New Zealand Memories Issue 114 - Contents
A New Life in a New Country 4
1873 Canterbury settlers; Ivan Taylor writes about his ancestors.
A Few Words 12
A bitter-sweet tale from Judy Tindall
All at Sea 14
Memories of Napier Central School from David Hill.
Spending a Penny 18
Jeanette Grant discusses a delicate subject.
Helen Barnard, Gingernuts, and the
World War One Homefront Experience 20
Contributed by Nga Taonga Sound & Vision.
The Cup of Tea 24
An entertaining interlude from Bill Heinz.
From the Regions: Wanganui/Manawatu 25
Centrefold: Working Bee at Durie Hill Steps 36
Big Bill’s War 38
William Maskell’s war experiences are related by Ann Trewern.
Wellington Hospital’s Royal Doulton
Nursery Rhyme Tiles 48
Written by Christopher Moor.
The SS Captain Cook 52
Jenny Cooper immigrated to New Zealand in 1958.
From the Regions: Waikato 56
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
Marking ANZAC
Cover image:
Demolition of The Wanganui Gasworks
on 25 March 1974.
Courtesy: S.Miller
New Zealand Memories Issue 114 - Index
A
ADAMS B. 67
D. 67
Addington 7
ALEXANDER Ron 31
Amuri Bluff 8
antimony 24
ANZAC 72
Anzac Cove 43
ASTLE Jeff 66
Auckland 18
Aunt Daisy 27
B
BAKER J. 67
BALLANTYNE Mr J 10
BANKS Don 32
BARNARD Helena 21
Henry James 22
BARNES Mike 31
BASHAM Maud 27
BAULF Mr H.C 56
BEATTIE William 28
Bible Christian Church 10
biscuits 21
BLAKE R. 67
M. 67
BOOTH B. 67
BOYCE Ron 31
British Empire Medal 21
BROWN F. 67
Helena 22
M. 67
BUTCHER J. 67
C
C.J Pask Wineries 32
Cambridge 62
CAMPBELL D. 67
Canterbury 6
Canterbury Frozen Meat Co. 6
CARSON Miss 15
CASSIDY Jack 24
Cathedral Square 7
CHAMBERLAIN Ian 31
CHAMBERS Doug 32
chicken run 26
Christchurch 6
Christchurch Cycling Band 10
Christchurch Quay 8
CHRISTENSEN Edward P 66
Mr 15
Violet 66
Christmas 10
Christmas (hospital) 49
Church Street School 72
CLARK Wayne 32
Claudelands Camping Ground 66
COLEMAN Les 32
comics 16
CONNELL Nigel 22
COOPER Jenny 52
COOPER Keith 52
Ken 52
Sally 52
CORBETT Miss 15
COUGHLAN Mike 31
COWAN Alan 32
cricket 10
D
DACRE J. 67
DANALD Dr. 6
DAY Bill 50
de Bonnaire Joan 26
de Bonnaire John 26
DELL M. 67
demolition (gasworks) 34
Dept. of Education 60
DEVLIN Mr 60
Dip Mine 64
dirigable 46
Dixon Family 6
Dodge motorcar 56
driver’s licence 28
Druid’s Hall (Christchurch) 10
Dunedin 39
Durie Hill 36
E
education 15, 58
EGGLETON Mr 30
Egypt (WWI) 41
electric tramway 33
Eltham 21
emigrant ship 52
emigraton 52
Epsom Girl’s Grammar School 18
ESTALL W. 67
export (wool) 7
F
FALWASSER Linda 60
FALWASSER Freddie 60
Fancy dress 54
FAUCETT D. 67
Feilding 30
Ferry Bridge 4
ferry tolls 7
Ferrymead 7
fete 62
FIELD P. 67
FISHER V. 67
FOWLER Reg 24
FOWLES George 5
FRASER Alan 50
Fundraising 21
G
Gallipoli 21, 39, 72
GARLAND Mr 7
Garlands Road Bridge 7
gingernuts 21
GOLDING J. 67
P.. 67
goldmine 24
Gordonton 55
GOULD Mr 10
