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New Zealand Memories Issue 104
New Zealand Memories Issue 104 - Contents
When Every Day Was Fly-day 4
Humour from Alwyn Owen.
The Kiwi and the Turncoat Albatros 9
Grant Newman records a World War One aviation story.
Gone 12
A nostalgic poem by Owen Barron.
The Ghost of Curran Street 14
Shirley Ayers remembers ‘flatting’ in the 1950s.
My Father’s Gardens 17
A walk along the garden path with Robin Fry.
Not a Brass Razoo 18
Bill Conroy’s early memories of a Public Works Camp.
Drama and Disappointment at the Domain 22
Early pilot Wizard Stone in Auckland. By Errol Martyn.
From the Regions: West Coast 25
Centrefold: The Oamaru Clock Tower 36
The Diary of Lucy France 38
Autumn holidays in the Marlborough Sound by Hilary Smith.
Things Were Bigger in My Day 44
They certainly were! A story by Nolan Belcher.
The First Casualty 46
A sad affair in Lyttelton Harbour recorded by Roger Strong.
Tom Long Hangman 50
Denis Dwyer profiles New Zealand’s unofficial hangman.
From the Regions: Auckland 52
Reader’s Response: The Darracq Motorcar 64
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
‘Many Happy Returns’.
New Zealand Memories Issue 104 - Index
A
A&P Showgrounds (Pukekohe) 61
AAA Reliability Trophy 65
advertisements 6, 31
aerosol cans 6
Albatros D.V. 9
Albion Hotel (Napier) 51
ALDERTON Mr. G.E. 64
Alexandra 19
ALISON Robert 31
ANDERSON Bruce 59
Grant 59
annual ball 13
anti-fly campaign 6
Arrowtown 66
Arrowtown School 66
arson (Napier) 51
Auckland 14, 22, 52
Auckland Automobile Assn. 64
Auckland City 52
Auckland City Council 65
Auckland Domain 22
Auckland Harbour Bridge 14
Auckland Vintage Car Club 59
aviation 9, 22
Avondale 56
Avondale Post Office 56
B
Baileys shipbuilding 39
Barber’ wind 30
bathing 20
BATTEN Jean 21
Battery Point 47
Becks 19
BLACK Peter 17
Blenheim 9
Bleriot monoplane 22
bloodtonic 30
BOLTON Walter 51
booby-trap 16
BRASELL Frederick James 46
George 47
Bridge Hill 21
BRIGHT Henry 25
Brunner Mine 31
Brunnerton 31
BSA Gold Flash 66
Buller 32
bush tramway 32
butcher 20
C
camping 57
canvas/timber hut 20
capital punishment 51
carbide lamp 35
Central Otago 18
Charming Creek 32
Charming Creek Mine 34
Christmas 4
circus 61
CLAUSNITZER Ernst 10
CLEAVE Arthur Jnr. 64
Arthur Snr. 64
Clyde 19
CMT Scheme 66
coal trucks 33
coastal defence battery 46
COLLETT Clive Franklin 9
CONROY Ann 19
Bill 19
coxswain’s badge 66
cricket 54
Cromwell 19
Curran Street (Auckland) 14
D
Darracq motorcar 64
DAVIES Toby 63
DAWES Charlie 64
DDT 6
DEAN Minnie 51
delivery man 13
Depression, The 18, 34, 38, 54, 60
diet 41
Doctor Suess 6
domestic servants 39
Dr. William’s pink pills 30
Dr. Williams Medicine Co. 30
dynamite 45
E
eel 44
Eketahuna 51
elevator building 37
ELLIS James 51
Eltham 1, 45
employment 20
executions 51
F
F. Perkins & Co. 60
Farmers Department Store 52
farming (Eltham) 45
fashion 12
Fassett & Johnson Ltd 30
fishing 41
fishing 63
Fitzroy 62
flats 14
flatting 15
FLEMING Spencer 39
flies 4
flooding (Milford) 55
flume 33
fly-papers 4
fly-swat 4
food dehydration plant 61
Forrest Hill 55
Forrester & Lemon 37
Fox Galcier 25
FRANCE Emily 39
Lucy 38
Frankton 61
Fruitlands 19
FULFORD George 30
G
games (indoor) 43
GERSEL Theodor Seuss 6
Gnome rotary engine 23
Godley Head 47
Government Relief Scheme 18, 54
grain storage 37
