New Zealand Memories Issue 35 - Contents
The Wreck of the Grafton.....4
AJ.1 epic struggle for survival against overwhelming
odds documented by Gordon Campbell
Editorial comment and mailbox.....12
Can you help?.....13
Details sought on 1911 Daimler
'Dame fashion has learnt to knit'.....14
Fashion from Angela Lassig
The last summer.....16
A nostalgic tale from Amelia Batistich
Images from the regions: Gisborne / East Coast.....18
The Nelson train.....26
An 'As I Remember' story from Jean Williams
Bell lap.....28
A sporting yarn from Alan Turley
Amelia Batistitch.....30
Kathryn Dove interviews acclaimed writer
Embroidery from the Western Front.....32
Wayne King discusses WWl silk postcards
A slice of life.....36
Aerial view of Wellington city, 1929
ANZAC poems.....38
'Writing to my father' by Lee Dowrick
'Pop' by Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
Katherine Mansfield.....40
Katherine Mansfield's Wellington childhood
by Karen Morehu
Commemorating Katherine Mansfield by Max Pudney
Our kitchen sink and Wellington airport.....48
The connection is revealed by Patricia Ridding
The New Lynn Hotel.....50
West Auckland's historic building
The blacksmith's wife.....52
Ivan Tait explores the characters behind
Eileen Duggan's renowned poem
Images from the regions: Southland.....58
Genealogy list / index.....66
In print.....67
East Coast initiatives.....70
Aviation from Richard Waugh
Editor's choice.....72
New Zealand Memories Issue 35 - Index
A
A & P Show 56,62
Air Force camps 25
Anglican 19
ANSELL Joyce 24
ANZAC 38
Auckland Islands 4-11
Auckland Weekly News 19
Auckland 20,71
Aunt Daisy 24
AUSTIN Tom 12
aviation 70
B
baches 16
BAILEY Mrs E 71
BANKS John 72
BARBARICH Amelia 30
John 30
Milka 30
BARKER HH 71
BATISTICH Amelia 30
Antony 30
BATTERSBY Derek 50
beach 17
Beatty washing machine 48
BEAUCHAMP Annie 41
Charlotte 41
Gwendoline 41
Harold 41
Jeanne 41
Katherine 40
Kathleen 40
Leslie 41
Benmore Station 60
Benmore 60
BERTILLE Sister 30
bicycles 29
BIMBER Leone 25
blacksmith 52
blacksmithy 52
BNZ 41
boxing 55
brickyard 50
Brown Brother `13
BROWN Jean 24
BROWNJOHN Commodore 71
BUFFETT Peter 50
BURGESS Grace 55
C
Campbell Island 55
Carnley Harbour 4
cash prizes 29
Castle teas 20
CHANEL Gabrielle (Coco) 15
Chesney Wold 41
choir 25
civil aviation 70
coaches 19
COATES Gordon 30
concert party 24
Connolly Quay 72
Cook Strait Airways 71
Cornwallis Beach 16
COWING J 71
CRAWFORD William F 20
CROSS Capt 10
cycling 29
cyclist 55
D
Daimler (1911 model) 13
Dalmation community 30
dancing 18
DARCY Les 56
Dargaville 30
Dept of Conservation 4
DUGGAN Eileen 52
DYER Annie 41
Belle 41
Kitty 41
Mrs 41
E
East Coast Airways 71
East Coast 18,70
ELLIOTT Mrs 25
embroidery 33
F
Falls Hotel 51
farming 62
fashion 14,62
field days 62
FILE Katy 24
fire 51
Fleisher (knitting) 15
Fletcher Development 64
floods 58
Flying Scud 10
Forces Gymkhana 57
FORGES Henri 4-11
France 33
frock 14
G
Gallipoli 56
gardening 58
general store 20
GERRAND Commodore AG 70
GILBERT Dr 50
Gisborne Railway Station 21
