New Zealand Memories Issue 128 - Contents
King Tom and the Lost Tribe 4
Alwyn Owen transports readers back to the 1860s.
Fagan the Bullocky 12
“Michael Fagan was an Irish man to be sure,” writes Rae Atkins.
Hope and Smithy 16
A great-aunt and an airman: a story by Geoff Skene.
Tracing My Ancestors – In Distant Fields 20
Alec Astle pays a tribute.
Memories of Rowing 24
A sporting article written by Geoff Benge.
From the Regions: Waikato 27
Centrefold: Bannockburn 36
Coalminers at the Cairnmuir Coal Mine in 1899.
Far from Kith and Kin 38
A dour Scot leaves the Hebrides in 1856: Norman Maclean’s story.
R & E Tingey 44
Mike Whittall traces the development of a New Zealand business.
At the Normal with Three Rapscallions 48
Another comical story from Paul Aubin.
The Battle of El Alamein 50
Mike Crean marks the 75th Anniversary with a poignant contribution.
From the Regions: Wanganui / Manawatu 54
Multifunctional Lopdell House 66
Exploring the history of Titirangi’s iconic building.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Heavy Traffic 72
Elephants on the Great North Road.

Cover image:
R. & E. Tingey and Co. Ltd, Manners Street,
Wellington in 1926.
Courtesy: Robert Tingey.

