New Zealand Memories Issue 154 - Contents
The Roar of the Four Merlins 4
John Stackhouse recounts an episode from World War II.
Train Adventures 12
‘Taihape was a busy town on the main trunk,’ writes Ian Gregory.
Port Chalmers: Clyde of the South 14
Neil Derbyshire‘s father started work in the shipyards in 1942.
Marble Season 21
Recollections of school ‘marble season’ from Peter H. Wood.
That’ll Teach Them 22
Teaching Form 5C in 1965 by David Hill.
From the Regions: Wellington / Wairarapa 24
Memories of Eighty Years Ago 34
Errol John Wilcox grew up on a farm near Wellsford.
Centrefold: On the Street 36
Central Nelson from the steps of Christ Church c.1915.
Staten Island Weather in New Plymouth 38
1958 visit of icebreaker: a contribution from Rachel Sonius.
The Mettle of Her Heart 44
Joyce Rutland shares an emotional family story.
Flax Industry of the Thames Valley 48
An article by Ken Clover.
Sworn to Secrecy 53
Jennifer Smith adds a touch of humour.
Harold Julien - Horseman 54
A story based in Hawke’s Bay by Ann Briton Julian.
Remember Bill and Boyd? 57
Trevor King supplied the mid-1960s publicity shot of the duo.
From the Regions: Canterbury 58
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Straight to the Top 72
Gisborne’s battery powered trams, 1913.
Cover image:
Island Bay, Wellington.
contributed by R. Ritchie.
New Zealand Memories Issue 154 - Index
A
A & A.J. Caithness 63
A&G Price 17
Ahiriri 54
Air Force Cross 9
Air Training Corp 27
Air Week Liberty Loan 8
American sailors 38
Andrew Orr &Co. 67
ANDREWS Mr E.H. 6
ANSTIS Bessie 54
Antarctic 39
anti-submarine booms 16
Aoraki 1, 58, 60
ARCHER Harry 61
Archers flour mill 61
Arthur's Pass 58
Arthur's Pass Station 59
Ashburton 67
Ashburton Post Office 67
ATC Cadets 27
Auckland 22
Auckland Chief Post Office 11
Auckland Grammer School 7
AUSTIN Father James 40
aviation 4
B
bathing machines 67
battery powered tram 72
beach (Timaru) 67
beaches (Wellington) 32
BERRYMAN Clarence 63
George 63
Malcolm 63
Roy 63
Bill and Boyd 57
Boiler Point 17
BUCKERIDGE Flight Lt. 7
bullock team 60
BURGESS Mr M.J. 67
BURTE Barbara 25
Donald 25
Burton Bros. 31
C
caning 22
Canterbury 1, 58
Caroline Bay 67
CATE Bill `57
Chatham Islands 66
children's games 21
Christ Church (Nelson) 36
Christchurch 4, 62
CLARK Jack 41
clothing (1940s) 35
coal range 34
COOK John 17
COPLEY Bill 9
CORBETT Mary 44
corporal punishment 22
CROOKS Mr T 67
D
DALRYMPLE Gunner 43
dancing (New Plymouth) 39
Days Bay 32
DELANEY Don 9
Dept Tourism & Health Resorts 1, 58
Dodge motorcar 35
DREW Val 53
Dudding Bros. 52
DUFF Mr 55
Mrs 55
Dunedin 14, 53
E
EDISON Thomas 72
education 22, 27
F
farming 34
Featherston 24
Featherston Garage Co. Ltd 24
