New Zealand Memories Issue 144 - Contents
My First Day at School 4
Jeanette Grant remembers even the smallest details.
High Country Life During the War 10
David Relph was raised near the Southern Alps.
Granny’s Recipe and Cookery Books 14
Passing down the knowledge: by Bruce Isted.
1950s Tauranga 16
Trish McBride emigrated from Lancaster, in Britain, to Tauranga.
On Time 22
John de Bonnaire relates the history of a grandfather clock.
From the Regions: Nelson / Marlborough 24
A Seaside Jaunt 34
Special excursion trams leave Cathedral Square, Christchurch.
Centrefold: New Brighton Pier 36
Gold is Where You Find It 38
Lesley Treweek gives an account of her grandfather.
Hooked on Rag Rugs 46
June Peka carries on a family tradition.
Memories of Napier 48
Ralph Levinson writes,“baby boomer looks back”.
New Zealand Licence Plates 1906-1965 52
An extensive history from Graham Freeman.
The Power of Advertising… 55
Holidaying on My Relations’ Farm 56
Ted Shields treasured the time spent at Kia Ora.
From the Regions: Taranaki 60
Moehanga - the First Mãori to Visit England 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice : Born Actors 72
Cover images:
Hot air balloon at Pukekura Park.
Inset of a Taranaki postcard.
Both courtesy: Puke Ariki. References: PH2009-328 and ARC2008-322
New Zealand Memories Issue 144 - Index
A & T Burt 40
A&P Show 19
Abel Tasman National Park 30
advertisments 37, 55
Alvan Clark telescope 67
ANDERSON Bruce 72
ANDREWS Frank 67
Arapawa Island 26
ARIS Bernard 67
astromony 67
athletics 39
Auckland 4, 21
AUSTIN Rod 67
band rotunda (Blenheim) 29
BARRETT Dicky 62
Bendigo 43
BENNETT Annie May 64
BENNETT George William 64
Blenheim 29
Blenheim Borough Council 29
BLUNDELL Rev. Oscar 67
Brighton Pier 34
BROWN Charles Armitage 66
BURNELL Dame Jocelyn 67
Cardiff 61
Cardiff Co-op Dairy Co. Ltd 61
CARTER William 64
Cathedral Square (Christchurch) 35
Caversham 39
Caversham Harriers Club 38
Caversham School 38
CAWTHORN Martin 26
Cawthorne & Associates 26
Central Otago 43
chanting (school) 9
cheese factory 61
children's games 4
Christchurch 33
Christchurch 46
CLARKE Jeanette 4
CLARKE Mayor J. 67
CLARKE Mrs 6
CLARKE Reay 4
CLEGHORN Dr George 29
Club Hotel (Waitara) 68
COCHRAN Vita 46
Cook Strait 26
cookery books 14
Correspondence School 12
CRAWFORD Esmena 9
cross country running 39
dances (Oamaru) 57
Darracq Flying 15 Roadster 52
de BONNAIRE Julia 23
de BONNAIRE Stanley 23
Dept. of Conservation 30
DOBBIN Mr J.S. 64
DOBSON Alffred 29
Donaghys Rope & Twine Co. 63
Dover Patrol 41
Dunedin 40
Dunedin 63
Economist Drapers (Waitara) 68
education 4
Education Act 4
emigrants (Scottish) 38
emigration 16
engineering 38
entertainment (1940s) 48
farming 30
farming 56
FIELD Ada Matilda 14
FIELD James Henry 14
FIELD Ruby Jordan 14
fire (Nelson) 33
Fishing Bay 26
FITZGERALD Mrs 6
flax (Taranaki) 62
Flax leaf fibre 62
Flax mill 62
Foxton 63
games (children) 5
Garrison Band 29
Geraldine 48
German U-Boats 42
GLADSTONE Nicolas 67
GLASGOW Lord 36
gold dredge 43
Goldlight Co. 43
Goldlight dredge 43
goldmining 1, 38
goldmining 43
grandfather clock 22
Greerton 17
GRIFFIN Arthur 33
Guy Fawkes 50
haka 18
HALE Fred 29
HANDCOCK Brian 30
HANDCOCK Edith Annie 30
HANDCOCK John William 30
HANDCOCK Lawrence 30
HANDCOCK Marjory 30
HANDCOCK Rex 30
harpoons 26
Hartleys (Tauranga) 20
