Contents of this issue
Contents
- TITLE_SECTIONMasthead
- ARTICLECALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
- ARTICLEPASSING NOTES.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 3 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 4 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE APPRENTICE QUESTION.
- ARTICLETHE EXHIBITION COMPANY.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEBREACH OF PROMISE.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 5 Advertisements
- ARTICLECUSTOMS TARIFF.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 6 Advertisements
- ARTICLEHEALTH NOTES.
- ARTICLECHAMOIS IN NEW ZEALAND.
- ARTICLEMOTOR-BUS REGULATIONS.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 7 Advertisements
- ARTICLEINTERNATIONAL HUMOUR
- ILLUSTRATIONTHE BARRACKS OF THE FUTURE. “Why didn't you salute me in the street yesterday?” “I didn’t see you, captain.” “Good. I...
- ILLUSTRATION“You have just read the gas meter. A few days ago somebody came to read the electricity meter. Both are owned by the ...
- ILLUSTRATION“It is curious that your aunt should detest men when they don’t have anything to do with her.” “That’s why!” —Buy Bla...
- ILLUSTRATION“I am nine years old! How old arc you?” “As old as I look.” “Really as old as that?” —Pele Mele, Paris.
- ILLUSTRATION“Now, Chipator, when you make a sub traction, what is the very first thing you do?” “Look around to see if anybody ha...
- ILLUSTRATION“Those two are actors from the theatre. They have just given a performance. In the last act they both take poison!” “...
- ILLUSTRATION“What do you think of Christopher Columbus?” “I think that if he hail remained at home we should not owe so many mill...
- ILLUSTRATION“You seem worried. What is troubling you?” “Well, my wife has taken the last money I had to buy food with, and there ...
- ILLUSTRATION“You are applying for the vacant position? You know, of course, that the applicant must be sober?” “Oh, yes. That’s w...
- ILLUSTRATION“When he is drunk he is full of hilarity!” “Is ‘Hilarity’ the name of a new drink?” —Journal Amusant, Paris.
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATION“I am convinced, Alice, that only fools please women!” “Oh, you are wrong. I don’t care for you a bit.” —Buen Humor, ...
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATION“The flesh of animals is nourishing to man. What do we do with the bones?” “Drop them under the table when nobody is ...
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATION“Mother, it is only an ordinary perfume the flowers have if anybody can smell it for nothing?” —Simpliccimus, Munich....
- ILLUSTRATION“I have insured my farms against fire, and my crops against hail!” “I can understand the fire insurance, but hail—how...
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATION“Why do you weep? Is it because of the present situation, or just because you have lost your hat?” —P’st, Constantino...
- ILLUSTRATION"Come into Salon 3.” “What is there? A fine picture?” "No—a fine blonde!” —Le Hire Paris.
- ILLUSTRATION“They say that every drink a man has shortens his life by a week!” “Nonsense! In that case I should never have been b...
- ILLUSTRATION“How did yon come to get this Hundred Kroner note?” “I—er—bought it cheap at an auction !” —Korsaren, Oslo.
- ILLUSTRATION“They say that Mme. de Sevigne is the ideal woman!” “Just so. She has been dead 300 years!” —Buy Blas, Paris.
- ILLUSTRATION“Stop snoring! You are interfering with my lecture!” —Krokodil, Moscow.
- ILLUSTRATION“When is the train expected?” “Oh, any time!” —Kasper, Stockholm.
- ILLUSTRATION“Every day there is a lot in the papers about false money. I suppose its because there’s not enough of the real stuff...
- ILLUSTRATIONFIFTY PER CENT. INCREASE. “Smile, sir!” “Then remove that notice!” —Le Eire, Paris.
- ARTICLEIMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
- ARTICLEIRRIGATION AT EARNSCLEUGH
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 9 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE HANDY MAN’S CORNER.
- ARTICLEPATER'S CHATS WITH THE BOYS.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 10 Advertisements
- ARTICLEGARDEN & ORCHARD.
- ARTICLETHE HYDRANGEA.
- ARTICLEFEMININE CURIOSITY.
- ILLUSTRATION“I hope I don’t hurt you?” “Not at all. It’s the noise of the saw that annoys me.” -Pele Mele, Paris.
