New Zealand Memories Issue 34 - Contents
The 'Road to Prosperity'.....4
The construction of the Great South Road and
its role in the Waikato war by Penelope Frost
Editorial comment and mailbox.....11
lorangi.....12
Profile of the Logan-built yacht by Tony Hutson
My brother Bob.....13
Joyce Margaret Beumelburg
introduces a beloved family member
Images from the regions: Wellington/Wairarapa.....16
St Matthew-in-the-city, Auckland.....27
Photographs from the M. W.Bartley family collection
Stansfield's Pork Butchery.....30
Karangahape Road, Auckland
A change of pace.....31
The Te Arai Bridge
A slice of life.....32
Toothbrush drill at the Waikato
Children's Health Camp
Featherston's Little Cobbler.....34
A touching tale recorded by Colin Townsend
Nyree Dawn Porter.....36
Christopher Moor profiles the
magnetic star of stage and television
0tago University School of
Physical Education Camp.....44
Documented by Peter Wilson
Images from the regions: Canterbury.....48
Genealogy list/index.....58
Can you help?.....60
Are you the owner of these photographs?
Subscription details.....61
70th Anniversary of the
first British car assembled in New Zealand.....62
By Christopher Moor
Editor's choice.....64
Good keen men
New Zealand Memories Issue 34 - Index
A
acting 1,36-43
ADLER Larry 15
ALLEN Catherine 57
Lt SF 19
Mr C 51
William 57
ancestral land 9
Anglican 27
Ariki 12
Armchair Theatre 38
ASCHMAN Mr CT 11
Attwater Kent wireless 15
Auckland City 6
Auckland Militia 7
Auckland 4-10,27,30
Avengers The 38
B
BAFTA award 37
ballet 40
Bank of Australasia 24
banking 24
banks 24
BARKER AC 52
Barnetts’ Radio Supplies 14
BARTLEY Edward 27
BBC 37
Beehive The 23
BENSON George 26
Big Kure River 46
Big Kure 46
BLACKMAN Honor 38
BLAIR Isla 38
BLEDISLOE Lord 62
blockhouses 7
BNZ 24
bootmaker 34-35
boys 33
BRACE Robert 62
BRIAN Peter 40
British Sales CoLtd 62
British troops 5-10
BRONT Charlotte 39
Brough & Sons 30
BROUGH Hilda 30
Walter 30
BURLING Robert 12
bushcraft 44-47
BUTCHER Capt HF 19
butchery 30,52
C
CAMERON General 6
CAMERON Mr 44-47
CAMPBELL John 22
car racing 11
Carterton 24
Cashmere Hills 53
Castlepoint Coach 26
Cave 51
Charley’s Aunt 43
children 33
Christchurch 49,52-53
Christchurch College
of Education 11
Christchurch School of Art 53
church 27
churches 8,18
CLarkville Telephone
Exchange 54-55
Clarice Homestead 54
CLARK Tui 44-47
Clarkville 54-55
CLAYTON William 22
Clevedon 7
CLOUGH Lt ED 19
Club Hotel 26
cobbler 34-35
Colonial Office 6
colonialism 4-10
commerce 62-63
Conservation Dept 23
convents 18
Cannington 51
COOPER Arthur 64
CORMACK Charles 24
COULTER Jenny 12
COWARD Noel 43
COX Rio 41
CRAWFORD Michael 42
CRAWFORD Mr WC 31
CREAMER Henry 55
D
Danger Man 38
DANIELL Charles E 24
De Dion motorcar 49
Declaration of War 9
Depression The 62
depression 10
