New Zealand Memories Issue 23 - Contents
The Duke of Marlborough Hotel ....................................2
The Orpheus disaster........................................................4
Editorial comment & mailbox ..........................................9
Women & cycling ............................................................10
New Zealand's only surviving time-ball station ..........14
Mobile boxing ring ........................................................11
Images from the regions: Northland ............................18
Catch a wave....................................................................29
OtalZel around Lake Taupo............................................30
Slice oflife: A confident quintet....................................32
Castle Rock Camp - New Year 1900..............................34
Memories of a School Milk Liaison Officer..................36
The Services Convalescent Hospital ............................38
Can you help? ..................................................................41
Images from the regions: Coromandel/Bay of Plenty 42
In print ............................................................................54
Romantic street names of Winton ................................55
Up the river without a paddle ......................................58
Beatlemania ....................................................................62
Editor's choice: Beyond the call of duty........................64
Cover photograph: Swiss sharemilkers at the Cape Egmont Lighthouse 1914 Courtesy: Mrs E.Tiller
New Zealand Memories Issue 23 - Index
A
Aard Motor Co 30-31
Advertising 62
ALLSOP Avila 37
AMPHLETT Mr 6
Anglia 20
Architecture 1, 50-51
Atalanta Ladies
CycleClub 62-63
Atlantic Service Stations 62-63
Auckland Town Hall 62-63
Auckland 9,62-63
Awanui 19
B
Band rotunda 9
Barrossa 4
Bathing 1, 50-51
Beaches 62
Beatlemania 62-63
Beatles The 62-63
BECHER Mr AB 8
BEECHEY Admiral Rich 4-8
BENNETT Dora 32-33
Gladys 32-33
Hilda 32-33
Ida 32-33
Bicycles 10-13
Blue baths 1, 50-51
Boxing 17
BRASSINGTON William 15
Britannia 20
BRUNETTE John 16
BURN Alice 11
BURNETT Commodore 5
BURTON Robert 6
BUTLER Frederick 6
C
Cable Bay 2,20-21
Cable station 2,20-21
Cables 20-21
CAESAR Avila 37
CAMPBELL NH 26
Camping 30-31,34-35
CANE Thomas 15
Canterbury Provincial Counc 15
Cape Maria van Deimen 22
Car ferry 28
Castle Rock camp 34-35
Central Boarding House 26-27
Chaplin Bros 50-51
Chemist 44
Christchurch 10-13
CLAY Cassius 62-63
CLEGHORN Dr 9
Clock 16
Coach 49
Colonia 20
Colonial Observatory 16
Communication 20-21
Concert 62-63
Cookery 19
Coopers Beach 20-21
CORDES Beryl 9
Coromandel 43
Coronation Hall 26
Corvettes 4-8
Court Martial 6
Cycling clubs 10-13
Cycling 10-13
D
DONELLY Marie 45
Douglas 15
Drainage 23
Drury’s chart 5-6
Duke of Marlborough 2,20-21
Dunedin 10-13
DUVALL Mrs 52
E
Edward Dent & Co 15
Eglinton Tournament 55-57
Engineering 45
EVERY family 34-35
EVERY Henrietta 34-35
F
FAIRBURN Thayer 4-8
Farms 64
Fashion 10-13,24,32-33,62-63
Feilding 41
Ferries 28
Fertilizer 52-53
FIELDS Gracie 40
Figurehead 8
FINDLAY Roy Wentworth 17
Fire Brigade 49
Fire 26
Flag signalman 16
