New Zealand Memories Issue 49 - Contents
My Home Town 4
Childhood days at Lake Waikaremoana by Beverley Smith
Maori Battalion : A Night to Remember 10
Jack and Nancye Baker’s honeymoon was unique
One Hundred Years of West Coast Motoring 16
Some early glimpses compiled by Michael Childs
Images of the Regions : Gisborne and the East Coast 22
Bartletts
Memories of a Public Works Camp by Gordon Fun-nell 28
The Public Works Camp in Khandallah 31
Don Simm was a ‘camp kid.’
‘Zak’ of Wellington 33
The man behind the camera told by Wayne King
Slice of Life 36
“With Best Wishes from the Girls of Gould’s Café”
Memories of a Farming Childhood 38
Tokoroa in the early days by Beth Henderson
An Undying Echo 44
John Adeane reports on the old scow
There Was a Time... 46
Dalmatian settlement in New Zealand
Horoeka 52
A twisted tale
Bean Rock Lighthouse 54
Ivan Domikovich discusses an Auckland landmark
Images of the Region : Southland 58
Mailbox 66
Can You Help? 67
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Oldsmobile No Match for Tram
Engine at Whatatutu, 1895
New Zealand Memories Issue 49 - Index
A
accident (motoring) 72
accordion 50
Admiralty chart 55
advertising 61
advertising postcard 36
Aranga Gum Camp 49
Archdeacon of York 21
athletics 62
Auckland 49, 55
Auckland Harbour Board 55
Austin 7 racing car 66
aviation 63
B
BABICH, Josip 51
BAKER, Jack 10
Nancy 10
baking 8
BARTLETT, Thomas 28
Bartletts Camp 28
Bartletts School 28
BEALE, Noel 6
Bean Rock Lighthouse 54
BEAN, Lieutenant Peter 55
Beatty washing machine 66
BENGE, Dave 41
Blenheim 44
Blucks Transport 28
Boyd’s Camp 28
bridges 26, 53
BRIEN, Colleen 8
Briskula 49
broadcasting 59
Brooklyn Train Smash 35
BURKE, Mrs S. 58
bus 24
business 49
C
CAMERON, William 55
carpentry 56
CASSIDY, Hugh 21
CHADWICK, Brian 67
charts 55
Christchurch Boys High School 33
Christmas 29
coaches 24
COATH, Beth 38
Ann Kathleen 39
Thomas Charles 39
Rosemary 41
‘Skip’ 41
Cokers Soft Drinks 4
concerts 59
CONNELL, Bill 32
Cook Strait 44
cows 39
CRAWFORD, William Fitzgerald 25
D
Dalmatians 46
dancing 50
DARE, Tim 44
Denise 44
Depression, The 28
dining rooms 62
DOMINIKOVICH, Ivan 55
Dowells’ Motor Garage 18
DUNN, Ernie 7
E
East Coast 22
East Coast Railway Const. Works 28
ECKFORD, Tom 44
EGGARS, H. (Tiny) 59
Oscar 59
electricity 8
ELMS, Mr 5
express train 11
F
FALKENBACH, Anthony 19
farming 38, 53
FARROW, Miss 7
fete 35
filmmaking 45
fisheries 50
flax bags 58
floating crane 55
FORSYTHE, Jack 56
Franz Josef 20
funeral 35
FUN-NELL, Gordon 28
Ron 29
G
Girls’ Life Brigade 7
Gisborne 22
GOORD, Darryl 56
Gore 62
Gould’s Café 37
Govt. Accommodation House 60
grapes 51
GREANEY, Dan 17
Greymouth 17
gumdiggers 46
H
HALL CHINN, Mr W. 19
HAMBLETON, Mr J 19
HARLEY, Mr. W.F. 19
harvesting 41
HARVEY, Miss Olive 7
HAYMAN, Austin 16
Henderson 50
HERBERT, Mr and Mrs 31
Hokitika 17
Hokitika Motor Garage 18
HOLDAWAYS, Barry 44
Horoeka 52
HORTON, Arthur 31
housing 28
HOUSTON, Malcolm 19
Hui 25
HUNT, Mr W.J. 43
HUNTER, Dr Samuel 66
HURST, Rev Walter 11
I
immigration 48
Invercargill 63
Invercargill floods 63
J
JENNY, Mr. M.A. 20
K
Kaitawa 4
Karori 35
KEARNEY, Sister Janet 7
KEENAN, Family 5
Kennedy Bros 21
KENNEDY, Frank 21
Khandallah 31
Khandallah School 31
Kickapoo Medicine Co. 66
Kingston 64
Kingston Flyer 64
Kopua Station 29
Kumara 20
L
Lake House 6
Lake Waikaremoana 4
