New Zealand Memories Issue 151 - Contents
The Marines of Solway 4
A contribution from Mark Pacey, Wairarapa Archive.
Personal Reflections of Pahi 10
Jilleen Bradley writes this heart-warming story.
The Ready Reckoner 14
John Hewstone’s original copy of the book is dated 1814.
Farmyard Lost 16
Memories of Banks Peninsula from Beverley Bassett Broad.
DIY is in Our DNA 22
No shortage of jobs in a 1904 villa; Jeanette Grant remembers.
From the Regions: Taranaki 26
Centrefold: Delivered in Style 36
Mail delivery by horse drawn carriage near Otorohanga.
Building New Zealand’s Most Scenic Highway 38
Gordon Campbell explores Fiordland’s road and tunnel history.
Day of the ‘Flivver’ 46
Tony Russell pens an account of the Model T Ford.
Memories of Auckland’s West Coast 48
Bruce Anderson recalls childhood holidays.
Canterbury University Activism, 1959 52
Protestor Ernie Barrington’s eyewitness report.
The Finishing Touch 56
Hugh Hickman investigates the once fashionable ‘stick pin’.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 58
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Talk Softly Please 72
Ernest Rutherford in the Cavendish Laboratory.
Cover image:
Eileen Kay milking at Onawe Farm
in the 1950s (article page 16).
Courtesy: Beverley Bassett Broad
New Zealand Memories Issue 151 - Index
A
A & A.J. Caithness 63
A&P Shows 4
Akaroa 16
Albertlanders 10
alcohol 8
All Blacks 51
American Army 51
American food (WWII) 8
Anawhata 51
ANDERSON Bruce 49
Grandmother 51
ANDERSON Harold 40
ANDERSON Johnson 48
Ruth 48
apartheid 52
Arapohue 10
athletics 62
Auckland 48
avalanche (Fiordland) 43
Avro plane 51
B
Banks Peninsula 16
BARRINGTON Ernie 52
Barry's Bay cheese 21
BASSETT Betty 17
Beverley 17
Carol 17
Ken 17
BAXTER Mr G 68
BEVAN Mr V.D. 52
BOLLAND Rev. William 28
BRADLEY Alexander 10
Clare 10
Clarissa 10
Jileen 10
John 10
Mabel 11
Maude 12
Norah 13
Susannah 10
Washington 11
Brothers Islets 66
Brothers Lighthouse 67
Brown's Boarding House 48
building permits 25
BURTON Mr G 68
C
campground (Piha) 48
camping 48
Canterbury University 52
CANTWELL Mr T 68
Cape Koamaru 66
car catalogues 46
caravan (home built) 51
cattle 18
Cavendish Laboratory 72
Christchurch 52
Christchurch City Council 54
Church Hill (Nelson) 60
Citizens All Black Tour Assn. 53
CLARKE Jeanette 22
Reay 22
Cleddau Valley 44
CONZA Mr S 68
Cook Rock 67
Cook Strait 67
cowshed (herring bone) 31
CRAIG Selywn 51
CRAW Graham 51
CRUM Family 49
CURTIS Family 49
D
dairy farmer 30
dances (WWII) 8
DENT Mr and Mrs 51
do-it-yourself 22
Duvauchelle Show 17
E
EGGERS Bill 58
Pat 58
Eglington Valley 39
Egmont crusher station 34
engineering (viaduct) 63
Esson's Valley 63
F
FARLEY Family 48
farming 16, 30
fashion 56
FENTON Family 51
Fiordland 39
FRANCIS Mr C.F. 34
Friesian cows 18
G
gelignite 32, 41
GLASSON Steve 45
Glastonbury Thorn 28
GovernmentTourist Bureau 39
GOVETT Archdeacon Henry 28
H
HALBERG Murray 62
HAMLEY Joseph 29
HARGREAVES Ian 68
Helensville 10
HENNING George 51
Hollyford Post Office 40
Hollyford Valley 39
HOLYOAKE Keith 55
home decorating 22
HOMER William 39
Homer Camp 39
Homer saddle 41
Homer Tunnel 38
horse drawn carriage 36
HULSE Don 43
HUTTON Clarissa 10
I
ICKE P 64
immigration policy 39
Intellectually Handicapped Assn.
