New Zealand Memories Issue 67

New Zealand Memories Issue 67 - Contents
Count von Luckner’s Motuihe Island Escape 4
By James N. Bade
Girl on a Swing 10
Fashion with Angela Lassig
The Shopping Mecca 12
A nostalgic trip down Auckland’s Queen Street with Cherie Devliotis
Hitchcock Believed in the Perfect Crime 18
The master of suspense in New Zealand by Christopher Moor
The Reed Story 20
Gavin McLean traces the history of the publishing giant
From the Regions : Otago 26
Many Hands Make Light Work 37
From the Nelson Provincial Museum collection
Cookie Curruthers 38
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Percy Allison
RMS Niagara 40
Memories from the deep by Keith Gordon
Threepenny Gins and the Coronation Parade 46
An interview by Vince Boyle
From Fledgling Flyer to Busy Airline 48
The Air Central story by Bruce Gavin
In Print 51
The Sunday School Anniversary 52
By Rex Falkner
Rugby League Celebrates its Centennial Year 54
Bernie Wood overviews the early years
From the Regions : Hawke’s Bay 58
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
The end of school milk
Cover Image:
Committee of the New Zealand
Axemen’s Association,
26 December 1904.
Standing: T.C. Stanners, Bert
Hayward, A.G. Whiting. Sitting:
F.A. Moore, F. Hardy, G.W.
Tayler, H. Wolfe, Alf Hansen
Courtesy: The Eltham Historical Society

