New Zealand Memories Issue 22 - Contents
The Subritzky family of Northland..................................4
Editorial comment & mailbox........................................10
Bill Owen, World War I survivor ..................................11
Alfred Edward Parkes - track cycling champion............14
Those were the days ......................................................16
Images from the regions: Waikato ................................17
Cup Fever: A briefhistory of The America's Cup ............28
Slice of life: Extreme measures ........................................32
Taumarunui - 1940 locomotives ......................................34
The meaning of stone: The stonemason's trade..............36
The Ormondville coach ..................................................39
Images from the regions: Wanganui/Manawatu ............40
And the bride wore - fashion since the 1870s................52
In print ............................................................................57
Can you help? Anyone for tennis?..................................58
Horton's Descriptive Catalogue ....................................62
The best of bowling ........................................................63
Editor's choice: A waka escort ........................................64
Cover photograph: 'Gum diggers camp' Courtesy: The Albertland and District Museum
New Zealand Memories Issue 22 - Index
A
Accommodation 26
ACLAND Mr 52
Aircraft 24
Albury PresbyChurch 55
ALDERTON John 41
JW 41
America 28
America’s Cup 28-31
ANDERSON Elizabeth 54-55
Anzac Day 10
Aramoho 34,44
Archilles HMS 13
Armistice 13
ARNST Dick 42
ASHBY James 28
Atiamuri 25
Auckland 5,7,28-31,36-38
Auctioneers 44-45
Aunt Daisy 16
Australia II 30
Awanui River 7
Awapuni 5,48,49
Axeman’s carnivals 15
B
BAIGENT Mr 63
BAIKIE George 55
Ruby 55
BANNAN Mary Jane 52
BERTRAND John 30
Bicycles 15
Black Magic 30
BLAKE Peter 30
BLAQUIERE Lord de 28
Blazers 58
BOND Alan 30
Bowling 63
Bricklaying 41
Bridal party 52-56
Bridegrooms 52-56
Brides 52-56
British seamen 48
BRYANT WA 23
Building 41
Butchers 23
C
Caledonian Sports 15
Car 7
Carbolic sand soap 23
Cattle
Central Butchery 23
CHAYTOR ColLaurence 10
Chemist 26
Christmas Day 9,49
Church 5
Clubs 58
Coach 39
Collingwood Gold Field Co 32-33
CONNER Dennis 30
Cooking 16
CORBETT Hugh 53
COUTTS Russell 30
Crown Gold Mine 20
Cruiser 13
CRUMP Ethel Violet 1,50,51
George 1,50,51
Louis George 1,50,51
Victoria 1,50,51
CULLEY Eliza 44
Cycling 14,15
D
Dancehall 51
DAVIDSON J 63
DEAN Beryl 48-49
Margaret 21
Sadie 48-49
Dean Family 21
DENNY Mr 63
DODD Mr 55
Mrs 55
Domestics 48-49
Double sculls 42-43
Drag race 7
E
Earthquake 46
Edwin Fox 10
ELDER Mary 53
Eltham Argus 15
