New Zealand Memories Issue 110 - Contents
The Night We Signalled Mars 4
Guy Fawkes, 1938 with Alwyn Owen.
The Great Trek 10
An epic journey is described by Kaye Dragicevich.
The Road Safety Legacy of Charles Hood 14
Christopher Moor profiles a popular Nelson identity
The Mother of Pureora 18
By Ruby Alexander, contributed by Dave Alexander.
First Person to Fly Under Auckland Bridge 22
James Hollings recalls a daredevil’s exploits.
From the Regions: Otago 28
Centrefold: Dunedin, 1862 36
A Shadow Down Huia Street 38
Growing up in Taihape by Norman Bilbrough.
Strike Up the Band 42
Clare Gleeson remembers Begg’s Musical Army.
The Old Medicine Chest 44
Old-fashioned cures; memories from Ken Clover.
New to Print 49
Memories of Frontiersmen 50
From Tim Kerr.
A Voyage on Rona 56
Bill Lambert describes a yachting adventure.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 58
Reader’s Response 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
A Slice of Heaven: Going Cheap
Cover image: Jim Taaffe’s taxi from Kaitaia - a
Dodge 6 Cylinder Tourer - received much interest
from the children of Te Kao. Northwood Brothers.
Courtesy of Kaye Dragicevich.
New Zealand Memories Issue 110 - Index
A
A & P Show 50
action songs 11
ALEXANDER Betty 18
David 18
Rodger 18
Roy 18
Ruby 18
Alexander Turnbull Library 56
Alexander’s Cash Store 21
Alexandra 30
Alexandra Park 13
ALLEY Rewi 54
AMBROSE 41
Antiphlogistine 47
architect 34
Auckland 56
Auckland Aero Club 26
Auckland Exhibition 11
Auckland Harbour Bridge 23
Auckland Regatta 56
aviation 22
B
BADEN-POWELL Robert 51
BAIGENT Family 8
BAKER Ali 55
Bank of New South Wales
(Oamaru) 60
Bank of New Zealand (Hastings) 61
BANKS Joseph 11
BANKS Mrs 11
BARFOOT Eric 22
Peter 26
BARR James 28
Battle of River Plate 22
bee stings 45
Beecham’s pills 47
Begg’s Musical Army 42
BEGLEY Katherine 64
bell (church) 28
Bell Hill 28
bell tower 28
Benneydale 19
Benneydale Butchery 19
BILBROUGH Mr W.S 40
Norman 40
BLAKELY R.J.M 67
blue bag 45
Bluff Hill 59
boat building 56
Boer War 52
Bonds Imperial Café 61
bonfire (Guy Fawkes) 5
BOTHAM Emma 72
Henry 72
Bott Boot Repairs 61
bottling factory (Taihape) 40
Boy Scouts 53
BRISLEY Mr R. 33
Broad’s pills 45
BUCHANAN Isabelle 28
John 28
Buckley’s Canadiol Mixture 47
C
C.A. Odlins 19
California Syrup of Figs 47
CALVERT Family 8
Camforated Oil 45
CAMPBELL Murdoch 64
cannon 28
CARTER Mrs 5
castor oil 47
Central Otago 30
Chaffers Marina 56
Charles Begg & Co Ltd 42
Chatto Creek 31
Chatto Creek Gold Dredging Co. 31
Chatto Creek Post Office 31
Chatto Creek Station 31
Chatto Creek Tavern 31
Chevrolet 14
childhood illnesses 47
children’s road safety 14
chores 45
Christchurch Boys High 53
Clearview Estate Winery 60
Clearview Homestead 60
Clements Tonic 47
CLOUSTON J.T 67
W.J 67
COATES Hon. Gordon 64
comic strip 9
Commission of Enquiry 64
concert (school) 11
Condy’s Crystals 45
Congregational Church (Dunedin) 35
COOK John 53
Cook Strait 56
Coronation Baths (Alexandra) 30
correspondence school 47