DOMETT Alfred 6
DOUGLAS Mr 46
Drury 6
E
earthquake 24
Elkin’s Hotel 26
employment 62
engineers 19
ENTRICAN Lt AR 19
EVANS Sel 44-47
F
4ZO Broadcasting 14
FAITH Adam 42
Featherston 34-35
FEIST Frank 24
Fencible settlement 9
fire 24
FLAUBERT Gustav 38
FORBES George 62
Forest Rangers 7
Forsyte Saga The 36
Foundation Stone 27
G
GALBRAITH Robert Gordon
13-15
GALSWORTHY John 37
General Assembly Library 23
GENTRY Lt WG 19
GILES Clarice 54
Ethel 54
Isabelle 54
Leonard 54-55
Maurice 55
Walter 55
Gisborne 31
GORE-BROWN Governor 6
Gothic 22
Government Buildings 22
Graham’s Store 26
Great Civil Wars 6
Great South Rd 4-10
GRENFELL Bert 64
GREY Sir George 5-10
Greymouth 13-15
gunboats 7
H
HALSTEAD Natalya 40
Robin 40
Hamner Plains 48
HAUA Ngati 9
HAWTHORNE Raymond 43
Hell’s Gateway 47
Herman Weger Co 26
HEWSON Mrs AI 50
HOBBS Major HJ 19
HOLLAND Fred 55
HOLYOAK Sir Keith 22
HORNE Jeane 40
House of Representatives 22
HUMPEDINCK Englebert 39
hunting 51
Hunua 7
Hutt River 19
I
Iorangi 12
J
K
Karori Tunnel 21
Karori 21
Karoro 13
KEAN Marion 51
Kelburn Viaduct 21
KELLY Family 50
KENNEDY James 50
Kowhitirangi 64
L
land speed record 11
land wars 4-10
LAUDER Harry 13
LETT Mr TP 26
LEWIS Ernest 62
Logan boatbuilders 12
Longford Hotel 64
M
Madame Bovary 38
Malcolm & Ferguson 27
Mangaone Oilfields Ltd 26
Mangaone Valley 26
Mangaone 26
Mangaroa 34
Mangatawhiri 6,9
Mangere 9
Manukau 7
Maori ancestral land 9
Maori church 9
Maori guides 9
Maori King Movement 5
Maori Messenger, The 9
Maori taua 7
Marina 11
Marist Fathers 18
Masterton 26
Mauku 7
MAXWELL David 51
MCBRIDE Mr P 51
MCCALLUM David 40
MCKENZIE Capt 12
George 12
MCLEOD Margaret 57
William A 57
MCNICOL Ian 44-47
meeting houses 18
MEIKLE Lt HF 19
Mercer 5
Mercury Theatre 43
Mercury, The 30
Meremere 10
MERVYN William 38
military campsite 8
military road 4-10
military 4-10
Miss Cinema Contest 1,40
MITCHELL Catherine 57
George 57
Morse code 22
motor car 49,62-63
motoring 62-63
MULLARKEY Neil 43
MUNROE Marilyn 42
musketry 19
N
NZ Engineers 19
NZ Motor Journal 62
NZ Wars 4-10
NZ Players 41
Napier 40
NATHAN L 12
nunnery 18
O
1ZB 11
OBE 39
O’LEARY Bryon 37
OGILVY Ian 38
oil drilling 26
Old Government Building 23
Opito Bay 12
Orakau 9
Otago University 44-47
Otaki Convent 18
Otaki 18
Oxford Playhouse 40
P
Paekakariki 17
Palmerston 46
Papakura 7
Parihaka 9
PARKER Bess 12
Charles 12
Parliament 22-23
Paterangi 9
PE Training 44-47
PEARSON Mr FL 27
Petone 62
Pigeon Creek 47
Pokeno Hill 8
Pokeno 5,7
Port Hills 49
Port Waikato Health Camp 32
PORTER Eric 40
Merle 40
Ngaire 1,36-43
Nyree Dawn 1,36-43
Post Office 50
Post Office Bank 24
Post Office Building 22
postcards 22-23
POWER Mr WT 10
printers 9
Protectors The 39
Provincial Council Building
22-23
Pukekaraka 18
Q
Queen’s Redoubt 7
R
rabbits 51
radio 13,62
Rainbow 12
Ranger 12
