New Zealand Memories Issue 108 - Contents
Cabbage Tree Ned: Coachman Extraordinary 4
Otago’s 1860s Australian import. By Ivan Taylor.
A Rolls Could Not Replace Gertie 8
Bruce Anderson remembers Remuera icon Miss Amy More.
3-D Movies Come to New Zealand 10
Christopher Moor documents the advent of a new medium.
A Memory of Summer 14
‘Martinborough, my hometown’ writes Leonie Couper.
A Dot Known 18
A poignant reminder from Anne Webber.
And the Rain Poured Down… 24
Story by Rae Atkins, photographs from Geoffrey Lowe.
My Grandmother’s Brooch 26
A delightful tale from Beverley Teague.
From the Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty 28
Centrefold: Tauranga Waterfront, 1876 36
‘The Bournemouth Gang’: Friends for Life 38
A powerful story related by Bernard Welch.
A Sharp Tongue and a Wooden Jam Spoon 46
By Paul Bensemann
New to Print 51
Great-grandfather John 52
From London to Nelson 1857: Documented by Clive Skilton.
Turning Boys into Soldiers 57
Cadet Corps on parade by Selwyn Paine
From the Regions: Northland 58
Mailbox 68
Team of ’51 Answers Reunion Call 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Higgledy Piggledy 72
A cute snapshot from John de Bonnaire
Cover image: Tea for Two.
Can readers help identify these sweet little girls
for contributor June Peka?
New Zealand Memories Issue 108 - Index
A
A.G. Frankham 61
accommodation (hotel) 49
Adams Bruce 26
Adams Express Coy 5
Addington 43
admission charge (movies) 12
AINSLIE William 20
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd 12
Anzac 19
Anzac Cove 21
Aorere Valley 52
Arthurs Pass 6
Arthurs Pass 43
Auckland 10, 19, 40
Automobile Assn. 8
Avondale Mental Hospital 21
Awanui 60
Awanui Dairy Factory 61
Awanui River 60, 61
B
Bainham 54
BARCLAY Pat 28
BARKER H. 69
BARRINGTON J. 69
BATTENSBY Charles 66
battlefields (WWI) 22
Bay of Plenty 28
BEAUCHAMP Harold 27
Jeanne 27
BENSEMANN Cordt 47
Florence 46
Lawrence 47
Nancie 50
BLEDISLOE Lord 21
Blenheim 57
Boer War 26
BOGGS James 21
Joseph 21
Bournemouth (England) 39
BOYLE Patricia 29
brooch 26
BROWNE D. 69
bushrangers 5
C
Cadet Corps 57
CAMPBELL John Logan 26
Campbell Island 44
censorship (movie) 12
Central Otago 5
Cherry Farm Camp 41
Cherry Farm Hospital 41
chickens 72
childrens’ matinee 13
Christchurch 6, 12, 43
CHURCHILL D. 69
cinema 1, 10
CinemaScope 10
Closeburn Station 41
CLOTWORTHY Dave 24
Fred 24
Clutha River 41
coaches 5
coachman 4
coastal shipping 61
COBB Freeman 5
Cobb and Co. 5
COLE Charles C. 5
Cole and Company 5
Columbia Pictures 10
Corbett Hotel 24
Cornwall Park (Auckland) 27
Coromandel 22
Cromwell 41
CROSBY Bill 24
CROWHURST Mr. T.E 23
cycling 59
D
dairies (1870s) 54
Dargaville 64
DEVINE Edward 4
DOBSON I. 69
drainage works 62
drapery shop 8
driving (coaches) 5
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall 26
Dunedin 5, 27, 41
E
EARSMAN W. 69
EGGERS Hans 47
Egypt (WWI) 18
ELLIS Mr. D.N 12
