New Zealand Memories Issue 153 - Contents
I Join the Normals 4
Primary School Lowlights from Paul Aubin.
Godber’s Lucky Cake 12
Gordon Tait returns with a festive story.
See You at Milford 14
Geoff Skene retraces an epic walk.
Press Ganged! 22
Bill Conroy’s memories of Compulsory Military Training.
World War II Rationing Coupons 27
From John Creamer’s collection of memorabilia.
From the Regions: West Coast 28
Centrefold: Stand Up… Lie Down 36
Pupils at Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten, South Dunedin.
Great New Zealand Train Journeys: The Akaroa Belle 38
John Stackhouse explores “what might have been…”
A New Age: Why Work? Do it Electrically 47
Hear Them Roar! 48
David Hill remembers the Lions at Napier’s McLean Park in 1959.
Novelty Postcards 50
Bruce Isted is an avid collector of this genre.
Gathering Firewood 54
A trip back to Canterbury’s Greendale with Tony Russell.
From the Regions: Auckland 56
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: 72
Free Bus to Wellington’s Cuba Street.

Cover image:
Trainees at Divisions. Raising the flag at HMNZS Tamaki in 1952.
Courtesy: Navy Museum.

New Zealand Memories Issue 153 - Index

A
ADAMS Charles 16
advertising 47
Akaroa 38
Akaroa Belle 38
Akaroa Railway 38
Akaroa Railway Endowment 43
Akaroa Railway League 46
All Blacks 1, 48
AMALFITAINE Evelyn 5
American soldiers 7
American troops 57
ANDREWS Gary 58
Anglican Church 58
appliances (electrical) 47
Archer's punt 29
Arthur River 18
AUBIN Paul 5
Auckland 23, 56
Auckland Domain 60
Auckland Exhibition 60
Auckland Industrial, Agricultural
& Mining Exhibition 60
Awanui 58
axe 54
B
baker (Wellington) 12
Banks Peninsula 40
BELL Robert 5
Belmont 65
Binet Intelligence Test 6
Black Orpingtons 32
blacksmith 64
BLACKWELL Beverley 59
BLACKWELL Les 58
BLACKWOOD Ngaire 5
blasting (logs) 54
Bluff 19
BRADSHAW Arthur 21
bridle tracks 66
British and Irish Lions 1, 48
BROADBENT Winston 14
BUCKLE Bishop Ted 58
Buller Gorge 28
Bycroft's windmill 63
C
Califig 8
Canterbury 54
CAULTON Ralph 49
Cementation Construction Ltd 64
charms (Christmas pudding) 12
Christchurch 39
Christmas cake 12
Christmas pudding 12
CLAIRE Lesley 5
Yvonne 5
CLARKE Don 49
Clinton River 14
Clinton Valley 16
coal range 54
coins (Christmas cake) 12
comics 6
communication (postcards) 50
Compulsory Military
Training Act 23
Compulsory Naval Rating 22
COOK Bobby 5
coupons (rationing) 27
Criterion Hotel 56
crosscut saw 54
crowbar 54
Cuba Street Mall 72
D
Dairy Flat 66
DALGLEISH John 5
DAVIES Terry 49
DAWSON Ronnie 48
De Luxe Skating Rink 7
Deep Cove 19
Dept of Tourism &
Health Resorts 17
DIGNAN Peter 60
Dobson mining disaster 69
DODDS Ian 10
Jimmy 10
Tommy 10
dredge (gold) 30
Dunedin 4, 19
Duvauchelle 44
E
education 4, 32
Edwardian postcards 50
electrical appliances 47
Ellesmere & Forsy
Lake Reclamation 43
ELLIOTT George 60
Empire Theatre (Dunedin) 8
engineering (Akaroa) 44
epidemics (1940s) 8
Exhibition (Auckland) 60
F
farming 66
fashion (Edwardian) 65
Fiordland 16
fire (Glade House) 20
firewood 54
Foveaux Strait 19
fruit industry 66
fundraising 58
G
GARRETT Miss 6
Glade House 14
Glen Eden 64
GODBER James 12
gold dredge 30
gold mining 30
GOODFELLOW James 67
GovernmentTourist Dept 15
Grand Theatre (Dunedin) 9
grapes (Dairy Flat) 66
GRAY Arnold 5
Great Barrier Island 58
Great Barrier Island
Interdenominational Church
Community Centre 58
Great Depression 45
GREEN George 67
Greendale 54
Greymouth 29
Greymouth Wharf 29
gumdiggers 66
H
Half Moon Bay 58
HAMER Vera 14
HARGREAVE Harry 6
HARRISON Bill 64
Harrison Cove 19
Hauraki Gulf 23
Hawk's Crag 28
Hawke's Bay 1, 48
Hawkins River 54
HEAPHY Charles 19
HENRY Noel 5
HILL Clem 6
Hokitika 30
Holy Name School 10
Homer Saddle 21
Homer Tunnel 21
HOOK Jane 5
horse tram 65
horse-drawn coach 28
Horseshoe Bush 66
I
illnesses (1940s) 8
Inangahua 29
Inangahua River 29
J
JACKSON Peter 49
JEFF Charles 67
JOBLIN Mr A. 43
JOHNSON Alf 68
JOHNSTON Tom 48
JOHNSTONE Mrs U.M. 29
K
Kaitaia 58
KANE Hope 14
Kaukapakapa saleyards 67
KAY Stan 54
kindergarten 36
KNOWLES Miss 6
L
Labour Government (1958) 23
Lake Gunn 21
Lake Kaniere 30
Lake Te Anau 14
Lammocks (Navy) 23
land reclamation 43
Lane's Emilsion 8
LEWIS George 64
LINDT John 16
Lion Peak 15
Little River 38
Little River Branch Line 42
Little River Marae 40
Lucas Creek 66
Luncheon Cove 19
M
MacDONALD Arch 14
MacKINNON Quintin 16
MacKinnon Pass 18
Magpies, The 48
Maltexo 8
Manapouri 19

