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January 1905 “The old year did not pass out without a parting sob.” It rained for three days but many people were “promenading the principle thoroughfares” on New Year’s Eve. “When the hour of midnight…

November 1904 On 15 November 1904 the first Waikato Independent rolled off the press. The Editorial stated, “It should be a means of materially assisting in the welfare and development of the town and furthering…

Cambridge 100 Years Ago are weekly potted notes of happenings in the town and districts, taken from the Waikato Independent newspapers which are held at the Cambridge Museum. 1904: November – December 1905: January –…

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Bond’s Almanac was published for the districts of Waikato, Te Kuiti, Te Aroha and adjacent settlements by Charles Frederick (Fred) Bond. Fred was born in Cambridge on 5 January 1884, son of James Shiner and…