New Zealand Memories Issue 139 - Contents
The Great Stink and Other Reasons 4
London’s heat stimulated emigration. John Stackhouse explains.
The Short Long Train Ride 13
Don Campbell’s trip from Auckland to Whangarei.
The King of the Cowboys 14
Mervyn Dykes remembers Hopalong Cassiday at the Saturday Matinee.
Four Women of Rangitoto 18
Elspeth Orwin, Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections.
From the Regions: West Coast 22
Grandma’s Rag Rug 30
Paul Dingwall shares his grandmother’s story.
“Family Secrets: The Personal Diary as History” 32
A slice of social history from Geoff Lealand.
Centrefold: The Trackless Tram 36
Wellington’s Trolley Buses 38
Christopher Moor explores the history of this commuter transport.
The Debutante Ball 42
Leonie Couper attended the 1959 Young Farmers’ Club event.
My Grandfather’s Flight with
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith 46
Ron Galloway retraces a nostalgic trip.
From the Regions: Auckland 50
A House of Treasured Possessions 64
Whare Kahurangi: 100 years of collecting at Taranaki.
Can You Help? 67
The Silver Plated Cup.
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : The Kruger’s Cage 72
An 1899 photograph contributed by Leonie Couper.
Cover image:
Speedway riders c.1929 (from left):
Alf Mattson, Bill Allen and Alf Way.
Refer to page 57 of the Auckland
regional section.
Courtesy: H. Cole
New Zealand Memories Issue 139 - Index
A
Addington 30
Ahaura 23
Ahaura Bridge 23
Air Training Corps 68
ALLEN Bill 57
ANDERSON Mona 30
Associated EquipmentCo. Ltd 37
Auckland 1, 18, 35, 50
Auckland Gaol 59
Aviation 47
B
baches (Rangitoto) 21
BAGHURST Joseph 72
Sarah Jane 72
ball (debutante) 42
BEBAN Jack 66
beekeeping 20
Birkdale 56
BNZ (Martinborough) 42
botanist 34
BOYD Barbara 43
William Lawrence 14
bridgebuilding (Grey River) 24
Bridle Path 11
British United Traction bus 41
Broadway 60
Brookby 13
Brown & Son 53
building (house) 52
Buller River 68
BURROWS Mr P.F.M. 59
Butler Bros. 24
C
Caitlins 8
CAMPBELL Leslie 43
Mrs 43
Canterbury 8
CARIINGTON Frederic 65
carless days 41
Charleston 22
Christchurch 8
Church of England Grammer 60
cinema 14
CLEMENTS Percy 49
collection items 64
Commercial Hotel 26
CORNES Maybelle 43
COULTER Robert 47
Crossley Transit bus 38
D
dancing 45
debutante balls 42
DELLOW Ann 6
Charlotte 6
Isaac 5
James 2
John 6
Mary 5, 6
Mary Jnr 10
William 7
Designline bus 41
diary 32
DILLON Thomas 25
DIVIS Joseph 28
dressmaking 42
E
Edmonton Park 51
emigration 5
Epsom 58
European Hotel 22
EVANS Joseph 49
Evans Pass 8
F
Falls Park 51
farming 33
Favona 62
Ferrymead 9
FIRKIN Mr 47
FLEMING George 49
flood (Ahaura) 22
flood (Greymouth) 27
fluorescent lights 58
fluorescent tube greenhouse 58
FOX William 9
FRASER Ed 23
fundraiser flights 47
G
GALLOWAY Mr R.H. 47
GAPES James 6
Jane 6
Mary 6
William 6
GODBER Albert Percy 56
GOLDBERG Chas 57
goldfields 22
Gonville 15
GOODWIN Mr G. 57
GOUGH Ben 23