COULTER Bill 42
Criterion Hotel (Napier) 59
D
D’ESTERRE Ernest 53
DAVIES Family 8
defence 58
Dept. Civil Aviation 26
derailment 62
Devonport ferry 13
Dinky Toys 14
DIXON Jimmie 43
DONOVAN Mr T. 63
Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills 47
Dunedin 28, 35, 42
Dunedin Musical Army 42
Dunedin Town Hall 43
E
education 11
education (adult) 36
Education Dept. 11
EGGERS Jack H. 32
Ellis & Burnand 20
Empire Hotel 61
Epsom Salts 45
ETANA Wiki 10
Eucalyptus 45
Evans Bay 56
F
Fairbrother & Co. 61
Far North 11
farming 72
fire (Hastings) 61
fireworks 5
First Church of Otago 28, 35
Floral Carnival (Auckland) 13
football club 19
FORRESTER Thomas 34
FOX Angela 41
Friar’s Balsam 47
Frontiersmen 50
fundraising 11, 43
G
ganger 63
GARDINER Margaret 43
Glauber Salts 45
glove puppet 14
gold dredge 31
gold rush 36
GOODRICH Andrew 40
GRIFFIN Chas E. 32
George 32
Joan 32
William E. 32
Griffin’s General Store 33
guy 6
Guy Fawkes 4
gymnastics 10
H
haka 11
Hamilton 19
HANSEN Johnny 41
Mr 41
HARAWIRA Herepo 10
HARLEY J.A 67
W.D 67
HARNETT D.J 67
HARRIS John Hyde 35
Hastings 61
Hauraki Plains 45
Hawke’s Bay 58
HAY Mrs 39
HENRI Miriam 12
Heritage Bicycle Championships 34
HIMBURG Jimmie 43
HIMI-TAMIHANA Kaipara 10
HOLLAND Mr H.E 64
home cookery 20
HOOD Charles 14
house chores 45
Hukerenui 13
Humber Humbrett
Coventry Royal 30
HUSHEER Gerhard 60
Hutt Valley 50
I
Iodine 45
J
Jeyes Fluid 45
JOHANSEN Family 40
JOYCE Digger 39
K
KANE A. 67
W.A 67
KAPA Waata 10
Te Ikanui 10
KARENA Awarua 10
Katikati Frontiersmen 55
Kauri gum 11
Kawakawa 12
KENNEDY Graham 9
Krushen Salts 45
L
LAMBERT Bill 56
Capt. 59
Lane’s Emulsion 47
LAVIN Frederick 64
LAWSON Robert 34
League of Frontiersmen 50
LEMON John 34
LIGGINS Dr 47
limestone 34
LOGAN Robert 56
Logan’s shipyard 56
LOVERSIDGE Richard 50
Lysol 45
M
Macreas 32
Maddison and Co. 61
mail train 62
Majestic (Taihape) 41
Maltexo 47
Mangapehi 19
Mangonui 12
manslaughter 64
MANUERA Hemi 10
Manuherikia River 31
Maori King 13
Maraeroa 19
marbles 41
MARDLING Farnell 33
MARSH Jack 25
MARSHALL Mr S. 64
MATIU Tia 10
McCallum’s Island 45
McCORMACK J.R 67
McDOUGALL William 62
McENTEE L.A 67
McGREGOR Malcom 26
McILVRIDGE 64
McKNIGHT S. Gordon 67
McPHERSON Duncan 23
Lyn 23
Mechanics’ Institute building 36
medicine 45
medicine chest 45
MEE Jas. 67
MELLUISH William 36
Mercer 13
METE-KEEPA Rihari 10
military encampment 58
military service 58
Militia 58
Militia Ordinance 58
mining licence 31
Moray Place
Congregational Church 35
Morewa 12
Morningside (Whangarei) 9
MOSLEM Mrs 6
music 42
musical concerts 43
musical instruments 42
N
Napier 58, 63
Napier Court 64
Napier Militia 59
National Park Village 55
National Tobacco Co. 60
Nelson 14
Nelson Traffic Dept 14
NZ Constitution Act 28
O
Oamaru 34
Oamaru stone 34
Odlins Mill 18
old-fashioned cures 45
Opapa Incline 62
Otago 28
Otane 63
Otane Railway Station 63
Otautau 63
Otoko 63
Otorohanga
Chamber of Commerce 13
P
PAKO Hauraki 10
Henare 10
PALMER John 56
PARIS Gordon 42
PARK Robert 58
