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.
Fred Welch's diary
16 July 1919
Saw Mr Horner trustee for Tathams estate re the latters property at Taeuru for R McGovern. #WW100. https://t.co/lAHML8NIAG via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
14 July 1919
Played Jack a game of draughts at night & then played Leo a game of chess. #WW100. https://t.co/2vkrtLsw28 via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
13 July 1919
Had dinner then took out a peach & a plum tree for removal & planted a young peach. #WW100. https://t.co/RlHrAVXglF via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
12 July 1919
Submitted to Fritz Kummer 4200 acres leasehold of Mr S D Thompsons, situated on the coast out from Te Kuiti. #WW100. https://t.co/4UQ7nBiJhp via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
11 July 1919
Very heavy frost. Down to office. Saw W Hunt re Brightwells farm at Whakataki. #WW100. https://t.co/bODrda1cPv via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
10 July 1919
Down to Chess at night & had good practice playing well past midnight. 18 players present. #WW100. https://t.co/S5h33wSt5C via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
9 July 1919
Saw Holmwood of Wright Stevenson & Co [Company] re selling Castlepoint blk [block] of 3500 acres. #WW100. https://t.co/DRnksvIA0l via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
8 July 1919
Very heavy frost, registered 15 degrees. Down to office. Saw Duckett re inspecting Comptons farm. #WW100. https://t.co/qHrXvx1vY0 via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
7 July 1919
Duckett & wife in re purchase of property & arranged to go with me to see Comptons at Kumeroa. #WW100. https://t.co/nPbSDs8PFR via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
6 July 1919
Wheeled some soil from the hill to make a bed for flowers along the netting. #WW100. https://t.co/k8l5yQnru6 via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
5 July 1919
Went to Miki Miki with A Henderson in car to look at Norman McLachlan’s property. #WW100. https://t.co/TTFiWWdOOM via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
4 July 1919
Cold showery day. At office. Not much doing. Rang up H G Rutter, Agent, in Wellington. #WW100. https://t.co/T1WmezH1hT via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
3 July 1919
Went to office wrote up an agreement which I got Wilton to sign as purchaser & got a deposit from him. #WW100. https://t.co/eFUhjPykez via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
2 July 1919
Brother Will came down from Pahiatua to see me re going to Taita. Had tea & spent the evening with us. #WW100. https://t.co/31f4pwChYL via @FPWelchdiaries
Auckland Weekly News
1 July 1919
The new Sarjeant Art Gallery, which has just been completed at Wanganui at a cost of 18,000 pounds. #WW100… https://t.co/p3pn0yvKmQ via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
30 June 1919
Sister Ada & her nurse companion came up from Kemble Welch’s & spent the evening with us. #WW100. https://t.co/SfkGN78ofd via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
30 June 1919
THE WAR ENDS - Treaty signed - Southland Times, 30 June 1919 https://t.co/J5EyZKzdVg #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
29 June 1919
About 6.30 pm news was received that peace has been signed. Bells pealed & sirens blew. #WW100. https://t.co/jiizlNRbiQ via @FPWelchdiaries
Fred Welch's diary
28 June 1919
Letter from Will to say he might be down on Tuesday to go to Taita & see the old home with view to buying. #WW100. https://t.co/zZDPqTd7q8 via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
28 June 1919
"BIKE BONING" - A blast for Bettis - NZ Truth, 28 June 1919 https://t.co/2zhnhIelv7 #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
28 June 1919
Training of New Zealand firemen: jumping into a sheet from a building in Petone, Wellington. #WW100… https://t.co/nvH0wEC14W via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
27 June 1919
McGregor decided the property was not just what he wanted, tho it was touch & go about buying. #WW100. https://t.co/WATKP1AqX2 via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
27 June 1919
END OF THE WORLD - Anglican Minister fixes the date - Southland Times, 27 June 1919 https://t.co/cIuL6VN0zs #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
26 June 1919
Down to chess at night, Mother, Gretta & the boys went to an Amateur play at the Opera House. #WW100. https://t.co/2rSGDLy0EC via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
26 June 1919
