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    Rene Shadbolt

    René Shadbolt led the only New Zealand contingent to the Spanish Civil War. She and fellow nurse, Isobel Dodds, cared for wounded soldiers, particularly those from the International Brigades, from July 1937 to November 1938.

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Whanganui mayor shoots poet

1920 Whanganui mayor shoots poet

Walter D'Arcy Cresswell alleged that Mayor Charles Mackay had made homosexual advances. Mackay was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 years' hard labour. more...

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Setting the scene - homosexual law reform1920 - key eventsNew Zealand crime timelineHomosexual law reform in New Zealand

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  • Charles Mackay biography (DNZB)
  • Walter D'Arcy Cresswell biography (DNZB)
  • Mackay Pleads Guilty (Papers Past)
First conviction for motoring offence

1901 First conviction for motoring offence

Nicholas Oates appeared in the Christchurch Magistrates Court charged with driving ‘a motor car within the city at a speed greater than four miles an hour’ on Lincoln Road, Christchurch

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  • The Motor Insurgent (Papers Past)
  • Motor vehicles (Te Ara)
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