New Zealand Memories Issue 119 - Contents
My Childhood in a Children’s Home 4
Don Campbell is welcomed back to our pages.
The 1936 Anzac Stamps 10
Christopher Moor discusses the commemorative stamps.
Yesterday’s Dinners 14
Maungaturoto Cookery Book sparks this tale from Matt Elliot
Lancaster Road 16
Irene V. Bronlund grew up in Birkdale, Auckland in the 1940s.
Stretching Our Legs 20
Women’s Sports Clothes from Tunics to Rompers by Claire Duncan.
Folk Dancing 24
Marie McRae’s poem relates to schooldays at Te Papapa Primary.
An Ordinary Man 26
A poignant World War One account by Rosemary Williams.
From the Regions: Canterbury 29
Centrefold: Drive, Fly or Taxi In 36
Hillside Railway Workshops 40
Ian Dougherty reflects on the workshop’s social history.
Paper-knives:
Forgotten Reading and Writing Accessories 46
A history compiled by Ian Spellerberg.
Hillary and Me 48
Kath Beattie digs out her old Epsom Girls’ Grammar exercise book.
From The Regions: Wellington and the Wairarapa 53
Mailbox 64
Our Honoured Dead 66
A poem of respect penned by Bill Conroy.
New to Print 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Hawke’s Bay Threesome 72
An appealing family photograph contributed by Bill Haymes.
Cover image:
The Brackenfield Hunt Meet on the drive of Amberley
House Girls Collegiate School in about 1938-39.
Courtesy: Mrs Rutherford.
New Zealand Memories Issue 119 - Index
I N D E X a n d G E N E A L O G Y L I S T
A
Addington Workshops Cricket Club 42
adult education 32
advertisements 15
air raid shelters 18
All Black captain 42
All Blacks 33, 42, 58
ALLEY Geoff 32
Rewi 33
ALLUM Sir John 51
Amberley 29
Amberley House Girl’s School 29
ANDERSON Dr 6
Anzac Cove 11
Anzac Day 10
Anzac stamps 10
athletics (Dunedin) 42
ATKINSON Mrs 30
ATMORE Dr 7
AUBREY Christopher 60
Auckland 16, 40
Auckland buses 19
Auckland Gas Works 18
Auckland Mother’s Union 46
Auckland YWCA 22
B
BARFORD Miss M. 35
BARTLEY Kathleen 50
baseball 43
basket maker 35
basketball club 43
Beach Haven 16
Beach Haven Wharf 16
beekeeping 49
Belgium (WWI) 28
Benmore Power Station 44
BHUTIA Tensing 49
Birkdale 16
Birkdale Hall 19
birthday parties 9
BOND Colin 45
BONNER Andy 54
bowling club 43
boxing club 43
Brackenfield Hunt 29
British Empire Service League 12
BRLIJEVICH Mrs 14
BROWN Ethel Mary 72
BUCHANAN Sir Walter 56
BURT Jock 43
bus transport (Auckland) 19
C
CAMPBELL Don 4
Canterbury 26, 29
Canterbury Box Scheme 32
Canterbury Regiment 26
Canterbury University 33
Canterbury Workers’ Educational Assn 32
CAR Education Scheme 33
Carnegie Corporation 33
cart (toy) 72
Centaurus 38
CHALMERS Russell 45
CHAPMAN Dennis 29
Chatham Islands 33, 39
chess 44
children’s home 5
Christ’s College 21
Christchurch 21, 40
Christchurch Central 35
Christmas 5
CLARK Frances 30
Tony 35
coaast watch (WWII) 39
COATES Gordon 45
conscription (WWI) 26
COOK Mr F. 12
William 35
cooking 14
Country Library Service 34
CRIGHTON Bill 54
CRUSE Frances 26
CULLEN Family 14
D
Dead Man’s Penny 28
Death Plague 28
Dept. Internal Affairs 22