emigration 39, 52
F
Far North 60
Farmers Auctioneering Co. 24
farming 52, 60, 65
fashion (1950s) 11
ferry 65
ferry (Whitianga) 22
ferry toll 67
ferryman 66
financial accounts (1870s) 54
FINE R. 69
Fletcher’s joinery 40
float 29
flooding (Kumi) 60
food supplies (1875) 52
football 45
FORWARD G. 69
FOX Catherine Anne 21
Fox Glacier 43
FRANKHAM Alfred 61
friendship 39
FRITZ Mr. A 23
fundraising (WWI) 20
G
Gallipoli 19
gas mask 24
Geelong (Australia) 5
GERRARD K. 69
GIBBS Frederick Giles 48
GILL Private Gill 19
GINNS Graham 59
Gisborne 45
glasses (3-D) 12
Glenorchy 41
gold rush 5
Golden Bay 52
goldmining 23, 52
GORDON Mr. E 12
Graham River 49
Graham Valley 48
Grand Hotel (Rotorua) 26
guest house 48
gumdigger’s hut 64
gumdiggers 64
H
Halswell 45
HARRISON David Raymond 38
HARRISON Doug 67
HARRISON Marie 45
Hastings Blossom Festival 29
HATCHARD L. 69
hay baler 60
HEATH Anita 49
Ash 48
Cyril 49
Florence 47
Jim 47
Leonie 49
Reg 48
Verna 49
hen house 72
HEWINSON John 10
HEWLETT Ron 67
Highland Games (Tauranga) 29
Hikawera Bridge 17
Hikawera River 15
Hikutaia 24
HILARY Edmund 13
Hill’s Bakery 24
Hinakura 15
HOCKLEY J. 69
Hokitika 43
horsefair 24
horses (coach) 5
horsewhip 4
household chores 47
HOWELLS Joe 5
Judy 5
Leonie 5
Rass 5
Steve 5
Huangarua River 15
hui (Rotorua) 27
hydro power 25
I
Immigration Dept. 39
International Harvester C. 60
J
JACKSON Fred 24
JOHNSON Mr. A 19
K
Kaitaia 61
KANE J. 69
KARAPAINA Hohata 20
Kawarau River 41
KENT Bruce 67
KENYON Hugh 49
KOTHRADE Anna 47
KRISKOVIC Petar 64
KUMI 60
Kurow 39
L
Labour Dept. 39
LANFEAR George 24
Latimer Square 7
LEABAUM Sid 59
Bert 59
Lee-Enfield rifles 57
lemon squeezer 57
Levin 72
LEWIN Mr. J.F 12
Liberty Theatre 12
Love Construction 41
LUGWIG Bill 24
Lyttleton 39
M
M.O.W. Hut 40
Manganui 58
MANSFIELD Katherine 27
Maori graveyard 17
MARICIC Josip 64
Marlborough College 57
Martha Mine 25
MARTIN Horrie 24
Martinborough 5
McBREARTY Mr. Pat 29
McCULLOUGH Colin 67
McGOWAN Mrs 8
memorial (war) 19
MESSERVEY D. 69
MEYNELL Bob 67
MILESI T. 69
milkbar 40
mine batteries 23
mining inspector 23
Ministry of Works 40
MIRAMS Gordon 11
mission station 61
Moeraki 6
MOKI Private 22
MONKOWITZ Trevor 67
MORE Amy 8
motorcycles 44
Motueka Valley 47
Mount Arthur 48
Mount Maunganui 41
Moutere Hills 47
Moutere Inn 48
movie classification 13
MRZLJAK Josip 64
Mt Balloon Hut Scenic Board 49
Murderers Bay 52
N
National Service (UK) 39
Nelson 46
Netherton 24
Netherton Ferry 24
New Brighton Rugby Club 69
Northern Wairoa River 67
Northland 58
nurses (WWI) 21
O
Oamaru 39
Odeon Theatre (Tauranga) 29
Ohinemuri River 25
Orange Festival 28
Otago 5, 41
Oxford cinema 10
P
PAINE Ian 57
Palmerston 41
PARNWELL Ada 29
PAYNE Bill 9
Penrose 40
PETRINOVIC Josip 64
picnic food 15
picnic 15
PITT Col. Albert 27
Pokororo 48
Pokororo Guest House 48
Poloroid glasses 1, 10
POOK Bill 67
Pouto Peninsular 66
Press Association 13
