New Zealand Memories Issue 118 - Contents
Joining the RNZAF 4
Compulsory Military Training with Denis Dewe.
The Enduring Mystery of Queen Victoria’s 8
Mãori Godson
Paul Titchener pens this intriguing account.
Taxi! 10
Coastal Hawke’s Bay in the 1960s as remembered by Hilary Pederson.
An Unexpected Combination 14
From the Strath Taieri Historical Society Museum in Middlemarch.
Conservative Taste Buds 18
Jeanette Grant remembers her Mother’s ‘Chinese Chew’ recipe.
New Zealand and the Peaked Felt Hat 20
A wealth of information from Barry O’Sullivan
‘An Amazing Surprise’ 27
The cover of Issue 117 stopped Perry Harlen in his tracks
Non-stop: Auckland to Wellington 28
A unique First Day Cover from Geoffrey Lowe.
From the Regions: West Coast 29
Pot Holes and Sand Dunes 38
John Morgan’s father was employed by the Forestry Service.
Tribute to Maki Robson 44
Honouring words from Bob Ellis
Television 46
J. Edward Brown brought his 23inch Philco ‘Dallas’ in Wellington
From the Regions: Auckland 50
Mailbox 64
Can You Help? 65
New to Print 66
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Earning a Crust 72
From the Archives New Zealand Collection of photographs.
Cover image:
Dick Jordan’s Model A Ford bogged down
with a load of shell.
Helensville & District Historical Society, Ref: M9604. Collection: Alan Jordon.
New Zealand Memories Issue 118 - Index
A
advertisement 44
Ahaura 36
Air Force law 6
Air Mail Service 28
Air Training Corps 4
Air Travel 28
Airmen’s mess 6
ALBORN Bern 35
All Blacks 47
All Night Service Station 56
ALLEN Stan 35
Auckland 19, 28, 50
Auckland Anniversary Regatta 53
Auckland City 58
Auckland Conservancy 41
Auckland Harbour 52
Auckland Land & Estate Agency 59
Auckland Zoo 59
Aunt Daisy 47
aviation 4, 60
Awapuni 24
B
bag-wash man 54
baker (delivery) 54
Barewood Reefs 15
BEAUMONT-HOGAN George 52
BELL Josie 64
Don 64
Berry & Co. 27
betting (TAB) 45
BLACK Ginger 35
BOLT George 60
BOWEN Barney 54
Francis 54
Geraldine 54
Mary 54
Moira 54
Oram 54
Owen 54
Boy Scout Cadets 22
Boy Scouts 22
BRADY Terry 47
Brown’s Bay 55
Brunner Mine 35
Brunnerton 35
building sites (Auckland) 59
C
Cabaret 555’ 55
CALDWELL Keith 60
Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co. 60
Catholic Church 55
Central Otago 1, 14
Child Welfare 45
Civil Aviation 38
CLARK Carolyn 59
Pamela 59
CMT 4
coach (Waitakere) 57
coaches 29
coalmine 35
COLENSO Elizabeth 9
Collier and Beale 47
commercial photographer 19
Compulsory Military Training 4
Consul 315 11
Cook Strait Airways 28
cooking 18
coolette 58
COOPER ‘Ginger’ 53
CORNWALL Jack 32
CRIGHTON Millie 58
CROSSMAN George 35
Jack 35
Cunningham’s Tea Rooms 58
Curtiss flying boat 61
Curtiss V8 engine 52
D
DEALTRY Margaret 9
DELLACA Jack 35
Tom 35
Devonport 51
Devonport Yacht Club 51
DEXTER Reuben 60
DOUGLAS Mr W.R 16
dredge 36
dredging (gold) 1, 14
Dress Regulations 1912 24
Duke of Edinburgh 47
Dunedin 1, 14
E
Eden Park 59
education 32
elephant (Jamuna) 59
