New Zealand Memories Issue 31 - Contents
Auckland Central Library - my back pages.....4
Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway recalls her firstjob
School currency.....9
Lancaster drops leaflets in 1943
The Star motor car.....10
A first for New Zealand
Editorial comment and mailbox.....12
Images from the regions: Nelson/Marlborough.....14
Colin Tapley.....24
Christopher Moor profiles a New Zealand celebrity
The belle of the ball.....30
Fashion by Angela Lassig
Pride of the West Coast.....31
Frontier flying days
A slice of life.....32
Excursions on the Whanganui River
Country Library Service.....34
Photographs from a private collection
Life begins at 80.....35
A poem by Trevor Rowe
When buses ruled........36
Hugh Hickman records the history of L.J. Keys Limited
Soldier and magistrate remembered in Wanganui landmark 45
Family photographs and history from Bob Maysmor
Images from the regions: Taranaki.....48
Herbert Slade 'The Maori'.....56
From the archives of Dave Cameron, sports correspondent
Genealogy list / index.....58
In print.....60
Faded memories.....62
WW1 recollections
Editor's choice: Dogged determination.....64
Cover image: Herbert Slade 1883
Courtesy of Dave Cameron
New Zealand Memories Issue 31 - Index
A
acting 1,24-29
Adelaide 45
Air Travel 31
alcohol 51
Amodeo Bay 34
Auck Harbour Brd 39
AuckTransport Brd
39-42
Auckland Art Gallery 4
Auckland Public Library
4-8
Auckland 4-8,36-44
Automobiles 10-11
aviation 31
Avondale Station 22-23
Avondale 22-23
B
BACON Mr 51
Bank of NSW 52
barbers 55
BAXTER James K 6
bedfords 41
beverages 51
BLEDISLOE Lord & Lady
39
boarding school 50
BOCKAERT E 10-11
boxing 56-57
BREWER
Elizabeth 45
William 45
brewery 51
Britannia 38
British Leyland 40
BURT JeanB 25
buses 36-44
butter manufacture 52
C
carter 18-19
CASS David 8
CHAMBERLAIN Geoff 8
CHAPMAN HS 45
Chase buses 36-44
cheese manufacture 52
Christ’s College 25
Christchurch Jubilee Expo
11
clothing 30
Clydesdale 38
COLGAN Mr 6
Collingwood 20
CONRADSON Mr JS 31
COOPER Gary 25-29
co-operative 52
Coromandel 34
COSGROVE Bill 44
COULSON Mr A 55
Country Library Service
34
CROSS Mr 51
Cullen Creek 20
Cullensville 20
D
dairy 52
Depression The 42
DILLON Miss 23
DIXON E 51
Dunedin 25
DURIE
Ava 45
Elizabeth 45
Katherine Ann 45
Major David 45-47
Penelope 45-47
Durie Hill 45-47
DUTHIE Mr 6
E
Egmont Brewery 51
Empire Theatre 26
employment 4-8
evening gown 30
F
fashion 30
ferries 38-39,49
ferrymen 49
Filmcraft Studios 25
filmstars 1
FITZPATRICK Urba 62-63
FITZSIMMONDS Bob
56-57
Ford Union 36-44
Fox Glacier 31
FOX James 47
Fox Moth 31
Frank Poore Orchestra
41
fundraising 63
G
GILLESPIE Mike 57
Glen Durie House 46
gold mining 20-21
Golden Bay 15
goldrush 42
GOLDSBRO Ces 43
GOSS Joe 57
GRANT
Alexander 18
Allan 19
Bert 19
Hemi 19
James 18
Joe 19
Robert 18-19
Stan 19
Grant BrosTransport
18-19
GREAVEY Mr J 55
Griffins 18
grocers 54
GYDE Douglas Robert 54
H
hairdressers 55
HAMBRO
Lady 27
Sir Percy 27
HANNAH Jack 62-63
HAVER June 29
Hawera 55
hire company 18-19
HMS Herald 46
Hollywood 1,24-29
homestead 22-23
HOOKER Will 51
HOOPER Alice 30
housing 41
Hutt Valley 46
I
INCH Harry 51
Inglewood Bakery 52
Inglewood 52
INGLIS Mr NJ 39
J
JOHNSON
Dick 51
Jack 51
Mr 51
K
Kawau 38
KEYS
Alison 39
Basil 39
Leonard John 36-44
Stan 38
Keys LJ Ltd 36-44
Keys Social Club 41
Khandallah Rugby Club
