New Zealand Memories Issue 130 - Contents
Assisted Immigration: National Park, 1965. 4
Peter Farrell signed up with the Department of Justice for two years.
The Silver Fern 9
Alan Turley follows the evolution of a New Zealand icon.
Forgotten Ships 10
“Vessels lost at sea were not a rare occurrence,” writes Bruce E. Collins.
From Thames to the Trenches 12
Roger Strong pays tribute to Lieutenant Albert Gordon RFC.
We Wore Hats Everywhere 16
Val Wood trained as a milliner in the 1950s.
Bookstore in a Time Warp 18
Wellingtonians will relate to Christopher Moor’s article.
Alfred Saunders at Cheviot 22
Alec Saunders explores his Scottish roots.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 27
Centrefold: Parking Lot or Beach? 36
AWR: Inventor, Entrepreneur and Farmer 38
Written by David Walter, researched by Barrie Smith.
Driving the Blackjack Road 46
Camping in Whitianga with Jeanette Grant.
Off to the Pacific 48
A recollection of the Second World War by James Milburn.
The 1950 British Empire Games 54
A glimpse of the games from Sport’s Correspondent Dave Cameron.
From the Regions: Taranaki 58
Mailbox 66
Keeping Chooks 67
Bill Risk discusses his ancestors’ egg supply.
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Phar Lap 72

Cover image:
Alexander Walker Reid in his Taranaki
workshop. Article on page 38.

New Zealand Memories Issue 130 - Index

A
air crash (Taranaki) 60
air mail 35
Air Training Corps 48
Airco DH5 14
ANDERSON Alison 25
Margaret 25
Ardmore 48
Ardmore Teachers Training
College 55
ARMITT Mr J.C. 56
Assisted Immigration Scheme 4
Auckland 5, 17, 54
Auckland Town Hall 56
aviation (WWI) 12
AWR Milking Machine Co. Ltd        
         43
AYRES Mrs 46
B
BAIGENT Mr W.C. 35
Baigent Bros 35
Baillie Street School 13
BANKS Dr Joseph 28
Beaver 32
Belriot (aircraft) 14
Big Bush 32
Blackjack Road (Kuaotunu) 46
bookstore 18
Boulder Bank 28
bowling 56
BOWLING Capt. Harry 11
boxing 56
BOYER Charles 72
Bristish Empire Games 54
Buckthought’s Butchery 41
BUDGE William 30
Budge Survey 30
bullock dray 31
BURKE Richard 32
butchery (Thames) 12
C
camping 46
Canterbury 39
Canterbury Flying School 13
caravans 45
Caroline Bay 37
Central Otago 10
chess 24
Cheviot 26
Cheviot Scottish Society 24
Christchurch Teachers College 24
Clarion Club 24
cloche hat 17
COATES Joseph Gordon 72
COATES Lt. William henry 15
Collingwood 33
CONINGHAM Sir Arthur 14
CONLY Maurice 51
COOPER Dr 30
Corsair Squadron 48
CREAGH Frank 56
Cullen Creek 27
Cyathea-dealbata 9
D
dairy factories 41
dances (WW II) 50
Dannevirke 26
DAVIE Donald 19
de Havilland 14
De MAUS David Alexander 11
Dept. of Justice 4
DOUGHERTY Daniel 31
Dunedin 10
E
earthquake (Canterbury) 29
earthquake (Cheviot) 26
Eden Park (Auckland) 54
egg preserver 67
eggs 67
electric lighting 39
ELLISON Tom 9
ELMSLIE Rev. J. 39
ENGEBRETSON Mr J.A. 56
EXELBY Mr P. 56
F
farming (Taranaki) 41
FARQUHAR Alfred Saunders 26
Rachel Blanche 26
FARRELL Peter 4
fashion (hats) 16
Ferguson and Osborn Ltd 19
FITZROY Robert 30
Flying Boat Squadron No. 6 52
Flying Boat Squadrons 51
FOX William 29
FREYBURG Sir Bernard 55
G
general practioner 24
GIBBS Rowan 19
Gisborne 54
Gisborne 66
Gisborne Athletic and Harrier Club
54
Gisborne Boy’s High School 54
Gisborne flood (1948) 66
Golden Bay 33
Golden Hat Box 16
GORDON Albert William 12
Arthur James 13
Evelyn Maud 12
Frederick 12
Margaret 12
Ruby Lillian 12
GREY Sir George 30
Grovetown 32
H
Halavo Bay 49
HAMILTON Adam 72
Harewood Air Base 48
HARGEST James 72
hats 16
HEAPHY Val 17
Henderson 48
HENRY Mr R. 56
HILARY Edmund 52
HOOD Anne 15
horseracing 72
HUNGERFORD Nurse Gladys        
         26
I
immigration 4
Inglewood Scout Troop 59
INNES Margaret 12
isinglass 67
J
JOLLIE Francis 29
JONES David 72
K
Kaikoura 21
Kauaeranga Boys School 13
Keep it in the dark gold claim 27
KING Mr J.M. 9
King Edward Park 63
Kuaotuna 46
L
Lake Karapiro 55
Lambton Quay 25
LAURENT Elizabeth 65
Ethel 65
John Martin 65
Lt. Henry John 64
Rodolphe 64
LITTLEJOHN Mrs 16
LUCAS Buddy 56
M
MacDONALD Francis 31
MACKIE Frederick 32
Mahakapawa 27
Manaia 62
Marlborough 27, 48
Marsland Hill stockade 59
McALLEN Dr 18
McCARTHY Justin 58
McDONALD Allan 13
McKENZIE John 18
McKenzie (later Cheviot) 18
milking machines 39
millinery 16
Moa 28
Moa hunters 28
Minorcas 67
MONTAGUE Mr T. 13
MORISON Mary 20
Rev. George 20
Rev. Joseph 20
MORSE Mr N. 30

