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New Zealand Memories Issue 101
New Zealand Memories Issue 101 - Contents
The Polish Children’s Camp of Pahiatua 4
Stanislaw Manterys records the epic journey from Poland to Pahiatua.
Remember the Junior Digest 11
Nostalgia from Tony Russell.
Oscar Natzka 12
Christopher Moor profiles the New Zealand-born opera singer.
Exit Stage Right 16
An enchanting story from Joyce Powell.
From the Regions: Northland 20
No News Was Bad News! 30
Part II : The people’s voice by Hugh Hickman.
Centrefold: 36
Twirl those parasols.
Flood of the Century 38
Gore Historical Museum & Hokonui Heritage Research Centre.
A Claim to Fame 44
Les Murphy’s family research uncovers significant details.
My Great Uncle Sam McMillan 46
A poignant tale from Ivan Dominikovich.
New to Print 49
Sturdy as an Old Sea-Warrior 50
The Rover 9/20: story and photographs from Miles Dillon.
Nydia Bay - A World Away 52
A journey to the Marlborough Sounds with Kristina Jensen.
Finding Time 56
John de Bonnaire, Wellington Railway Station and a Roamer watch.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty/Coromandel 58
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
‘Cheaper to Maintain Than Horses’
Cover image: Polish children arrive at the Pahiatua Railway
Station on 1 November 1944.
Courtesy of the J. Zawada collection via S. Manterys.
New Zealand Memories Issue 101 - Index
A
Academy of Music (Thames) 65
advertisements 33
Alldays & Onions 72
Alldays motorcar 72
Anglican Church 28
Aramoho Railway Workshops 45
army trucks 8
Associated Motors Ltd 50
Auckland City 33,45,47, 50
Auckland soprano 14
Auckland Star 32
Auckland Times 35
Auckland Weekly News 32
B
BALLARD Charles Dargaville 29
Muriel 29
Norman 29
BARRON Mr. C. 34
Barton’s circus 40
basso 12
Bay of Plenty 58
BEECHAM Sir Thomas 14
beer 64
Bible Class camps 24
blacksmith 12
Blenheim 72
Boer War 47
BOURNE George 32
Bowmast’s tailors 42
brewery 64
BROWNLEE John 12
Brownlee’s Mill 55
Brownlie and Sons 42
BYTHEWAY Martha 45
C
Cafler Building 23
Cafler’s Corner 22
Captain Butt’s Shortland Hotel 64
car rally 72
CARTER Emma 12
CARTWRIGHT Miss 17
Chief Hansard 34
children’s camp 4
children’s magazine 11
chlorine gas 47
CLEMENTS Winifred 14
Club Hotel (Gore) 42
COLBECK Mr. 28
COLEGROVE Rev. 28
COOPER Theophilus 65
Coromandel 67
Covent Garden 14
Craig’s Mill 52
Criterion Hotel 72
CROFT George 28
D
daily newspapers 31
Dargaville 28
DARGAVILLE Amy 29
Annie 28
J.M. 29
Joseph 28
Muriel 29
DAVIS Catherine Canton 44
Martha 44
Mary Ann 44
Mary Ann Jnr 44
Thomas 44
de THIERRY Baron 45
DEUGARD Mr. S. 72
Devonport Beach 47
drover 26
droving 26
Dunedin 57
DUNFORD Alan 11
E
East Gore 39
EDGE Keith 17
Education 63
EHRENFRIED Brothers 64
F
FALWASSER Henry 35
farm dog 26
farming 43
Fencible soldier 45
Festival Queen Contest 60
financial cost (flood) 42