30
KILBRIDE Mrs 5
King Country 64
Kirkpatricks 18
Kuaotuna 34
L
Labour shares 42
LAMONT Lillian 26
Lancaster 9
LAURENCE Mr H 55
Leyland Tiger 41
libraries 4-8
LYON Patricia 27
LYONS Miss 5
M
MACE Jem 56-57
Magistrate 46
Mahakipawa 21
Majestic Theatre 26
Manuwai 32-33
Marychurch & Chester
11
MARYCHURCH Arthur
10-11
MAYSMOR
Charles C 47
John 45
Katherine 45
McCoy Pete 57
McGruer Bone 55
MCMURRAY Fred 24
Melanesion Trust 41
MERCER Bob 31
MITCHELL Jean 50
Moa Dairy Factory 52
Moa’s Farmers Union
52
Mokau River 49
Moki tunnel 53
ss Monterey 25
MORAN Frank 57
motor car 10-11,64
motoring 64
movies 1
N
Nelson 16-19
New Plymouth Girls HS
50
New Plymouth 50-51
Ngoiro 38
NIELSON Joyce 25
NOLAN
Ava 45
Sir Robert 45
NZ Militia 46
NZ Wars 45-47
NZ Company 45-46
O
O’BRIAN Brian 56
O’CONNOR Mr W 55
OATES Nick 11
Olive Jean 39
Olive Rose 39
P
Palmerston North 9
Paramount Pictures 25
PAUL James 51
PEDDIE E 51
petrol rationing 41
picnic 32-33
Picton 20
poetry 6
Police Magistrate 46
postcards 55
Prize Ring Rules 57
Purser Bros 55
Q
R
racing cars 16-17
RADCLIFFE FG 55
REARDON Mr 49
Reilly Bakery 54
river 49
roading 64
Rutland stockade 46
RYAN Paddy 57
S
SAVAGE Michael J 43
Search for Beauty
1,25-26
SHADBOLT T 7
SHERIDAN (Ann) Clara-Lou
25
sightseeing tour 42
SIMPSON Clarrie 43
Skeates & Bockaert
10-11
SKEATES
JE 10-11
PR 10-11
SLADE Herbert 56-57
SMITH Al 57
SMITH Mrs 5
Social Clubs 41
Star Engineering Co
10-11
Star motorcar 10-11
STURMEY Joe 51
SULLIVAN John L 56-57
surfboard 15
T
Tahora Saddle 53
Tahunanui Beach 16-17
Tamaki Drive 40
TAPLEY
Beverley 26
Brian 27
Colin 1,24-29
Guy 28
Harold 25
Jean 25
John 24
Martin 27
Mary 28
Nigel 29
Patsy 27
Reginald 26
Tapley HL & Co 26
Tarakohe 15
Taranaki Jockey Club 51
Taranaki 49-55
TAYLOR Steve 57
Te Rauparaha 46
TESCHEMAKER Charles
22-23
TESCHEMAKER-SHUTE
C deV 22-23
Texas Rangers 24
Thames 42
Timaru 56
Tongariro 52
tourism 16-17,42
trade unions 44
trams 39-41
transport
10-11,18-19,36-44,49,64
TRIGGER Mr 51
trucks 18-19
Tyree Studios 15,21U
U
V
W
Waikane 46
WAKEFIELD Col 45
WALKER Penelope 45
Wanaka 27,29
Wanganui 45-47
War 45-46
water tower 55
WATKINS Mr 51
WATSON
Mr HC 22
Mr HS 22
Mr WS 22
WAUGH Tom 63
Weheka 31
West Coast 31
Whakatane 10
Whanganui River 32-33
WILSON Mr 51
WRATHALL Dudley 41
WW1 55,62-62
WW11 27
X
Y
Z
A
acting 1,24-29
Adelaide 45
Air Travel 31
alcohol 51
Amodeo Bay 34
Auck Harbour Brd 39
AuckTransport Brd
39-42
Auckland Art Gallery 4
Auckland Public Library
4-8
Auckland 4-8,36-44
Automobiles 10-11
aviation 31
Avondale Station 22-23
Avondale 22-23
B
BACON Mr 51
Bank of NSW 52
barbers 55
BAXTER James K 6
bedfords 41
beverages 51
BLEDISLOE Lord & Lady
39
boarding school 50
BOCKAERT E 10-11
boxing 56-57
BREWER
Elizabeth 45
William 45
brewery 51
Britannia 38
British Leyland 40
BURT JeanB 25
buses 36-44
butter manufacture 52
C
carter 18-19
CASS David 8
CHAMBERLAIN Geoff 8
CHAPMAN HS 45
Chase buses 36-44
cheese manufacture 52
Christ’s College 25
Christchurch Jubilee Expo
11
clothing 30
Clydesdale 38
COLGAN Mr 6
Collingwood 20
CONRADSON Mr JS 31
COOPER Gary 25-29
co-operative 52
Coromandel 34
COSGROVE Bill 44
COULSON Mr A 55
Country Library Service
34
CROSS Mr 51
Cullen Creek 20
Cullensville 20
D
dairy 52
Depression The 42
DILLON Miss 23
DIXON E 51
Dunedin 25
DURIE
Ava 45
Elizabeth 45
Katherine Ann 45
Major David 45-47