New Zealand Memories Issue 128 - Index

A
air mail 16
airman 16
Albertland Special Settlement Assn.        
         44
ALEXANDRA Mr R. 7
ALLAN Elizabeth 21
Lance Corp. John 20
Private Robert 20
ALLEN Mr G. 24
ANZAC Day 20
ARTHUR Mr. L. 24
art centre (Titirangi) 66
Athletic Park 62
AUBIN Paul 1, 48
Auckland 13, 25, 72, 45
Auckland Harbour 15
Australian Rowing Assn 25
aviation 15
Avondale Hotel 14
B
BAKER Frederick 14
Bank of NZ (Mangaweka) 58
Bannockburn 37
BARTON Mr J. 24
Battle of El Alamein 50
Battle of Messines 22
Battle of Passchendaele 23
BELLWOOD Jim 25
BENGE Annette 25
Geoff 25
Benneydale 29
BERNTSEN Constable N.L 56
BISHOP Alec 66
Bloomfield & Partners 66
BLOOMFIELD William 66
BOSWELL Mr D. 24
BRAME William Rawson 44
BRISKER Thomas 15
BRODIE Charlie 25
Bullens Circus 72
Buller River 5
bullocks 12
bullocky 13
BURKE Constable John 14
bushmen 13
C
C. J. Monro Memorial 62
Cambridge Yacht Club 26
CAMPBELL Sarah 44
Marton 46
Waverley 46
canoes (Taupo) 27
Cairnmuir Coal Mine 37
Cambridge 33
Cashmore’s Timber 14
CARROLL Ben 66
Castlecliffe 56
Chamberlins Island 15
children’s games 27
Chinese miners 10
Christchurch 24
Christianity 38
CLAIR St. Mr I. W 24
CLARK Walter 64
William 64
CLIVE - LOWE Dr George de 15
coalmining 37
COATES Gordon 66
COOPER Mr J. 37
CORDES Mr C. 24
COWIE David 15
CRAIES Mr E. A 24
Craiglockheart homestead 63
CRANWELL Mr 13
Criterion Hotel (Auckland) 15
Criterion Hotel (Cambridge) 33
CROOT Mr D. G 24
CRUMPTON Annie 8
CURNO David 15
CURRIE Mike 62
cyclists (Te Awamutu) 29
D
Dannevirke 61
Dannevirke High School 61
Dannevirke Railway Station 61
Davis painkiller 8
Dept. of Education 66
Depression, The 18
DEVEREUX - HARRY Jessie 42
DIAMOND John T 72
Don Buck’s Camp 13
draper 64
Dunedin 1, 16, 48
E
EASTWOOD Alec 26
education 1, 29, 48
electricity 59
elephants 72
Ellis & Burnand 29
Empire Games (Perth) 25
eruption 29
EVANS Mr B. 24
Mr K. 24
F
FAGAN Elizabeth 13
Mary 13
Michael 13
farming 44
Feilding 33, 46
FIRTH Josiah Clifton 30
Firth Tower 30
Fisher & Paykel 25
Fitzherbert 62
flax mills 62
FLYAN Mr J. 36
Forty Acre Scheme 44
Foxton 65
Foxton Primary School 65
G
GARDINER Des 26
Gaze & Company 34
GEORGETTI Mr J. 60
Glendene 72
Glendene Farm 72
gold 5
gold prospecting 6
GOODWIN George 13
GRESHAM Thomas 15
GREY Mr A. 24
gum digger 13
H
HALDANE Mr 10
Hamilton 34
HARGREAVES Mr 10
Hawera 45
Hawke’s Bay Earthquake 42
HAWKINS Sonny 62
HEAD Samuel Heath 54
Henderson 13, 72
Henry Peck’s Pioneer Bakery 14
HERFORD Mr G. 24
HEWITT Edward 33
HILL Mr J. 24
HOOD George 18
Hopelands 42
Horopito 54
Hotel Titirangi 66
HOWELL Elizabeth 13
HUTCHINSON Mr R. 24
HYMAN Mr P. 24
I
J
Japanese plums 62
JEFF Albert 48
Freddie 48
Norman 48
JONES Mr. F. 36
JOHNMAN Mr M. 24
JOHNSON Margaret 44
JULL Edward Harrison 15
K
Kaipara Harbour 44
Kakariki meat works 56
KANE Hope 16
Kerr’s Reach (rowing) 26
KILLIAN John Bernard 15
‘King Tom’ 5
KINGSFORD SMITH Charles 16
KIRKWOOD John 33
Robert 33
Kumeroa 38
Kumeroa Hotel 43
L
LAIRD William 33
Lake Karapiro (rowing) 26
Lake Taupo 27
LARSEN Mr C. 24
Lost Tribe of Matakitaki 5
Levin 64
LILLY Ada 13
Maria 13
LINDSAY James 14
LOPDELL Frank 66
liquor licence 66
Lopdell House 66
LOBEL Mr M. 24
LONGLEY Dr E. 24
Lyall Bay 19
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M
MABBETT Bill 61
MacDONALD Mr I. 24
MAILMAN Emma 44
Main Trunk Railway (Mangaweka)58
Makatote 54
Mammoth Hotel 6
Manawatu 62
Manawatu Golf Club 62
Mangatera viaduct 61
Mangaweka 58
Mangaweka Power Scheme 59
Mangaweka viaduct 58
Mangawharariki River 58
Massey University 62
Matakitaki River 5
Matakohe 44
Matamata 30
MAY Thomas Hale 5
McALISTAIR Stewart 10
McCAW John 31
McCABE Mr. J 37
McINTYRE G. E 24
McLEOD Angus 38
Anne 39
Barbara 39
Elma 39
Elsie 39
Jane 38
Rev. Norman 38
McNEE George 11
medicine 8
Mercer 25
milling 29
MOFFAT Walter 7
MONCRIEFF John 18
Mongapehi 29
MONRO Aleck 62
Charles John 62
Helena 62
Linda 63
Mornington Methodist Church 16
Mt Roskill High School 25
Mt Ruapehu 29
Murchison 6
Murchison earthquake 6
N
National Hotel (Cambridge) 33
Nelson 6
Nelson Football Club 62
NINHAM Mr R. 24
Normal School (Dunedin) 1, 48
Northland 38
NZ Army 20, 50
NZ Machine Guns Corp 21
NZ War Medal 45
O
O’ROURKE Tom 11
Ohakune 54
P
PARCELL Mr J 37
Mr L. 37
Mr R. Snr 37
Mr W.R. Jnr 37
PAGE Bobby 25
Mr 25
Mrs 25
Pahi 44
painkillers 8
paint 45
painting and decorating 45
PALMER Mr L.R 7
Palmerston North 46, 62
PALMISAND Mr R. 24
Paparoa 44
Parahi 44
PEATE Mr P.W. 66
PECK Henry 15
Petone 25
Picton 26
polo 62
Port Albert 44
Pounawea 18
PRICE William Arthur 34
property investment 62
Public Works Camp (Taihape) 54
Q
Queen of Harvest Festival 21
R
R & E Tingey 44
Rangitikei River 58
Raurimu 54
REED Mr A.H 16
Reefton 10
RIGBY John 66
roading (1890s) 54
ROBERTSON William 15
rowing 24
ROWLANDS Don 25
Ruapehu District 54
rugby 62
S
SANDFORD Albert 14
SCANLON Nellie 8
School for the Deaf 66
sculpture 62
SEDDON Richard John 7
Shipping
Gertrude 38
Lady Jocelyn 42
Port Bowen 56
SS Minnie Casey 14
Tyburnia 44
Wahine 18
shipwreck 56
SLADDEN Bernard 31
SMITH Arthur Anthony 33
Southern Cross Fokker VII 16
SPENSER Harry 11
STEELE Jane 38
STEVENSON Mr W. A 24
T
Taihape 54
TAMIHANA Wiremu 30
Taupiri 30
Taupo 27
Taupo Totara Timber Co. 29
Te Awa 42
Te Awamutu 32
Thames goldfield 45
TINGEY Emma 46
Edward 44
Margaret 46
Murray 46
Percival 47
Richard 44
Sarah 46
TIPPING Elizabeth 38
TIPPING Mr R. 24
Titirangi 66
Trans Tasman flight 16
transport (Wanganui) 55
Treasure House Museum 66
tuberculosis 13
Turitea Campus 62
U
unemployment         18
V
W
WADE Mr B. 24
Waikari 23
Waikumete Cemetery 13
Waipa District 29
Waipara 21
Waipu 38
Wanganui 44
Wanganui 55
Wanganui Militia 45
WAREHAM Anne 40
D’Arcy 40
Daisy 40
Duval 40
Elaine 40
Elma 40
George 40
Gladwys 42
Jessie 40
Jessie Mrs 40
Mary 40
Norma 40
Norman 40
WEATHERALL Arthur 13
WEBSTER Mr A. 24
Wellington 18, 45
West Coast 8
West End Rowing Shed 25
WHALE Tom 8
Whanganui River (rowing) 26
WHITE Ken 25
WHITE Clara 30
Mr T.H. 30
WHYBROW Mr A. 24
WOOD Samuel 15
Woodville 41
World War One 20
World War Two 50
X
Y
Ypres          22
Z