New Zealand Memories Issue 150 - Contents
Amazing Grazing 4
Ray Salisbury’s article is set in the Nelson region.
A Night “Round the Telly” 12
Television memorabilia from Christopher Bourn.
The Big Night 16
David Hill was a school prizegiving recipient.
The Town Hall Dance 18
Paul Aubin recalls Dunedin’s Saturday night dance scene.
From the Regions: Northland 24
In Loving Memory of Morrie 34
Bev Wood pays tribute.
Centrefold: Tramping Party 36
Head of the Lake, Te Anau.
Reader’s Response: Triple Tragedy 43
A Brief History of Cheques in New Zealand 44
Written by Andrew Clifford.
Once a Jolly Swagman… 48
Mervyn Dykes gives an account of an extraordinary “swagger”.
Afternoon Tea 51
Quite an occasion in the 1940s as recorded by Helen Hirst.
“Gotta Milk the Blimmin’ Cow” 52
Tony Russell relates a story from his mid-Canterbury upbringing.
Memories of Remuera Primary School During World War II 54
Ann Cryer (nee Patton) was enrolled at school in 1938.
From the Regions: Bay of Plenty / Coromandel 58
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
In Tribute

Cover image:
Inglewood in Taranaki painted
by Christopher Aubrey, 1896.
Collection of Puke Ariki

New Zealand Memories Issue 150 - Index

A
ADAMS Charlie 53
afternoon tea 51
air raid drills 56
AKTV2 13
ALLEN Steve 14
ANSELL Mary 54
ANSELL Michael 54
Anzac Day 55
artist (Aubrey) 38
AUBREY Christopher 38
Auckland 24, 54
Awanui 32
B
baking 51
Balloon Hill 6
ballroom dancing 19
Bank of NZ 44
BARNES Fred 13
BARTRUM Max 54
Baton River Valley 5
Bay of Plenty 63
BEATSON Cecil 9
Guthrie 9
BELL Sir Allen 24
big game fishing 61
BLACK Grace 43
Thomas 43
blackout (WWII) 55
BOSTOCK Eric 24
BOURN Christopher 12
Elizabeth 13
Bowentown 61
Bowentown Beach 61
BRERETON Cyprian 7
BRIAN Peter 13
BRITTEN Des 13
BROWN Joe 21
Peter 54
BRUNNER Thomas 4
BULLOCK Pynson 54
Burton Bros. 36
Butchertown 6
C
CAMERON June 54
camping ground (Mt Maunganui) 63
caravans (Mt Maunganui) 63
CARTER John 47
Carter Holt Harvey 47
CARTHEW Mr P.R. 39
cattle farming 6
CHADBAN Ernie 61
CHAPMAN Jack 43
CHAPPELL George 58
cheques 44
Christchurch 9, 50
CHTV3 13
Civic Theatre 47
coal mining 43
coastal schooner 64
Cobb Dam 11
Cobb Mustering map 8
Cockle Bay 24
Cod Liver Oil 66
COLLINS Jeremy 54
Colonial Bank of NZ 44
colonisation 40
Commonwealth Games 14
Conn River 6
Cook & Co 47
COOPER Oliver 44
Coronation Pier (Tauranga) 63
CRAMER-ROBERTS Ken 54
CRAWFORD Family 67
Crown land 6
CULLEN Fred 52
Culverden 9
D
DAGG Fred 13
