New Zealand Memories Issue 40 - Contents
Ernest Hayes Engineer Extraordinaire.....4
Gordon Campbell profiles an
early engineering company
Mailbox.....12
Dear Mr Crosby and Others.....14
By a star struck Margaret Joyce Beumelburg
Our National Identity.....21
Advertisements depict our bonds
with 'the Homeland'
Images from the Regions: West Coast.....22
A Magazine Icon.....2
The NZ Womans Weekly celebrates 70 years
A Slice of Life.....36
A Memento ofthe 1940 Wellington ?xhibition
0.E. on the M V Ruahine.....38
Cruising with Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway
All Hands to the War Effort.....41
Knitting for WWII soldiers by Nola Cooze
Salisbury.....42
Nancy Ashmore takes us back to the year 1900
A Journey to Remember.....45
R.G. Adams recalls a special holiday
The Sinking of the SS Taniwha.....46
Documented by Colin Townsend
Readers' Responses.....48
More on the Messerschmitt Bf 109
Images from the Regions: Auckland.....50
In Print.....63
A Joke Perhaps?.....64
A treasure trove is unturfed at Mangaweka
Genealogy List/Index.....66
Then and Now.....68
The main street of Clyde
Tall But True Rugby Tales.....70
Rugby anecdotes from Alan Turley
Editor's Choice.....7
Happy as a sandboy
Cover image The Mokai Blacksmith, early 1900
Courtesy: Putaruru Timber Museum
New Zealand Memories Issue 40 - Index
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ADAMS Mrs 45
advertisements 21,33
air raid shelters 41
Albertland Christian Colonial
Movement 51
Albertlanders 51
Ambassador’s Hotel 56
ARGALL Audrey 33
Armistice 27
ARTFIELD Shane 68
Arthur’s Pass 22
Auckland City 56
Auckland Ferry Buildings 56
Auckland Star 33
Auckland 50
Aulsebrooks 21
aviation 48
B
BARR Mr T 56
BARTLEY Mrs 45
BASSETT Cyril VC 54
beach 72
BEADNALL Stan 52
Bluecliffs 43
BNZ Greymouth 29
BOWDEN Mr TB 64
boxing 71
BRAME William 51
Brett Printing & Pub Co 33
BRUNNER Thomas 24
Buick 4 racing car 52
Buick truck 6
bush trams 30
C
Cadillac 58
CALEY Daniel 56
Centennial Exhibition 36
Central Otago 4
Cheltenham 53
churches 27,64
cinema 14
CLARK Norman 62
Clark’s Beach 62
CLEMENTS Angus 29
Clyde 68
Coach & Horses Hotel 56
Coal Creek 30
coal merchants 28
cocoa 21
COLLINS, Mr 46
COOPER Jackie 17
COULTHARD John 29
CROSBIE, Mr W 46
CROSBY Bing 14
Crown Grant 62
cruising 38
CUCKSEY Alfred 58
Edward 58
Harold Ernest 58
Henry 58
Elizabeth 58
James 58
Jeremiah 58
Mary 58
Zachariah 58
Cucksey’s Corner 58
Cucksey’s Store 58
D
Daimler Benz Engine 49
Dairy Co housing 13
DANIELL Frederick Charles 13
DENBY Mr JG 56
Devonport 55
Dilworth Bldgs 56
DORE Mary 43
Dowell’s Garage 23
DUNLOP Flight Sgt 48
DUNN James 20
Dunstan Hotel 68
Dunstan House 68
DURBIN Deanna 16
DYSON Hedda 33
Vernon 33
E
earthquake 12
Eden-Epsom Tennis &
Squash Club 58
EGGERS Frederick 29
Empire Hotel 27
engineering 4
Ernest Hayes & Sons 4
Esk 43
F
farm equipment 4
farm gates 8
farming 43
fencing (farm) 7
Fennell’s Store 27
ferries 54
films 14
fishing 24
flour mills 6
