New Zealand Memories Issue 122 - Contents
The Beginning of French Akaroa 4
Contributed by Daniel Smith, Akaroa Museum.
Icecream 10
Jeanette Grant remembers a childhood treat.
The Media Speaks 13
Alan Turley compiles media reports of Jack Lovelock’s triumph.
Emigrating on the SS Captain Hobson in 1953 14
Barbara Turner’s story is recorded by Debbie McCauley.
Douglas MacLean’s Penny Farthing 20
Contributed by the Hawke’s Bay Museum Trust.
From the Regions: Coromandel / Bay of Plenty 22
Bodgies and Widgies and Rabbits 32
Reflections on 1950s New Zealand from Geoff Lealand.
Centrefold: High Spirits 36
Grandfather’s Boarding House 38
John Prince relates his family’s story.
Well-bred and Well Fed 46
An amusing item from Margaret Mort of History House, Greymouth.
He Did His Bit 48
A poignant World War One article from Colin Barry.
What Were the ‘Nightmen’ Doing in the Early Hours? 52
Ian Spellerberg investigates.
Guy Fawkes 55
November the fifth antics from Neville Martin.
From the Regions: Northland 56
All Aboard 64
Unique railway photographs from Robert John’s collection.
“Looks All Very Well on Paper” 66
Michelle Fox-Bishop records memories of No Town.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: : So I’ve Woken Up Where? 72
Cover image:
Passers-by peep through holes in the fence at the
construction of St Paul’s Cathedral in Molesworth Street,
Wellington, 1956.
Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ. Evening Post Collection.
Ref: EP /1956/2700.
New Zealand Memories Issue 122 - Index
A
Akaroa 4
ABRAHAMS Harold 13
Adams Bruce 11
Alexandra 64
ALFORD Arthur 38
Athol 41
Brum 41
Daniel 41
Eva 38
Helen 41
Lionel 41
Naomi 41
Noel 38
Rosa 38
Allanton 65
antimony mine 55
ANZAC 48
architecture (gothic) 67
architecture (French) 9
Arnott & Seabrook 66
Arthur’s Pass 65
assisted emigrants 15
Auckland 11, 15
B
Banks Peninsula 4
BARRY Catherine Elizabeth 48
Evie 48
Jessie Ann 50
Moira Naima 49
William Francis 48
Beatty washer 42
BENNETT Annie May 61
George William 61
Berlin Olympics 13
Bethell & Co 58
Bevan’s Transport 41
Black’s Point 38
blasting pipes 56
boarding house 41
bodgie 32
BOURIAUD Elie 9
Marie 9
BRANNAN Mr J.V 17
BREITMEYER Family 5
British emigrants 15
BRUNETEAU Marie 9
C
Canterbury Mounted Rifles 48
Canvastown 38
Canvastown Hotel 39
Casualty Form (WWI) 50
Catholic Church 66
cement works 59
cesspits 52
Chadwick’s cutting 30
chamber pot 41
cheese making 9
CHRISTENSEN Mr T. C 26
church building 28
Church Hall Charter 29
class structures 4
Clement Parfitt’s General Store 66
comic strip (Gore) 34
COMTE Father Jean-Baptiste 4
Cosmopoliton Hotel 66
COTTRELL William 7
cream boats 60
Criterion Hotel 58
Crossing the Line Ceremony 16
D
Dannevirke 49
DARBY Mr E.J 55
