New Zealand Memories Issue 160

New Zealand Memories Issue 160 - Contents
Our Ancestors Came From France 4
Marie Chaillet-Bell relates the joys and the hardships.
The Bank House 12
A vault in the hills of Naenae; a story from Christopher Moor.
Sunday Dinners 14
David Grantham’s account of a replicated roast meal in Christchurch.
Stalag XVIII.A Relatives Club 18
A WWII prisoner-of-war support group. Written by Sue Courtney.
From the Regions: West Coast 24
Lost in Words 34
A street sign catches David Hill’s eye.
Centrefold: A Life of Toil 36
Clydesdale horses on Wellington’s Cambridge Terrace.
Holidays at Te Moana Reserve 38
Gordon Tait has fond memories of vacations north of Timaru.
The Great New Zealand Exhibitions 40
Barry Birchall records the history of these outstanding events.
A Kiwi Girl’s Scrapbook 46
An illustrative glimpse of life in the 1920s by Francis Jill Studd.
The Copper 48
Not just for doing the laundry!
Tooth Tales 49
Jeanette Grant returns with another amusing story.
A Northland Pilgrimage, 1932 50
Jo Smith recounts a motoring journey by four Methodist ministers.
Rangitira Stowaway in Lyttelton 53
A delightful contribution from Lyttelton Museum.
Election Night in Blenheim 54
“What a night that was”, writes Betty Chambers.
From the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 67
New Zealand Memories Back Issues in Stock 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Canterbury Stopover 72
Coach team outside the Glacier Hotel, Bealey in 1882.

Auckland Heritage Collection Ref: 1-W1089
Cover image:
Much activity on Queen Street Wharf, 8 February 1904.

New Zealand Memories Issue 160 - Index

A
AA roadside service 19
Adelphi Hotel (Kaikoura) 21
Akaroa 25
alcohol 1, 38
All Blacks 44
ALLUM Sir John 67
Atarau 31
Athletic Park 57
Auckland 48
Auckland Central Fire Station 55
Auckland Harbour 49
Auckland Harbour Bridge 66
Auckland Regatta 49
Auckland Weekly News 13
Automobile Assn. 17
aviation 44, 65
Awanui 49
Awatere 12
Awatere Valley 12
B
Berhampore 57
Blackball 30
BLACKBURN Ben 37
Mr E. 37
Mr R. 37
blacksmith 8
Blenheim 12
BOLER Alf 37
Mr L. 37
BOTTING Jim 41
BRAGG Ethel Annie 30
breweries (Southland) 38
Bristol freighter 47
British Commonwealth Games 23
BROOKES Mr A. 37
bullock train 26
bush logging camp 36
C
CADE Ada 43
Isobel 43
John Robert 43
Thomas 43
camping 46
Canterbury 20
car punctures 18
Carterton 63
Carterton Post Office 63
cash-register 6
Cashmere 22
Cashmere Hills 22
Cashmere Sanatorium 22
Castlecliff 43
Caudron Biplane 65
Central Auckland 52
Central Wellington 58
CHANCE George 13
chocolates (poison) 30
Christchurch 22
church bells 4
Civil Aviation 67
Clareville Racecourse 63
CLARK Jean Kennedy 30
Club Hotel (Greymouth) 31
Cobden farm 12
COLENSO William 11
colourist (photography) 15
Colyton 34
CORDERY Mr 1, 38
Coronation Hospital 22
COUPLAND James 55
Crown Hotel (Timaru) 27
Customs Inspectors 1, 38
D
dental clinic 8
Distillation Act 41
DRANSFIELD George 31
DUMPLETON Mr 31