Lake Wakatipu 64
LEYLAND, Mr. W.B. 19
lighthouse 55
LINDEGAR, William 6
livestock 38
logging 23
Lower Hutt 11
Lumsden 65
LUNT, William 53
Charles 53
M
Maori Battalion 10
Marlborough Cruising Club 45
marriage 49
Matamata County 42
match-making 50
McGEHAN, Murray 56
MCGLASHAN, Herbert 21
McLEAN Fireman 33
men’s camps 30
MERCER, Capt 21
Milford Sound 60
MOODY, Mr. J.A. 19
MORAN, Kathleen 29
motor car 16, 72
motoring 16
music 50
mutton birds 58
N
Newman’s Service Car 5
NEWICK, Mr 8
New Zealand Rail 11
NEAME, Mrs 19
NEELY, Dr 20
NASH, Walter 51
Nightcaps 63
Oldsmobile 72
Opawa River 44
Otira Tunnel 21
P
Paekakariki 14
Pakirikiri Hui 25
Palmerston North 15
Pearl Fisheries 51
photography 1, 33
Picton 44
Piripaua 4
Port Awanui 22
postcards 1, 33, 36
Poverty Bay 23
power stations 4
Public Works Dept 4
Public Works Dept Camp 28
Public Works Dept Workshops 28
Q
Quarter Mile Champs 62
Queenstown 65
R
Ruapani Tourist Launch 5
radio 1YA 8
railway 11, 28, 64
RENTON, Paul 16
Bill 16
REDSTONE, Mr J.R. 24
Roebuck Road Bridge 26
ROBINSON, Mr 28
relief work 30
RHODES, Betty 32
Rehabilitation Scheme 39
returned servicemen 10, 39
running 62
ROYCROFT, Ron 66
racing car 66
road accident 72
S
SAVAGE, Michael 50
SCHAEF, Arthur 17
Len 17
Schaef’s Motor Garage 19
settlement 48
SHALLCRASS, Mr and Mrs F.W. 21
SHAW, Mr. L.G. 43
shipping
AS Echo 44
Blenheim 45
Earnslaw 65
HMS Herald 55
HMS Platina 55
MV Aramoana 45
Opawa 45
SS Hinemoa 61
Tuhoe 45
Wairau 45
SIMM, Don 31
SMITH, Beverley 6
Frank 6
Keith 6
Russell 6
Solomon Is. 58
Southland 58
STAVELEY, Annie 17
SUBRITZKY, Capt. John Anton 72
SUTHERLAND, Donald 61
swimming 29
T
Toohey, E.C., Dominion Cycle & 18
Motorworks
Tamburicas 50
Tawatapu 28
TAYLOR, Clive 56
TAYLOR, Noel 41
tearooms 62
TEICHELMAN, Dr. Ebenezer 17
telephone 9, 38
Tokoroa 39
Tokoroa East School 39
Torries Camp 29
tourism 60, 64
Tourist Corporation 9
tractor 42
tradesmen 56
tram 72
TREMBATH, William 62
Tuai 4
TUAI Chief 4
Tuai Power Station 4
TYE, Mr 43
U
unemployment 30
U.S. Navy 45
V
vineyards 50
Vulcan Railcars 29
W
Waiho 16
Waipiro Bay 24
Wairoa 4
Waitemata Harbour 55
Watties Canneries 29
Webster’s Motor Garage 19
West Coast 16
Whatatutu 25
winemaking 51
Wirth’s Circus 29
WOOD, George 19
Wood’s Motor Garage 18
WW I 33
WW II 10, 28, 38, 59
X
Y
YMCA 29
Z
ZACHARIA Joseph (ZAK) 1, 33
A
accident (motoring) 72
accordion 50
Admiralty chart 55
advertising 61
advertising postcard 36
Aranga Gum Camp 49
Archdeacon of York 21
athletics 62
Auckland 49, 55
Auckland Harbour Board 55
Austin 7 racing car 66
aviation 63
B
BABICH, Josip 51
BAKER, Jack 10
Nancy 10
baking 8
BARTLETT, Thomas 28
Bartletts Camp 28
Bartletts School 28
BEALE, Noel 6
Bean Rock Lighthouse 54
BEAN, Lieutenant Peter 55
Beatty washing machine 66
BENGE, Dave 41
Blenheim 44
Blucks Transport 28
Boyd’s Camp 28
bridges 26, 53
BRIEN, Colleen 8
Briskula 49
broadcasting 59
Brooklyn Train Smash 35
BURKE, Mrs S. 58
bus 24
business 49
C
CAMERON, William 55
carpentry 56
CASSIDY, Hugh 21
CHADWICK, Brian 67
charts 55
Christchurch Boys High School 33
Christmas 29
coaches 24
COATH, Beth 38
Ann Kathleen 39
Thomas Charles 39
Rosemary 41
‘Skip’ 41
Cokers Soft Drinks 4
concerts 59
CONNELL, Bill 32
Cook Strait 44
cows 39
CRAWFORD, William Fitzgerald 25
D
Dalmatians 46
dancing 50
DARE, Tim 44
Denise 44
Depression, The 28
dining rooms 62
