New Zealand Memories Issue 146 - Contents
Black Coal 4
A Huntly upbringing for author Jeff Taylor.
Farming Over a Century Ago 11
Tony Russell reviews a 1915 copy of ‘New Zealand Farmer’.
Pioneer Hunting of Thar on Mount Cook 12
Paul Dingwall discusses a topical subject.
Growing Up in the 1920s 14
Dannevirke memories from Carol Somervell.
Home and Away 18
David Hill’s “Big O.E.” .
Sheepish Behaviour 21
A spot of humour from Hugh Hickman.
Dominion Day in Wellington 22
Christopher Moor recounts the occasion.
From the Regions: West Coast 26
Cliff the Reluctant Baker 34
Clifford Forrest Owler brought his skills to New Zealand in 1956.
Centrefold: Havelock Stalemate 36
Pictures for the People 38
The Kodak Brownie story written by Alwyn Owen.
The First Road Across the Southern Alps 42
David Relph gives an account of the building and development.
Golden Days in Golden Bay 48
Nelson memories of the 1940s from Ian Sherratt.
From the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The “JA” 72
Eddie Walsh photographed in 1960.
Cover image:
Bennett’s Store at Port Albert,
3 November 1906. (See page 57)
Courtesy: The Albertland and Districts Museum.
New Zealand Memories Issue 146 - Index
A&P Shows 11
AARD service car 68
agriculture 11
air riad drills 59
ALBANI Emma 23
All Convenience Store 35
ALYWARD Doctor 51
American Brownies Club 41
Anatoki River 52
ANDERSON Bruce 64
army baker 34
Arthur's Pass 43, 72
Auckland 34, 56
Auckland Easter Show 35
Auckland Harbour 63
Auckland Harbour Bridge 60
Auckland Town Hall 60
aviation 68
Avondale 62
Avondale Hotel 62
baked products 35
baker 34
BALL Muray 19
banana passion fruit 52
BARNES Jock 6
Bealey 44
Bealey Valley 46
Belmont 58
Belmont School 58
BENNETT Len 56
Bennett's Store 56
BIDDER Doctor 51
Boeing 707 18
bomb shelter 59
Box Brownie 1, 38
BRADBURN Laurie 54
brass band 60
bread delivery 58
breadmaking 34
Brian Boru Hotel 30
BROWNELL Frank 39
Brownie & Co. 37
bull (Jersey) 15
Buller Gorge 26
cable car tramway 31
cage (cable car) 31
cakes (Irvines) 35
Calf Club Day 67
camera 1, 38
campground (Piha) 64
Candlelight 29
Canterbury 12, 42
carless days 69
Casino de Venice 29
CASSIDY Hugh 46
Castle Hill 44
celluloid film 38
Central School (Takaka) 51
Charleston 28
Charleston Tavern 29
cider 52
Civic Theatre 60
CLARK Helen 25
Clevedon 65
coach drivers 46
coaches (horsedrawn) 45
coal 4
coal mine 4
Cobb & Co 44
Cobb Hydro Power Scheme 54
Cobb Powerhouse 48
Commercial Hotel (Greymouth) 30
confectionary 34
Cook Strait 68
Country Women's Institute 7
Craigieburn 45
CURNOW Rev. Tremayne 45
dairy farming 66
dam machinery 54
Dannevirke 14
De Soto motorcar 54
demonstration (supermarket) 35
Denniston 72
Dept of Conservation 12
DICKSON Capt. Euan 68
Dilworth School 66
DINGWALL Richard William 12
DOBSON Arthur 43
Edward 43
George 43
Dodge motorcar 48
Dominion 22
Dominion Day 22
DONNE Thomas 12
Duke of Edinburgh Hotel 62
DUNCAN Mick 51
Mrs 51
Dunedin 23
EASTMAN George 38
Eastman Kodak Company 38
eels 562
European Hotel 28
Farewell Spit 49
Farewell Spit Lighthouse 52
farming 11, 66
farming machinery 11
film (camera) 39
FISHER Maria 65
FOLEY Michael 62
food parcels (strike) 7
footwear retailer 28
FREE John 35
Garrison Band 23
General Foods 35
generator 15
GIBBS Bill 51
Gieseking's Buildings 30
Glacier Hotel 44
Glen Afton 5
goat 53
Golden Bay 48
