New Zealand Memories Issue 116 - Contents
The Wreck of the Dundonald 4
Gordon Campbell records an account of the 1907 shipwreck.
My Brother’s Pram 12
Memories of the Newmarket area by Maisie Morris.
Strolling Through Time: Beginnings of the Pram 16
Claire Duncan explores its origins.
Growing Up at the Fire Station 18
Childhood stories related by Roger Strong.
Spud Duty 22
Issue 116 cover photograph: June Peka provides details.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 24
Centrefold: The Penny Scramble 36
The War Years for a Headmaster 38
By Gordon Tait.
My Dad’s Old Cigar Box 44
‘An evening’s entertainment’ writes Beverley Teague.
Into Solitary Confinement 48
New Zealand’s last big polio epidemic. By Judith Doyle.
‘The Seekers’: a New Zealand Cinematic First 50
Christopher Moor explores our theatrical history.
An Airport in the Making 54
Ralph Levinson remembers Rongotai
From the Regions: Taranaki 60
Mailbox 66
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Time on your Hands 72
Knitting suggestions from Eileen Tiller.
Cover image:
Spud Duty (see page 22)
courtesy of June Peka
New Zealand Memories Issue 116 - Index
A
Acetylene gas 30
Acetylene Gas Co 30
Air Force 43
airmail 45
AKERSTON Mr 28
ANNAKIN Ken 50
Auckland 13, 49
Auckland Islands 6
Aunt Daisy 52
aviation 46, 54
B
BAKER Edward 52
bakery 25
Ballantyne’s fire 20
BARNES Mr 33
BELCHER Henry Charles 64
Nolan 64
BERRY Mr H.J 62
William 1
birthdays 13
BLICK G. Bert 26
Bluff 11
boarding school 48
BOLLONS Captain 8
BREWER Mr H 30
BROOKCOX Mr 33
BROWN George 50
butcher 15
C
candle power 28
CARTER James 30
castaways 7
Christchurch 19
Christchurch Fire Brigade 19
Christchurch Meat Co. 32
Christmas party 20
cigar box 44
cinema 50
Clarendon Hotel 28
CLARK Violet 46
Collingwood 25
Commercial Garage (Nelson) 35
Commercial Hotel 35
Copper motorcar 66
country schools 64
CRAGG Richard 32
D
Dannervirke Boys 39
De Havilland aircraft 57
Disappointment Island 6
Dundonaldtown 8
E
education 39, 38
egg cosies 72
Electric Lighting Committee 33
electric lighting 28
Ellerslie Racecourse 14
Enderby Island 11
epidemic (polio) 48
Epsom 14
Erebus Cove 11
ERSTICH Anthony 52
EVANS Lindley 62
Evans Bay 55
Excelsior motor bike 22
EYRE Charles 60
F
FAIRCHILD William 50
Faith in Australia 46
Farmers Trading Co. 16
farming (Taranaki) 64
Ferry Bridge 26
ferry toll 26
Fifeshire Rock 34
films 50
fire 19
fire (Collingwood) 25
Fire Brigade 19
fire station 18
FISHER Percy 54
fishing 64
FORBES Christina 45
G
GODFREY John 29
GREENSILL Mr J.A.R 29
Guide Rangi 52
GUTHRIE John 50
H
Hamilton 48
Hawera 62
Hawera Cadets 63
Hawera District High School 62
Hawera Primary School 62
Hawera Technical High 62
Hawera Wesley Methodist Church 62
Hawera Wesleyan Church 63
HAWKINS Jack 50
haymaking 64
HENNESSY Peter 50
Hotel Nelson 35
HUDDLESTON James 29
HUTCHENS Frank 62
Richard 62
HUTCHESON Mr 29