New Zealand Memories Issue 67 - Index

Index Issue 67

A

actors (film) 19

Ah Chee (fruiterer) 12

Air Central 48

Air Services Limited 48

All Black ‘Originals’ 54

All Golds 57

ALLEN, C.R. 22

Amorangi Boys 23

ANDERSON, Mona 23

anglers 31

Antarctica 66

ANTHONY, Frank 22

ANZ Bank (Auckland City) 12

Arai-te-uru 28

Auckland 52

Auckland City 12

Auckland Town Hall 52

Authors’ Fund 22

Automatic Key Punch 66

aviation 48

B

barbers 14

BASKERVILLE, Albert 54

BEDRIE, Mr. E. 7

BEGG, Mr. A.G. 31

BEST, Elsdon 24

BIGWOOD, Jean 23

Ken 23

birdsong recordings 23

bleach 33

BNSW (Auckland City) 12

BNZ (Auckland City) 12

books 20

BOURKE, Capt. William 7

BRADWELL, Paul 22

brick kiln 62

brick making 63

brickworks 62

Broad Bay 32

Broad Bay School 32

BROWN, Daphne 29

BURNS, Arthur 34

Thomas 34

Busby Hill 63

BYRNE, Con 54

C

cabbage 38

CALLAM, Arthur 54

CALMAN, Ross 24

CAMERON, Bob 15

CANDY, Bruce 50

CAPE, Peter 23

CARR, Edwin 23

CARTWRIGHT, Frank 30

CATHIE’S, Bruce 24

Census Dept. 66

Cessna Skymaster 48

chef 38

children (games) 65

chimney (kiln) 63

choir (children’s) 52

Christianity 21

church 52

Clarke & M’Ilroy 27

classical music 23

CLEVELAND, Les 23

Clutha 26

coal (kiln) 64

Colonial & Mutual Ass. Soc. Ltd 12

COLQUHOUN, Neil 23

Cooke’s Restaurant 14

copper (washing) 33

Corstorphine House 29

costumes 61

Coulls Somerville Wilkie 21

court martial 8

COWAN, James 22

CROSS, Tom 54

CRUMP, Barry 23

CURNOW, Allen 23

CURRUTHERS, Tim (Cookie) 38

Curtis Island 7

D

DANSEY, Harry 23

department stores 12

DEVORY, Mr. A.E. 55

diving (gold) 1, 40

diving chamber 42

dresses 10

DUCKWORTH, Marilyn 24

Dunedin 20

Dunedin 29

DUNNING, Charles 54

E

Eagle Airways 50

earthquake 61

Eccles 15

educational publishing 23

EDWARDS, Brian 24

eiderdown 37

ELDER, Prof. J.R. 21

ELLINGHAM, Jim 50

ELLIS, Murray 66

EMI records 23

ERDMANN, Herr 4

escape (WWI) 4

EVEREST, Jan 49

Eves Brickworks 62

EVES, Marjorie 63

Minetta 63

Samuel 63

exploration (shipwreck) 42

F

FALKNER, Louis 52

Farmers Santa Parade 17

Farmers Trading Co. 15

fashion (girls) 10

fashion parades 15

field tiles 64

filmmaker 18

fishing 30

Fletcher Construction Co. 32

Fletcher House 32

FLETCHER, Sir James 32

flower pots 64

flying instructor 48

FRAME, Janet 24

FRASER, Daniel 54

FREUND, Herr 4

FRY, Alexander 19

fuel-oil (ship) 41

Fullers Opera House 15

G

games 65

GARDINER, John 50

German raider 4, 42

GILCHRIST, Daniel 54

GLEESON, Jim 54

gloves 14

Goat Island 8

gold bars 41

gold salvage 1, 40

goldmining 26

GREEN, Hubert 32

Gridiron Hotel 27

GROGAN, Joseph 7

GRUN, Karl 4

GUTHRIE, Joan 45

Walter 45

GUTHRIE-SMITH, Herbert 22

H

handcraft 37

handwork 10

HARRISON, Craig 24

Hastings 58

Hauraki Gulf 42

Havelock North 58, 62

Hawke’s Bay 58

Hawke’s Bay earthquake 61

HAYWOOD, Margaret 24

Hector the Parrot 17

HEDLEY, Alex 23

HEENAN, Ashley 23

Heinemann Reid 24

Hellabys 14

HENRY, Noel 30

HERD, Capt. 42

HILL, George 30