PRIEST L. 69
Princes Gate Hotel 8
Q
quartz crushing battery 25
Queen Elizabeth II 13
Queen Victoria 25, 26
Queenstown 41
R
Racecourse Motel 29
rainbow sponge 26
RAMSAY Robert 22
Thomas 22
Rangaunui Harbour 61
Raoul Island 44
Raupo 66
recipies (1870s) 54
recreation (picnic) 15
REDMOND Kenneth 27
Margaret 27
Remuera 8
Returned Services Assn. 19
RICHARDS George William 48
rifles 57
Rockville 52
Roll of Honour (Auckland) 22
Rotorua 26
ROW Jessie 27
Royal Arch (Rotorua) 26
royal visit 26
Ruamahanga River 15
Ruawai Co-op Dairy Co. 66
Russell 63
RUSSELL R. 69
Russell School 63
S
SAIES Josiah Hart 64
saleyards 24
Sarau 47
Saxon Gold Mine 23
SCHUTT Dorothea 47
SCOTT Gordon Phillip 38
Nadine 44
SEDDON Richard 27
SEXTON Mr. 20
shipping Apanui 61
Atlantis 39
Awanui 61
Clansman 61
Coronation 61
Earnslaw 43
Greyhound 61
John Masterman 52
Kapuni 61
Ophir 26
Queen Mary 44
Rangatira 39
Southern Cross 45
Tiri 61
SKILTON Amy 53
Fred 53
Herbert 53
John 52
Leonard 53
Louisa 53
Oscar 53
SMYTHE Mr. F.R 13
SNOW George 56
SOKOLIC Bogoslav 64
Somes Island 39
St Chad’s Meadowbank 8
Standard 9
steamers (Far North) 61
STUART Peter 10
T
3-D movies 1, 10
Tauranga 28
Tauranga Racecourse 29
Teignmouth 8
THAMES 23
The State Theatre 12
The Workshop Dance 43
thermette 8
THOMPSON B. 69
Jack 24
THORN Hugh 49
Mary 49
Tikinui 66
toheroas 58,66
toll (ferry) 22
TONKINS Jack 24
tourism (Nelson) 49
Treaty of Waitangi 61
trenches (WWI) 18
TRIGGS L. 69
Tudor theatre 11
U
Unahi 61
uniform (Cadet Corps) 57
unknown soldiers (WWI) 22
Upper Moutere 48
V
VAIHOLA Private 22
VASUA Private 22
Veteran and Vintage Car Club 8
Victoria Battery 25
Victoria Bridge 65
Victoria Rock 25
VILIPATE Private 22
W
Waiheke Island 9
Waihi 25
Waihou River 24
Waikino 25
Waimakariri River 6
Wairarapa Valley 17
Waitaki 39
Waitaki Hydro 39
Waitekauri River 25
WAKEFIELD W. 69
Walter Peak 41
War Memorial Committee 19
War Memorial Museum 19
WARD Sir Joseph 15
WELCH Bernard 38
Margaret 44
welcoming arch 26
Wellington 11
Western Front (WWI) 19
Whangarei 65
Wharepoa ferry 24
WHITE Leo 22
Whitianga 22
WILKINS C. 69
WILLIAMS William 61
wooden spoon 46
WWI 19
WWII 57
X
Y
Z
A
A.G. Frankham 61
accommodation (hotel) 49
Adams Bruce 26
Adams Express Coy 5
Addington 43
admission charge (movies) 12
AINSLIE William 20
Amalgamated Theatres Ltd 12
Anzac 19
Anzac Cove 21
Aorere Valley 52
Arthurs Pass 6
Arthurs Pass 43
Auckland 10, 19, 40
Automobile Assn. 8
Avondale Mental Hospital 21
Awanui 60
Awanui Dairy Factory 61
Awanui River 60, 61
B
Bainham 54
BARCLAY Pat 28
BARKER H. 69
BARRINGTON J. 69
BATTENSBY Charles 66
battlefields (WWI) 22
Bay of Plenty 28
BEAUCHAMP Harold 27
Jeanne 27
BENSEMANN Cordt 47
Florence 46
Lawrence 47
Nancie 50
BLEDISLOE Lord 21
Blenheim 57
Boer War 26
BOGGS James 21
Joseph 21
Bournemouth (England) 39
BOYLE Patricia 29
brooch 26
BROWNE D. 69
bushrangers 5
C
Cadet Corps 57
CAMPBELL John Logan 26
