New Zealand Memories Issue 156 - Contents
Kriegsmarine U-boat 862 4
Secret incursion into Gisborne Harbour: Gerald Shone’s research.
Nature Knows Best 11
A horticultural tale from Keith Davis.
Building the Midland Line Across the Southern Alps 12
David Relph tracks progress of the 1870 rail proposal.
The Magic Robot 17
A childhood toy never forgotten by Irene Beagle.
From the Regions: Waikato 18
Man of Mysteries 28
Fergus Hume is profiled by David Hill.
Knucklebones in ’53 30
Christopher Moor reminds readers of the popular game.
Quinces to Queen Victoria 34
An unlikely story … or is it? A contribution from Kelvin Smith.
Centrefold: Suitably Hatted 36
Richard John Seddon on tour in the South Island, 1906.
Flying Skies and Killing Flies 38
Insecticide spraying on aircraft: an article by Pat Dale.
Farm Machinery Back in the Thirties 44
On the farm with Mags Meechang.
Cinemas of Old: Tuatapere and Geraldine 47
Picture theatre nostalgia with John McKinnon.
First Impressions of New Zealand 48
Bert Toomey arrived aboard the M.V. Cumberland in 1953.
From the Regions: Whanganui / Manawatu 50
The Queen Street Greyhound 61
Mike Subritzky in his ancestor’s motorcar.
The F.G.R. Trademark 62
Profile: scenic photographer Frederick George Radcliffe.
Reader’s Response: Government Recruited Teaching Staff 67
Mailbox 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: Tasman Glacier 72
Photographed on 9 March 1957 by Robert Reynolds.

Courtesy: A. Pickmere
Cover image:
Whanganui River settlement,
24 March 1906. (Article page 62)