HITCHCOCK, Alfred 18

Alma 18

Hoffman kiln 64

HOLMES, Capt. 7

hunt 29

hunting 48

HURLEY, Reg 15

Huskies 66

hydro scheme (Mangakino) 38

I

IHIMAERA, Witi 24

influenza epidemic 16

interns (WWI) 4

J

James Pascoe 15

John Courts 15

JOHNSTON, William 54

JOHNSTONE, John 42

William 41

K

Kaimanawas 48

Kawerau 48

KELLY, Arthur 54

KERR, Graham 23

kiln 62

KIRCHEISS, Herr 4

Kiwi Hibiscus Label 23

Kiwi Pacific Records Int. Ltd. 23

Kiwi Records 23

KLOHN, August 6

KRAUSE, Herr 4

L

LADD, Fred 24, 50

LAVERY, Joseph 54

LEE, John A. 24

lifeboats 45

Ligar Stream 13

LILBURN, Douglas 23

LILE, Adam 54

LUCAS, Freddy 15

LUDEMANN, Herr 4

M

MACANDREW, Charles 31

MacGREGOR, Miriam 22

MACKRELL, Bill 54

MAJOR, Malvina 23

Mangakino 38

Maori folklore 28

Maori recordings 23

Maori records 23

MARSH, Dr. George 66

MARTIN, William 41

MASSEY, William 4

MATICH, Peter 48

McCauley Island 8

McGILL, David 24

McGREGOR, Duncan 54

McINTYRE, Peter 23

McKenzies 15

McLEAN, Tip 23

MEAD, Hirini Moko 24

MEAD, Sidney 23

MELLERT, Herr 6

MESSENGER, Dally 54

Milne & Choyce 12

MILNE, John Stuart 15

mines (WWII) 42

Moeraki 28

Moeraki boulders 28

Mosgiel 34

Mosgiel Woollen Mill 34

Motuihe Island 4

Mt. Eden Prison 8

MULDOON, Robert 24

Music (Maori) 23

MUTU, Margaret 24

N

N.Z. authors 20

N.Z. Symphony Orchestra 23

N.Z. Typewriter Co. 21

Napier 50

Napier Aero Club 48

Nelson 37

NELSON, Ray 45

New Napier Carnival 61

Newton 52

NEWTON, Peter 22

NOLAN, Tony 24

non-fiction 24

NORRIE, Sir Willoughby 35

NZRU 55

O

ocean liner 41

OFFEN, Tony 35

OLIVER, Bert 34

Otago 26

Otago Acclimatisation Soc. 31

Otago Peninsula 32

Otago Provincial Council 34

P

PALMER, Harry 54

PAULSEN, Herr 6

PEARCE, Charles 54

PERMIEN, Herr 4

Person Group 24

PETERSON, Mr. E. 7

picnics 32

pilot licence (commercial) 48

PLATT, Joe 55

Port Ahuriri 59

Portobello 32

Poukawa 65

Powers Samas machines 66

PRUDEN, Larry 23

public house 27

publishing 20

Putiki Maori Club 23

Q

Queen Street (Ak) 12

R

Reed Elsevier 24

Reed Methuen 24

Reed Publishing (N.Z.) Ltd 24

REED, Alfred H. 20

A.W. (Clif ) 20

Isabel 24

John 24

REVILLE, Alma 18

RFU 55

RICHARDS, Ray 23

RIMMER, Eve 24

Ripapa Island 8

Rotorua Aero Club 48

ROWE, Harold 54

rugby 55

Rugby league 54

S

sack race 65

SALMON, J.T. 24

SAMSON, Mrs 32

Sandfords 14

Santa Parade 17

SARGESON, Frank 24

SCHMIDT, Herr 6

SCHOFIELD, Major S.C. 9

schooldays (1930s) 32

SCHULTZ, Governor Alfred 7

sewing machines 37

shipping, Blundell 29

Egypt 42

Elass 6

Elsie Evans 32

Foremost II 44

HSK Orion 42

Iris 7

Lady Roberts 7

Moa 7

Narua 7

Pearl 6

Rangi 7

RMS Niagara 1, 40

Seeadler 4

Tarewai 32

Wolf 41

shipwreck 40

SIDEY, Johanna

John 29

Sir Thomas 29

SINCLAIR, Don 23

SINGER, Carl 7

singing 52

Smith & Caughey Limited 15

SMITH, George 54

smocking 10

soap 33

Somes Island 6

Spanish flu 41

spinning machine 34

STACEY, Mr. T 7

STAFFORD, Don 24

starch 33

stationary steam engine 64

STEVENSON, Bernice 10

