New Zealand Memories Issue 33 - Contents
Thames remembered.....4
Alison Masters shares fond recollections of home
Editorial comment and mailbox.....9
66550 Sister E. St. M. Jones aboard
hospitalship M.S. Oranje .....10
An account of nursing during WWII by Dee Pigneguy
Images from the regions: Auckland .....16
Big hair day .....28
Angela Lassig probes into 'the beehive'
The majestic, historical Ninety Mile Beach .....30
Keith Parker takes us to the Far North
A slice of life.....32
Ninety Mile Beach landing for 'Faith in Australia'
Teaching the girlfriend to drive.....34
An amusing poem from Henry Perrett
1ZB House of wonders.....36
Alwyn Owen recalls his broadcasting days
When the circus came to town.....44
Circus photographs from Tony Radcliffe
Oranges and bananas.....46
K.Baynes writes. "treats were rare but appreciated"
Images from the regions: the West Coast.....48
Genealogy list/index.....58
In print.....60
Crossing the divide.....62
Cook Strait aviation by Richard Waugh
Editor's choice: The great New Zealand pie.....64
Cover image: The Maxwell family
Ann Marion age 10 (with book), David
age 6 and Mary Eliza age 8 in a
perfect pose for the camera.
Photographed in 1896.
Courtesy: Alison Chisholm
New Zealand Memories Issue 33 - Index
A
Aden 12
Ahipara Bay 30
airmail service 31
Albertland Motors 26,27
Anchor 62
Arbury’s store 4
Arthur’s Pass 56
Auckland City 26
Auckland Hospital 11
Auckland Winter Exhibition
18
Auckland Zoo 44-45
Auckland 36-43
Australia 13-14
Automobile Assn 31
aviation 30-33,62-63
Awhitu Peninsula 16
B
‘Bachelor Girl Session’ 41
BASHAM ‘Aunt Daisy’ 39
Bayfield Methodist 24-25
Bayfield Mission Hall 24
Bayfield 24
beaches 30-33
beehive (hair) 28-29
BELL Eric 37
BETTANY
Ann 25
George A 24-25
Jane Elizabeth 24-25
biscuit manufacturers 64
Blades Fumigation Ltd 9
Blenheim 62
Bluff, The 30
Boer War 19
BOLT George 62
borer 9
BORU Brian 7
Braemar nursing home 5
Brian Boru pub 7
bridges 26-27
broadcasting 1,36-43
Brown R & Son 64
Brown’s Pie House 64
Bullen’s Circus 44-45
Buller River 50-51
bush railway 21
bushtrams 9
C
Cape Maria van Dieman
30
Cape Reinga 30
car racing 31
Carson’s stationers 4
casualties 12
chariot race 20
Chateau Tongariro 14
CHEESEMAN Oswald 42
Christmas 46-47
church notices 25
churches 24-25
circus 44-45
Climax 1317 9
coaches 21,24,50
Cock & Co JH 62
COCK Henry 62
COLLINSON Thomas 26
confectioners 64
confectionery 4-5
CONWAY SG 49
Cook Strait Airways Ltd
62-63
Cook Strait 62
COOKE Gill 40
cookery class 18
cooking 18
D
DANBY Mr 7
Danby’s shoes 7
David Brown tractors 26
derailment 56
diptheria 5
driving lessons 34-35
droving 31
DUNCAN Henry 62
Dunedin 64
Durban 13
E
Egmont Box Co 9
elephants 44-45
Elingamite 31
Empire Games 42
ERENSTROM Leonce 57
Essex motorcar 9
Europa petrol 26
F
Faith in Australia 32
FAMILTON Relda 44-45
Far North 30-33
fashion 4-8,24,28-29
Favourite 31
Fell & Harley 62
ferry 50-51
films 9
FISHER Jane 42
fishing 30
flood 52-53
Forrest Hall 31
FOWLER Leo 41
Friendly Road
