New Zealand Memories Issue 145 - Contents
Physic for Man and Beast 4
Contributed by Rachel Sonius, Puke Ariki.
Pioneer Motoring in the Good Old Days 10
Ivan Taylor pens the account of a 1913 jaunt.
Nursing Training in the 1960s 14
Instruction began for Alison Wickham in July 1968.
Through My Binoculars 20
Holidays at Maraetai by Belle Robertson Avery.
From the Regions: Otago 23
First Across Cook Strait 32
Roger Strong marks the 100th Anniversary of the flight.
Centrefold: Anticipation 36
Opening of Wellington Airport at Rongotai in 1929.
Old Time Dance Nights 38
Max Cryer reflects on the Saturday night dances.
Horotane Valley 44
A slice of rural Canterbury from Ted Shields.
Eyewitness 48
A first-hand, diarised account by Amy Robinson.
Wellsford – The Early Days 54
Bruce Moss recalls his father’s transfer to a small town bank.
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 57
Memories of Our Lockdown Language 65
Judith Doyle records recent measures.
Mailbox 66
First Use of Kiwi As Unofficial National Symbol 67
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: V-J Day 72
The end of World War Two – 15 August 1945.

Cover image:
Children playing outside St Mary’s
Church in Mornington c.1910s.
Courtesy: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Ref: 35-R479

