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New Zealand Memories Issue 105
New Zealand Memories Issue 105 - Contents
The Slimmest of Beginnings 4
An Irish orphan in gold rush Otago. A story by Brian Carrell.
A Christmas Pageant 10
Jeanette Grant recalls a nativity re-enactment.
Our Finest Hour 12
An historic cricket test is documented by Alan Turley.
Depression Shoes 16
Nostalgic poetry from Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway.
Maraekakaho Woolshed Lifting Tower 18
Article and drawings by Michael Wenley.
Heaven Online 22
Witty musings from Jennifer Beck.
The Caravan 24
A 1951, do-it-yourself build. A story by Richard Ward.
From the Regions: Canterbury 27
Centrefold: All Bound for Sumner Town 36
Magic on Mount Eden Road 38
Heart-warming memories from Maisie Morris.
Mollie Rodie: Carnival Queen 42
By Stephanie Gibson, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa.
The Great Christmas Surprise 46
A kindness never forgotten by Don Campbell.
Ngatau Te Hirata Keremeta 48
Trevor Ashe traces his ancestry.
Pamir 54
The four-masted barque is documented by John Newsham.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 56
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Flights of Fancy
ISSN 1173-4159
December/ January 2014
Courtesy: Mr. H. Cole.
Cover image: Early speedway riders Messrs Coleman (left)
Curtis and McCready. The man in the suit is Mr. Bill White
and the date is circa 1930.
New Zealand Memories Issue 105 - Index
A
agricultural show 64
airshow (Wellington) 62
analytical chemist 56
ANDREW Mr. S.P 43
Aoraki 28
aprons 40
Armed Constabulary 50
ARMSTRONG Ian 66
Arrow River 5
Auckland 10,25,38,72
Aurere 26
aviation 60, 72
Avondale Racecourse 72
B
Ball Hut 27
Bank of N.Z. (Timaru) 35
barque 54
BASSETT Annie 52
Lydia 52
Winnie 52
beach 58
BECK J.E.F 12
BELCHER Alex 31
Belfast 33
BELL W. 12
BENNETT Walter 52
Winnie 52
benzene box 25
BIRD Chris 52
birthday card 38
BISHOPRICK Charlie 52
Chas. 52
George 52
Black Stump 53
blacksmithy 52
BLAIR R.W 12
Blohm & Voss 55
BLUETT Barry 66
bob (fishing) 50
bonfire 59
boot/shoe repairer 39
bootmaker 41
BOWIE Mick 28
Boxing Day Test 12
BRADY Harriett 52
Harry 52
Hopeha 52
Katie 52
Makerita 52
Peter 51
William 50
BRAILSFORD Barry 66
Bridle Path 33
Britain (emigration) 34
BURGESS Bob 31
Tom 31
BYRON Capt. John 34
C
Canterbury 27
Canterbury settlers 32
caravan 24
caravan plans 24
caravanning 26
CARROLL Sir James 65
Carterton 64
Carterton Ag & Pastoral Show 64
Central Otago 4
CHAMPION Capt, 55
CHAPMAN Mr. 31
CHAPPLE M.E 12
Chas. Smith Boot/Shoe Repairer 39
CHERRY Jim 31
chokoes 41
Christmas 10,46
Christmas Tree 46
Clarkeville 30
clothes line 22
Coleman lantern 26
COLLIER Capt. 55
Control Tower 61
Cook Strait 61
COOPER Olive 32
costume design 43
COUPER Ian 61
Leonie 62
CRAWFORD Mrs 6
cricket 12
customs 6
cyclist 56
D
Dannevirke 65
Dead Horse Pinch 8
deaths (shipboard) 34