Children’s Choir 38
fumigation 9
G
garage 26
GARLAND ‘Uncle Tom’ 38
gasmasks 12-13
Golden Age Hotel 52
goldmining 5
GOODWIN ARCHER
CaptH 19
Mrs H 19
GORDON John 40
Grahamstown 5
Greymouith flood 52-53
Greymouth 52-54
GRIFFTHS
Mr JW 41
Mrs J 41
H
hairdressers 29
hairstyles 28-29
HATO Ana 37
haymaking 55
Heatherington’s 4-8
Herne Bay 24-25
HOBBS Mr R 24
Hokitika 55
holidays 21,30-31
HOLLOWAY Stanley 42
‘Home Services’ Sessions
41
horsemen 31
hospitalship 10-15
HUTT Peter 43
I
ILLINGWORTH Bill 41
innoculations 11
J
JAMIESON Dr James 62
JONES Edith 10-15
K
Kaitaia Aero Club 31
Kaitawa 31
Karekare 21
Kauri 21
KINGSFORD SMITH
Sir Charles 31
L
LEWIS Ken 31
Leys Institute 22-23
Lion Rock 21
M
Manganui 13
Manual Training School 18
MARINA 38
marriages 24-25
MCKINNON Mr GW 41
MELVIN Kenneth 43
merchant navy 11
MEREDITH Bill 42
METCALFE Jack 42
Methodists 24-25
milling 20
MORGAN Reg 42
motor garage 26
motorcar 34-35, 51
Motupia Island 30
mountain climbing 49
Mt Hobson 19
Mt Rolleston 49
Mt Roskill 19
N
NZ Engineer
Tunnelling Co 9
NZBroadcasting Service
36-43
Narrow Neck camp 11
Nelson Aero Club 62
Nelson 62
Netherlands 11
New Caledonia 14
Newman Bros 62
NEWMAN Jack 62
Newmarket School 18
Ngaroma 9
Ninety Mile Beach 30-33
Ninety Mile Beach 32
Novachord 37
nursing 10-15
O
1YA 41
1ZB 1,36-43
One Tree Hill 19
Onehunga School 18
Onehunga 18
Oranje MS 10-15
Original George St Piehouse 64
Otira Gorge 56
Otira Tunnel 56
Otira Viaduct 57
Otira 56
Our Lady of
Sacred Heart School 18
P
PALMER Mr 4
Palmer’s shop 4
panel beating 26
Papakura camp 11
Papakura 17
pastrycooks 64
peace celebrations 54
PETERS Rev 24
petrol station 26
petrol 26
picnics 6
pies 64
Piha Mill 20
Piha Surf Club 20
Piha 20-21
pitons 49
Playground Session 40
Ponsonby 22
PORTER Hilton 38,42
PRICE William 26
Price’s Foundry 4
Te PUEA Princess 37
Q
QUILTER Phil 30-31
R
racing cars 31
RADCLIFFE Tony 44-45
radio announcers 36-43
radio station 1,36-43
Radio Theatre 37
radio 1,36-43
railway 9,17,20,44-45,56
Ranfurly War VetHome 19
Rangitoto Island 26
Rapide ZK-AED 62
Rapide ZK-AGT 63
Red Cross 14
RNZAF 30
ROGERS William 62
RUTTER Lilla 18
S
Salon Orchestra 38
SAYERS Rex 41
school 18
Scott Point 30
SCOTT Robert 24
SCRIMGEOUR Colin 37
SELLARS
George 27
Jack 27
Ross 27
Tom 27
Sellars Service Station 27
sewing classes 18
SHELLEY James 37
SHIPLEY Jenny 57
Shipwreck Bay 31
shipwrecks 31
SHONE Phil 39-40
Smith & Caughey 24
SMITH Norman 31
Smyth Bros& Boryer 9
snowstorm 57
steam engines 9
STEVENSON John 62
Stones Directory 64
‘Sunbeams’ 42
surf club carnival 20
sweets 4-5
T
‘talkies’ 9
TASMAN Able 30
Taumarunui 44-45
Te Oneroa a Tohe 30
Te Paki Station 31
Te Paki stream 30
Te Puru 6
television 42
Thames 4-8
THEA 40
theatres 9
THIEM Ben 55
THOMSON Ernest 62
Three Kings Islands 30
tourism 30-31
tourist buses 30-31
traction engines 9
training ship 11
tram ticket 14
trams 14,18
tramway 20
trans Tasman airmail
31-33
troops 17
tunnelling 9
tunnels 56
Tyree Bros 50
U
ULM Flight LieutCTP 31