FLYNN Errol 20
food supply 25
football 21
Fordson tractors 53
FOW Mr JW 12
G
garages 23
gas lamp 56
gate fasteners 9
GEANEY Norah 43
general store 58,68
Gillett Motors 52
Gladstone Buildings 56
gold mining 27
gold rush 68
GOUGH Mr 47
grandstand 13
GREEN Mrs 72
Greymouth Borough Council 28
Greymouth Wharf 30
Greymouth 26
H
HALL William 29
Hamilton 13
hanging 29
Hansom cabs 28
Harewood Airforce 48
HARLOW Jean 20
HARROP Leonard Gordon 52
Hawera 72
HAYES Ernest 4
Hannah 7
Irving 6
HEENEY Tom 71
HERBERT Hugh 16
Highlander Milk 21
Ho Ho 26
Hokitika Motor Garage 23
Hokitika 23
holidays 72
Home Guard 58
horse & cabs 28
hotels 60
housework 34
Huddard Parker Bldg 56
Hunderlee 48
I
Ida Valley 4
immigration 51
industry 4,25
INNES Gordon 72
Ruby 72
International Exhibition 24
J
JACOBS Mr HM 56
JAMES Isaac 29
JAMES Mr RS 64
jinker 28
JOHNS Colleen 29
Johnson Engine 30
JOHNSTON Bill 70
JONES Gnr Albert 41
K
Kahaware Block 62
Karekare 52
Kawakawa Rugby Club 70
KENNEDY Alan 28
Bill 28
Frank 28
Grandad 28
Jack 28
Jim 28
Marty 28
Mary 28
Kennedy Bros 28
KIRK Harry 29
kissing 35
knitting 41
L
lathe 7
LAWN Lucy 72
LEAMING Jack 62
LEES Andrew 72
Mary 72
LEVY Isaac 56
Liberal Government 7
Lyall Bay School 41
Lyell 27
M
machinery 6
magazines 32
Mangaweka 64
MANHIRE SqdLeader 49
Maori - food 26
Maori - leisure 62
Maori Pa 62
Matangi 13
MCKENZIE Norman 70
MCNABB Walter 28
MEEHAN Frank 42
MELVILLE Ellen 33
Messerschmitt BF 109 48
Methodists 64
milk 21
MILLS Sir John 18
Mohaka Viaduct 13
MORTON Capt 46
motor cars 23
motor cycles 23
Mt Eden Home Guard 58
Mt Eden 58
murder 29
Muriwai Beach 51
N
National Bank 27
nationalism 21
NAYLOR Benjamin 68
night soil carts 12
Nonconformists 51
North Shore (Auckland) 55
Northern Roller Milling Co 56
Northern Steamship Co 45
NYBERG Emil 30
NZ International Exhibition 24
NZ Railway Road Services 12
NZ Roads Ltd 53
NZ Shipping Co 40
NZ Woman’s Weekly 32
O
O’DONOGHUE John 43
Kathleen Mary 43
Mary 43
Norah 43
Nora Cecilia 43
William 43
OE 38
Ohawe Beach 72
OLIVER Katie 29
Oliver’s Restaurant 68
Onehunga 60
ORR Stan 49
Oruawharo 51
Otira Gorge 22
Oturehua 4
OUGHTON Mrs 72
P
Paeroa Opera House 45
Paeroa 44
patent 6
Piha tramway 52
poison (rabbits) 6
Port Albert 51
PORTIER Mr 46
Post Office 58
POWELL Dick 16
Paddy 29
Prince Albert Hotel 60
PROCTOR Mr & Mrs 33
Puke Wharf 45
Q
Queen Mary transporter 48
Queen St, Auckland 56
Queens Wharf 56
R
rabbits 6,62
railway 26
RANSON Mr C 47
Red Cross 41
REDMOND John 54
referee 70
refrigeration 7
Remuera 50
RNZAF 48
roads 22
rugby 70
Rugby Park (Christchurch) 70
S
Salisbury 43
sawmilling 30
Scout Gazette 21
SEDDON Premier Richard 68
Mrs 68
Shipping
Chelmsford 47
HMS Philomel 55
M V Ruahine 1,38
Makora 55
Mariposa 54
Monterey 54
Ngoiro 54
Norwood 58
Peregrine 54
Pupuke 54
Siam 58
SS Taniwha 45
Toroa 55
shipwreck 46
SMITH Mr H 46
Springbok Tour 71
St Matthews (Lyell) 27
Stanley Bay Wharf 54
Stanley Bay 54
STEADMAN Jerry 49
steam engines 30
steamships 46