FITZGERALD George 31
flag signals 20
flag signals’ code 20
Flemings Cremoata Mill 43
FLETT Arthur 39
floats 60
flood (Gore) 38
flood protection scheme (Gore) 43
FOGGIN Mr. 17
forced labour camps 6
FRASER Peter 5
Freeman’s Bay 12
G
gala 36
GALLI-CURCI Amelita 12
Galpin’s farm 24
GARCIA Albert 12
GARRATT William 12
gas warfare (WW I) 47
GODBER Albert Percy 59
gold 31
goldfield (Thames) 64
Gore 38
Gore bridge 41
GOULDING Fritz Stanley 28
Grahamstown 64
H
H&J Smith 42
HALLMOND John Douglas 29
Hamner Springs Sanitorium 47
hand press 32
HARMAN Annie 29
Edward 29
Hatea River 23, 24
Hawera 10
HEAPS Tommy 17
HENDERSON Mr & Mrs 40
HIGGINSON Nicholas 29
Hokianga Harbour 20, 45
Holy Trinity Church 28
HOSKING Amy Catherine 29
Frank 29
I
Illustrated NZ Herald 32
J
Jacobstown 39
JONES Frederick N. 36
Junction Hotel 64
Junior Digest 11
K
Kaihu 29
Karaka Stream 64
Kati Mamoearika 43
Kawakawa 21
Kawerau mill 32
KELSO Archie 17
Kennedys Bay 67
KLEIN George 29
Maggie 29
Kohukohu 25
L
League of Nations 7
Ligar Canal 45
linotype 32
lithography 32
M
MacDONALD Mrs. 65
magazine (Junior Digest) 11
MAHONEY Mr. E. 28
Mangawhare 26
Marlborough Express 72
Marlborough Sounds 52
MARTIN Dr. 31
Maruawai 43
Masefield’s fish factory 22
MASSEY Horace 29
Sophia 29
Mataura 43
Mataura Ensign 39
Mataura Freezing Works 43
Mataura Valley 39
McCORMICK Mr. E.H. 33
McMILLAN Maria 47
McMILLAN Samuel Thomas 46
MEERS Mr. R.W. 63
MITCHELSON Edwin 29
Sir Edwin 45
motor vehicle dealership 50
motorcar (Alldays) 72
motorcar (Rover 9 / 20) 1,50
Mount Messenger 50
Murchison Earthquake 72
MURPHY James Joseph 44
Mary Ann 44
MUST Annie 29
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N.Z. Pictorial News 33
National Centennial Music Festival 14
NATZKA Oscar 12
NATZKE August 12
Emma 12
Frank Oscar 12
NEATE Kenneth 14
Nelson 36
Nelson Examiner 31
nervous breakdowns 47
New Zealand Mail 33
New Zealand National Orchestra 12
New Zealander 33
newspaper delivery 31
newspapers 30
Ngongotaha 16
Ngunguru Easter Camp 24
Northern Wairoa 26
Northern Wairoa River 28
Northland 20
Nydia Bay 52
Nydia timber mill 52
NZ Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette 31
NZ Herald and Auckland Gazette 31
O
opera 12
opera singer 12
Opotiki 59
Opouri Valley 52
Orange Festival 60
Orange Lodge 28
Otago Daily Times 31
Otago Medical School 57
Otago Witness 32
Otorohonga 68
P
Pacific Hotel 65
Paeroa 66
Pahiatua 4
Pahiatua Railway Station 7
Palmerston North 8
Palmerston North Railway Station 8
Papamoa 63
paper mills 32
paper suplliers 31
parasols 36
parliamentary reporters 34
PATTERSON Mrs. 18
PEAK Mr. O.D. 17
Pethybridge Butchery 18
petrol prices 50
Phoenix brewery 64
photo engraving 32
Photographic Weekly 33
picnics 24
Polish Boys’ Hostel 10
Polish children 4
Polish Children’s Camp 4
Polish Girls’ Hostle 10
Polish Government 7
Polish orphans 5
politics (newspapers) 31