Eltham 14-15
Everybody’s Theatre 1,50,51
Excelsior Auto Cycles 10
Excise men 5
F
Fancy dress 22
Far North 5
Farmers Union 48
Fashion 15,41,52-56
Feilding PO 46-47
Feilding 44-47
FERRIER William 53
Fishers Hill 18
Flame Thrower 16
Flax mills 5,10
Flock House Scheme 48-49
Flock House 48-49
Four Oaks 16
France 11-13
FRANK Clara 10
Maud Elizabeth 10
Frankton Railway Settlement 22
Frankton 22
FULTON Bob 10
G
GALLAHER Loeta 58
GALLERY Catherine 21
Michael 21
Garage 63
General Store 5,6
German settlers 4
GIBBONS Arthur 9
GIBSON AL 63
Girls Flock House 48-49
Gold battery 20
Gold mining 18-20,37
Gravestones 36-38
Great Exhibition 28
Great South Road 21
GREY Governor George 5
Greyhound 5
Gum Stores 5
H
HACKETT Hon Frederick 46
Hamilton 22-23
HANSEN Frederick 9
William 9
HART Bill 24
HASTIE Martha 46
Hatrick’s steamers 42-43
HAUGHEY A 63
Hauraki Gulf 5
Hawera 63
Hawkes Bay 39
Headstones 36-38
HEIMBROD GK 58
Helensea 21
HESKETH Henry 13
HIGHT Ruby 55
HILL Private 11
Horsepower 20
Horses 39
Horton’s 62
Hotel 5
Houhora harbour 5
Houhora 5
HULLEN Marg Sarah 44
I
Immigrants 46
Immigration 48-49
Imperial Picture Co 1,51
Innes Tartan Ltd 18
Institute Hall 22
Ivanhoe 44
J
Jane Gifford 8
Jeannie Duncan 10
K
K 907 34-35
K class locomotive 34-35
K912 34-35
Ka 937 34-35
Kaitaia Mission Station 5
Kaitaia 5,8
Kakahi 50-51
Karangahake Gorge 20
Karangahake 19-20
Kauri Gum industry 5
Kawau Island 5
Keesing’s Auction Mart 44
Kendricks 44
KNIGHT Hilda 48
KNOWLES Charlotte 53
Kookaburra II 30
KORBER Heinrich 4
Johann 4
Jurgen 4
Maria 4
L
LAING Graham George 51
Margaret 51
Le Quesnoy 13
LEGARTH John 39
Legion of Honour 12
Lemon & Paeroa 18
LIPTON Sir Thomas 29
LITCHFIELD Ted 41
Locomotive 22
Louis Vuitton Cup 30
M
MacKAY Thomas 52
Main Trunk railway 34-35
Manawatu 40-51
Mangonui 5
Maori village 25
Maori 5,7,21,26
Marriage 52-56
Marshlands 10
Matthews family 5
McDONALD Ada 15
Dora 15
McGEE Mr 51
McGLASHAN Ethel Violet 51
William Keith 51
Medicine 26
MEEK Eliza 36-38
Mercantile Marines 48
Military 21
Mineral water 18
Mining 19-20
MITCHIM George 9
Montezuma 5
Monumental mason 36-38
Motor-bicycles 10
Motorcar 8,53
Mount Camel Station 5,7
Mount Camel 5
Mounted rifles 10
N
NZ Wars 21
Nelson 4,10,63
New Plymouth 63
NEWMAN Edward 48
Ngapuhi 7
Norsewood 39
Northland 4-9
Northwood Bros 6
NZR 34-35
O
Oasis Industries 18
Ohinemuri goldfield 19
Ohinemuri River 19
Ohinemuri 18
Ohore 5
Okahukura 34-35
Oldsmobile 7,9
Opihi Flat 44
Orient 50
Ormondville Coach 39
Ormondville 39
OWEN Bill 11-13
P
Paeroa 18-19
Palmyra 4
PARKES Ada 15
Alfred Edward 14-15
PARKINSON WA 63
PARRINGTON Mr 63
PAUL JT 63
Picton 10
Pokeno 21
Polish family 4
Pomeroy J & CoLtd 24
PORTER CaptWilliam 21
Post Office 27,46-47