Dargaville 60
Davy Crockett hat 1, 32
de BELLIGNY Pierre Joseph 4
de MALMANCHE Francoise 7
de MALMANCHE Emeri 9
de MALMANCHE Justine Rose 9
Deep Creek 38
dining 46
Dunedin 38, 53, 64
E
Edwardian dining 46
emigrants 28
emigration 15, 48
Empire Nurses Red Cross Club 48
ETEVENEAUX Jeanne Francoise 5
etiquette 46
Exchange Hotel 26
F
Fairdown Hotel 43
Far North 56
FARR Charles 9
fence posts 56
fencers 56
Fernflat 56
films 42
fireworks 55
Fisher & Paykel 11
flaxmills 36
Flemings Boarding House 41
FLEURET George 5
Georgina 9
food rationing 15
French architecture 9
French colonisation 4
French Settlers 4
fridge 11
fruit trees (settlers) 6
G
GILLIES Dr (Waikato Hospital) 61
GARTON John 56
GILLIN Paddy 66
Gisborne 12
gold 22, 38
gold medal (1500 metres) 13
goldmining 26, 51
GORE Ross 33
gothic architecture 67
Grand Junction Gold Mine 26
Granity 39
grapevines (Akoroa) 9
Grey Lynn 18
Grey Valley 66
Greymouth 66
GUINDON Mr 9
Mrs 9
GUTHRIE Mr M. A 26
Guy Fawkes 55
H
Hairini Bridge 28
Hansby’s Billiard Saloon 42
harbourmaster 60
Hawke’s Bay 20
Heath and Morrison 58
Helensville 60
HINTON Jack Daniel 15
Hobbs & Watts Grocery Store 41
HOLLANDER Mr 53
Home Guard 50
hotel (Thames) 26
Hutt Valley 35
I
icecream 10
Inglewood 60
Irish emigrants 48
J
J. Parlour Ltd 15
jig doll 5
John Marsden’s Bakery 66
JONES Dan 41
JORDON Rev 28
K
Kaipara Harbour 60
KEMP Mrs 18
kowhai desk 7
L
Lake Ngatu 54
LAMPLOUGH Mr 41
LANGLOIS Amiable 5
Jean Francois 5
LAVAUD Charles Francois 4
leisure activities 36
LELIEVRE Etienne 7
Jule 8
Justine Rose 8
Louis Eugene 9
Leonard refrigerator 11
Limestone Island 59
Liquor Licence 26
livestock (settlement) 6
LOVELOCK Jack 13
M
MacLEAN Douglas 20
Sir Donald 20
maize storage 30
manganese mine 55
Maraekakaho Estate 20
MARSHALL Howard 13
Mathews and Bennett 60
MATTHEWS Mr E.E 67
MAZENGARB Dr Oswald 35
Mazengarb Report 35
McCLURE Agnes 48
Jane Evelyn 48
William David 48
McKAY Danny Ferry 59
military training 48
MILLIGAN Spike 72
mining scheelite 38
Mr Whippy 11
N
Nanto-Bordelaise Co. 4
Napier 20
Nelson 36, 48
Nelson Mounted Rifles 48
Ngahere 67
Ngai Tahu 5
nightcan 54
nightmen 52
nightsoil 52
Ninety Mile Beach 54
No Town 66
No Town Church 6
No Town Presbyterian Church 67
No Town Public Hall 66
No. 2 Road Hall (Te Puke) 28
No. 2 Road School 29
Northern Wairoa River 60
Northland 54
Northland Canneries 54
NZ Coronaton Contingent 15
NZ Rail 50, 64
NZ Volunteer Sisterhood 48
NZ Wars 35
O
O’KEEFE Frank 38
Oamaru 64
Olympic Games (Berlin) 13
Oriental Bay 55
Otago 50, 64
outhouses 52
Oyster soup 47
P
PAGE Brigadier J.R 17
Paki-Ariki Bay 6
Panama Canal 14
Pardoe Engineering 15
PARKER Jack 40
Mrs 40
Patrick Gillin’s Store 66
Paturau 36
PELTNER Otto 13
Peria 56
PEZANT Father Jean 6
