Monthly Archives: February 2014

A clear sighted understanding of the 20th century (1908)

The New Zealand Tablet THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908. MODERN AND ANCIENT SUPERSTITION New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3, 30 January 1908, Page 21   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZT19080130.2.34&srpos=33&e=——-10–31—-0pagan+vision– With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand

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A Photograph of Maori Coffins

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Sweedish Dragon Slaying Cult

In a return to obscure international news? culled from New Zealand papers, we present an account of a series of Swedish dragon slayings commented on by New Zealand Author Oswald E. Hugo. It may prove fruitful to compare this story … Continue reading

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Daughter of the Dawn: New Zealand Pulp Fiction 1903

A THRILLING NEW ZEALAND STORY. Star , Issue 76, 17 February 1903, Page 4   http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TS19030217.2.72&srpos=7&e=——-100–1—-0cursed+goddess–     With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand  

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