Stewart Dawson 15

STONEHAM, Laura 10

STRATTON, Graeme 50

Sunday School 52

Sunday School concert 53

Sunday School Supply Stores Co. 21

SUTCH, Bill 24

SUTHERLAND, Miss 32

T

TAPSELL, Paul 24

Taradale 58

Tasman Glacier 66

Taupo Flying School 48

Te Kai-hinaki 28

TE KANAWA, Kiri 23

Te Rangatahi Maori Group 23

TE WIATA, Inia 23

tearoom (Auckland City) 16

TINDALL, Mrs 32

TODD, Lance 54

TOMBLESON, Keith 45

tourism 22

tram ticket 60

tramway 60

TREVARTHEN, Bill 54

trout 30

trout fishery 31

trout licence 30

TURNER, Lieut. Col. 4

TURTILL, Hubert 54

TYLER, Bill 54

TYNE, Edward 54

U

underwater robotic vehicle 42

underwater salvage 42

Union Steam Ship Co. 41

United Salvage Co. 42

University of Otago 21

V

VERCOE, Tony 23

VON EGIDY, Herr 6

von LUCKNER, Felix 4

von ZATORSKI, Walter 6

W

Wah Jang (fruiterer) 14

Waipukurau 59

Walker & Hall 15

WALL, Arnold 22

WARING, Mike 49

washday 33

washing machine 33

Water of the Leith 30

WATKINS, Eric 54

Wayleggo 22

WELLS, Peter 24

West Street Church of Christ 52

WEYHER, Capt. Kurt 42

Whakarewarewa 48

Whangarei 42

WHEELER, Colin 22

WHEELER, Colin 23

whitebaiting 49

WHITEHEAD, Henry 65

WILKINSON, Sir Neville 15

William Coltman 15

WILLIAMS, Capt. John 42

Wilson & Horton Limited 12

WINSLOW, General A. 4

WOODS, Jenny 45

Woollams 15

woollen cloth 34

woollen mill 34

WRIGHT, Hercules 54

WRIGLEY, Edgar 54

wringer 33

writer (crime novels) 19

WWII 1, 40

WWII 41

WYNYARD, Billy 54

Dick 54

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Index Issue 67

A

actors (film) 19

Ah Chee (fruiterer) 12

Air Central 48

Air Services Limited 48

All Black ‘Originals’ 54

All Golds 57

ALLEN, C.R. 22

Amorangi Boys 23

ANDERSON, Mona 23

anglers 31

Antarctica 66

ANTHONY, Frank 22

ANZ Bank (Auckland City) 12

Arai-te-uru 28

Auckland 52

Auckland City 12

Auckland Town Hall 52

Authors’ Fund 22

Automatic Key Punch 66

aviation 48

B

barbers 14

BASKERVILLE, Albert 54

BEDRIE, Mr. E. 7

BEGG, Mr. A.G. 31

BEST, Elsdon 24

BIGWOOD, Jean 23

Ken 23

birdsong recordings 23

bleach 33

BNSW (Auckland City) 12

BNZ (Auckland City) 12

books 20

BOURKE, Capt. William 7

BRADWELL, Paul 22

brick kiln 62

brick making 63

brickworks 62

Broad Bay 32

Broad Bay School 32

BROWN, Daphne 29

BURNS, Arthur 34

Thomas 34

Busby Hill 63

BYRNE, Con 54

C

cabbage 38

CALLAM, Arthur 54

CALMAN, Ross 24

CAMERON, Bob 15

CANDY, Bruce 50

CAPE, Peter 23

CARR, Edwin 23

CARTWRIGHT, Frank 30

CATHIE’S, Bruce 24

Census Dept. 66

Cessna Skymaster 48

chef 38

children (games) 65

chimney (kiln) 63

choir (children’s) 52

Christianity 21

church 52

Clarke & M’Ilroy 27

classical music 23

CLEVELAND, Les 23

Clutha 26

coal (kiln) 64

Colonial & Mutual Ass. Soc. Ltd 12

COLQUHOUN, Neil 23

Cooke’s Restaurant 14

copper (washing) 33

Corstorphine House 29

costumes 61

Coulls Somerville Wilkie 21

court martial 8

COWAN, James 22

CROSS, Tom 54

CRUMP, Barry 23

CURNOW, Allen 23

CURRUTHERS, Tim (Cookie) 38