Rangiriri 9-10
Rangitane 40
Ratsey & Lapthorne 12
redoubts 6
regiments 4-10
Rhodes Clearing 10
RITCHIE June 42
roading 4-10
Rona 12
Rotherham 56
Rover car 62-63
Rover Co of NZ Ltd 62-63
Rover Family Ten motorcar 62
Royal Academy of Dance 40
RUTHERFORD FW 34-35
RYAN Dorothea 11
S
SANDERS Alma 54
School of PE Camp 44-47
SEARLE ColFrank 62
settlers 4-10
shipping 12
shooting 51
SIMON Neil 42
SMITH “Wizard” 11
SMITHELLS Philip 46
SNODGRASS John 24
Solid Gold Cadillac 41
SONDHEIM Stephen 43
SPENCE Sir Basil 22
St Mary’s Church 18
St Matthew-in-the-city 27
Stanfield’s Butchery 30
STANSFIELD Clara 30
Ernest 30
Hilda 30
STASSEN Alfred 21
Ellen 21
STUMBLES Jim 51
Mr F 51
surveyors 9
T
Taihape 40
TAIT Peter 42
TAMATI NGAPORA Rev 9
Taratahi 24
Tasman Airways 40
Tawhiao, King 5
Te Arai Bridge 31
Te Kingitanga 5
Te Waharoa 9
teaching 11,44-47
Telegraph Training School 22
telegraph 7
telephone exchange 54
teleprinter operators 22
television 1,36-43
Telford & Smith 24
TEMPLE LtCol William 8
Territorials 19
Thames 6
Time Magazine 37
TODD Shirley 44-47
toothbrushes 32
traction engine 55
trade 9
tramping 44-47
trams 21
Travelers Rest, The 7
Treaty of Waitangi 5
Trentham Military Camp
34-35
Trentham 19,34-35
tribal land 10
troops 7
Trotters Gorge 44-47
Tuakau 6
TURNBULL Alexander 12
TURNBULL Thomas 22,24
U
unemployment 62
URQUHART Lt 10
USTINOV Peter 40
V
VAUGHN Robert 39
Victoria University 23
voluntary liquidation 62
W
Waianakarua 46
Waianakarua River 46
Waikato Maori 4-10
Waikato River 4-10
Waikato War 4-10
Wairarapa Standard 24
Waitaki Post Office 50
Waitaki 50
Waitangi 12
WALLACE Edgar 37
Hazel 40
WALTER Joan 44-47
war parties 7
war 4-10
WARBURTON Mr F 51
warfare 4-10
watercart 55
WATKINS Edwin 11
WATSON Mr HC (Alf) 57
Wellington Harbour 12
Wellington Operatic Society 40
Wellington Wharf 16
Wellington 16,21-23
WELLS Rio 40
WESTON Mr T 27
Whan gamarino 6
WHITE David 40
Dr Alan 40
Mrs 40
WILKS Spencer 62
WILSON Peter 44-47
WILSON Vic 55
wireless 13
WNTV1 40
WW 11 22
X
Y
yachting 12
YELDHAM Peter38
Z
A
acting 1,36-43
ADLER Larry 15
ALLEN Catherine 57
Lt SF 19
Mr C 51
William 57
ancestral land 9
Anglican 27
Ariki 12
Armchair Theatre 38
ASCHMAN Mr CT 11
Attwater Kent wireless 15
Auckland City 6
Auckland Militia 7
Auckland 4-10,27,30
Avengers The 38
B
BAFTA award 37
ballet 40
Bank of Australasia 24
banking 24
banks 24
BARKER AC 52
Barnetts’ Radio Supplies 14
BARTLEY Edward 27
BBC 37
Beehive The 23
BENSON George 26
Big Kure River 46
Big Kure 46
BLACKMAN Honor 38
BLAIR Isla 38
BLEDISLOE Lord 62
blockhouses 7
BNZ 24
bootmaker 34-35
boys 33
BRACE Robert 62
BRIAN Peter 40
British Sales CoLtd 62
British troops 5-10
BRONT Charlotte 39
Brough & Sons 30
BROUGH Hilda 30
Walter 30
BURLING Robert 12
bushcraft 44-47
BUTCHER Capt HF 19
butchery 30,52
C
CAMERON General 6
