New Zealand Memories Issue 115 - Contents
Patriotism, Passion, and a Foxton Piano 4
Alwyn Owen relates an absorbing tale.
The First Ball-Boy 10
Matt Elliott discusses an Auckland Rugby League initiative.
Chocolate Cake and Haystacks 12
A charming story from Joyce Powell.
The Saga of the Oxenbridge Tunnel
and the Shotover River 16
Written by Paul Titchener.
Ramifications of The 1951 Waterfront Workers’
Strike 18
As recalled by Colin Bernard Kruse.
From the Regions: Northland 22
The Chain Over Sea and Time 32
Contributed by Josef Livre, Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand.
‘Silly as a Two-bob Watch’ 34
‘Teaching Grandmother to Suck Eggs’ 35
Claire Duncan explores the origins of these sayings.
Centrefold: In the Name of Progress 36
‘Landships’ 38
World War One warfare from Michael Dally and Pearl Forster.
High School Stories 42
Brigid Barrer remembers Christchurch Girls’ High.
Redwood’s Flour Mill 46
Ted Woodward’s first job.
Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty 52
Philip Lewis and the Copper Car 62
Bruce R. Anderson discusses a motorcar with a difference.
New to Print 65
The Enemy at Home 66
From a new book by Imelda Bargas and Tim Shoebridge.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
‘Parliament opened on 26 July 1865 on a very wet day.’
Cover image:
Redwood Bros. flour mill on the Omaka
River - article page 46.
Marlborough Historical Society Marlborough Museum
Archives; 1989.024.0298 – Chinn Collection
New Zealand Memories Issue 115 - Index
A
A. M. Bisley & Co. 26
advertising 64
AFFCO Auckland 19
agricultural & pastoral show 60
agricultural machinery 13
ALLEWAY Janet 45
alluvial gold 16
ANDERSON Mr F.V 62
Anti - German (WWI) 6
Arawa 53
Arbitration Court 19
Armed Forces 19
ARTHUR Thomas 16
Arthur’s Point 16
Auckland 10, 62,66
Auckland 1st Regiments 41
Auckland Rugby League 10
AVERILL Bishop 60
B
bagpipes 22
baking 14
ball - boy 10
BARRER Brigid 45
Battle Le Flers 39
Bay of Plenty 56
beauty pageants 58
Bedford bus 26, 30
Belgium (WW I) 40
BENNETT Annie May 24
George William 24
BENSON Frank 62
Bill & Boyd 58
BISLEY David 26
BLACK Mr 50
BLAND Mr S 64
Blenheim 46
BMW Isetta 26
BOURKE Capt G.P 19
BROWN Donald Forrester 39
bubble car 26
BUCKLAND John 57
Karen 57
Sharon 57
Sherida 57
buried village 61
bushmen 53
butter churn 14
C
carnivals 56
cartooning 57
children’s playground 58
chocolate cake 13
Christchurch 43
Christchurch Girls High School 43
Christmas Carnival 56
CHURCHILL Winston 39
CLIFFORD Mrs 44
Clydesdale horses 13
coalminers 19
coffee 14
coffee and chicory 14
confectionery 24
COOK Captain James 53
COPLAND Alison 45
COPLAND Mrs 26
copper car 62
Coromandel 52
Coromandel Harbour 53
Coromandel Peninsula 53
Cranmer Square 43
CRENE Gary 27
Crimean War 22
CULPAN Ivan 10
Cynogas powder 50
D
DAWSON Mick 59