Featherston station 25
Feilding 12
Federal Rubber Co. 63
flax 48
flax cutters 50
flax industry 48
Fletcher Construction 17
Foresters Arms Hotel 26
Fourth Liberty Loan (WWII) 10
FREUND Lt. Jim 41
G
games (marbles) 21
gaslights 26
Gisborne 72
Gisborne Tramways 72
gold salvage 15
GRAY Cecil 8
Charles 8
Flight Lt. Murray 8
Tydvil 8
GREGORY Ian 12
Steve 12
Greytown 26
GROSE Flight Sgt. 9
H
HAIGH Sam 26
HALL Jim 41
HANDBURY Eric 39
Harmonisers 39
Hawke's Bay 54
haymaking 34
Hefford Drapery 67
HENDERSON Edith May 55
Heretaunga College 27
Hermitage 1, 58, 60
Holt's Mill 56
HONNOR Alfred 38
HOPKINS Mr A.W. 67
Horohoro 44
horse riding 55
HRH Prince of Wales 58
hunt (horses) 54
Hutt Valley 27, 57
Hutt Valley High School 27
I
icebreaker 38
ISAACSON Flight Lt. Peter 5
J
jockey 55
Johnsonville 33
JONES George 26
Hon. Fred 20
JULIAN Bernard 54
Bessie 54
Edith 55
Harold 54
Joyce 56
K
Kahikatea 49
Kaihere Mill 50
Karitane Hospital 62
Karitane nurses 62
Kathleen Haire Tango Team 39
Kawerau 54
Kerepehi 50
Kerepehi Flax Milling Co. 52
KIDDEY W.E. 63
KING Colin 39
Kittyhawk 11
KNEWSTUBB Mr J.T 17
L
Lambert Twins 39
Lancaster bomber 4
LAWLESS Matekino 44
leaflet drop 5
leaping competition 55
LEWIS Price 38
Liberty Loan (WWII) 7
Lower Hutt 27
Lower Hutt Library 29
LUCAS Herbert 58
LYONS Huia 44
LYSNAR Mayor W.D. 72
Lyttelton 64
Lyttelton Harbour 65
M
MacAndrew Intermediate 53
MADDEN Mr H.P. 67
Maori cultural group 38
marbles 21
MARTIN John 31
Marton 12
maths lesson 23
McKINNON John 28
McMurdo Sound 42
Merlin engine 4
MILLARD Mr J.N. 27
minefields 15
minesweepers 14, 16
MOREHU Ema 44
Tawhairiri 44
Morgan & Cable 17
Mount Cook 1, 58
Mount Egmont 41
MOYER Bob 41
Mt Cook Village 60
Mt. Cook Motor Co. 60
Municipal Buildings (Nelson) 36
music 57
N
Naenae College 27
Napier 54
NASH Walter 5
native flax 49
Nelson 36
New Plymouth 12, 38 54
New Zealand Navy 15
NEWALL Lady 6, 20
Sir Cyril 12, 20
newborn babies 62
Ngatea 50
NIELSON Flight Lt. Robert 9
O
Ohinemuri 49
Ohurakura 56
Operation Deep Freeze 38
Otago 14
Otago Harbour Board 20
Otira 58
Otira Tunnel 58
P
P&T Office (Greytown) 26
paddle staemer 64
PAGE Archie 9
Parliament Buildings 31
party lines 35
Patetonga 50
Piako 50
PIZINGER Ensign D. 42
Plimmerton 33
Port Chalmers 14
powhiri 38
preserved eggs 34
Provincial Council 30
Pukekura Park 41
Q
Queenie VI bomber 5
R
railway 12, 25
Railway Hotel (Wellington) 33
railway refreshment room 12
railway station 12
RANSOM Stan 27
recording (music) 57
Rhythmics 39
RICHMOND James 49
RITCHIE Alan 9
RNZAF Wigram 5
Robert Holt & Sons 56
ROBERTS Group Capt 7
ROBERTSON Boyd 57
Robilliard & Son 67
ROEBUCK Neville 42
ROWLES Mr W.H. 24
Royal Australian Air Force 9