Flagstaff Signal Station 9
Flax-dressing 45
Ford car 30-31
Fordson van 46-47
Forrest Hill 22
FREYBERG Lord 40
G
Gannet colony 52
Gaslight 24
General store 24
GIBSON Frederick 15
GIBSON Trevor (Hoot) 46-47
Gibson’s Rubber
Specialties 46-47
Gold 43
Grafton cemetery 8
Greenwich time 14-16
GREY Governor George 5
Greymouth 12
GRIFFIN Jessie 27
Mollie 27
Murdoch 27
Walter 27
Guano 52
Gymnasium club 32-33
H
Halcyon 8
HALL JW 44
HARDY Tom 58
Harrier 6
HARRISON George 62-63
Hawera Star 17
Health 50
HEAPHY Charles 43
Herbert 34-35
Hikurangi 24
HILL Lieutenant 4
Historic Places Trust 16
Holidays 30-31,34-35
Hollis & Brown 16
Hospital 38-40
Hotel 20-21
HUTCHENS Mr F 17
I
Inglewood 32-34
J
JOBE Eileen 45
JOHNSON Johnny 2
JOHNSTONE Clement 57
JONES Jack 17
JOYCE Alexander 16
K
KAHANAMUKU Duke 62
Kaipara Harbour 8
Kaitaia 23
Kawakawa 24
KELLY William 52
KENNINGTON John 15
Kina soup 19
Kina 19
L
Lake Rotorua 38-40
Leisure 10-13
LENNON John 62-63
Liaison officer 37
LINDSAY Mr 27
Liquor Licence 2
Locomotives 45
London News 43
Lyttelton Harbour Brd 15
Lyttelton Post Office 16
Lyttelton 14-16
M
Machinery 45
MADDERN Hilda 45
Miss 45
MAIR John 50-51
Mangorewa Gorge 49
Manukau Harbour 4-8
Maritime 4-8
Mauao 48
McCARTNEY Paul 62-63
McKENZIE George 57
McNEISH James 2
McWILLIAM JP 57
Methodists 45
Milk Publicity Council 38
Milk 37-38
Milking 30,64
MILLER Flora 45
Mimiro Ladies Cycling Club 12
Miners 9
Mining 52-53
Miranda 6
MONTGOMERY
Field Marshall 40
Mooloo 37
MOORE Bill 30-31
MORRISON Ida 45
Motorcar 24,27,30-31,58
Motu-o-tau 48
Moturiki 48
MOUNTBATTEN Lady 40
MOYLE Myrtle 45
Mt Maunganui 48,49
Mt Victoria 9
Music 62-63
N
Names 55-57
National Bank of NZ 27
New Year 34-35
NGATI WHAKAUE 50
Ngatira Tennis Club 9
Ninety Mile Beach 22
Northland 18-28
NORTHWOOD Arthur 22-23
NZ Expeditionary Force 38-40
NZ Manure & chemical Co 52
NZ Milk Board 37
NZ Railways 62
O
Oamaru 11,34-35
Ocean Beach 48
Officers Point 15
Onehunga 45
Onerahi Wharf 24
Orestes 4
Orewa 62
Orpheus 4-8
P
Pacific Cable Station 20-21
Paihia 28
Paroto 53
PASCOE John 8
PEACOCK JT 15
Peter the Great 52
Pop music 62-62
PORTEOUS John 16
Poster 37
Price A & G Ltd 45
PRICE Alfred 45
Promotions 37
Public Works 38
Q
Queen Elizabeth Hospital 38-40
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick 24
Railways 62
Rattlesnake 4
Records 62-63
REEVE Dr 38
Regatta Day 2,24
RIGG Emily 11
RING Charles 43
ROBERSTON Allan 9
ROBINSON Sir Dove-Myer 62-63
Rock ‘n’ roll 62-63
ROOSEVELT Eleanor 40
Rotorua 1,38-40,50-51
Russell 2,20-21,28
S
Saddlers 24
Sailing rig 4-8
Sailing 2,24
Sapphine HMS 6
School inspector 64
School milk 37-38
Schooner 53
SCOTT John 50-51
Sea eggs 19
SENTCH Anna 26
Servicemen 38-40
Services Hospital 38-40
Shellfish 19
Ship 4-8
Shipwreck 4-8,22
Shops 26
Siemens Bros Ltd 15
Signalling 9
Signalman 5-6,16
SIMPKINS George 52
Katherine 52
SMITH Mabel 64
Sport 17
STARR Ringo 62-63
STATHAM Edith 11
Stoneyhill 24
Street names 55-57
STRONG WD 6
STROUTS Frederick 15
Sulphur 52
Sunday school 45
Surfboard 62
Surfing 62
Swimming baths 1,50-51
T
TAPSELL Hans 52
Katherine 52
Taranaki 17
Tauranga Floral Festival 46-47
Tauranga 46-47,52
Te Anau 58