picture theatre 42
Pig & Whistle Hotel 43
Pohara 3
politician (Seddon) 51
Porerua 50
Port Cooper 5
PRICE William 59
PRINCE PHILLIP 18
Protestant Church 28
Prouse & Saunders 36
Q
QUEEN ELIZABETH ll 12, 17
R
Rabbit Act 1, 32
rabbits 32
railway 42, 64
Raupo Wharf 60
Reefton 38
refrigerator 11
RING James 51
RIVERS Miss 54
roadmaking 30
Rocky Nook Boarding House 27
ROOT Mr 67
Rotorua 27
ROUT Ettie 48
Roxburgh 50
royal visit 12
ROYER Rev Father Emmanuel 66
Ruawai Dairy Co. 60
Ruawai Wharf 60
running (1500 metres) 13
Russell 55
Ryan & Sons City Bakery 41
S
SAVILL Keith 56
scheelite mine 38
secretaire a abattant 7
SEDDON Richard John 51
settlers (Te Puke) 28
sewage system 52
Shamrock Hotel 66
Shipping
Aube 4
Cachelot 5
Comte de Paris 4
HMAS Amarapoora 15
Lady Jocelyn 28
May Queen 28
Nil 7
Northumberland 28
Oxford 28
SS Captain Cook 17
SS Captain Hobson 14
SS Devon 49
SS Pateena 48
SS Ruawai 60
SS Wairua 60
SMITH Leslie Victor 27
social change (1950’s) 35
social ettiquette 46
Social Security office 34
Sodium Chloride 56
SPEARMAN John 17
Speight’s Ale 26
St Kilda 53
stamper battery 26
STEWART George Vesey 28
SULLIVAN Mr 17
sulphur terraces 27
T
Takamatua Bay 6
Tangiwai Rail Disaster 18
tariff (boarding house) 27
Tasmania 38
Tauranga 28, 30
Tauranga Harbour 30
Tauranga Militia 30
Tauranga Post Office 30
TAYLOR Jessie Ann 50
Te Koauru Hospital 60
Te Puke 28
Te Puke Block 29
teenagers 32
television 33
Temperance Movement 29
Thames 26
Tikinui Wharf 60
toheroa 54
tram (Auckland) 11
Trentham 48
TURNER Barbara 15
Barnabas 15
TURNER Denis Knight 32
U
uniform (nurses) 61
V
vegetable plot 6
VIARD Bishop 66
Victoria Cross (Hinton) 15
Victoria Theatre (Westport) 39
Victorian dining 46
vine pruning knife 9
von TEMPSKY Gustar 35
W
WAECKERLE Mr 9
Mrs 9
Waihi 26
Waikare 55
Waipu 59
Waipu Cricket Team 59
Waireka Bank 64
Wairiki Dairy 11
Waran’s Butchery 66
Wellington 17, 55
West Coast 38, 66
Westland 51
Westport 39
Whakatane 30
whaling 5
Whangarei 58
Whangarei Harbour 59
whare (miners) 55
wharfinger 60
widgie 32
William Denny & Bros. 15
WILLMAN Helen 39
WOOD Pamela 54
World War One 48
World War two 50
X
Y
YSKA Redmer 35
Z
A
Akaroa 4
ABRAHAMS Harold 13
Adams Bruce 11
Alexandra 64
ALFORD Arthur 38
Athol 41
Brum 41
Daniel 41
Eva 38
Helen 41
Lionel 41
Naomi 41
Noel 38
Rosa 38
Allanton 65
antimony mine 55
ANZAC 48
architecture (gothic) 67
architecture (French) 9
Arnott & Seabrook 66
Arthur’s Pass 65
assisted emigrants 15
Auckland 11, 15
B
Banks Peninsula 4
BARRY Catherine Elizabeth 48
Evie 48
Jessie Ann 50
Moira Naima 49
William Francis 48
Beatty washer 42
BENNETT Annie May 61
George William 61
Berlin Olympics 13
Bethell & Co 58
Bevan’s Transport 41
Black’s Point 38
blasting pipes 56
boarding house 41
bodgie 32