elephant rides 59
ELIZABETH II 47
EUSTACE FAMILY 54
Evans Bay Yacht & Power Boat Club 27
Expeditionary Force 20
explosion (Brunner) 35
F
Fancy Dress Competition 58
farming (ostrich) 63
fashion 48
Feilding 4
felt hats 20
First Day Cover 28
FISH Mr H.S 16
floatplanes 60
flooding 59
flying school 58
forestry 72
forestry workers 72
foster care 44
Franz Josef 29
Franz Josef Glacier 29
G
galvanised bath 54
GASH Edwin 57
Gate PA 31
general store 54
GODLEY General 24
godson (Albert Pomare) 9
gold 1, 14, 31
goldmining 1, 14
government relief work 38
gramophone (school) 32
greenstone Tiki 9
Gremouth Toll Exchange 34
GREY Sir George 9
Grey Main School 32
Greymouth 32
gunner 22
Gurney Electric 47
H
H.C. Clark (Wellington) 47
HACKER John 52
Hall & Phillips Ltd 23
HALVEY Arthur 52
HARRIS Brigadier 45
HART Major 24
HARVEY Mr C.S 16
Hauhau 31
Hawke’s Bay 10
HAY Commander 31
head dress (military) 20
Helensville 56
Helvetia Ostrich Farm 63
Henderson 57
Herbert’s Wool Shop 48
HOLLAND Prime Minister 47
HUNT Bill 35
Charlie 35
Mick 35
HUNTER Ina 42
I
ice-cream 58
ice-cream cone 58
iced slice 18
immigration 38
INNES-JONES M.H.S. 6
J
James Smith 47
JARDEN Ron 47
JORDON Dick 56
Jordon’s Island 56
K
Kaigaroa 38
Kawerau 38, 64
Keith Hay State House 41
King Country 38
Kirkcaldie & Stains 48
KNEEBONE Frank 64
knitting 48
Kohimarama 60
Kohn Cup 53
Kukutango 56
L
Lands Dept. 38
landships 64
LANE Mr 54
Lane’s Bakery 54
LATHAM Peter 47
Legion of Frontiersmen 21
lemon squeezer 21
LEWIS Hughie 35
Lockheed Electras 28
lupins 42
M
MacLEAN Gp. Cpt. T.J. 7
MAIN Mr D.F 16
Mairangi Bay 54
Maitland Radio (Wellington) 47
MALONE Colonel 24
Mangere 28
Manurewa 62
Masport Cup 52
MAZENGARB Claire 47
McCONNELL Victor 65
McKANE Snow 35
McKUBRE Sgt H.T. 7
McSORLEY Rev. Hugh 9
medal (Victoria Cross) 31
MEEK Mr 54
Methodist Church (Auckland) 58
Mikonui River 31
Milford 54
Miramar Golf Club 47
MITCHELL Agnes 31
Edith 31
Samuel 31
Model A Ford 56
MORGAN David 40
Ernest Churchill 38
Gareth 41
Ina 41
MORGAN John 38
Tony 40
MORRIS Mick 35
motorway construction 62
Mount Eden 59
Mounted Brigade 25
Mt. Victoria 47
Murray’s Bay 55
Murupara 38
music sheet 33
N
NAC 28
National Anthem 32
NAYLOR James Henry 24
Newman Bros Ltd 29
newsreel 47
NEWTON FAMILY 40
NGAHUIA Huria 9
Ngapuhi 9
NICHOLS Nessy 58
Peggy 58
NUTTALL Mr R.W 16
NZ Army Service Corps 25
NZ Defence Act 21
NZ Defence Dept. 60
NZ Defence Force 21
NZ Field Artillery 22
NZ Flying School 60
NZ Forest Service 38
NZ National Airways Co. 28
NZ National Film Unit 47
NZ Power Boat Assn. 52
NZ Submarine Gold Mining Co. 15
NZR cup 6
O
Ohakea 4
Ohuru 38
orbital satellite 40
Oringi 24
Orwell Creek 36
Orwell Creek Coy 36
ostrich farm 63
Otago 1, 14
Otago Mounted Rifles 25
Owairaka Boys’ Home 45
P
Palmerston North 24
paper 40
Patriotic Fund 33
patriotism 33
PATUONE Chef 9
PAYERNE Dr A.P 15
peaked felt hat 20
Philco television 46
pine forest 38
Pirate Shippe 54
POMARE Albert Victor 8
Hare 8