harvesting 56
High Peak sheep farm 10
Hillside Workshops 40
holidays (Oamaru) 56
Home Guard 13
Hongi Hika 68
horse-tram trailers 35
hot air balloon 65
Inglewood 64
INNES Janet 23
INNES John 23
INNES Julia 23
Invercargill 40
Invercargill Railway Hotel 39
Jeal's bus 10
JONES Frederick N. 33
Kakanui River 59
Kempthorne Prosser Ltd 38
KEMTHORNE Thomas 40
Kia Ora 56
Kia Ora School 56
KING Lt. Govenor 62
Kiwi 33
KLINGENDER Rev. 30
Land Wars 66
Levin 22
LEVINSON Clarence Bill 48
LEVINSON Jenny 49
LEVINSON Linda 48
LEVINSON Milliant 48
LEVINSON Ralph 48
Licence Plates 52
light bulbs 55
locomobile (motorcar) 40
MANSAGH Denis 72
MANSAGH Graham 72
MANSON George 30
Maori 62
Marine Dept 26
Marlborough 24
Marlborough Sounds 26
MARTIN Fred 29
Mashland Hill 66
Masonic Hotel (Waitara) 68
Matapihi 20
Maungawhau School 4
McALLISTER James 68
McCormack Deering harvester 56
McDOUGALL Helen 38
McINTOSH Mr G.W. 29
McKNIGHT Alma 38
McKNIGHT George 1, 38
McKNIGHT Hazel 43
McKNIGHT Helen 38
McKNIGHT Ian 40
McKNIGHT Joy 43
McKNIGHT William 38
MERCER Mr A. 39
Moehanga 68
MONK Fanny 46
MONK Henry 46
MONK Jane 46
MOORE Patrick 67
Motor Boat Service 40
motor licences 52
motor vehicle registration 52
Mount Eden 4
Mount Maunganui 20
MURDOCH Bill 18
MURDOCH Di 17
MURDOCH Freda 18
MURDOCH Jane 18
MURDOCH Jim 17
MURDOCH Trish 18
Napier 48
NBARNES Jim 39
Nelson 32
New Brighton 33
New Brighton beach 36
New Brighton Pier Co. 36
New Brighton Tramway Co. 35
New Plymouth 65
New Plymouth Astronomical Soc. 66
New Plymouth Observatory 66
NEWPORT Edith Annie 30
Ngapuhi 68
Ngapuhi chiefs 68
Nordish emigrants 15
NORGROVE Ted 29
NZ Cross Countrty Championship 40
NZ Society of Genealogists 14
Oamaru 56
oats 56
One Tree Hill 21
Opunake 63
Orari Bridge 48
OSBORNE Jane Maud 15
Osram light bulbs 55
Palmerston North 14
Parihaka pa 62
PATCHETT Tom 29
PERANO Joseph 26
perfume manufacture 28
Picton 24
Picton Port 25
Plunket Society 48
Port Chalmers 39
Port William 62
power generator (farm) 13
Prince Philip 50
promotional phootgraphy 72
publicity 55, 72
Pukekura Park 65
Pukenui 14
Purangi 68
Purangi pa 68
Queen Elizabeth II 50
rabbiting 58
rag rugs 46
railway construction 33
Railway Hotel (Inglewood) 64
Rakaia Gorge 13
READ Ken 23
READ Peter 67
recipe books 15
recipes 14
RELPH bMichael 11
RELPH David 11
RELPH John 11
RELPH Peter 11
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves 41
Royal Tour (1953) 50
Rutherford's Flax Mill 63
Sanson 14
scheep farming 10
school classrooms 5
school clothing 6
school dental clinic 6
school lessons 9
school milk 7
seaside (Brighton) 34
sedan cab driver (Dunedin) 41
Selwyn River 10
shearing 11
SHEPHERD Ruby Jordan 14
SHEPHERD William Henry 14
shipping Aramoana 26
shipping Coastal Motor Boat 15, 41
shipping Ferret 68
shipping HMS Vindictive 41
shipping Lady Barkly 30
shipping Looma 27
shipping Novding 15
shipping Orca 27
shipping TSS Captain Cook 16
shipping Tuatea 27
Sisters of Joseph of Cluny 17
SMALE Rewi 29
SMITH Fanny 46
SMITH Ngaire 46
St Mary's Convent 17
Stewart Island 62
Sunday School picnic 34
surfboards 36
SVENDSON Jane Maud 15
SVENDSON Svend 15
Tadmor Saddle 32
Taranaki 60
Tauranga 16
Tauranga College 20
Tauriko 19
Te Mahanga 68
telescope (New Plymouth) 67
TODD Alison 21
Topless Bros. 68
Tory Channel Whaling Station 26
tram excursions 35
