New Zealand Memories Issue 158 - Contents
The Lane 4
Alwyn Owen returns with childhood memories of Whangarei.
Praising Famous Men 10
Aldous Huxley was the topic of David Hill’s 1963 thesis.
Minnie’s Garden 12
Clare Gleeson remembers her grandmother’s property.
A New Zealand Tackle 16
Petrol Prices 17
Gordon Tait discusses World War II prices and restrictions.
From the Regions: Nelson/Marlborough 18
On the Bike 28
A collection of photographs contributed by Hec Cole.
Growing Up in Coyle Street 30
Neil Anderson was raised in the Auckland suburb of Sandringham.
Moa Footprint 34
Quite a find at the Gilberd family picnic; contributed by Cyril Rosser.
Centrefold: Queenstown in Snow 36
A stunning 1934 photograph of Queenstown’s heart.
Good Morning, Good Morning, Good Morning Everyone 38
Geoff Lealand documents a little-known facet of Aunt Daisy’s life
From Sawyer to the Battlefield 42
Illustrations from the New Zealand Timber Museum, Putaruru.
First Television Viewing in New Zealand? 45
Eric Waterfield attended a free TV demonstration in the early fifties.
The Man Who Vanished 46
An intrigue from Wendy Clark.
A Full Life 50
Peter Cole pays tribute to his father.
Pioneering School at Ahaura 52
Jo Keppel documents the history of a West Coast ‘settler school’.
Reader’s Response Tram 40 and the 1902 Oldsmobile 57
“I never thought I would see the car again”, writes Graham Stewart.
From the Regions: Taranaki 58
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The Flower Stall 72
A peaceful Cathedral Square, Christchurch in the 1980s


Cover image:
The Dew Drop Inn, Douglas Saddle, Taranaki photographed in the 1910s.

