New Zealand Memories Issue 12 - Contents
The Rimutaka Incline ..............................................................716
Noel Meek shares his knowledge ofNZ locomotive history.
To Louie, With best Christmas Greetings .............................722
Angela Lassig examines a portr
ait ofa young woman.
Living in the shadow of a volcano .........................................724
The Rotorua Museum have contributed a vivid account ofthe changes affecting
the people ofthe Tarawera Mountain.
My first car ...............................................................................728
A lighthearted poetic contribution from Henry Perrett.
St Saviours Anglican Church .................................................758
Ministering to the community for 100 years.
Memory of a kauri industry ...................................................760
An article prepared by the Matakohe Kauri Museum.
Lofty Blomfield.........................................................................763
Wrestler and humanitarian.
Motuhora - felling the giants .................................................767
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway returns with a personalised account of her
grandfather's childhood.
Otago-Southland150thanniversary.........................................770
1998 celebrations are presently in progress. Photographs and material
provided by the City ofDunedin.
PHOTO GALLERY
Appetiser - Lofty Blomfield ....................................................713
The organ grinder ..................................................................721
Admired or abhorred7
Readers responses ..................................................................729
School Milk scheme article brings a flood ofresponses.
Can you help? ..........................................................................730
Hidden Talent.
Images from the regions: Auckland ............................;..........731
A random selection ofhistoric photogr
aphs fr
om this district.
A slice of life ............................................................................744
Images from the regions: West Coast ....................................746
A random selection ofhistoric photographs from this district.
Editor's choice ........................................................................776
Three generations.
New Zealand Memories Issue 12 - Index
CADDERLEY
I- Tommy.............765
Air Travel (NZ) Ltd........747
Alexandra.....................771
ALDRIDGE
Phil..................740
ALLEY
Tom.................764
ANDERSON
Archibald..........773
ANDERSON
Vic...................767
Anglican Church....758,759
Ararua..........................761
Armanasco homestead..740
Arthur's Pass........746,751
Auckland.....................732
Auckland City........736-739
Avondale School..........740
Jo....................767
BAILEY
A.R...........736,737
C. Jnr...............736
Bailey & Lowe.......736,737
BASSETT
Fred..,..............740
Belle............................733
BEN
Nurse...............741
Bernicia.......................773
BLACKLOCK
Bill...................740
Blockhouse Bay....740,758
························759
Blockhouse Bay Primary
School.............740
BLOMFIELD
Meynell Strathmore
..........713,763-765
June.................764
Blomfield Home...........764
Blundell.......................773
Borona.........................764
BOSWELL
Bruce...............740
Braid J & Co................736
Bros.................725
BROWN
Mrs..................733
BROWN
W.H..........736,737
Brown's lsland.............743
BROWNING
Jim...................764
BURNS
Rev Thomas.....772
.MEMORIES
Each issue ofMEMORIES will carry an index and in keeping with genealogy
ideals all surnames ofinclividuals are listed in CAPITALS.
Burns John Ltd............736
Burt A & T...................736
BURTON
Alfred...............725
BUSBY
James..............726
Bush gang...................747
Caledonian Society......755
CANDY
Mary Eliz..........752
Caterpillar tractor.........762
Chapel of Good Shepherd
................758,759
CHAPPELL
Harry................740
Clutha..........................771
COLE
Miss................740
COLLINS
Tudor...............733
CoronationCelebrations.738
COWIE
Archbishop.......758
Cromwell.....................772
DARROW
Mr....................740
DAVIS
Victor...............740
Dental Nurse......,........741
DeraiIment..................748
Dillmanstown..............754
DOBSON
Arthur D...........751
Donald A.B. Ltd...........736
DONALDSON
Scotty..............768
Duncan McLean..........449
Dunedin.770,771,772,773
Earthquake..................750
Embassy Theatre.........738
Emigrants.770,771,772,773
Essex 28.....................728
EVAN
William J...........752
EVENDEN
Charles............754
FELL