Gisborne Wharf 22
Gisborne 19,20,22,24,56,70
Glenhope 26
GOLDSMITH Alma 25
GORDON Mr RH 71
Gore 58,61,62
Gore A & P Show 62
Govt Accommodation House 58
Grafton 4-11
Great North Road 50
Green Lane 30
GRIBBON N 24
gymkhana 57
H
HALL Roger 45
Harp of Erin Hotel 30
HARRIS George 4-11
Hawke’s Bay 71
heating 27
HEENEY Jack 56
Tom 56
Heritage building 50
Hokonui Hills 58
holidays 16
Hooker Sea Lions 4
horseracing 55
horses 55
hotel licence 50
hotels 20
I
influenza epidemic 54
Invercargill 10
J
JELLICOE Lord 30
JOHNSTON John Smith 61
K
Kaihu 30
Kamaka 12
Karori Public School 23
Karori 23
Katherine Mansfield Memorial
Fellowship 45
Kawateri 27
KELLY Kate 55
Ned 55
KINGSLEY Charles 42
Kiwi 28
Knighthood 41
knitting books 15
knitting 14
Kohatu 28
Korimako 70
L
lamps 27
Lednam 42
leisure 16
LEWIS AM 20
liquor licence 50
Lockheed Electras 71
locomotive 26
M
machine guns 12
MAC-LARREN Alick 4-11
MAIR Hugh 64
Matthew 64
MANSFIELD Katherine 40
Maori children 70
Marlborough A & P Show 56
Marlborough Boxing Assn 55
MAROKAU Hera 19
Mataura River 58
Maungaroa 18
McLean Bros 21
McMAHON Mary Margaret 54
meeting house 18
MENDEL Joseph 42
Menton 45
Milford Sound 59
Mirimar 48
Mitre Peak 58
Morris Minor 48
MORROW Mrs 25
Mt Somers 12
MURRY John Middleton 45
MUSGRAVE Capt Thomas 4-5
N
NZ Field Artillery Cards 34
Nelson 26,72
New Lynn Hotel 50
Newman’s coach 26
Ngati Porou 19
Northern Wairoa 30
Notown Post Office 12
Notown 12
O
One Tree Hill 30
Opotiki Racecourse 70
Opotiki 70
Ormond 21
P
PAHEWA Hakaraia 19
Hera 19
Matiaha 19
Patriotic postcards 34
pattern books 15
performances 24
PHILLIPS Reg 12
photography 19,20
Picnic Island 30
picnics 30
poetry 38,53
poi dance 18
Port Adventure 10,11
Port Ahiriri 30
PORTER Bruce 71
Mrs FE 71
PO Savings Bank 48
Post Office 12
postcards 33
Q
Queen’s College 44
R
racing stables 30
racing 29,30
radio station 2ZM 25
railway tunnel 21
railway 20,26,30
RAMSDEN Alfred 50
RANGIHAEATA 57
RAYNAL Edouard 4-11
Red Cross 25
REDWOOD Henry 55
Mrss 55
Regimental postcards 34
rehabilitation loan 48
rescue 4-11
Richmond 26
RNZAF 71
roading 72
roads 19
Rocks Road 72
rowing 56
Ruawai 30
S
sailing 4-11
School Journals 30
school picnics 30
schoolchildren 58
schooner 4-11
SCOTT Val 24
sea lions 4
seamen 4-11
sentimental postcards 34
SHARP William 64
SHEEHAN Patrick 23
shepherd 60
shipwreck 4-11
silk postcards 33
singing 24
SMITH Mrs H 42
sport 29
sport’s clubs 29
steam train 26
steamers 30
STEVENS Percy 25
Stewart Island 8-9
Stratford 29
SUTHERLAND James 60
SWAINSON Miss 42
T
2ZM Radio 25
TABB Miss M 71
Tadmor Saddle 28
Tadmore 27
TAIT Annie 54
Ogilvie Ivan 54
William Ogilvie 54
Tapawere 27
Taranaki 12
Tauranga Aerodrome 70
Te Aute College 19
Te Kaha 19
Te Karaka 20
Te Rau Theological College 19
TE RAUPARAHA 57
Te Whanmau-a-Rua 19
The Blacksmith’s Wife 52
THOMPSON Allan Edwin 1,55
Annie 52
Arthur Frederick 1,55
Mary Margaret 54
THOMPSON John 64
Matillda 64
Maurice 64
THOMPSON Henry Augustus 57
Tokomaru 19
Tolaga Bay 19,25
train 21,26
transport 19
