Life 100 years ago - sources
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History from the perspective of New Zealanders who experienced it. Daily quotes from diaries, letters, newspapers... shared in 'real-time' exactly 100 years later.
PapersPast
20 March 1919
PEACE CELEBRATIONS - Petone arrangements - Evening Post, 20 March 1919 https://t.co/OmCZXQENEm #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
19 March 1919
Received further mail from Leo also small mementoes which he picked up during his travels in Scotland. #WW100. https://t.co/Mqih1nvmfF via @FPWelchdiaries
Lincoln Lee
19 March 1919
Larkhill Camp, a few miles from Sling – a most dreary spot. https://t.co/mZKsFLGgZ7 #WW100 #Anzac #LivesofWW1 https://t.co/exjt7rrDJw via @walkmarch
PapersPast
19 March 1919
MUSICIAN'S SUDDEN END - Tragic street event - Northern Advocate, 19 March 1919 https://t.co/M9KiaesszO #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
19 March 1919
Rabbiting in the Pokeno district, North Island of New Zealand. #WW100 https://t.co/KiBHhLqaa7 https://t.co/oG0oirJBa3 via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
18 March 1919
After office hours I picked 3 kerosene tins full of elderberries for wine making. #WW100. https://t.co/IacqzHbBXW via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
18 March 1919
SHORTAGE OF HOUSES - Wellington's trouble - Nelson Evening Mail, 18 March 1919 https://t.co/JfBt7IhRjy #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
18 March 1919
New Zealanders with Bedouin Arabs in Palestine. #WW100 https://t.co/gh1oTDbnDd https://t.co/pLWuXNZHyJ via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
17 March 1919
Boiled about 50 lbs of Apple Jelly at night. Bern, Gretta & Norma went to St Patricks concert at night. #WW100. https://t.co/9UuBsgRfJH via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
17 March 1919
WITH GERMAN WIVES - Astonishing conduct of English soldiers - Otaki Mail, 17 March 1919 https://t.co/oneKnbEp55 #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
17 March 1919
Rendering first aid at a New Zealand holiday camp. #WW100 https://t.co/PrcdiRNWML https://t.co/lZQl2kj4L8 via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
16 March 1919
Received a budget of letters & postal picture cards from our Leo who is now nearing home. #WW100. https://t.co/rDZHyPicCR via @FPWelchdiaries
Auckland Weekly News
16 March 1919
Historic view of New Zealand troops entering Jerusalem by Jaffa Gate. #WW100 https://t.co/FvwgEC1wZ1 https://t.co/Zj8i3aIf7c via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
15 March 1919
A MATTER OF MAINTENANCE - Mrs. Snow gets another "quid." - NZ Truth, 15 March 1919 https://t.co/2EiEtAbmDz #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
PapersPast
14 March 1919
YOUNG MAN MISSING - Ashburton Guardian, 14 March 1919 https://t.co/jkMcHwU58v #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
14 March 1919
Saved from the Turks by New Zealanders in Palestine: an assembly of Armenian refugees. #WW100… https://t.co/YQDMFSsc96 via @AkWeeklyNews
Auckland Weekly News
13 March 1919
Victory motor run: six hundred orphan children entertained at Buckland's Beach, Tamaki River, Auckland. #WW100… https://t.co/6X0fPkzBIL via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
13 March 1919
BOY BOLSHEVIKS - Deputation to Berlin Council - Southland Times, 13 March 1919 https://t.co/axhisLYqsx #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
PapersPast
12 March 1919
PETROLEUM AT KAIKOURA - Fire destroys derrick - Poverty Bay Herald. 12 March 1919 https://t.co/F3dAcENkU3 #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
11 March 1919
Our clerk S Campbell having left I got Bern to go down to office in his place. #WW100. https://t.co/X6FiJNXIBM via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
11 March 1919
EPISCOPAL VISIT BY SEAPLANE - Hawera & Normanby Star, 11 March 1919 https://t.co/bv5AU4RCk6 #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
PapersPast
10 March 1919
"MAD OVER-SPEEDING" - Nelson Evening Mail, 10 March 1919 https://t.co/bsWY40CTMG #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Corp. William McCaw
10 March 1919
After a very busy day we closed down. I spent the day book-keeping. Tonight we are in wireless touch with New Zealand.#WW100 via @McCaw_diary
Fred Welch's diary
8 March 1919
Arrived at station just as train was moving off, my mate having got a ticket for me when he saw me coming. #WW100. https://t.co/rzaTJomvum via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
8 March 1919
WILLIAMS V. WILLIAMS - Another "star-boarder" stunt - NZ Truth, 8 March 1919 https://t.co/L3jIRIXnlr #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