PEDDER Tich 20
PEDDIE Thomas 33
penny-farthing bicycle 60
philanthropic society 36
Piper Cub 23
POCOCK Roger 51
poi 11
Polio 47
Port Chalmers 28
Port Nicholson 56
Post Mistress (Chatto Creek) 31
poultice 47
PRIMMER Bert 5
PUAI Hamihana 10
Pukemako 18
Pukenui Harbour 11
Pureora 18
Pureora School 18
PYLE W.R 67
Q
Queen Charlotte Sound 56
QUINN Mrs 40
R
racing cutter 56
Rai Valley School 15
rail tragedy 64
railway 62
railway construction 31
Railways Dept. 64
Ranginui Timber Co. 19
Rawleigh man 45
Rawleigh’s products 45
Reckitt’s blue bag 45
REID Family 8
RIDDELL Mr 64
road rules 14
road safety 14
ROBERTSON Mr J. K 42
ROSS David 35
ROSS Robert 30
royal yacht 56
Ruakura State Farm 13
RUDDEN C/O 51
RUSSELL Helen 20
RUSSELL Rusty 20
S
sawmilling 19
school lunches 19
Scott’s 47
Scottish settlers 28
settlers (Dunedin) 28
shipping Aupouri 13
Britannia 56
HMNZS Achilles 22
Laing 28
Rona 56
SIDEY Hon. T. 64
SINTON Walter 43
Sloan’s Liniment 47
SMITH Joan 43
Mr 43
Mrs 43
Noeline 43
Smith & Weston 6
STANDISH Mrs 40
Trevor 40
stone bruises 47
stunt pilot 26
swimming baths 30
SWINNEY H.S 67
T
Taihape 38
Takapuna 13
Takapuna Drum and Fife Band 13
Te Aute 62
Te Awanga 60
Te Kao 10
Te Kao School 10
Te Kuiti 19
THOMSON Mr 5
Tiger Hill 31
time keeping 28
timepiece 28
tobacco shed 60
toothache 47
Towai Hotel 13
town clock 28
Trentham 50
TRONSON Mr 24
Tua Marina 72
TURNBULL Alexander 56
TURNBULL Bill 30
TURNBULL Bob 30
TURVEY Tim 60
U
uniform (Frontiersmen) 52
United Kingdom Hotel 32
V
Van den Berg Helma 60
VIDAL Anthony Joseph 60
Cecil 60
Doris 60
Frank 60
Gerald 60
Josephine 60
Les 60
Thelma 60
Vidals Wines 60
VUGLER A.J 67
W
Waahi Paa 13
Waikato Hospital 19
Waipawa 61
Waitomo Caves 13
WATSON Mr G.L 56
WATT Archie 39
Wellington 56
Wellington Musical Army 42
Wellington Railway Station 63
Whangarei 5
WHENAROA Boysey 40
WHITE Dr 39
WILKIE Sharon 41
Williams & Kettle Ltd 61
WILSON David 34
wine 60
winemaking 60
Wintergreen Oil 45
Working Men’s Educational Union 36
World War One 50
World War Two 22
World War Two 14
Wright Stephensons 39
X
Y
yachting 56 Z
Zealandia Boot Company 11
A
A & P Show 50
action songs 11
ALEXANDER Betty 18
David 18
Rodger 18
Roy 18
Ruby 18
Alexander Turnbull Library 56
Alexander’s Cash Store 21
Alexandra 30
Alexandra Park 13
ALLEY Rewi 54
AMBROSE 41
Antiphlogistine 47
architect 34
Auckland 56
Auckland Aero Club 26
Auckland Exhibition 11
Auckland Harbour Bridge 23
Auckland Regatta 56
aviation 22
B
BADEN-POWELL Robert 51
BAIGENT Family 8
BAKER Ali 55
Bank of New South Wales
(Oamaru) 60
Bank of New Zealand (Hastings) 61
BANKS Joseph 11
BANKS Mrs 11
BARFOOT Eric 22
Peter 26
BARR James 28
Battle of River Plate 22
bee stings 45
Beecham’s pills 47
Begg’s Musical Army 42
BEGLEY Katherine 64
bell (church) 28
Bell Hill 28
bell tower 28
Benneydale 19
Benneydale Butchery 19
BILBROUGH Mr W.S 40
Norman 40
BLAKELY R.J.M 67
blue bag 45
Bluff Hill 59
boat building 56
Boer War 52
Bonds Imperial Café 61
bonfire (Guy Fawkes) 5
BOTHAM Emma 72
Henry 72