Hutchinsons 14
I
infants (prams) 16
J
James Smith Ltd 52
job interview 39
JOHNS Glynis 50
JONES Frederick Nelson 37
Nell 45
JUDGE John 6
K
Kaituna Ford 27
Kidson & Co. 31
KING Frederick Bernard 46
Kirkpatrick & Stevens 13
knitting 72
knitting patterns 72
Kodak camera 64
L
LAMBERT John 26
Lambton Quay 22
lamp lighters 31
lamp posts 28
LEWIS Philip 66
lighting 28
LOW Walter 6
Lower Hutt Civic Band 52
LUCUS Harold J 33
Lyall Bay 54
M
MacLAREN Owen 16
Majestic picture theatre 20
MANLEY Peter 51
Maori canoes 51
MARQUET Sarah 16
Marton 48
Mc Allister James 65 McALPINE Miss 62
McCORMICK William 33
McGREGOR Lesley 16
McLAUGHLIN Mr 6
Medical Corps 22
MILLS Hon. C.H 32
Miramar South Primary School 56
mollyhawks 9
MONK Fanny 22
motorcars (1915) 35
Mt Cook Airlines 55
music (piano) 62
muttonbirds 9
N
National Film Unit 52
Nelson 34, 36
Nelson gaol 34
New Plymouth 60
Newman Bros. Ltd 35
Newmarket 13
Nga Tawa Diocesan School 48
Ngati Poneke Choir 52
NICHOLAS Mr G 30
NORRIE Lady Jocelyn 52
Sir Willoughby 52
NZ Acetylene Co. 31
NZ Aero Transport Co 55
NZ Broadcasting Service 51
NZ Electrical Fittings Ltd 22
NZ Plunket 16
O
Ohope Beach 51
Omaka River Board 26
Opawa Ford 26
Otarawairere Bay 51
Oxley’s Pier Hotel 32
P
PACEY William 28
PADEREWSKI Ignacy 62
Paraparaumu 55
PASCOE John 49
penny 37
penny scramble 35
perambulator 1
PERANO Mr A.A 31
Perch 64
PETERS Jabez 11
photography 64
physical education 42
piano 62
Picton 28
Picton Borough Council 28
Picton Fire Bell Tower 29
Picton Gas Committee 29
Picton Holy Tribity Church 31
Picton Municipal Council Offices 29
Picton Wharf 30
Plunket 16
polio 48
Port Ross 8
postcards (New Plymouth) 61
Power House (Picton) 33
pram 12
PRATT George 33
PUL Michael 6
Purangi 65
Purangi Pa 65 PURCELL Noel 50
Q
quarantine 48
Queen Elizabeth 11, 50
QUEERFELT Henry 6
R
RABONE Samual 30
radiographer (WWII) 22
RAKI Laya 50
Rawhitiroa 64
REDMAN Dr William 30
REDMOND Forbes James 44
Mr M.E 45
Violet 45
Reefton 32
Remuera 15
Renwicktown 26
RIDDELL Gerard Joseph 32
RNZAF 58
ROBERTS Alfred 10
Mr A.C 4
Rock Ferry 26
Rongotai 55
Rongotai Aerodrome 59
Royal Academy of Music 63
S
S. Luke & Co 22
Sabin vaccine 49
sailing ship 4
Salk vaccine 49
Satllard’s Bakery 25
SCHAEF Arthur 54
SEDDON Mrs 62
Richard John 62
SEYMOUR Arthur Penrose 32
Shipping
Dundonald 4
Hinemoa 8
Ionic 63
Marama 22
shipwreck 4
shopping 14
Short Sutherland aircraft 59
SMITH Crosby 8
SMITH Fanny 22
Leslie Victor 22
Ngaire 22
Smith & Waite 22
socks (knitted) 72
solitary confinement 48
SQUIRES Harry 52
STRACK Mr 62
street lights 28
stroller 16
STRONG Roger 19
William Howard 19
swamp (clearing) 64
T
Tahunanui Beach 66
TAIT Alan 38
Gordon 43
Ivan 42
Jim 43
Mrs 43
Takapuna 49
Taranaki 60
Te Aro Foundry 22
Te WIATA Inia 52
The Seekers 50
Tiger Moth 58
Timaru 38
Timaru Boys’ High School 38
Trentham Military Camp 22
TRUBY KING Dr 16
Tua Marina 26
tuberculosis 45