8 March 1919
The old cement works on the Warkworth River, in the Hauraki Gulf, Auckland. #WW100 https://t.co/vNDmCjLZ8k https://t.co/jJw5a1kB8Y via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
7 March 1919
HIGH ROAD TO DESTRUCTION - Postal messenger's lapses - Auckland Star, 7 March 1919 https://t.co/YIFDcqds6d #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
7 March 1919
Maori children off to school: a picturesque scene in the heart of the Urewera Country. #WW100… https://t.co/SYFsndts8P via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
6 March 1919
CARGO PILLAGING - Cases on American ship - Press, 6 March 1919 https://t.co/PT4un2pCED #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Corp. William McCaw
6 March 1919
Spent most of the day in the shop. Brisk trade but money seems scare again. All the best brands of cigarettes are finished.#WW100 via @McCaw_diary
PapersPast
5 March 1919
CITY LIBRARY - An extension necessary - Evening Post, 5 March 1919 https://t.co/NMTOSbJvZy #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
4 March 1919
Went with Bern to Chatauqua [Chautauqua] performance in the big marquee on the Park Oval at night. #WW100. https://t.co/ZdzoHFskpz via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
4 March 1919
AN OVERDUE SCHOONER - Serious apprehension - Northern Advocate, 4 March 1919 https://t.co/hOf9RQZlGG #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
4 March 1919
Outdoor life in the hot summer season: a picturesque camp at Shark Bay, Auckland. #WW100 https://t.co/vhBiVQuKbC https://t.co/7vIz4nIZta via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
3 March 1919
Went to Bern Diederichs factory where I stayed until Bern had closed for tea then went home with him. #WW100. https://t.co/nSaBswG4BF via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
3 March 1919
A POULTRY MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION - Otago Daily Times, 3 March 1919 https://t.co/3glBF1OlkV #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Corp. William McCaw
3 March 1919
During the afternoon I had to attend a Court of Inquiry to give evidence on the washout of 9 Feb. Over £120 of stock was lost.#WW100 via @McCaw_diary
Auckland Weekly News
3 March 1919
Some of the scouts on the spring bridge over Managaterere river, at the foot of Mount Holdsworth. #WW100… https://t.co/0xZVNZKjbA via @AkWeeklyNews
Auckland Weekly News
2 March 1919
The recent Boy Scout camp at Mount Holdsworth, Masterton, North Island of New Zealand. #WW100… https://t.co/JFxJJvxsQr via @AkWeeklyNews
Lincoln Lee
1 March 1919
Just polished off a breakfast fit for three kings. One king couldn’t have done it justice. https://t.co/mZKsFLGgZ7 #WW100 #Anzac #LivesofWW1 via @walkmarch
PapersPast
1 March 1919
DRAB AND DREARY DOINGS IN DIVORCE - The clamours of curious and capricious couples - NZ Truth, 1 March 1919 https://t.co/esd8GdDeDg #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
1 March 1919
Moving day : shifting a cottage at Tolaga Bay, East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand. #WW100… https://t.co/nrYUqkuvUG via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
28 February 1919
PROFESSOR WITH A GERMAN NAME - Colonist, 28 February 1919 https://t.co/AGOCKS6H8J #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
28 February 1919
The influenza epidemic in Australia: an Anzac at Sydney welcomed by his masked relatives. #WW100… https://t.co/OMrm4ffWz4 via @AkWeeklyNews
Auckland Weekly News
27 February 1919
France's appeal: "President Wilson, look on this and judge". #WW100 https://t.co/3hRf2BM9Ef https://t.co/9zXU7ON6F4 via @AkWeeklyNews
PapersPast
27 February 1919
AN EXCITING TIME - Man falls in river - Waikato Times, 27 February 1919 https://t.co/kC0WEC3aSB #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
27 February 1919
A young girl who mowed 50 acres of hay on a farm at Walton this season. #WW100 https://t.co/lijy8y1ZPC https://t.co/KeNCSkeJC6 via @AkWeeklyNews
Lincoln Lee
26 February 1919
Wednesday night. Ipplepen: You see I’ve got here. https://t.co/mZKsFLoFAx #WW100 #Anzac #LivesofWW1 via @walkmarch
PapersPast
26 February 1919
CHAOS IN MUNICH - Southland TImes, 26 February 1919 https://t.co/tnQfQE9zLq #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Corp. William McCaw
26 February 1919
Usual morning in the canteen. Spent the afternoon & evening participating in a bridge tournament.#WW100 via @McCaw_diary
PapersPast
25 February 1919
POSED AS DEAD WOMAN - Disguise behind the German lines - Feilding Star, 25 February 1919 https://t.co/XcOwi8KC25 #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