Dept. Conservation 54
Dodge 4 motorcar 62
Dodge motorcar 64
DUNLOP Ian 58
E
Eckfords Wharf 47
education 4,43,46
education (Northland) 30
emigrants 22, 53
employment 46
enemies of the state 66
eruption 61
Express Printing Works 50
F
Far North 30
fashion (1960s) 43
Featherston 67
fire (Foxton) 4
Firth House 46
FISHER Gordon 57
floods (Foxton) 4
flour mill 46
flour moth 50
flour sacks 46
Foxton 4
Foxton School 4
Foxton School Committee 5
France (WW I) 39
fundraising 56
FURRIE Mr L 6
G
Gallipoli 32, 66
GARDINER Susan 45
gas retort house 48
gasworks (Blenheim) 47
German internees 66
German Samoan internees 66
goldfield 53
goldmining 16
government 72
Government House 72
Graham Bros. 62
GREY Sir George 72
Greymouth 19
Greymouth Bar 19
Greymouth Tram 36
gymslips 42
H
Hagley Park 44
HAIG General Douglas 39
HARDIE Barbara 45
hay mower 15
haymaking 12
haystack 13
High School 42
HITLER Adolf 39
HOLLAND Sydney 19
HORNBLOW John 5
horse drawn lorries 47
horse tram 36
horses 60
hot pools 28
HUNTER Arthur Buddy 10
I
illegal parking 64
immigration 22, 53
internment (WW I) 66
J
JENSEN Shirley 45
K
KAHI Tommy Jnr 44
Kaikohe 28
Kaikohe Primary School 28
Kaitaia 26
kauri 53
kauri bushmen 53
KELLOW Mr 6
KEYS Claire 45
KING Rebeccah 45
KITCHENER Lord 39
KNIGHT Rowena 45
knitting (WW I) 32
KRUSE Colin Bernard 18
Kuaotunu 53
Kumara 36
L
Labb’s Carnival Fun Fair 58
labour dispute 19
LANDRETH Catherine 45
landships 38
Landships Committee 39
LEWIS Philip 62
licensing laws 20
Lions International 56
logging 54
LYTTLE Denise 45
M
machine guns 39
MAHN Denny 58
Main Trunk Railway (Blenheim) 48
MAJOR Malvina 58
Manawatu River 4
Maori Pa 53
Maraenui 60
MARSDEN Rev. Samuel 53
MARTIN Mr 6
Matthew’s Vintage Museum 27
Maungamuka Bridge 26
Maurice E from Paree 59
MAYBURY Jack 57
John 57
McGRATH Prudence 45
McKENZIE Alexander 22
Annabella 22
Christina (Teenie) 22
Donald 22
Duncan 22
Duncan (wee Duncan)
22
James 22
McKENZIE William 22
McMURRAY Mr 6
Memorial Park 56
Messines (WWI) 40
milling machines 46
Miss Mt Maunganui Contest 58
Miss Tauranga Contest 58
MITCHELL Sharon 45
MONSON Marian 45
MORGAN Jane 45
MORTON Ian 58
Motuihe Island 66
Mt Maunganui 56
Mt Maunganui College 59
music 44
N
Narrow Neck (Auckland) 67
native trees 54
New Zealand Railways 26
New Zealand Rugby League 10
Ngawha Curative Hot Springs 28
Ngawha Springs 28
Ngongotaha 12
NOLAN Lady 63
Northern Wairoa River 24
Northland 22
NZ Railways 21
NZ Watersider Workers Union 19
O
office junior 46
Opawa River 47
Opotiki 60
Otago 1st Regiments 41
Otago Infantry Regiment 39
Otago Regiment (WW I) 39
OXENBRIDGE Bert 17
Ned 17
Victor 17
Oxenbridge Tunnel 16
P
paddlestemer 5
PALMER Robert George 5
panama hat 45
Panzer 39
Paparore 30
Paparore School 30
Parawai Marae 13
Parliament 72
Parnell 62
patriotism (WWI) 6
PATTERSON Lt. Col. John 32
