New Zealand Memories Issue 32 - Contents
'Submaritzky'.....4
Mike Subritzky profiles pioneer skindiver
Editorial comment and mailbox.....12
The Sunday School Concert.....14
Gilbert Stables recalls bygone days
Images from the regions: Hawke's Bay.....16
A day in the wilderness.....23
The collision of the 'Waikare' by Bruce E. Collins
When a teacher's lot was not a happy one.....26
Christopher Paxton investigates the teaching profession
Carless days.....30
Reflecting on the 1979 Regulations
On the Rocks........31
Nelson road construction
A slice of life.....32
On the Rocks...
Ellen Dougherty.....34
Adele Pentony-Graham profiles New Zealand's first
registered nurse
Journey to the light.....36
Historic Wellington Harbour by Rita Thomas
A walk down 'Memory Lane'.....40
Dulcie Brierly relates highlights of heryouth
1951.....42
An interview with Jock Barnes
Childhood memories of the Nokomai Goldfields.....45
From the 'As I Remember' stories air&.d on National Radio
Images from the regions: Otago.....48
Genealogy list/index.....58
In print.....60
Busy fingers.....62
Editor's choice: Full of hot air.....64
Cover image: Stuart, Frank (driver),
Harry, Grandpa, Grandma and Ron
Mitchell ready for a jaunt in their
immaculate tourer. Photographed in
the drive of their home 'Casa Loma'
in Lower -Hutt circa 1918.
Courtesy: Doreen Stone
New Zealand Memories Issue 32 - Index
A
Acheron 37
Admiral’s Cup 39
amputations 47
aqualung 6
Arapuni Dam 10
ARROW Mr 29
Arthur J&J Ltd 52-53
Auckland Harbour Bridge
10
Auckland Harbour 6
Auckland Star 10
Auckland Watersiders
43-44
Auckland 4-11
aviation 10
B
BACON Enos 23
ballooning 64
Baring Head 37
BARNES Jock 1,42-44
BARNES Professor 64
Barrett’s Reef 36
BASSETT Dr Michael 44
BECK Anne 17
Annie 17
Mathias 17
Violet 17
BENNETT George 37
Mary Jane 37
BLACKBURN Cliff 15
Blackhead Station 17
Bluff 24
BNZ 36-37
Boer War 17
BOYCE Mr 27
brass band 20
BRIERLY Dulcie 40-41
BRIERLY Mr 40-41
Brown’s Island 10
bus drivers 40
buses 40
C
Cambridge 40
CAMPBELL William
52-53
caning 27
carless days 30
CARNELL Samuel 22
cartoon 5
Castle Hill Mine 49
Cherry Gardens 40
Chevrolet National 14
children 26-29
Chinese 46-47
church 14-15
communism 43-44
constabulary barracks
17
COOK CaptJames 36
Cook Strait 37
corporal punishment 27
crochet cotton 63
crochet 62-63
CROMPTON WM 29
D
dam 9
dancing 40
Danes 17-19
Dannevirke 17
Dannish immigrants
17-19
DERRICK Audrey 46-47
Jim 46-47
Mrs J 46-47
Devon 38
diving record 8
diving suit 6
diving 4-11
DOUGHERTY Capt 35
Ellen 34-35
Dunedin 23,50-53
Dusky Sound 24
E
earthquake 36
Economic Stabilisation Regs
30
Education Act 27
education 26-29
Elingamite 9
emergency regulations
44
employment disputes
42-44
ENGLAND Lyndsay 39
England 37
ENTWHISTLE Joe 46
EUSTACE Pete 27
F
farming 17
FARR Bruce 39
fashion 52-53
Fiordland 23-25
fishing club 8
FLEMING Mr TR 26
Foxton School 29
Frankton Junction 40-41
FREEMAN FW 23
FREW Jim 49
Fritz Reuter 17
G
Germans 17
Gittos Memorial Church
14