Union Airways 62
Union Steamship Co 62
Upper Hutt 44-45
V
VRYER George 40
W
Waiatarua 21
Waihou River 5-7
Waiomu 6
Waipapakauri Ramp 30
Waitakere Ranges 21
WAKEM Beverley 42
war veterans 19
WARETINI Dean 37
wedding breakfast 25
wedding 24-25
Wellsford 26-27
West Coast 48-57
Westport 63
Wharehine Bridge 26-27
Wharehine 26-27
wharves 26
WHEELER Misses 24
Whirling Bros Circus
44-45
WHITE Charles 62
Wimmera 31
Winter Exhibition 18
Women’s Hour 39
Women’s World 41
Woodbourne 62
WOODHEAD
Alice 24
Jane Elizabeth 24-25
Jane 24-25
Louie 24
woodwork classes 18
WORSNOP Don 26
WRATHALL Dudley 41-43
WWI 4,19
WWII 10-15,17,30,54
X
Y
Z
A
Aden 12
Ahipara Bay 30
airmail service 31
Albertland Motors 26,27
Anchor 62
Arbury’s store 4
Arthur’s Pass 56
Auckland City 26
Auckland Hospital 11
Auckland Winter Exhibition
18
Auckland Zoo 44-45
Auckland 36-43
Australia 13-14
Automobile Assn 31
aviation 30-33,62-63
Awhitu Peninsula 16
B
‘Bachelor Girl Session’ 41
BASHAM ‘Aunt Daisy’ 39
Bayfield Methodist 24-25
Bayfield Mission Hall 24
Bayfield 24
beaches 30-33
beehive (hair) 28-29
BELL Eric 37
BETTANY
Ann 25
George A 24-25
Jane Elizabeth 24-25
biscuit manufacturers 64
Blades Fumigation Ltd 9
Blenheim 62
Bluff, The 30
Boer War 19
BOLT George 62
borer 9
BORU Brian 7
Braemar nursing home 5
Brian Boru pub 7
bridges 26-27
broadcasting 1,36-43
Brown R & Son 64
Brown’s Pie House 64
Bullen’s Circus 44-45
Buller River 50-51
bush railway 21
bushtrams 9
C
Cape Maria van Dieman
30
Cape Reinga 30
car racing 31
Carson’s stationers 4
casualties 12
chariot race 20
Chateau Tongariro 14
CHEESEMAN Oswald 42
Christmas 46-47
church notices 25
churches 24-25
circus 44-45
Climax 1317 9
coaches 21,24,50
Cock & Co JH 62
COCK Henry 62
COLLINSON Thomas 26
confectioners 64
confectionery 4-5
CONWAY SG 49
Cook Strait Airways Ltd
62-63
Cook Strait 62
COOKE Gill 40
cookery class 18
cooking 18
D
DANBY Mr 7
Danby’s shoes 7
David Brown tractors 26
derailment 56
diptheria 5
driving lessons 34-35
droving 31
DUNCAN Henry 62
Dunedin 64
Durban 13
E
Egmont Box Co 9
elephants 44-45
Elingamite 31
Empire Games 42
ERENSTROM Leonce 57
Essex motorcar 9
Europa petrol 26
F
Faith in Australia 32
FAMILTON Relda 44-45
Far North 30-33
fashion 4-8,24,28-29
Favourite 31
Fell & Harley 62
ferry 50-51
films 9
FISHER Jane 42
fishing 30
flood 52-53
Forrest Hall 31
FOWLER Leo 41
Friendly Road
Children’s Choir 38
fumigation 9
G
garage 26
GARLAND ‘Uncle Tom’ 38
gasmasks 12-13
Golden Age Hotel 52
goldmining 5
GOODWIN ARCHER
CaptH 19
Mrs H 19
GORDON John 40
Grahamstown 5
Greymouith flood 52-53
Greymouth 52-54
GRIFFTHS
Mr JW 41
Mrs J 41
H
hairdressers 29
hairstyles 28-29
HATO Ana 37
haymaking 55
Heatherington’s 4-8
Herne Bay 24-25
HOBBS Mr R 24
Hokitika 55
holidays 21,30-31
HOLLOWAY Stanley 42
‘Home Services’ Sessions
41
horsemen 31
hospitalship 10-15
HUTT Peter 43
I
ILLINGWORTH Bill 41
innoculations 11
J
JAMIESON Dr James 62
JONES Edith 10-15
K
Kaitaia Aero Club 31
Kaitawa 31
Karekare 21
Kauri 21
KINGSFORD SMITH