governess 33
greenhouse 58
Grey County Council 23
Grey Valley 23
Greymouth 26, 66
H
Harewood 11
Hastings 47
Hawera 33
Hawke’s Bay 47
Heathcote 9
Henderson 51
Henderson School 51
HERBERT Bill 57
HEWITT Murray 65
HIGGINS John 24
Mrs 25
Hobsonville 54
Hokitikia 29
HOLIHAN Mary 20
Robert 20
Hopalong Cassidy 14
house construction 1, 52
HOWELLS Jess 45
Joe 44
Leonie 43
Ross 43
Steve 44
Don 45
I
Ikamatua 48
immigrant ships 8
Inglis Bros. 37
J
J.A.P. speedway bike 57
Jayne & Haines 42
JOHNSTON Mr T.A. 25
JONES Mr 47
K
Kaiwharawhara 37
Kaiwharawhara Post Office 37
KILGOUR Joseph 66
KINDER John 59
KING Mrs 11
KINGSFORD-SMITH
Lady 46
Sir Charles 46
KNUTZEN Mr H.P. 50
L
Lady Southern Cross 49
Lambton Quay 41
LATTO James 30
Mary 30
LEECH Violet 21
leisure (Henderson) 51
Levesque’s Orchard 56
logging locomotive 50
London 4
LYSAGHT Averil 34
James 33
Mrs 34
Lyttleton Harbour 8
Lyttleton Immigration Barracks 8
M
MacALISTER Robert 40
MANTHEL Mr M.N. 40
MARSH Grace 52
Harold 52
Martinborough 42
Martinborough Town Hall 45
Masterton 42
MATHEW Sarah 18
MATTSON Alf 57
Mawhera Quay 26
MAY Mr 11
McDONALD Norman 49
MITCHELL Charlie 45
MOFFATT Grace 52
John 52
Mokoia 33
MORRIS Frank 51
Jack 51
motorbikes 57
motorcycle sidecars 26
Mount Eden 59
Mount Eden Gaol 59
Mount Victoria tunnel 40
Mrs Pownall’s tea kiosk 51
MUNN Arthur 57
MURPHY Mick 65
Winufreda 65
N
Napier Carnival Air Show 47
Nelson 66
New Plymouth 65
New Zealand Company 7
newspaper run 60
Ninety Mile Beach 49
NOBLE Reg 21
NZ Rail 13
O
O’CONNOR Mr C.Y.O. 24
orchards (Auckland) 56
Oruawharo River 52
Otira Gorge 291
P
Pain & Kerstaw 42
Pararaha Tunnel 50
PARKER George 62
Parnell 60
Parnell Railway tunnel 60
Parnell Rise 61
Parnell School 60
PAUL Miss 60
PEARCE Mr 8
Mrs 8
PEFFERS Mr 60
PEROTTI Geraldo 66
Mr A.J. 66
PETHYBRIDGE John 49
PHILPOTT Mr 6
pictures 14
Piha 50
Plymouth Company 64
POOLEY Dorothy 19
Mr Walter 19
Port Albert 52
PRATT Tom 66
PRNDERGAST Snr 48
PROSSER Hannah 6
Thomas 6
Public Works Dept. 24
Q
R
rag rug 30
railway 13
railway house 61
Rangitoto Island 18
Rangitoto Island Historic Trust 19
rat skin cape 65
REEVES Richard 24
refreshment rooms (Rangitoto) 19
RICKMAN Amy 49
RING James 27
Roseneath trademark 56
ROSS Mrs 43
Rough Riders (S.A. War) 72
S
Saturday Matinee 14
shipping: Burmah 8
Gymeric 72
Regina 7
Waiwera 72
Wanaganella 49
shipwreck (Burmah) 8
silver plated cup 66
silver plating 66
SKINNER William Henry 64
SMITH Syd 37
Solway College Ball 42
South African War 72
South Blackwater mine 28
South Malvern 30
South Malvern School 30
Southern Cross plane 47
SPCA 62
speedway (Auckland) 57
Stagecoach Group 41
stockade (Mt Eden) 59
STRID Bill 51
Cyrus 51
Suburban Hotel 26
SUMNER Alice Barbara 33
SUTTON Millie 58
Swanndri clothing 65
T
Taieri 49
Takapau 47
Takapuna 56
Takapuna Grammer School 56
Taranaki 33
Taranaki Military Settlers 33
Taranaki Museum 64
TARLING James 30
Mary 30
Tasman mail run 47