tram terminus (Christchurch) 33
trams (Christchurch) 34
TRATHEN Ben 33
Trathene & Co. (drapers) 33
Trinity Methodist Church (Wanganui) 14
Victory Medal (WWI) 42
Waikato (chief) 68
Waitara 68
Waitara Bridge 68
WALKER Johnny 30
Wanganui 14
water filter company 72
wedding 23
Westshore 48
whale boats 26
whale oil 27
whale research scientist 26
whales 26
whaling station 26
Whariwharangi Bay 30
WHEELER Alma Isabella 40
WHEELER Isabella 40
WHEELER John 40
WHITE Miss 6
Windwhistle 10
Windwhistle School 12
WISE Ethel 22
WISE George 22
WISHART Linda 6
WISHART Neville 6
WOODS Mr 6
World War One 40
World War Two 1, 10, 38
Yatton Park 20
Zeebrugge Bell 42
Zeebrugge Raid (WWI) 42
A & T Burt 40
A&P Show 19
Abel Tasman National Park 30
advertisments 37, 55
Alvan Clark telescope 67
ANDERSON Bruce 72
ANDREWS Frank 67
Arapawa Island 26
ARIS Bernard 67
astromony 67
athletics 39
Auckland 4, 21
AUSTIN Rod 67
band rotunda (Blenheim) 29
BARRETT Dicky 62
Bendigo 43
BENNETT Annie May 64
BENNETT George William 64
Blenheim 29
Blenheim Borough Council 29
BLUNDELL Rev. Oscar 67
Brighton Pier 34
BROWN Charles Armitage 66
BURNELL Dame Jocelyn 67
Cardiff 61
Cardiff Co-op Dairy Co. Ltd 61
CARTER William 64
Cathedral Square (Christchurch) 35
Caversham 39
Caversham Harriers Club 38
Caversham School 38
CAWTHORN Martin 26
Cawthorne & Associates 26
Central Otago 43
chanting (school) 9
cheese factory 61
children's games 4
Christchurch 33
Christchurch 46
CLARKE Jeanette 4
CLARKE Mayor J. 67
CLARKE Mrs 6
CLARKE Reay 4
CLEGHORN Dr George 29
Club Hotel (Waitara) 68
COCHRAN Vita 46
Cook Strait 26
cookery books 14
Correspondence School 12
CRAWFORD Esmena 9
cross country running 39
dances (Oamaru) 57
Darracq Flying 15 Roadster 52
de BONNAIRE Julia 23
de BONNAIRE Stanley 23
Dept. of Conservation 30
DOBBIN Mr J.S. 64
DOBSON Alffred 29
Donaghys Rope & Twine Co. 63
Dover Patrol 41
Dunedin 40
Dunedin 63
Economist Drapers (Waitara) 68
education 4
Education Act 4
emigrants (Scottish) 38
emigration 16
engineering 38
entertainment (1940s) 48
farming 30
farming 56
FIELD Ada Matilda 14
FIELD James Henry 14
FIELD Ruby Jordan 14
fire (Nelson) 33
Fishing Bay 26
FITZGERALD Mrs 6
flax (Taranaki) 62
Flax leaf fibre 62
Flax mill 62
Foxton 63
games (children) 5
Garrison Band 29
Geraldine 48
German U-Boats 42
GLADSTONE Nicolas 67
GLASGOW Lord 36
gold dredge 43
Goldlight Co. 43
Goldlight dredge 43
goldmining 1, 38
goldmining 43
grandfather clock 22
Greerton 17
GRIFFIN Arthur 33
Guy Fawkes 50
haka 18
HALE Fred 29
HANDCOCK Brian 30
HANDCOCK Edith Annie 30
HANDCOCK John William 30
HANDCOCK Lawrence 30
HANDCOCK Marjory 30
HANDCOCK Rex 30
harpoons 26
Hartleys (Tauranga) 20
harvesting 56
High Peak sheep farm 10
Hillside Workshops 40
holidays (Oamaru) 56
Home Guard 13
Hongi Hika 68
horse-tram trailers 35
hot air balloon 65
Inglewood 64
INNES Janet 23
INNES John 23
INNES Julia 23
Invercargill 40
Invercargill Railway Hotel 39
Jeal's bus 10
JONES Frederick N. 33
Kakanui River 59
Kempthorne Prosser Ltd 38
KEMTHORNE Thomas 40
Kia Ora 56
Kia Ora School 56
KING Lt. Govenor 62
Kiwi 33
KLINGENDER Rev. 30
Land Wars 66
Levin 22
LEVINSON Clarence Bill 48
LEVINSON Jenny 49
LEVINSON Linda 48
LEVINSON Milliant 48
LEVINSON Ralph 48
Licence Plates 52
light bulbs 55
locomobile (motorcar) 40
MANSAGH Denis 72
MANSAGH Graham 72
MANSON George 30
