New Zealand Memories Issue 159 - Contents
The Rangatira and the Torpedo – and Me 4
Paul Aubin is back with a tale of a ‘near fatal night’.
The Picnic 8
Gordon Tait takes readers on a nostalgic day’s outing.
Peter-and-the-“Moo” 11
An adorable true story from Pat McCarthy.
The Games We Played 12
A collection of sporting photographs.
A Salute to Our Settler Past 14
Margaret Watson’s account of the pioneering Martyn Family.
Gymslips 22
Remember the scratchy worsted wool or heavy serge fabric?
From the Regions: Hawke’s Bay 23
Rule Britannia in Raratonga 34
Bill Conroy’s ‘Right Royal Day’ in Rarotonga.
Centrefold: Recipes for Happy Children 36
Working on the classroom blackboard – a Gordon Burt photograph.
Whatever Happened to Mr Lloyd 38
John Stackhouse follows up a World War I puzzle.
When Steve Played Cinderella 44
Boys will be boys. Another charming tale recounted by Alwyn Owen.
The 1928 Packard Tourer ‘Bus’ 48
Ron Moles was thrown in the deep end at Upper River Road School.
From the Regions: Otago 50
Architect or Doctor? 60
Anton Petre delves into notable South Island family history.
DX-ing Days 64
John McKinnon explores a worldwide hobby
Auckland That Was 66
An original poem by Allan Wilson Nixon (alias “Ole” Nick)
Mailbox 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: The Unforgettable Fred Ladd 72
Who remembers Fred and the Tourist Air Travel Seaplane?

Courtesy: Cromwell Museum
Cover image:
Excelsior No. 2 Coal Mine, Lower
Bannockburn Creek c.1890s.

New Zealand Memories Issue 159 - Index

A
Albert Park 66
anti-submarine boom 6
arbitration (1888) 61
ARTHUR Miss 19
Arthur's Pass 61
Auckland 1, 14
Auckland City 66
Auckland Harbour Bridge 72
Auckland Regatta 19
aviation 72
B
Bannockburn 52
Bannockburn Creek 53
Bare Island 24
Bay of Islands 72
beach motorcycling 13
Bealey 61
BILLINGS Noel 44
BLOMFIELD 'Lofty' 32
Boyds Zoo (Royal Oak) 67
Braille 64
Burnside 58
BURT Gordon 36
bus service (Hastings) 24
C
Cairnmuir Coal Mine 53
Cambridge 21
Canterbury Regiment (WWII) 41
CARGILL Margaret 61
Cathedral of Blessed Sacrament 60
cattle 18
Caversham 58
Christchurch earthquake 60
CLAYTON Mr W.H 59
clipper (Joseph Fletcher) 15
CLOSE James 29
John 29
Clutha 61
CMT 48
coach trip (West Coast) 61
coalmining 52
Cook Islands 34
Cook Strait 5
COOPER Dame Whina 43
Country Water Carnival 30
Creamoata cereal 68
cricket (Rarotonga) 34
Cromwell & Bannockburn
Colliery Co. 54
CUSHEN Arthur 64
Ralda 64
D
dances (Puketapu) 33
DAWSON Mrs 50
DOWIE Mrs E.B 50
dredges 52
Dunedin 5, 56, 61
DX-ers 64
E
Eastbourne 6
Edinburgh Castle 67
education 36, 48, 58
Ellerslie 67
Epsom 67
Excelsior Mine 53
express trains 50
F
FAHEY Margaret 18
Farmers Department tearooms 68
farming 16, 32
Featherston Military Camp 21, 41
Forrester & Lemon 59
FRANSHAW Mrs E.R 50
FRASER Peter 6
funeral procession 23
G
Gallipoli 41
GIBBS Steven 44
GIBSON James 53
gold mining machinery 52
goldmining 52
golf 12, 67
Grafton Bridge 67
GREY Sir George 21
Greymouth 63
gymslip pattern 22
gymslips 22
H
HAINES Thomas Edward 51
HANSE William Joseph 42
Hardie's Quarry 47
Hastings 26
Hastings Hospital 24
HATCH Henry 64
Havelock North 27
Hawke's Bay 24
Hawke's Bay Earthquake 30, 32
Helland Farm 16
HENRY Albert 34
HILL Bob 32
David 32
Molly 32
HILL Clem 6
hobby radio 64
hockey 12
hospital ship (WWI) 40
house relocation 24
HUME Adah 15
hydro station 24
I
influenza epidemic (1918) 39
Invercargill 64
J
Japanese submarines 4
John Brogden & Co. 61
journalists 5
K
Kawarau Colliery 53
Kawau Island 72
Kawhia 5
Kelvin Heights 51
Kensington Station 58
Kingston 50
Kingston Flyer 50
Kumara 61
L
LADD Fred 72
Philip 72
Lake Manuherikia 52
Lake Wakatipu 50
LAMB Robert 28
Lane's Emulsion 44
Lawrence Bros. (Whangarei) 45
leisure (picnic) 8
Lion Brewery 67
LIVERPOOL Lord 40
LLOYD Alexander 38
Charlie 39
James 39
Margaret 39
Matilda 39
Oliver 39
Oliver Jnr 39
Stephen 39
Thomas 39
LOCK Miss 19
M
MAGDALINOS Paris 29
MAIN Elizabeth 21
Mangamahu 48
Maniototo 55
MARTYN Adah 14
Agnes 21
Brendon 21
Elizabeth 21
Ellen 14
Gwen 21
John 21
John Jnr 14
John Snr 14
Kathleen Sylvia 18
Linda 18
Margaret 18
Mary Lyne 41
Mary Theresa 20
William 14
William Brendon 18
Martyn's Redoubt 20
MASSEY William 43
Maungakeikei Golf Course 67