physical education 44
piano 4
Pinus radiata 54
PIRANI Fred 6
poliomyelitis 13
prisoners - of - war 67
Propaganda (WWI) 4
proverbial sayings 34
Provincial Buildings 72
Public Safety Conservation Act 19
Q
Queenstown 16
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick 23
rationing (petrol) 47
Redwood’s Flour Mill 46
REES William 16
Rialto Theatre (Ruawai) 24
RING Charles 53
river diversion 17
ROBERTSON Horace 62
ROBINSON Miss 44
Rotorua 61
Ruawai 24
Ruawai Dairy Co. 24
rugby league 10
RUSSEL Kaye 45
S
sailors 19
SANDERS Henry Armytage 40
sayings 34
School Committee 5
school rompers 42
school uniforms 42
SCHULTZ Dr Erich 66
Scotland 22
sections (Whangamata) 55
Shag Creek 24
sheep run 16
shipping
HMNZS Philomel 21
HMNZS Taupo 17
HMS Coromandel 53
HMS Telemachus 19
Kaimanawa 21
Kaitangata 21
Luisitania 66
Shotover River 16
small manufacturers 46
Somes Island 66
Sound Shell 56
Southward Trust Museum 62
sport 10
State of Emergency (1951) 19
STEVENSON Helen 45
strike 18
Sunbeam sedan 64
sweet shop 24
T
tank 40
Tank Corps 40
tanks 38
Tarawera 61
TATE Eleanora 33
Jenny 33
Private 32
Tauranga 56
Tauranga 20,000 Club 56
Tauranga Borough Council 56
Tauranga College 57
Tauranga Sound Shell 56
TAYLOR Susan 45
Taylor River 47
Teremakau 36
Thames 53
The Marados 58
Theatre Royal 44
THOMPSON Olivia 45
THOMSON Alleyne 45
THORBURN Dianne 45
timber milling 53
Tokatoka Swamp 24
TOOGOOD Selwyn 57
tourism 16
Tourist Diamond 59
tractors 13
Traffic fine 64
U
unemployment 19
Union Steamship Co. 21
UPSTON Louise 58
V
vaccinations (polio) 13
Ve V Car Club 63
Victoria Cross 39
Victoria Park (Auckland) 10
VIGGERS Vic 57
volcanic eruption 61
von LUCKNER Count Felix 67
W
wage increase 19
Waipu 22
Wanganui Education Board 6
WARD Mollie 26
Mr J.S 26
Waterfront Dispute (1951) 19
Waterfront Workers 18
WEIR Margaret 45
Wellington 66
Wellington College 46
Wellington Rifle Volunteers 72
Westport Hospital 21
Westport Wharf 19
Whangamata 55
Whangaparoa 54
Whangarei 23
Whangarei Falls 23
Wheat Committee 49
wheat sacks 47
Whytes Hotel 4
WOODWARD Ted 50
World War One 39
WW I 4, 32, 38, 66
WW II 32
WYNYARD Lt. Gov. 53
X
Y
Z
Zion Mule Crops 32
Zionists 32
A
A. M. Bisley & Co. 26
advertising 64
AFFCO Auckland 19
agricultural & pastoral show 60
agricultural machinery 13
ALLEWAY Janet 45
alluvial gold 16
ANDERSON Mr F.V 62
Anti - German (WWI) 6
Arawa 53
Arbitration Court 19
Armed Forces 19
ARTHUR Thomas 16
Arthur’s Point 16
Auckland 10, 62,66
Auckland 1st Regiments 41
Auckland Rugby League 10
AVERILL Bishop 60
B
bagpipes 22
baking 14
ball - boy 10
BARRER Brigid 45
Battle Le Flers 39
Bay of Plenty 56
beauty pageants 58
Bedford bus 26, 30
Belgium (WW I) 40
BENNETT Annie May 24
George William 24
BENSON Frank 62
Bill & Boyd 58
BISLEY David 26
BLACK Mr 50
BLAND Mr S 64
Blenheim 46
BMW Isetta 26