MANSFIELD Katherine 12
MARSH Harold 68
MASSEY William 60
Masterton 69
MATHESON Joan 5
maul and wedges 54
Mayfair Theatre (Dunedin) `9
McCARTHY Winston 49
McEWEN Margaret 5
McLACHLAN Ross 5
McMILLER Mr J. K. 11
medicines 8
MEDLAND John 58
Medland Valley 58
Medlands Beach 58
Methodist Church 58
Milford Sound 14
Milford Track 14
MILLER Harry 6
MITCHELL Ernest 16
Mitre Peak 15
MORETON Roas 21
Morris 8 32
MORTON Samuel 16
Motuihe Island 23
Mount Eden 62
Mt Eden Borough Council 63
MURPHY Ron 5
MURRAY David 5
Murrell's track 19
N
Narrow Neck 65
National Electrical & Engineering
Co Ltd 47
National Government (1949) 23
National Service Reg. Act 23
Naval Training Establishment 23
Navy regulations 23
Ngai Tahu 16
Ngai Tahu Maori 40
Ngati Toa 40
Normal School (Dunedin) 4
North Dunedin 11
novelty postcards 50
NZ Army 23
NZ Railways 32
O
O'REILLY Tony 49
Oamaru 8
Octagon Theatre (Dunedin 9
Omanui 16
Onawe 40
orchards 66
Otago 4, 14
Otago Tramping Club 14
Otahuhu 56
Otira 32
Otira Tunnel 45
P
Pahiatua 69
Pallo washing machine 34
Papakura Station 57
PARRY Mr E. 45
party line telephone 34
pictures, the 8
Pineau Noir grape 67
plum pudding 12
Pompalona Hut 17
Port Chalmers 20
Porters Pass 32
postcard collecting 50
postcard varieties 50
POTTS Delbert 69
pounamu 16
Puketua 66
Q
R
R.N. Seaman's Manual 23
Rachel Reynolds Kindergarten 36
radio 9
Radio 4ZB 9
raffles (WWI) 12
railway 38
ration books 27
rationing coupons 27
real esatae (Belmont) 65
Regent Theatre (Dunedin) 9
RHODES Heaton 43
RICHARD Frank 5
Rimu 30
Rimu Gold Dredging Co 30
RING Allen 5
James 29
roading (Buller Gorge) 28
roading (Southland) 21
roadroller 68
Royal NZ Navy 23
Rodney Mounted Rifles 68
Ross 32
ROWE Richard 5
Royal NZ Air Force 23
rugby 1, 48
rugby tests 48
S
Sandfly Point 17
school buildings (Waitaha) 35
school lunch 10
SCHREIFFER Lorraine 5
SCOTLAND Ken 49
sealer's huts 19
servicemen's camps 57
sheep (Mt Eden) 62
SHEPHERD Bill 50
Mr J. A. 68
Ruby 50
shipping Fairmile 23
HMNZS Kiwi 25
HMNZS Tamaki 23
Kotare 18
Maori 29
S.S. Hinemoa 20
SKYFIELD Daniel 5
SMITH Judith 32
Malcolm 32
smithy (Glen Eden) 64
Solway camp 69
South Dunedin 36
South Westland 32
Southland 14
sport 1, 48
SQUIRES Frank 14
St John's Church 58
Staff's Foure Square 62
State Theatre (Dunedin) 8
STOKER Rev. Ken 58
STOKES Misses 10
Strand Theatre (Dunedin) 9
SUBRITZKY Basil 58
Bert 58
Subritzky Shipping 58
SUTHERLAND Donald 16
Elizabeth 16
Sutherland Falls 19
T
Takapuna 65
Takapuna Beach 65
TANGATA HARA 40
Te Anau 14
Te Ara a Kiwa 16
Te Rauparaha 40
teaching 4
telephone (party line) 34
Tilley petrol lamp 32
TOMPKINS Mrs 6
tourism 14
tourism railway 42
tramping 14
tramway 72
transport (Wellington) 72
TURNER Dawn 5
TYNDALL Miss 6
U
US soldiers 7
Union Street School 7
US Marines 69
V
viticulture 67
von GUERARD Eugene 16
W
W. Parsons & Sons 65
Wade, The 66
Waiheke 58
Waikumete Hill 64
Waitaha 32
Waitaha Valley School 32
Warkworth 68
wedding cake 12
Wellington 12, 72
Wellsford 68
Wellsford Station 68
West Coast 28
Whitcombe's Progressive Primers 6
Wilmot Pass 19
windmill (Bycroft's) 63
wine 67
World War Two 27, 57
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Y
Z