postcards 23
POWELL Alan
Colin
Joyce
printing press 31
publishing 31
Q
QUAIFE Rev. B. 31
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick George 23
Kate 23
Olive 23
railway 69
railway (Kawakawa) 21
rationing (WW II) 19
Rawene 21
Rawene School 21
Rawene Sunday School 25
refugee children 5
refugees (Polish) 8
Reliability Run’ 50
rescue (flood) 40
Roamer watch 56
Rose bootmakers 42
ROSING Vladimir 14
Rotorua 17, 58
Rover 9 / 20 1,50
Royal Canadian Navy 14
Royal Hotel 65
Ruakaka Domain 24
RULE Keith 60
RULE Lorraine 60
rural newspapers 31
Russell 22
Russell Beach 22
RYAN John 44
S
SAMUELS Homer 12
Sanford Ltd 47
school choir 17
school concert 18
school music 17
school uniform 17
seaside 36
SHAW Miss 17
shell-shock (WW I) 47
shipping
Canton 44
Drayton Grange 46
General Randall 5
H.M.S Manchester 29
Mariposa 28
Nimrod 44
SHORT Mr. & Mrs 67
SHORTLAND Mr. 31
signal station 20
SIMPKIN Alvan (Danny) 26
Joan 26
singing 12
social centres (hotels) 65
South Head 20
South Island floods 42
SPENCE Thomas 39
Star Hotel (Kawakawa) 21
STEVENSON Forrest 40
Sunday School picnic 24
T
T.J. Inglis 12
Tahunanui Beach 36
tapdancing 17
Tauranga 60
Tauranga Racecourse 60
TE AWHA PARORE 28
telegraph line 31
Temperance movement 65
tented miners 65
Tenth Contingent (WW I) 46
Tetio 25
Thames 64
Thames goldfield 64
Thames hotels 64
The Press (Christchurch) 32
The Strand (Tauranga) 62
THOMAS Mr. W.H. 33
timber milling 55
tramway 53
Treaty of Waitangi 45
Trentham Military Camp 47
Trinity College of Music 12
Turnbull’s saddlery 42
TYRER Anderson 12
U
Ursuline Sisters 10
V
van WINTRINGHAM Mr. 72
VEALE Miss 17
W
W. Lewis & Co. 42
W. Phipps Bakery 22
Waiheke Island 12
Waihi 65
Waikaia 43
Waikumete Cemetery 47
Waimangu 58
Waitangi 45
Wanganui 10
Wanganui 45
weekly newspapers 33
Wellington 6,10, 50
Wellington Hospital 57
Wellington Railway Station 56
Wellington Town Hall 15
Whangarei 23
Wharepai Domain 60
Wharepuhunga 12
Whau Creek 45
Whitianga 67
Wild Cat Express 65
WILLIAMSON John 33
Wilson & Horton Ltd 33
WINKLEMANN Henry 33
woodcuts 32
Woodville 69
WRIGHT Gertrude 29
wrist watch 56
WW II 5, 18
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Academy of Music (Thames) 65
advertisements 33
Alldays & Onions 72
Alldays motorcar 72
Anglican Church 28
Aramoho Railway Workshops 45
army trucks 8
Associated Motors Ltd 50
Auckland City 33,45,47, 50
Auckland soprano 14
Auckland Star 32
Auckland Times 35
Auckland Weekly News 32
B
BALLARD Charles Dargaville 29
Muriel 29
Norman 29
BARRON Mr. C. 34
Barton’s circus 40
basso 12
Bay of Plenty 58
BEECHAM Sir Thomas 14
beer 64
Bible Class camps 24
blacksmith 12
Blenheim 72
Boer War 47
BOURNE George 32
Bowmast’s tailors 42
brewery 64
BROWNLEE John 12
Brownlee’s Mill 55
Brownlie and Sons 42
BYTHEWAY Martha 45
C
Cafler Building 23
Cafler’s Corner 22
Captain Butt’s Shortland Hotel 64