Glen Falloch 46
Golden Lion Co 46
goldfields 46-47
gold mining 47,51
GOODWIN Harry 29
Gore 47
gramophone 40
GRANT David Reid 10
Greyhound 9
H
Halicone 37
Hamilton 41-43
Hastwell School 26
HATCH Rowan 39
Hawke’s Bay 16-22
hawkers 46
HAYWARD Mrs 29
HILL Toby 43
hot air balloon 64
HOULLI Abda 46
HOY Kom Poy Sew 46
HUBBARD Mr CC 26
hydraulic nozzle 46
I
immigration 17-19,37,51
Inconstant Point 37
Inconstant 37
influenza epidemic 37
internment 37
J
Jane Gifford 10
Journal of Education 26
K
Kaitangata 49
KETTLE Charles 51
knitting 62-63
knitting patterns 63
KUPE 36-37
L
Labour Party 43-44
Lake Wakatipu 46
Lambton Quay 36
land purchase 22
land reclaimation 36
lighthouses 36-39
LILY Doctor 47
livestock station 37
lockout 42-44
logbooks 26
Von LUCKNER Count Felix
6,37
M
Mangakino 9
Maori explorers 46-47
Maori group 22
Maori land 22
Maria 37
MARSH Harold 14
Matiu Island 37
MCKENZIE Miss M 26
MCLEAN Donald 22
medicine 47
merchant sailors 39
Mercury Bay 8
MINHINNICK George 5,9
Ministry of Energy 30
Moa 6
Monowai 10
MOODIE George 23-25
motorcars 14
motoring 30,53
Mt Cook Airlines 10
Muir & Moodie 23-25
MUNRO Leslie 10
music 40
N
Napier 17,20-21
National Party 44
Nelson 31-33
NEWTON CaptWJ 23
Nokomai goldfields 46-47
Nokomai 46-47
Norsewood 17
nursing 34-35
NZ Company 37,51
NZ Herald 4-11
NZ Police 30
O
Ohaupo 40
Okato School 27
Ormondville 17
Otago Witness 24
Otago 48-57
Outlaw 6
P
Pacific Charger 38
Palmerston North Hospital
35
Pamir 39
parade 20
Parawa Siding 47
Pawhakaipo Pa 21
PEACHEY Mr CMK 8
PEARCE Tom 8
Pencarrow Head 37
Pencarrow Lighthouse 37
petrol rationing 30
petrol 30
photography 6
Piaka 38
Pioneer HMS 24
PLIMMER John 37
Plimmer’s Ark 37
Plimmer’s Wharf 37
Poles 17
POOLE Roger George 10
POPE Harry 9
Port Underwood 35
postcards 23-25
postcards 50
Presto 6
primary schools 26-29
Prudential Assurance Co
39
PRYDE Granny 46
publicity photos 21
punishment 27
Q
quarantine 37
R
railway 20,49
Raoul Island 6
REDDELL WS 52
REEVES William Pember
44
reforestation 37
Resolution 36
RHODES Joseph 18
Leo 18
Violet 17-19
Rira 6
road construction 31-33
RODGERS Dr Joe 47
Romo 6
ROPE CaptBasil 6
Royal Port Nicholson
Yacht Club 39
rules 28
S
sailing 39
SALISBURY E 29
school children 26-29
school inspectors 29
school rules 28
school teachers 26-29
schools 26-29
science lesson 27
SEDDON Richard John
31-33
Seeadler 37
SEODROWSKY Baby 37
SERVICE Phyllis 63
shipwrecks 23-25,36-39
skindiving 4-11
skuba diving 4-11
SLOMAN RM 17
sluicing 46
smallpox 37
SMITH Charlie 15
Somes Island 36-37
SOMES Joseph 37
STABLES Gilbert 14-15
Gwen 15
STAGG Geoff 39
steamer 23-25
STEVENS Wayne Robert
10
Stewart Dawson Cnr 37
Stop Island 24-25
strike 42-44
‘Submaritzky’ 4-11
SUBRITZKY Alfred Vivian 6
CaptAlfred 6
Fred 6
Leslie William 4-11
suits 52-53
Sunday school 14-15
Swedes 17
T
tailors 52-53
Takapau 17
Tamamu 17
Tapuhi 38
Tasman Empire Airways Ltd
6
Te Aroha 40
Te Kopuru 6
teachers 26-29
teaching 26-29
tourism 21
truancy 29
Tyree Bros 31-33
U