Hariata 8
ponton 36
POWELL Baden 21
Pukehinahina 31
Pukekohe 63
Pukekohe Railway Station 63
Pukepoto 45
Pye Ltd 47
Q
Queen Victoria 9
quiz show 47
R
R.S Sparrow & Co. 15
radio 33
radio field equipment 39
radio technician 38
RAFV bombers 7
railway 4
railway refreshments 4
Rainbow Mountain 39
recipe book 18
Reefton 35
refrigerator 58
Regent Theatre (Helensville) 56
relief work 38
Riverhead 38
RNZAF 4
ROBERTSON Dinny 35
ROBSON Maki 44
Rongotai 28
Ross 30
Ross Ages 31
Rotorua 39, 72
Royal Flying Corps 60
Royal Navy 31
royalty 9
Ruahine Regiment 24
rugby 35
Russell 52
Russell Regatta 53
S
SCHLAEPFER John 63
school flag 32
SCOTT Paddy 35
service dress (RNZAF) 5
shipping Fasturn 52
Firefly 52
Flak Too 53
HMS Harrier 31
Kotuku 52
Miss Auckland 52
Miss Devonport 52
Miss Fleetwing 52
Miss Masport 52
Miss Virginia 52
Mystic 53
Platypus 15
Redhead 53
Scripps 52
SS Tamaroa 65
SMITH Jack 35
Sousa March 32
speedboat racing 52
speedboats 52
Sputnik 1 40
St Josephs (Takapuna) 55
State Forest Srvice 38
State house 41
STEWART Mr W.F 15
Strath Taier Lions Club 16
STRUTT William 9
submarine 1, 14
SUCH Kevin 64
swimming (North Shore) 55
T
Takapu 24
Takapuna 54
Takapuna Grammer 55
Taranaki regiment 24
taxi 10
taxi fares 12
TEAL 28
telephone exchange 34
television 46
television licence 48
television programmes 47
television tube 49
televison set 46
TERRIS John 47
Territorial Army 23
Tiki 9
timber 38
TOOGOOD Selwyn 47
tourism 29
tourist coaches 29
Trentham Camp 25
TUBERT Mr B. 47
U
Union Airways 28
Union Felt Hat Co. 23
Union Steamship Co. 28
V
Vicks’ 44
Victoria Cross 31
VILLANE Mr M. 16
VUJICH Margaret 41
Pat 41
W
Waiata Rua Boarding House 57
Waimana 64
Wairango 40
Waitakere Ranges 57
WAITE Major 25
WALSH Doreen 60
Leo 60
Veronica 60
Vivian 60
Walter J. Thompson Advertising Studios 19
Waratah Rugby Club 35
WEBB Mr 54
Wellington 28, 47
Wellington Infantry Regiment 24
Wellington Show and Industrial Fair 47
WESNEY Roy 47
West Coast 29
Western Springs 59
Whenuapai 5
WHITNEY Victor 65
WILLIAMS Jim 35
Windsor Castle 8
WINKELMANN Henry 51
Winter Show Building 47
wood pulp 40
Woodhill 38
Woodhill Forest Village 42
World War One 24,64
WORSLEY Katherine 48
X
Y
Z
A
advertisement 44
Ahaura 36
Air Force law 6
Air Mail Service 28
Air Training Corps 4
Air Travel 28
Airmen’s mess 6
ALBORN Bern 35
All Blacks 47
All Night Service Station 56
ALLEN Stan 35
Auckland 19, 28, 50
Auckland Anniversary Regatta 53
Auckland City 58
Auckland Conservancy 41
Auckland Harbour 52
Auckland Land & Estate Agency 59
Auckland Zoo 59
Aunt Daisy 47
aviation 4, 60
Awapuni 24
B
bag-wash man 54
baker (delivery) 54
Barewood Reefs 15
BEAUMONT-HOGAN George 52
BELL Josie 64
Don 64
Berry & Co. 27
betting (TAB) 45
BLACK Ginger 35
BOLT George 60
BOWEN Barney 54
Francis 54
Geraldine 54
Mary 54
Moira 54
Oram 54
Owen 54
Boy Scout Cadets 22
Boy Scouts 22
BRADY Terry 47
Brown’s Bay 55
Brunner Mine 35
Brunnerton 35
building sites (Auckland) 59
C
Cabaret 555’ 55
