New Zealand Memories Issue 140 - Contents
Two Cabbage Trees 4
Western Hills, Whangarei; a boy’s playground. By Alwyn Owen.
250 Years 10
Marking Cook’s first sighting of New Zealand.
Down the Garden 11
A story of convenience by Bev Wood.
Gold Rush to the Inangahua 12
John Rosanowski’s account of West Coast gold prospecting.
Granny White 18
Not your usual grandmother; a story by Gordon Tait.
Dunedin’s Chums Club 23
Elizabeth Pulford’s memories of Chums Club at the State Theatre
Silly Stunts 24
David Hill remembers ‘Capping Week’ in Wellington.
New Zealand Expressions 28
Max Cryer examines our colloquialisms.
From the Regions: Canterbury 30
Life Around a Timber Mill 42
An article by Kaye Dragicevich set in the Far North.
Depression-era Ottoman Box Reveals the Past 50
Megan Blakie examines a piece of vintage furniture.
Rocky Beginnings for a Catholic Boys’ College 52
Matt Elliott on St Peter’s College, Auckland.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 56
Mailbox 66
New Zealand Almost Votes for Prohibition 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : Nothing to Laugh About 72
Administering ‘laughing gas’ for dental pain relief c.1910.
Cover image:
Smoko time at Leyland
O’Brien’s mill cookhouse at
Mangatete /Kaingaroa in the
Far North. Article on page 42.
Courtesy K. Dragicevich
New Zealand Memories Issue 140 - Index
A
Ahiaruhe 65
Ajax mine 17
Akaroa 34
Akaroa Fruit and Milk Co. 35
alcohol 68
ANDERSON James 16
ARMSTRONG Dave 26
Arthur Barnett 50
Arthur’s Pass 30
Ashburton 31
ATKINSON Percy 44
Auckland 52
Auckland Grammer 55
Auckland Timber Co. 44
Awanui 49
Awanui Dairy Factory 49
B
BAIN Family 44
baking (Shacklock) 41
BAYLISS Albert 62
Alison 65
Anne 65
Barry 65
Brian 65
Charles 62
Colin 62
Fay 65
John 62
Kathleen 62
Minnie 62
Sidney 62
Bb Bass 1, 32
BELL Jack 46
Tony 46
BENDALL Bill 44
Black Tuesday 56
Black’s Point 15
BLUNT Blair 41
Tim 41
Boatman’s 14
Boatman’s Claim 14
BOBBETT Bill 44
Charlotte 44
bogie 47
BRADLEY Monsignor 55
Braeburn Station 19
brass band 1, 32
brewery (Akaroa) 34
BRIGHOUSE Joe 46
Mrs 44
Ru 46
Tom 44
Buller River 12
Burke’s Creek 14
BURN Mr 15
Burnham 1, 32
Burnham Camp 1, 32
Burnham Camp Band 1, 32
C
cabbage trees 4
Canterbury 30
CAPLES Mr P.Q. 14
Capleston 14
capping magazine 25
capping procession 26
capping stunts 26
CARROLL 52
Carterton 62
Carterton Rugby Club 64
cartoon (Blomfield) 60
Catholic Church (Auckland) 54
Catholic Diocese 53
CHARTRES Max 32
Chinese diggers 14
Christchurch 1, 32
Christchurch Square 1, 32
CHRISTIE Dave 58
Christmas 22
CLARK Charlie 46
Tom 45
CLARKE John 26
CLEARY Bishop 53
COOK Capt. James 10
COOPER Charlie 48
Liza 48
Coronation Parade 1, 32
Coronation Reserve (Whangarei) 4
CREAN Ethel 38
Margaret 38
Mary 39
Pat 39
Tom 38
D
DANBY Alison 65
DANCE Nathaniel 10
Deadman’s Creek 15
dental surgery 72
dentist 72
Devil’s Creek 15
DEVINE Barbara 44
Bertha 44
Clarence 44
Hazel 44
Jack 44
diggings (Inangahua) 15
DUNCAN Mac 58
DYER Keith 58
E
education 54
expressions (NZ) 28
F
Far North 44
farming 19, 38, 41, 62
FEELY Peggy 44
Tom 44
FISHER Minnie 62
fishing 46
FLINN Harry 44
flooding (Kaikoura) 41
flour mill 34
FOSTER George 44
FREEMAN Family 44
G
garden party 31
Garvey’s Creek 15