Dumpleton's Bakery 30
Dunsdale 41
E
earthquake (Wairarapa) 63
education 6
Eketahuna 62
elephants 14
emigrant requirements 9
emigration 9
Empire Hotel (Timaru) 27
ENWRIGHT Gerald 41
ex-servicemen farms 36
excise tax 38
F
Fairlie 26
family road trips 17
farm machinery 28
Farmers Department Store 46
farming (Winchester) 28
Featherston 64
Fiji Shipping Co. 51
FINNIS Miss 10
Fire (Auckland 1873) 52
fire bell 5
fire bell tower 55
fire brigade (Auckland) 53
FLOWER Mr F.H 21
FORD Barrie 15
Forty Mile Bush 62
free emigration 9
frozen meat 244
G
Gala Day 11
Gallipoli 13
GARRY Bill 8
gasworks (Whnagarei) 6
Gloster Meteor 44
Gore 1, 38
Gore Brewery 40
Gosling & Sons, Blenheim 15
Government Printing (Wellington) 60
Grand Hotel (Auckland) 55
Greymouth 32
Grumman Widgeon 66
H
HALEY Cyrus 52
handwriting experts 31
HANSEN Bill 50
HANSON William 30
HARMER Arthur 64
Hawke's Bay 10
Hawke's Bay Earthquake 10
Hays Building (Timaru) 27
HEWITT Mr 1, 38
HILL Clive Walter Roland 34
Everard 42
Henry Harcourt Arnold 34
Mary Esther 34
Hobsonville 47
Hokonui 1, 38
Hokonui Hills 38
Hokonui Moonshine 1, 38
holidays 17
HOLMES Det. Sgt. T.D 31
Hood Aerodrome 63
Houhora 49
HUTSON Dr H. 31
I
industry promotion 41
international exhibitions 40
inter-island steamer 67
IVICEVICH Marin 59
J
JACKSON Mr J. 64
JOHNSON Mr W. 37
Johnsonville 61
JONES Johnny 38
K
Kaikoura 21
Kaikoura garage 21
Kaipara Harbour 37
Kaiwera 41
Karetu River 72
Kidd's butchery 30
King's College (Auckland) 47
King's College Air Training Corps 47
KIRK Alf 41
Jack 41
KNIGHT Det. Sgt. H.E 31
L
Labour Day 56
LADD Fred 66
LAKE Mike 66
Lake Mahinapua 45
Lake Tekapo 26
Lane & Brown 48
leisure time 56
licensing laws 39
liquor licences (Wairarapa) 62
LITTIN Mr L. 37
Lockheed Super Constellation 44
LUCAS Crosby 11
Nellie 11
Lyttleton 24
M
MACEY Mr W.H 13
Mandeville 40
Mangatera cemetery (Dannevirke) 34
Marlborough 12
Martinborough 64
Mataura 40, 41
McCARTHY Winston 44

Kindergarten (Newmarket) 10
Kohukohu 52
KUNZ Charlie 38
L
L.J. Keys Ltd 61
Labour Government 54
Lake Hotel 64
Lake Pupuki 64
laundry 53
laundry blue 53
LEIGH Rev. Samuel 50
Lincoln 14
Love Construction 45
Lower Hutt 12
Lyttelton 67
M
MAHER Tommy 72
Mangere 10
Manson & Co (Greymouth) 26
Maori feast 52
MARCROFT Edwin 67
Elsie 67
Mason & Clayton 41
Matai 29
Maungawhau School 49
McKESSAR Barry 17
Eunice 17
Methodist Church 50
Methodist ministers 50
Methodist Theological College 50
Midland railway line 25
Minnesdale Chapel 67
missionaries 50
MITCHELL Huia 53
MOFFATT Isabelle 67
John 67
motorway 60
Mount Wellington 6
Murchison Earthquake 32
MURPHY Mrs 5
N
Naenae 12
National Bank Reefton 28
New Plymouth 34
New Plymouth Boy's High 34
Newmarket Kindergarten 10
next-of-kin parcels 22
night soil men 11
NOLA Peter 59
NORTH Joe 13
Lily 13
Pauline 13
Northland 50
Northland pilgrimage 50
NZ & South Seas Expo 42
NZ Centennial Expo 45
NZ International Exhibition 41
O
O'MALLEY James 72
OGDEN David 13
Onehunga Zoo 4
ORMISTON Christina 5