Te Kuiti Primary 37
Tennis courts 48
Tennis 9
Tents 43
Thames 44-45
Thermal pool 1,50-51
Time-ball station 14-16
Time-ball 14-16
TOOMEY John 16
Tourism 1,50-51
TREBILCOCK Ada 45
Tyre surgery 46-47
Tyres 46-47
U
Uniforms 32-33
V
Victory 6
Volkswagon van 46-47
W
Wahine 4
Waipu Central School 26
Waipu Presbyterian Church 26
Waipu 26
WALLIS Dr WS 38
War 5
WATT Gladys 38
Wellington Town Hall 62-63
Wellington 11-12, 62-63
Whakaari 52
Whakarewarewa 1,50-51
Whakatane 52
Whalers 43
Whangarei 24
Whenuapai Airport 62-63
White Island 52-53
Whitestone River 58
WILLIAMS Cyrus 16
WILSON Mr JA 52
WING Capt Thomas 6
Edward 6
Winton Borough Council 57
WINTON Lord 57
Thomas 57
Winton 55-57
Winton’s Bush 57
Wolverine 4
Womens cycling 10-13
Wonga Wonga 4-5
WWII 38-40
WYNYARD LieutGovernor 43
Y
Yachting 2,24
Z
A
Aard Motor Co 30-31
Advertising 62
ALLSOP Avila 37
AMPHLETT Mr 6
Anglia 20
Architecture 1, 50-51
Atalanta Ladies
CycleClub 62-63
Atlantic Service Stations 62-63
Auckland Town Hall 62-63
Auckland 9,62-63
Awanui 19
B
Band rotunda 9
Barrossa 4
Bathing 1, 50-51
Beaches 62
Beatlemania 62-63
Beatles The 62-63
BECHER Mr AB 8
BEECHEY Admiral Rich 4-8
BENNETT Dora 32-33
Gladys 32-33
Hilda 32-33
Ida 32-33
Bicycles 10-13
Blue baths 1, 50-51
Boxing 17
BRASSINGTON William 15
Britannia 20
BRUNETTE John 16
BURN Alice 11
BURNETT Commodore 5
BURTON Robert 6
BUTLER Frederick 6
C
Cable Bay 2,20-21
Cable station 2,20-21
Cables 20-21
CAESAR Avila 37
CAMPBELL NH 26
Camping 30-31,34-35
CANE Thomas 15
Canterbury Provincial Counc 15
Cape Maria van Deimen 22
Car ferry 28
Castle Rock camp 34-35
Central Boarding House 26-27
Chaplin Bros 50-51
Chemist 44
Christchurch 10-13
CLAY Cassius 62-63
CLEGHORN Dr 9
Clock 16
Coach 49
Colonia 20
Colonial Observatory 16
Communication 20-21
Concert 62-63
Cookery 19
Coopers Beach 20-21
CORDES Beryl 9
Coromandel 43
Coronation Hall 26
Corvettes 4-8
Court Martial 6
Cycling clubs 10-13
Cycling 10-13
D
DONELLY Marie 45
Douglas 15
Drainage 23
Drury’s chart 5-6
Duke of Marlborough 2,20-21
Dunedin 10-13
DUVALL Mrs 52
E
Edward Dent & Co 15
Eglinton Tournament 55-57
Engineering 45
EVERY family 34-35
EVERY Henrietta 34-35
F
FAIRBURN Thayer 4-8
Farms 64
Fashion 10-13,24,32-33,62-63
Feilding 41
Ferries 28
Fertilizer 52-53
FIELDS Gracie 40
Figurehead 8
FINDLAY Roy Wentworth 17
Fire Brigade 49
Fire 26
Flag signalman 16
Flagstaff Signal Station 9
Flax-dressing 45
Ford car 30-31
Fordson van 46-47
Forrest Hill 22
FREYBERG Lord 40
G
Gannet colony 52
Gaslight 24
General store 24
GIBSON Frederick 15
GIBSON Trevor (Hoot) 46-47
Gibson’s Rubber
Specialties 46-47
Gold 43
Grafton cemetery 8
Greenwich time 14-16
GREY Governor George 5
Greymouth 12
GRIFFIN Jessie 27
Mollie 27
Murdoch 27
Walter 27
Guano 52
Gymnasium club 32-33
H
Halcyon 8
HALL JW 44
HARDY Tom 58
Harrier 6
HARRISON George 62-63
Hawera Star 17
Health 50
HEAPHY Charles 43
Herbert 34-35
Hikurangi 24
HILL Lieutenant 4
Historic Places Trust 16
Holidays 30-31,34-35
Hollis & Brown 16
Hospital 38-40
Hotel 20-21
HUTCHENS Mr F 17
I
Inglewood 32-34
J
JOBE Eileen 45
JOHNSON Johnny 2
JOHNSTONE Clement 57
JONES Jack 17
JOYCE Alexander 16
K
KAHANAMUKU Duke 62
Kaipara Harbour 8
