New Zealand Memories Issue 132 - Contents
The Wreck of the Invercauld 4
Gordon Campbell’s account of the1864 shipwreck.
Treasure Seekers 12
A happy find for collector Mervyn Dykes.
Karori Settler Leaves His Mark 14
Biddy Orr relates the story of James Brock Tarr the Milkman.
The Christening Robe 18
Beverley Teague discusses an heirloom shared around the family.
School Letters from Iona College 20
Contributed by Gordon Tait.
When Jean Deans Raced the Train 24
A nostalgic poem by Ross McMillan.
From the Regions: West Coast 26
Centrefold: Two minutes past the hour of twelve… 36
A busy midday scene in Dunedin’s Princes Street, 1949.
Uncle Tom and the Friendly Road Choirs 38
“I never missed a date with Radio 1ZB…” writes Hugh Hickman.
Memories of Wahine Day 45
Don Boswell responds to the article in Issue 131.
Remembering the Battle of Kolombangara 46
From The National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Our Stella Standard Ten 50
John and Beth Berry have fond memories of their motorcar.
From the Regions: Auckland 52
Origins 66
Claire Duncan offers theories on the source of four common sayings.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Overloaded? 72
“F. Biggs, Carrier.” Readers are asked to assist with identification.

Cover image:
The Mt Albert Fire Station (built 1906),
with firebell tower alongside, was situated
on New North Road, Mt Albert, Auckland.
Photographed in about 1910.

New Zealand Memories Issue 132 - Index

A
Ahahura River 26
Ahaura 30
AINSWORTH Rear Admiral 47
ALDERTON Bob 40
Ambury Regional Farm Park 64
Ambury, English & Co. 64
Arawhata (Jackson's Bay) 26
Atarau 32
Auckland 38, 52
Auckland Choral Society 38
Auckland City 59
Auckland Island 4
Auckland Methodist
City Mission 39
Auckland Town Hall 40
Aunt Daisy (Maud Basham) 44
Avondale 52
B
bach (Herald Island) 58
BADDELEY Bishop 49
baker's cart 62
Bank of Australasia (Ahaura) 31
banks (Ahaura) 30
BARSON June 40
Battle of Kolombangara 46
BELL Eric 43
BIGGS Mr F. 72
boarding school 20
BOGGIS Joan 55
BOWMAN Mr 31
boy's annual 12
Boy's Own Magazine 13
Boys and Girls' Penny Magazine 13
bread round 62
Broad family 33
BUCHANAN John 10
Buller region 28
butter factory 64
C
camping 58
CARBERRY Andrew 59
CARGILL William 37
Cargill monumant 37
Carlaw Park protest meeting 39
castaway huts 4
castaways 4
Certificate of Proficiency 61
Champion magazine 12
children's magazines 12
children's session (radio) 39
choirs 38
Choral Hall 60
Christening robe 18
Chums magazine 12
COATES Rev. 60
Commercial Buses (Auckland) 55
construction (roads) 52
coracle 10
D
DALGARNO Capt George 4
DAWSON Ray 52
Devonport 57
Devonport Naval Base 49
DIXON Rev. Gray 61
DOBSON Arthur 26
DRUMMOND Jim 55
Dunedin 36
E
education 60
ENDERBY Charles 8
Enderby Island 10
Exchange, The (Dunedin) 37
F
FARR Mr 16
FEENEY Bessie 61
ferries (auckland) 57
fishing 10
food (castaways) 10
food rationing 22
fortified pa site 27
Franklin Bakery 65
FRENCH Michael 26
G
GARLAND Maree 41
Mollie 40
Thomas 38
goldmining 32
goldrush 26, 30, 32
Grafton 62
Grafton Bridge 62
grandstand (Takapuna) 57
GREEN Maxine 54
greenstone 26
Greenstone Creek 26
Greenwood Park butter factory 64
Grey Valley 30, 32
Greymouth 33
H
HALE Coomodore Richard 49
Hardwicke (Auckland Islands) 8
HARVEY Robert 48
HARVEY William 9
Havelock North 20
Hawk Sea Scouts 58
Hawke's Bay 20
HAWSER Fritz 9
HAWTHORNE Lance Corp.
Robert Newton 24
HAWTHORNE
Myrtle Margaret 24
HEAPHY Charles 27
Helensville School 60
Henderson 54
Henderson Business Assn 54
Henderson Creek bridge 52
Henderson Free Bus Ltd 54
Henderson retailers 54
Herald Island 58
HOLDING Robert 4
horseracing 57
HUNT Albert 26
Hutt Valley High School 45
I
Inangahua 26
Iona College for Girls 20
J
Japanese Navy 46
JONES Airlene 60
K
Karori 14
Karori Borough Council 16
Kawatiri (Buller) 26
KING Mr 31
Kolombangara 46
L
L.J. Keys motorbus 63
LANGE David 40
LANSFIELD James 7
LAPHAM Mr 31
LAPISH Lorraine 44
LEWER Mr 16
LONG Robin 40
LUCAS Herbert 35
Lyell 28
M
Mahinapua 26
Mahitahi (Bruce Bay) 26
MAHONEY James 7
Makara Hill 14
Mangapai 60
Mangere 64
Mangere Bridge 64
Manual School (Newton) 60
Maori pa 26
MARTIN Val 42
MASON William 37
Mawhera 26
McCONNOCHIE Dene 41
McINTYRE Donald 40
Merrymakers choir 39
METGE Daniel 60