CALDWELL Keith 60
Canterbury (NZ) Aviation Co. 60
Catholic Church 55
Central Otago 1, 14
Child Welfare 45
Civil Aviation 38
CLARK Carolyn 59
Pamela 59
CMT 4
coach (Waitakere) 57
coaches 29
coalmine 35
COLENSO Elizabeth 9
Collier and Beale 47
commercial photographer 19
Compulsory Military Training 4
Consul 315 11
Cook Strait Airways 28
cooking 18
coolette 58
COOPER ‘Ginger’ 53
CORNWALL Jack 32
CRIGHTON Millie 58
CROSSMAN George 35
Jack 35
Cunningham’s Tea Rooms 58
Curtiss flying boat 61
Curtiss V8 engine 52
D
DEALTRY Margaret 9
DELLACA Jack 35
Tom 35
Devonport 51
Devonport Yacht Club 51
DEXTER Reuben 60
DOUGLAS Mr W.R 16
dredge 36
dredging (gold) 1, 14
Dress Regulations 1912 24
Duke of Edinburgh 47
Dunedin 1, 14
E
Eden Park 59
education 32
elephant (Jamuna) 59
elephant rides 59
ELIZABETH II 47
EUSTACE FAMILY 54
Evans Bay Yacht & Power Boat Club 27
Expeditionary Force 20
explosion (Brunner) 35
F
Fancy Dress Competition 58
farming (ostrich) 63
fashion 48
Feilding 4
felt hats 20
First Day Cover 28
FISH Mr H.S 16
floatplanes 60
flooding 59
flying school 58
forestry 72
forestry workers 72
foster care 44
Franz Josef 29
Franz Josef Glacier 29
G
galvanised bath 54
GASH Edwin 57
Gate PA 31
general store 54
GODLEY General 24
godson (Albert Pomare) 9
gold 1, 14, 31
goldmining 1, 14
government relief work 38
gramophone (school) 32
greenstone Tiki 9
Gremouth Toll Exchange 34
GREY Sir George 9
Grey Main School 32
Greymouth 32
gunner 22
Gurney Electric 47
H
H.C. Clark (Wellington) 47
HACKER John 52
Hall & Phillips Ltd 23
HALVEY Arthur 52
HARRIS Brigadier 45
HART Major 24
HARVEY Mr C.S 16
Hauhau 31
Hawke’s Bay 10
HAY Commander 31
head dress (military) 20
Helensville 56
Helvetia Ostrich Farm 63
Henderson 57
Herbert’s Wool Shop 48
HOLLAND Prime Minister 47
HUNT Bill 35
Charlie 35
Mick 35
HUNTER Ina 42
I
ice-cream 58
ice-cream cone 58
iced slice 18
immigration 38
INNES-JONES M.H.S. 6
J
James Smith 47
JARDEN Ron 47
JORDON Dick 56
Jordon’s Island 56
K
Kaigaroa 38
Kawerau 38, 64
Keith Hay State House 41
King Country 38
Kirkcaldie & Stains 48
KNEEBONE Frank 64
knitting 48
Kohimarama 60
Kohn Cup 53
Kukutango 56
L
Lands Dept. 38
landships 64
LANE Mr 54
Lane’s Bakery 54
LATHAM Peter 47
Legion of Frontiersmen 21
lemon squeezer 21
LEWIS Hughie 35
Lockheed Electras 28
lupins 42
M
MacLEAN Gp. Cpt. T.J. 7
MAIN Mr D.F 16
Mairangi Bay 54
Maitland Radio (Wellington) 47
MALONE Colonel 24
Mangere 28
Manurewa 62
Masport Cup 52
MAZENGARB Claire 47
McCONNELL Victor 65
McKANE Snow 35
McKUBRE Sgt H.T. 7
McSORLEY Rev. Hugh 9
medal (Victoria Cross) 31
MEEK Mr 54
Methodist Church (Auckland) 58
Mikonui River 31
Milford 54
Miramar Golf Club 47
MITCHELL Agnes 31
Edith 31
Samuel 31
Model A Ford 56
MORGAN David 40
Ernest Churchill 38
Gareth 41
Ina 41
MORGAN John 38
Tony 40
MORRIS Mick 35
motorway construction 62
Mount Eden 59
Mounted Brigade 25
Mt. Victoria 47
Murray’s Bay 55
Murupara 38
music sheet 33
N
NAC 28
National Anthem 32