Kaitaia 23
Kawakawa 24
KELLY William 52
KENNINGTON John 15
Kina soup 19
Kina 19
L
Lake Rotorua 38-40
Leisure 10-13
LENNON John 62-63
Liaison officer 37
LINDSAY Mr 27
Liquor Licence 2
Locomotives 45
London News 43
Lyttelton Harbour Brd 15
Lyttelton Post Office 16
Lyttelton 14-16
M
Machinery 45
MADDERN Hilda 45
Miss 45
MAIR John 50-51
Mangorewa Gorge 49
Manukau Harbour 4-8
Maritime 4-8
Mauao 48
McCARTNEY Paul 62-63
McKENZIE George 57
McNEISH James 2
McWILLIAM JP 57
Methodists 45
Milk Publicity Council 38
Milk 37-38
Milking 30,64
MILLER Flora 45
Mimiro Ladies Cycling Club 12
Miners 9
Mining 52-53
Miranda 6
MONTGOMERY
Field Marshall 40
Mooloo 37
MOORE Bill 30-31
MORRISON Ida 45
Motorcar 24,27,30-31,58
Motu-o-tau 48
Moturiki 48
MOUNTBATTEN Lady 40
MOYLE Myrtle 45
Mt Maunganui 48,49
Mt Victoria 9
Music 62-63
N
Names 55-57
National Bank of NZ 27
New Year 34-35
NGATI WHAKAUE 50
Ngatira Tennis Club 9
Ninety Mile Beach 22
Northland 18-28
NORTHWOOD Arthur 22-23
NZ Expeditionary Force 38-40
NZ Manure & chemical Co 52
NZ Milk Board 37
NZ Railways 62
O
Oamaru 11,34-35
Ocean Beach 48
Officers Point 15
Onehunga 45
Onerahi Wharf 24
Orestes 4
Orewa 62
Orpheus 4-8
P
Pacific Cable Station 20-21
Paihia 28
Paroto 53
PASCOE John 8
PEACOCK JT 15
Peter the Great 52
Pop music 62-62
PORTEOUS John 16
Poster 37
Price A & G Ltd 45
PRICE Alfred 45
Promotions 37
Public Works 38
Q
Queen Elizabeth Hospital 38-40
R
RADCLIFFE Frederick 24
Railways 62
Rattlesnake 4
Records 62-63
REEVE Dr 38
Regatta Day 2,24
RIGG Emily 11
RING Charles 43
ROBERSTON Allan 9
ROBINSON Sir Dove-Myer 62-63
Rock ‘n’ roll 62-63
ROOSEVELT Eleanor 40
Rotorua 1,38-40,50-51
Russell 2,20-21,28
S
Saddlers 24
Sailing rig 4-8
Sailing 2,24
Sapphine HMS 6
School inspector 64
School milk 37-38
Schooner 53
SCOTT John 50-51
Sea eggs 19
SENTCH Anna 26
Servicemen 38-40
Services Hospital 38-40
Shellfish 19
Ship 4-8
Shipwreck 4-8,22
Shops 26
Siemens Bros Ltd 15
Signalling 9
Signalman 5-6,16
SIMPKINS George 52
Katherine 52
SMITH Mabel 64
Sport 17
STARR Ringo 62-63
STATHAM Edith 11
Stoneyhill 24
Street names 55-57
STRONG WD 6
STROUTS Frederick 15
Sulphur 52
Sunday school 45
Surfboard 62
Surfing 62
Swimming baths 1,50-51
T
TAPSELL Hans 52
Katherine 52
Taranaki 17
Tauranga Floral Festival 46-47
Tauranga 46-47,52
Te Anau 58
Te Kuiti Primary 37
Tennis courts 48
Tennis 9
Tents 43
Thames 44-45
Thermal pool 1,50-51
Time-ball station 14-16
Time-ball 14-16
TOOMEY John 16
Tourism 1,50-51
TREBILCOCK Ada 45
Tyre surgery 46-47
Tyres 46-47
U
Uniforms 32-33
V
Victory 6
Volkswagon van 46-47
W
Wahine 4
Waipu Central School 26
Waipu Presbyterian Church 26
Waipu 26
WALLIS Dr WS 38
War 5
WATT Gladys 38
Wellington Town Hall 62-63
Wellington 11-12, 62-63
Whakaari 52
Whakarewarewa 1,50-51
Whakatane 52
Whalers 43
Whangarei 24
Whenuapai Airport 62-63
White Island 52-53
Whitestone River 58
WILLIAMS Cyrus 16
WILSON Mr JA 52
WING Capt Thomas 6
Edward 6
Winton Borough Council 57
WINTON Lord 57
Thomas 57
Winton 55-57
Winton’s Bush 57
Wolverine 4
Womens cycling 10-13
Wonga Wonga 4-5
WWII 38-40
WYNYARD LieutGovernor 43
Y
Yachting 2,24
Z
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