Curtis Island 7

D

DANSEY, Harry 23

department stores 12

DEVORY, Mr. A.E. 55

diving (gold) 1, 40

diving chamber 42

dresses 10

DUCKWORTH, Marilyn 24

Dunedin 20

Dunedin 29

DUNNING, Charles 54

E

Eagle Airways 50

earthquake 61

Eccles 15

educational publishing 23

EDWARDS, Brian 24

eiderdown 37

ELDER, Prof. J.R. 21

ELLINGHAM, Jim 50

ELLIS, Murray 66

EMI records 23

ERDMANN, Herr 4

escape (WWI) 4

EVEREST, Jan 49

Eves Brickworks 62

EVES, Marjorie 63

Minetta 63

Samuel 63

exploration (shipwreck) 42

F

FALKNER, Louis 52

Farmers Santa Parade 17

Farmers Trading Co. 15

fashion (girls) 10

fashion parades 15

field tiles 64

filmmaker 18

fishing 30

Fletcher Construction Co. 32

Fletcher House 32

FLETCHER, Sir James 32

flower pots 64

flying instructor 48

FRAME, Janet 24

FRASER, Daniel 54

FREUND, Herr 4

FRY, Alexander 19

fuel-oil (ship) 41

Fullers Opera House 15

G

games 65

GARDINER, John 50

German raider 4, 42

GILCHRIST, Daniel 54

GLEESON, Jim 54

gloves 14

Goat Island 8

gold bars 41

gold salvage 1, 40

goldmining 26

GREEN, Hubert 32

Gridiron Hotel 27

GROGAN, Joseph 7

GRUN, Karl 4

GUTHRIE, Joan 45

Walter 45

GUTHRIE-SMITH, Herbert 22

H

handcraft 37

handwork 10

HARRISON, Craig 24

Hastings 58

Hauraki Gulf 42

Havelock North 58, 62

Hawke’s Bay 58

Hawke’s Bay earthquake 61

HAYWOOD, Margaret 24

Hector the Parrot 17

HEDLEY, Alex 23

HEENAN, Ashley 23

Heinemann Reid 24

Hellabys 14

HENRY, Noel 30

HERD, Capt. 42

HILL, George 30

HITCHCOCK, Alfred 18

Alma 18

Hoffman kiln 64

HOLMES, Capt. 7

hunt 29

hunting 48

HURLEY, Reg 15

Huskies 66

hydro scheme (Mangakino) 38

I

IHIMAERA, Witi 24

influenza epidemic 16

interns (WWI) 4

J

James Pascoe 15

John Courts 15

JOHNSTON, William 54

JOHNSTONE, John 42

William 41

K

Kaimanawas 48

Kawerau 48

KELLY, Arthur 54

KERR, Graham 23

kiln 62

KIRCHEISS, Herr 4

Kiwi Hibiscus Label 23

Kiwi Pacific Records Int. Ltd. 23

Kiwi Records 23

KLOHN, August 6

KRAUSE, Herr 4

L

LADD, Fred 24, 50

LAVERY, Joseph 54

LEE, John A. 24

lifeboats 45

Ligar Stream 13

LILBURN, Douglas 23

LILE, Adam 54

LUCAS, Freddy 15

LUDEMANN, Herr 4

M

MACANDREW, Charles 31

MacGREGOR, Miriam 22

MACKRELL, Bill 54

MAJOR, Malvina 23

Mangakino 38

Maori folklore 28

Maori recordings 23

Maori records 23

MARSH, Dr. George 66

MARTIN, William 41

MASSEY, William 4

MATICH, Peter 48

McCauley Island 8

McGILL, David 24

McGREGOR, Duncan 54

McINTYRE, Peter 23

McKenzies 15

McLEAN, Tip 23

MEAD, Hirini Moko 24

MEAD, Sidney 23

MELLERT, Herr 6

MESSENGER, Dally 54

Milne & Choyce 12

MILNE, John Stuart 15

mines (WWII) 42

Moeraki 28

Moeraki boulders 28

Mosgiel 34

Mosgiel Woollen Mill 34

Motuihe Island 4

Mt. Eden Prison 8

MULDOON, Robert 24

Music (Maori) 23

MUTU, Margaret 24

N

N.Z. authors 20

N.Z. Symphony Orchestra 23

N.Z. Typewriter Co. 21

Napier 50

Napier Aero Club 48

Nelson 37

NELSON, Ray 45

New Napier Carnival 61

Newton 52

NEWTON, Peter 22

NOLAN, Tony 24

non-fiction 24