dance halls 19
dance programme 18
dancing (Dunedin) 19
DAROUX Louis John 49
Deep Creek 6
Dept of Education 66
DICKSON Ewen 54
DNTV2 13
Dobson 43
DOBSON Arthur 6
Dobson Mine 43
dogs (stock) 10
DOWLING Cathy 14
DUGAN Brendan 13
Duke of Edinburgh 72
Dunedin 19
Dunedin Town Hall 19
Dux Litterarum 17
Dux Ludorum 17
E
economy (Northland) 24
education 55, 66
Edwardian fashion 61
EDWARDS Brian 14
emigration 30
ERSKINE Doddie jnr 43
Isa 43
exploration 4
F
FAMILTON Relda 14
Far North 28
farming 5
fashion (Edwardian) 61
fashion (tramping) 36
fishing competition 28
flooding (Motueka) 7
Flora Saddle 6
food parcels (WWII) 57
FORD Barbara 43
Barbara jnr 43
Bess 43
Bill 43
George 43
Grace 43
Isa 43
James 43
Jess 43
Jim 43
John 43
Johnny 43
Kate 43
Tom 43
FOUNTAIN Johnny 54
FOWLER Ian 54
FRASER Peter 67
Freeman Jackson & Co 45
G
GARVEY Mr 49
GIBBS Isaac 6
Glide motorcar 24
gold diggers 5
gold discovery 44
gold mining 59
Golden Disc Awards 15
GOODWIN Jennie 14
Graham River 5
Graham Valley 5
Greendale 52
GREY George 32
Grey Valley Colliers Ltd 43
Greymouth Municipal Band 43
GRIMMER Don 54
GROOBY Harry 9
Tom 9
H
hangi 67
HANSEN Ann 30
Ella 30
John Tollis 30
May 30
HARDIMAN Pat 54
HAYWARD Maxine 66
head lice 66
HEAPHY Charles 4
HEATH Ash 10
HENDERSON Hugh 16
Herekino 27
high country runs 6
HILL David 16
HOBSON Lt. Governor 44
Hobsonville 34
Hogsnort Rupert 13
HOLMES Paul 13
HOLST Alison 13
Houhora 32
house cow 53
I
incendiary bomb 56
Inebriates Home 50
Iron Lake 7
itinerants 48
J
JACKSON Peter 54
JAMES Billy T 14
JOHNSTON Alma 14
JOHNSTON Mr 66
JONES Russell 17
K
Kaipara Steamship Co 45
Kaitaia 25
Karangahake 58
Kawau Island 32
KEBBLE Mark 54
KEY Ian 54
KLINK Clyde 54
KNAP Mr J 47
KNIGHT Lex 21
Korakia 67
KORBER Heinrich 30
Johann 30
Jurgen 30
Maria 30
Sophie Elisabeth 30
Kororareka 44
L
La-De-Da's 14
LAING Shona 13
Lake Peel 6
Lake Rotoiti 67
Lake Te Anau 36
Land Act of 1877 6
LANG Sir Frederick 24
Latin studies 17
LEA Bert 52
LEARWOOD Suzanne 54
LEE Julian 21
LORD Mr 56
LYONS Billy 7
M
MACKAY James 4
maize 64
Maori Battalion 67
Maori Language 66
map (Northland) 26
Maraehako 64
MARCIEL Capt 50
MARSHALL Isabel 43
James 43
Robert 43
Martha Hill 59
MARTIN Marama 14
MATTHEWS Cecil 17
MATTHEWS Family 32
Maungaturoto Co-op Dairy Co 33
McCARTHY Bill 12
McLEOD Mr and Mrs 66
McMILLAN Family 61
McNEISH James 55
McPhail & Gadsby 14
MEAR Family 67
MELFORD Roy 13
milking 52
MILLS Marion 54
Milton 44
mining accident 43
MOLLOY Michael 15
MOORE Kevan 14