milk delivery (Wellington) 15
milkman 14
MOONLIGHT
George Fairweather 32
Moonlight Creek 32
MOORE Robert 62
MORGAN Reg 43
motorbus 63
motoring (1950s) 50
musket wars 26
N
National Bank of NZ (Ahaura) 30
Newton 60
Newton Central School 61
Newton East School 60
Ngai Tahu 26
Ngai Tahu pa (Kaiapoi) 26
Ngati Rarua 26
Ngati Tama 26
Ngati Wairangi 26
NIHO (Chief) 26
No Town 32
Northwestern motorway 52
O
O'BRIEN William 32
Oamaru 24
Oamaru mail train 24
Okarito 26
Okura 26
OLIVER Richard Aldworth 8
Otahuhu Methodist Gym Club65
Otira 34
Otira Tunnel 34
P
Parnell 62
pataka (food storage) 27
Pine Island 58
PITT Major-General 59
Port Ross 8
POTTER Wally 55
Pouerua 26
pounamu (greenstone) 26
Poutini Coast 26
Poutini Ngai Tahu 26
Pringles Launch Service 58
protest meeting 39
Pukekohe Post Office 65
Q
Queen Elizabeth II 40
R
racehorses 57
radio 38
radio church 39
Radio IZB 38
Radio Theatre IZB Radio 43
Remuera 63
Remuera Primary School 63
roading (Auckland) 52
robbery (No Town) 32
Rose Island 10
Rosebank Road bridge 52
ROSKILL Comdr Stephen 49
Roulston Bros. 65
Royal Masonic Hotel 59
Royal New Zealand Navy 46
S
Sankey Singers 42
sayings 66
school sports 22
scout camp 58
SCRIMGEOUR Colin 39
seals 10
sealskin boot 5
SHAW Ian 40
shipping Grafton 9
Halcione 14
HMIJS Jintsu 46
HMNZS Leander 46
HMS Blanche 11
Invercauld 4
Julian 10
P.S. Eagle 57
Romance 58
Tawa 58
The Argus 16
USS Helena 46
USS Honolulu 47
USS Ralph Talbot 47
USS St Louis 47
Wahine 45
shipwreck 4, 45
SIMPSON Miss 61
SKIDMORE Airlene 60
SMART William 26
SMITH Andrew 4
SMITH Merv 43
SMITH Roy 55
Southern Hawke's Bay 20
Southern Whale
Fishery Company 8
St Heliers 63
St Paul's Church 59
STACK George 61
Standard Ten motorcar 50
STRANGE Mr T 62
T
TAIT Tom 5
Takapuna 57
Takapuna Beach 57
Takapuna Jockey Club 57
Takapuna races 57
Taramakau 26
TARAPUHI 26
Tauranga 50
Te Atatu 55
TE PUOHO 26
The Friendly Road (radio) 39
Three Kings quarry 52
torpedo (WWII) 47
town milk supply (Wellington) 15
transport (free bus) 54
Triumph magazine 13
TUHURU (Chief) 26
Tuturau 26
Twelve Mile (Kamaka) 32
U
Uncle Tom's choirs 38
Union Bakery (Parnell) 62
Union Bank of Australia 59
US Navy Task Group 46
V
W
Wahine Day 45
Waikumete Cemetery 47
Wairoa 51
WALMSLEY Mr 32
WEBSTER Padre Claude 49
Welcome Inn 28
Wellington 14, 45
Wellington tram 42
WERITA TAINUI 26
West Coast 26
Westmere 58
whaling station 8
WHIT Lieut Col. 61
WHITE Rae 20
WILLIAMS Mr A.L. 54
WILSON Miss 61
Roy 55
WILTSHIRE Max 55
WINTER Mr 30
Woods Royal Hotel 59
World War One 24
World War Two 21, 46
X
Y
Z