general election (1919) 68
GIBB John 40
GODBER Albert Percy 58
gold digger 17
gold diggers’ clothing 13
gold nuggets 15
gold prospecting 12
gold supplies 13
Golden Fleece mine 17
goldrush (West Coast) 12
GRAHAM Bob 41
GRAY Malcolm 64
Great Depression 4, 56, 62
Greenstone Creek 12
Grehan Valley 34
Grey River 13
Greytown 9
Gummer & Ford 54
H
H.S. Lamb & Co. 50
HALL Roger 26
Halswell 31
HAMILTON Douglas 41
Robert 41
Hawarden 36
Hawarden Salesyard Co. 36
Hawera 72
Hawke’s Bay 19
HAYLOCK Charles 34
George 35
Sarah 35
Haymaking 63
HEAPHY Charles 14
Hen & Chicken Islands 53
Hen Island (Tauranga) 53
HERDMAN
Hector Alexander 50
Winifred 50
HOLYOAKE Keith 26
HOPKINS Mr 41
Howell Piano Co. 57
HUNT Patrick 16
I
Inangahua 12
Invercargill Johnson loco 44
J
JARRETT Mr A. 53
JENKINS Ian 16
Jillett’s Whaling Station 61
K
Kaikoura 40
Kaingaroa 44
Kapiti Island 60
Karori 59
KELLY Patrick 16
KILLIAN 52
KING John 58
Marion 19
King’s Chambers (Wlgtn) 57
KINGSFORD-SMITH
Charles 66
Kynnersley 13
KYNNERSLEY Mr 13
L
land dispute 53
Landing Creek 14
Lanes Mill 49
Lankey’s Creek 15
Larry’s Creek 14
laughing gas 72
leper colony 60
LEYLAND Mr 46
Sam 46
liquor referendum 68
LISTON James Michael 53
Liverpool Dave’s Creek 15
LONG Alfred 44
long drop 11
Long Timber Co. 44
LUSK Mr 46
Lyell Creek (Canterbury) 40
Lynton Downs School 41
M
Madman’s 14
Mangatete 44
map of NZ 10
Marist Bros. 54
MASDEN Family 31
Massey Agricultural College 20
Masterton 65
Matau 65
maypole dance 31
McALLISTER James 72
McCONNOCHIE Alec 1, 32
McKEAN Mr W.R. 53
MEENAN James 47
Laura 47
Midhurst 65
military band (Burnham) 32
MILLER Caroline 46
Joe 46, 47
Millie 45
morepork 5
MORETON Dave 4
MORGAN Winifred Lillian 50
Mount Eden 52
Mount Rolleston 30
Mount Eden gaol 53
N
navigation (Cook) 10
NEAVE Digby 31
Neilson loco 49
New Plymouth 65
Ngaio 58
Ngati Toa 61
NICHOLSON Alistair 58
Anne 58
night soil men 11
Nightcaps 32
nightcart 11
nitrous oxide (dentist) 72
NOTLEY Mr 54
NZ Army 1, 32
O
O’DRISCOLL 52
O’MALLEY James 16
Oaro 40
Oaro Post Office 40
OATS John 64
Octagon (Dunedin) 26
ottoman 50
outhouse 11
OUTHWAITE Charles 53
Isa 53
Louise 53
Thomas 53
Victorine 53
William 53
Outhwaite Park 52
OWEN Alwyn 4
Huw 4
P
Painkillers Creek 14
Parkvale 62
Parkvale Primary School 63
Parliament Buildings 27
PATTERSON Charlie 21
Pest Destruction Board 65
pianos 57
PICKMERE Alan 4
picture theatre 59
Porangahau 19
POTTER Mr 15
PRIMMER Bert 4
prohibition 68
Q
quartz gold 16
Queen Elizabeth 1, 32
R
rabbiter 41
Rainy Creek 16
RANGI Corp 32
Rangiputa Beach 46
Rangiputa Post office 47
RAPP 52
READ Ernst 44
Ru 46
Rupert 44
Stan 46
REDMOND John 12
Reefton 12
Regal Theatre 58
ROSS Donald 14
Ross’s Hotel and Store 15
Rosstown 14
RUSSELL Robert William 33
S
sawmill 44
SCOTT Tom 26
SHERMAN Family 46
SHIEL Richard 15
shipping: Clansman 44
Hazel 44
HMS Endeavour 10
Monarch 35
Seagull 47
SKEHAN 52
Slab Hut Creek 17
sluicing 14
SMETHHURST Arthur 58
Victor 58
SMITH Adam 16
SMITH Dorothy 31
smokehouse 46
Soldier’s Gully 15
Soloman’s Tailor 50
SPANKAKES Ernie 48
St Peter’s College 52
state housing 39
steam locomotive 58
stock market crash 56
Stony Batter 14
STRAWBRIDGE Walter 40
SWAINSON William 61
T
Taramakau River 12
Taranaki 65, 72
TE RANGIIHIROA 61
THORNE Mrs 44
