February 14, 1919

Daily Telegraph

It is generally estimated that now after the war there are about two million more women than men in the United Kingdom. Lured by the congenial occupation and the tempting wages offered, a number of women have proceeded to Nelson for hop picking.

Hawke’s Bay Herald Tribune

On Thursday Robert Pomeroy, employed on reclamation work at Invercargill, attempted to escape and was shot by a warder. The injured man was removed to the hospital where he was operated on and is doing well. Prisoner was sentenced to five years reformative treatment at the Invercargill Supreme Court in September. A useful invention has been placed on the market in the shape of a Ford tractor which is created by transforming a Ford car.