DEMPSTER E.W 12
Depression, The 17
domestic servants 5
Doubtless Bay 26
duchess sets 40
Dunedin 5
DUNSFORD Warwick 55
Dunstan 5
E
eeling 50
Ellis Park (Johannesburg) 14
embriodery 40
emigrant ships 34
emigration 4,32
ENGLEFIELD Charles William 32
Charles Jnr 33
Charlotte 33
Daisy 33
Jesse 32
Matilda 32
Olive 32
Susan 33
Timothy 32
ERIKSON Gustaf 55
F
fabric rationing 44
farmland fertility 56
fashion designer 42
fashion journalist 42
FELTHAM Miss 46
Feltham’s Childrens Home 46
fencing wire 22
FENTON Bob 52
Rubina 52
Tony 52
FERGUSON W 12
Ferris Wheel 64
Ferrymead 33
fertility (farmland) 56
FINDLAY Miss Molly 52
flying boats 61
footwear 39
FOREMAN Murray 13
FOX Nita 52
FOX William 34
FRASER Marilyn 53
fundraising 42
fundraising carnivals 42
G
Gabriel’s Gully 5
GALBRAITH Ettie 52
Jack 52
Madge 52
GILES Benjamin 31
Edward 31
Robert Benjamin 31
Giles & Holland machines 30
goldmining 5
Government (Liberal) 65
Greytwon 65
GUILD Mike 61
Guy Fawke’s 59
H
Haast Pass 66
hand shears 19
Hawke’s Bay 19
Heathcote 33
HEAGARTY Mr J.D 65
Hermitage, The 27
HILLIER Charlotte 33
Hochstetter Icefall 29
HODGE Te Waiti 51
HOGG Alexander Wilson 65
holidays 37
HOLLAND Frederick John 31
George Robert 31
Obed Charles 31
Hornsby engine 19
HORNSBY John Thomas 65
Huarere Hapu 51
HUTTON Don 66
I
Immigration Agent 5
immigration barracks 5,33
International D2 utility 24
Invercargill 43
Irish emigrant 4
Island Bay 58
J
Johnsonville 56
JOHNSTONE James 33
K
Kaitaia 25
Karori 59
KEREMETA Ngatau Te Hirata 50
KERR L.L 12
KEYWORTH Andrew 55
Kilbirnie 61
kookaburras 25
Kopuroa 50
Kuia 50
L
laboratory 56
LANGDON Kathleen 53
LAWRENCE Henry William 56
LEGGAT I.B 12
leisure (beach) 58
Levin Tearooms 67
Liberal rally 65
livestock 64
London Bakery 41
LOVE Nerissa 13
Lyall Bay 62
LYNCH Mr. C. 41
Lyttelton 33
M
MacGIBBON A.R 12
MacKENZIE Hal Dillion 45
Mollie 45
MANZ Mr. and Mrs. 46
Maori Land Courts 50
Maori registration of births,
deaths and marriages 50
Maraekakaho 18
Marakakaho Station 19
marine survetor 55
MARK Mary 52
Reg 52
Maungawhau Primary School 10
McCORMICK Nellie 52
Sarah 52
McKEWON Madge 52
Stewart 52
McLEAN Douglas 19
Sir Donald 19
McPIKE Marjorie 50
MILLAR Marjorie 43
MILLAR L.S.M 12
MOONEY F.L.H 12
MOORE Boys 31
MORRIS Maisie 38
motor cyclists 56
motor-vehicle registration 25
Motorcycle Reliability Contest 56
motorcycle reliability trial 56
Mount Cook 28
Mount Eden 10,38
N
nativity play 10
nativity scene 47
Ngatau Te Hirata Keremeta 49
Ngati Tuwharetoa 51
No. 8 wire 22
North Canterbury 30
NZ Cricket Team 12
NZ Red Ensign 55
O
Ohoka 30,33
Onehunga 51
Otago 4
Otago Provincial Council 5
Otaki Beach 46
OVERTON G.W.F 12
P
Paekakariki Beach 58
Paekakariki Hill 56
Paekakariki Surf Club 58
pageant (Christmas) 10
PAPAKURA Maggie 52
Papmoa 51
patriotic fundraisers 44
PEAKE Lucy 52
PEEK Matilda 32
pickling 41
Pigroot, The 7
pigs 64
pleasure (tram) 37
politics 65
POORE M.B 12