CAMERON Mr 44-47
CAMPBELL John 22
car racing 11
Carterton 24
Cashmere Hills 53
Castlepoint Coach 26
Cave 51
Charley’s Aunt 43
children 33
Christchurch 49,52-53
Christchurch College
of Education 11
Christchurch School of Art 53
church 27
churches 8,18
CLarkville Telephone
Exchange 54-55
Clarice Homestead 54
CLARK Tui 44-47
Clarkville 54-55
CLAYTON William 22
Clevedon 7
CLOUGH Lt ED 19
Club Hotel 26
cobbler 34-35
Colonial Office 6
colonialism 4-10
commerce 62-63
Conservation Dept 23
convents 18
Cannington 51
COOPER Arthur 64
CORMACK Charles 24
COULTER Jenny 12
COWARD Noel 43
COX Rio 41
CRAWFORD Michael 42
CRAWFORD Mr WC 31
CREAMER Henry 55
D
Danger Man 38
DANIELL Charles E 24
De Dion motorcar 49
Declaration of War 9
Depression The 62
depression 10
DOMETT Alfred 6
DOUGLAS Mr 46
Drury 6
E
earthquake 24
Elkin’s Hotel 26
employment 62
engineers 19
ENTRICAN Lt AR 19
EVANS Sel 44-47
F
4ZO Broadcasting 14
FAITH Adam 42
Featherston 34-35
FEIST Frank 24
Fencible settlement 9
fire 24
FLAUBERT Gustav 38
FORBES George 62
Forest Rangers 7
Forsyte Saga The 36
Foundation Stone 27
G
GALBRAITH Robert Gordon
13-15
GALSWORTHY John 37
General Assembly Library 23
GENTRY Lt WG 19
GILES Clarice 54
Ethel 54
Isabelle 54
Leonard 54-55
Maurice 55
Walter 55
Gisborne 31
GORE-BROWN Governor 6
Gothic 22
Government Buildings 22
Graham’s Store 26
Great Civil Wars 6
Great South Rd 4-10
GRENFELL Bert 64
GREY Sir George 5-10
Greymouth 13-15
gunboats 7
H
HALSTEAD Natalya 40
Robin 40
Hamner Plains 48
HAUA Ngati 9
HAWTHORNE Raymond 43
Hell’s Gateway 47
Herman Weger Co 26
HEWSON Mrs AI 50
HOBBS Major HJ 19
HOLLAND Fred 55
HOLYOAK Sir Keith 22
HORNE Jeane 40
House of Representatives 22
HUMPEDINCK Englebert 39
hunting 51
Hunua 7
Hutt River 19
I
Iorangi 12
J
K
Karori Tunnel 21
Karori 21
Karoro 13
KEAN Marion 51
Kelburn Viaduct 21
KELLY Family 50
KENNEDY James 50
Kowhitirangi 64
L
land speed record 11
land wars 4-10
LAUDER Harry 13
LETT Mr TP 26
LEWIS Ernest 62
Logan boatbuilders 12
Longford Hotel 64
M
Madame Bovary 38
Malcolm & Ferguson 27
Mangaone Oilfields Ltd 26
Mangaone Valley 26
Mangaone 26
Mangaroa 34
Mangatawhiri 6,9
Mangere 9
Manukau 7
Maori ancestral land 9
Maori church 9
Maori guides 9
Maori King Movement 5
Maori Messenger, The 9
Maori taua 7
Marina 11
Marist Fathers 18
Masterton 26
Mauku 7
MAXWELL David 51
MCBRIDE Mr P 51
MCCALLUM David 40
MCKENZIE Capt 12
George 12
MCLEOD Margaret 57
William A 57
MCNICOL Ian 44-47
meeting houses 18
MEIKLE Lt HF 19
Mercer 5
Mercury Theatre 43
Mercury, The 30
Meremere 10
MERVYN William 38
military campsite 8
military road 4-10
military 4-10
Miss Cinema Contest 1,40
MITCHELL Catherine 57
George 57
Morse code 22
motor car 49,62-63
motoring 62-63
MULLARKEY Neil 43
MUNROE Marilyn 42
musketry 19
N
NZ Engineers 19
NZ Motor Journal 62