Penelope 45-47
Durie Hill 45-47
DUTHIE Mr 6
E
Egmont Brewery 51
Empire Theatre 26
employment 4-8
evening gown 30
F
fashion 30
ferries 38-39,49
ferrymen 49
Filmcraft Studios 25
filmstars 1
FITZPATRICK Urba 62-63
FITZSIMMONDS Bob
56-57
Ford Union 36-44
Fox Glacier 31
FOX James 47
Fox Moth 31
Frank Poore Orchestra
41
fundraising 63
G
GILLESPIE Mike 57
Glen Durie House 46
gold mining 20-21
Golden Bay 15
goldrush 42
GOLDSBRO Ces 43
GOSS Joe 57
GRANT
Alexander 18
Allan 19
Bert 19
Hemi 19
James 18
Joe 19
Robert 18-19
Stan 19
Grant BrosTransport
18-19
GREAVEY Mr J 55
Griffins 18
grocers 54
GYDE Douglas Robert 54
H
hairdressers 55
HAMBRO
Lady 27
Sir Percy 27
HANNAH Jack 62-63
HAVER June 29
Hawera 55
hire company 18-19
HMS Herald 46
Hollywood 1,24-29
homestead 22-23
HOOKER Will 51
HOOPER Alice 30
housing 41
Hutt Valley 46
I
INCH Harry 51
Inglewood Bakery 52
Inglewood 52
INGLIS Mr NJ 39
J
JOHNSON
Dick 51
Jack 51
Mr 51
K
Kawau 38
KEYS
Alison 39
Basil 39
Leonard John 36-44
Stan 38
Keys LJ Ltd 36-44
Keys Social Club 41
Khandallah Rugby Club
30
KILBRIDE Mrs 5
King Country 64
Kirkpatricks 18
Kuaotuna 34
L
Labour shares 42
LAMONT Lillian 26
Lancaster 9
LAURENCE Mr H 55
Leyland Tiger 41
libraries 4-8
LYON Patricia 27
LYONS Miss 5
M
MACE Jem 56-57
Magistrate 46
Mahakipawa 21
Majestic Theatre 26
Manuwai 32-33
Marychurch & Chester
11
MARYCHURCH Arthur
10-11
MAYSMOR
Charles C 47
John 45
Katherine 45
McCoy Pete 57
McGruer Bone 55
MCMURRAY Fred 24
Melanesion Trust 41
MERCER Bob 31
MITCHELL Jean 50
Moa Dairy Factory 52
Moa’s Farmers Union
52
Mokau River 49
Moki tunnel 53
ss Monterey 25
MORAN Frank 57
motor car 10-11,64
motoring 64
movies 1
N
Nelson 16-19
New Plymouth Girls HS
50
New Plymouth 50-51
Ngoiro 38
NIELSON Joyce 25
NOLAN
Ava 45
Sir Robert 45
NZ Militia 46
NZ Wars 45-47
NZ Company 45-46
O
O’BRIAN Brian 56
O’CONNOR Mr W 55
OATES Nick 11
Olive Jean 39
Olive Rose 39
P
Palmerston North 9
Paramount Pictures 25
PAUL James 51
PEDDIE E 51
petrol rationing 41
picnic 32-33
Picton 20
poetry 6
Police Magistrate 46
postcards 55
Prize Ring Rules 57
Purser Bros 55
Q
R
racing cars 16-17
RADCLIFFE FG 55
REARDON Mr 49
Reilly Bakery 54
river 49
roading 64
Rutland stockade 46
RYAN Paddy 57
S
SAVAGE Michael J 43
Search for Beauty
1,25-26
SHADBOLT T 7
SHERIDAN (Ann) Clara-Lou
25
sightseeing tour 42
SIMPSON Clarrie 43
Skeates & Bockaert
10-11
SKEATES
JE 10-11
PR 10-11
SLADE Herbert 56-57
SMITH Al 57
SMITH Mrs 5
Social Clubs 41
Star Engineering Co
10-11
Star motorcar 10-11
STURMEY Joe 51
SULLIVAN John L 56-57
surfboard 15
T
Tahora Saddle 53
Tahunanui Beach 16-17
Tamaki Drive 40
TAPLEY
Beverley 26
Brian 27
Colin 1,24-29
Guy 28
Harold 25
Jean 25
John 24
Martin 27
Mary 28
Nigel 29
Patsy 27
Reginald 26
Tapley HL & Co 26
Tarakohe 15
Taranaki Jockey Club 51
Taranaki 49-55
TAYLOR Steve 57
Te Rauparaha 46
TESCHEMAKER Charles
22-23
TESCHEMAKER-SHUTE
C deV 22-23
Texas Rangers 24
Thames 42
Timaru 56
Tongariro 52
tourism 16-17,42
trade unions 44
trams 39-41
transport
10-11,18-19,36-44,49,64
TRIGGER Mr 51
trucks 18-19
Tyree Studios 15,21U
U
V
W
Waikane 46
WAKEFIELD Col 45
WALKER Penelope 45
Wanaka 27,29
Wanganui 45-47
War 45-46
water tower 55
WATKINS Mr 51
WATSON
Mr HC 22
Mr HS 22
Mr WS 22
WAUGH Tom 63
Weheka 31
West Coast 31
Whakatane 10
Whanganui River 32-33
WILSON Mr 51
WRATHALL Dudley 41
WW1 55,62-62
WW11 27
X
Y
Z