New Zealand Memories Issue 161 - Contents
Sounds and Smells and Memories 4
Alwyn Owen reflects on the warm and familiar in this charming story.
The Opportunity of a Lifetime 9
Attracting emigrants to New Zealand.
Tall Timber 10
David Hill grew up on Napier Hill in the 1950s.
Arthur and Gordon McCusker 12
A photographic legacy of Marlborough by Michael Smythe.
Are We There Yet? 16
Road trips added to Gordon Tait’s education.
From the Regions: Canterbury 20
Tied With a Red Ribbon 30
The case of the poison chocolates.
Question Time 34
A hazy ancestry line; David Hill doesn’t want to dig further.
Centrefold: Bush Logging Camp on ‘The Run’ 36
Striking photography from the Albertand & District Museum.
Old Hokonui 38
A unique contribution from Jim Geddes, Hokonui Moonshine Museum.
From Wanganui to San Franscisco 43
Jim Sullivan addresses questions posed in Issue 159.
Gather Together 44
Reflections on life collated by Christopher Bourn.
King’s College Air Training Corps Unit 47
“A day off lessons was a rare treat”, writes John Newsham.
The Greyhound 48
Mike Subritzky records the history of an 1899 trading schooner.
The Queen Street Fire of September 1873 52
Bev Wood records Central Auckland’s tragic blaze.
From the Regions: Wellington 56
Readers’ Responses: Fred’s Accomplice 66
Graham Stewart admits to flying under Auckland’s Harbour Bridge.
Not another editorial ... 68
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice: In The Navy 72
HMS Philomel rowing team, 1923.

Cover image:
“Are We There Yet?” For details, turn to Gordon Tait’s article on page 16.
Young Gordon is on the left in the grey jacket.

New Zealand Memories Issue 161 - Index

A
AA roadside service 19
Adelphi Hotel (Kaikoura) 21
Akaroa 25
alcohol 1, 38
All Blacks 44
ALLUM Sir John 67
Atarau 31
Athletic Park 57
Auckland 48
Auckland Central Fire Station 55
Auckland Harbour 49
Auckland Harbour Bridge 66
Auckland Regatta 49
Auckland Weekly News 13
Automobile Assn. 17
aviation 44, 65
Awanui 49
Awatere 12
Awatere Valley 12
B
Berhampore 57
Blackball 30
BLACKBURN Ben 37
Mr E. 37
Mr R. 37
blacksmith 8
Blenheim 12
BOLER Alf 37
Mr L. 37
BOTTING Jim 41
BRAGG Ethel Annie 30
breweries (Southland) 38
Bristol freighter 47
British Commonwealth Games 23
BROOKES Mr A. 37
bullock train 26
bush logging camp 36
C
CADE Ada 43
Isobel 43
John Robert 43
Thomas 43
camping 46
Canterbury 20
car punctures 18
Carterton 63
Carterton Post Office 63
cash-register 6
Cashmere 22
Cashmere Hills 22
Cashmere Sanatorium 22
Castlecliff 43
Caudron Biplane 65
Central Auckland 52
Central Wellington 58
CHANCE George 13
chocolates (poison) 30
Christchurch 22
church bells 4
Civil Aviation 67
Clareville Racecourse 63
CLARK Jean Kennedy 30
Club Hotel (Greymouth) 31
Cobden farm 12
COLENSO William 11
colourist (photography) 15
Colyton 34
CORDERY Mr 1, 38
Coronation Hospital 22
COUPLAND James 55
Crown Hotel (Timaru) 27
Customs Inspectors 1, 38
D
dental clinic 8
Distillation Act 41
DRANSFIELD George 31
DUMPLETON Mr 31
Dumpleton's Bakery 30
Dunsdale 41
E
earthquake (Wairarapa) 63
education 6
Eketahuna 62
elephants 14
emigrant requirements 9
emigration 9
Empire Hotel (Timaru) 27
ENWRIGHT Gerald 41
ex-servicemen farms 36
excise tax 38
F
Fairlie 26
family road trips 17
farm machinery 28
Farmers Department Store 46
farming (Winchester) 28
Featherston 64
Fiji Shipping Co. 51
FINNIS Miss 10
Fire (Auckland 1873) 52
fire bell 5
fire bell tower 55
fire brigade (Auckland) 53
FLOWER Mr F.H 21
FORD Barrie 15
Forty Mile Bush 62
free emigration 9
frozen meat 244
G
Gala Day 11
Gallipoli 13
GARRY Bill 8
gasworks (Whnagarei) 6
Gloster Meteor 44
Gore 1, 38
Gore Brewery 40
Gosling & Sons, Blenheim 15
Government Printing (Wellington) 60
Grand Hotel (Auckland) 55
Greymouth 32
Grumman Widgeon 66
H
HALEY Cyrus 52
handwriting experts 31
HANSEN Bill 50
HANSON William 30
HARMER Arthur 64
Hawke's Bay 10
Hawke's Bay Earthquake 10
Hays Building (Timaru) 27
HEWITT Mr 1, 38
HILL Clive Walter Roland 34
Everard 42
Henry Harcourt Arnold 34
Mary Esther 34
Hobsonville 47
Hokonui 1, 38
Hokonui Hills 38
Hokonui Moonshine 1, 38
holidays 17
HOLMES Det. Sgt. T.D 31
Hood Aerodrome 63
Houhora 49
HUTSON Dr H. 31
I
industry promotion 41
international exhibitions 40
inter-island steamer 67
IVICEVICH Marin 59
J
JACKSON Mr J. 64
JOHNSON Mr W. 37
Johnsonville 61
JONES Johnny 38
K
Kaikoura 21
Kaikoura garage 21
Kaipara Harbour 37
Kaiwera 41
Karetu River 72
Kidd's butchery 30
King's College (Auckland) 47
King's College Air Training Corps 47
KIRK Alf 41
Jack 41
KNIGHT Det. Sgt. H.E 31
L
Labour Day 56
LADD Fred 66
LAKE Mike 66
Lake Mahinapua 45
Lake Tekapo 26
Lane & Brown 48
leisure time 56
licensing laws 39
liquor licences (Wairarapa) 62
LITTIN Mr L. 37
Lockheed Super Constellation 44
LUCAS Crosby 11
Nellie 11
Lyttleton 24
M
MACEY Mr W.H 13
Mandeville 40
Mangatera cemetery (Dannevirke) 34
Marlborough 12
Martinborough 64
Mataura 40, 41
McCARTHY Winston 44