Otahuhu 4
Otira 25
Our Star of The Sea 61
outdoor copper 53
P
Pakihi 30
Panmure 11
Panmure School 7
Papakura Military Camp 49
Papatoetoe 4
Parnell 62
Payne's Cordial Factory 32
Penrose 60
PETCHELL Gib 65
Phyll 65
picnic 28, 58
Pine Island 58
Pitt St Methodist Church 50
Plunket Society 55
PLUNKETT Lord 44
pocket money 11
POCKNEY Mr 10
polling 67
Ponsonby 4
POPOVICH George 59
POW (Germany) 18
POW Camp (Wolfsburg) 21
POW Letters 22
POW parcels 22
Princes Theatre (Reefton) 28
prisoner-of-war 18
Q
Queen Elizabeth II 63
R
R.H. Betts Buller Motor Garage 32
RADICH Tony 59
railway ganger 25
RANSON Rev. Dr. Harry 50
RED Cross (POW) 23
Reefton 28
Reefton Power Station 28
Remuera 61
Reserve Bank 12
Robert Burns Hotel 30
Royal Oak 5
RYAN Grace 7
S
S. William's Draper 28
Saturday Matinee 11
SAVAGE Michael Joseph 54
scrapbook 46
Second NZEF 18
SEDDON Richard John 42
Seddon Memorial Tech 7
Self Help 22
SHEEDY Mr D 26
shipping Huia 6
Omrah 49
Rangatira 67
Rapaki 67
Wahine 67
SHRIVES Mr S 27
SIMMONS Esther 17
Paul 17
Southern Motorway 60
souvenir (exhibitions) 45
souvenir catalogues 45
St Georges Rowing Club 62
Stalag XVIII Relatives Club 18
Stalag XVIII.A 18
steam train 64
steamer (Cook Strait) 67
stowaway 67
STUBBS Olive Beryl 49
Teresa 49
William 49
suburban buses 61
Sunday lunches 14
Sunday roast 15
SUTHERLAND Ben 22
Swiss pudding 15
T
Takapuna 64
Tamaki River 11
TAUROA Rev. Matarae 52
Te Moana 38
Te Moana reserve 38
Tetlow's Four Square 63
THEIM Ben 24
TIDMARSH Mr 5
Timaru 38
TOMICH Ante 59
tourism 72
tram (Remuera) 61
transport (Auckland) 56
Treaty House 51
Tunnel Claim (Charleston) 30
TWIDLE Audrey 53
U
United/Reform Party 55
V
VELA Filip 59
Victoria League Club 19
VINAC Jakor 59
W
W.P. Cochran & Co. 64
Waima 52
Waitangi 51
Waitemata Harbour 57
WALKER Miss 8
Rev. William 50
WALTON Capt. J.W 20
WARD Sir Joseph 27
WARREN John 52
wedding 67
Wellington 12, 36, 45, 55, 67
Wellington Works' Depot 36
Wesleyan Church 50
Wesleyan mission station 50
West Coast 24
Westland 24
Westport 32
Weymouth Beach 5
Whanganui 46
Wharehine 67
Wharehine School 67
Whites Aviation 60
WIDMER Ailwine 16
WILLOUGHBY Mr 38
WILTON Gwen 12
Ron 12
WOODS Ruth 17
WORDSWORTH Jillian 13
work's depot (Wellington) 36
World War Two 12, 18
wringer (clothes) 53
X
Y
Yellow Bus Company 10
Z
zoo 5


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A
AA roadside service 19
Adelphi Hotel (Kaikoura) 21
Akaroa 25
alcohol 1, 38
All Blacks 44
ALLUM Sir John 67
Atarau 31
Athletic Park 57
Auckland 48
Auckland Central Fire Station 55
Auckland Harbour 49
Auckland Harbour Bridge 66
Auckland Regatta 49
Auckland Weekly News 13
Automobile Assn. 17
aviation 44, 65
Awanui 49
Awatere 12
Awatere Valley 12
B
Berhampore 57
Blackball 30
BLACKBURN Ben 37
Mr E. 37
Mr R. 37
blacksmith 8
Blenheim 12
BOLER Alf 37
Mr L. 37
BOTTING Jim 41
BRAGG Ethel Annie 30
breweries (Southland) 38
Bristol freighter 47
British Commonwealth Games 23
BROOKES Mr A. 37
bullock train 26
bush logging camp 36
C