Triumph motorcycle 61
TROWELL Arnold 44
Tua Marina School 54
Tuamarina 54
tuberculosis 45
tunnel 21,27
U
uniforms 1,57
Union Airways 70
V
Victorian fashion 14
Villa ‘Isola Bella’ 45
vintage car 13
Vogue 15
VOS Nurse Mabel 19
W
Waianiwa School 58
Waiapu 19
Waikanae (Gisborne) 20
Waikanae Beach 22
Waimea Plains 26,58
Waipaoa River 21
Wairoa 30
Wairou Affair 57
Waitakere City 50
WALKLEY A 71
WARD Joseph 20
washing machine 48
water tower 64
water reticulation 64
Weekly Graphic 12
Wellington Airport 48
Wellington Girls’ High School 42
Wellington 36,41,48
Westport 27
Whatatutu Hotel 20
Whau Creek 51
WHITE Commodore DR 71
Wigram 71
WILLIAMS Jean 14
wool 15,58
woollen garments 15
WWI 1,12,15,33,55
WWII 25
X
Y
yachting 12
YELDHAM Peter 38
Z
A
A & P Show 56,62
Air Force camps 25
Anglican 19
ANSELL Joyce 24
ANZAC 38
Auckland Islands 4-11
Auckland Weekly News 19
Auckland 20,71
Aunt Daisy 24
AUSTIN Tom 12
aviation 70
B
baches 16
BAILEY Mrs E 71
BANKS John 72
BARBARICH Amelia 30
John 30
Milka 30
BARKER HH 71
BATISTICH Amelia 30
Antony 30
BATTERSBY Derek 50
beach 17
Beatty washing machine 48
BEAUCHAMP Annie 41
Charlotte 41
Gwendoline 41
Harold 41
Jeanne 41
Katherine 40
Kathleen 40
Leslie 41
Benmore Station 60
Benmore 60
BERTILLE Sister 30
bicycles 29
BIMBER Leone 25
blacksmith 52
blacksmithy 52
BNZ 41
boxing 55
brickyard 50
Brown Brother `13
BROWN Jean 24
BROWNJOHN Commodore 71
BUFFETT Peter 50
BURGESS Grace 55
C
Campbell Island 55
Carnley Harbour 4
cash prizes 29
Castle teas 20
CHANEL Gabrielle (Coco) 15
Chesney Wold 41
choir 25
civil aviation 70
coaches 19
COATES Gordon 30
concert party 24
Connolly Quay 72
Cook Strait Airways 71
Cornwallis Beach 16
COWING J 71
CRAWFORD William F 20
CROSS Capt 10
cycling 29
cyclist 55
D
Daimler (1911 model) 13
Dalmation community 30
dancing 18
DARCY Les 56
Dargaville 30
Dept of Conservation 4
DUGGAN Eileen 52
DYER Annie 41
Belle 41
Kitty 41
Mrs 41
E
East Coast Airways 71
East Coast 18,70
ELLIOTT Mrs 25
embroidery 33
F
Falls Hotel 51
farming 62
fashion 14,62
field days 62
FILE Katy 24
fire 51
Fleisher (knitting) 15
Fletcher Development 64
floods 58
Flying Scud 10
Forces Gymkhana 57
FORGES Henri 4-11
France 33
frock 14
G
Gallipoli 56
gardening 58
general store 20
GERRAND Commodore AG 70
GILBERT Dr 50
Gisborne Railway Station 21
Gisborne Wharf 22
Gisborne 19,20,22,24,56,70
Glenhope 26
GOLDSMITH Alma 25
GORDON Mr RH 71
Gore 58,61,62
Gore A & P Show 62
Govt Accommodation House 58
Grafton 4-11
Great North Road 50
Green Lane 30
GRIBBON N 24
gymkhana 57
H
HALL Roger 45
Harp of Erin Hotel 30
HARRIS George 4-11
Hawke’s Bay 71
heating 27
HEENEY Jack 56
Tom 56
Heritage building 50
Hokonui Hills 58
holidays 16
Hooker Sea Lions 4
horseracing 55
horses 55
hotel licence 50
hotels 20
I
influenza epidemic 54
Invercargill 10
J
JELLICOE Lord 30
JOHNSTON John Smith 61
K
Kaihu 30
Kamaka 12
Karori Public School 23
Karori 23
Katherine Mansfield Memorial
Fellowship 45
Kawateri 27
KELLY Kate 55
Ned 55
KINGSLEY Charles 42
Kiwi 28
Knighthood 41
knitting books 15
