Thursday, July 24, 2025

Interesting item from papers past

 

This interesting item was found in the Otago Witness 17 March 1898.  It was reprinted from Otago's VERY FIRST newspaper, the Otago News and was the first editorial of that 'paper dated 13 December 1848.  

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