Golden Boot shop 28
goldmining 43
goldrush 29
GOOCH Albert 50
GOODWIN Rev. Hannibal 38
GRAHAM Peter 12
Greymouth 30
Haast 32
HAAST Julius von 33
Haast Pass 32
HAFIELD Mr 53
HANNAH Robert 28
HARRIS Mr. A 30
HARRISON Beresford 50
Havelock 37
HAVELOCK Sir Henry 37
Havelock North 37
HAWES Tommy 72
Hawke's Bay 37
HAWKINS Ron 72
Hawks Craig 27
haymaking 66
Hermitage Hotel 12
HILL Beth 18
David 18
Helen 18
Pete 18
HISLOP Thomas 23
HODGEKINSON Les 55
HOLLAND Sid 6
horse drawn bus 62
horsedrawn coaches 45
horsemower 66
hunting (Thar) 12
Huntly 4
Huntly East Mine 10
Huntly Maternity Hospital 5
Huntly Primary 8
Huntly Railway Station 7
Huntly Town Hall 9
Huntly Women's Auxiliary 7
IBBOTSON Carol 14
INGER Ed 56
IRVINE Clarrie 34
Clive 34
Irvines Bakery 34
JA Locomotive 72
Jersey bull 15
Kaieriteri 50
KERRY Ida 66
KING Neil 72
KIRK Norman 19
Kodak 1, 38
Kodak Brownie 1, 38
Korean War 6
Lake Paringa 32
lantern slides 38
LEYDEN Trevor 54
lighthouse (Farewell Spit) 52
Limeworks (Riwaka) 53
MADSON Dave 53
Mahuta 8
maintenace buildings (Cobb) 55
Manson & Co. 30
Manukau Harbour 63
marching girls 60
Marton 21
MASSEY William 25
McCALLUM Misses 52
McRAE Joe 66
Model T Ford 67
Mechanics Institute & Library 29
menswear shops 50
milk delivery 58
MILLER Ernest David 65
Graeme 66
Ida 66
Jean 65
John 65
Maria 65
Thomas Boland 65
William 65
mobile shop 54
MOLLOY Mr T.J 30
motoring (Auckland) 63
Motupipi River 51
Mount Cook 12
Mount Wellington 34
Mt Albert 65
Mt Eden 63
MURPHY Des 72
Mutual Life Building 60
Nelson 36, 48
Newman's service cars 51
Newmarket 34
Newtown Park 24
NZ Dept Tourist & Health Resorts 12
NZ Farmer Magazine 1
NZ Police 9
NZ Rail 72
NZ Rail (Huntly) 5
opencast mining 10
opossum 53
Otahuhu 35
Otira 43
Otira Viaduct 47
overseas experience 18
OWLER Clifford 34
George 34
PALMER Bernice 41
Panmure 62
Parliament Buildings 23
pastry (Irvines) 35
Paynes Ford Bridge 53
PEROTTI Mr. G 30
petrol consumption 69
PHIBBS Tommy 72
PHILLIPS Alban 15
Carol 15
Caroline 15
Edith 15
Harold 15
Olive 15
Reg 15
photography 1, 38
Pig & Whistle Hotel 72
Piha 64
Piha boarding house 64
Piha campground 64
ploughing 65
Port Albert 56
Port Albert Show 57
Porters Pass 43
PRINCE John 72
Public Holidays Act 24
Public Works Dept. 32
Pukemiro 4
Pupu Springs 53
RADCLIFFE Frederick George 27
radio (1940s) 5
railway (Huntly) 5
railways 72
Ralph Mine 4
Ramarama 65
Reefton 30
REEVE Norma 67
RICHARDSON James D 62
Riwaka 53
roadbuilding 43
Rotomahna Hotel 66
Rotowaro 5
ROYER father 29
scab miners 5
Seargent's Hill 72
Seddon Memorial Rech 65
sheep 21
shipping Carpathia 41
Corinthic 12
Galileo Galilei 19
HMS Bellona 52
Joseph Fletcher 65
SS Captain Cook 34
SS Wakanui 12
Titanic 41
SMITH Charles Sydney 23
Mary 29
Smith & Caughey 60
SOMERVELL Carol 14
sougar & flour bags 15
Southern Alps 34
St Alban Church 17
St Mathew's (Auckland) 60
staging posts 44
Statute of Westminster Adoptiuon Act 25
steam engine 72
steam tractor 11
strike (coalminers) 5
Sunday School 67
supermarkets 35
T & G Tower 60
TAIT Jim 32
Takaka 50
Takaka Cottage Hospital 51
Takaka Hill 50
Tamaki Dairy Factory 17
Tanfield Potter 60
Taramakau River 31
Tarawera eruption 66
Te Rehunga 14
Te Waikoropupu Springs 53
Te Wairoa 66
Thar 12
tourist hunters 12
tractor 66
trade unions 6
Tramway Hotel 31
transparent film 38
travel 18
Union Church 67