knitting 14
Kohatu 28
Korimako 70
L
lamps 27
Lednam 42
leisure 16
LEWIS AM 20
liquor licence 50
Lockheed Electras 71
locomotive 26
M
machine guns 12
MAC-LARREN Alick 4-11
MAIR Hugh 64
Matthew 64
MANSFIELD Katherine 40
Maori children 70
Marlborough A & P Show 56
Marlborough Boxing Assn 55
MAROKAU Hera 19
Mataura River 58
Maungaroa 18
McLean Bros 21
McMAHON Mary Margaret 54
meeting house 18
MENDEL Joseph 42
Menton 45
Milford Sound 59
Mirimar 48
Mitre Peak 58
Morris Minor 48
MORROW Mrs 25
Mt Somers 12
MURRY John Middleton 45
MUSGRAVE Capt Thomas 4-5
N
NZ Field Artillery Cards 34
Nelson 26,72
New Lynn Hotel 50
Newman’s coach 26
Ngati Porou 19
Northern Wairoa 30
Notown Post Office 12
Notown 12
O
One Tree Hill 30
Opotiki Racecourse 70
Opotiki 70
Ormond 21
P
PAHEWA Hakaraia 19
Hera 19
Matiaha 19
Patriotic postcards 34
pattern books 15
performances 24
PHILLIPS Reg 12
photography 19,20
Picnic Island 30
picnics 30
poetry 38,53
poi dance 18
Port Adventure 10,11
Port Ahiriri 30
PORTER Bruce 71
Mrs FE 71
PO Savings Bank 48
Post Office 12
postcards 33
Q
Queen’s College 44
R
racing stables 30
racing 29,30
radio station 2ZM 25
railway tunnel 21
railway 20,26,30
RAMSDEN Alfred 50
RANGIHAEATA 57
RAYNAL Edouard 4-11
Red Cross 25
REDWOOD Henry 55
Mrss 55
Regimental postcards 34
rehabilitation loan 48
rescue 4-11
Richmond 26
RNZAF 71
roading 72
roads 19
Rocks Road 72
rowing 56
Ruawai 30
S
sailing 4-11
School Journals 30
school picnics 30
schoolchildren 58
schooner 4-11
SCOTT Val 24
sea lions 4
seamen 4-11
sentimental postcards 34
SHARP William 64
SHEEHAN Patrick 23
shepherd 60
shipwreck 4-11
silk postcards 33
singing 24
SMITH Mrs H 42
sport 29
sport’s clubs 29
steam train 26
steamers 30
STEVENS Percy 25
Stewart Island 8-9
Stratford 29
SUTHERLAND James 60
SWAINSON Miss 42
T
2ZM Radio 25
TABB Miss M 71
Tadmor Saddle 28
Tadmore 27
TAIT Annie 54
Ogilvie Ivan 54
William Ogilvie 54
Tapawere 27
Taranaki 12
Tauranga Aerodrome 70
Te Aute College 19
Te Kaha 19
Te Karaka 20
Te Rau Theological College 19
TE RAUPARAHA 57
Te Whanmau-a-Rua 19
The Blacksmith’s Wife 52
THOMPSON Allan Edwin 1,55
Annie 52
Arthur Frederick 1,55
Mary Margaret 54
THOMPSON John 64
Matillda 64
Maurice 64
THOMPSON Henry Augustus 57
Tokomaru 19
Tolaga Bay 19,25
train 21,26
transport 19
Triumph motorcycle 61
TROWELL Arnold 44
Tua Marina School 54
Tuamarina 54
tuberculosis 45
tunnel 21,27
U
uniforms 1,57
Union Airways 70
V
Victorian fashion 14
Villa ‘Isola Bella’ 45
vintage car 13
Vogue 15
VOS Nurse Mabel 19
W
Waianiwa School 58
Waiapu 19
Waikanae (Gisborne) 20
Waikanae Beach 22
Waimea Plains 26,58
Waipaoa River 21
Wairoa 30
Wairou Affair 57
Waitakere City 50
WALKLEY A 71
WARD Joseph 20
washing machine 48
water tower 64
water reticulation 64
Weekly Graphic 12
Wellington Airport 48
Wellington Girls’ High School 42
Wellington 36,41,48
Westport 27
Whatatutu Hotel 20
Whau Creek 51
WHITE Commodore DR 71
Wigram 71
WILLIAMS Jean 14
wool 15,58
woollen garments 15
WWI 1,12,15,33,55
WWII 25
X
Y
yachting 12
YELDHAM Peter 38
Z