Postal service 39
Postcard 5
Prince Alfred 5
Prinn Mr 26
Puckey family 5
Q
Queen of Beauty Mine 37
Queen Street 7
Queen’s Redoubt 21
R
Railway Hotel 21
Railway 19,22,34
Raurimu 50
REARDON Dora 15
Fred 15
Redoubt 21
Roofing iron 51
Rowing 42-43
Royal Navy 48
S
Saint Pauli 4,10
Sandsoap 23
SANTOS de Emanuel 9
SAUNDERS Charles 53
Mary 53
SCHACHT Peter 4
SCHMIDT Carl 39
Sculling 42-43
Sculling 42-43
Sea voyage 4
Settlers 46
Shamrock 28
Shepherd Bros 44-45
SHEPHERD George 44
MargSarah 44
Thomas Martin 44
William 44-45
William Henry 44
SHERWOOD Rowan 56
Short horn 5
Silent movies 51
Smallpox 4
SMITH Elizabeth 54
Isaac 54
Smuggling 5
Souvenir postcards 42-43
SPANHAKE Frederick 4
Otto 4
Sophia 4,5
STANBURY James 42-43
Stars and Stripes 30
Steamers 19
STEVENS John Cox 28
Stonemason 36-38
Stormbird SS 63
Strathallan 52
SUBRITZKY
Alfred 9
Archie 6
Basil 8
Brett 7-8
Danny 7
Harold 6
Heinrich 4,5
Johannes Anton 4,5,7,9
John Henry 9
Len 6
Leonard 8
Lil 6
Ludolph 4,5
Mike 4
Pamela 7
Romualdus 4
Sophie Elizabeth 4,5
Subritzky Shipping Line 7
Subritzky Store 5
Subritzky-Wagener Homestead 5
SYME George 63
T
Talisman Goldmine 20
Tamati MV 26
Taranaki 63
Taumarunui Hospital 51
Taumarunui Station 34-35
Taumarunui 34-35,50,51
Taupo Post Office 27
Taupo Wharf 25
Taupo 26
Te Aupouri 7
Te Kuiti 24
Te Rawara 7
Technical College 41
Tennis Clubs 58
Tennis 58
Thames 37
Theatre 1,50,51
THOMAS Eliza 36-38
THOMPSON Adam 10
Allan 10
Margaret 10
Timaru 52,53,55
TOWNS Charles 42
Track cycling 14-15
Trains 22,34-35
TRESSIDER Dick 43
U
Upokongaro 43
V
VE Day 50
Veil 55
W
WAGENER Louisa 7
Waihi 18-19
Waihora Bay 26
Waihou River 19
Waikato River 25
Waikato 17-27
Waikonini 7
Waka 64
Wanganui Tech College 41
Wanganui 40-51
War canoe 64
War 11-13
WARD Lady 15
Sir Joseph 15,46
Wars 21
WEBB William 42-43
Wedding cars 53
Weddings 52-56
Well/Wang Packet Co 63
Whaler 5
Whanganui River 42-43
WHITTINGHAM William 9
WILLIAMS Rev Henry 64
WOOD Eliza 44
Woodstock Goldmining Co 20
Wool 26
Wool 48-49
World’s Fair 28
WWI 11-13,48
Y
Yacht 64
Yachting 28-31
Young America 30
YWCA 48
Z
A
Accommodation 26
ACLAND Mr 52
Aircraft 24
Albury PresbyChurch 55
ALDERTON John 41
JW 41
America 28
America’s Cup 28-31
ANDERSON Elizabeth 54-55
Anzac Day 10
Aramoho 34,44
Archilles HMS 13
Armistice 13
ARNST Dick 42
ASHBY James 28
Atiamuri 25
Auckland 5,7,28-31,36-38
Auctioneers 44-45
Aunt Daisy 16
Australia II 30
Awanui River 7
Awapuni 5,48,49
Axeman’s carnivals 15
B
BAIGENT Mr 63
BAIKIE George 55
Ruby 55
BANNAN Mary Jane 52
BERTRAND John 30
Bicycles 15
Black Magic 30
BLAKE Peter 30
BLAQUIERE Lord de 28
Blazers 58
BOND Alan 30
Bowling 63
Bricklaying 41
Bridal party 52-56
Bridegrooms 52-56
Brides 52-56
British seamen 48
BRYANT WA 23