DOUGHERTY Dave 40
Lorna 40
dry cleaning 58
dumb-bell exercises 23
Dunedin 66
E
Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd 46
ECKHOFF Bert 42
Edmonds Cookery Book 14
education 30
employment advertisement 35
Epsom Girls’ Grammar School 50
EVANS Sydney 42
exercise (school) 20
F
Fairlie 32
fashion (sports) 22
Federated Farmers 14
FELTHAM Miss 5
Feltham Children’s Home 6
FERGUSSON Lady Alice 46
films 7
FINDLAY Gloria 35
Ted 35
Gwen 35
First Battalion Otago Regiment 26
First Day Covers (stamps) 12
flag (Union Jack) 56
flying boat 38
folk dancing 1, 24
FOSTER Family 14
fundraising 14
G
Gallipoli 10
GALWAY Lord 10
garage 37
GEORGE Lloyd 46
GILBERT Lola 23
GILLESPIE Allan 43
gramophone 25
greenstone 46
GREENWAY Jeff 43
GREY Sir George 60
Grey Main School 66
Greymouth 66
Greytown 56
Greytown Town Hall 57
gym slips 20
gym tunics 20
H
haircuts 7
HALL Mr S. 11
HAMMESLEY Misses 35
handy hints 14
HANNA Jock 21
harrier clubs 42
Hastings 72
HASTINGS Harris 43
hat (military) 66
HAWES Len 35
HAWKER Doug 35
Miss 35
Ngaire 35
HAY Frances 26
Mr 26
Peter William 26
HAYMES Ethel Mary 72
Ethel May 72
George 72
Jack 72
Samuel 72
Haymes Bros 72
Hellyer’s Creek 16
HILLARY Sir Edmund 48
Hillside 40
Hillside Boxing Club 43
Hillside Brass Band 41
Hillside Male Choir 41
Hillside Orchestra 41
Hillside Railway Workshops 40
Hillside Railway Workshops Library 41
Hillside rugby team 40
Hillside Savage Club 44
Hillside women’s basketball 40
Hillside Workers Cricket Club 42
Hobsonville 18
Hobsonville Air Force Base 19
HORNIBROOK Fred 22
Hororata 34
horseriding 29
HUMPHRIES Popeye 43
hunt 29
I
Imperial Airways 38
J
JUDD Family 14
K
Kapiti Coast 53
King Edward VIII 12
King George V 28
Korokoro 62
Kowai Bush 30
Kowai Bush School 30
L
Lancaster Park (Dunedin) 42
laundry 58
lemon squeezer hat 12, 66
Levin 54
LEWIS Alfred Maurice 60
library books 32
library truck (travelling) 32
LILBURNE Herbie 42
logging 54
LOWE Miss 22
Lyttelton 38
M
MABBETT Ethel 14
MADDEN Maud 6
Makahika Stream 54
MALCOLMSON Fred 32
market gardens 19
Masterton 56
Maungaturoto 14
McDONALD Piper 43
MELVILLE Don 42
Mid-Way dairy (Brynderwyns) 14
Midland Railway Line 30
miniature rifle shooting 43
MITCHELL Leonard 11
MORISON Mrs Hugh 56
Morrison’s Bush 56
Mount Everest 49
mountaineer 49
MYERS Arthur 42
N
NAC 66
National Broadcasting Service 34
National Library Service 34
Nelson Cathedral 46
Nelson Girl’s College 20
Nelson Girls’ gymnasium 20
Ner-a-car 30
NERACHER Carl 31
Newtown 58
NICOLLS MR T.F. 12
Northcote 16
Northland 14
NUNNELEY Madeline 22
NZ Expeditionary Force 26
NZ Forest Service 54
NZ Physical Culture Assn 22
NZ Post Office 10
O
O’MALLEY Cliff 34
OLIVER Lorna 40
Onehunga Athletics Club 23
opossums 55
Oriental Parade 60
Oriental Terrace 60
Otago 21
Otago Medical School 46
Otago Regiment 26
Otaki 5
Otaki Beach 5
Outdoor games 57
P
Paekakariki 53
Paekakariki Beach 53
paper - knives 46
paper cutters 46
paper folders 46
PARSONS Bob 29
Roger 45
patriotic funds 56
peaked felt hat 66
PEARCE Ernie 43