John Barraclough
........................717
Ferry.....................743,764
Fire..............................749
FLAXMAN
Bill...................740
Flood...........................750
Forty Acre Bush...........761
Fox Moth.....................747
Foxton..........................730
Franz Josef Glacier.......747
Free Church of Scotland
...................................773
GAGER
Sel...................765
GALLOP
Fred.................757
GEE
Leslie...............734
Philip Stanley....734
Raymond..........734
Stanley.............734
GEORGE
Ed Don.............764
George VI King.............738
GIFFORD
George.............740
Ted..................740
Gibson Quay................755
Gisborne......................767
Gleeson's Hotel....736,737
Glenmark.............734,735
Goldmining...................754
Goldstrikes..................746
GOULTON
Tommy.............741
Grafton Bridge.............741
GREEN
John.................740
Greymouth....748,749,750
Greymouth Post Office.750
Guide Sophia..............726
GUNSONS
........................737
HAMMOND
Walter..............740
HASZARD
Adolphus..........726
Amelia..............726
Charles............726
Charlie.............726
Edna................726
Harper's Pass..............746
Hauraki Gulf.........743,764
HAZARD
William H..........736
Henderson &Spraggon.737
HERBERT
J......................758
H.M.S. Hood................743
HOBBS
lna...................726
HOBSON
Governor..........732
HOGWOOD
Charles............740
Hokitika..746,755,756,757
Hokitika Wharf.............756
Holiday lnn..................764
HUTTER
Gordon......713,763
Mona...............726
1.H.C.....................764,765
INGLIS
J......................736
JAFFRAY
Margaret..........773
William.............773
JECKS
Rev Harold.......759
JELLICOE
Admiral............743
John Wickliffe..............770
JONES
Jonny...............772
Kaikorai Valley.............773
Kaniere Lake...............756
Kauri.............760,761,762
KINDER
John.................725
Kumara.........752,753,754
Kumara Post Office......752
Lake Kaniere...............756
Lake Mitchell...............748
Lake Rotomahana........725
Lake Tarawera.............725
LARKINS
Fred.................758
LEWIS
Ed....................764
Locomotives
..717-719,748,751
'Lofty' Blomfield
..713,763,764,765
LUSHINGTON
Sarah Jane.......733
MARTIN
Josiah..............725
Matakohe....................762
Maungaturoto..............760
Maxwell L.S & Co.........736
McARTHUR
Alice.................776
McCREADY
Earl..................764
McQUOID
Lawrence..........740
Milford.........................735
Milford Post Office.......734
MONTGOMERY
General............742
MORRISON
Howard............765
MOTAT.........................759
Motuhora.....................767
Muratai........................733
NGATI RANGITIHl.........726
N.Z. Loan & Mercantile736
Octopus clamp............764
Oparakau....................762
Orewa Bridge...............734
Organ Grinder..............721
Otago...................770-773
Otira............................751
Otira Railway Tunnel.....751
OTTAWAY
AlfredZ
.........767,768,769
Noel.................768
PAGE
Napier..............740
PASHA
Kara.................764
RADLEY & Co..............736
Railway locomotives
Derailment.......748
H199.717,718,719
H201...............717
H202...............719
H203........717,719
H204...............719
RAMSBOTTOM
Mille.................733
RANDALL
Aussie..............768
'Repulse'.....................743
Rimutaka.....................716
ROBERTS
Jane..........752,753
Mary Eliz...752,753
R.....................753
R.T.C................753
ROCHFORT
John.................716
Rochforts Pass............716
'Rotton Row'................743
Rover...........................748
Royal Irish Fusilliers
................744,745
W.H.L...............753
Saddlehill....................773
Sailors Home..............736
SAVOLDI
Joe...................764
Sawmilling............746,757
School report...............741
Scottish................771-773
Sealers.......................746
SELWY
Bishop.............758
SEVESI
Bill...................764
Smith·s ill.................762
SOPH
Guide...............726
Soren Larsen...............770
SPE CER
Peace Celebrations......755 Charles.....725-727
PENMAN Seymour ills..725
J.A...................758 Spofis I o' Fame.....765
Philip Laing..................771 s· J es......................758
PIERCE
Tom.................740
Ponsonby.............736,737
Port Chalmers......770,771
Princes Wharf..............743
Pukekohe....................742
QUEEN
Jim...................762
Queen Alexandra's Band
················744,745
Queen Elizabeth II........741
Quirks Mill...................767
...................740
-omon.......757
T;.;r,;,----.,;..,.-,c �
Taravwera....................... .