GRANDISON K. 67
Grey Valley 24
GROWDEN D. 67
H
Hamilton 62
HANDCOCK R. 67
HARDING Elizabeth 6
Mr 6
Mrs 6
HARPER D. 67
HARRIS Alexander 64
HAYWARD Roland 44
Heathcote 4
Heathcote River 7
Heathcote Wharf 8
HEINZ Bill 24
Bill junior 24
HILL David 4
Hillsborough (Canterbury) 7
Hiwinui 58
Holme’s brickworks 8
HOPKINS Joseph 8
HORNE C. 67
HORNE R. 67
hospital ship (WWI) 39
Hudson motorcar 63
Hunterville 30
Huntly 64
I
immigration 6
infectious diseases 6
J
JONSON George 61
K
Kaiapoi 8
Kawhia 58
Kawhia Harbour 59
KING E. 67
M. 67
O. 67
Terry 60
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital 48
L
Labour Dept 7
Langdons Reef 24
Laurie & Milton’s 8
lavatory 18
LAWRIE B. 67
Le Quesne Hotel 62
Levin 25
Little Akaroa 6
Little Manly 18
Little Port Cooper 6
long drop 18
LOWRY J. 67
LUCAS G. 67
Lyttelton Colonist’s Hall 7
Lyttlelton Harbour 6
M
MAHON A. 67
Maire logs 31
Manawatu 28
manuka tea 24
Maori Pa (Ripapa) 6
Mãori schools 58
Marton 31
MASKELL Lillian 39
Lily 39
Reg 39
William John 39
Maungawhau School 18
maypole 62
maypole dancers 62
McGITY B. 67
McKINLEY Mr W.J 64
McPHERSON S. 67
MEASHEM M. 67
medicine 39
MILLS P. 67
Montgomery’s Wharf 8
MOORE D. 67
motor cars (1918) 29
motoring 56
Mt Eden 18
MUNE Don 61
MUNE Katharene 61
music 10
MYERS Mr 15
N
Napier 14
Napier Central School 14
NEWMAN Fred 24
night cart 18
NOFFKE Phyllis 63
Northcote 18
Nukumaru 58
nursery rhyme murals 48
O
O’CALLAHAN Basil 66
Pauline 66
Okains Bay 8
P
Palmerston North 28
Panama Canal 53
Papanui 10
Paparoa Range 24
PARVIN D. 67
PASK Chris 32
PAUL Stan 63
PEEL Mrs 8
PERKINS John 50
PERRY E. 67
pippi 27
Ponsonby 72
Port Chalmers 45
Primitive Methodist Church 10
prisoner-of-war 12
Production Engineering 31
public toilets 18
PUDSEY John 31
Puffing Billy 33
Pukekohe Primary School 67
Q
quarantine (disease) 6
quarantine hospital 6
quarantine station 6
R
railway (Palmerston North) 28
RALPH Anthony 64
Mrs 64
Ralph Mine 64
Rangiwahia 30
Ransomes 30
READ Mr 10
recipe (gingernuts) 23
REEVE O. 67
RENAUT Capt. 6
REWI Jennifer 60
Johnny 60
Michael 60
Ripapa Island 6
roading (Christchurch) 8
ROBERTSON Mr N.D 63
Robertson depot 63
ROYAL Judith Anne 50
Royal Doulton 1, 48
RUBAY Alan 60
RUBAY Patricia 60
S
SATYANAND Anand 48
SCHAPPI H. 67
school lunches 15
school playground 17
school supplies 60
schoolhouse 61
Seaview Dairy Farm 8
service cars 56
Shipping
Marama 45
S.S. Maheno 38
Punjaub 6
S.S. Mullogh 6
TSS Captain Cook 52
SMITH Ken 30
Somme, The 46
Sons of Temperance Lodge 10
Sport (school) 15
steam traction engine 30
steam tram loco 33
Steam Wharf 8
STENT John 31
SUMNER R. 67
supplies (rural delivery) 59
Sydney Harbour Bridge 13
T
Taupaki 18
Taupo 56
TAYLOR Alfred 6
Arthur 8
Edmund 6
Edmund junior 8
Edward 8
Elizabeth 8
Herbert 6
Lenard 8
William 6
Albert 8
Elizabeth 6
Henry 6
John 6
Te Maika Maori School 58
tea 24