Building 41
Butchers 23
C
Caledonian Sports 15
Car 7
Carbolic sand soap 23
Cattle
Central Butchery 23
CHAYTOR ColLaurence 10
Chemist 26
Christmas Day 9,49
Church 5
Clubs 58
Coach 39
Collingwood Gold Field Co 32-33
CONNER Dennis 30
Cooking 16
CORBETT Hugh 53
COUTTS Russell 30
Crown Gold Mine 20
Cruiser 13
CRUMP Ethel Violet 1,50,51
George 1,50,51
Louis George 1,50,51
Victoria 1,50,51
CULLEY Eliza 44
Cycling 14,15
D
Dancehall 51
DAVIDSON J 63
DEAN Beryl 48-49
Margaret 21
Sadie 48-49
Dean Family 21
DENNY Mr 63
DODD Mr 55
Mrs 55
Domestics 48-49
Double sculls 42-43
Drag race 7
E
Earthquake 46
Edwin Fox 10
ELDER Mary 53
Eltham Argus 15
Eltham 14-15
Everybody’s Theatre 1,50,51
Excelsior Auto Cycles 10
Excise men 5
F
Fancy dress 22
Far North 5
Farmers Union 48
Fashion 15,41,52-56
Feilding PO 46-47
Feilding 44-47
FERRIER William 53
Fishers Hill 18
Flame Thrower 16
Flax mills 5,10
Flock House Scheme 48-49
Flock House 48-49
Four Oaks 16
France 11-13
FRANK Clara 10
Maud Elizabeth 10
Frankton Railway Settlement 22
Frankton 22
FULTON Bob 10
G
GALLAHER Loeta 58
GALLERY Catherine 21
Michael 21
Garage 63
General Store 5,6
German settlers 4
GIBBONS Arthur 9
GIBSON AL 63
Girls Flock House 48-49
Gold battery 20
Gold mining 18-20,37
Gravestones 36-38
Great Exhibition 28
Great South Road 21
GREY Governor George 5
Greyhound 5
Gum Stores 5
H
HACKETT Hon Frederick 46
Hamilton 22-23
HANSEN Frederick 9
William 9
HART Bill 24
HASTIE Martha 46
Hatrick’s steamers 42-43
HAUGHEY A 63
Hauraki Gulf 5
Hawera 63
Hawkes Bay 39
Headstones 36-38
HEIMBROD GK 58
Helensea 21
HESKETH Henry 13
HIGHT Ruby 55
HILL Private 11
Horsepower 20
Horses 39
Horton’s 62
Hotel 5
Houhora harbour 5
Houhora 5
HULLEN Marg Sarah 44
I
Immigrants 46
Immigration 48-49
Imperial Picture Co 1,51
Innes Tartan Ltd 18
Institute Hall 22
Ivanhoe 44
J
Jane Gifford 8
Jeannie Duncan 10
K
K 907 34-35
K class locomotive 34-35
K912 34-35
Ka 937 34-35
Kaitaia Mission Station 5
Kaitaia 5,8
Kakahi 50-51
Karangahake Gorge 20
Karangahake 19-20
Kauri Gum industry 5
Kawau Island 5
Keesing’s Auction Mart 44
Kendricks 44
KNIGHT Hilda 48
KNOWLES Charlotte 53
Kookaburra II 30
KORBER Heinrich 4
Johann 4
Jurgen 4
Maria 4
L
LAING Graham George 51
Margaret 51
Le Quesnoy 13
LEGARTH John 39
Legion of Honour 12
Lemon & Paeroa 18
LIPTON Sir Thomas 29
LITCHFIELD Ted 41
Locomotive 22
Louis Vuitton Cup 30
M
MacKAY Thomas 52
Main Trunk railway 34-35
Manawatu 40-51
Mangonui 5
Maori village 25
Maori 5,7,21,26
Marriage 52-56
Marshlands 10
Matthews family 5
McDONALD Ada 15
Dora 15
McGEE Mr 51
McGLASHAN Ethel Violet 51
William Keith 51
Medicine 26
MEEK Eliza 36-38
Mercantile Marines 48
Military 21
Mineral water 18
Mining 19-20
MITCHIM George 9
Montezuma 5