e ................1'29
Te .........- -.-26
................-36
Terraces Pink & White..724
THOMPSON
Mr....................758
Lloyd................740
Timber Mill...........767·769
TITO
Ra Rosa...........740
Tramway Co.................739
TROLLOPE
Anthony............725
Trounson Park.............762
Tuhoto Ariki.................725
Tuhourangi...........725,726
Turner E & Son............736
Waiheke Island............764
Waikouaiti...................772
Waimea • Kumara water
races...............754
Waipou Forest.............762
WALKER
George.............764
Warkworth...................733
Water race system.......754
Wellington Provincial
Chambers.......730
West Coast.................746
Whangarei Hotel...764,765
Whau Bay....................758
WHEELER
Gordon.............740
White Sam & Sons......737
WILSON
Fred Wingate & Co
Ltd...................736
WOOD
Harold..............740
WOODING
Bros.................729
Joe...................729
Sarah...............729
Tom.................729
Woodland Grange........729
WOODS
Joe...................764
Wrestling.......713,763-765
CADDERLEY
I- Tommy.............765
Air Travel (NZ) Ltd........747
Alexandra.....................771
ALDRIDGE
Phil..................740
ALLEY
Tom.................764
ANDERSON
Archibald..........773
ANDERSON
Vic...................767
Anglican Church....758,759
Ararua..........................761
Armanasco homestead..740
Arthur's Pass........746,751
Auckland.....................732
Auckland City........736-739
Avondale School..........740
Jo....................767
BAILEY
A.R...........736,737
C. Jnr...............736
Bailey & Lowe.......736,737
BASSETT
Fred..,..............740
Belle............................733
BEN
Nurse...............741
Bernicia.......................773
BLACKLOCK
Bill...................740
Blockhouse Bay....740,758
························759
Blockhouse Bay Primary
School.............740
BLOMFIELD
Meynell Strathmore
..........713,763-765
June.................764
Blomfield Home...........764
Blundell.......................773
Borona.........................764
BOSWELL
Bruce...............740
Braid J & Co................736
Bros.................725
BROWN
Mrs..................733
BROWN
W.H..........736,737
Brown's lsland.............743
BROWNING
Jim...................764
BURNS
Rev Thomas.....772
.MEMORIES
Each issue ofMEMORIES will carry an index and in keeping with genealogy
ideals all surnames ofinclividuals are listed in CAPITALS.
Burns John Ltd............736
Burt A & T...................736
BURTON
Alfred...............725
BUSBY
James..............726
Bush gang...................747
Caledonian Society......755
CANDY
Mary Eliz..........752
Caterpillar tractor.........762
Chapel of Good Shepherd
................758,759
CHAPPELL
Harry................740
Clutha..........................771
COLE
Miss................740
COLLINS
Tudor...............733
CoronationCelebrations.738
COWIE
Archbishop.......758
Cromwell.....................772
DARROW
Mr....................740
DAVIS
Victor...............740
Dental Nurse......,........741
DeraiIment..................748
Dillmanstown..............754
DOBSON
Arthur D...........751
Donald A.B. Ltd...........736
DONALDSON
Scotty..............768
Duncan McLean..........449
Dunedin.770,771,772,773
Earthquake..................750
Embassy Theatre.........738
Emigrants.770,771,772,773
Essex 28.....................728
EVAN
William J...........752
EVENDEN
Charles............754
FELL
John Barraclough
........................717
Ferry.....................743,764
Fire..............................749
FLAXMAN
Bill...................740
Flood...........................750
Forty Acre Bush...........761
Fox Moth.....................747
Foxton..........................730
Franz Josef Glacier.......747
Free Church of Scotland
...................................773
GAGER
Sel...................765
GALLOP
Fred.................757
GEE
Leslie...............734
Philip Stanley....734
Raymond..........734
Stanley.............734
GEORGE
Ed Don.............764
George VI King.............738
GIFFORD
George.............740
Ted..................740
Gibson Quay................755
Gisborne......................767
Gleeson's Hotel....736,737
Glenmark.............734,735
Goldmining...................754
Goldstrikes..................746
GOULTON
Tommy.............741
Grafton Bridge.............741
GREEN
John.................740
Greymouth....748,749,750
Greymouth Post Office.750
Guide Sophia..............726
GUNSONS
........................737
HAMMOND
Walter..............740
HASZARD
Adolphus..........726
Amelia..............726
Charles............726
Charlie.............726
Edna................726