Upper Takaka 54
Upper Takaka Hotel 54
Victorian Hotel 29
Waikato coal miners 6
Waikato River 7
Waikowhai Park 63
Waimakariri River 46
Waimakariri Valley 43
Waitapu 51
WALSH Eddie 72
WARD Jim 72
WARD Sir Joseph 23
Warkworth 65
Waterside Workers Union 6
WEBBER Mr A.C 17
WEITZEL Charles 29
Wellington 22
Wellington Town Hall 25
West Coast 26, 42
Wharehine 56
whitebaiting 51
WILKINS Calude 52
William Dorreen's Hotel 37
WILLOUGHBY Noel 54
WILSON Mrs 65
William 65
WOOD Peter 59
wood chopping competition 57
WOODS Perc 51
World War One 66
World War Two 59
YMCA (Cobb Scheme) 54
YOUNG Jean 65
Zoetroppe 17
A&P Shows 11
AARD service car 68
agriculture 11
air riad drills 59
ALBANI Emma 23
All Convenience Store 35
ALYWARD Doctor 51
American Brownies Club 41
Anatoki River 52
ANDERSON Bruce 64
army baker 34
Arthur's Pass 43, 72
Auckland 34, 56
Auckland Easter Show 35
Auckland Harbour 63
Auckland Harbour Bridge 60
Auckland Town Hall 60
aviation 68
Avondale 62
Avondale Hotel 62
baked products 35
baker 34
BALL Muray 19
banana passion fruit 52
BARNES Jock 6
Bealey 44
Bealey Valley 46
Belmont 58
Belmont School 58
BENNETT Len 56
Bennett's Store 56
BIDDER Doctor 51
Boeing 707 18
bomb shelter 59
Box Brownie 1, 38
BRADBURN Laurie 54
brass band 60
bread delivery 58
breadmaking 34
Brian Boru Hotel 30
BROWNELL Frank 39
Brownie & Co. 37
bull (Jersey) 15
Buller Gorge 26
cable car tramway 31
cage (cable car) 31
cakes (Irvines) 35
Calf Club Day 67
camera 1, 38
campground (Piha) 64
Candlelight 29
Canterbury 12, 42
carless days 69
Casino de Venice 29
CASSIDY Hugh 46
Castle Hill 44
celluloid film 38
Central School (Takaka) 51
Charleston 28
Charleston Tavern 29
cider 52
Civic Theatre 60
CLARK Helen 25
Clevedon 65
coach drivers 46
coaches (horsedrawn) 45
coal 4
coal mine 4
Cobb & Co 44
Cobb Hydro Power Scheme 54
Cobb Powerhouse 48
Commercial Hotel (Greymouth) 30
confectionary 34
Cook Strait 68
Country Women's Institute 7
Craigieburn 45
CURNOW Rev. Tremayne 45
dairy farming 66
dam machinery 54
Dannevirke 14
De Soto motorcar 54
demonstration (supermarket) 35
Denniston 72
Dept of Conservation 12
DICKSON Capt. Euan 68
Dilworth School 66
DINGWALL Richard William 12
DOBSON Arthur 43
Edward 43
George 43
Dodge motorcar 48
Dominion 22
Dominion Day 22
DONNE Thomas 12
Duke of Edinburgh Hotel 62
DUNCAN Mick 51
Mrs 51
Dunedin 23
EASTMAN George 38
Eastman Kodak Company 38
eels 562
European Hotel 28
Farewell Spit 49
Farewell Spit Lighthouse 52
farming 11, 66
farming machinery 11
film (camera) 39
FISHER Maria 65
FOLEY Michael 62
food parcels (strike) 7
footwear retailer 28
FREE John 35
Garrison Band 23
General Foods 35
generator 15
GIBBS Bill 51
Gieseking's Buildings 30
Glacier Hotel 44
Glen Afton 5
goat 53
Golden Bay 48
Golden Boot shop 28
goldmining 43
goldrush 29
GOOCH Albert 50
GOODWIN Rev. Hannibal 38
GRAHAM Peter 12
Greymouth 30
Haast 32
HAAST Julius von 33
Haast Pass 32
HAFIELD Mr 53
HANNAH Robert 28
HARRIS Mr. A 30
HARRISON Beresford 50
Havelock 37
HAVELOCK Sir Henry 37
Havelock North 37
HAWES Tommy 72
Hawke's Bay 37
HAWKINS Ron 72
Hawks Craig 27
haymaking 66
Hermitage Hotel 12
HILL Beth 18
David 18
Helen 18
Pete 18
HISLOP Thomas 23
HODGEKINSON Les 55
HOLLAND Sid 6
horse drawn bus 62
horsedrawn coaches 45
horsemower 66
hunting (Thar) 12
Huntly 4
Huntly East Mine 10
Huntly Maternity Hospital 5