Sir Charles 31
L
LEWIS Ken 31
Leys Institute 22-23
Lion Rock 21
M
Manganui 13
Manual Training School 18
MARINA 38
marriages 24-25
MCKINNON Mr GW 41
MELVIN Kenneth 43
merchant navy 11
MEREDITH Bill 42
METCALFE Jack 42
Methodists 24-25
milling 20
MORGAN Reg 42
motor garage 26
motorcar 34-35, 51
Motupia Island 30
mountain climbing 49
Mt Hobson 19
Mt Rolleston 49
Mt Roskill 19
N
NZ Engineer
Tunnelling Co 9
NZBroadcasting Service
36-43
Narrow Neck camp 11
Nelson Aero Club 62
Nelson 62
Netherlands 11
New Caledonia 14
Newman Bros 62
NEWMAN Jack 62
Newmarket School 18
Ngaroma 9
Ninety Mile Beach 30-33
Ninety Mile Beach 32
Novachord 37
nursing 10-15
O
1YA 41
1ZB 1,36-43
One Tree Hill 19
Onehunga School 18
Onehunga 18
Oranje MS 10-15
Original George St Piehouse 64
Otira Gorge 56
Otira Tunnel 56
Otira Viaduct 57
Otira 56
Our Lady of
Sacred Heart School 18
P
PALMER Mr 4
Palmer’s shop 4
panel beating 26
Papakura camp 11
Papakura 17
pastrycooks 64
peace celebrations 54
PETERS Rev 24
petrol station 26
petrol 26
picnics 6
pies 64
Piha Mill 20
Piha Surf Club 20
Piha 20-21
pitons 49
Playground Session 40
Ponsonby 22
PORTER Hilton 38,42
PRICE William 26
Price’s Foundry 4
Te PUEA Princess 37
Q
QUILTER Phil 30-31
R
racing cars 31
RADCLIFFE Tony 44-45
radio announcers 36-43
radio station 1,36-43
Radio Theatre 37
radio 1,36-43
railway 9,17,20,44-45,56
Ranfurly War VetHome 19
Rangitoto Island 26
Rapide ZK-AED 62
Rapide ZK-AGT 63
Red Cross 14
RNZAF 30
ROGERS William 62
RUTTER Lilla 18
S
Salon Orchestra 38
SAYERS Rex 41
school 18
Scott Point 30
SCOTT Robert 24
SCRIMGEOUR Colin 37
SELLARS
George 27
Jack 27
Ross 27
Tom 27
Sellars Service Station 27
sewing classes 18
SHELLEY James 37
SHIPLEY Jenny 57
Shipwreck Bay 31
shipwrecks 31
SHONE Phil 39-40
Smith & Caughey 24
SMITH Norman 31
Smyth Bros& Boryer 9
snowstorm 57
steam engines 9
STEVENSON John 62
Stones Directory 64
‘Sunbeams’ 42
surf club carnival 20
sweets 4-5
T
‘talkies’ 9
TASMAN Able 30
Taumarunui 44-45
Te Oneroa a Tohe 30
Te Paki Station 31
Te Paki stream 30
Te Puru 6
television 42
Thames 4-8
THEA 40
theatres 9
THIEM Ben 55
THOMSON Ernest 62
Three Kings Islands 30
tourism 30-31
tourist buses 30-31
traction engines 9
training ship 11
tram ticket 14
trams 14,18
tramway 20
trans Tasman airmail
31-33
troops 17
tunnelling 9
tunnels 56
Tyree Bros 50
U
ULM Flight LieutCTP 31
Union Airways 62
Union Steamship Co 62
Upper Hutt 44-45
V
VRYER George 40
W
Waiatarua 21
Waihou River 5-7
Waiomu 6
Waipapakauri Ramp 30
Waitakere Ranges 21
WAKEM Beverley 42
war veterans 19
WARETINI Dean 37
wedding breakfast 25
wedding 24-25
Wellsford 26-27
West Coast 48-57
Westport 63
Wharehine Bridge 26-27
Wharehine 26-27
wharves 26
WHEELER Misses 24
Whirling Bros Circus
44-45
WHITE Charles 62
Wimmera 31
Winter Exhibition 18
Women’s Hour 39
Women’s World 41
Woodbourne 62
WOODHEAD
Alice 24
Jane Elizabeth 24-25
Jane 24-25
Louie 24
woodwork classes 18
WORSNOP Don 26
WRATHALL Dudley 41-43
WWI 4,19
WWII 10-15,17,30,54
X
Y
Z