mishap

    A truck in the Hook River, between Timaru and Waimate, after it ran over the side of the bridge. ...

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    Driver hurt in bridge mishap

    As a motor lorry owned by Price Bros, Waimate, was proceeding from Timaru the other day heavily laden with merchandise and Christmas goods, it crashed through the railing of a bridge near Mr Merry...

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    Bridging finance . . .

    The bridge over the upper Taieri River at Paerau (then also known as The Styx), in the then...

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    Bridging finance . . .

    The erection of the necessary bridges over the numerous rivers and streams in the Maniototo County has cost the County Council a good deal of money in recent years.

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    Tennis team chosen

    The Otago tennis team selected to play South Canterbury in an interprovincial tournament. Back...

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    Tennis team chosen

    The following team has been selected to play in the representative lawn tennis match, Otago v. South Canterbury, at Anderson’s Bay on Saturday.

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    Seeds of success

    Three acres of parsnip (left), two acres of long red mangold (right) and two acres of carrot (far...

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    Seeds of success

    One of the most interesting visits made by the Hon A.D. McLeod (Minister of Lands) in the course of his tour of Central Otago was that to the Moa seed farm, situated a few miles from Roxburgh, last...