CADE Ada 43
Isobel 43
John Robert 43
Thomas 43
camping 46
Canterbury 20
car punctures 18
Carterton 63
Carterton Post Office 63
cash-register 6
Cashmere 22
Cashmere Hills 22
Cashmere Sanatorium 22
Castlecliff 43
Caudron Biplane 65
Central Auckland 52
Central Wellington 58
CHANCE George 13
chocolates (poison) 30
Christchurch 22
church bells 4
Civil Aviation 67
Clareville Racecourse 63
CLARK Jean Kennedy 30
Club Hotel (Greymouth) 31
Cobden farm 12
COLENSO William 11
colourist (photography) 15
Colyton 34
CORDERY Mr 1, 38
Coronation Hospital 22
COUPLAND James 55
Crown Hotel (Timaru) 27
Customs Inspectors 1, 38
D
dental clinic 8
Distillation Act 41
DRANSFIELD George 31
DUMPLETON Mr 31
Dumpleton's Bakery 30
Dunsdale 41
E
earthquake (Wairarapa) 63
education 6
Eketahuna 62
elephants 14
emigrant requirements 9
emigration 9
Empire Hotel (Timaru) 27
ENWRIGHT Gerald 41
ex-servicemen farms 36
excise tax 38
F
Fairlie 26
family road trips 17
farm machinery 28
Farmers Department Store 46
farming (Winchester) 28
Featherston 64
Fiji Shipping Co. 51
FINNIS Miss 10
Fire (Auckland 1873) 52
fire bell 5
fire bell tower 55
fire brigade (Auckland) 53
FLOWER Mr F.H 21
FORD Barrie 15
Forty Mile Bush 62
free emigration 9
frozen meat 244
G
Gala Day 11
Gallipoli 13
GARRY Bill 8
gasworks (Whnagarei) 6
Gloster Meteor 44
Gore 1, 38
Gore Brewery 40
Gosling & Sons, Blenheim 15
Government Printing (Wellington) 60
Grand Hotel (Auckland) 55
Greymouth 32
Grumman Widgeon 66
H
HALEY Cyrus 52
handwriting experts 31
HANSEN Bill 50
HANSON William 30
HARMER Arthur 64
Hawke's Bay 10
Hawke's Bay Earthquake 10
Hays Building (Timaru) 27
HEWITT Mr 1, 38
HILL Clive Walter Roland 34
Everard 42
Henry Harcourt Arnold 34
Mary Esther 34
Hobsonville 47
Hokonui 1, 38
Hokonui Hills 38
Hokonui Moonshine 1, 38
holidays 17
HOLMES Det. Sgt. T.D 31
Hood Aerodrome 63
Houhora 49
HUTSON Dr H. 31
I
industry promotion 41
international exhibitions 40
inter-island steamer 67
IVICEVICH Marin 59
J
JACKSON Mr J. 64
JOHNSON Mr W. 37
Johnsonville 61
JONES Johnny 38
K
Kaikoura 21
Kaikoura garage 21
Kaipara Harbour 37
Kaiwera 41
Karetu River 72
Kidd's butchery 30
King's College (Auckland) 47
King's College Air Training Corps 47
KIRK Alf 41
Jack 41
KNIGHT Det. Sgt. H.E 31
L
Labour Day 56
LADD Fred 66
LAKE Mike 66
Lake Mahinapua 45
Lake Tekapo 26
Lane & Brown 48
leisure time 56
licensing laws 39
liquor licences (Wairarapa) 62
LITTIN Mr L. 37
Lockheed Super Constellation 44
LUCAS Crosby 11
Nellie 11
Lyttleton 24
M
MACEY Mr W.H 13
Mandeville 40
Mangatera cemetery (Dannevirke) 34
Marlborough 12
Martinborough 64
Mataura 40, 41
McCARTHY Winston 44

Kindergarten (Newmarket) 10
Kohukohu 52
KUNZ Charlie 38
L
L.J. Keys Ltd 61
Labour Government 54
Lake Hotel 64
Lake Pupuki 64
laundry 53
laundry blue 53
LEIGH Rev. Samuel 50
Lincoln 14
Love Construction 45
Lower Hutt 12
Lyttelton 67
M
MAHER Tommy 72
Mangere 10
Manson & Co (Greymouth) 26
Maori feast 52
MARCROFT Edwin 67
Elsie 67
Mason & Clayton 41
Matai 29