45
J
JACKSON Syd 53
John Brogen & Sons 64
JOHNSON Capt. Robert 67
JOHNSON Johnny 49
joy riding flights 51
jungle training (WWII) 9
K
Kaipara 10
Karekare 48
KAY Eileen 20
KETTERER Mrs 48
Reg 48
KIRK Norman 55
Kupe 66
L
LAIRD Mr and Mrs 51
Lake Te Anau 39
LAMBOURNE Family 49
Land Court 22
lighthouse (Brothers) 66
lighthouse keepers 68
Lion Rock 48
Lion Rock Cabins 48
LUCAS Family 49
Lyell 69
Lyell Postmaster 69
M
mail delivery 36
Mana Island 67
Manganui River 34
Manganui Road Board 34
MANGOS Alice 69
Demetrius 69
Greek 69
MANNING George 54
Maori (rugby) 52
Maori Organisation 53
Mapua Store 58
Mapua Wharf 58
Marian Camp 39
Marlborough 62
Marshland Hill 29
Masterton 4
McKINNON Quintin 39
McKinnon Pass 39
McLAREN Bruce 51
MEGENNIS Bill 68
MESSINGER Dick 51
Milford Sound 39
milking 20, 30
MILLS John 67
Minister of Railways 34
Model T Ford 46
motorcycle racing 51
motoring 46
Mount Egmont (Taranaki) 1, 34
Mount Egmont Branch Line 34
Mount Smart 34
Mount Taranaki 1, 34
Moutere Hills 58
Mt Eden Borough Council 25
Muriwai 49
N
NASH Walter 54
NATHAN Family 49
National Park 34
Nelson 58
Nelson Hospital 61
NEOIA George 52
New Plymouth 28
New Plymouth harbour 34
New Year's Eve (Piha) 49
New Zealand Wars 28
Ngawhatu Kai-Ponu 66
No Maoris - No Tour 53
Northern Wairoa River 10
Northland 10
Nun Rock 49
NZ Railways 34
NZ Rugby Football Union 52
O
O'BRIEN Tiger 49
O'REGAN Rolland 51
Okahu 10
Onawe Farm 19
Otorohanga 36
OVENDEN Family 48
P
PAEWAI Mr M.N. 52
Pahi 10
Pahi Hotel 10
painting 24
painting apprenticeship 69
PALMER George 51
PARKS Family 49
pasture preparation 31
PAUL Mr G.N. 68
payroll 45
PEACOCK Mr C 68
PEARCE Tom 49
PHILLIPSON Family 48
PICKERING Mr B 68
Picton 63
Piha 48
Piha campground 48
Piha Hall 49
POATA Tamatekapu 53
Post Office Hotel 69
PRICE William Archer 36
protest (rugby) 53
Public Works Dept 34, 39
PWD relief schemes 39
Q
quarries (Mount Egmont) 34
R
racism 52
radio beacon 67
railway 1, 34, 63
railway viaduct 63
Ratapiko 30
RATCLIFFE John 72
ready reckoner 14
Red Cross Services Club 8
REDMOND Forbes James 69
Riversdale Beach 9
road construction (Southland) 39
Rolleston House 52
Rolls-Royce (1938) 51
ROSE Family 51
Rotoiti Timber Co. Mill 69
Ruahine Infantry Regiment 6
rugby 52
Rugby Union 52
RUTHERFORD Ernest 72
S
sand yacht 49
school banking 31
SCOTT Mavis 58
scrim 23
shipping: City of Newcastle 67
Cyrus 67
Enterprise 67
Kawerau 49
Luna 67
Minnie Casey 10
Schielthallion 64
Stella 67
USS George Clymer 6
SMITH George 51
SMITH Tom 43
SNELL Peter 62
SOLE Mr 68
Solway 6
Solway Showgrounds 6
Southland 39
Springbok Tour 52
St Mary's Catherdral 28
stick pin 56
Stratford Borough Council 34
surfing 51
SUTHERLAND Beryl 40
Donald 39
swamp land 3
T
table of weights 14
Taranaki 1, 26
Tararua Ranges 9
Te Rauamoa 36
TEMPA Mr 68
The 65th Regiment 29
Third Defense Battalion (US) 6
THOMPSON Laird 51
TIRIKATENE Eruera 52
Tory Channel 67
tourism 39
Trafalgar Park (Nelson) 62
tunnel (Homer) 41
tunnellers 41
U
URQUHART Lt. 29
US currency 8
US Marine Corps 5
V
VELLENOWTH Capt. 48
viaduct (railway) 63
Vickerman's Tasman Store 58
Vogel Scheme 65
W
Waitohi Viaduct 63
WALKER John 62
walking tracks (Fiordland) 39
wallpapering 24
WARNOCKS Family 49
wartime profiteering 22
WATSON Tim 68
WAY Hayden 49
Wellington Head 67
Wellington Town Hall 53
West Auckland 48
West Coast beaches 48
Whangamarino School 69
White Heather tearoom 51
WICKHAM Brian 30
Frank 30
Joy 31
Mrs 31
WILLS Charlie 68
WINIATA Mr W 52
work camps 40
World War Two 6, 22, 34
WRAY Johnny 49
WRIGHT Don 49
X
Y
Z
Personal Reflections of Pahi
Jilleen Bradley writes this heart-warming story.
