A very different looking Dunedin in days of yore - one of the images that will be discussed by Dunedin City Council archivist Alison Breese at the Savoy tomorrow afternoon. That minute or so of powerful rolling, earthly chaos and confusion is still clear in my mind today, even years on. Rabbit farmingMike McCarthy of Montecillo wrote with some nuggets about Cowan & Co, the rabbit processing company we talked about last week. The next mention is in the 1905 Stones Directory of Cowan & Co, rabbit exporters in Beach St, Port Chalmers, and 1908, '09, '11. ''It never ceases to amaze me how often I hear mention from older people of their vivid memories of this grand event.''

Source: Otago Daily Times September 04, 2018 16:52 UTC