Turnbull & Jones 32
Twentieth Century Gas Co. 30
TYREE Mr W 30
U
V
vaccines 49
vehicle ferry 26
VIRTUE John 59
Vulcan Bomber 58
W
W. Girlings Ltd 29
Waikato River 48
Wairau Ford 26
Wairau River 26
Waitohi Stream 32
WALKER Johnny 20
WALTERS Harry 6
Wanganui Gas Works 66
war canoes 51
WARBRICK Patrick 52
WATSON Maude 26
Wally 26
WEBSTER Thomas 29
WEETMAN Connie 33
Wellington 46, 54
Wellington Light & Heat Co. 33
Whakatane 51
WHITAKER Mr 29
wicker pram 16
WILSON Miss 48
Wilson Home 49
WINIATA Maharaia 53
Woolworths 14
World War One 32
World War Two 39
WRIGLEY Rudolf 55
X
Y
Z
A
Acetylene gas 30
Acetylene Gas Co 30
Air Force 43
airmail 45
AKERSTON Mr 28
ANNAKIN Ken 50
Auckland 13, 49
Auckland Islands 6
Aunt Daisy 52
aviation 46, 54
B
BAKER Edward 52
bakery 25
Ballantyne’s fire 20
BARNES Mr 33
BELCHER Henry Charles 64
Nolan 64
BERRY Mr H.J 62
William 1
birthdays 13
BLICK G. Bert 26
Bluff 11
boarding school 48
BOLLONS Captain 8
BREWER Mr H 30
BROOKCOX Mr 33
BROWN George 50
butcher 15
C
candle power 28
CARTER James 30
castaways 7
Christchurch 19
Christchurch Fire Brigade 19
Christchurch Meat Co. 32
Christmas party 20
cigar box 44
cinema 50
Clarendon Hotel 28
CLARK Violet 46
Collingwood 25
Commercial Garage (Nelson) 35
Commercial Hotel 35
Copper motorcar 66
country schools 64
CRAGG Richard 32
D
Dannervirke Boys 39
De Havilland aircraft 57
Disappointment Island 6
Dundonaldtown 8
E
education 39, 38
egg cosies 72
Electric Lighting Committee 33
electric lighting 28
Ellerslie Racecourse 14
Enderby Island 11
epidemic (polio) 48
Epsom 14
Erebus Cove 11
ERSTICH Anthony 52
EVANS Lindley 62
Evans Bay 55
Excelsior motor bike 22
EYRE Charles 60
F
FAIRCHILD William 50
Faith in Australia 46
Farmers Trading Co. 16
farming (Taranaki) 64
Ferry Bridge 26
ferry toll 26
Fifeshire Rock 34
films 50
fire 19
fire (Collingwood) 25
Fire Brigade 19
fire station 18
FISHER Percy 54
fishing 64
FORBES Christina 45
G
GODFREY John 29
GREENSILL Mr J.A.R 29
Guide Rangi 52
GUTHRIE John 50
H
Hamilton 48
Hawera 62
Hawera Cadets 63
Hawera District High School 62
Hawera Primary School 62
Hawera Technical High 62
Hawera Wesley Methodist Church 62
Hawera Wesleyan Church 63
HAWKINS Jack 50
haymaking 64
HENNESSY Peter 50
Hotel Nelson 35
HUDDLESTON James 29
HUTCHENS Frank 62
Richard 62
HUTCHESON Mr 29
Hutchinsons 14
I
infants (prams) 16
J
James Smith Ltd 52
job interview 39
JOHNS Glynis 50
JONES Frederick Nelson 37
Nell 45
JUDGE John 6
K
Kaituna Ford 27
Kidson & Co. 31
KING Frederick Bernard 46
Kirkpatrick & Stevens 13
knitting 72
knitting patterns 72
Kodak camera 64
L
LAMBERT John 26
Lambton Quay 22
lamp lighters 31
lamp posts 28
LEWIS Philip 66
lighting 28
LOW Walter 6
Lower Hutt Civic Band 52
LUCUS Harold J 33
Lyall Bay 54
M
MacLAREN Owen 16
Majestic picture theatre 20
MANLEY Peter 51
Maori canoes 51
MARQUET Sarah 16
Marton 48
Mc Allister James 65 McALPINE Miss 62