Maungawhau School 49
McKESSAR Barry 17
Eunice 17
Methodist Church 50
Methodist ministers 50
Methodist Theological College 50
Midland railway line 25
Minnesdale Chapel 67
missionaries 50
MITCHELL Huia 53
MOFFATT Isabelle 67
John 67
motorway 60
Mount Wellington 6
Murchison Earthquake 32
MURPHY Mrs 5
N
Naenae 12
National Bank Reefton 28
New Plymouth 34
New Plymouth Boy's High 34
Newmarket Kindergarten 10
next-of-kin parcels 22
night soil men 11
NOLA Peter 59
NORTH Joe 13
Lily 13
Pauline 13
Northland 50
Northland pilgrimage 50
NZ & South Seas Expo 42
NZ Centennial Expo 45
NZ International Exhibition 41
O
O'MALLEY James 72
OGDEN David 13
Onehunga Zoo 4
ORMISTON Christina 5
Otahuhu 4
Otira 25
Our Star of The Sea 61
outdoor copper 53
P
Pakihi 30
Panmure 11
Panmure School 7
Papakura Military Camp 49
Papatoetoe 4
Parnell 62
Payne's Cordial Factory 32
Penrose 60
PETCHELL Gib 65
Phyll 65
picnic 28, 58
Pine Island 58
Pitt St Methodist Church 50
Plunket Society 55
PLUNKETT Lord 44
pocket money 11
POCKNEY Mr 10
polling 67
Ponsonby 4
POPOVICH George 59
POW (Germany) 18
POW Camp (Wolfsburg) 21
POW Letters 22
POW parcels 22
Princes Theatre (Reefton) 28
prisoner-of-war 18
Q
Queen Elizabeth II 63
R
R.H. Betts Buller Motor Garage 32
RADICH Tony 59
railway ganger 25
RANSON Rev. Dr. Harry 50
RED Cross (POW) 23
Reefton 28
Reefton Power Station 28
Remuera 61
Reserve Bank 12
Robert Burns Hotel 30
Royal Oak 5
RYAN Grace 7
S
S. William's Draper 28
Saturday Matinee 11
SAVAGE Michael Joseph 54
scrapbook 46
Second NZEF 18
SEDDON Richard John 42
Seddon Memorial Tech 7
Self Help 22
SHEEDY Mr D 26
shipping Huia 6
Omrah 49
Rangatira 67
Rapaki 67
Wahine 67
SHRIVES Mr S 27
SIMMONS Esther 17
Paul 17
Southern Motorway 60
souvenir (exhibitions) 45
souvenir catalogues 45
St Georges Rowing Club 62
Stalag XVIII Relatives Club 18
Stalag XVIII.A 18
steam train 64
steamer (Cook Strait) 67
stowaway 67
STUBBS Olive Beryl 49
Teresa 49
William 49
suburban buses 61
Sunday lunches 14
Sunday roast 15
SUTHERLAND Ben 22
Swiss pudding 15
T
Takapuna 64
Tamaki River 11
TAUROA Rev. Matarae 52
Te Moana 38
Te Moana reserve 38
Tetlow's Four Square 63
THEIM Ben 24
TIDMARSH Mr 5
Timaru 38
TOMICH Ante 59
tourism 72
tram (Remuera) 61
transport (Auckland) 56
Treaty House 51
Tunnel Claim (Charleston) 30
TWIDLE Audrey 53
U
United/Reform Party 55
V
VELA Filip 59
Victoria League Club 19
VINAC Jakor 59
W
W.P. Cochran & Co. 64
Waima 52
Waitangi 51
Waitemata Harbour 57
WALKER Miss 8
Rev. William 50
WALTON Capt. J.W 20
WARD Sir Joseph 27
WARREN John 52
wedding 67
Wellington 12, 36, 45, 55, 67
Wellington Works' Depot 36
Wesleyan Church 50
Wesleyan mission station 50
West Coast 24
Westland 24
Westport 32
Weymouth Beach 5
Whanganui 46
Wharehine 67
Wharehine School 67
Whites Aviation 60
WIDMER Ailwine 16
WILLOUGHBY Mr 38
WILTON Gwen 12
Ron 12
WOODS Ruth 17
WORDSWORTH Jillian 13
work's depot (Wellington) 36
World War Two 12, 18
wringer (clothes) 53
X
Y
Yellow Bus Company 10
Z
zoo 5