Campbell Island 44
censorship (movie) 12
Central Otago 5
Cherry Farm Camp 41
Cherry Farm Hospital 41
chickens 72
childrens’ matinee 13
Christchurch 6, 12, 43
CHURCHILL D. 69
cinema 1, 10
CinemaScope 10
Closeburn Station 41
CLOTWORTHY Dave 24
Fred 24
Clutha River 41
coaches 5
coachman 4
coastal shipping 61
COBB Freeman 5
Cobb and Co. 5
COLE Charles C. 5
Cole and Company 5
Columbia Pictures 10
Corbett Hotel 24
Cornwall Park (Auckland) 27
Coromandel 22
Cromwell 41
CROSBY Bill 24
CROWHURST Mr. T.E 23
cycling 59
D
dairies (1870s) 54
Dargaville 64
DEVINE Edward 4
DOBSON I. 69
drainage works 62
drapery shop 8
driving (coaches) 5
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall 26
Dunedin 5, 27, 41
E
EARSMAN W. 69
EGGERS Hans 47
Egypt (WWI) 18
ELLIS Mr. D.N 12
emigration 39, 52
F
Far North 60
Farmers Auctioneering Co. 24
farming 52, 60, 65
fashion (1950s) 11
ferry 65
ferry (Whitianga) 22
ferry toll 67
ferryman 66
financial accounts (1870s) 54
FINE R. 69
Fletcher’s joinery 40
float 29
flooding (Kumi) 60
food supplies (1875) 52
football 45
FORWARD G. 69
FOX Catherine Anne 21
Fox Glacier 43
FRANKHAM Alfred 61
friendship 39
FRITZ Mr. A 23
fundraising (WWI) 20
G
Gallipoli 19
gas mask 24
Geelong (Australia) 5
GERRARD K. 69
GIBBS Frederick Giles 48
GILL Private Gill 19
GINNS Graham 59
Gisborne 45
glasses (3-D) 12
Glenorchy 41
gold rush 5
Golden Bay 52
goldmining 23, 52
GORDON Mr. E 12
Graham River 49
Graham Valley 48
Grand Hotel (Rotorua) 26
guest house 48
gumdigger’s hut 64
gumdiggers 64
H
Halswell 45
HARRISON David Raymond 38
HARRISON Doug 67
HARRISON Marie 45
Hastings Blossom Festival 29
HATCHARD L. 69
hay baler 60
HEATH Anita 49
Ash 48
Cyril 49
Florence 47
Jim 47
Leonie 49
Reg 48
Verna 49
hen house 72
HEWINSON John 10
HEWLETT Ron 67
Highland Games (Tauranga) 29
Hikawera Bridge 17
Hikawera River 15
Hikutaia 24
HILARY Edmund 13
Hill’s Bakery 24
Hinakura 15
HOCKLEY J. 69
Hokitika 43
horsefair 24
horses (coach) 5
horsewhip 4
household chores 47
HOWELLS Joe 5
Judy 5
Leonie 5
Rass 5
Steve 5
Huangarua River 15
hui (Rotorua) 27
hydro power 25
I
Immigration Dept. 39
International Harvester C. 60
J
JACKSON Fred 24
JOHNSON Mr. A 19
K
Kaitaia 61
KANE J. 69
KARAPAINA Hohata 20
Kawarau River 41
KENT Bruce 67
KENYON Hugh 49
KOTHRADE Anna 47
KRISKOVIC Petar 64
KUMI 60
Kurow 39
L
Labour Dept. 39
LANFEAR George 24
Latimer Square 7
LEABAUM Sid 59
Bert 59
Lee-Enfield rifles 57
lemon squeezer 57
Levin 72
LEWIN Mr. J.F 12
Liberty Theatre 12
Love Construction 41
LUGWIG Bill 24
Lyttleton 39
M
M.O.W. Hut 40
Manganui 58
MANSFIELD Katherine 27
Maori graveyard 17
MARICIC Josip 64
Marlborough College 57
Martha Mine 25
MARTIN Horrie 24
Martinborough 5
McBREARTY Mr. Pat 29
McCULLOUGH Colin 67
McGOWAN Mrs 8
memorial (war) 19
MESSERVEY D. 69
MEYNELL Bob 67
MILESI T. 69
milkbar 40
mine batteries 23
mining inspector 23
Ministry of Works 40
MIRAMS Gordon 11
mission station 61