Harper's Pass..............746
Hauraki Gulf.........743,764
HAZARD
William H..........736
Henderson &Spraggon.737
HERBERT
J......................758
H.M.S. Hood................743
HOBBS
lna...................726
HOBSON
Governor..........732
HOGWOOD
Charles............740
Hokitika..746,755,756,757
Hokitika Wharf.............756
Holiday lnn..................764
HUTTER
Gordon......713,763
Mona...............726
1.H.C.....................764,765
INGLIS
J......................736
JAFFRAY
Margaret..........773
William.............773
JECKS
Rev Harold.......759
JELLICOE
Admiral............743
John Wickliffe..............770
JONES
Jonny...............772
Kaikorai Valley.............773
Kaniere Lake...............756
Kauri.............760,761,762
KINDER
John.................725
Kumara.........752,753,754
Kumara Post Office......752
Lake Kaniere...............756
Lake Mitchell...............748
Lake Rotomahana........725
Lake Tarawera.............725
LARKINS
Fred.................758
LEWIS
Ed....................764
Locomotives
..717-719,748,751
'Lofty' Blomfield
..713,763,764,765
LUSHINGTON
Sarah Jane.......733
MARTIN
Josiah..............725
Matakohe....................762
Maungaturoto..............760
Maxwell L.S & Co.........736
McARTHUR
Alice.................776
McCREADY
Earl..................764
McQUOID
Lawrence..........740
Milford.........................735
Milford Post Office.......734
MONTGOMERY
General............742
MORRISON
Howard............765
MOTAT.........................759
Motuhora.....................767
Muratai........................733
NGATI RANGITIHl.........726
N.Z. Loan & Mercantile736
Octopus clamp............764
Oparakau....................762
Orewa Bridge...............734
Organ Grinder..............721
Otago...................770-773
Otira............................751
Otira Railway Tunnel.....751
OTTAWAY
AlfredZ
.........767,768,769
Noel.................768
PAGE
Napier..............740
PASHA
Kara.................764
RADLEY & Co..............736
Railway locomotives
Derailment.......748
H199.717,718,719
H201...............717
H202...............719
H203........717,719
H204...............719
RAMSBOTTOM
Mille.................733
RANDALL
Aussie..............768
'Repulse'.....................743
Rimutaka.....................716
ROBERTS
Jane..........752,753
Mary Eliz...752,753
R.....................753
R.T.C................753
ROCHFORT
John.................716
Rochforts Pass............716
'Rotton Row'................743
Rover...........................748
Royal Irish Fusilliers
................744,745
W.H.L...............753
Saddlehill....................773
Sailors Home..............736
SAVOLDI
Joe...................764
Sawmilling............746,757
School report...............741
Scottish................771-773
Sealers.......................746
SELWY
Bishop.............758
SEVESI
Bill...................764
Smith·s ill.................762
SOPH
Guide...............726
Soren Larsen...............770
SPE CER
Peace Celebrations......755 Charles.....725-727
PENMAN Seymour ills..725
J.A...................758 Spofis I o' Fame.....765
Philip Laing..................771 s· J es......................758
PIERCE
Tom.................740
Ponsonby.............736,737
Port Chalmers......770,771
Princes Wharf..............743
Pukekohe....................742
QUEEN
Jim...................762
Queen Alexandra's Band
················744,745
Queen Elizabeth II........741
Quirks Mill...................767
...................740
-omon.......757
T;.;r,;,----.,;..,.-,c �
Taravwera....................... .
e ................1'29
Te .........- -.-26
................-36
Terraces Pink & White..724
THOMPSON
Mr....................758
Lloyd................740
Timber Mill...........767·769
TITO
Ra Rosa...........740
Tramway Co.................739
TROLLOPE
Anthony............725
Trounson Park.............762
Tuhoto Ariki.................725
Tuhourangi...........725,726
Turner E & Son............736
Waiheke Island............764
Waikouaiti...................772
Waimea • Kumara water
races...............754
Waipou Forest.............762
WALKER
George.............764
Warkworth...................733
Water race system.......754
Wellington Provincial
Chambers.......730
West Coast.................746
Whangarei Hotel...764,765
Whau Bay....................758
WHEELER
Gordon.............740
White Sam & Sons......737
WILSON
Fred Wingate & Co
Ltd...................736
WOOD
Harold..............740
WOODING
Bros.................729
Joe...................729
Sarah...............729
Tom.................729
Woodland Grange........729
WOODS
Joe...................764
Wrestling.......713,763-765