BOURKE Capt G.P 19
BROWN Donald Forrester 39
bubble car 26
BUCKLAND John 57
Karen 57
Sharon 57
Sherida 57
buried village 61
bushmen 53
butter churn 14
C
carnivals 56
cartooning 57
children’s playground 58
chocolate cake 13
Christchurch 43
Christchurch Girls High School 43
Christmas Carnival 56
CHURCHILL Winston 39
CLIFFORD Mrs 44
Clydesdale horses 13
coalminers 19
coffee 14
coffee and chicory 14
confectionery 24
COOK Captain James 53
COPLAND Alison 45
COPLAND Mrs 26
copper car 62
Coromandel 52
Coromandel Harbour 53
Coromandel Peninsula 53
Cranmer Square 43
CRENE Gary 27
Crimean War 22
CULPAN Ivan 10
Cynogas powder 50
D
DAWSON Mick 59
Dept. Conservation 54
Dodge 4 motorcar 62
Dodge motorcar 64
DUNLOP Ian 58
E
Eckfords Wharf 47
education 4,43,46
education (Northland) 30
emigrants 22, 53
employment 46
enemies of the state 66
eruption 61
Express Printing Works 50
F
Far North 30
fashion (1960s) 43
Featherston 67
fire (Foxton) 4
Firth House 46
FISHER Gordon 57
floods (Foxton) 4
flour mill 46
flour moth 50
flour sacks 46
Foxton 4
Foxton School 4
Foxton School Committee 5
France (WW I) 39
fundraising 56
FURRIE Mr L 6
G
Gallipoli 32, 66
GARDINER Susan 45
gas retort house 48
gasworks (Blenheim) 47
German internees 66
German Samoan internees 66
goldfield 53
goldmining 16
government 72
Government House 72
Graham Bros. 62
GREY Sir George 72
Greymouth 19
Greymouth Bar 19
Greymouth Tram 36
gymslips 42
H
Hagley Park 44
HAIG General Douglas 39
HARDIE Barbara 45
hay mower 15
haymaking 12
haystack 13
High School 42
HITLER Adolf 39
HOLLAND Sydney 19
HORNBLOW John 5
horse drawn lorries 47
horse tram 36
horses 60
hot pools 28
HUNTER Arthur Buddy 10
I
illegal parking 64
immigration 22, 53
internment (WW I) 66
J
JENSEN Shirley 45
K
KAHI Tommy Jnr 44
Kaikohe 28
Kaikohe Primary School 28
Kaitaia 26
kauri 53
kauri bushmen 53
KELLOW Mr 6
KEYS Claire 45
KING Rebeccah 45
KITCHENER Lord 39
KNIGHT Rowena 45
knitting (WW I) 32
KRUSE Colin Bernard 18
Kuaotunu 53
Kumara 36
L
Labb’s Carnival Fun Fair 58
labour dispute 19
LANDRETH Catherine 45
landships 38
Landships Committee 39
LEWIS Philip 62
licensing laws 20
Lions International 56
logging 54
LYTTLE Denise 45
M
machine guns 39
MAHN Denny 58
Main Trunk Railway (Blenheim) 48
MAJOR Malvina 58
Manawatu River 4
Maori Pa 53
Maraenui 60
MARSDEN Rev. Samuel 53
MARTIN Mr 6
Matthew’s Vintage Museum 27
Maungamuka Bridge 26
Maurice E from Paree 59
MAYBURY Jack 57
John 57
McGRATH Prudence 45
McKENZIE Alexander 22
Annabella 22
Christina (Teenie) 22
Donald 22
Duncan 22
Duncan (wee Duncan)
22
James 22
McKENZIE William 22
McMURRAY Mr 6
Memorial Park 56
Messines (WWI) 40
milling machines 46
Miss Mt Maunganui Contest 58
Miss Tauranga Contest 58
MITCHELL Sharon 45
MONSON Marian 45
MORGAN Jane 45
MORTON Ian 58
Motuihe Island 66
Mt Maunganui 56