Grand Prior badge 66
Grant Motors 58
Great Barrier Island 62
GREY Mr C.J. 11
Guardian Angel parachute 10
gun defences 47
gun emplacements 47
H
Haast 26
Haast Beach 26
Haast Works Camp 28
hangings 51
hangman 51
HANSEN Albert 60
Harley Davidson 59
Health Dept. 6
heating 19
Hector 32
HINKLER Bert 24
Hokitika 27
holidays 40
holidays 62
HOLYOAKE Keith 27
houseflies 4
housing developments 55
Hunua 58
Hunua 100 Ralley 59
I
Itchen Street (Oamaru) 37
J
J & T Meeks 37
K
Katherine Bay 62
Kauangaroa 51
Kenepuru Sound 39
KIELY Supt. N. 51
KING Christopher 17
Denis 17
Dr Cyril 17
Margaret 17
Robin 17
Knights Point 26
Knights Point Post Office 27
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landslip (West Coast) 28
LANGSLAND Lt. 10
Lauder 19
LAURIE Danny 35
Levin 66
LEVY Otto 34
Locomobile Steam Car 64
LONG Tom 51
Lopdell House 56
Lyttelton Harbour 46
Lyttleton 66
M
MacMAHON Mr. J.H. 40
MALIN Sid 61
main trunk line 60
Makara 27
marigolds 45
Marlborough Sounds 38
MARSH Harold 53
Mary Quant 12
Massey College 17
Masterton 51
McCONNELL Nancy 59
Helen 59
Henry 59
Jim 59
Mary 59
McDONALD Lewis 34
Murdoch 34
McGHIE Tim 35
McGUDDEN James 11
Meadowbank 58
meat safe 4
Meek’s Elevator Building 37
Milford 54
Millerton 34
mining 31,32
Ministry of Works 26
mixed flatting 15
monoplane 22
MORRIS Alice 30
Morse code 26
motocars 13
motor registration 65
motorcycle 66
motorcycle rally 59
motoring pioneer 64
MOUNTBATTEN Lord 66
Lady 66
MOW Camp (Haast) 26
mushrooms 44
N
Napier-Taupo Road 66
Naval Motor Launch 66
Ngakawau 32
Ngakawau River 33
Northcote Peninsula 14
NZ Railways 60
O
Oamaru 36
Oamaru clock tower 36
orchard 17
ornamental gardens 17
P
parachute 10
Paringa 26
Pelorus Sound 39
PERANO Agnes 42
Alf 40
Andrew Alfred 39
Eileen 42
Emily 39
Eugenio (Charlie) 39
Guiseppe Giovanni
Agostino 38
Leo 42
Mary 42
Peter 42
Susan 38
PERRIN Prof. 17
petrol pumps 58
Picton 51
pig hunting 41
pilot (WWI) 9
PLOWMAN Capt. James 48
Point Chevalier 57
Point Chevalier Beach 57
Point Erin baths 57
Point Erin Park 14
Port Chalmers 39
Port Cooper 47
privilege tickets 61
Public Work Camp huts 19
Public Works Camp 18
Pukekohe 60
Pukekohe Hill 60
Pukekohe Railway Station 60
Pukekohe Technical High School 61
Q
Queen Charlotte Sound 39
R
Radcliffe Ridge 32
radio antenna 26
radio telegraph 26
rail tractor 33
railway settlement 60
railway bookstall 61
Relief Scheme 18, 54
renting (houses) 14
road construction 26
rose garden 17
roses 17
Royal Flying Corps 9
S
Saint Heliers 58
Saint Heliers Bay Beach 58
sawmilling 32
SCHADICK Cam 33
schoolchildren (Arrowtown) 72
Seddonville 34
service station 58
SHAFER Dan 23
shipping
Baroona 62
Captain Cook 66
Christian McAusland 39
Dolphin 47
John Anderson 47
Limerick 11
Lyttelton 11, 48
Pioneer 47
RNZVN Pegasus 66
SS Tuatea 39
SS Wairarapa 63
Waitohi 39
signpost (West Coast) 25
sinking (Dolphin) 48
SMITH Victor 48
Sopwith Camel fighter 10
South Westland 26
St Johns ambulance 66
St. Mary’s Bay 15
STACK Jack 34
steam lokey 34
steamer 40
Stockton 34
STONE Arthur ‘Wizard’ 22
storeman (railways) 60
swagger 51
swamplands 45
T
Tamaki Drive 58
Taranaki 45
Tauherenikau 51
Taupo 17, 66
Taylorville 30
Te Awaiti Station 51
tearooms 66
telecommunications 26
tents 57
test pilot 22
THEOBOLD Fred 34
THOMAS Charles S. 48
Titirangi 56
Tory Channel 39
traffic (Auckland) 15
U
US Marines 61
V