NAYLOR James Henry 24
Newman Bros Ltd 29
newsreel 47
NEWTON FAMILY 40
NGAHUIA Huria 9
Ngapuhi 9
NICHOLS Nessy 58
Peggy 58
NUTTALL Mr R.W 16
NZ Army Service Corps 25
NZ Defence Act 21
NZ Defence Dept. 60
NZ Defence Force 21
NZ Field Artillery 22
NZ Flying School 60
NZ Forest Service 38
NZ National Airways Co. 28
NZ National Film Unit 47
NZ Power Boat Assn. 52
NZ Submarine Gold Mining Co. 15
NZR cup 6
O
Ohakea 4
Ohuru 38
orbital satellite 40
Oringi 24
Orwell Creek 36
Orwell Creek Coy 36
ostrich farm 63
Otago 1, 14
Otago Mounted Rifles 25
Owairaka Boys’ Home 45
P
Palmerston North 24
paper 40
Patriotic Fund 33
patriotism 33
PATUONE Chef 9
PAYERNE Dr A.P 15
peaked felt hat 20
Philco television 46
pine forest 38
Pirate Shippe 54
POMARE Albert Victor 8
Hare 8
Hariata 8
ponton 36
POWELL Baden 21
Pukehinahina 31
Pukekohe 63
Pukekohe Railway Station 63
Pukepoto 45
Pye Ltd 47
Q
Queen Victoria 9
quiz show 47
R
R.S Sparrow & Co. 15
radio 33
radio field equipment 39
radio technician 38
RAFV bombers 7
railway 4
railway refreshments 4
Rainbow Mountain 39
recipe book 18
Reefton 35
refrigerator 58
Regent Theatre (Helensville) 56
relief work 38
Riverhead 38
RNZAF 4
ROBERTSON Dinny 35
ROBSON Maki 44
Rongotai 28
Ross 30
Ross Ages 31
Rotorua 39, 72
Royal Flying Corps 60
Royal Navy 31
royalty 9
Ruahine Regiment 24
rugby 35
Russell 52
Russell Regatta 53
S
SCHLAEPFER John 63
school flag 32
SCOTT Paddy 35
service dress (RNZAF) 5
shipping Fasturn 52
Firefly 52
Flak Too 53
HMS Harrier 31
Kotuku 52
Miss Auckland 52
Miss Devonport 52
Miss Fleetwing 52
Miss Masport 52
Miss Virginia 52
Mystic 53
Platypus 15
Redhead 53
Scripps 52
SS Tamaroa 65
SMITH Jack 35
Sousa March 32
speedboat racing 52
speedboats 52
Sputnik 1 40
St Josephs (Takapuna) 55
State Forest Srvice 38
State house 41
STEWART Mr W.F 15
Strath Taier Lions Club 16
STRUTT William 9
submarine 1, 14
SUCH Kevin 64
swimming (North Shore) 55
T
Takapu 24
Takapuna 54
Takapuna Grammer 55
Taranaki regiment 24
taxi 10
taxi fares 12
TEAL 28
telephone exchange 34
television 46
television licence 48
television programmes 47
television tube 49
televison set 46
TERRIS John 47
Territorial Army 23
Tiki 9
timber 38
TOOGOOD Selwyn 47
tourism 29
tourist coaches 29
Trentham Camp 25
TUBERT Mr B. 47
U
Union Airways 28
Union Felt Hat Co. 23
Union Steamship Co. 28
V
Vicks’ 44
Victoria Cross 31
VILLANE Mr M. 16
VUJICH Margaret 41
Pat 41
W
Waiata Rua Boarding House 57
Waimana 64
Wairango 40
Waitakere Ranges 57
WAITE Major 25
WALSH Doreen 60
Leo 60
Veronica 60
Vivian 60
Walter J. Thompson Advertising Studios 19
Waratah Rugby Club 35
WEBB Mr 54
Wellington 28, 47
Wellington Infantry Regiment 24
Wellington Show and Industrial Fair 47
WESNEY Roy 47
West Coast 29
Western Springs 59
Whenuapai 5
WHITNEY Victor 65
WILLIAMS Jim 35
Windsor Castle 8
WINKELMANN Henry 51
Winter Show Building 47
wood pulp 40
Woodhill 38
Woodhill Forest Village 42
World War One 24,64
WORSLEY Katherine 48
X
Y
Z