Port Chalmers 5
potato blight 4
Punga Flat (Thames) 8
Q
R
RABONE G.O 12
RAF Avro Vulcan 63
RAF Blackburn Beverley 63
RAF Bristol Britannia 63
RAF Comet 61
rationing (fabric) 44
Red Cross pageant 44
registration of births, deaths and
marriages 50
REID Alice 52
REID J.R 12
reliability trial 56
Rimutaka Railway Station 57
RIVERS Jesse 32
Olive 32
RODIE Florence 43
Mollie 42
Rongatai 61
Ross 8
Rotorua 49
Royal Oak 51
RUANE Bridget 4
RYAN Eddie 52
Jim 52
Katie 52
S
SANDFORD Esk 72
Sandford-Miller biplane 72
SAUNDERS Tom 31
SCALLY Bridget 4
Dan 6
Mary 8
Patrick 6
school trip 28
settlers 32
SEDDON Richard John 65
shearing 19
shipping
Cashmere 32
Pamir 54
Pladda 4
Shotover River 5
ski instructor 28
skiing 28
SMITH Elsie 52
Kelvin 52
Marion 52
SMITH Mr. Charles 39
Mrs Florrie 39
smoked eel 50
South Africa (cricket) 12
Southern Alps 28
STANICH Capt. 55
submarine (Japanese) 55
Sumner 36
Sumner tram 37
Sunderland Flying Boat 61
survey group ( Haast Pass) 66
SUTCLIFFE B 12
T
Taipa Motorcamp 26
Tangiwai disaster 13
TANNER Annie 52
Eva 52
Minnie 52
Tapuaeharau 51
Tarawera eruption 52
Taupo 51
Tauranga 50
TAYLOR Elizabeth 27
Te Arawa 52
Te Arawa Iwi 51
Te Puke 50
Te Puke School 52
Te Wairoa 52
TEAL Airways 62
Test (cricket) 13
Thames 8
thermette 25
Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd 56
THOMPSON Barry 61
threshing machines 30
Timaru 35
traction engine 31
tram track 36
TREDREA Edgar 61
TROTTER Olive 5
Tuapeka 5
U
USAF Globemaster 62
V
VERRALL Mr. J.M 31
Victory Queen Carnival 44
W
Waikaraka Park Cemetery 53
Wairarapa 56
Waitahuna 5
WALDROM Harry 52
Jean 52
WALKER Elsie 52
WALLACE Miss 46
Wanganui 8
war prize 54
WARD Diane 25
Mr 24
Mrs 26
Nancy 25
Richard 25
WARD Sir Joseph 65
WASHER Harold 52
WELD Frederick 33
Wellington 43,54,56
Wellington Airport 61
Wellington Centennial Exhibition 43
Wellington Harbour Board 57
Wellington Technical College 43
Wellington Town Hall 44
WESTON Emmie 52
Whakarewarewa 49
WILLIAMS Archdeacon 34
WILLIAMS Bill 66
Val 66
Williams Tearooms 67
WILSON Ralph 31
Wolseley Shearing Machine 19
woolshed 18
woolshed lifting tower 18
Woolston Hotel 37
World War II 44,54
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A
agricultural show 64
airshow (Wellington) 62
analytical chemist 56
ANDREW Mr. S.P 43
Aoraki 28
aprons 40
Armed Constabulary 50
ARMSTRONG Ian 66
Arrow River 5
Auckland 10,25,38,72
Aurere 26
aviation 60, 72
Avondale Racecourse 72
B
Ball Hut 27
Bank of N.Z. (Timaru) 35
barque 54
BASSETT Annie 52
Lydia 52
Winnie 52
beach 58
BECK J.E.F 12
BELCHER Alex 31
Belfast 33
BELL W. 12
BENNETT Walter 52
Winnie 52
benzene box 25
BIRD Chris 52
birthday card 38
BISHOPRICK Charlie 52
Chas. 52
George 52
Black Stump 53
blacksmithy 52
BLAIR R.W 12
Blohm & Voss 55
BLUETT Barry 66
bob (fishing) 50
bonfire 59
boot/shoe repairer 39
bootmaker 41
BOWIE Mick 28
Boxing Day Test 12
BRADY Harriett 52
Harry 52
Hopeha 52