vegetable dehydration 61
vegetable growers 60
W
Waikato River 61
Wairarapa 51
Wairau Creek 54
Waiwera Hot Springs Hotel 53
Waiwera Wharf 53
Wanganui 51
warplane 9
washing clothes 42
WATSON Bob 32
WATSON George 32
Watson’s Mill 32
Wellington 51
West Coast 25
Westhaven Marina 14
Westport - Charming Creek
Coal Co. Ltd 34
whaling 39
whaling 63
Whanganui River 51
Wharehine 53
Wharehine School 53
WHITE Mick 34
whitebait 61
WILLIAMS Dr. 30
Susan 39
Williams Tearooms 66
WILLMAN George 35
William 46
Wirths Circus train 61
WOODGATE William Henry 51
World War I 9
World War II 47, 61
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A
A&P Showgrounds (Pukekohe) 61
AAA Reliability Trophy 65
advertisements 6, 31
aerosol cans 6
Albatros D.V. 9
Albion Hotel (Napier) 51
ALDERTON Mr. G.E. 64
Alexandra 19
ALISON Robert 31
ANDERSON Bruce 59
Grant 59
annual ball 13
anti-fly campaign 6
Arrowtown 66
Arrowtown School 66
arson (Napier) 51
Auckland 14, 22, 52
Auckland Automobile Assn. 64
Auckland City 52
Auckland City Council 65
Auckland Domain 22
Auckland Harbour Bridge 14
Auckland Vintage Car Club 59
aviation 9, 22
Avondale 56
Avondale Post Office 56
B
Baileys shipbuilding 39
Barber’ wind 30
bathing 20
BATTEN Jean 21
Battery Point 47
Becks 19
BLACK Peter 17
Blenheim 9
Bleriot monoplane 22
bloodtonic 30
BOLTON Walter 51
booby-trap 16
BRASELL Frederick James 46
George 47
Bridge Hill 21
BRIGHT Henry 25
Brunner Mine 31
Brunnerton 31
BSA Gold Flash 66
Buller 32
bush tramway 32
butcher 20
C
camping 57
canvas/timber hut 20
capital punishment 51
carbide lamp 35
Central Otago 18
Charming Creek 32
Charming Creek Mine 34
Christmas 4
circus 61
CLAUSNITZER Ernst 10
CLEAVE Arthur Jnr. 64
Arthur Snr. 64
Clyde 19
CMT Scheme 66
coal trucks 33
coastal defence battery 46
COLLETT Clive Franklin 9
CONROY Ann 19
Bill 19
coxswain’s badge 66
cricket 54
Cromwell 19
Curran Street (Auckland) 14
D
Darracq motorcar 64
DAVIES Toby 63
DAWES Charlie 64
DDT 6
DEAN Minnie 51
delivery man 13
Depression, The 18, 34, 38, 54, 60
diet 41
Doctor Suess 6
domestic servants 39
Dr. William’s pink pills 30
Dr. Williams Medicine Co. 30
dynamite 45
E
eel 44
Eketahuna 51
elevator building 37
ELLIS James 51
Eltham 1, 45
employment 20
executions 51
F
F. Perkins & Co. 60
Farmers Department Store 52
farming (Eltham) 45
fashion 12
Fassett & Johnson Ltd 30
fishing 41
fishing 63
Fitzroy 62
flats 14
flatting 15
FLEMING Spencer 39
flies 4
flooding (Milford) 55
flume 33
fly-papers 4
fly-swat 4
food dehydration plant 61
Forrest Hill 55
Forrester & Lemon 37
Fox Galcier 25
FRANCE Emily 39
Lucy 38
Frankton 61
Fruitlands 19
FULFORD George 30
G
games (indoor) 43
GERSEL Theodor Seuss 6
Gnome rotary engine 23
Godley Head 47
Government Relief Scheme 18, 54
grain storage 37
Grand Prior badge 66
Grant Motors 58
Great Barrier Island 62
GREY Mr C.J. 11
Guardian Angel parachute 10
gun defences 47
gun emplacements 47
H
Haast 26
Haast Beach 26
Haast Works Camp 28
hangings 51
hangman 51
HANSEN Albert 60
Harley Davidson 59
Health Dept. 6
heating 19
Hector 32
HINKLER Bert 24
Hokitika 27
holidays 40
holidays 62
HOLYOAKE Keith 27
houseflies 4
housing developments 55
Hunua 58
Hunua 100 Ralley 59
I
Itchen Street (Oamaru) 37
J
J & T Meeks 37
K
Katherine Bay 62
Kauangaroa 51
Kenepuru Sound 39
KIELY Supt. N. 51
KING Christopher 17
Denis 17
Dr Cyril 17
Margaret 17