Bott Boot Repairs 61
bottling factory (Taihape) 40
Boy Scouts 53
BRISLEY Mr R. 33
Broad’s pills 45
BUCHANAN Isabelle 28
John 28
Buckley’s Canadiol Mixture 47
C
C.A. Odlins 19
California Syrup of Figs 47
CALVERT Family 8
Camforated Oil 45
CAMPBELL Murdoch 64
cannon 28
CARTER Mrs 5
castor oil 47
Central Otago 30
Chaffers Marina 56
Charles Begg & Co Ltd 42
Chatto Creek 31
Chatto Creek Gold Dredging Co. 31
Chatto Creek Post Office 31
Chatto Creek Station 31
Chatto Creek Tavern 31
Chevrolet 14
childhood illnesses 47
children’s road safety 14
chores 45
Christchurch Boys High 53
Clearview Estate Winery 60
Clearview Homestead 60
Clements Tonic 47
CLOUSTON J.T 67
W.J 67
COATES Hon. Gordon 64
comic strip 9
Commission of Enquiry 64
concert (school) 11
Condy’s Crystals 45
Congregational Church (Dunedin) 35
COOK John 53
Cook Strait 56
Coronation Baths (Alexandra) 30
correspondence school 47
COULTER Bill 42
Criterion Hotel (Napier) 59
D
D’ESTERRE Ernest 53
DAVIES Family 8
defence 58
Dept. Civil Aviation 26
derailment 62
Devonport ferry 13
Dinky Toys 14
DIXON Jimmie 43
DONOVAN Mr T. 63
Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills 47
Dunedin 28, 35, 42
Dunedin Musical Army 42
Dunedin Town Hall 43
E
education 11
education (adult) 36
Education Dept. 11
EGGERS Jack H. 32
Ellis & Burnand 20
Empire Hotel 61
Epsom Salts 45
ETANA Wiki 10
Eucalyptus 45
Evans Bay 56
F
Fairbrother & Co. 61
Far North 11
farming 72
fire (Hastings) 61
fireworks 5
First Church of Otago 28, 35
Floral Carnival (Auckland) 13
football club 19
FORRESTER Thomas 34
FOX Angela 41
Friar’s Balsam 47
Frontiersmen 50
fundraising 11, 43
G
ganger 63
GARDINER Margaret 43
Glauber Salts 45
glove puppet 14
gold dredge 31
gold rush 36
GOODRICH Andrew 40
GRIFFIN Chas E. 32
George 32
Joan 32
William E. 32
Griffin’s General Store 33
guy 6
Guy Fawkes 4
gymnastics 10
H
haka 11
Hamilton 19
HANSEN Johnny 41
Mr 41
HARAWIRA Herepo 10
HARLEY J.A 67
W.D 67
HARNETT D.J 67
HARRIS John Hyde 35
Hastings 61
Hauraki Plains 45
Hawke’s Bay 58
HAY Mrs 39
HENRI Miriam 12
Heritage Bicycle Championships 34
HIMBURG Jimmie 43
HIMI-TAMIHANA Kaipara 10
HOLLAND Mr H.E 64
home cookery 20
HOOD Charles 14
house chores 45
Hukerenui 13
Humber Humbrett
Coventry Royal 30
HUSHEER Gerhard 60
Hutt Valley 50
I
Iodine 45
J
Jeyes Fluid 45
JOHANSEN Family 40
JOYCE Digger 39
K
KANE A. 67
W.A 67
KAPA Waata 10
Te Ikanui 10
KARENA Awarua 10
Katikati Frontiersmen 55
Kauri gum 11
Kawakawa 12
KENNEDY Graham 9
Krushen Salts 45
L
LAMBERT Bill 56
Capt. 59
Lane’s Emulsion 47
LAVIN Frederick 64
LAWSON Robert 34
League of Frontiersmen 50
LEMON John 34
LIGGINS Dr 47
limestone 34
LOGAN Robert 56
Logan’s shipyard 56
LOVERSIDGE Richard 50
Lysol 45
M
Macreas 32
Maddison and Co. 61
mail train 62
Majestic (Taihape) 41
Maltexo 47
Mangapehi 19
Mangonui 12
manslaughter 64
MANUERA Hemi 10
Manuherikia River 31
Maori King 13
Maraeroa 19
marbles 41
MARDLING Farnell 33
MARSH Jack 25
MARSHALL Mr S. 64
MATIU Tia 10
McCallum’s Island 45
McCORMACK J.R 67