New Zealand Memories Issue 145 - Index

A&G Price    33
AARD motor car    57
AARD Service Car    57
ABBOT  Mrs    20
advertising    8
aerial topdressing    62
aeroplanes    33
agricultural shows    8
airstrips (Hawke's Bay)    62
All Blacks    67
Allbell Chambers    24
Ancient Briton Hotels    28
ANDERSON  Bruce    72
ANDERSON  Edith    72
ANDERSON  Mr F.V.    72
ANDERSON  Vic    72
Andrew Baty & Co.    10
Arrow River    26
Arrowtown    26
Arthur Barnett Ltd    25
Arthur's Pass    12
Auckland    20
Auckland Central    72
Auckland Motor Co.    35
AVERY  Amy    20
AVERY  George    20
aviation    32
aviation (topdressing)    62
Avro 504K    34
banking    54
Beachlands    20
Bealey Flat    12
Bedford trucks    63
Blackball    28
Blenheim    34
BLOMFIELD  Charles    48
BLOMFIELD  Mr J.C.    67
Blue Book    10
BLYTH  Mr    52
BNZ Masterton    54
BNZ Wellsford    54
Bridge Pa    62
Bridge Pa aerodrome    62
BRINSDON  G.R.N.    31
BUCKLEY  Maurice    34
BULLEN  Mr    34
bullock teams    60
Burwood Hospital    66
Bush Creek    26
C. Carter & Son    25
Cadbury Fry Hudson    25
CAMPBELL  John    60
Canterbury Aero Club    32
CAPE  Peter    39
Cape Terawhiti    34
car horn    72
CARTER  Bill    57
CARTER  Brendon     24
CARTER  Charles    24
CARTER  Irene     25
CARTER  Jack     24
CARTER  June     24
CARTER  Sheryly     25
cartyoon    67
Cass    12
cattle farm    58
Central Otago    28
chemist    4
children's cricket    31
Chineses market gardens    22
Christchurch    32, 44
Christchurch    66
CHRISTIE  David    23
Church of St Faith    48
Clarey's bottle yard    25
Clevedon    21
coaches    13
Cobb & Co.    11
COCHRANE  Fred    12
COOK  C.A.    31
Cook Striat    32
cordials    9
Coulls, Someville, Wilkie    24
country pubs (Otago)    28
Covid19    65
COX  Mr    55
Croix de Guerre    33
CROOK  Jim    62
CULPAN  Harry    55
Culpan's Cash Drapery    55
D. Christie & Co.    23
D'OTT  Mervyn    63
DAGG  Christopher    30
dance steps    43
dancehall    39
dancing    38
Danseys Pass Hotel    28
Dartmoor valley    63
DEAVOLL  Cliff    47
DICKSON  Capt. Euan    32
DIREEN M.    31
Distinguished Flying Cross    33
DIXON  Robert    23
DOONEY  Bill    63
DOUGLAS  Edna    66
drench    6
Dunedin    24
Dunedin Central Fire Station    24
Dunedin Hospital    25
Dunedin Hospital Board    25
Dunedin Railway Station    25
earthquakes    48
East Coast Railway    64
education    55
Eltham    33
entertainment    39
eruption (Tarawera)    48
Eskdale airstrip    62
Farmers Trading Co.    54
farming    45
farming    58
fashion (1968)    14
fashion (dance)    41
Father Christmas    24
ferryman    12
films    56
fires    25
foot xray machine    66
FOX  Basil    62
Fox William    26
Fox's    26
foxtrot    43
fruit picking    46
Galatea    52
GILCHRIST  M.H.    31
Glacier Hotel    12
Glendermid Ltd    25
Glendermids store    24
Glenorchy    27
gold    26
gold armed escort    26
gold rush    26, 28
goldminers    26
Greymouth    11
grocery store    46
Halpin's Creek    13
HAMILTON  Mrs    24
Hamiltons    30
HARRINGTON  Mr    34
HARRISON  R.R.    31
Hastings    57, 61
Hastings Post Office    60
HASZARD  Adolphus    50
HASZARD  Amelia    50
HASZARD  Charlie    50
HASZARD  Clara    50
HASZARD  Edna    50
HASZARD  Ina    50
HASZARD  Mona    50
HASZARD  Mr Charles    50
Hawke's Bay    57
Hawke's Bay Aerial Topdressing Co.    62
Hawke's Bay Earthquake    60
Heathcote    45
Heathcote Valley    46
Heathcote Valley Railway    46
HERVEY  Mr C.W.    35
HEWLETT  Mr C.H.    32
Hogburn gold rush    28
hokey pokey    43
hokey-tokey    43
Hokitika    11
holiday bach    20
holidays    20
Hope Saddle    11
HORGAN  Scott    63
Horotane Valley    44
hospital laundry    25
hospital ward duties    15
HUTCHESON  Major K.R.    31
influenza epidemic    8
Inganguhua Junction    11
Irvine & Stevenson's    25
Irwin's Electrical    24
ISITT  Capt. L.M.    35
J. Mills Ltd    63
Jackson's Hotel    11
KEANE  Farmer    21
KEEGAN  Arthur    30
KENNEDY  James    30
KENNEDY  Margaret    30
kiwis    67
Kumara    11
Lake Rotomahana    48
Lake Tarawera    48
Lake Wakatipu    27
launches    21
LEDGERWOOD  Doug    24
LLOYD  Trevor    67
loader drivers    62
local elections    26
Long's Garage (Wellsford)    55
Longford Accommodation House    11
LUNDUIS  Mr    52
Lyall Bay    36
Mackay Greg    9
Maniototo    28
Maniototo County Council    29
Maori guides    48
Maori waka    48
Maraetai Beach    20
Marine Parade    60
marketing    8
MARSHALL  Euphemia    58
Martin's Beach    56
Masterton    54
McCANE  W.G.    31
McDONALD  Mr and Mrs S.    24
McIVER  Mrs    24
McKENZIE  Saxon    66
McKenzies Dept Store    25
McLeod Bros Ltd    25
McRAE  Mr    52
medicines    4
MERCER  Mr J.C.    35
MEWTON  Tom    30
mining towns    28
MOGRIDGE  Mr    34
MOIR  P.R.    31
Monte Carlo Waltz    41
MOORE  Mr J.E.    32
Mornington    23
Morris Cowley car horn    72
Mosgiel    23
MOSS  Bruce    54
MOSS  Frank    54
MOSS  Mrs    54
motoring    10
motoring guide    10
Mount Tarawera    48
Mt Eden    20
MULDREW  D.D.    31
Municipal Baths (Napier)    60
Murchison    11
MURRAY  Catherine    5
Napier    5
Napier    57
Napier-Taupo Road    57
Naseby    28
Nelson    11
Nelson    72
New Plymouth    4
NICHOLL  Major F.C.P.    35
novelty items    24
Nurses ball    66
Nurses Home    14
nursing    14
nursing booklet    19
nursing rules    19
nursing training    14
NZ Defence Dept.    35
NZ Registered Nurse    14
NZ Young Farmers Club    41
Oamaru    30
OAMARU Territorials Rugby Football Team    31
Ohinemutu    51
Opua Express    54
orchards    45
Otago    23
Otago Central railway    28
Otira    11
Oturehua    28
Owhaoko    57
Palmerston North Hospital    14
pandemic    65
Patearoa    30
Patearoa Hotel    30
PATERSON  Amy    48
PATERSON  James    48
PATTERSON  Glen    62
Petone    5
Petone aerodrome    35
pharmaceuticals    4
pharmacy    4
Pink & White Terraces    48
Piuper Super Cub    63
Plume motor spirit    10
POLLARD  Herbert    21
Porangahau    62
Port Hills    45
Port Hills Dairy    47
Preliminary nursing education    14
PRICE  William Archer    64
Puketapu    58
RADCLIFFE  Frederick    27
rail cutting (East Coast)    64
Reefton    11
remedies    5
Revingston's Hotel    11
RIDDELL  Dawn    66
road map    11
ROBERTS  Alan    47
ROBERTSON  Bill    24
ROBERTSON  James    24
ROBERTSON  Olive    24
ROBERTSON  William    24
ROBINS  M.    31
ROBINSON  Amy Jane    48
Rolleston    13
Rongotai    36
Rotomahana    48
Rotomahana Hotel    52
Rotorua    48
ROWLES  John    14
Royal Air Force    33
Royal Hotel (Naseby)    28
Royal Naval Air Service    33
rugby    67
RUSSELL  J.S    31
SANSTEWR  J.A.    31
Schaef's Garage    11
SEDDON  Richard John    11
SHAW  Captain    21
sheep farming    45
SHIELDS  Cecil    44
SHIELDS  Henry    44
shipping  Hirere    21
shipping  Mountaineer    27
shipping  Olive Jean    21
shipping  Wahine    14
shipping  Wakatere    20
SIZEMORE  J.    31
SLEVIN  Mrs    49
SMALE  Euphemia    58
SMALE  George    58
SMALE  Lyn    59
Sockburn Aerodrome    35
Sowburn    30
Sowburn Hotel    30
St Barnabas (Christchurch)    34
St Bathens    28
ST Mary's (Mornington)    23
St Michael's Church    58
STEWART  Jack    63
Styx    28
supper waltz    43
SYKES  Alfred    4
SYKES  Alice    5
SYKES  Catherine    5
SYKES  Sidney    5
Taranaki Exhibition    8
Tarawera eruption    48
TAVENDALE  A.F.    31
Te Ariki    52
Te Wairoa    50
Thames    33
THOMAS  P.    31
Tiger Moths    62
tomato growers    46
topdressing    62
tourism    28
tourist attraction    48
Trade Certificate    62
transistor radio    14
Trentham    35
truck driving    62
Tutaekuri River    58
Upper Buller Gorge    11
V-J Day    72
vaudeville performer    24
vetinary product    4
Victorian remedies    5
Vulcan Hotel    28
Waihau    63
Waikaka    48
Waimakariri River    12
Waipawa    60
Waipawa Railway Station    60
Waipukurau    64
Wairoa    52
Wairoa River    21
Walsh brothers    34
waltz    41
WARD  Sir Joseph    60
WAY  Mrs    52
Wedderburn    28
Wellington    34
Wellington Airport    36
Wellington Harbour    14
Wellsford    54
West Coast    11
Westport    11
Westport RSA    41
WHALAN  J.G.    31
Whitford Gorge    21
WHYTE  C.L.    31
Wigram    35
WILKES  Mr T.M.    35
Willow Flat    62
WOODHEAD  Glenis    66
wool packs    57
World War One    45
World War Two    72
YOUNG  Col. R.    35