underwater photography 6
Union Steamship Co
23,39
unions 1,42-44
Upper Mangorei School
29
V
vauxhall 11
Vesper 6
W
Wahine 38-39
Waikare 23-25
Wainoni 64
Waiohiki 22
Waipawa School 29
Wairarapa 9
Wairoa 23-25
Wanganella 38
WARD Sir Joseph 20
water races 47
waterfront strike 42-44
waterside workers
1,42-44
Wellington Harbour 36-39
Wellington Hospital 35
Wellington 36-39
WESTON James A 10
Westshore 20
Whakamaru 5,7
Wharehine Methodist Church
14
Wharehine 14
WHEELER Cyril 5,10
Whispers I 39
Whispers II 39
Whispers III 39
WILKINSON Miss C 27
William Denny & Bros 23
Wiltshire 9
WITH Stephen Ronald 10
wools 63
World War I 6,17,37,63
WRIGHT Don 8
WYNESS Arthur 39
X
Y
yacht building 39
yachts 39
Z
A
Acheron 37
Admiral’s Cup 39
amputations 47
aqualung 6
Arapuni Dam 10
ARROW Mr 29
Arthur J&J Ltd 52-53
Auckland Harbour Bridge
10
Auckland Harbour 6
Auckland Star 10
Auckland Watersiders
43-44
Auckland 4-11
aviation 10
B
BACON Enos 23
ballooning 64
Baring Head 37
BARNES Jock 1,42-44
BARNES Professor 64
Barrett’s Reef 36
BASSETT Dr Michael 44
BECK Anne 17
Annie 17
Mathias 17
Violet 17
BENNETT George 37
Mary Jane 37
BLACKBURN Cliff 15
Blackhead Station 17
Bluff 24
BNZ 36-37
Boer War 17
BOYCE Mr 27
brass band 20
BRIERLY Dulcie 40-41
BRIERLY Mr 40-41
Brown’s Island 10
bus drivers 40
buses 40
C
Cambridge 40
CAMPBELL William
52-53
caning 27
carless days 30
CARNELL Samuel 22
cartoon 5
Castle Hill Mine 49
Cherry Gardens 40
Chevrolet National 14
children 26-29
Chinese 46-47
church 14-15
communism 43-44
constabulary barracks
17
COOK CaptJames 36
Cook Strait 37
corporal punishment 27
crochet cotton 63
crochet 62-63
CROMPTON WM 29
D
dam 9
dancing 40
Danes 17-19
Dannevirke 17
Dannish immigrants
17-19
DERRICK Audrey 46-47
Jim 46-47
Mrs J 46-47
Devon 38
diving record 8
diving suit 6
diving 4-11
DOUGHERTY Capt 35
Ellen 34-35
Dunedin 23,50-53
Dusky Sound 24
E
earthquake 36
Economic Stabilisation Regs
30
Education Act 27
education 26-29
Elingamite 9
emergency regulations
44
employment disputes
42-44
ENGLAND Lyndsay 39
England 37
ENTWHISTLE Joe 46
EUSTACE Pete 27
F
farming 17
FARR Bruce 39
fashion 52-53
Fiordland 23-25
fishing club 8
FLEMING Mr TR 26
Foxton School 29
Frankton Junction 40-41
FREEMAN FW 23
FREW Jim 49
Fritz Reuter 17
G
Germans 17
Gittos Memorial Church
14
Glen Falloch 46
Golden Lion Co 46
goldfields 46-47
gold mining 47,51
GOODWIN Harry 29
Gore 47
gramophone 40
GRANT David Reid 10
Greyhound 9
H
Halicone 37
Hamilton 41-43
Hastwell School 26
HATCH Rowan 39
Hawke’s Bay 16-22
hawkers 46
HAYWARD Mrs 29
HILL Toby 43
hot air balloon 64
HOULLI Abda 46
HOY Kom Poy Sew 46
HUBBARD Mr CC 26
hydraulic nozzle 46
I
immigration 17-19,37,51
Inconstant Point 37
Inconstant 37
influenza epidemic 37
internment 37
J
Jane Gifford 10
Journal of Education 26
K
Kaitangata 49
KETTLE Charles 51
knitting 62-63
knitting patterns 63
KUPE 36-37
L
Labour Party 43-44
Lake Wakatipu 46
Lambton Quay 36
land purchase 22
land reclaimation 36
lighthouses 36-39
LILY Doctor 47