New Zealand Memories Issue 156 - Index

A
A. Eady & Co. (Hamilton) 20
afternoon tea 22
Air New Zealand 42
Air Raid Precautions Scheme 11
air raid shelter 11
air raids 11
aircraft fumigation 1, 38
Alec Mclean Band 54
All Saints (Plamerston North) 60
architect (Auckland) 34
Armed Constabulary 25
Arthur's Pass 13
Arthur's Pass Village 16
Auckland 11, 34
Auckland City 48
Auckland City Council 11
Auckland City rifle club 48
aviation 38, 60
B
BACKHOUSE John Philemon 18
BAKER Freda 72
BARLOW Family 22
BATHURST Mr J 20
Bay of Plenty 25
Bealey 13
Bealey Flat 15
BECK Mr G.M. 57
BELL Lt Col R.M. 25
big bands 54
Booth & Chapman Ltd
(Hamilton) 20
BOWLER Alan 22
Ted 22
bowsers 21
BRECKON Arthur 19
Britannia Theatre (Tuatapere) 47
British Exhibition 34
Broken River Viaduct 13
Browns Bay 48
Bush Advocate newspaper 58
bush railway 23
C
campers 15
Canterbury 12
CARRINGTON Claude 54
Carrington Hut 16
Cass 13
CHURCH Abe 56
cinema 47
CLAYTON James 58
Cletrac Crawler 44
COBERGER Oscar 16
COLENSO William 25
COLVIN Lana 32
Commercial Hotel (Te Awamutu) 20
COOKE John 15
Corrections Dept. 52
country dances 54
cross-engines 44
CUTLER John 34
D
DALE Pat 38
dance bands 54
Dannevirke 58
DAVIES Gwyn 47
Ron 47
de Havilland DH Express 60
DEARLOVE Chris 22
Harold 22
dengue epidemic 40
Devonport Steam Ferry Coy 49
DOBSON Edward 14
Harry 54
DSIR 39
Dunedin Town Hall 33
E
East Town Railway workshop 57
EBBETT Robyn 32
Economic Store (Te Aroha) 19
Edendale Crank Up Day 46
Edison phonograph 22
education 67
Education Gazette 67
electric locomotives 14
ELLEBECK Mr C.J. 63
Ellis & Burnand 23
Ellis Chalmers tractor 44
EMERSON Erica 30
emigration 34, 48
entertainment 47
Erebus crash 40
Evaline APW 33
F
Falls Camp 23
Farmal M tractor 44
farming 44
fashion (1906) 37
fire (Kakahi) 50
FITNESS Alan 31
fitter 57
Fordson tractor 44
FORTE Nat 31
FRUMEL (military intelligence) 8
fumigation (aircraft) 1, 38
G
games (knucklebones) 30
garden show 11
GATFIELD Sharon 30
GEFALLEN Spieth 7
Geraldine 47
Geraldine Cinema 47
German war code 7
Gisborne 4
Gisborne Harbour 4
glass plates 63
GODBER Albert 23
gramophone 66
GREEN Allen 31
Greymouth 12
GroupTravel 72
H
Hamilton 20
Hamilton Lake 20
Hart Parr 44
Hatea River 63
Hawke's Bay 25
Hawke's Bay Motor Co. 26
Hawke's Bay Prov. Govt 25
Hawke's Bay railway 58
HAYES Collin 32
health (mosquitos) 39
Health Dept. 39
HERDMAN Edna 54
Kevin 54
Leslie 54
Lois 54
Vern 54
HERRMANN Rudolf 7
HILSON Mr W. 26
HOLMES Mr R.A. 57
HOOPER Jack 56
horse bus 34
horsedrawn coach 26
Hutt Valley High School 67
I
Imperial Japanese Navy 9
insecticide 39
J
John Deere tractor 44
John McLean & Sons 14
Jones The Saddler (Ngaruawahia) 18
JUDD Stan 31
Junction Hotel (Norsewood) 59
K
Kaipara Harbour 63
Kaiti Hill 5
Kakahi 50
Kakahi Station 50
Kb 968 locomotive 15
Kb steam locomotives 14
KELLY Lynette 33
Khandallah 67
King Country 54
KLEINPASTE Ruud 40
Knucklebone Championships 31
knucklebones 30
KRETSCHMANN Anton 7
Kumara 37
L
Labour Day Parade (Hamilton) 20
Lake Pukaki 68
LANCASTER Marilyn 32
LARSEN Winston 56
LEGGETT Raymond 32
Liberal Party 37
Little Rangitoto (Auckland) 34
Lower Hutt 67
Lutheron Church 59
LYNE Eliza 35
Lyttelton 48
M
MAC Bob 44
Majestic Hall (Ohakune) 54
Manawatu 50
Manning's Pharmacies (Hamilton)20
Maori tracks 25
McARTHUR Ainslee 38
McCORMICK George 56
McCormick - Deering tractor 44
McDONALD Barney 56
McLEAN Alex 54
MEECHANG Maurie 45
Midland Line 12
Ministry of Works 52
moa bone site 56
moa bones 56
Mohaka River 25
morning suit (1906) 37
Morrinsville 31
motor machine design 57
motorcar (1902) 61
Mount Roskill 11
Mulberry tree wine 34
MULLOOLY Graham 10
Murchison 68
Murchison police Station 68
musician (Whangarei) 64
N
Napier 25
Napier Harbour 7
National Radio 54
NETHGE Gunter 7
newspaper reporter (Dannevirke) 58
Ngaruawahia 18
Norsewood 59