RUHI Bondi 45
Jean 45
Mavis 45
Pare 45
Pare (junior) 47
Pat 44
Tawhairiri 44
RULAND Joyce 44
S
school assembly 27
School Certificate 22, 28
school dance 23
school holidays 12
school magazine 29
school prizegiving 53
school sports 27
school subjects 27
school uniform 27
seaside (Wellington) 32
SEED Elsie 61
Grace 61
James 61
James jnr 61
Kate 61
shipbuilding 14
shipping: Aorangi 65
Archilles 15
Aroha 18
Avon 18
Futurist 16
Hautapu 18
HMNZS Philomel 16
HMNZS Waiho 16
Holmwood 15
Inchkeith 16
James Cosgrove 16
Killegray 16
Kiwi 16
Komet 15
Leander 15
Leith 15
Maimai 18
Matai 16
Moa 16
Niagara 15
Orion 15
Pahua 18
Puriri 16
Ragitane 15
Sanda 16
Scarba 16
Tui 16
Turakina 15
USS Staten Island 38
USS YF-1050 18
Viti 16
Waiho 18
Waima 18
Waipu 18
Wakakura 15
Wellington 15
shipping booms 16
shipyards 14
Silverstream 28
SIMPSON Rev. J.A 20
Smiths Dock Co. 16
SMITH Pilot Officer Charles 8
soldiers' ballot 34
South British Insurance 31
Southbrook 61
SPENCER Claude 9
Star Gymnasium 39
steam train 27
STEVENSON Isaac 17
Stevenson & Cook 17
strike (Patetonga) 51
submarines (WWII) 16
SWAN George Henry 31
Sydney Harbour Bridge 11
T
TAIATINI Bondi 44
Taihape 12
Taihape Station 13
Tamaki College 22
Taranaki Softball Assn. 42
Taumarunui 12
Te Hana 34
teaching 22, 27
Thames valley 48
Third Liberty Loan (WWII) 7
THOMAS Flight Lt. 7
Tiger Moth 5
Timaru 67
Torehape Fibre Co. 52
Tourist & Health Resorts 60
TOXWARD Christian 31
train guard 13
train prefects 27
trains 12,25
trams 72
troopship 15
U
Union Steam Ship Co. 20
University Entrance 28
Upper Hutt 27
Upper Hutt Post Office 29
US sailors 38
V
W
Waiteitei Settlement 34
Waikaka 49
Waiouru Military Camp 12
Wairarapa 24
Wairarapa rail oar 28
Waitakaruru Mill 50
Waitangi (Chathams) 66
war land ballot 34
WASSON Raymond 41
weaving 44
Wellington City 30
Wellsford 34
West Shore Hotel 54
Whakarara Station 56
Whakatane 56
Whatu Korowai 44
Wigram 5
WILCOX Brian 35
Errol 35
Mr 35
Mrs 35
WIRIHANA Christina 44
World War One 34
World War Two 4, 14, 66
Worster Bay 32
Wyatts Store 32
X
Y
Z
A
A & A.J. Caithness 63
A&G Price 17
Ahiriri 54
Air Force Cross 9
Air Training Corp 27
Air Week Liberty Loan 8
American sailors 38
Andrew Orr &Co. 67
ANDREWS Mr E.H. 6
ANSTIS Bessie 54
Antarctic 39
anti-submarine booms 16
Aoraki 1, 58, 60
ARCHER Harry 61
Archers flour mill 61
Arthur's Pass 58
Arthur's Pass Station 59
Ashburton 67
Ashburton Post Office 67
ATC Cadets 27
Auckland 22
Auckland Chief Post Office 11
Auckland Grammer School 7
AUSTIN Father James 40
aviation 4
B
bathing machines 67
battery powered tram 72
beach (Timaru) 67
beaches (Wellington) 32
BERRYMAN Clarence 63
George 63
Malcolm 63
Roy 63
Bill and Boyd 57
Boiler Point 17
