Word: dunedin
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Dates: during 1925-1925
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After months and years of preparation, the New Zealand and South Seas International exposition has been thrown open at Dunedin, "most southerly of the world's large communities." As everyone knows, Dunedin is beautifully located 15 miles from the open sea, at the head of Otago harbor, famed stamping ground of the aboriginal Maoris, who manufactured there a native pigment with which they smeared their bodies, as did the early Britons. In 1861 Dunedin was the scene of one of the mad scrambles for gold which sent so many adventurers flocking to New Zealand. Now it has grown decorous...
...realm of sport the Exposition will provide a series of football and cricket matches, to be played off between teams from the various Dominions. Cried elated Dunedin babbitts: "See New Zuland first...
...union. Throughout the Commonwealth the strike spread rapidly. Australia was affected at once. There Tom Walsh led the insurgent seamen. Last week 33 ships were tied up at Melbourne. Twelve liners were unable to leave Durban (South Africa). Newcastle (New South Wales), Cape Town, Rangoon (Burma), Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, Christchurch (New Zealand) were all affected...
...Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Auckland, N. Z., gobs were dined, danced, feted. "The smartness of the sailors' uniform, the precision of their movements and their excellent marching won much applause...
...Zealand the U. S. fleet, landing at Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin and Port Lyttelton (Christ Church) in four divisions, paraded, was feted and feted again, gave entertainments in turn. It was the same story of gaiety as in the Australian ports (TiME...