THREW THEIR OARS AWAY - Insolent officers - Northern Advocate, 26 June 1919 https://t.co/3NAjeOk8eq #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
25 June 1919
Mr McGregor arrived from Wanganui to inspect property & we had a long talk in regard to same. #WW100. https://t.co/7FBx0CCimu via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
25 June 1919
SINKINGS AT KIEL - French comments - Ashburton Guardian, 25 June 1919 https://t.co/zgO8oy8eBZ #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
24 June 1919
Arrived Pahiatua & booked accommodation at the Trocadero, the hotels being full up. #WW100. https://t.co/avMVCnMBuh via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
24 June 1919
BURGLARY IN VOGUE - Another instance reported - Northern Advocate, 24 June 1919 https://t.co/tjf8XnYDaT #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
23 June 1919
McGregor rang up from Wanganui to say he could not get down until Thursday. #WW100. https://t.co/Ew9GnamdKQ via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
23 June 1919
ESCAPED PRISONER RECAPTURED - Lyttelton Times, 23 June 1919 https://t.co/4CGfi70NiS #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
23 June 1919
A would-be Bolshevist Napoleon: Trotsky, the creator of the Red Amy, reviewing troops at Moscow. #WW100… https://t.co/5KSKl7trlD via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
22 June 1919
Wild windy day with showers from the West & hailstone occasionally. #WW100. https://t.co/HNMyTMgJtM via @FPWelchdiaries
Auckland Weekly News
22 June 1919
Present-day transit in Auckland: modern electric tram-cars running along Queen Street. #WW100… https://t.co/Zx4m65Dn8v via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
21 June 1919
Received letter from brother Mot advising me to go down to Taita. #WW100. https://t.co/I7EFkS33Lz via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
21 June 1919
"SOCIALISED" WOMEN - Faked compulsory decree - NZ Truth, 21 June 1919 https://t.co/3oi8SBGEzF #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
21 June 1919
Viscount Jellicoe's visit to Australia: the admiral and his staff landing at St Kilda Pier, Melbourne. #WW100… https://t.co/rpAqTm1PF7 via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
20 June 1919
Leo went to Wellington to bring our Jack home from hospital with broken leg. #WW100. https://t.co/mKIeFbLsne via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
20 June 1919
WHAT IS LONDON'S LURE? - Press, 20 June 1919 https://t.co/poXxk0lrOB #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
19 June 1919
Letter from brother Will advising that he had sold his property at Makomako. #WW100. https://t.co/zdcZqOIg62 via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
19 June 1919
MURDER TRIAL - Jury fails to agree - Otago Daily Times, 19 June 1919 https://t.co/qElvM1aCLg #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
19 June 1919
Crossing the stream: a view in the upper Awatere, Marlborough, South Island of New Zealand. #WW100… https://t.co/2aIrrpPrmD via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
18 June 1919
Fine day. Down to office. Mrs Sykes called & signed agreement to sell to J B Rue. #WW100. https://t.co/ZJXPxXWwah via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
18 June 1919
CREWLESS AIRCRAFT - Applied wireless control - Southland Times, 18 June 1919 https://t.co/MqseBrfLpo #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
18 June 1919
Progressive Hamilton: views of the chief centre of the Waikato, taken during the winter show week. #WW100… https://t.co/IWMu9PXhR2 via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
17 June 1919
Fine day. At office. Not much doing. Made up Yorkshire Insurance returns. #WW100. https://t.co/tAtw3fjHqX via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
17 June 1919
BURGLARS AT ROTORUA - Tourist offices visited - King Country Chronicle https://t.co/4E9atSrJ6w #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Auckland Weekly News
17 June 1919
The starvation conspiracy in Russia: a daily scene in the heart of Petrograd. #WW100 https://t.co/UTRtFeDEBW https://t.co/hHZv3FNrgd via @AkWeeklyNews
Fred Welch's diary
16 June 1919
Leo’s cold somewhat better but he had to stay at home & kept to his bed. #WW100. https://t.co/UcolVSKXCR via @FPWelchdiaries
PapersPast
16 June 1919
BALACLAVA HERO'S DEATH - Poverty Bay Herald, 16 June 1919 https://t.co/GOvhA6PXnn #WW100 via @PapersPastNZ
Fred Welch's diary
15 June 1919
Wheeled rich soil from the hill cutting down to the garden & planted out some young gum trees. #WW100. https://t.co/uPL9TGHc2r via @FPWelchdiaries