BUCKERIDGE Flight Lt. 7
bullock team 60
BURGESS Mr M.J. 67
BURTE Barbara 25
Donald 25
Burton Bros. 31
C
caning 22
Canterbury 1, 58
Caroline Bay 67
CATE Bill `57
Chatham Islands 66
children's games 21
Christ Church (Nelson) 36
Christchurch 4, 62
CLARK Jack 41
clothing (1940s) 35
coal range 34
COOK John 17
COPLEY Bill 9
CORBETT Mary 44
corporal punishment 22
CROOKS Mr T 67
D
DALRYMPLE Gunner 43
dancing (New Plymouth) 39
Days Bay 32
DELANEY Don 9
Dept Tourism & Health Resorts 1, 58
Dodge motorcar 35
DREW Val 53
Dudding Bros. 52
DUFF Mr 55
Mrs 55
Dunedin 14, 53
E
EDISON Thomas 72
education 22, 27
F
farming 34
Featherston 24
Featherston Garage Co. Ltd 24
Featherston station 25
Feilding 12
Federal Rubber Co. 63
flax 48
flax cutters 50
flax industry 48
Fletcher Construction 17
Foresters Arms Hotel 26
Fourth Liberty Loan (WWII) 10
FREUND Lt. Jim 41
G
games (marbles) 21
gaslights 26
Gisborne 72
Gisborne Tramways 72
gold salvage 15
GRAY Cecil 8
Charles 8
Flight Lt. Murray 8
Tydvil 8
GREGORY Ian 12
Steve 12
Greytown 26
GROSE Flight Sgt. 9
H
HAIGH Sam 26
HALL Jim 41
HANDBURY Eric 39
Harmonisers 39
Hawke's Bay 54
haymaking 34
Hefford Drapery 67
HENDERSON Edith May 55
Heretaunga College 27
Hermitage 1, 58, 60
Holt's Mill 56
HONNOR Alfred 38
HOPKINS Mr A.W. 67
Horohoro 44
horse riding 55
HRH Prince of Wales 58
hunt (horses) 54
Hutt Valley 27, 57
Hutt Valley High School 27
I
icebreaker 38
ISAACSON Flight Lt. Peter 5
J
jockey 55
Johnsonville 33
JONES George 26
Hon. Fred 20
JULIAN Bernard 54
Bessie 54
Edith 55
Harold 54
Joyce 56
K
Kahikatea 49
Kaihere Mill 50
Karitane Hospital 62
Karitane nurses 62
Kathleen Haire Tango Team 39
Kawerau 54
Kerepehi 50
Kerepehi Flax Milling Co. 52
KIDDEY W.E. 63
KING Colin 39
Kittyhawk 11
KNEWSTUBB Mr J.T 17
L
Lambert Twins 39
Lancaster bomber 4
LAWLESS Matekino 44
leaflet drop 5
leaping competition 55
LEWIS Price 38
Liberty Loan (WWII) 7
Lower Hutt 27
Lower Hutt Library 29
LUCAS Herbert 58
LYONS Huia 44
LYSNAR Mayor W.D. 72
Lyttelton 64
Lyttelton Harbour 65
M
MacAndrew Intermediate 53
MADDEN Mr H.P. 67
Maori cultural group 38
marbles 21
MARTIN John 31
Marton 12
maths lesson 23
McKINNON John 28
McMurdo Sound 42
Merlin engine 4
MILLARD Mr J.N. 27
minefields 15
minesweepers 14, 16
MOREHU Ema 44
Tawhairiri 44
Morgan & Cable 17
Mount Cook 1, 58
Mount Egmont 41
MOYER Bob 41
Mt Cook Village 60
Mt. Cook Motor Co. 60
Municipal Buildings (Nelson) 36
music 57
N
Naenae College 27
Napier 54
NASH Walter 5
native flax 49
Nelson 36
New Plymouth 12, 38 54
New Zealand Navy 15
NEWALL Lady 6, 20
Sir Cyril 12, 20
newborn babies 62
Ngatea 50
NIELSON Flight Lt. Robert 9
O
Ohinemuri 49
Ohurakura 56
Operation Deep Freeze 38
Otago 14
