The National Library’s online Papers Past is a wonderful resource for family history enthusiasts. A moment of idle searching reveals the following Hodges/Shanks gems from early in the twentieth century. How about this injury report in the Otago Daily Times on 12 February 1929?
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And should we need any further proof that a facility with the written word runs through the whānau:
(1) results from the end of year prize-giving at Union Street School, published in 21 December 1905:
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(2) results from the Otago Sunday School Union’s essay writing competition of 1910:
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(3) results from the Caversham School’s Annual Prize-giving in December 1937:
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And there’s more talents on show here at the December 1935 Caversham School Prize-giving:
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Finally, here at the 1937 Caversham Methodist Church Complimentary Social, the retiring superintendent of the Sunday School, Mr Nixon, is presented with a fountain pen by Miss Dora Hodges.
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