teaching 58
telegram 12
temperance 10
Thacker’s Mill 8
THOMPSON Margaret 49
Reg 31
tiles 1, 48
toheroa 25
toheroa fritters 27
toilet (school) 18
tolls (ferry) 7
trams 33
TREGEAGLE Mr 10
tuatua 27
U
Union Methodists 10
Union Steamship Co. 39
Union Wharf 8
V
VILLIERS-STUART Major C.H 49
von TEMPSKY Gustavas 16
W
Waimana 30, 56
Waioweka Gorge 30
war artist 49
war medals 42
war rations 52
Wellington 44, 66
West Coast Times 23
whalebone corsets 24
widow’s pension 28
Winton 60
World War One 1
World War Two 20
WYLIE A. 67
X
Y
Z
zeppelins 46
A
ADAMS B. 67
D. 67
Addington 7
ALEXANDER Ron 31
Amuri Bluff 8
antimony 24
ANZAC 72
Anzac Cove 43
ASTLE Jeff 66
Auckland 18
Aunt Daisy 27
B
BAKER J. 67
BALLANTYNE Mr J 10
BANKS Don 32
BARNARD Helena 21
Henry James 22
BARNES Mike 31
BASHAM Maud 27
BAULF Mr H.C 56
BEATTIE William 28
Bible Christian Church 10
biscuits 21
BLAKE R. 67
M. 67
BOOTH B. 67
BOYCE Ron 31
British Empire Medal 21
BROWN F. 67
Helena 22
M. 67
BUTCHER J. 67
C
C.J Pask Wineries 32
Cambridge 62
CAMPBELL D. 67
Canterbury 6
Canterbury Frozen Meat Co. 6
CARSON Miss 15
CASSIDY Jack 24
Cathedral Square 7
CHAMBERLAIN Ian 31
CHAMBERS Doug 32
chicken run 26
Christchurch 6
Christchurch Cycling Band 10
Christchurch Quay 8
CHRISTENSEN Edward P 66
Mr 15
Violet 66
Christmas 10
Christmas (hospital) 49
Church Street School 72
CLARK Wayne 32
Claudelands Camping Ground 66
COLEMAN Les 32
comics 16
CONNELL Nigel 22
COOPER Jenny 52
COOPER Keith 52
Ken 52
Sally 52
CORBETT Miss 15
COUGHLAN Mike 31
COWAN Alan 32
cricket 10
D
DACRE J. 67
DANALD Dr. 6
DAY Bill 50
de Bonnaire Joan 26
de Bonnaire John 26
DELL M. 67
demolition (gasworks) 34
Dept. of Education 60
DEVLIN Mr 60
Dip Mine 64
dirigable 46
Dixon Family 6
Dodge motorcar 56
driver’s licence 28
Druid’s Hall (Christchurch) 10
Dunedin 39
Durie Hill 36
E
education 15, 58
EGGLETON Mr 30
Egypt (WWI) 41
electric tramway 33
Eltham 21
emigrant ship 52
emigraton 52
Epsom Girl’s Grammar School 18
ESTALL W. 67
export (wool) 7
F
FALWASSER Linda 60
FALWASSER Freddie 60
Fancy dress 54
FAUCETT D. 67
Feilding 30
Ferry Bridge 4
ferry tolls 7
Ferrymead 7
fete 62
FIELD P. 67
FISHER V. 67
FOWLER Reg 24
FOWLES George 5
FRASER Alan 50
Fundraising 21
G
Gallipoli 21, 39, 72
GARLAND Mr 7
Garlands Road Bridge 7
gingernuts 21
GOLDING J. 67
P.. 67
goldmine 24
Gordonton 55
GOULD Mr 10
GRANDISON K. 67
Grey Valley 24
GROWDEN D. 67
H
Hamilton 62
HANDCOCK R. 67
HARDING Elizabeth 6
Mr 6
Mrs 6
HARPER D. 67
HARRIS Alexander 64
HAYWARD Roland 44
Heathcote 4
Heathcote River 7
Heathcote Wharf 8
HEINZ Bill 24
Bill junior 24
HILL David 4
Hillsborough (Canterbury) 7
Hiwinui 58
Holme’s brickworks 8
HOPKINS Joseph 8
HORNE C. 67
HORNE R. 67
hospital ship (WWI) 39
Hudson motorcar 63
Hunterville 30
Huntly 64
I
immigration 6
infectious diseases 6
J
JONSON George 61
K
Kaiapoi 8
Kawhia 58
Kawhia Harbour 59