livestock station 37
lockout 42-44
logbooks 26
Von LUCKNER Count Felix
6,37
M
Mangakino 9
Maori explorers 46-47
Maori group 22
Maori land 22
Maria 37
MARSH Harold 14
Matiu Island 37
MCKENZIE Miss M 26
MCLEAN Donald 22
medicine 47
merchant sailors 39
Mercury Bay 8
MINHINNICK George 5,9
Ministry of Energy 30
Moa 6
Monowai 10
MOODIE George 23-25
motorcars 14
motoring 30,53
Mt Cook Airlines 10
Muir & Moodie 23-25
MUNRO Leslie 10
music 40
N
Napier 17,20-21
National Party 44
Nelson 31-33
NEWTON CaptWJ 23
Nokomai goldfields 46-47
Nokomai 46-47
Norsewood 17
nursing 34-35
NZ Company 37,51
NZ Herald 4-11
NZ Police 30
O
Ohaupo 40
Okato School 27
Ormondville 17
Otago Witness 24
Otago 48-57
Outlaw 6
P
Pacific Charger 38
Palmerston North Hospital
35
Pamir 39
parade 20
Parawa Siding 47
Pawhakaipo Pa 21
PEACHEY Mr CMK 8
PEARCE Tom 8
Pencarrow Head 37
Pencarrow Lighthouse 37
petrol rationing 30
petrol 30
photography 6
Piaka 38
Pioneer HMS 24
PLIMMER John 37
Plimmer’s Ark 37
Plimmer’s Wharf 37
Poles 17
POOLE Roger George 10
POPE Harry 9
Port Underwood 35
postcards 23-25
postcards 50
Presto 6
primary schools 26-29
Prudential Assurance Co
39
PRYDE Granny 46
publicity photos 21
punishment 27
Q
quarantine 37
R
railway 20,49
Raoul Island 6
REDDELL WS 52
REEVES William Pember
44
reforestation 37
Resolution 36
RHODES Joseph 18
Leo 18
Violet 17-19
Rira 6
road construction 31-33
RODGERS Dr Joe 47
Romo 6
ROPE CaptBasil 6
Royal Port Nicholson
Yacht Club 39
rules 28
S
sailing 39
SALISBURY E 29
school children 26-29
school inspectors 29
school rules 28
school teachers 26-29
schools 26-29
science lesson 27
SEDDON Richard John
31-33
Seeadler 37
SEODROWSKY Baby 37
SERVICE Phyllis 63
shipwrecks 23-25,36-39
skindiving 4-11
skuba diving 4-11
SLOMAN RM 17
sluicing 46
smallpox 37
SMITH Charlie 15
Somes Island 36-37
SOMES Joseph 37
STABLES Gilbert 14-15
Gwen 15
STAGG Geoff 39
steamer 23-25
STEVENS Wayne Robert
10
Stewart Dawson Cnr 37
Stop Island 24-25
strike 42-44
‘Submaritzky’ 4-11
SUBRITZKY Alfred Vivian 6
CaptAlfred 6
Fred 6
Leslie William 4-11
suits 52-53
Sunday school 14-15
Swedes 17
T
tailors 52-53
Takapau 17
Tamamu 17
Tapuhi 38
Tasman Empire Airways Ltd
6
Te Aroha 40
Te Kopuru 6
teachers 26-29
teaching 26-29
tourism 21
truancy 29
Tyree Bros 31-33
U
underwater photography 6
Union Steamship Co
23,39
unions 1,42-44
Upper Mangorei School
29
V
vauxhall 11
Vesper 6
W
Wahine 38-39
Waikare 23-25
Wainoni 64
Waiohiki 22
Waipawa School 29
Wairarapa 9
Wairoa 23-25
Wanganella 38
WARD Sir Joseph 20
water races 47
waterfront strike 42-44
waterside workers
1,42-44
Wellington Harbour 36-39
Wellington Hospital 35
Wellington 36-39
WESTON James A 10
Westshore 20
Whakamaru 5,7
Wharehine Methodist Church
14
Wharehine 14
WHEELER Cyril 5,10
Whispers I 39
Whispers II 39
Whispers III 39
WILKINSON Miss C 27
William Denny & Bros 23
Wiltshire 9
WITH Stephen Ronald 10
wools 63
World War I 6,17,37,63
WRIGHT Don 8
WYNESS Arthur 39
X
Y
yacht building 39
yachts 39
Z