car rally 72
CARTER Emma 12
CARTWRIGHT Miss 17
Chief Hansard 34
children’s camp 4
children’s magazine 11
chlorine gas 47
CLEMENTS Winifred 14
Club Hotel (Gore) 42
COLBECK Mr. 28
COLEGROVE Rev. 28
COOPER Theophilus 65
Coromandel 67
Covent Garden 14
Craig’s Mill 52
Criterion Hotel 72
CROFT George 28
D
daily newspapers 31
Dargaville 28
DARGAVILLE Amy 29
Annie 28
J.M. 29
Joseph 28
Muriel 29
DAVIS Catherine Canton 44
Martha 44
Mary Ann 44
Mary Ann Jnr 44
Thomas 44
de THIERRY Baron 45
DEUGARD Mr. S. 72
Devonport Beach 47
drover 26
droving 26
Dunedin 57
DUNFORD Alan 11
E
East Gore 39
EDGE Keith 17
Education 63
EHRENFRIED Brothers 64
F
FALWASSER Henry 35
farm dog 26
farming 43
Fencible soldier 45
Festival Queen Contest 60
financial cost (flood) 42
FITZGERALD George 31
flag signals 20
flag signals’ code 20
Flemings Cremoata Mill 43
FLETT Arthur 39
floats 60
flood (Gore) 38
flood protection scheme (Gore) 43
FOGGIN Mr. 17
forced labour camps 6
FRASER Peter 5
Freeman’s Bay 12
G
gala 36
GALLI-CURCI Amelita 12
Galpin’s farm 24
GARCIA Albert 12
GARRATT William 12
gas warfare (WW I) 47
GODBER Albert Percy 59
gold 31
goldfield (Thames) 64
Gore 38
Gore bridge 41
GOULDING Fritz Stanley 28
Grahamstown 64
H
H&J Smith 42
HALLMOND John Douglas 29
Hamner Springs Sanitorium 47
hand press 32
HARMAN Annie 29
Edward 29
Hatea River 23, 24
Hawera 10
HEAPS Tommy 17
HENDERSON Mr & Mrs 40
HIGGINSON Nicholas 29
Hokianga Harbour 20, 45
Holy Trinity Church 28
HOSKING Amy Catherine 29
Frank 29
I
Illustrated NZ Herald 32
J
Jacobstown 39
JONES Frederick N. 36
Junction Hotel 64
Junior Digest 11
K
Kaihu 29
Karaka Stream 64
Kati Mamoearika 43
Kawakawa 21
Kawerau mill 32
KELSO Archie 17
Kennedys Bay 67
KLEIN George 29
Maggie 29
Kohukohu 25
L
League of Nations 7
Ligar Canal 45
linotype 32
lithography 32
M
MacDONALD Mrs. 65
magazine (Junior Digest) 11
MAHONEY Mr. E. 28
Mangawhare 26
Marlborough Express 72
Marlborough Sounds 52
MARTIN Dr. 31
Maruawai 43
Masefield’s fish factory 22
MASSEY Horace 29
Sophia 29
Mataura 43
Mataura Ensign 39
Mataura Freezing Works 43
Mataura Valley 39
McCORMICK Mr. E.H. 33
McMILLAN Maria 47
McMILLAN Samuel Thomas 46
MEERS Mr. R.W. 63
MITCHELSON Edwin 29
Sir Edwin 45
motor vehicle dealership 50
motorcar (Alldays) 72
motorcar (Rover 9 / 20) 1,50
Mount Messenger 50
Murchison Earthquake 72
MURPHY James Joseph 44
Mary Ann 44
MUST Annie 29
N
N.Z. Pictorial News 33
National Centennial Music Festival 14
NATZKA Oscar 12
NATZKE August 12
Emma 12
Frank Oscar 12
NEATE Kenneth 14
Nelson 36
Nelson Examiner 31
nervous breakdowns 47
New Zealand Mail 33
New Zealand National Orchestra 12
New Zealander 33
newspaper delivery 31
newspapers 30
Ngongotaha 16
Ngunguru Easter Camp 24
Northern Wairoa 26
Northern Wairoa River 28
Northland 20
Nydia Bay 52
Nydia timber mill 52
NZ Advertiser and Bay of Islands Gazette 31