McCORMICK William 33
McGREGOR Lesley 16
McLAUGHLIN Mr 6
Medical Corps 22
MILLS Hon. C.H 32
Miramar South Primary School 56
mollyhawks 9
MONK Fanny 22
motorcars (1915) 35
Mt Cook Airlines 55
music (piano) 62
muttonbirds 9
N
National Film Unit 52
Nelson 34, 36
Nelson gaol 34
New Plymouth 60
Newman Bros. Ltd 35
Newmarket 13
Nga Tawa Diocesan School 48
Ngati Poneke Choir 52
NICHOLAS Mr G 30
NORRIE Lady Jocelyn 52
Sir Willoughby 52
NZ Acetylene Co. 31
NZ Aero Transport Co 55
NZ Broadcasting Service 51
NZ Electrical Fittings Ltd 22
NZ Plunket 16
O
Ohope Beach 51
Omaka River Board 26
Opawa Ford 26
Otarawairere Bay 51
Oxley’s Pier Hotel 32
P
PACEY William 28
PADEREWSKI Ignacy 62
Paraparaumu 55
PASCOE John 49
penny 37
penny scramble 35
perambulator 1
PERANO Mr A.A 31
Perch 64
PETERS Jabez 11
photography 64
physical education 42
piano 62
Picton 28
Picton Borough Council 28
Picton Fire Bell Tower 29
Picton Gas Committee 29
Picton Holy Tribity Church 31
Picton Municipal Council Offices 29
Picton Wharf 30
Plunket 16
polio 48
Port Ross 8
postcards (New Plymouth) 61
Power House (Picton) 33
pram 12
PRATT George 33
PUL Michael 6
Purangi 65
Purangi Pa 65 PURCELL Noel 50
Q
quarantine 48
Queen Elizabeth 11, 50
QUEERFELT Henry 6
R
RABONE Samual 30
radiographer (WWII) 22
RAKI Laya 50
Rawhitiroa 64
REDMAN Dr William 30
REDMOND Forbes James 44
Mr M.E 45
Violet 45
Reefton 32
Remuera 15
Renwicktown 26
RIDDELL Gerard Joseph 32
RNZAF 58
ROBERTS Alfred 10
Mr A.C 4
Rock Ferry 26
Rongotai 55
Rongotai Aerodrome 59
Royal Academy of Music 63
S
S. Luke & Co 22
Sabin vaccine 49
sailing ship 4
Salk vaccine 49
Satllard’s Bakery 25
SCHAEF Arthur 54
SEDDON Mrs 62
Richard John 62
SEYMOUR Arthur Penrose 32
Shipping
Dundonald 4
Hinemoa 8
Ionic 63
Marama 22
shipwreck 4
shopping 14
Short Sutherland aircraft 59
SMITH Crosby 8
SMITH Fanny 22
Leslie Victor 22
Ngaire 22
Smith & Waite 22
socks (knitted) 72
solitary confinement 48
SQUIRES Harry 52
STRACK Mr 62
street lights 28
stroller 16
STRONG Roger 19
William Howard 19
swamp (clearing) 64
T
Tahunanui Beach 66
TAIT Alan 38
Gordon 43
Ivan 42
Jim 43
Mrs 43
Takapuna 49
Taranaki 60
Te Aro Foundry 22
Te WIATA Inia 52
The Seekers 50
Tiger Moth 58
Timaru 38
Timaru Boys’ High School 38
Trentham Military Camp 22
TRUBY KING Dr 16
Tua Marina 26
tuberculosis 45
Turnbull & Jones 32
Twentieth Century Gas Co. 30
TYREE Mr W 30
U
V
vaccines 49
vehicle ferry 26
VIRTUE John 59
Vulcan Bomber 58
W
W. Girlings Ltd 29
Waikato River 48
Wairau Ford 26
Wairau River 26
Waitohi Stream 32
WALKER Johnny 20
WALTERS Harry 6
Wanganui Gas Works 66
war canoes 51
WARBRICK Patrick 52
WATSON Maude 26
Wally 26
WEBSTER Thomas 29
WEETMAN Connie 33
Wellington 46, 54
Wellington Light & Heat Co. 33
Whakatane 51
WHITAKER Mr 29
wicker pram 16
WILSON Miss 48
Wilson Home 49
WINIATA Maharaia 53
Woolworths 14
World War One 32
World War Two 39
WRIGLEY Rudolf 55
X
Y
Z