Te Aroha Aero Club 47
Templeton 12
Thorndon 37
THORNELL Norman 49
THORNTON Capt. 8
trackless tram 37
trolley bus 37
troopship 72
TWYFORD Phil 41
U
Udy’s Orchestra 45
ULM Charles 48
V
VERRAN Charles 56
Verran & Sons 56
W
Waipawa 59
Waihou 47
Waitakere Ranges 68
Waiuta 28
WALLETT John 58
Wallett & Findlayson 58
Wanganui 15
WATSON Dave 41
WAY Alf 57
weatherboard house 52
WEITZEL Charles 22
Wellington 36
Wellington City Council 38
Wellington Wharf 72
West Coast 22
Western Springs 57
Western Springs Speedway 57
Westland 29
Whangarei 13
Wharehine 1, 52
Whitcombe & Tombs 32
Wigram 48
WILLS Miss 60
WITHEFORD Guy 52
Walter 52
WOODALL Mr C.F. 21
WRIGHT Mr 60
X
Y
Young Farmers’ Club 42
Young Farmers’ Club Debutante Ball 42
Z
A
Addington 30
Ahaura 23
Ahaura Bridge 23
Air Training Corps 68
ALLEN Bill 57
ANDERSON Mona 30
Associated EquipmentCo. Ltd 37
Auckland 1, 18, 35, 50
Auckland Gaol 59
Aviation 47
B
baches (Rangitoto) 21
BAGHURST Joseph 72
Sarah Jane 72
ball (debutante) 42
BEBAN Jack 66
beekeeping 20
Birkdale 56
BNZ (Martinborough) 42
botanist 34
BOYD Barbara 43
William Lawrence 14
bridgebuilding (Grey River) 24
Bridle Path 11
British United Traction bus 41
Broadway 60
Brookby 13
Brown & Son 53
building (house) 52
Buller River 68
BURROWS Mr P.F.M. 59
Butler Bros. 24
C
Caitlins 8
CAMPBELL Leslie 43
Mrs 43
Canterbury 8
CARIINGTON Frederic 65
carless days 41
Charleston 22
Christchurch 8
Church of England Grammer 60
cinema 14
CLEMENTS Percy 49
collection items 64
Commercial Hotel 26
CORNES Maybelle 43
COULTER Robert 47
Crossley Transit bus 38
D
dancing 45
debutante balls 42
DELLOW Ann 6
Charlotte 6
Isaac 5
James 2
John 6
Mary 5, 6
Mary Jnr 10
William 7
Designline bus 41
diary 32
DILLON Thomas 25
DIVIS Joseph 28
dressmaking 42
E
Edmonton Park 51
emigration 5
Epsom 58
European Hotel 22
EVANS Joseph 49
Evans Pass 8
F
Falls Park 51
farming 33
Favona 62
Ferrymead 9
FIRKIN Mr 47
FLEMING George 49
flood (Ahaura) 22
flood (Greymouth) 27
fluorescent lights 58
fluorescent tube greenhouse 58
FOX William 9
FRASER Ed 23
fundraiser flights 47
G
GALLOWAY Mr R.H. 47
GAPES James 6
Jane 6
Mary 6
William 6
GODBER Albert Percy 56
GOLDBERG Chas 57
goldfields 22
Gonville 15
GOODWIN Mr G. 57
GOUGH Ben 23
governess 33
greenhouse 58
Grey County Council 23
Grey Valley 23
Greymouth 26, 66
H
Harewood 11
Hastings 47
Hawera 33
Hawke’s Bay 47
Heathcote 9
Henderson 51
Henderson School 51
HERBERT Bill 57
HEWITT Murray 65
HIGGINS John 24
Mrs 25
Hobsonville 54
Hokitikia 29
HOLIHAN Mary 20
Robert 20
Hopalong Cassidy 14
house construction 1, 52
HOWELLS Jess 45
Joe 44
Leonie 43
Ross 43
Steve 44
Don 45
I
Ikamatua 48
immigrant ships 8
Inglis Bros. 37
J
J.A.P. speedway bike 57
Jayne & Haines 42
JOHNSTON Mr T.A. 25
JONES Mr 47
K
Kaiwharawhara 37
Kaiwharawhara Post Office 37
KILGOUR Joseph 66
KINDER John 59
KING Mrs 11
KINGSFORD-SMITH
Lady 46
Sir Charles 46
KNUTZEN Mr H.P. 50
L
Lady Southern Cross 49
Lambton Quay 41