DIY is in Our DNA
No shortage of jobs in a 1904 villa; Jeanette Grant remembers.
Farmyard Lost
Memories of Banks Peninsula from Beverley Bassett Broad.
A
A & A.J. Caithness 63
A&P Shows 4
Akaroa 16
Albertlanders 10
alcohol 8
All Blacks 51
American Army 51
American food (WWII) 8
Anawhata 51
ANDERSON Bruce 49
Grandmother 51
ANDERSON Harold 40
ANDERSON Johnson 48
Ruth 48
apartheid 52
Arapohue 10
athletics 62
Auckland 48
avalanche (Fiordland) 43
Avro plane 51
B
Banks Peninsula 16
BARRINGTON Ernie 52
Barry's Bay cheese 21
BASSETT Betty 17
Beverley 17
Carol 17
Ken 17
BAXTER Mr G 68
BEVAN Mr V.D. 52
BOLLAND Rev. William 28
BRADLEY Alexander 10
Clare 10
Clarissa 10
Jileen 10
John 10
Mabel 11
Maude 12
Norah 13
Susannah 10
Washington 11
Brothers Islets 66
Brothers Lighthouse 67
Brown's Boarding House 48
building permits 25
BURTON Mr G 68
C
campground (Piha) 48
camping 48
Canterbury University 52
CANTWELL Mr T 68
Cape Koamaru 66
car catalogues 46
caravan (home built) 51
cattle 18
Cavendish Laboratory 72
Christchurch 52
Christchurch City Council 54
Church Hill (Nelson) 60
Citizens All Black Tour Assn. 53
CLARKE Jeanette 22
Reay 22
Cleddau Valley 44
CONZA Mr S 68
Cook Rock 67
Cook Strait 67
cowshed (herring bone) 31
CRAIG Selywn 51
CRAW Graham 51
CRUM Family 49
CURTIS Family 49
D
dairy farmer 30
dances (WWII) 8
DENT Mr and Mrs 51
do-it-yourself 22
Duvauchelle Show 17
E
EGGERS Bill 58
Pat 58
Eglington Valley 39
Egmont crusher station 34
engineering (viaduct) 63
Esson's Valley 63
F
FARLEY Family 48
farming 16, 30
fashion 56
FENTON Family 51
Fiordland 39
FRANCIS Mr C.F. 34
Friesian cows 18
G
gelignite 32, 41
GLASSON Steve 45
Glastonbury Thorn 28
GovernmentTourist Bureau 39
GOVETT Archdeacon Henry 28
H
HALBERG Murray 62
HAMLEY Joseph 29
HARGREAVES Ian 68
Helensville 10
HENNING George 51
Hollyford Post Office 40
Hollyford Valley 39
HOLYOAKE Keith 55
home decorating 22
HOMER William 39
Homer Camp 39
Homer saddle 41
Homer Tunnel 38
horse drawn carriage 36
HULSE Don 43
HUTTON Clarissa 10
I
ICKE P 64
immigration policy 39
Intellectually Handicapped Assn.