PETERKIN Mr T.A. 41
Petone 63
philately 10
physical education 1, 20, 24
Physical Welfare Branch 22
picnic 58
picnics (Dunedin) 44
Pleasant Point 26
Pleasant Point School 31
plums 19
Polderhoek Chateau 26
Polygon Wood Cemetery 28
Poroutawhao 54
postage stamps 10
PRICE William 56
PRIESTLY Harry 31
Pukehou 7
Q
QUAID Charlie 42
R
Railways Dept 41
RANFURLY Lady 46
ration coupons (WW II) 16
Returned Soldiers’ Assn 10
rifle club 42
ROGERS Alan 35
rompers (school) 1, 20
ROSE Louise Mary 52
rugby 33, 40, 58
rugby league 42
RULE Mr J.H. 21
rural education 33
S
sago pudding 8
Saltwater Creek 37
SANDERS Henry Armytage 27
SANDOW Eugen 21
SAUNDERS Alfred 31
Frances 31
school rompers 1, 22
school teachers 1, 20
school uniforms 20
SCOTT John Halliday 46
seaplane 38
sercice station 37
SHELLY James 32
Shipping
Ulimaroa 26
Shirley 35
SMITH Gunboat 43
SMITH Leonard Huia 62
Leslie Victor 62
soldiers (WWII) 39
sole charge teacher 30
South Dunedin Town Hall 41
souvenirs 46
Spanish ‘flu 59
SPINKS Ron 35
sports (Hillside) 41
sports clothing 1, 20
sportswear designs 22
Sprague & Sexton Service Station 37
Springboks 58
Springfield 30
Springfield Hotel 30
St Andrews Presbyterian 35
St Gerard’s monastery 61
study circle 32
sugar ration coupons 16
surfboards 53
surfers 53
surveyor (Wellington) 58, 63
T
table tennis 44
Tahuna Park 66
TAIT Alan 55
Annie 54
James 55
Rae 55
William James 54
Tararua Forest Park 54
Te Kuiti 23
Te Papapa School 24
Te Puke 12
Teacher’s Salary Record 30
teaching (Canterbury) 30
TEAL 66
THOMAS Sir Godfrey John 60
Thompson Lewis 60
Timaru 37
Timaru Airport 37
timber 54
toothbrush instruction 8
tourism (Canterbury) 29
TRACEY Major W.F. 26
travelling library 32
Tuakau 49
U
Union Jack 56
unmarried mothers 5
V
Victoria Laundry 58
Victoria Laundry fleet 59
Victoria Laundry van 59
volunteers (WWI) 26
W
Waiau 34
Wairarapa 57
Waitangi (Chathams) 39
Waitemata Harbour (Upper) 18
Waitohu Stream 8
WALLACE Edith 5
Wellington 21,53
Wellington High School 22
WILLIAMS William 41
WILLS Annie 58
Philip 58
William 58
WINTLE Silvy 14
Women’s Division Federated Farmers 14
Women’s League for Health & Beauty 22
World War One 10, 26, 56, 66
World War Two 18, 39
X
Y
Young Women’s Christian Assn. 22
Z
I N D E X a n d G E N E A L O G Y L I S T
A
Addington Workshops Cricket Club 42
adult education 32
advertisements 15
air raid shelters 18
All Black captain 42
All Blacks 33, 42, 58
ALLEY Geoff 32
Rewi 33
ALLUM Sir John 51
Amberley 29
Amberley House Girl’s School 29
ANDERSON Dr 6
Anzac Cove 11
Anzac Day 10
Anzac stamps 10
athletics (Dunedin) 42
ATKINSON Mrs 30
ATMORE Dr 7
AUBREY Christopher 60
Auckland 16, 40
Auckland buses 19
Auckland Gas Works 18
Auckland Mother’s Union 46
Auckland YWCA 22
B
BARFORD Miss M. 35
BARTLEY Kathleen 50
baseball 43
basket maker 35
basketball club 43
Beach Haven 16
Beach Haven Wharf 16
beekeeping 49
Belgium (WWI) 28
Benmore Power Station 44
BHUTIA Tensing 49
Birkdale 16
Birkdale Hall 19
birthday parties 9
BOND Colin 45
BONNER Andy 54
bowling club 43