KING E. 67
M. 67
O. 67
Terry 60
King Edward VII Memorial Hospital 48
L
Labour Dept 7
Langdons Reef 24
Laurie & Milton’s 8
lavatory 18
LAWRIE B. 67
Le Quesne Hotel 62
Levin 25
Little Akaroa 6
Little Manly 18
Little Port Cooper 6
long drop 18
LOWRY J. 67
LUCAS G. 67
Lyttelton Colonist’s Hall 7
Lyttlelton Harbour 6
M
MAHON A. 67
Maire logs 31
Manawatu 28
manuka tea 24
Maori Pa (Ripapa) 6
Mãori schools 58
Marton 31
MASKELL Lillian 39
Lily 39
Reg 39
William John 39
Maungawhau School 18
maypole 62
maypole dancers 62
McGITY B. 67
McKINLEY Mr W.J 64
McPHERSON S. 67
MEASHEM M. 67
medicine 39
MILLS P. 67
Montgomery’s Wharf 8
MOORE D. 67
motor cars (1918) 29
motoring 56
Mt Eden 18
MUNE Don 61
MUNE Katharene 61
music 10
MYERS Mr 15
N
Napier 14
Napier Central School 14
NEWMAN Fred 24
night cart 18
NOFFKE Phyllis 63
Northcote 18
Nukumaru 58
nursery rhyme murals 48
O
O’CALLAHAN Basil 66
Pauline 66
Okains Bay 8
P
Palmerston North 28
Panama Canal 53
Papanui 10
Paparoa Range 24
PARVIN D. 67
PASK Chris 32
PAUL Stan 63
PEEL Mrs 8
PERKINS John 50
PERRY E. 67
pippi 27
Ponsonby 72
Port Chalmers 45
Primitive Methodist Church 10
prisoner-of-war 12
Production Engineering 31
public toilets 18
PUDSEY John 31
Puffing Billy 33
Pukekohe Primary School 67
Q
quarantine (disease) 6
quarantine hospital 6
quarantine station 6
R
railway (Palmerston North) 28
RALPH Anthony 64
Mrs 64
Ralph Mine 64
Rangiwahia 30
Ransomes 30
READ Mr 10
recipe (gingernuts) 23
REEVE O. 67
RENAUT Capt. 6
REWI Jennifer 60
Johnny 60
Michael 60
Ripapa Island 6
roading (Christchurch) 8
ROBERTSON Mr N.D 63
Robertson depot 63
ROYAL Judith Anne 50
Royal Doulton 1, 48
RUBAY Alan 60
RUBAY Patricia 60
S
SATYANAND Anand 48
SCHAPPI H. 67
school lunches 15
school playground 17
school supplies 60
schoolhouse 61
Seaview Dairy Farm 8
service cars 56
Shipping
Marama 45
S.S. Maheno 38
Punjaub 6
S.S. Mullogh 6
TSS Captain Cook 52
SMITH Ken 30
Somme, The 46
Sons of Temperance Lodge 10
Sport (school) 15
steam traction engine 30
steam tram loco 33
Steam Wharf 8
STENT John 31
SUMNER R. 67
supplies (rural delivery) 59
Sydney Harbour Bridge 13
T
Taupaki 18
Taupo 56
TAYLOR Alfred 6
Arthur 8
Edmund 6
Edmund junior 8
Edward 8
Elizabeth 8
Herbert 6
Lenard 8
William 6
Albert 8
Elizabeth 6
Henry 6
John 6
Te Maika Maori School 58
tea 24
teaching 58
telegram 12
temperance 10
Thacker’s Mill 8
THOMPSON Margaret 49
Reg 31
tiles 1, 48
toheroa 25
toheroa fritters 27
toilet (school) 18
tolls (ferry) 7
trams 33
TREGEAGLE Mr 10
tuatua 27
U
Union Methodists 10
Union Steamship Co. 39
Union Wharf 8
V
VILLIERS-STUART Major C.H 49
von TEMPSKY Gustavas 16
W
Waimana 30, 56
Waioweka Gorge 30
war artist 49
war medals 42
war rations 52
Wellington 44, 66
West Coast Times 23
whalebone corsets 24
widow’s pension 28
Winton 60
World War One 1
World War Two 20
WYLIE A. 67
X
Y
Z
zeppelins 46