Moeraki 6
MOKI Private 22
MONKOWITZ Trevor 67
MORE Amy 8
motorcycles 44
Motueka Valley 47
Mount Arthur 48
Mount Maunganui 41
Moutere Hills 47
Moutere Inn 48
movie classification 13
MRZLJAK Josip 64
Mt Balloon Hut Scenic Board 49
Murderers Bay 52
N
National Service (UK) 39
Nelson 46
Netherton 24
Netherton Ferry 24
New Brighton Rugby Club 69
Northern Wairoa River 67
Northland 58
nurses (WWI) 21
O
Oamaru 39
Odeon Theatre (Tauranga) 29
Ohinemuri River 25
Orange Festival 28
Otago 5, 41
Oxford cinema 10
P
PAINE Ian 57
Palmerston 41
PARNWELL Ada 29
PAYNE Bill 9
Penrose 40
PETRINOVIC Josip 64
picnic food 15
picnic 15
PITT Col. Albert 27
Pokororo 48
Pokororo Guest House 48
Poloroid glasses 1, 10
POOK Bill 67
Pouto Peninsular 66
Press Association 13
PRIEST L. 69
Princes Gate Hotel 8
Q
quartz crushing battery 25
Queen Elizabeth II 13
Queen Victoria 25, 26
Queenstown 41
R
Racecourse Motel 29
rainbow sponge 26
RAMSAY Robert 22
Thomas 22
Rangaunui Harbour 61
Raoul Island 44
Raupo 66
recipies (1870s) 54
recreation (picnic) 15
REDMOND Kenneth 27
Margaret 27
Remuera 8
Returned Services Assn. 19
RICHARDS George William 48
rifles 57
Rockville 52
Roll of Honour (Auckland) 22
Rotorua 26
ROW Jessie 27
Royal Arch (Rotorua) 26
royal visit 26
Ruamahanga River 15
Ruawai Co-op Dairy Co. 66
Russell 63
RUSSELL R. 69
Russell School 63
S
SAIES Josiah Hart 64
saleyards 24
Sarau 47
Saxon Gold Mine 23
SCHUTT Dorothea 47
SCOTT Gordon Phillip 38
Nadine 44
SEDDON Richard 27
SEXTON Mr. 20
shipping Apanui 61
Atlantis 39
Awanui 61
Clansman 61
Coronation 61
Earnslaw 43
Greyhound 61
John Masterman 52
Kapuni 61
Ophir 26
Queen Mary 44
Rangatira 39
Southern Cross 45
Tiri 61
SKILTON Amy 53
Fred 53
Herbert 53
John 52
Leonard 53
Louisa 53
Oscar 53
SMYTHE Mr. F.R 13
SNOW George 56
SOKOLIC Bogoslav 64
Somes Island 39
St Chad’s Meadowbank 8
Standard 9
steamers (Far North) 61
STUART Peter 10
T
3-D movies 1, 10
Tauranga 28
Tauranga Racecourse 29
Teignmouth 8
THAMES 23
The State Theatre 12
The Workshop Dance 43
thermette 8
THOMPSON B. 69
Jack 24
THORN Hugh 49
Mary 49
Tikinui 66
toheroas 58,66
toll (ferry) 22
TONKINS Jack 24
tourism (Nelson) 49
Treaty of Waitangi 61
trenches (WWI) 18
TRIGGS L. 69
Tudor theatre 11
U
Unahi 61
uniform (Cadet Corps) 57
unknown soldiers (WWI) 22
Upper Moutere 48
V
VAIHOLA Private 22
VASUA Private 22
Veteran and Vintage Car Club 8
Victoria Battery 25
Victoria Bridge 65
Victoria Rock 25
VILIPATE Private 22
W
Waiheke Island 9
Waihi 25
Waihou River 24
Waikino 25
Waimakariri River 6
Wairarapa Valley 17
Waitaki 39
Waitaki Hydro 39
Waitekauri River 25
WAKEFIELD W. 69
Walter Peak 41
War Memorial Committee 19
War Memorial Museum 19
WARD Sir Joseph 15
WELCH Bernard 38
Margaret 44
welcoming arch 26
Wellington 11
Western Front (WWI) 19
Whangarei 65
Wharepoa ferry 24
WHITE Leo 22
Whitianga 22
WILKINS C. 69
WILLIAMS William 61
wooden spoon 46
WWI 19
WWII 57
X
Y
Z