boxing club 43
Brackenfield Hunt 29
British Empire Service League 12
BRLIJEVICH Mrs 14
BROWN Ethel Mary 72
BUCHANAN Sir Walter 56
BURT Jock 43
bus transport (Auckland) 19
C
CAMPBELL Don 4
Canterbury 26, 29
Canterbury Box Scheme 32
Canterbury Regiment 26
Canterbury University 33
Canterbury Workers’ Educational Assn 32
CAR Education Scheme 33
Carnegie Corporation 33
cart (toy) 72
Centaurus 38
CHALMERS Russell 45
CHAPMAN Dennis 29
Chatham Islands 33, 39
chess 44
children’s home 5
Christ’s College 21
Christchurch 21, 40
Christchurch Central 35
Christmas 5
CLARK Frances 30
Tony 35
coaast watch (WWII) 39
COATES Gordon 45
conscription (WWI) 26
COOK Mr F. 12
William 35
cooking 14
Country Library Service 34
CRIGHTON Bill 54
CRUSE Frances 26
CULLEN Family 14
D
Dead Man’s Penny 28
Death Plague 28
Dept. Internal Affairs 22
DOUGHERTY Dave 40
Lorna 40
dry cleaning 58
dumb-bell exercises 23
Dunedin 66
E
Eastern Telegraph Co Ltd 46
ECKHOFF Bert 42
Edmonds Cookery Book 14
education 30
employment advertisement 35
Epsom Girls’ Grammar School 50
EVANS Sydney 42
exercise (school) 20
F
Fairlie 32
fashion (sports) 22
Federated Farmers 14
FELTHAM Miss 5
Feltham Children’s Home 6
FERGUSSON Lady Alice 46
films 7
FINDLAY Gloria 35
Ted 35
Gwen 35
First Battalion Otago Regiment 26
First Day Covers (stamps) 12
flag (Union Jack) 56
flying boat 38
folk dancing 1, 24
FOSTER Family 14
fundraising 14
G
Gallipoli 10
GALWAY Lord 10
garage 37
GEORGE Lloyd 46
GILBERT Lola 23
GILLESPIE Allan 43
gramophone 25
greenstone 46
GREENWAY Jeff 43
GREY Sir George 60
Grey Main School 66
Greymouth 66
Greytown 56
Greytown Town Hall 57
gym slips 20
gym tunics 20
H
haircuts 7
HALL Mr S. 11
HAMMESLEY Misses 35
handy hints 14
HANNA Jock 21
harrier clubs 42
Hastings 72
HASTINGS Harris 43
hat (military) 66
HAWES Len 35
HAWKER Doug 35
Miss 35
Ngaire 35
HAY Frances 26
Mr 26
Peter William 26
HAYMES Ethel Mary 72
Ethel May 72
George 72
Jack 72
Samuel 72
Haymes Bros 72
Hellyer’s Creek 16
HILLARY Sir Edmund 48
Hillside 40
Hillside Boxing Club 43
Hillside Brass Band 41
Hillside Male Choir 41
Hillside Orchestra 41
Hillside Railway Workshops 40
Hillside Railway Workshops Library 41
Hillside rugby team 40
Hillside Savage Club 44
Hillside women’s basketball 40
Hillside Workers Cricket Club 42
Hobsonville 18
Hobsonville Air Force Base 19
HORNIBROOK Fred 22
Hororata 34
horseriding 29
HUMPHRIES Popeye 43
hunt 29
I
Imperial Airways 38
J
JUDD Family 14
K
Kapiti Coast 53
King Edward VIII 12
King George V 28
Korokoro 62
Kowai Bush 30
Kowai Bush School 30
L
Lancaster Park (Dunedin) 42
laundry 58
lemon squeezer hat 12, 66
Levin 54
LEWIS Alfred Maurice 60
library books 32
library truck (travelling) 32
LILBURNE Herbie 42
logging 54
LOWE Miss 22
Lyttelton 38
M
MABBETT Ethel 14
MADDEN Maud 6
Makahika Stream 54
MALCOLMSON Fred 32
market gardens 19
Masterton 56
Maungaturoto 14
McDONALD Piper 43
MELVILLE Don 42
Mid-Way dairy (Brynderwyns) 14
Midland Railway Line 30
miniature rifle shooting 43
MITCHELL Leonard 11
MORISON Mrs Hugh 56