Katie 52
Makerita 52
Peter 51
William 50
BRAILSFORD Barry 66
Bridle Path 33
Britain (emigration) 34
BURGESS Bob 31
Tom 31
BYRON Capt. John 34
C
Canterbury 27
Canterbury settlers 32
caravan 24
caravan plans 24
caravanning 26
CARROLL Sir James 65
Carterton 64
Carterton Ag & Pastoral Show 64
Central Otago 4
CHAMPION Capt, 55
CHAPMAN Mr. 31
CHAPPLE M.E 12
Chas. Smith Boot/Shoe Repairer 39
CHERRY Jim 31
chokoes 41
Christmas 10,46
Christmas Tree 46
Clarkeville 30
clothes line 22
Coleman lantern 26
COLLIER Capt. 55
Control Tower 61
Cook Strait 61
COOPER Olive 32
costume design 43
COUPER Ian 61
Leonie 62
CRAWFORD Mrs 6
cricket 12
customs 6
cyclist 56
D
Dannevirke 65
Dead Horse Pinch 8
deaths (shipboard) 34
DEMPSTER E.W 12
Depression, The 17
domestic servants 5
Doubtless Bay 26
duchess sets 40
Dunedin 5
DUNSFORD Warwick 55
Dunstan 5
E
eeling 50
Ellis Park (Johannesburg) 14
embriodery 40
emigrant ships 34
emigration 4,32
ENGLEFIELD Charles William 32
Charles Jnr 33
Charlotte 33
Daisy 33
Jesse 32
Matilda 32
Olive 32
Susan 33
Timothy 32
ERIKSON Gustaf 55
F
fabric rationing 44
farmland fertility 56
fashion designer 42
fashion journalist 42
FELTHAM Miss 46
Feltham’s Childrens Home 46
fencing wire 22
FENTON Bob 52
Rubina 52
Tony 52
FERGUSON W 12
Ferris Wheel 64
Ferrymead 33
fertility (farmland) 56
FINDLAY Miss Molly 52
flying boats 61
footwear 39
FOREMAN Murray 13
FOX Nita 52
FOX William 34
FRASER Marilyn 53
fundraising 42
fundraising carnivals 42
G
Gabriel’s Gully 5
GALBRAITH Ettie 52
Jack 52
Madge 52
GILES Benjamin 31
Edward 31
Robert Benjamin 31
Giles & Holland machines 30
goldmining 5
Government (Liberal) 65
Greytwon 65
GUILD Mike 61
Guy Fawke’s 59
H
Haast Pass 66
hand shears 19
Hawke’s Bay 19
Heathcote 33
HEAGARTY Mr J.D 65
Hermitage, The 27
HILLIER Charlotte 33
Hochstetter Icefall 29
HODGE Te Waiti 51
HOGG Alexander Wilson 65
holidays 37
HOLLAND Frederick John 31
George Robert 31
Obed Charles 31
Hornsby engine 19
HORNSBY John Thomas 65
Huarere Hapu 51
HUTTON Don 66
I
Immigration Agent 5
immigration barracks 5,33
International D2 utility 24
Invercargill 43
Irish emigrant 4
Island Bay 58
J
Johnsonville 56
JOHNSTONE James 33
K
Kaitaia 25
Karori 59
KEREMETA Ngatau Te Hirata 50
KERR L.L 12
KEYWORTH Andrew 55
Kilbirnie 61
kookaburras 25
Kopuroa 50
Kuia 50
L
laboratory 56
LANGDON Kathleen 53
LAWRENCE Henry William 56
LEGGAT I.B 12
leisure (beach) 58
Levin Tearooms 67
Liberal rally 65
livestock 64
London Bakery 41
LOVE Nerissa 13
Lyall Bay 62
LYNCH Mr. C. 41
Lyttelton 33
M
MacGIBBON A.R 12
MacKENZIE Hal Dillion 45
Mollie 45
MANZ Mr. and Mrs. 46
Maori Land Courts 50
Maori registration of births,
deaths and marriages 50
Maraekakaho 18
Marakakaho Station 19
marine survetor 55
MARK Mary 52
Reg 52
Maungawhau Primary School 10
McCORMICK Nellie 52
Sarah 52
McKEWON Madge 52
Stewart 52
McLEAN Douglas 19
Sir Donald 19
McPIKE Marjorie 50
MILLAR Marjorie 43