McDOUGALL William 62
McENTEE L.A 67
McGREGOR Malcom 26
McILVRIDGE 64
McKNIGHT S. Gordon 67
McPHERSON Duncan 23
Lyn 23
Mechanics’ Institute building 36
medicine 45
medicine chest 45
MEE Jas. 67
MELLUISH William 36
Mercer 13
METE-KEEPA Rihari 10
military encampment 58
military service 58
Militia 58
Militia Ordinance 58
mining licence 31
Moray Place
Congregational Church 35
Morewa 12
Morningside (Whangarei) 9
MOSLEM Mrs 6
music 42
musical concerts 43
musical instruments 42
N
Napier 58, 63
Napier Court 64
Napier Militia 59
National Park Village 55
National Tobacco Co. 60
Nelson 14
Nelson Traffic Dept 14
NZ Constitution Act 28
O
Oamaru 34
Oamaru stone 34
Odlins Mill 18
old-fashioned cures 45
Opapa Incline 62
Otago 28
Otane 63
Otane Railway Station 63
Otautau 63
Otoko 63
Otorohanga
Chamber of Commerce 13
P
PAKO Hauraki 10
Henare 10
PALMER John 56
PARIS Gordon 42
PARK Robert 58
PEDDER Tich 20
PEDDIE Thomas 33
penny-farthing bicycle 60
philanthropic society 36
Piper Cub 23
POCOCK Roger 51
poi 11
Polio 47
Port Chalmers 28
Port Nicholson 56
Post Mistress (Chatto Creek) 31
poultice 47
PRIMMER Bert 5
PUAI Hamihana 10
Pukemako 18
Pukenui Harbour 11
Pureora 18
Pureora School 18
PYLE W.R 67
Q
Queen Charlotte Sound 56
QUINN Mrs 40
R
racing cutter 56
Rai Valley School 15
rail tragedy 64
railway 62
railway construction 31
Railways Dept. 64
Ranginui Timber Co. 19
Rawleigh man 45
Rawleigh’s products 45
Reckitt’s blue bag 45
REID Family 8
RIDDELL Mr 64
road rules 14
road safety 14
ROBERTSON Mr J. K 42
ROSS David 35
ROSS Robert 30
royal yacht 56
Ruakura State Farm 13
RUDDEN C/O 51
RUSSELL Helen 20
RUSSELL Rusty 20
S
sawmilling 19
school lunches 19
Scott’s 47
Scottish settlers 28
settlers (Dunedin) 28
shipping Aupouri 13
Britannia 56
HMNZS Achilles 22
Laing 28
Rona 56
SIDEY Hon. T. 64
SINTON Walter 43
Sloan’s Liniment 47
SMITH Joan 43
Mr 43
Mrs 43
Noeline 43
Smith & Weston 6
STANDISH Mrs 40
Trevor 40
stone bruises 47
stunt pilot 26
swimming baths 30
SWINNEY H.S 67
T
Taihape 38
Takapuna 13
Takapuna Drum and Fife Band 13
Te Aute 62
Te Awanga 60
Te Kao 10
Te Kao School 10
Te Kuiti 19
THOMSON Mr 5
Tiger Hill 31
time keeping 28
timepiece 28
tobacco shed 60
toothache 47
Towai Hotel 13
town clock 28
Trentham 50
TRONSON Mr 24
Tua Marina 72
TURNBULL Alexander 56
TURNBULL Bill 30
TURNBULL Bob 30
TURVEY Tim 60
U
uniform (Frontiersmen) 52
United Kingdom Hotel 32
V
Van den Berg Helma 60
VIDAL Anthony Joseph 60
Cecil 60
Doris 60
Frank 60
Gerald 60
Josephine 60
Les 60
Thelma 60
Vidals Wines 60
VUGLER A.J 67
W
Waahi Paa 13
Waikato Hospital 19
Waipawa 61
Waitomo Caves 13
WATSON Mr G.L 56
WATT Archie 39
Wellington 56
Wellington Musical Army 42
Wellington Railway Station 63
Whangarei 5
WHENAROA Boysey 40
WHITE Dr 39
WILKIE Sharon 41
Williams & Kettle Ltd 61
WILSON David 34
wine 60
winemaking 60
Wintergreen Oil 45
Working Men’s Educational Union 36
World War One 50
World War Two 22
World War Two 14
Wright Stephensons 39
X
Y
yachting 56 Z
Zealandia Boot Company 11