Monumental mason 36-38
Motor-bicycles 10
Motorcar 8,53
Mount Camel Station 5,7
Mount Camel 5
Mounted rifles 10
N
NZ Wars 21
Nelson 4,10,63
New Plymouth 63
NEWMAN Edward 48
Ngapuhi 7
Norsewood 39
Northland 4-9
Northwood Bros 6
NZR 34-35
O
Oasis Industries 18
Ohinemuri goldfield 19
Ohinemuri River 19
Ohinemuri 18
Ohore 5
Okahukura 34-35
Oldsmobile 7,9
Opihi Flat 44
Orient 50
Ormondville Coach 39
Ormondville 39
OWEN Bill 11-13
P
Paeroa 18-19
Palmyra 4
PARKES Ada 15
Alfred Edward 14-15
PARKINSON WA 63
PARRINGTON Mr 63
PAUL JT 63
Picton 10
Pokeno 21
Polish family 4
Pomeroy J & CoLtd 24
PORTER CaptWilliam 21
Post Office 27,46-47
Postal service 39
Postcard 5
Prince Alfred 5
Prinn Mr 26
Puckey family 5
Q
Queen of Beauty Mine 37
Queen Street 7
Queen’s Redoubt 21
R
Railway Hotel 21
Railway 19,22,34
Raurimu 50
REARDON Dora 15
Fred 15
Redoubt 21
Roofing iron 51
Rowing 42-43
Royal Navy 48
S
Saint Pauli 4,10
Sandsoap 23
SANTOS de Emanuel 9
SAUNDERS Charles 53
Mary 53
SCHACHT Peter 4
SCHMIDT Carl 39
Sculling 42-43
Sculling 42-43
Sea voyage 4
Settlers 46
Shamrock 28
Shepherd Bros 44-45
SHEPHERD George 44
MargSarah 44
Thomas Martin 44
William 44-45
William Henry 44
SHERWOOD Rowan 56
Short horn 5
Silent movies 51
Smallpox 4
SMITH Elizabeth 54
Isaac 54
Smuggling 5
Souvenir postcards 42-43
SPANHAKE Frederick 4
Otto 4
Sophia 4,5
STANBURY James 42-43
Stars and Stripes 30
Steamers 19
STEVENS John Cox 28
Stonemason 36-38
Stormbird SS 63
Strathallan 52
SUBRITZKY
Alfred 9
Archie 6
Basil 8
Brett 7-8
Danny 7
Harold 6
Heinrich 4,5
Johannes Anton 4,5,7,9
John Henry 9
Len 6
Leonard 8
Lil 6
Ludolph 4,5
Mike 4
Pamela 7
Romualdus 4
Sophie Elizabeth 4,5
Subritzky Shipping Line 7
Subritzky Store 5
Subritzky-Wagener Homestead 5
SYME George 63
T
Talisman Goldmine 20
Tamati MV 26
Taranaki 63
Taumarunui Hospital 51
Taumarunui Station 34-35
Taumarunui 34-35,50,51
Taupo Post Office 27
Taupo Wharf 25
Taupo 26
Te Aupouri 7
Te Kuiti 24
Te Rawara 7
Technical College 41
Tennis Clubs 58
Tennis 58
Thames 37
Theatre 1,50,51
THOMAS Eliza 36-38
THOMPSON Adam 10
Allan 10
Margaret 10
Timaru 52,53,55
TOWNS Charles 42
Track cycling 14-15
Trains 22,34-35
TRESSIDER Dick 43
U
Upokongaro 43
V
VE Day 50
Veil 55
W
WAGENER Louisa 7
Waihi 18-19
Waihora Bay 26
Waihou River 19
Waikato River 25
Waikato 17-27
Waikonini 7
Waka 64
Wanganui Tech College 41
Wanganui 40-51
War canoe 64
War 11-13
WARD Lady 15
Sir Joseph 15,46
Wars 21
WEBB William 42-43
Wedding cars 53
Weddings 52-56
Well/Wang Packet Co 63
Whaler 5
Whanganui River 42-43
WHITTINGHAM William 9
WILLIAMS Rev Henry 64
WOOD Eliza 44
Woodstock Goldmining Co 20
Wool 26
Wool 48-49
World’s Fair 28
WWI 11-13,48
Y
Yacht 64
Yachting 28-31
Young America 30
YWCA 48
Z