- ARTICLETHE APIARY.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 11 Advertisements
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEFarm and Station
- ARTICLEAGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SHOW DATES. 1926.
- ARTICLETHE ART OF BREEDING.
- ARTICLETHE POTATO CROP.
- ARTICLENOTES ON RURAL TOPICS.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 12 Advertisements
- ARTICLEFOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE.
- ARTICLEDAIRY FACTORY’S TROUBLES
- ARTICLEFREIGHTS ON MANURES.
- ARTICLECOMPETITION FOR CREAM.
- ARTICLEOUR YORKSHIRE LETTER.
- ARTICLEOBSTRUCTION ON LINE.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 13 Advertisements
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLETHE TIMBER INDUSTRY.
- ARTICLEOUR NEWEST DEPENDENCY.
- ARTICLEDECREASED APPLE SALES.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 14 Advertisements
- ARTICLEIN TOUCH WITH NATURE
- ARTICLEDEHORNING CATTLE
- ARTICLETROUBLE WITH NATIVES.
- ARTICLEBY SEAPLANE TO AUSTRALIA.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 15 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE KAWARAU DAM
- GROUPING_NODEPage 16 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 17 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 18 Advertisements
- ARTICLEWAR MEMORIAL.
- ARTICLEMY COUNTRY NOTEBOOK
- ARTICLETHE “ROLL-DOWN.”
- ARTICLEREGISTRATION OF MOTORS.
- ARTICLESHIPPING NEWS.
- ARTICLETHE POSITION OF TRAMWAYS.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 19 Advertisements
- ARTICLESTOCK AND GRAZING NOTES.
- ARTICLEWATER IN MILK.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 20 Advertisements
- ARTICLEHERD TESTING.
- ARTICLECOMMERCIAL CABLEGRAMS.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 21 Advertisements
- ARTICLEMAORI VILLAGE SCHEME.
- ARTICLESCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
- ARTICLELAKE TAUPO FISHING.
- ARTICLETHE “ROLL-DOWN.”
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 22 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 24 Advertisements
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLELONG-TERM LOANS.
- ARTICLEEMPIRE TRADE.
- ARTICLESYDNEY’S AQUARIUM.
- ARTICLEPERAMBULATORS ON TRAMS
- GROUPING_NODEPage 25 Advertisements
- ARTICLEDIALOGUS PAEDAGOGICUS.
- ARTICLESUPREME COURT.
- ARTICLEMR ALAN COBHAM
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 26 Advertisements
- ARTICLEDETERIORATED LANDS.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEPATHETIC DIVORCE ACTION.
- ARTICLEA FARCICIAL PROSECUTION.
- ARTICLESHOT FIRED AT TRAIN.
- ARTICLEALLEGED WIFE DESERTION.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 27 Advertisements
- ARTICLEWEATHER SUMMARY.
- ARTICLETRAMWAYS AND BUSES.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEA DARING CRIMINAL.
- ARTICLEASTRONOMICAL NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER.
- ARTICLEHEALTH OF SCHOOL CHILDREN
- ARTICLESYDNEY PROPERTY.
- ARTICLECUSTOMS RETURNS.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 28 Advertisements
- ARTICLEBLAZE AT WINGATUI.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEA DRILL DEFAULTER.
- ARTICLEINDUSTRIAL DESIGNS.
- ARTICLEALLEGED DEFALCATIONS.
- ARTICLEMYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
- ARTICLEAGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BILL
- ARTICLESENTENCE REDUCED.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 29 Advertisements
- ARTICLEBRITISH COAL STRIKE
- ARTICLECHANNEL SWIMMING
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLELEAGUE OF NATIONS
- ARTICLEITALIAN AIRMAN
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 30 Advertisements
- ARTICLEDAIRY PRODUCE
- ARTICLETHE MYSTERY MAN
- ARTICLEAUSTRALIAN REFERENDA
- ARTICLEEMPIRE AIR SERVICE
- ARTICLEIMPERIAL CONFERENCE
- ARTICLEKALGOORLIE MURDER
- ARTICLECRISIS IN SPAIN
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEANZAC DAY
- ARTICLEMR THOMAS SPEAKS OUT.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLECOMPANY BALANCE SHEETS.
- ARTICLESUPREME COURT.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEADVENTUROUS VOYAGE.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 32 Advertisements
- ARTICLEFANCIERS’ COLUMN.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 33 Advertisements
- ARTICLEMINING.