Timaru 50
timber mill 42
Tinui 65
toilet paper 11
Totara North 49
tram (double-decker) 56
tramline loco 44
Transit of Venus 10
U
upholstery 50
V
VE Day 58
Victoria University 24
W
Waimakariri Gorge 33
Waimakariri Gorge Bridge 33
Waiorua 61
Waiorua Beach 61
Waipukurau 19
Wairarapa 62
Waitahu River 14
Waitakere Ranges 66
WAKEFIELD Edward 61
WALKER Tom 49
WALSH Joseph 16
WATKINS William 34
Wealth of Nations mine 17
Wellington 24, 56
Wellington Railway Station 58
West Coast goldrushes 12
Western Hills (Whangarei) 4
whaling 61
Whangarei 4
WHITE Basil 20
Geoffrey 19
George 19
Marion 19
WHITE Leo 40
WILLIAMS Rosanna 16
World War One 46, 62
World War Two 66
X
Y
Z
ZOHRAB Mr 6
A
Ahiaruhe 65
Ajax mine 17
Akaroa 34
Akaroa Fruit and Milk Co. 35
alcohol 68
ANDERSON James 16
ARMSTRONG Dave 26
Arthur Barnett 50
Arthur’s Pass 30
Ashburton 31
ATKINSON Percy 44
Auckland 52
Auckland Grammer 55
Auckland Timber Co. 44
Awanui 49
Awanui Dairy Factory 49
B
BAIN Family 44
baking (Shacklock) 41
BAYLISS Albert 62
Alison 65
Anne 65
Barry 65
Brian 65
Charles 62
Colin 62
Fay 65
John 62
Kathleen 62
Minnie 62
Sidney 62
Bb Bass 1, 32
BELL Jack 46
Tony 46
BENDALL Bill 44
Black Tuesday 56
Black’s Point 15
BLUNT Blair 41
Tim 41
Boatman’s 14
Boatman’s Claim 14
BOBBETT Bill 44
Charlotte 44
bogie 47
BRADLEY Monsignor 55
Braeburn Station 19
brass band 1, 32
brewery (Akaroa) 34
BRIGHOUSE Joe 46
Mrs 44
Ru 46
Tom 44
Buller River 12
Burke’s Creek 14
BURN Mr 15
Burnham 1, 32
Burnham Camp 1, 32
Burnham Camp Band 1, 32
C
cabbage trees 4
Canterbury 30
CAPLES Mr P.Q. 14
Capleston 14
capping magazine 25
capping procession 26
capping stunts 26
CARROLL 52
Carterton 62
Carterton Rugby Club 64
cartoon (Blomfield) 60
Catholic Church (Auckland) 54
Catholic Diocese 53
CHARTRES Max 32
Chinese diggers 14
Christchurch 1, 32
Christchurch Square 1, 32
CHRISTIE Dave 58
Christmas 22
CLARK Charlie 46
Tom 45
CLARKE John 26
CLEARY Bishop 53
COOK Capt. James 10
COOPER Charlie 48
Liza 48
Coronation Parade 1, 32
Coronation Reserve (Whangarei) 4
CREAN Ethel 38
Margaret 38
Mary 39
Pat 39
Tom 38
D
DANBY Alison 65
DANCE Nathaniel 10
Deadman’s Creek 15
dental surgery 72
dentist 72
Devil’s Creek 15
DEVINE Barbara 44
Bertha 44
Clarence 44
Hazel 44
Jack 44
diggings (Inangahua) 15
DUNCAN Mac 58
DYER Keith 58
E
education 54
expressions (NZ) 28
F
Far North 44
farming 19, 38, 41, 62
FEELY Peggy 44
Tom 44
FISHER Minnie 62
fishing 46
FLINN Harry 44
flooding (Kaikoura) 41
flour mill 34
FOSTER George 44
FREEMAN Family 44
G
garden party 31
Garvey’s Creek 15
general election (1919) 68
GIBB John 40
GODBER Albert Percy 58
gold digger 17
gold diggers’ clothing 13
gold nuggets 15
gold prospecting 12
gold supplies 13
Golden Fleece mine 17
goldrush (West Coast) 12
GRAHAM Bob 41
GRAY Malcolm 64
Great Depression 4, 56, 62
Greenstone Creek 12
Grehan Valley 34
Grey River 13
Greytown 9
Gummer & Ford 54
H
H.S. Lamb & Co. 50
HALL Roger 26
Halswell 31
HAMILTON Douglas 41
Robert 41
Hawarden 36
Hawarden Salesyard Co. 36
Hawera 72
Hawke’s Bay 19
HAYLOCK Charles 34
George 35
Sarah 35
Haymaking 63
HEAPHY Charles 14
Hen & Chicken Islands 53
Hen Island (Tauranga) 53
HERDMAN
Hector Alexander 50
Winifred 50
HOLYOAKE Keith 26
HOPKINS Mr 41
Howell Piano Co. 57