MOREHU Mrs 67
Morris 8 motorcar 35
motoring 1, 24
Motueka River 5
Motueka Valley 9
Moturoa 38
Mount Camel Station 32
Mount Maunganui Beach 63
Mount Taranaki 39
Mourea 66
Mt Arthur 5
Mt Buckley Mine 43
MUNRO Dorothy 54
Mr 66
mustering 7
MYTTON Hugh 11
N
Napier 49
Napier Boys' High 16
Napier Girls' High 16
Napier Municipal Theatre 16
National Bank of NZ 44
Native Affairs Dept 66
Native School Act 66
natural remedies 66
Nelson 4, 30, 72
New Plymouth 38
New Plymouth Girls' 17
New Zealand Banking Co 44
New Zealand Company 4
NGARIMU Lt. 67
Ngatimoti 9
Ninety Mile Beach 28
Northland 1, 24
NORTON Batteyn 5
numismatics 44
NZ Broadcasting Corp. 12
NZ Company Settlement Scheme 30
O
O'BRIEN John Burke 48
Ohinemuri River 59
Ohinemuri River Claim 59
Ohingaiti 49
Ohore 32
Okere 66
Okere Falls 63
Old Time dance 21
Oldsmobile 32
Ophans Club Hall 22
Otago Boys' High 20
Otaramarae 66
P
Paeroa 59
PAHEWA Canon Hakaraia 65
Pakatoa Island 50
Palais de Dance 22
PALMER Mr 67
Palmerston North 50
Parihaka 40
parliamentarians 1, 24
PATTERSON Neil 54
PATTON Ann 54
Perham, Larsen & Co 47
Peria 28
personalised cheques 44
Peter Fraser Design School 67
PETERSON Don 54
Petone 44
Pokororo district 5
Port Ahuriri 17
PRENTICE Suzanne 13
prizegiving (school) 16
PUCKEY Family 32
Q
Queen Elizabeth II 72
QUINN Keith 13
R
RANFURLY Lord 63
Rangataua 47
ration book (WWII) 57
ration coupons 57
READ Peter 13
Recreation Ground 42
REID John 14
Remuera 54
Remuera Primary School 54
Reserve Bank 44
ROBINSON Betty 19
Ern 9
Jack 19
John 54
rock 'n' roll 21
Rotoiti Timber Mill 67
Rotorua 68
Rotorua High School 67
Royal Visit (Nelson) 72
rugby (Napier Boys') 16
S
safe house (WWII) 55
SALISBURY Clara 6
Ernest Adams 6
John Edward 6
John jnr 7
John Park 5
Thomas 5
Salisbury's ferry 5
Salvation Army Home 50
SAMUEL Mr E.J. 24
Sanatorium (Rotorua) 68
Saturday night dance 19
SCHIMDT Heidi 54
school ball 23
school dance 23
SELINGER Eva 54
SHANLEY Janet 54
SHAW Tony 54
sheep drive 9
sheep farming 6
shipping Greyhound 32
Isabella 32
Lady Escott 45
Montezuma 32
Palmyra 30
Prince Alfred 32
Ruapehu 43
S.S. Aotea 45
Saint Pauli 30
Tutanekai 63
SINCLAIR Peter 13
SMITH Beth 17
Snapper Bonanza 28
Snapper Classic 28
SOWMAN Wally 9
SPANHAKE Frederick 30
Otto 30
Sophia 30
SPARKSMAN Dennis 28
Pat 28
Split Enz 13
STEAD Dorothy 54
May 54
STEVENSON Dougal 13
stockmen 10
STRANG Harry 21
Subritzky Homestead 32
SUBRITZKY Archi 31
Bert 31
Frederick 31
Harold 31
Johannes Anton 31
Jurgen 31
Lil 31
Louisa 31
Ludolph 31
Otto 31
Romualdus 31
Sophia 31
Subritzky General Store 31
SULLIVAN Peter 31
sundowner 48
surfboat 64
swagman 48
SWINBURNE John 54
T
Tableland 6
Takaka River 11
talent quests (music) 13
Talisman Gold Mining Co 58
Taranaki 38
Taranaki Maori 40
Tauranga 63
TAYLOR Dick 14
Mr P.C. 33
Te Kaha 64
Te Kaha Hotel 65
Te Kaha Point 65
Telethon 14
televised rugby test 14
television 12
television announcer 13
television producer 12
television programmes 12
TEMPLETON Willy 11
Terrace Gaol 49
Thames 60
Thames-Coromandel Coast Road 60
The Merry Macs 21
The Rumour 13
THOMSON Mr A.D 50
THORN Avelon 11
Ken 10
Martin 10
timber mill 47
TOFT Bill 13
Tokomairiro 44
Tokomaru Farmers Co-op 47
Tokomaru Bay 47
TOLINSON Dan 9
TOOGOOD Selwyn 15
Tophouse 9
trampers 36
Tramway Hotel 58
transport funding 24
trenches (WWII) 56
trout (Cobb Valley) 11
TWENTYMAN Owen 54
U
Union Bank of Australasia 44
V
VAILE Hubert         60
W
WAGENER Louisa 32
Waihgi 59
Waihi Dredging Co 59
Waihi Goldmining Co 59
Waihi-Paeroa Gold Extraction Co 59
Waikino 59
Waiorore 65
Waipawa Building & Inv. Soc. 45
Waipu 33
Waipu Store 32
Waitakere Ranges 34
Waitara 40
WAKEFIELD Capt. Arthur 44
Edward Gibbon 44
WALLACE Muriel 19
Warkworth 24
WELLS Eddie 10
Whakarewarewa 68
Whangamarino School 66
Whangapipiro/Rachel Pool 68
Whiritoa 61
Whitianga 60
Whitianga Hotel 60
Whitianga Wharf 61
WILLIAMS D.O.C. 14
Emma 67
Mrs Togo 66
Winterless North Tour 1, 24
WIXEN Powhiri 66
WNTV1 13
WONG Joan 54
wool 6
woolclasser 17
World War Two 55
X
Y
Z

The Town Hall Dance
Paul Aubin recalls Dunedin’s Saturday night dance scene.

Memories of Remuera Primary School During World War II
Ann Cryer (nee Patton) was enrolled at school in 1938.

In Loving Memory of Morrie.
Bev Wood pays tribute.