New Zealand Memories Issue 158 - Index

A
ABURN Sam 14
Ahaura 52
Ahaura River 52
Ahaura State School 56
alcohol 25
ALDRED Herbie 7
ambassador (US) 40
Anatoki River 20
Anchor Foundry 26
ANDERSON Alan 30
Hugh 30
Mr 30
Mrs 32
Neil 30
annual picnic (Torea) 27
ARIS Bernard Ford 60
artist (Ais) 60
Auckland 30,34
Auckland City Council 45
Auckland Zoo 45
Aunt Daisy (Maud Basham) 1,38
aviation 59
axeman 42
axeman's carnival 42
B
Bainham 19
BASHAM Barbara 41
Frederick 39
Maud Ruby 1,38
BEATSON William 25
BEGG Barbara 14
Bryan 14
Charlie 14
Eric 13
Ken 14
Minnie 13
BELCHER Master D. 64
Miss E. 64
Miss M. 64
Mr J. 64
Mrs 64
Bell Block 59
Bell Block aerodrome 59
BELLRINGER Mr F. 59
BLACK Mr 27
Blackball Wharf 27
Board of Education (Nelson) 54
boarding school 52
Boulder Lake 18
Bowl of Brooklyn 59
broadcaster (Aunt Daisy) 1,38
BROWN Mr A 26
Brownlee's Blackball Mill 26
BSA 350cc motorcycle 50
Bulls 50
Bulls School 50
bush-felling 42
C
camping holidays 51
Cardiff 64
Cardiff School 65
cartoon 16
Catherdral Square (Christchurch) 72
CAWTE Brothers 26
Central Park (Whangarei) 5
CHAPMAN Mr G.M. 16
CHEESMAN Mr 34
children's games 32
Christchurch 72
CLARKE Miss 53
COCKRON Mr 51
COE Agnes 50
Harry James Jack 50
Henry James 50
Myrtle 50
Peter 50
Thora 50
Valerie 50
COLE Hector 28
Collingwood Goldfields Co. 18
Collingwood Wharf 20
COLUMB Father 53
comics 6
commercial radio 39
concert venue 59
COOPER Charles 19
Cooper's Mill 19
COULTHARD Len 29
country dances 63
D
dancing 63
DAY Pat 39
deep sea fishing 27
denominational schools 52
DIXON Mother Bernard 54
DOOGAN Mr 55
Dunedin 13
Dunedin Botanic garden 13
E
EASTON Miss 54
Edendale School 30
education (1872) 52
EDWARDS Mr F. 47
Eltham 42,62
ENDEAN John 46
F
Ferguson & Osborne 10
FERGUSSON Family 32
fire (Collingwood) 20
fishing 50
flatting (1963) 10
flaxmill 51
flowershow 33
fluming 18
football 16,32
Forum North 5
FOUNTAIN Ada 34
FREDERICKS Mr H 27
Friendly Road Broadcasting 39
fuel rationing (WWII) 17
G
gardening (Dunedin) 13
general store (Collingwood) 19
GILBERD Ada 34
Henrietta 34
Henry 34
GILLICE James 27
GOEBEL Sid 51
gold 18,20,21,22
GOLD Charles Emilus 58
gold sluicing 20
Goldfield (US) 49
GORDON Prof. Ian 10
great depression 7
Greenlane 28
GRIFFITHS Mr H.V.S. 59
H
HAILEY Family 32
Half Ounce 53
handy hints 1,38
HARRIS Elizabeth 46
Joshua 26
HARRON Dora 54
Thomas 54
Havelock 27
Havelock Regatta 26
HAWKINS James 62
HEFFRON Sister Camillus 54
HENDERSON Mr 27
Hennings Speedway 28
HICKEY Anne 63
Bernadette 63
Jack 63
Joan 63
Patricia 63
Veronica 63
HILL Mr H.H. 34
HILTON Mr 27
HODGSON Mr W.C. 54
HOLLAND Thora 50
HOLYOAKE Keith 11
house sales (1950s) 30
HUSE Mrs E. 64
HUXLEY Aldous 10
I
Inglewood 66
INGRAM Ted 51
INTERNAY Mr P. 53
ISAACS Tuki 19
J
JOHNSTON Miss G. 64
K
Kaponga 63
KEENE Bertha 46
Elizabeth 46
Fanny 46
Ford 47
Henry Ford 46
KEITH Mr I. 59
Kelburn Campus (Wellington) 11
KELLY Nurse 5
KEMP Mr 31
Steven 31
KENNEDY Margaret 42
Robert 42
Samuel 42
KEPPEL Miss M. 64
KINGSFORD-SMITH Sir Charles 59
Wilfred 59
KIRK Norman 11
L
Labour Government 40
LACEY Miss E. 64
LAMMAS Mr 19
land wars 60
licence fee (WWII) 17
licensing hours 25
Lovers Lane (Whangarei) 4
M
machining work 35
Mahakipawa goldfields 21
mail service (Sounds) 26
Manawatu 34
Manawatu River 34
Mangahume School 63
Mangere 28
MARCHANT Mr H. 64
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I N D E X a n d G E N E A L O G Y L I S T
Marlborough 21
Marsland Hill 60
Martin RSA 51
Marton Junction 51
Masonic Hotel (Waitara) 58
McFADGEN Miss O. 64
Miss S. 64
Mrs I. 64
milling (Matai & Rimu) 18