STEWART James 19
Stratford Army Camp 37
SULLIVAN Capt W 46
T
taxi cabs 28
TAYLOR Robert 20
theatre 14
Thistle Hotel 56
timber milling 30
Tolaga Bay 12
Toohey EC Cycle &
Motors Works 23
tractors 53
train crash 26
trams 61
tramway 52
transport 28
transporter 48
Trinity Church 64
U
URQHART Adam 28
V
W
WAAF 48
Waiau Pa Store 62
Waiau Pa 62
Waihou River 46
Waikato chiefs 62
Wairarapa 12
Waitete 62
WALKER Ann 29
WALKER Mr 62
Wellington Exhibition 36
West Coast 22
WEST George 54
Whitebait Canning Works 24
Whitebaiting 24
Wigram 49
WILLIAMS Otto 33
windmill 6
Wingate & Co Ltd 56
wire coiler 8
WOOD George A 25
Wood’s Motor Garage 23
WWII 12,41,48
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A
ADAMS Mrs 45
advertisements 21,33
air raid shelters 41
Albertland Christian Colonial
Movement 51
Albertlanders 51
Ambassador’s Hotel 56
ARGALL Audrey 33
Armistice 27
ARTFIELD Shane 68
Arthur’s Pass 22
Auckland City 56
Auckland Ferry Buildings 56
Auckland Star 33
Auckland 50
Aulsebrooks 21
aviation 48
B
BARR Mr T 56
BARTLEY Mrs 45
BASSETT Cyril VC 54
beach 72
BEADNALL Stan 52
Bluecliffs 43
BNZ Greymouth 29
BOWDEN Mr TB 64
boxing 71
BRAME William 51
Brett Printing & Pub Co 33
BRUNNER Thomas 24
Buick 4 racing car 52
Buick truck 6
bush trams 30
C
Cadillac 58
CALEY Daniel 56
Centennial Exhibition 36
Central Otago 4
Cheltenham 53
churches 27,64
cinema 14
CLARK Norman 62
Clark’s Beach 62
CLEMENTS Angus 29
Clyde 68
Coach & Horses Hotel 56
Coal Creek 30
coal merchants 28
cocoa 21
COLLINS, Mr 46
COOPER Jackie 17
COULTHARD John 29
CROSBIE, Mr W 46
CROSBY Bing 14
Crown Grant 62
cruising 38
CUCKSEY Alfred 58
Edward 58
Harold Ernest 58
Henry 58
Elizabeth 58
James 58
Jeremiah 58
Mary 58
Zachariah 58
Cucksey’s Corner 58
Cucksey’s Store 58
D
Daimler Benz Engine 49
Dairy Co housing 13
DANIELL Frederick Charles 13
DENBY Mr JG 56
Devonport 55
Dilworth Bldgs 56
DORE Mary 43
Dowell’s Garage 23
DUNLOP Flight Sgt 48
DUNN James 20
Dunstan Hotel 68
Dunstan House 68
DURBIN Deanna 16
DYSON Hedda 33
Vernon 33
E
earthquake 12
Eden-Epsom Tennis &
Squash Club 58
EGGERS Frederick 29
Empire Hotel 27
engineering 4
Ernest Hayes & Sons 4
Esk 43
F
farm equipment 4
farm gates 8
farming 43
fencing (farm) 7
Fennell’s Store 27
ferries 54
films 14
fishing 24
flour mills 6
FLYNN Errol 20
food supply 25
football 21
Fordson tractors 53
FOW Mr JW 12
G
garages 23
gas lamp 56
gate fasteners 9
GEANEY Norah 43
general store 58,68
Gillett Motors 52
Gladstone Buildings 56
gold mining 27
gold rush 68
GOUGH Mr 47
grandstand 13
GREEN Mrs 72
Greymouth Borough Council 28
Greymouth Wharf 30
Greymouth 26
H
HALL William 29
Hamilton 13
hanging 29
Hansom cabs 28
Harewood Airforce 48
HARLOW Jean 20
HARROP Leonard Gordon 52
Hawera 72
HAYES Ernest 4
Hannah 7
Irving 6
HEENEY Tom 71
HERBERT Hugh 16
Highlander Milk 21
Ho Ho 26
Hokitika Motor Garage 23
Hokitika 23
holidays 72
Home Guard 58
horse & cabs 28
hotels 60
housework 34
Huddard Parker Bldg 56
Hunderlee 48
I
Ida Valley 4
