OUR HISTORY – PROPHETIC POSTCARDS
An absent-minded individual strolled into a stationer’s shop in a southern suburb, dreamily picked out a selection of postcards and
Read moreAn absent-minded individual strolled into a stationer’s shop in a southern suburb, dreamily picked out a selection of postcards and
Read moreThe Auckland Star columnist “Femina” pointed out in September 1934 that child welfare was long overdue for wholesale reform. “We
Read moreWhen Captain William John Newby died in Auckland in September 1934 aged 101, his obituary revealed a remarkable life. He
Read moreIn 1933 His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe, was the guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Auckland Justices
Read moreVeteran Auckland Justice of the Peace, A. Rosser, was addressing a meeting of Franklin Justices of the Peace. “You country
Read more“Not mine!” said an Auckland Justice of Peace when shown what was said to be his signature. Ernest Vickery, giving
Read moreThe local Justice of the Peace was walking past a hotel in Parnell when he saw a man stagger across
Read more“The women who have been appointed to hold the office of Justice of the Peace have been so successful in
Read moreA Justice of the Peace found he had before him a man accused of sleight of hand, of being an
Read moreIt was the beginning of a long night in July 1930 when a squad of 10 police gathered in Auckland’s
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