BOURIAUD Elie 9
Marie 9
BRANNAN Mr J.V 17
BREITMEYER Family 5
British emigrants 15
BRUNETEAU Marie 9
C
Canterbury Mounted Rifles 48
Canvastown 38
Canvastown Hotel 39
Casualty Form (WWI) 50
Catholic Church 66
cement works 59
cesspits 52
Chadwick’s cutting 30
chamber pot 41
cheese making 9
CHRISTENSEN Mr T. C 26
church building 28
Church Hall Charter 29
class structures 4
Clement Parfitt’s General Store 66
comic strip (Gore) 34
COMTE Father Jean-Baptiste 4
Cosmopoliton Hotel 66
COTTRELL William 7
cream boats 60
Criterion Hotel 58
Crossing the Line Ceremony 16
D
Dannevirke 49
DARBY Mr E.J 55
Dargaville 60
Davy Crockett hat 1, 32
de BELLIGNY Pierre Joseph 4
de MALMANCHE Francoise 7
de MALMANCHE Emeri 9
de MALMANCHE Justine Rose 9
Deep Creek 38
dining 46
Dunedin 38, 53, 64
E
Edwardian dining 46
emigrants 28
emigration 15, 48
Empire Nurses Red Cross Club 48
ETEVENEAUX Jeanne Francoise 5
etiquette 46
Exchange Hotel 26
F
Fairdown Hotel 43
Far North 56
FARR Charles 9
fence posts 56
fencers 56
Fernflat 56
films 42
fireworks 55
Fisher & Paykel 11
flaxmills 36
Flemings Boarding House 41
FLEURET George 5
Georgina 9
food rationing 15
French architecture 9
French colonisation 4
French Settlers 4
fridge 11
fruit trees (settlers) 6
G
GILLIES Dr (Waikato Hospital) 61
GARTON John 56
GILLIN Paddy 66
Gisborne 12
gold 22, 38
gold medal (1500 metres) 13
goldmining 26, 51
GORE Ross 33
gothic architecture 67
Grand Junction Gold Mine 26
Granity 39
grapevines (Akoroa) 9
Grey Lynn 18
Grey Valley 66
Greymouth 66
GUINDON Mr 9
Mrs 9
GUTHRIE Mr M. A 26
Guy Fawkes 55
H
Hairini Bridge 28
Hansby’s Billiard Saloon 42
harbourmaster 60
Hawke’s Bay 20
Heath and Morrison 58
Helensville 60
HINTON Jack Daniel 15
Hobbs & Watts Grocery Store 41
HOLLANDER Mr 53
Home Guard 50
hotel (Thames) 26
Hutt Valley 35
I
icecream 10
Inglewood 60
Irish emigrants 48
J
J. Parlour Ltd 15
jig doll 5
John Marsden’s Bakery 66
JONES Dan 41
JORDON Rev 28
K
Kaipara Harbour 60
KEMP Mrs 18
kowhai desk 7
L
Lake Ngatu 54
LAMPLOUGH Mr 41
LANGLOIS Amiable 5
Jean Francois 5
LAVAUD Charles Francois 4
leisure activities 36
LELIEVRE Etienne 7
Jule 8
Justine Rose 8
Louis Eugene 9
Leonard refrigerator 11
Limestone Island 59
Liquor Licence 26
livestock (settlement) 6
LOVELOCK Jack 13
M
MacLEAN Douglas 20
Sir Donald 20
maize storage 30
manganese mine 55
Maraekakaho Estate 20
MARSHALL Howard 13
Mathews and Bennett 60
MATTHEWS Mr E.E 67
MAZENGARB Dr Oswald 35
Mazengarb Report 35
McCLURE Agnes 48
Jane Evelyn 48
William David 48
McKAY Danny Ferry 59
military training 48
MILLIGAN Spike 72
mining scheelite 38
Mr Whippy 11
N
Nanto-Bordelaise Co. 4
Napier 20
Nelson 36, 48
Nelson Mounted Rifles 48
Ngahere 67
Ngai Tahu 5
nightcan 54
nightmen 52
nightsoil 52