HUNT Patrick 16
I
Inangahua 12
Invercargill Johnson loco 44
J
JARRETT Mr A. 53
JENKINS Ian 16
Jillett’s Whaling Station 61
K
Kaikoura 40
Kaingaroa 44
Kapiti Island 60
Karori 59
KELLY Patrick 16
KILLIAN 52
KING John 58
Marion 19
King’s Chambers (Wlgtn) 57
KINGSFORD-SMITH
Charles 66
Kynnersley 13
KYNNERSLEY Mr 13
L
land dispute 53
Landing Creek 14
Lanes Mill 49
Lankey’s Creek 15
Larry’s Creek 14
laughing gas 72
leper colony 60
LEYLAND Mr 46
Sam 46
liquor referendum 68
LISTON James Michael 53
Liverpool Dave’s Creek 15
LONG Alfred 44
long drop 11
Long Timber Co. 44
LUSK Mr 46
Lyell Creek (Canterbury) 40
Lynton Downs School 41
M
Madman’s 14
Mangatete 44
map of NZ 10
Marist Bros. 54
MASDEN Family 31
Massey Agricultural College 20
Masterton 65
Matau 65
maypole dance 31
McALLISTER James 72
McCONNOCHIE Alec 1, 32
McKEAN Mr W.R. 53
MEENAN James 47
Laura 47
Midhurst 65
military band (Burnham) 32
MILLER Caroline 46
Joe 46, 47
Millie 45
morepork 5
MORETON Dave 4
MORGAN Winifred Lillian 50
Mount Eden 52
Mount Rolleston 30
Mount Eden gaol 53
N
navigation (Cook) 10
NEAVE Digby 31
Neilson loco 49
New Plymouth 65
Ngaio 58
Ngati Toa 61
NICHOLSON Alistair 58
Anne 58
night soil men 11
Nightcaps 32
nightcart 11
nitrous oxide (dentist) 72
NOTLEY Mr 54
NZ Army 1, 32
O
O’DRISCOLL 52
O’MALLEY James 16
Oaro 40
Oaro Post Office 40
OATS John 64
Octagon (Dunedin) 26
ottoman 50
outhouse 11
OUTHWAITE Charles 53
Isa 53
Louise 53
Thomas 53
Victorine 53
William 53
Outhwaite Park 52
OWEN Alwyn 4
Huw 4
P
Painkillers Creek 14
Parkvale 62
Parkvale Primary School 63
Parliament Buildings 27
PATTERSON Charlie 21
Pest Destruction Board 65
pianos 57
PICKMERE Alan 4
picture theatre 59
Porangahau 19
POTTER Mr 15
PRIMMER Bert 4
prohibition 68
Q
quartz gold 16
Queen Elizabeth 1, 32
R
rabbiter 41
Rainy Creek 16
RANGI Corp 32
Rangiputa Beach 46
Rangiputa Post office 47
RAPP 52
READ Ernst 44
Ru 46
Rupert 44
Stan 46
REDMOND John 12
Reefton 12
Regal Theatre 58
ROSS Donald 14
Ross’s Hotel and Store 15
Rosstown 14
RUSSELL Robert William 33
S
sawmill 44
SCOTT Tom 26
SHERMAN Family 46
SHIEL Richard 15
shipping: Clansman 44
Hazel 44
HMS Endeavour 10
Monarch 35
Seagull 47
SKEHAN 52
Slab Hut Creek 17
sluicing 14
SMETHHURST Arthur 58
Victor 58
SMITH Adam 16
SMITH Dorothy 31
smokehouse 46
Soldier’s Gully 15
Soloman’s Tailor 50
SPANKAKES Ernie 48
St Peter’s College 52
state housing 39
steam locomotive 58
stock market crash 56
Stony Batter 14
STRAWBRIDGE Walter 40
SWAINSON William 61
T
Taramakau River 12
Taranaki 65, 72
TE RANGIIHIROA 61
THORNE Mrs 44
Timaru 50
timber mill 42
Tinui 65
toilet paper 11
Totara North 49
tram (double-decker) 56
tramline loco 44
Transit of Venus 10
U
upholstery 50
V
VE Day 58
Victoria University 24
W
Waimakariri Gorge 33
Waimakariri Gorge Bridge 33
Waiorua 61
Waiorua Beach 61
Waipukurau 19
Wairarapa 62
Waitahu River 14
Waitakere Ranges 66
WAKEFIELD Edward 61
WALKER Tom 49
WALSH Joseph 16
WATKINS William 34
Wealth of Nations mine 17
Wellington 24, 56
Wellington Railway Station 58
West Coast goldrushes 12
Western Hills (Whangarei) 4
whaling 61
Whangarei 4
WHITE Basil 20
Geoffrey 19
George 19
Marion 19
WHITE Leo 40
WILLIAMS Rosanna 16
World War One 46, 62
World War Two 66
X
Y
Z
ZOHRAB Mr 6