McCARTHY Peter 11
McGANN Hughie 67
Medical Corps 39
Miramar 13
MOORE Mr J.L 53
Mosgiel 58
Mosgiel Station 58
motorcycling (beach) 13
Mount Eden 67
N
Napier 28
Neal & Close 28
NZ Company 60
NZ Expeditionary Force 39
NZ Main Trunk 61
NZ Radio DX League 64
NZ Railways 5
NZ Wars 21
O
Oamaru 59
Oamaru Post Office 59
Oartington's Mill 67
Ohaupo 21
Onehunga 66
Onehunga tram 67
Otago 50
Otira Gorge 61
OWEN Alwyn 44
P
Packard Tourer 48
PAILS Dinny 22
Palmerston North 40
Panguru 43
PARCELL Mr W.R 53
Pencarrow Farm 21
PETRE Francis William 60
Henry 60
Lord 60
Margaret 60
PETRIE Edward 39
Frank 39
Janie 42
picnic 8
picnic food 9
picnic hamper 10
Pioneer Cemetery 44
pioneer farming 16
Ponsonby 68
Port Chalmers 41, 56
PRIMMER Bert 44
Flora 44
Prince Philip 34
PRYDE Mr J 53
Puketapu 32
Puketapu Hall 33
Puketapu Store 32
Q
quartz mining 53
Queen Street Wharf 1,14
Queenstown 50
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick 56
radio 64
radio signals 64
Ramarama 15
Ranfurly Mine 54
Rarotonga 34
reading service (blind) 64
redio broadcasting 64
Rock & Pillar Range 55
Rock & Pillar Station 55
Roman Catholic Church 60
Royal NZ Air Force 72
Royal Oak Zoo 67
Royal Yacht 34
rugby 13
RUNDLE Mary Theresa 20
RUNSEY Edward 59
S
Saint Bathans 55
Samual Marsden School 22
sandshoes 47
school blackboard 36
school bus 48
school classroom 36
schooling 36,48
sea voyage (1857) 15
sewing pattern 22
Shepherd's Creek 53
shipping Joseph Fletcher 14
Maheno 39
Maroma 40
Niagara 43
S.S. Rangatira 4
Tahiti 42
Six Sisters (Napier) 28
SKINNER Dr H.D 16
Skippers Canyon 50
Skippers Hotel 50
Skyline Gondola Restaurant 51
Slaughteryard Hill 53
SORRELL Charles 28
Spanish Flu' 42
sport 12
St Luke's (Oamaru) 59
St Patrick's Greymouth 61
St Peter's (Cambridge) 21
St Philomena's 58
STACKHOUSE Ernest 39
STUART Mr J 53
Studebaker 51
submarines (WWII) 4
SWAN George 28
T
TAIT Mary 22
Tamahere 17
Taradale 31
Taradale Hotel 31
Tawhero School 48
tennis 13
thermette 10
torpedoes (WWII) 5
Tourist air Travel 72
tourist train 50
traction engine 27
train (Kingston Flyer) 50
train (school) 58
train tickets 58
Tutaekuri River 32
U
uniforms 22
Union Bank (Hastings) 26
Upper River Road School 48
US Marines 7
V
verification cards (DX-ers) 64
W
Waimarama 24
Waipawa 23
Wairoa 30
WALSH Mike 44
Ward Island 6
WATSON Ken Martyn 21
Margaret 21
Wellington 5, 38
Wellington Teachers College 48
West Coast 61
Whanganui 48
Whanganui Education Board 48
Whangarei 44
whitebait 32
Widgeon Seaplane 72
WILLIAMS E.A 16
WILSON Mary Ellen 15
wood chopping 12
World War One 38
World War Two 4, 64
wrestling 32
WRIGHT Adrienne 24
Elsie 24
Gerry 24
Ian 24
Les 24
X
Y
YMCA (Auckland) 19
YOUNG Agnes 21
Z

Waipawa
A funeral procession proceeds down High Street, Waipawa in the early twentieth century.

What Ever Happened to My Lloyd
New Zealand Hospital ship leaving the wharf at Wellington.

A Salute to Our Settler Past 
This is the view that greeted the Martyn family when they arrived aboard the Joseph Fletcher on 19 March 1858.