McCUSKER Arthur John 12
Betty 15
Gordon 13
Margaret 15
Peter (senior) 15
McGREGOR Mrs 30
McINTOSH Peter 50
McRAE Billy 41
John 38
Mary 38
Murdoch 38
McSHANE Owen 38
mechanical car breakdowns 18
Mechanics Bay (Auckland) 66
Mellemskov 62
Mental Defectives Act 33
Military Cross 43
Miramar 56
Mokau 45
Monkey Puzzle Tree 11
MORRIS Trevor 10
Morris Hedstrom Ltd 51
Morton Tex 40
Mrs McGregor's Drapery 30
N
Napier Botanical Gardens 11
Napier Central School 11
Napier Hill 10
Napier Hospital 10
native trees 10
New Plymouth 12
New River Estuary 38
Ngahere Downs 30
NOBILO Dick 40
North Canterbury 20
NORTHCROFT Justice 32
Northern Steamship Co. 51
Northland 5, 32, 72
NZ Customs 41
NZ Farmers Co-op 21
NZ High Commission Office 9
NZ International Exhibitions 13
NZ Library Service 44
NZ Navy 72
O
Okahukura Peninsular 36
Okahukuru Station 36
Old Bank Hotel (Timaru) 27
Orari 27
Oriental Bay 58
Oriental Parade 58
Otaki 65
P
PAGE John 31
pay rates (1873) 9
Petone 61
photographic studio 12
photojournalism 15
piano 45
Pilkington & Co. (Fairlie) 26
poison (chocolates) 31
Port Ahiriri 10
Port of Auckland 48
POWELL Margaret 15
POWLEY Mr 53
Prohibition 39
public toilets 7
Q
Queen Elizabeth II Park 23
Queen's Cadet Rifle Volunteers 23
QUIRK Jim 1, 38
R
Rangiora 21
RNZAF 47
road maps (AA) 17
road signs (AA) 17
road trips 16
rowing (Navy) 72
ROWNTREE John 25
Royal Hotel (Featherston) 64
S
SANTOS de Emanuel 50
Scandinavian settlers 62
schooner (Greyhound) 48
Scinde Island 10
SCOTLAND Mr J.W.H 65
SCOVEL Isobel 43
Ralp Lt. Comm 43
Seacliff Mental Hospital 33
Seaview Station 36
SHEPHERD Alton Edgar 72
Sherwood Station 20
shipping Clansmen 50
Claymore 7
Elingamite 49
Greyhound 48
HMS Lamburnume 51
HMS Philomel 72
Huia 48
Kopu 51
Korea 66
Ngoiro 67
Pilot 59
SS Maori 24
Tainui 51
Will Watch 48
Zealandia 50
SMITH Margaret May 30
Mr R. 37
Robert 31
Sydney Charles 57
South Canterbury 28
Southland 1, 38
sport's photography 15
St Gerard's Church 58
STEVENSON Mr 6
STEWART Graham 66
still (liquor) 1, 38
Stratford 44
studio portraits (McCusker) 13
SUBRITZKY Betsy 51
Capt. Alfred 49
Capt. Hayward 50
Capt. Herbert 49
Capt. Johannes 48
Capt. John Henry 50
Capt. Ludolph 50
Charles 50
Len 50
Sunderland flying boat 47
T
TAIT Gordon 18
Mr 18
Mrs 18
Tapora 36
Taylor River 14
Temperance Union 39
theatre (pictures) 45
Thorndon 60
Timaru 27
Timpanys 41
Tourist Air Travel 66
tourist buses (Akaroa) 25
travel guides (AA) 17
tuberculosis 22
U
Union Bank (Wellington) 58
US Marines 63
V
Victoria Avenue School 43
W
W.A. Ryan & Co 49
Waiau 20
Waipawa 34
Waipukurau 34
Wairarapa 62
Wanganui Intermediate 43
WEBSTER Mr W 37
Wellington 43,56
West Coast 30
West King Island 49
whaling 38
Whanganui 43
Whangarei 4
Whangarei Fire Station 5
Whangarei Post Office 7
Whangarei Primary School 5
Whangarei Town Basin 7
Whangaroa 48
whiskey 38
Wilkinsons Bakery (Whangaru) 7
Winchester 28
WINKLEMANN Henry 51
Woodbourne 13
WOODCOCK Mr L. 37
World War One 13, 43
World War Two 63
X
Y
YEARBURY Mr 37
Z
ZACHARIAH Joseph 59
ZAK Postcards 59
Zeiss Ikon Nike camera 13