NORRIE, Sir Willoughby 35

NZRU 55

O

ocean liner 41

OFFEN, Tony 35

OLIVER, Bert 34

Otago 26

Otago Acclimatisation Soc. 31

Otago Peninsula 32

Otago Provincial Council 34

P

PALMER, Harry 54

PAULSEN, Herr 6

PEARCE, Charles 54

PERMIEN, Herr 4

Person Group 24

PETERSON, Mr. E. 7

picnics 32

pilot licence (commercial) 48

PLATT, Joe 55

Port Ahuriri 59

Portobello 32

Poukawa 65

Powers Samas machines 66

PRUDEN, Larry 23

public house 27

publishing 20

Putiki Maori Club 23

Q

Queen Street (Ak) 12

R

Reed Elsevier 24

Reed Methuen 24

Reed Publishing (N.Z.) Ltd 24

REED, Alfred H. 20

A.W. (Clif ) 20

Isabel 24

John 24

REVILLE, Alma 18

RFU 55

RICHARDS, Ray 23

RIMMER, Eve 24

Ripapa Island 8

Rotorua Aero Club 48

ROWE, Harold 54

rugby 55

Rugby league 54

S

sack race 65

SALMON, J.T. 24

SAMSON, Mrs 32

Sandfords 14

Santa Parade 17

SARGESON, Frank 24

SCHMIDT, Herr 6

SCHOFIELD, Major S.C. 9

schooldays (1930s) 32

SCHULTZ, Governor Alfred 7

sewing machines 37

shipping, Blundell 29

Egypt 42

Elass 6

Elsie Evans 32

Foremost II 44

HSK Orion 42

Iris 7

Lady Roberts 7

Moa 7

Narua 7

Pearl 6

Rangi 7

RMS Niagara 1, 40

Seeadler 4

Tarewai 32

Wolf 41

shipwreck 40

SIDEY, Johanna

John 29

Sir Thomas 29

SINCLAIR, Don 23

SINGER, Carl 7

singing 52

Smith & Caughey Limited 15

SMITH, George 54

smocking 10

soap 33

Somes Island 6

Spanish flu 41

spinning machine 34

STACEY, Mr. T 7

STAFFORD, Don 24

starch 33

stationary steam engine 64

STEVENSON, Bernice 10

Stewart Dawson 15

STONEHAM, Laura 10

STRATTON, Graeme 50

Sunday School 52

Sunday School concert 53

Sunday School Supply Stores Co. 21

SUTCH, Bill 24

SUTHERLAND, Miss 32

T

TAPSELL, Paul 24

Taradale 58

Tasman Glacier 66

Taupo Flying School 48

Te Kai-hinaki 28

TE KANAWA, Kiri 23

Te Rangatahi Maori Group 23

TE WIATA, Inia 23

tearoom (Auckland City) 16

TINDALL, Mrs 32

TODD, Lance 54

TOMBLESON, Keith 45

tourism 22

tram ticket 60

tramway 60

TREVARTHEN, Bill 54

trout 30

trout fishery 31

trout licence 30

TURNER, Lieut. Col. 4

TURTILL, Hubert 54

TYLER, Bill 54

TYNE, Edward 54

U

underwater robotic vehicle 42

underwater salvage 42

Union Steam Ship Co. 41

United Salvage Co. 42

University of Otago 21

V

VERCOE, Tony 23

VON EGIDY, Herr 6

von LUCKNER, Felix 4

von ZATORSKI, Walter 6

W

Wah Jang (fruiterer) 14

Waipukurau 59

Walker & Hall 15

WALL, Arnold 22

WARING, Mike 49

washday 33

washing machine 33

Water of the Leith 30

WATKINS, Eric 54

Wayleggo 22

WELLS, Peter 24

West Street Church of Christ 52

WEYHER, Capt. Kurt 42

Whakarewarewa 48

Whangarei 42

WHEELER, Colin 22

WHEELER, Colin 23

whitebaiting 49

WHITEHEAD, Henry 65

WILKINSON, Sir Neville 15

William Coltman 15

WILLIAMS, Capt. John 42

Wilson & Horton Limited 12

WINSLOW, General A. 4

WOODS, Jenny 45

Woollams 15

woollen cloth 34

woollen mill 34

WRIGHT, Hercules 54

WRIGLEY, Edgar 54

wringer 33

writer (crime novels) 19

WWII 1, 40

WWII 41

WYNYARD, Billy 54

Dick 54

X

Y

Z

in capitals.