Saturday, 31 January 2026

William Lindsay, (?-2/7/1887). "a helpless maniac"

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A WOULD-BE   SUICIDE   AT LARGE. William Lindsay,  of Strath Taieri, farmer, attempted to commit  suicide  on Friday morning last by shootin...

William George Allan, (1871-22/11/1890). "but a short life"

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Some years ago now I published the story of Nenthorn, the boisterous and short-lived quartz mining town a couple of hours from Dunedin. The ...

Albany George Frederick Anthony Hall, (1851-14/9/1890). "rough on rats"

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A man named Albany Hall, who was a paperruler in the employ of HeS3rs Fergusson and Mitchell, died on Saturday afternoon at his residence, F...
Friday, 30 January 2026

Benjamin Hoskings, (4/3/1845-12/9/1890). "working in the main shaft"

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Nenthorn,  September 8. A man named  Hosking,  employed in the main shaft of the Eureka mine, was seriously injured through a stone falling ...

Lily Bargh, (1884-12/9/1890). "the sad affair"

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FATAL ACCIDENT. An accident, which terminated fatally, happened to a little girl named  Lily Bargh  yesterday afternoon. The little girl, wh...
Wednesday, 28 January 2026

George John Titchener, (1858-15/2/1882). "a relapse set in"

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It appears that typhoid fever has been raging in the Industrial School at Look-out Point for the past three months. Fifty of the inmates wer...

Captain Frederick John Easther, (5/7/1842-1/10/1917). "the military honours due"

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OBITUARY FREDERICK JOHN   EASTHER.   The house flag of the Union Steam Ship Company was at half-mast to-day over the head office at Dunedin,...