NZ Broadcasting 33
NZ Land Wars 25
NZ Midland Railway Co. 13
NZ Railways 57
NZ Shipping Co. 48
NZ Union Airways Ltd 60
O
ODLIN Cynthia 72
OGILVIE Christina 32
Ohakune 54
Ohakune telephone exchange 54
Ohura 52
Ohura Prison 52
Okauia 22
Okauia Thermal Springs 22
Oldsmobile (1902) 61
Ongarue 23
Opal Springs 22
Opawa 32
Opunake 67
Orakei Point (Auckland) 34
orchard (Remuera) 34
Ormondville 58
Ormondville viaduct 58
Otago Cricket Assn. 32
Otago Knucklebones 32
Otematata 67
Otira 14
Otira Tunnel 14
Ovoca House (Remuera) 35
Oxford Buildings (Tirau) 21
P
paddle steamer 18
pakhorse train 25
Palm Lounge (Whanganui) 54
Palmerston North 60
Paparoa 63
PARANIHI Mrs 54
Sonny 54
Parnell 34
PEITL Fritz 7
photography 62
PICKMERE Allan 64
pigeon post 26
PIPER Margaret 32
police station (Murchison) `68
POLLARD Dick 35
Port Chalmers 48
postcards 62
Poverty Bay 4
projectionist 47
Public Works Dept. 14
pyrethrum 40
Q
Qantas 43
'Queen Street Greyhound' 61
Queen Victoria 34
quinces 34
R
R.E. Bell draper's (Ngaruawahia) 18
RADCLIFFE Frederick George 62
Harriette 63
Kate 63
Olive 63
radio quiz 33
Raetihi 54
railway construction 12
Railway Hotel (Taumarunui) 53
railway invention 57
railway line 12
Rangataua Hall 54
Rangitaiki Hotel 26
Rangitira 66
REIFFENSTUHL Gunter 7
Remuera 34
REYNOLDS Hermione 72
Robert 72
RING James 37
roading 25
ROBERTSON Mrs 50
RODGER Joan 47
Rotorua 48
S
saxophone 54
Scandinavian settlers 59
SCANNEL Charlie 68
Scarboro & Sons 34
SCARBOROUGH Ann 35
Eliza 34
Ernest 35
George 35
May 35
Rebecca 35
Rueben 34
Sam 35
Sarah 35
Thomas 35
William 35
scenic photographer 62
SCHAEFER Dr Jobst 7
SCHIRRMANN Albert 7
SCHISCHKA Freda 72
Hermione 72
SEDDON Louisa 37
Richard John 37
SEGGERMANN Hugo 7
Seventy Mile Bush 58
sheep dipping 21
SHEPHERD George 56
William Henry 56
SHERRIFF Lyn 47
shipping Greyhound 61
IJN Submarine I-50 9
M.V. Cumberland 48
Oswestry Grange 37
Peter Silvester 9
Pukeko 8
Robert Walker 8
Silver Eagle 34
SS Ceramic 67
U-boat 862 4
SHONE Gerald 6
John 6
Kathleen 6
SHUGAR Mr 58
Singer Sewing Machine Co 60
skiing 16
Southern Alps 12
Southland 44, 47
SPINDLER Walter 7
SPRACKETT Rev C.R. 32
spraying (aircraft) 1, 38
Springfield 14
SPROULE Yvonne 33
St Martins Presbyterian 32
Staircase Viaduct 13
STEINHAUSER Kurt 7
STENT Eric 56
stereoscope 19
stereoscopic photo 63
STRETTON Harry 50
Stretton House 50
submarine (German) 4
SUBRITZKY Capt Basil 61
Capt Johannes 61
SUBRITZKY Des 61
Issac 61
Mike 61
SULLIVAN Jim 54
T
T.W. Smith draper 53
Taranaki 69
Tasman Glacier 72
Taumarunui 52
Taupo Road 25
Taupo-Napier Road 25
Te Aroha 19
Te Aroha Domain 19
Te Awamutu 20
Te Pohue 26
Te Pohue Hotel 26
Te Poi 22
teaching 67
The Grand (Palmerston North) 60
THORNE Norm 48
Timaru 48
TIMM Commander Heinrich 5
Tirau 21
TOOGOOD Selwyn 33
top hats 37
tourism 72
traction engine 46
traffic accident (1904) 61
Trans-Alpine Express 15
transient labour 15
travel (flights) 38
treatment plants 52
Trentham 52
Tuatapere 47
tunnelling crews 14
U
U-boat 862 4
Uncle Scrim 22
Uncle Tom's Choir 22
Union Bridge 18
Upokongaro 56
Upper Hutt 32
V
W
WADE Henry 34
WAGSTAFF George 56
Waikaka 44
Waikato 18
Waikato River 18
Waimakariri Gorge 13
Wairua Falls 64
war intelligence 7
WEST Tom 67
WEST Valerie 67
West Coast 12
Whanganui 50
Whanganui East 57
Whanganui Museum 56
Whanganui River 66
Whangarei 63
WHO 39
wireless (radio) 22
World War Two 4
WYNYARD Mr 52
X
Y
Z

The F.G.R Trademark

Profile: scenic photographer Frederick George Radcliffe
 

Quinces to Queen Victoria

An unlikely story … or is it?
 

First Impressions of New Zealand

Bert Toomey arrived aboard the M.V. Cumberland in 1953.