45
J
JACKSON Syd 53
John Brogen & Sons 64
JOHNSON Capt. Robert 67
JOHNSON Johnny 49
joy riding flights 51
jungle training (WWII) 9
K
Kaipara 10
Karekare 48
KAY Eileen 20
KETTERER Mrs 48
Reg 48
KIRK Norman 55
Kupe 66
L
LAIRD Mr and Mrs 51
Lake Te Anau 39
LAMBOURNE Family 49
Land Court 22
lighthouse (Brothers) 66
lighthouse keepers 68
Lion Rock 48
Lion Rock Cabins 48
LUCAS Family 49
Lyell 69
Lyell Postmaster 69
M
mail delivery 36
Mana Island 67
Manganui River 34
Manganui Road Board 34
MANGOS Alice 69
Demetrius 69
Greek 69
MANNING George 54
Maori (rugby) 52
Maori Organisation 53
Mapua Store 58
Mapua Wharf 58
Marian Camp 39
Marlborough 62
Marshland Hill 29
Masterton 4
McKINNON Quintin 39
McKinnon Pass 39
McLAREN Bruce 51
MEGENNIS Bill 68
MESSINGER Dick 51
Milford Sound 39
milking 20, 30
MILLS John 67
Minister of Railways 34
Model T Ford 46
motorcycle racing 51
motoring 46
Mount Egmont (Taranaki) 1, 34
Mount Egmont Branch Line 34
Mount Smart 34
Mount Taranaki 1, 34
Moutere Hills 58
Mt Eden Borough Council 25
Muriwai 49
N
NASH Walter 54
NATHAN Family 49
National Park 34
Nelson 58
Nelson Hospital 61
NEOIA George 52
New Plymouth 28
New Plymouth harbour 34
New Year's Eve (Piha) 49
New Zealand Wars 28
Ngawhatu Kai-Ponu 66
No Maoris - No Tour 53
Northern Wairoa River 10
Northland 10
Nun Rock 49
NZ Railways 34
NZ Rugby Football Union 52
O
O'BRIEN Tiger 49
O'REGAN Rolland 51
Okahu 10
Onawe Farm 19
Otorohanga 36
OVENDEN Family 48
P
PAEWAI Mr M.N. 52
Pahi 10
Pahi Hotel 10
painting 24
painting apprenticeship 69
PALMER George 51
PARKS Family 49
pasture preparation 31
PAUL Mr G.N. 68
payroll 45
PEACOCK Mr C 68
PEARCE Tom 49
PHILLIPSON Family 48
PICKERING Mr B 68
Picton 63
Piha 48
Piha campground 48
Piha Hall 49
POATA Tamatekapu 53
Post Office Hotel 69
PRICE William Archer 36
protest (rugby) 53
Public Works Dept 34, 39
PWD relief schemes 39
Q
quarries (Mount Egmont) 34
R
racism 52
radio beacon 67
railway 1, 34, 63
railway viaduct 63
Ratapiko 30
RATCLIFFE John 72
ready reckoner 14
Red Cross Services Club 8
REDMOND Forbes James 69
Riversdale Beach 9
road construction (Southland) 39
Rolleston House 52
Rolls-Royce (1938) 51
ROSE Family 51
Rotoiti Timber Co. Mill 69
Ruahine Infantry Regiment 6
rugby 52
Rugby Union 52
RUTHERFORD Ernest 72
S
sand yacht 49
school banking 31
SCOTT Mavis 58
scrim 23
shipping: City of Newcastle 67
Cyrus 67
Enterprise 67
Kawerau 49
Luna 67
Minnie Casey 10
Schielthallion 64
Stella 67
USS George Clymer 6
SMITH George 51
SMITH Tom 43
SNELL Peter 62
SOLE Mr 68
Solway 6
Solway Showgrounds 6
Southland 39
Springbok Tour 52
St Mary's Catherdral 28
stick pin 56
Stratford Borough Council 34
surfing 51
SUTHERLAND Beryl 40
Donald 39
swamp land 3
T
table of weights 14
Taranaki 1, 26
Tararua Ranges 9
Te Rauamoa 36
TEMPA Mr 68
The 65th Regiment 29
Third Defense Battalion (US) 6
THOMPSON Laird 51
TIRIKATENE Eruera 52
Tory Channel 67
tourism 39
Trafalgar Park (Nelson) 62
tunnel (Homer) 41
tunnellers 41
U
URQUHART Lt. 29
US currency 8
US Marine Corps 5
V
VELLENOWTH Capt. 48
viaduct (railway) 63
Vickerman's Tasman Store 58
Vogel Scheme 65
W
Waitohi Viaduct 63
WALKER John 62
walking tracks (Fiordland) 39
wallpapering 24
WARNOCKS Family 49
wartime profiteering 22
WATSON Tim 68
WAY Hayden 49
Wellington Head 67
Wellington Town Hall 53
West Auckland 48
West Coast beaches 48
Whangamarino School 69
White Heather tearoom 51
WICKHAM Brian 30
Frank 30
Joy 31
Mrs 31
WILLS Charlie 68
WINIATA Mr W 52
work camps 40
World War Two 6, 22, 34
WRAY Johnny 49
WRIGHT Don 49
X
Y
Z
Personal Reflections of Pahi
Jilleen Bradley writes this heart-warming story.
DIY is in Our DNA
No shortage of jobs in a 1904 villa; Jeanette Grant remembers.
Farmyard Lost
Memories of Banks Peninsula from Beverley Bassett Broad.