Huntly Primary 8
Huntly Railway Station 7
Huntly Town Hall 9
Huntly Women's Auxiliary 7
IBBOTSON Carol 14
INGER Ed 56
IRVINE Clarrie 34
Clive 34
Irvines Bakery 34
JA Locomotive 72
Jersey bull 15
Kaieriteri 50
KERRY Ida 66
KING Neil 72
KIRK Norman 19
Kodak 1, 38
Kodak Brownie 1, 38
Korean War 6
Lake Paringa 32
lantern slides 38
LEYDEN Trevor 54
lighthouse (Farewell Spit) 52
Limeworks (Riwaka) 53
MADSON Dave 53
Mahuta 8
maintenace buildings (Cobb) 55
Manson & Co. 30
Manukau Harbour 63
marching girls 60
Marton 21
MASSEY William 25
McCALLUM Misses 52
McRAE Joe 66
Model T Ford 67
Mechanics Institute & Library 29
menswear shops 50
milk delivery 58
MILLER Ernest David 65
Graeme 66
Ida 66
Jean 65
John 65
Maria 65
Thomas Boland 65
William 65
mobile shop 54
MOLLOY Mr T.J 30
motoring (Auckland) 63
Motupipi River 51
Mount Cook 12
Mount Wellington 34
Mt Albert 65
Mt Eden 63
MURPHY Des 72
Mutual Life Building 60
Nelson 36, 48
Newman's service cars 51
Newmarket 34
Newtown Park 24
NZ Dept Tourist & Health Resorts 12
NZ Farmer Magazine 1
NZ Police 9
NZ Rail 72
NZ Rail (Huntly) 5
opencast mining 10
opossum 53
Otahuhu 35
Otira 43
Otira Viaduct 47
overseas experience 18
OWLER Clifford 34
George 34
PALMER Bernice 41
Panmure 62
Parliament Buildings 23
pastry (Irvines) 35
Paynes Ford Bridge 53
PEROTTI Mr. G 30
petrol consumption 69
PHIBBS Tommy 72
PHILLIPS Alban 15
Carol 15
Caroline 15
Edith 15
Harold 15
Olive 15
Reg 15
photography 1, 38
Pig & Whistle Hotel 72
Piha 64
Piha boarding house 64
Piha campground 64
ploughing 65
Port Albert 56
Port Albert Show 57
Porters Pass 43
PRINCE John 72
Public Holidays Act 24
Public Works Dept. 32
Pukemiro 4
Pupu Springs 53
RADCLIFFE Frederick George 27
radio (1940s) 5
railway (Huntly) 5
railways 72
Ralph Mine 4
Ramarama 65
Reefton 30
REEVE Norma 67
RICHARDSON James D 62
Riwaka 53
roadbuilding 43
Rotomahna Hotel 66
Rotowaro 5
ROYER father 29
scab miners 5
Seargent's Hill 72
Seddon Memorial Rech 65
sheep 21
shipping Carpathia 41
Corinthic 12
Galileo Galilei 19
HMS Bellona 52
Joseph Fletcher 65
SS Captain Cook 34
SS Wakanui 12
Titanic 41
SMITH Charles Sydney 23
Mary 29
Smith & Caughey 60
SOMERVELL Carol 14
sougar & flour bags 15
Southern Alps 34
St Alban Church 17
St Mathew's (Auckland) 60
staging posts 44
Statute of Westminster Adoptiuon Act 25
steam engine 72
steam tractor 11
strike (coalminers) 5
Sunday School 67
supermarkets 35
T & G Tower 60
TAIT Jim 32
Takaka 50
Takaka Cottage Hospital 51
Takaka Hill 50
Tamaki Dairy Factory 17
Tanfield Potter 60
Taramakau River 31
Tarawera eruption 66
Te Rehunga 14
Te Waikoropupu Springs 53
Te Wairoa 66
Thar 12
tourist hunters 12
tractor 66
trade unions 6
Tramway Hotel 31
transparent film 38
travel 18
Union Church 67
Upper Takaka 54
Upper Takaka Hotel 54
Victorian Hotel 29
Waikato coal miners 6
Waikato River 7
Waikowhai Park 63
Waimakariri River 46
Waimakariri Valley 43
Waitapu 51
WALSH Eddie 72
WARD Jim 72
WARD Sir Joseph 23
Warkworth 65
Waterside Workers Union 6
WEBBER Mr A.C 17
WEITZEL Charles 29
Wellington 22
Wellington Town Hall 25
West Coast 26, 42
Wharehine 56
whitebaiting 51
WILKINS Calude 52
William Dorreen's Hotel 37
WILLOUGHBY Noel 54
WILSON Mrs 65
William 65
WOOD Peter 59
wood chopping competition 57
WOODS Perc 51
World War One 66
World War Two 59
YMCA (Cobb Scheme) 54
YOUNG Jean 65
Zoetroppe 17