Mt Maunganui College 59
music 44
N
Narrow Neck (Auckland) 67
native trees 54
New Zealand Railways 26
New Zealand Rugby League 10
Ngawha Curative Hot Springs 28
Ngawha Springs 28
Ngongotaha 12
NOLAN Lady 63
Northern Wairoa River 24
Northland 22
NZ Railways 21
NZ Watersider Workers Union 19
O
office junior 46
Opawa River 47
Opotiki 60
Otago 1st Regiments 41
Otago Infantry Regiment 39
Otago Regiment (WW I) 39
OXENBRIDGE Bert 17
Ned 17
Victor 17
Oxenbridge Tunnel 16
P
paddlestemer 5
PALMER Robert George 5
panama hat 45
Panzer 39
Paparore 30
Paparore School 30
Parawai Marae 13
Parliament 72
Parnell 62
patriotism (WWI) 6
PATTERSON Lt. Col. John 32
physical education 44
piano 4
Pinus radiata 54
PIRANI Fred 6
poliomyelitis 13
prisoners - of - war 67
Propaganda (WWI) 4
proverbial sayings 34
Provincial Buildings 72
Public Safety Conservation Act 19
Q
Queenstown 16
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick 23
rationing (petrol) 47
Redwood’s Flour Mill 46
REES William 16
Rialto Theatre (Ruawai) 24
RING Charles 53
river diversion 17
ROBERTSON Horace 62
ROBINSON Miss 44
Rotorua 61
Ruawai 24
Ruawai Dairy Co. 24
rugby league 10
RUSSEL Kaye 45
S
sailors 19
SANDERS Henry Armytage 40
sayings 34
School Committee 5
school rompers 42
school uniforms 42
SCHULTZ Dr Erich 66
Scotland 22
sections (Whangamata) 55
Shag Creek 24
sheep run 16
shipping
HMNZS Philomel 21
HMNZS Taupo 17
HMS Coromandel 53
HMS Telemachus 19
Kaimanawa 21
Kaitangata 21
Luisitania 66
Shotover River 16
small manufacturers 46
Somes Island 66
Sound Shell 56
Southward Trust Museum 62
sport 10
State of Emergency (1951) 19
STEVENSON Helen 45
strike 18
Sunbeam sedan 64
sweet shop 24
T
tank 40
Tank Corps 40
tanks 38
Tarawera 61
TATE Eleanora 33
Jenny 33
Private 32
Tauranga 56
Tauranga 20,000 Club 56
Tauranga Borough Council 56
Tauranga College 57
Tauranga Sound Shell 56
TAYLOR Susan 45
Taylor River 47
Teremakau 36
Thames 53
The Marados 58
Theatre Royal 44
THOMPSON Olivia 45
THOMSON Alleyne 45
THORBURN Dianne 45
timber milling 53
Tokatoka Swamp 24
TOOGOOD Selwyn 57
tourism 16
Tourist Diamond 59
tractors 13
Traffic fine 64
U
unemployment 19
Union Steamship Co. 21
UPSTON Louise 58
V
vaccinations (polio) 13
Ve V Car Club 63
Victoria Cross 39
Victoria Park (Auckland) 10
VIGGERS Vic 57
volcanic eruption 61
von LUCKNER Count Felix 67
W
wage increase 19
Waipu 22
Wanganui Education Board 6
WARD Mollie 26
Mr J.S 26
Waterfront Dispute (1951) 19
Waterfront Workers 18
WEIR Margaret 45
Wellington 66
Wellington College 46
Wellington Rifle Volunteers 72
Westport Hospital 21
Westport Wharf 19
Whangamata 55
Whangaparoa 54
Whangarei 23
Whangarei Falls 23
Wheat Committee 49
wheat sacks 47
Whytes Hotel 4
WOODWARD Ted 50
World War One 39
WW I 4, 32, 38, 66
WW II 32
WYNYARD Lt. Gov. 53
X
Y
Z
Zion Mule Crops 32
Zionists 32