Otago Harbour Board 20
Otira 58
Otira Tunnel 58
P
P&T Office (Greytown) 26
paddle staemer 64
PAGE Archie 9
Parliament Buildings 31
party lines 35
Patetonga 50
Piako 50
PIZINGER Ensign D. 42
Plimmerton 33
Port Chalmers 14
powhiri 38
preserved eggs 34
Provincial Council 30
Pukekura Park 41
Q
Queenie VI bomber 5
R
railway 12, 25
Railway Hotel (Wellington) 33
railway refreshment room 12
railway station 12
RANSOM Stan 27
recording (music) 57
Rhythmics 39
RICHMOND James 49
RITCHIE Alan 9
RNZAF Wigram 5
Robert Holt & Sons 56
ROBERTS Group Capt 7
ROBERTSON Boyd 57
Robilliard & Son 67
ROEBUCK Neville 42
ROWLES Mr W.H. 24
Royal Australian Air Force 9
RUHI Bondi 45
Jean 45
Mavis 45
Pare 45
Pare (junior) 47
Pat 44
Tawhairiri 44
RULAND Joyce 44
S
school assembly 27
School Certificate 22, 28
school dance 23
school holidays 12
school magazine 29
school prizegiving 53
school sports 27
school subjects 27
school uniform 27
seaside (Wellington) 32
SEED Elsie 61
Grace 61
James 61
James jnr 61
Kate 61
shipbuilding 14
shipping: Aorangi 65
Archilles 15
Aroha 18
Avon 18
Futurist 16
Hautapu 18
HMNZS Philomel 16
HMNZS Waiho 16
Holmwood 15
Inchkeith 16
James Cosgrove 16
Killegray 16
Kiwi 16
Komet 15
Leander 15
Leith 15
Maimai 18
Matai 16
Moa 16
Niagara 15
Orion 15
Pahua 18
Puriri 16
Ragitane 15
Sanda 16
Scarba 16
Tui 16
Turakina 15
USS Staten Island 38
USS YF-1050 18
Viti 16
Waiho 18
Waima 18
Waipu 18
Wakakura 15
Wellington 15
shipping booms 16
shipyards 14
Silverstream 28
SIMPSON Rev. J.A 20
Smiths Dock Co. 16
SMITH Pilot Officer Charles 8
soldiers' ballot 34
South British Insurance 31
Southbrook 61
SPENCER Claude 9
Star Gymnasium 39
steam train 27
STEVENSON Isaac 17
Stevenson & Cook 17
strike (Patetonga) 51
submarines (WWII) 16
SWAN George Henry 31
Sydney Harbour Bridge 11
T
TAIATINI Bondi 44
Taihape 12
Taihape Station 13
Tamaki College 22
Taranaki Softball Assn. 42
Taumarunui 12
Te Hana 34
teaching 22, 27
Thames valley 48
Third Liberty Loan (WWII) 7
THOMAS Flight Lt. 7
Tiger Moth 5
Timaru 67
Torehape Fibre Co. 52
Tourist & Health Resorts 60
TOXWARD Christian 31
train guard 13
train prefects 27
trains 12,25
trams 72
troopship 15
U
Union Steam Ship Co. 20
University Entrance 28
Upper Hutt 27
Upper Hutt Post Office 29
US sailors 38
V
W
Waiteitei Settlement 34
Waikaka 49
Waiouru Military Camp 12
Wairarapa 24
Wairarapa rail oar 28
Waitakaruru Mill 50
Waitangi (Chathams) 66
war land ballot 34
WASSON Raymond 41
weaving 44
Wellington City 30
Wellsford 34
West Shore Hotel 54
Whakarara Station 56
Whakatane 56
Whatu Korowai 44
Wigram 5
WILCOX Brian 35
Errol 35
Mr 35
Mrs 35
WIRIHANA Christina 44
World War One 34
World War Two 4, 14, 66
Worster Bay 32
Wyatts Store 32
X
Y
Z