NZ Herald and Auckland Gazette 31
O
opera 12
opera singer 12
Opotiki 59
Opouri Valley 52
Orange Festival 60
Orange Lodge 28
Otago Daily Times 31
Otago Medical School 57
Otago Witness 32
Otorohonga 68
P
Pacific Hotel 65
Paeroa 66
Pahiatua 4
Pahiatua Railway Station 7
Palmerston North 8
Palmerston North Railway Station 8
Papamoa 63
paper mills 32
paper suplliers 31
parasols 36
parliamentary reporters 34
PATTERSON Mrs. 18
PEAK Mr. O.D. 17
Pethybridge Butchery 18
petrol prices 50
Phoenix brewery 64
photo engraving 32
Photographic Weekly 33
picnics 24
Polish Boys’ Hostel 10
Polish children 4
Polish Children’s Camp 4
Polish Girls’ Hostle 10
Polish Government 7
Polish orphans 5
politics (newspapers) 31
postcards 23
POWELL Alan
Colin
Joyce
printing press 31
publishing 31
Q
QUAIFE Rev. B. 31
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick George 23
Kate 23
Olive 23
railway 69
railway (Kawakawa) 21
rationing (WW II) 19
Rawene 21
Rawene School 21
Rawene Sunday School 25
refugee children 5
refugees (Polish) 8
Reliability Run’ 50
rescue (flood) 40
Roamer watch 56
Rose bootmakers 42
ROSING Vladimir 14
Rotorua 17, 58
Rover 9 / 20 1,50
Royal Canadian Navy 14
Royal Hotel 65
Ruakaka Domain 24
RULE Keith 60
RULE Lorraine 60
rural newspapers 31
Russell 22
Russell Beach 22
RYAN John 44
S
SAMUELS Homer 12
Sanford Ltd 47
school choir 17
school concert 18
school music 17
school uniform 17
seaside 36
SHAW Miss 17
shell-shock (WW I) 47
shipping
Canton 44
Drayton Grange 46
General Randall 5
H.M.S Manchester 29
Mariposa 28
Nimrod 44
SHORT Mr. & Mrs 67
SHORTLAND Mr. 31
signal station 20
SIMPKIN Alvan (Danny) 26
Joan 26
singing 12
social centres (hotels) 65
South Head 20
South Island floods 42
SPENCE Thomas 39
Star Hotel (Kawakawa) 21
STEVENSON Forrest 40
Sunday School picnic 24
T
T.J. Inglis 12
Tahunanui Beach 36
tapdancing 17
Tauranga 60
Tauranga Racecourse 60
TE AWHA PARORE 28
telegraph line 31
Temperance movement 65
tented miners 65
Tenth Contingent (WW I) 46
Tetio 25
Thames 64
Thames goldfield 64
Thames hotels 64
The Press (Christchurch) 32
The Strand (Tauranga) 62
THOMAS Mr. W.H. 33
timber milling 55
tramway 53
Treaty of Waitangi 45
Trentham Military Camp 47
Trinity College of Music 12
Turnbull’s saddlery 42
TYRER Anderson 12
U
Ursuline Sisters 10
V
van WINTRINGHAM Mr. 72
VEALE Miss 17
W
W. Lewis & Co. 42
W. Phipps Bakery 22
Waiheke Island 12
Waihi 65
Waikaia 43
Waikumete Cemetery 47
Waimangu 58
Waitangi 45
Wanganui 10
Wanganui 45
weekly newspapers 33
Wellington 6,10, 50
Wellington Hospital 57
Wellington Railway Station 56
Wellington Town Hall 15
Whangarei 23
Wharepai Domain 60
Wharepuhunga 12
Whau Creek 45
Whitianga 67
Wild Cat Express 65
WILLIAMSON John 33
Wilson & Horton Ltd 33
WINKLEMANN Henry 33
woodcuts 32
Woodville 69
WRIGHT Gertrude 29
wrist watch 56
WW II 5, 18
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