Ninety Mile Beach 54
No Town 66
No Town Church 6
No Town Presbyterian Church 67
No Town Public Hall 66
No. 2 Road Hall (Te Puke) 28
No. 2 Road School 29
Northern Wairoa River 60
Northland 54
Northland Canneries 54
NZ Coronaton Contingent 15
NZ Rail 50, 64
NZ Volunteer Sisterhood 48
NZ Wars 35
O
O’KEEFE Frank 38
Oamaru 64
Olympic Games (Berlin) 13
Oriental Bay 55
Otago 50, 64
outhouses 52
Oyster soup 47
P
PAGE Brigadier J.R 17
Paki-Ariki Bay 6
Panama Canal 14
Pardoe Engineering 15
PARKER Jack 40
Mrs 40
Patrick Gillin’s Store 66
Paturau 36
PELTNER Otto 13
Peria 56
PEZANT Father Jean 6
picture theatre 42
Pig & Whistle Hotel 43
Pohara 3
politician (Seddon) 51
Porerua 50
Port Cooper 5
PRICE William 59
PRINCE PHILLIP 18
Protestant Church 28
Prouse & Saunders 36
Q
QUEEN ELIZABETH ll 12, 17
R
Rabbit Act 1, 32
rabbits 32
railway 42, 64
Raupo Wharf 60
Reefton 38
refrigerator 11
RING James 51
RIVERS Miss 54
roadmaking 30
Rocky Nook Boarding House 27
ROOT Mr 67
Rotorua 27
ROUT Ettie 48
Roxburgh 50
royal visit 12
ROYER Rev Father Emmanuel 66
Ruawai Dairy Co. 60
Ruawai Wharf 60
running (1500 metres) 13
Russell 55
Ryan & Sons City Bakery 41
S
SAVILL Keith 56
scheelite mine 38
secretaire a abattant 7
SEDDON Richard John 51
settlers (Te Puke) 28
sewage system 52
Shamrock Hotel 66
Shipping
Aube 4
Cachelot 5
Comte de Paris 4
HMAS Amarapoora 15
Lady Jocelyn 28
May Queen 28
Nil 7
Northumberland 28
Oxford 28
SS Captain Cook 17
SS Captain Hobson 14
SS Devon 49
SS Pateena 48
SS Ruawai 60
SS Wairua 60
SMITH Leslie Victor 27
social change (1950’s) 35
social ettiquette 46
Social Security office 34
Sodium Chloride 56
SPEARMAN John 17
Speight’s Ale 26
St Kilda 53
stamper battery 26
STEWART George Vesey 28
SULLIVAN Mr 17
sulphur terraces 27
T
Takamatua Bay 6
Tangiwai Rail Disaster 18
tariff (boarding house) 27
Tasmania 38
Tauranga 28, 30
Tauranga Harbour 30
Tauranga Militia 30
Tauranga Post Office 30
TAYLOR Jessie Ann 50
Te Koauru Hospital 60
Te Puke 28
Te Puke Block 29
teenagers 32
television 33
Temperance Movement 29
Thames 26
Tikinui Wharf 60
toheroa 54
tram (Auckland) 11
Trentham 48
TURNER Barbara 15
Barnabas 15
TURNER Denis Knight 32
U
uniform (nurses) 61
V
vegetable plot 6
VIARD Bishop 66
Victoria Cross (Hinton) 15
Victoria Theatre (Westport) 39
Victorian dining 46
vine pruning knife 9
von TEMPSKY Gustar 35
W
WAECKERLE Mr 9
Mrs 9
Waihi 26
Waikare 55
Waipu 59
Waipu Cricket Team 59
Waireka Bank 64
Wairiki Dairy 11
Waran’s Butchery 66
Wellington 17, 55
West Coast 38, 66
Westland 51
Westport 39
Whakatane 30
whaling 5
Whangarei 58
Whangarei Harbour 59
whare (miners) 55
wharfinger 60
widgie 32
William Denny & Bros. 15
WILLMAN Helen 39
WOOD Pamela 54
World War One 48
World War two 50
X
Y
YSKA Redmer 35
Z