Maori 62
Marine Dept 26
Marlborough 24
Marlborough Sounds 26
MARTIN Fred 29
Mashland Hill 66
Masonic Hotel (Waitara) 68
Matapihi 20
Maungawhau School 4
McALLISTER James 68
McCormack Deering harvester 56
McDOUGALL Helen 38
McINTOSH Mr G.W. 29
McKNIGHT Alma 38
McKNIGHT George 1, 38
McKNIGHT Hazel 43
McKNIGHT Helen 38
McKNIGHT Ian 40
McKNIGHT Joy 43
McKNIGHT William 38
MERCER Mr A. 39
Moehanga 68
MONK Fanny 46
MONK Henry 46
MONK Jane 46
MOORE Patrick 67
Motor Boat Service 40
motor licences 52
motor vehicle registration 52
Mount Eden 4
Mount Maunganui 20
MURDOCH Bill 18
MURDOCH Di 17
MURDOCH Freda 18
MURDOCH Jane 18
MURDOCH Jim 17
MURDOCH Trish 18
Napier 48
NBARNES Jim 39
Nelson 32
New Brighton 33
New Brighton beach 36
New Brighton Pier Co. 36
New Brighton Tramway Co. 35
New Plymouth 65
New Plymouth Astronomical Soc. 66
New Plymouth Observatory 66
NEWPORT Edith Annie 30
Ngapuhi 68
Ngapuhi chiefs 68
Nordish emigrants 15
NORGROVE Ted 29
NZ Cross Countrty Championship 40
NZ Society of Genealogists 14
Oamaru 56
oats 56
One Tree Hill 21
Opunake 63
Orari Bridge 48
OSBORNE Jane Maud 15
Osram light bulbs 55
Palmerston North 14
Parihaka pa 62
PATCHETT Tom 29
PERANO Joseph 26
perfume manufacture 28
Picton 24
Picton Port 25
Plunket Society 48
Port Chalmers 39
Port William 62
power generator (farm) 13
Prince Philip 50
promotional phootgraphy 72
publicity 55, 72
Pukekura Park 65
Pukenui 14
Purangi 68
Purangi pa 68
Queen Elizabeth II 50
rabbiting 58
rag rugs 46
railway construction 33
Railway Hotel (Inglewood) 64
Rakaia Gorge 13
READ Ken 23
READ Peter 67
recipe books 15
recipes 14
RELPH bMichael 11
RELPH David 11
RELPH John 11
RELPH Peter 11
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves 41
Royal Tour (1953) 50
Rutherford's Flax Mill 63
Sanson 14
scheep farming 10
school classrooms 5
school clothing 6
school dental clinic 6
school lessons 9
school milk 7
seaside (Brighton) 34
sedan cab driver (Dunedin) 41
Selwyn River 10
shearing 11
SHEPHERD Ruby Jordan 14
SHEPHERD William Henry 14
shipping Aramoana 26
shipping Coastal Motor Boat 15, 41
shipping Ferret 68
shipping HMS Vindictive 41
shipping Lady Barkly 30
shipping Looma 27
shipping Novding 15
shipping Orca 27
shipping TSS Captain Cook 16
shipping Tuatea 27
Sisters of Joseph of Cluny 17
SMALE Rewi 29
SMITH Fanny 46
SMITH Ngaire 46
St Mary's Convent 17
Stewart Island 62
Sunday School picnic 34
surfboards 36
SVENDSON Jane Maud 15
SVENDSON Svend 15
Tadmor Saddle 32
Taranaki 60
Tauranga 16
Tauranga College 20
Tauriko 19
Te Mahanga 68
telescope (New Plymouth) 67
TODD Alison 21
Topless Bros. 68
Tory Channel Whaling Station 26
tram excursions 35
tram terminus (Christchurch) 33
trams (Christchurch) 34
TRATHEN Ben 33
Trathene & Co. (drapers) 33
Trinity Methodist Church (Wanganui) 14
Victory Medal (WWI) 42
Waikato (chief) 68
Waitara 68
Waitara Bridge 68
WALKER Johnny 30
Wanganui 14
water filter company 72
wedding 23
Westshore 48
whale boats 26
whale oil 27
whale research scientist 26
whales 26
whaling station 26
Whariwharangi Bay 30
WHEELER Alma Isabella 40
WHEELER Isabella 40
WHEELER John 40
WHITE Miss 6
Windwhistle 10
Windwhistle School 12
WISE Ethel 22
WISE George 22
WISHART Linda 6
WISHART Neville 6
WOODS Mr 6
World War One 40
World War Two 1, 10, 38
Yatton Park 20
Zeebrugge Bell 42
Zeebrugge Raid (WWI) 42