The band of the 4th Regiment played a programme of music at the Botanic Gardens yesterday afternoon. There was a very large and appreciative crowd present, and the band is to be complimented upon the success attending its performance of an excellent programme. During the two months previous to October 26, when six o’clock closing became operative, 1242 cases of drunkenness had been dealt with at the City Court. Towards the close of the sixteenth century a large number of English women indulged freely in pipe-smoking. • The position of single men in regard to the war was stated thus at the Military Service Board at Wellington:— "Every single man of military age will be called up for military service, and before he can expect exemption he will have to prove his case.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2017 17:18 UTC