Morrison’s Bush 56
Mount Everest 49
mountaineer 49
MYERS Arthur 42
N
NAC 66
National Broadcasting Service 34
National Library Service 34
Nelson Cathedral 46
Nelson Girl’s College 20
Nelson Girls’ gymnasium 20
Ner-a-car 30
NERACHER Carl 31
Newtown 58
NICOLLS MR T.F. 12
Northcote 16
Northland 14
NUNNELEY Madeline 22
NZ Expeditionary Force 26
NZ Forest Service 54
NZ Physical Culture Assn 22
NZ Post Office 10
O
O’MALLEY Cliff 34
OLIVER Lorna 40
Onehunga Athletics Club 23
opossums 55
Oriental Parade 60
Oriental Terrace 60
Otago 21
Otago Medical School 46
Otago Regiment 26
Otaki 5
Otaki Beach 5
Outdoor games 57
P
Paekakariki 53
Paekakariki Beach 53
paper - knives 46
paper cutters 46
paper folders 46
PARSONS Bob 29
Roger 45
patriotic funds 56
peaked felt hat 66
PEARCE Ernie 43
PETERKIN Mr T.A. 41
Petone 63
philately 10
physical education 1, 20, 24
Physical Welfare Branch 22
picnic 58
picnics (Dunedin) 44
Pleasant Point 26
Pleasant Point School 31
plums 19
Polderhoek Chateau 26
Polygon Wood Cemetery 28
Poroutawhao 54
postage stamps 10
PRICE William 56
PRIESTLY Harry 31
Pukehou 7
Q
QUAID Charlie 42
R
Railways Dept 41
RANFURLY Lady 46
ration coupons (WW II) 16
Returned Soldiers’ Assn 10
rifle club 42
ROGERS Alan 35
rompers (school) 1, 20
ROSE Louise Mary 52
rugby 33, 40, 58
rugby league 42
RULE Mr J.H. 21
rural education 33
S
sago pudding 8
Saltwater Creek 37
SANDERS Henry Armytage 27
SANDOW Eugen 21
SAUNDERS Alfred 31
Frances 31
school rompers 1, 22
school teachers 1, 20
school uniforms 20
SCOTT John Halliday 46
seaplane 38
sercice station 37
SHELLY James 32
Shipping
Ulimaroa 26
Shirley 35
SMITH Gunboat 43
SMITH Leonard Huia 62
Leslie Victor 62
soldiers (WWII) 39
sole charge teacher 30
South Dunedin Town Hall 41
souvenirs 46
Spanish ‘flu 59
SPINKS Ron 35
sports (Hillside) 41
sports clothing 1, 20
sportswear designs 22
Sprague & Sexton Service Station 37
Springboks 58
Springfield 30
Springfield Hotel 30
St Andrews Presbyterian 35
St Gerard’s monastery 61
study circle 32
sugar ration coupons 16
surfboards 53
surfers 53
surveyor (Wellington) 58, 63
T
table tennis 44
Tahuna Park 66
TAIT Alan 55
Annie 54
James 55
Rae 55
William James 54
Tararua Forest Park 54
Te Kuiti 23
Te Papapa School 24
Te Puke 12
Teacher’s Salary Record 30
teaching (Canterbury) 30
TEAL 66
THOMAS Sir Godfrey John 60
Thompson Lewis 60
Timaru 37
Timaru Airport 37
timber 54
toothbrush instruction 8
tourism (Canterbury) 29
TRACEY Major W.F. 26
travelling library 32
Tuakau 49
U
Union Jack 56
unmarried mothers 5
V
Victoria Laundry 58
Victoria Laundry fleet 59
Victoria Laundry van 59
volunteers (WWI) 26
W
Waiau 34
Wairarapa 57
Waitangi (Chathams) 39
Waitemata Harbour (Upper) 18
Waitohu Stream 8
WALLACE Edith 5
Wellington 21,53
Wellington High School 22
WILLIAMS William 41
WILLS Annie 58
Philip 58
William 58
WINTLE Silvy 14
Women’s Division Federated Farmers 14
Women’s League for Health & Beauty 22
World War One 10, 26, 56, 66
World War Two 18, 39
X
Y
Young Women’s Christian Assn. 22
Z