NZ Wars 4-10
NZ Players 41
Napier 40
NATHAN L 12
nunnery 18
O
1ZB 11
OBE 39
O’LEARY Bryon 37
OGILVY Ian 38
oil drilling 26
Old Government Building 23
Opito Bay 12
Orakau 9
Otago University 44-47
Otaki Convent 18
Otaki 18
Oxford Playhouse 40
P
Paekakariki 17
Palmerston 46
Papakura 7
Parihaka 9
PARKER Bess 12
Charles 12
Parliament 22-23
Paterangi 9
PE Training 44-47
PEARSON Mr FL 27
Petone 62
Pigeon Creek 47
Pokeno Hill 8
Pokeno 5,7
Port Hills 49
Port Waikato Health Camp 32
PORTER Eric 40
Merle 40
Ngaire 1,36-43
Nyree Dawn 1,36-43
Post Office 50
Post Office Bank 24
Post Office Building 22
postcards 22-23
POWER Mr WT 10
printers 9
Protectors The 39
Provincial Council Building
22-23
Pukekaraka 18
Q
Queen’s Redoubt 7
R
rabbits 51
radio 13,62
Rainbow 12
Ranger 12
Rangiriri 9-10
Rangitane 40
Ratsey & Lapthorne 12
redoubts 6
regiments 4-10
Rhodes Clearing 10
RITCHIE June 42
roading 4-10
Rona 12
Rotherham 56
Rover car 62-63
Rover Co of NZ Ltd 62-63
Rover Family Ten motorcar 62
Royal Academy of Dance 40
RUTHERFORD FW 34-35
RYAN Dorothea 11
S
SANDERS Alma 54
School of PE Camp 44-47
SEARLE ColFrank 62
settlers 4-10
shipping 12
shooting 51
SIMON Neil 42
SMITH “Wizard” 11
SMITHELLS Philip 46
SNODGRASS John 24
Solid Gold Cadillac 41
SONDHEIM Stephen 43
SPENCE Sir Basil 22
St Mary’s Church 18
St Matthew-in-the-city 27
Stanfield’s Butchery 30
STANSFIELD Clara 30
Ernest 30
Hilda 30
STASSEN Alfred 21
Ellen 21
STUMBLES Jim 51
Mr F 51
surveyors 9
T
Taihape 40
TAIT Peter 42
TAMATI NGAPORA Rev 9
Taratahi 24
Tasman Airways 40
Tawhiao, King 5
Te Arai Bridge 31
Te Kingitanga 5
Te Waharoa 9
teaching 11,44-47
Telegraph Training School 22
telegraph 7
telephone exchange 54
teleprinter operators 22
television 1,36-43
Telford & Smith 24
TEMPLE LtCol William 8
Territorials 19
Thames 6
Time Magazine 37
TODD Shirley 44-47
toothbrushes 32
traction engine 55
trade 9
tramping 44-47
trams 21
Travelers Rest, The 7
Treaty of Waitangi 5
Trentham Military Camp
34-35
Trentham 19,34-35
tribal land 10
troops 7
Trotters Gorge 44-47
Tuakau 6
TURNBULL Alexander 12
TURNBULL Thomas 22,24
U
unemployment 62
URQUHART Lt 10
USTINOV Peter 40
V
VAUGHN Robert 39
Victoria University 23
voluntary liquidation 62
W
Waianakarua 46
Waianakarua River 46
Waikato Maori 4-10
Waikato River 4-10
Waikato War 4-10
Wairarapa Standard 24
Waitaki Post Office 50
Waitaki 50
Waitangi 12
WALLACE Edgar 37
Hazel 40
WALTER Joan 44-47
war parties 7
war 4-10
WARBURTON Mr F 51
warfare 4-10
watercart 55
WATKINS Edwin 11
WATSON Mr HC (Alf) 57
Wellington Harbour 12
Wellington Operatic Society 40
Wellington Wharf 16
Wellington 16,21-23
WELLS Rio 40
WESTON Mr T 27
Whan gamarino 6
WHITE David 40
Dr Alan 40
Mrs 40
WILKS Spencer 62
WILSON Peter 44-47
WILSON Vic 55
wireless 13
WNTV1 40
WW 11 22
X
Y
yachting 12
YELDHAM Peter38
Z