- ARTICLEROUND ABOUT WELLINGTON.
- ARTICLEWEST COAST NEWS.
- ARTICLEREFUSAL OF GIFT.
- ARTICLESTRAYING STOCK.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 34 Advertisements
- ARTICLEThe Country
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLETROUT IN THE WAITAKI.
- ARTICLEAN “EYE-OPENER.”
- ARTICLETHE SMOKER’S DILEMMA
- ARTICLEBUSINESS IN DUNEDIN.
- ARTICLEALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.
- ARTICLETRUE EDUCATION.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLECOMMERCIAL.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 36 Advertisements
- ARTICLECASUALTIES.
- ARTICLEPOST OFFICE NOTICES.
- ARTICLEA BRUTAL ASSAULT.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 37 Advertisements
- ARTICLENEWS IN BRIEF.
- ARTICLEFOOLISH TRADE UNIONISTS.
- ARTICLETABLE OF CONTENTS
- GROUPING_NODEPage 38 Advertisements
- ARTICLEOTAGO WITNESS ILLUSTRATIONS
- ARTICLEA Great Enterprise in Gold Seeking. Damming the Kawarau River.
- ARTICLEThe Progress of the Big Undertaking at Kawarau.
- ILLUSTRATIONSinking down to the solid rock for the foundations of the first pier.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe first two gates in position and the commencement of the bridge across the dam.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe stage of construction on July 31, 1925, when Mr Vickerman succeeded Mr lles as engineer to the Kawarau Company.
- ILLUSTRATIONOctober 16, 1925: Construction of fourth pier nearing completion, completion of remaining 300 feet of trestle bridge,...
- ILLUSTRATIONA general view: On the extreme left the foundations for the first pier, and the solid rock being prepared for the fir...
- ILLUSTRATIONMassive concrete piers to carry the gates, showing one of the gates in position.
- ILLUSTRATIONAnother view of progress reached on July 31, showing temporary trestle bridge out as far as No. 5 pier, and excavatio...
- ILLUSTRATIONJanuary 19, 1926: Completed wing dam to deflect the current from Site of No. 10 pier.
- ARTICLEAFTER THE CLOSING OF THE DAM : PHOTOGRAPHIC INCIDENTS BY THE WAY.
- ARTICLECONFINING THE WATERS OF WAKATIPU: AN ENGINEERING TRIUMPH.
- ARTICLELATER PROGRESS AT KAWARAU.
- ARTICLEOTHER DAYS AND OTHER METHODS.
- ARTICLENEARING THE COMPLETION OF THE BIG ENGINEERING FEAT AT KAWARAU.
- ARTICLETHE KAWARAU GOLD-SEEKING ENTERPRISE.
- ARTICLEWHERE LAKE AND RIVER MEET: CLOSING THE GATES.
- ARTICLEMILADY PREPARES FOR THE SEASIDE.
- ILLUSTRATIONMEMORIAL TO SOUTH AFRICAN HEROES IN FRANCE. The centrepiece of the imposing memorial to the South African troops who ...
- ILLUSTRATIONSILVER JUBILEE. Dr Kelly (on left), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, recently celebrated his silver jubilee as Ar...
- ILLUSTRATIONGERMAN’S WORLD RECORD IN A.A.A. SPORTS. Dr O. Peltzer (Stettin, Germany) winning the Half-mile Championship at the A....
- ILLUSTRATIONNATIONAL A.A.U. TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PHILADELPHIA. Paul Harrington, of the Boston A.A., clearing the pole...
- ILLUSTRATIONTHE STRAWBERRY HARVEST. In June, the great strawberry month in England, two little children belonging to strawberry p...
- ARTICLECattle Raising in North Auckland.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 50 Advertisements
- ARTICLEWITNESS SUBSCRIPTIONS.
- ARTICLE1851—OTAGO WITNESS—1926.
- ARTICLEBIRTHS.
- ARTICLEMARRIAGES.
- ARTICLEDEATHS.
- ARTICLEFOR THE EMPIRE'S CAUSE.
- ARTICLEDEATHS.
- ARTICLEIN MEMORIAM.