New Plymouth chemist Alfred Sykes knew no bounds when it came to the manufacturing of pharmaceutical, veterinary and household products from 1893. In the brilliant article supplied by Puke Ariki, it is evident that cures, claiming relief from numerous common ailments of the day, abounded from the New Plymouth premises. Concoctions were not restricted to medicines and salves for human maladies alone; marketing encompassed animal drenches and unrelated pharmacy items such as Fly Cemetery Sticky Fly Papers and Sykes’s Herb Beer Extract “with a creamy head like an English Ale”.  An intriguing read. 
 

Max Cryer can be relied upon to have a musically related theme up his sleeve. In this issue Max delves into the subject of the Saturday night dances, where the bud of first romance often blossomed into marriage. (A number of nods from readers at this point we suspect). The entry fee of ‘Ladies a plate’ and a coin from each gentleman was the general rule of thumb. Participants endeavoured to engage with their preferred partner of the evening for the supper waltz. The photograph of the ‘supper lady’, looking somewhat quizzical in the hall kitchen, is a classic.  

Jim Sullivan highlights the sad demise of historic pubs, many dating back to the early gold mining era, in his regional contribution. Some of these irreplaceable buildings have been saved by tourism – particularly premises on and near the Central Otago Rail Trail (a wonderful kiwi experience). New Zealanders are being challenged to explore their own country, and what better time than now! 

Motoring, aviation, nursing, farming and holidays are covered in various forms in this issue. While we can’t thank everyone personally, we are grateful for your willingness to share these life stories.