immigration 51
industry 4,25
INNES Gordon 72
Ruby 72
International Exhibition 24
J
JACOBS Mr HM 56
JAMES Isaac 29
JAMES Mr RS 64
jinker 28
JOHNS Colleen 29
Johnson Engine 30
JOHNSTON Bill 70
JONES Gnr Albert 41
K
Kahaware Block 62
Karekare 52
Kawakawa Rugby Club 70
KENNEDY Alan 28
Bill 28
Frank 28
Grandad 28
Jack 28
Jim 28
Marty 28
Mary 28
Kennedy Bros 28
KIRK Harry 29
kissing 35
knitting 41
L
lathe 7
LAWN Lucy 72
LEAMING Jack 62
LEES Andrew 72
Mary 72
LEVY Isaac 56
Liberal Government 7
Lyall Bay School 41
Lyell 27
M
machinery 6
magazines 32
Mangaweka 64
MANHIRE SqdLeader 49
Maori - food 26
Maori - leisure 62
Maori Pa 62
Matangi 13
MCKENZIE Norman 70
MCNABB Walter 28
MEEHAN Frank 42
MELVILLE Ellen 33
Messerschmitt BF 109 48
Methodists 64
milk 21
MILLS Sir John 18
Mohaka Viaduct 13
MORTON Capt 46
motor cars 23
motor cycles 23
Mt Eden Home Guard 58
Mt Eden 58
murder 29
Muriwai Beach 51
N
National Bank 27
nationalism 21
NAYLOR Benjamin 68
night soil carts 12
Nonconformists 51
North Shore (Auckland) 55
Northern Roller Milling Co 56
Northern Steamship Co 45
NYBERG Emil 30
NZ International Exhibition 24
NZ Railway Road Services 12
NZ Roads Ltd 53
NZ Shipping Co 40
NZ Woman’s Weekly 32
O
O’DONOGHUE John 43
Kathleen Mary 43
Mary 43
Norah 43
Nora Cecilia 43
William 43
OE 38
Ohawe Beach 72
OLIVER Katie 29
Oliver’s Restaurant 68
Onehunga 60
ORR Stan 49
Oruawharo 51
Otira Gorge 22
Oturehua 4
OUGHTON Mrs 72
P
Paeroa Opera House 45
Paeroa 44
patent 6
Piha tramway 52
poison (rabbits) 6
Port Albert 51
PORTIER Mr 46
Post Office 58
POWELL Dick 16
Paddy 29
Prince Albert Hotel 60
PROCTOR Mr & Mrs 33
Puke Wharf 45
Q
Queen Mary transporter 48
Queen St, Auckland 56
Queens Wharf 56
R
rabbits 6,62
railway 26
RANSON Mr C 47
Red Cross 41
REDMOND John 54
referee 70
refrigeration 7
Remuera 50
RNZAF 48
roads 22
rugby 70
Rugby Park (Christchurch) 70
S
Salisbury 43
sawmilling 30
Scout Gazette 21
SEDDON Premier Richard 68
Mrs 68
Shipping
Chelmsford 47
HMS Philomel 55
M V Ruahine 1,38
Makora 55
Mariposa 54
Monterey 54
Ngoiro 54
Norwood 58
Peregrine 54
Pupuke 54
Siam 58
SS Taniwha 45
Toroa 55
shipwreck 46
SMITH Mr H 46
Springbok Tour 71
St Matthews (Lyell) 27
Stanley Bay Wharf 54
Stanley Bay 54
STEADMAN Jerry 49
steam engines 30
steamships 46
STEWART James 19
Stratford Army Camp 37
SULLIVAN Capt W 46
T
taxi cabs 28
TAYLOR Robert 20
theatre 14
Thistle Hotel 56
timber milling 30
Tolaga Bay 12
Toohey EC Cycle &
Motors Works 23
tractors 53
train crash 26
trams 61
tramway 52
transport 28
transporter 48
Trinity Church 64
U
URQHART Adam 28
V
W
WAAF 48
Waiau Pa Store 62
Waiau Pa 62
Waihou River 46
Waikato chiefs 62
Wairarapa 12
Waitete 62
WALKER Ann 29
WALKER Mr 62
Wellington Exhibition 36
West Coast 22
WEST George 54
Whitebait Canning Works 24
Whitebaiting 24
Wigram 49
WILLIAMS Otto 33
windmill 6
Wingate & Co Ltd 56
wire coiler 8
WOOD George A 25
Wood’s Motor Garage 23
WWII 12,41,48
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