- ARTICLEIN MEMORIAM.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEThe Otago Witness. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE SOUTHERN MERCURY. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1926.) THE WEEK.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLENotes and Queries
- ARTICLETRAMWAY RIGHTS.
- ARTICLENEWS BY CABLE
- ARTICLEATHLETICS
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEFOOTBALL
- ILLUSTRATION“You executed the matter exactly as I should have done it myself. How did you come to do it?” “Well, I just wrote the...
- ARTICLEGOLF
- ARTICLEBUSES VERSUS TRAMS.
- ARTICLECRICKET
- ARTICLEOBITUARY.
- ARTICLEINCREASED TARIFFS.
- ARTICLELAWN TENNIS
- ARTICLETRAWLER WRECKED.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 58 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE GARLAND.
- ARTICLEA SCHOOLMASTER’S LAPSE.
- ARTICLEOUR NATIVE BIRDS.
- ARTICLENORTH OTAGO
- ARTICLEBILLIARD ART.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLELAND AND WAFER.
- ARTICLEENGLISH COMPANY’S TENDER.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEBOXING
- ARTICLEBOWLING
- GROUPING_NODEPage 60 Advertisements
- ARTICLESporting
- GROUPING_NODEPage 61 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 62 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 63 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 64 Advertisements
- ARTICLEDROP OVER PRECIPICE.
- ARTICLEAPPEAL DISALLOWED.
- ARTICLEHOCKEY
- ARTICLEUNEMPLOYMENT.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEMULTUM IN PARVO.
- ARTICLEThe Two Miss Carrs
- ARTICLEIMMIGRATION SYSTEM.
- ARTICLECHALMERS LICENSING COMMITTEE.
- ARTICLESUPPRESSION OF NAMES.
- ARTICLETHE LADIES' PAGE
- GROUPING_NODEPage 67 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 68 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 69 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 70 Advertisements
- GROUPING_NODEPage 71 Advertisements
- ARTICLETEACHERS’ APPEALS.
- ARTICLEA WIFE’S ALLEGATIONS.
- ARTICLEOUR BABIES.
- ARTICLEA SUFFICIENT TEST.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 72 Advertisements
- ARTICLEDRAUGHTS.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ARTICLEOTAGO EXPANSION LEAGUE.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 73 Advertisements
- ARTICLECycling & Motor Notes
- GROUPING_NODEPage 74 Advertisements
- ARTICLEA WANDERER’S NOTE BOOK.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- ILLUSTRATION“The only time I never lost money on the racecourse was when I had my pocketbook stolen on the way there!” —Pele Mele...
- GROUPING_NODEPage 75 Advertisements
- ARTICLEThe Stage
- ARTICLEMR JAMES FLETCHER.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 76 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE SKETCHER
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 77 Advertisements
- ARTICLELITERATURE and LIFE
- GROUPING_NODEPage 78 Advertisements
- ARTICLEEMINENT MEDICAL MEN.
- ARTICLEACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 79 Advertisements
- ARTICLEAN INVALID CHAIR
- ARTICLERETURNED SOLDIERS’ CHOIR.
- ARTICLEIMMENSE ROCK DEPOSITS.
- ARTICLEORATORS
- ARTICLETHE IMMIGRANT SHIP
- ARTICLEPAINTERS AND DECORATORS
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 80 Advertisements
- ARTICLESALE DAY
- ARTICLESKI-ING AT TONGARIRO.
- ARTICLEA ROMANTIC CAREER.
- ARTICLETHEORETICAL EXAMINATIONS
- ARTICLEA MISSING BANKRUPT.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 81 Advertisements
- ARTICLETHE NATURALIST
- ARTICLEBRITISH TENDER ACCEPTED.
- ARTICLEINVENTIONS AND APPLIANCES Or INTEREST TO AGRICULTURE.
- ARTICLEHANS ANDERSEN: HIS STRUGGLE FOR FAME.
- ARTICLEALLEGED MURDER.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 82 Advertisements
- ARTICLEBUNNY’S ESCAPE.
- GROUPING_NODEPage 83 Advertisements
- ARTICLEThe Chums’ World Tour.
- ARTICLEEARL JELLICOE’S THANKS.
- ARTICLEUntitled
- GROUPING_NODEPage 84 Advertisements
- SECTIONSHORT STORIES
- GROUPING_NODEPage 86 Advertisements