motorcar (steam) 39
Motueka 33
Motueka Wharf 66
Mt Taranaki 60
MUDGEWAY Mr D. 56
MURRAY Mr J.P. 27
MURDOCK Mr J.D. 65
N
National Park 4
National Park Station 8
Nelson 27
Nelson Rowing Club 33
New Plymouth 9, 59
New Zealand House 4
NEWMAN Capt. 10
NEWMAN Sir Jack 35
Newmarket Olympic pool 55
Ngaere 41
Ngati Toa 30
NZ Company 30
NZ Native Rugby Team 9
NZ Railways 5
NZ Rugby Football Union 9
O
O’BRIEN Betty 17
O’CONNOR Pat 56
Oeo 39
Ohakea 48
Opawa River 32
OSBORN Harold 19
Reginald 19
Vera 19
Walter 19
P
paddlesteamers 10
PAGET Dr. 42
PARKER James 31
Patea River 42
PEEL Michael 31
Phar Lap 72
Picton 29
pill box hat 17
PIRRIT Mr J. 56
Polynesian migrants 28
Port Chalmers 10
Port Nelson 33
Port Underwood 29
poultry clubs 67
prison officer 5
Q
R
racehorse 72
Rangiora High School 24
READ Ellen Anne 45
REID Alexander 39
Alexander Walker 39
Elizabeth 39
Ellen 41
Ellen Anne 45
George 41
Helen 39
James 41
Janet 39
John 41
Mary 39
Robert 39
William 39
Rewarewa 9
RNZAF Omaka 48
ROBINSON William 26
Rongotai College 26
ROOKE Capt. J.B. 10
roosters 67
rowing 56
Royal Flying Corps 13
S
SAUNDERS Alfred David 24
Alfred Morison 26
Elizabeth 26
George Joseph 25
Mabel Annie 24
Margaret 25
Marion 26
sawmill (Takaka) 35
SCOTT George 39
Scott Bros. 39
Scottish emigrant 26
SCULLY Rachel Blanche 26
SHADBOLT Ernest 25
shipping Avalanche 10
Citizen 10
Comet 10
Cospatrick 10
Drummond Castle 11
HMS Sparrow 9
Lady Barkly 33
Niagara 13
Omega 11
Tamahine 48
Trevelyan 10
USS Talemanca 50
Wahine 53
William Miles 39
shipping movements 10
shipwrecks 10
silver fern 9
SKINNER Benjamin 26
SKIPPER ben 24
SLATER Fife 25
SMITH Elizabeth 26
Henry 20
Solomon Islands (WW II) 50
Southbridge 39
speech therapy clinic 24
sport (Empire Games) 54
Spring Creek 32
STEPHENS Samuel 29
Stratford 39
Stratford County Council 41
Stratford Power Station 40
swaps 21
T
Takaka 35
Tapu Hill 46
Taranaki 38
Te Kooti 66
Thames 12
Tuamarina Affair 29
U
Union Steamship Co 33
US Marines 50
V
Vanguard 46
Ventura Squadrons 51
VEYSEY Alex 20
W
Waikune Prison 4
Wairau Boulder Bank 28
Wairau Massacre 30
Wairau Plain 28
Wairau River 28
Waitara Freezing Works 41
Waitohi 29
Wakefield settlement 29
WALSH Leo 13
Vivian 13
Walsh Bros. 13
WATKINS Oswald Stephen 72
Wellington 24
WELLS William 29
Wharehuia 45
Whitianga 46
WHYTE Adam 39
Janet 39
WILLIAMS Lorraine 19
WILLIAMS Yvette 55
WILLIAMSON Dr 26
WOODCOCK Tommy 72
wool exports 31
World War One 12, 64
World War Two 48
wrestling 56
WYNEN James 31
X
Y
YOUNG Bill 21
Z