LATTO James 30
Mary 30
LEECH Violet 21
leisure (Henderson) 51
Levesque’s Orchard 56
logging locomotive 50
London 4
LYSAGHT Averil 34
James 33
Mrs 34
Lyttleton Harbour 8
Lyttleton Immigration Barracks 8
M
MacALISTER Robert 40
MANTHEL Mr M.N. 40
MARSH Grace 52
Harold 52
Martinborough 42
Martinborough Town Hall 45
Masterton 42
MATHEW Sarah 18
MATTSON Alf 57
Mawhera Quay 26
MAY Mr 11
McDONALD Norman 49
MITCHELL Charlie 45
MOFFATT Grace 52
John 52
Mokoia 33
MORRIS Frank 51
Jack 51
motorbikes 57
motorcycle sidecars 26
Mount Eden 59
Mount Eden Gaol 59
Mount Victoria tunnel 40
Mrs Pownall’s tea kiosk 51
MUNN Arthur 57
MURPHY Mick 65
Winufreda 65
N
Napier Carnival Air Show 47
Nelson 66
New Plymouth 65
New Zealand Company 7
newspaper run 60
Ninety Mile Beach 49
NOBLE Reg 21
NZ Rail 13
O
O’CONNOR Mr C.Y.O. 24
orchards (Auckland) 56
Oruawharo River 52
Otira Gorge 291
P
Pain & Kerstaw 42
Pararaha Tunnel 50
PARKER George 62
Parnell 60
Parnell Railway tunnel 60
Parnell Rise 61
Parnell School 60
PAUL Miss 60
PEARCE Mr 8
Mrs 8
PEFFERS Mr 60
PEROTTI Geraldo 66
Mr A.J. 66
PETHYBRIDGE John 49
PHILPOTT Mr 6
pictures 14
Piha 50
Plymouth Company 64
POOLEY Dorothy 19
Mr Walter 19
Port Albert 52
PRATT Tom 66
PRNDERGAST Snr 48
PROSSER Hannah 6
Thomas 6
Public Works Dept. 24
Q
R
rag rug 30
railway 13
railway house 61
Rangitoto Island 18
Rangitoto Island Historic Trust 19
rat skin cape 65
REEVES Richard 24
refreshment rooms (Rangitoto) 19
RICKMAN Amy 49
RING James 27
Roseneath trademark 56
ROSS Mrs 43
Rough Riders (S.A. War) 72
S
Saturday Matinee 14
shipping: Burmah 8
Gymeric 72
Regina 7
Waiwera 72
Wanaganella 49
shipwreck (Burmah) 8
silver plated cup 66
silver plating 66
SKINNER William Henry 64
SMITH Syd 37
Solway College Ball 42
South African War 72
South Blackwater mine 28
South Malvern 30
South Malvern School 30
Southern Cross plane 47
SPCA 62
speedway (Auckland) 57
Stagecoach Group 41
stockade (Mt Eden) 59
STRID Bill 51
Cyrus 51
Suburban Hotel 26
SUMNER Alice Barbara 33
SUTTON Millie 58
Swanndri clothing 65
T
Taieri 49
Takapau 47
Takapuna 56
Takapuna Grammer School 56
Taranaki 33
Taranaki Military Settlers 33
Taranaki Museum 64
TARLING James 30
Mary 30
Tasman mail run 47
Te Aroha Aero Club 47
Templeton 12
Thorndon 37
THORNELL Norman 49
THORNTON Capt. 8
trackless tram 37
trolley bus 37
troopship 72
TWYFORD Phil 41
U
Udy’s Orchestra 45
ULM Charles 48
V
VERRAN Charles 56
Verran & Sons 56
W
Waipawa 59
Waihou 47
Waitakere Ranges 68
Waiuta 28
WALLETT John 58
Wallett & Findlayson 58
Wanganui 15
WATSON Dave 41
WAY Alf 57
weatherboard house 52
WEITZEL Charles 22
Wellington 36
Wellington City Council 38
Wellington Wharf 72
West Coast 22
Western Springs 57
Western Springs Speedway 57
Westland 29
Whangarei 13
Wharehine 1, 52
Whitcombe & Tombs 32
Wigram 48
WILLS Miss 60
WITHEFORD Guy 52
Walter 52
WOODALL Mr C.F. 21
WRIGHT Mr 60
X
Y
Young Farmers’ Club 42
Young Farmers’ Club Debutante Ball 42
Z