Robin 17
Knights Point 26
Knights Point Post Office 27
L
landslip (West Coast) 28
LANGSLAND Lt. 10
Lauder 19
LAURIE Danny 35
Levin 66
LEVY Otto 34
Locomobile Steam Car 64
LONG Tom 51
Lopdell House 56
Lyttelton Harbour 46
Lyttleton 66
M
MacMAHON Mr. J.H. 40
MALIN Sid 61
main trunk line 60
Makara 27
marigolds 45
Marlborough Sounds 38
MARSH Harold 53
Mary Quant 12
Massey College 17
Masterton 51
McCONNELL Nancy 59
Helen 59
Henry 59
Jim 59
Mary 59
McDONALD Lewis 34
Murdoch 34
McGHIE Tim 35
McGUDDEN James 11
Meadowbank 58
meat safe 4
Meek’s Elevator Building 37
Milford 54
Millerton 34
mining 31,32
Ministry of Works 26
mixed flatting 15
monoplane 22
MORRIS Alice 30
Morse code 26
motocars 13
motor registration 65
motorcycle 66
motorcycle rally 59
motoring pioneer 64
MOUNTBATTEN Lord 66
Lady 66
MOW Camp (Haast) 26
mushrooms 44
N
Napier-Taupo Road 66
Naval Motor Launch 66
Ngakawau 32
Ngakawau River 33
Northcote Peninsula 14
NZ Railways 60
O
Oamaru 36
Oamaru clock tower 36
orchard 17
ornamental gardens 17
P
parachute 10
Paringa 26
Pelorus Sound 39
PERANO Agnes 42
Alf 40
Andrew Alfred 39
Eileen 42
Emily 39
Eugenio (Charlie) 39
Guiseppe Giovanni
Agostino 38
Leo 42
Mary 42
Peter 42
Susan 38
PERRIN Prof. 17
petrol pumps 58
Picton 51
pig hunting 41
pilot (WWI) 9
PLOWMAN Capt. James 48
Point Chevalier 57
Point Chevalier Beach 57
Point Erin baths 57
Point Erin Park 14
Port Chalmers 39
Port Cooper 47
privilege tickets 61
Public Work Camp huts 19
Public Works Camp 18
Pukekohe 60
Pukekohe Hill 60
Pukekohe Railway Station 60
Pukekohe Technical High School 61
Q
Queen Charlotte Sound 39
R
Radcliffe Ridge 32
radio antenna 26
radio telegraph 26
rail tractor 33
railway settlement 60
railway bookstall 61
Relief Scheme 18, 54
renting (houses) 14
road construction 26
rose garden 17
roses 17
Royal Flying Corps 9
S
Saint Heliers 58
Saint Heliers Bay Beach 58
sawmilling 32
SCHADICK Cam 33
schoolchildren (Arrowtown) 72
Seddonville 34
service station 58
SHAFER Dan 23
shipping
Baroona 62
Captain Cook 66
Christian McAusland 39
Dolphin 47
John Anderson 47
Limerick 11
Lyttelton 11, 48
Pioneer 47
RNZVN Pegasus 66
SS Tuatea 39
SS Wairarapa 63
Waitohi 39
signpost (West Coast) 25
sinking (Dolphin) 48
SMITH Victor 48
Sopwith Camel fighter 10
South Westland 26
St Johns ambulance 66
St. Mary’s Bay 15
STACK Jack 34
steam lokey 34
steamer 40
Stockton 34
STONE Arthur ‘Wizard’ 22
storeman (railways) 60
swagger 51
swamplands 45
T
Tamaki Drive 58
Taranaki 45
Tauherenikau 51
Taupo 17, 66
Taylorville 30
Te Awaiti Station 51
tearooms 66
telecommunications 26
tents 57
test pilot 22
THEOBOLD Fred 34
THOMAS Charles S. 48
Titirangi 56
Tory Channel 39
traffic (Auckland) 15
U
US Marines 61
V
vegetable dehydration 61
vegetable growers 60
W
Waikato River 61
Wairarapa 51
Wairau Creek 54
Waiwera Hot Springs Hotel 53
Waiwera Wharf 53
Wanganui 51
warplane 9
washing clothes 42
WATSON Bob 32
WATSON George 32
Watson’s Mill 32
Wellington 51
West Coast 25
Westhaven Marina 14
Westport - Charming Creek
Coal Co. Ltd 34
whaling 39
whaling 63
Whanganui River 51
Wharehine 53
Wharehine School 53
WHITE Mick 34
whitebait 61
WILLIAMS Dr. 30
Susan 39
Williams Tearooms 66
WILLMAN George 35
William 46
Wirths Circus train 61
WOODGATE William Henry 51
World War I 9
World War II 47, 61
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