MILLS John 26
Mr C.H. 27
Moa 34
Moa footprint 34
Moetapu 26
MORTON Mr J.C. 47
motorcycle club 28,34
motorcycles 28
Moturoa 66
Mount Egmont (Taranaki) 65,67
Mount Roskill 28
Mount Taranaki 58,60
Mt Egmont Mountain House 62
Municipal Building (Whangarei) 9
Murchison Earthquake 25
Musselburgh Rise 13
Musselburgh School 14
N
Nelson 18,24
Nelson College 25
Nelson Creek 53
Nelson Rugby Football Club 25
New Plymouth 59
New Plymouth
Astronomical Society 61
Ngaere Gardens 66
NIELSON Mr S.E. 59
NORGROVE Capt. Horace 27
Caroline Eliza 27
Norgrove's Fish Curing 27
NZ Axemen's Assn. 42
NZ Institute 34
NZ Rail 72
NZ Rifle Brigade 43
NZ Soldier's paybook 44
O
O'BRIEN Gary 31
Kevin 31
Moran 54
Mrs 31
Shane 31
O'DONNELL Father J. 56
O'MALLEY Mr 27
Oldsmobile 57
Opunake 63
Owae Marae 58
OWEN Alwyn 4
Huw 4
P
Pahiatua 42
PALMER Mr 26
Papakura Museum 34
parakeet 14
PATTIE Charles 26
Pelorus Band 26
Pelorus Sound 21
Pelorus Sounds 26
PERANO Mr E.C. 27
PERTUIS Father Eugenius 52
petrol rationing (WWII) 17
PICKERING David 56
Glenda 56
Picton 26
Picton Freezing Works 27
pig hunting 51
PILBROW Mr 50
PRIMMER Bert 8
pumping station (gold) 23
Pupu Springs 20
Q
Quartz Ranges 18
Quartz Ranges Mill 18
Queen Charlotte Sound 27
Queenstown 36
Queenstown camping ground 36
R
radio 1,38
Radio IYA 39
Radio IYA building 45
Radio IZB 1,38
radio personality 39
Raetihi 51
RALFE Miss M. 64
Rangataua Axeman's Assoc. 43
recipes 1,38
REED Frank 9
Remuera 28
rental houses (Whangarei) 7
REYNOLDS Mr 26
RILEY William 19
Riwaka 26
ROACH Robert 45
ROLLAND Father J.B. 54
Roman Catholic Church 52
ROOSEVELT Eleanor 40
ROSS Rev. 36
rowing 26
rowing regatta 26
rugby 16,25
S
Sandringham 30
Sandringham picture theatre 33
SAVAGE Violet 54
sawyer 42
school flower show 14,33
SCOTT Mr 19
screw steamer 26
SCRIMGEOUR 39
settler schools 52
SHACKLOCK Mrs 14
shipping (Pelorus Sounds) 26
shipping Fusilier 50
Morning Light 20
S.S. Elsie 26
S.S. Mariposa 46
S.S. Phoenix 26
S.S. Swan 27
Tyburnia 46
Waitaria 27
Waitemata 43
single-handed sawing 42
Sisters of Mercy 54
six o'clock closing 25
SMITH Miss V. 64
snow (Queenstown) 36
Southern Cross plane 59
sports 32
St Andrews (Queenstown) 36
St Andrews School 56
St Joseph's Catholic School 52
St Joseph's College 54
St Mary's Catholic School 52
St Mary's Church 55
St Mary's Convent 54
St Paul's Sunday School 27
Stallard Bakery (Collingwood) 20
stock droving 50
Stratford 65
SUBRITZKY Capt. A. 57
SULLIVAN George 16
T
Takapuna Racecourse 29
TANNOCK David 13
Taranaki 39,58
Taranaki railway 72
TAYLOR Capt. P.G. 59
Te Waikoropupu Springs 20
television 31, 45
television demonstration 45
Temuka 42
thesis (Victoria University) 10
Tom Mix comics 6
TOPP Mrs L. 64
Torea 27
Torea Neck 26
train excursions (Taranaki) 66
trams (Auckland) 57
trans Tasman flight 59
TURNER Miss V. 64
U
university students 10
V
Vellocete motorcycle 29
VENIMORE Mr V.C. 27
Victoria University 10
W
Waiarohia Stream 5
Waitara 58,66
Wakamarina Valley 23
Wakefield Hotel 25
WALKER Daphne 45
WALL Miss K. 64
war fund concert 24
water race 20
Watties Canneries 10
WEDDE Ian 11
Wellington 10
Wellington Infantry Brigade 43
West Coast 52
Whangarei 4
Whangarei Museum 5
Whangarei Public Library 9
Whatanihi 27
WHITE Miss I. 64
WHITEFORD Caleb 53
WHITING caroline Eliza 27
WHITLAW Fanny 46
WOOD Capt. 26
World War One 42
World War Two 17,24,40,51
X
Y
YEOMAN Mrs         32
YOUNG Eric W.         72
Z

Minnies Garden

Clare Gleeson remembers her grandmother’s property.

The Lane

Central Park Footbridge Whangarei. 

The Man Who Vanished

A derelict miner’s house in  Goldfield.