MILLAR L.S.M 12
MOONEY F.L.H 12
MOORE Boys 31
MORRIS Maisie 38
motor cyclists 56
motor-vehicle registration 25
Motorcycle Reliability Contest 56
motorcycle reliability trial 56
Mount Cook 28
Mount Eden 10,38
N
nativity play 10
nativity scene 47
Ngatau Te Hirata Keremeta 49
Ngati Tuwharetoa 51
No. 8 wire 22
North Canterbury 30
NZ Cricket Team 12
NZ Red Ensign 55
O
Ohoka 30,33
Onehunga 51
Otago 4
Otago Provincial Council 5
Otaki Beach 46
OVERTON G.W.F 12
P
Paekakariki Beach 58
Paekakariki Hill 56
Paekakariki Surf Club 58
pageant (Christmas) 10
PAPAKURA Maggie 52
Papmoa 51
patriotic fundraisers 44
PEAKE Lucy 52
PEEK Matilda 32
pickling 41
Pigroot, The 7
pigs 64
pleasure (tram) 37
politics 65
POORE M.B 12
Port Chalmers 5
potato blight 4
Punga Flat (Thames) 8
Q
R
RABONE G.O 12
RAF Avro Vulcan 63
RAF Blackburn Beverley 63
RAF Bristol Britannia 63
RAF Comet 61
rationing (fabric) 44
Red Cross pageant 44
registration of births, deaths and
marriages 50
REID Alice 52
REID J.R 12
reliability trial 56
Rimutaka Railway Station 57
RIVERS Jesse 32
Olive 32
RODIE Florence 43
Mollie 42
Rongatai 61
Ross 8
Rotorua 49
Royal Oak 51
RUANE Bridget 4
RYAN Eddie 52
Jim 52
Katie 52
S
SANDFORD Esk 72
Sandford-Miller biplane 72
SAUNDERS Tom 31
SCALLY Bridget 4
Dan 6
Mary 8
Patrick 6
school trip 28
settlers 32
SEDDON Richard John 65
shearing 19
shipping
Cashmere 32
Pamir 54
Pladda 4
Shotover River 5
ski instructor 28
skiing 28
SMITH Elsie 52
Kelvin 52
Marion 52
SMITH Mr. Charles 39
Mrs Florrie 39
smoked eel 50
South Africa (cricket) 12
Southern Alps 28
STANICH Capt. 55
submarine (Japanese) 55
Sumner 36
Sumner tram 37
Sunderland Flying Boat 61
survey group ( Haast Pass) 66
SUTCLIFFE B 12
T
Taipa Motorcamp 26
Tangiwai disaster 13
TANNER Annie 52
Eva 52
Minnie 52
Tapuaeharau 51
Tarawera eruption 52
Taupo 51
Tauranga 50
TAYLOR Elizabeth 27
Te Arawa 52
Te Arawa Iwi 51
Te Puke 50
Te Puke School 52
Te Wairoa 52
TEAL Airways 62
Test (cricket) 13
Thames 8
thermette 25
Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd 56
THOMPSON Barry 61
threshing machines 30
Timaru 35
traction engine 31
tram track 36
TREDREA Edgar 61
TROTTER Olive 5
Tuapeka 5
U
USAF Globemaster 62
V
VERRALL Mr. J.M 31
Victory Queen Carnival 44
W
Waikaraka Park Cemetery 53
Wairarapa 56
Waitahuna 5
WALDROM Harry 52
Jean 52
WALKER Elsie 52
WALLACE Miss 46
Wanganui 8
war prize 54
WARD Diane 25
Mr 24
Mrs 26
Nancy 25
Richard 25
WARD Sir Joseph 65
WASHER Harold 52
WELD Frederick 33
Wellington 43,54,56
Wellington Airport 61
Wellington Centennial Exhibition 43
Wellington Harbour Board 57
Wellington Technical College 43
Wellington Town Hall 44
WESTON Emmie 52
Whakarewarewa 49
WILLIAMS Archdeacon 34
WILLIAMS Bill 66
Val 66
Williams Tearooms 67
WILSON Ralph 31
Wolseley Shearing Machine 19
woolshed 18
woolshed lifting tower 18
Woolston Hotel 37
World War II 44,54
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