DOMINIKOVICH, Ivan 55
Dowells’ Motor Garage 18
DUNN, Ernie 7
E
East Coast 22
East Coast Railway Const. Works 28
ECKFORD, Tom 44
EGGARS, H. (Tiny) 59
Oscar 59
electricity 8
ELMS, Mr 5
express train 11
F
FALKENBACH, Anthony 19
farming 38, 53
FARROW, Miss 7
fete 35
filmmaking 45
fisheries 50
flax bags 58
floating crane 55
FORSYTHE, Jack 56
Franz Josef 20
funeral 35
FUN-NELL, Gordon 28
Ron 29
G
Girls’ Life Brigade 7
Gisborne 22
GOORD, Darryl 56
Gore 62
Gould’s Café 37
Govt. Accommodation House 60
grapes 51
GREANEY, Dan 17
Greymouth 17
gumdiggers 46
H
HALL CHINN, Mr W. 19
HAMBLETON, Mr J 19
HARLEY, Mr. W.F. 19
harvesting 41
HARVEY, Miss Olive 7
HAYMAN, Austin 16
Henderson 50
HERBERT, Mr and Mrs 31
Hokitika 17
Hokitika Motor Garage 18
HOLDAWAYS, Barry 44
Horoeka 52
HORTON, Arthur 31
housing 28
HOUSTON, Malcolm 19
Hui 25
HUNT, Mr W.J. 43
HUNTER, Dr Samuel 66
HURST, Rev Walter 11
I
immigration 48
Invercargill 63
Invercargill floods 63
J
JENNY, Mr. M.A. 20
K
Kaitawa 4
Karori 35
KEARNEY, Sister Janet 7
KEENAN, Family 5
Kennedy Bros 21
KENNEDY, Frank 21
Khandallah 31
Khandallah School 31
Kickapoo Medicine Co. 66
Kingston 64
Kingston Flyer 64
Kopua Station 29
Kumara 20
L
Lake House 6
Lake Waikaremoana 4
Lake Wakatipu 64
LEYLAND, Mr. W.B. 19
lighthouse 55
LINDEGAR, William 6
livestock 38
logging 23
Lower Hutt 11
Lumsden 65
LUNT, William 53
Charles 53
M
Maori Battalion 10
Marlborough Cruising Club 45
marriage 49
Matamata County 42
match-making 50
McGEHAN, Murray 56
MCGLASHAN, Herbert 21
McLEAN Fireman 33
men’s camps 30
MERCER, Capt 21
Milford Sound 60
MOODY, Mr. J.A. 19
MORAN, Kathleen 29
motor car 16, 72
motoring 16
music 50
mutton birds 58
N
Newman’s Service Car 5
NEWICK, Mr 8
New Zealand Rail 11
NEAME, Mrs 19
NEELY, Dr 20
NASH, Walter 51
Nightcaps 63
Oldsmobile 72
Opawa River 44
Otira Tunnel 21
P
Paekakariki 14
Pakirikiri Hui 25
Palmerston North 15
Pearl Fisheries 51
photography 1, 33
Picton 44
Piripaua 4
Port Awanui 22
postcards 1, 33, 36
Poverty Bay 23
power stations 4
Public Works Dept 4
Public Works Dept Camp 28
Public Works Dept Workshops 28
Q
Quarter Mile Champs 62
Queenstown 65
R
Ruapani Tourist Launch 5
radio 1YA 8
railway 11, 28, 64
RENTON, Paul 16
Bill 16
REDSTONE, Mr J.R. 24
Roebuck Road Bridge 26
ROBINSON, Mr 28
relief work 30
RHODES, Betty 32
Rehabilitation Scheme 39
returned servicemen 10, 39
running 62
ROYCROFT, Ron 66
racing car 66
road accident 72
S
SAVAGE, Michael 50
SCHAEF, Arthur 17
Len 17
Schaef’s Motor Garage 19
settlement 48
SHALLCRASS, Mr and Mrs F.W. 21
SHAW, Mr. L.G. 43
shipping
AS Echo 44
Blenheim 45
Earnslaw 65
HMS Herald 55
HMS Platina 55
MV Aramoana 45
Opawa 45
SS Hinemoa 61
Tuhoe 45
Wairau 45
SIMM, Don 31
SMITH, Beverley 6
Frank 6
Keith 6
Russell 6
Solomon Is. 58
Southland 58
STAVELEY, Annie 17
SUBRITZKY, Capt. John Anton 72
SUTHERLAND, Donald 61
swimming 29
T
Toohey, E.C., Dominion Cycle & 18
Motorworks
Tamburicas 50
Tawatapu 28
TAYLOR, Clive 56
TAYLOR, Noel 41
tearooms 62
TEICHELMAN, Dr. Ebenezer 17
telephone 9, 38
Tokoroa 39
Tokoroa East School 39
Torries Camp 29
tourism 60, 64
Tourist Corporation 9
tractor 42
tradesmen 56
tram 72
TREMBATH, William 62
Tuai 4
TUAI Chief 4
Tuai Power Station 4
TYE, Mr 43
U
unemployment 30
U.S. Navy 45
V
vineyards 50
Vulcan Railcars 29
W
Waiho 16
Waipiro Bay 24
Wairoa 4
Waitemata Harbour 55
Watties Canneries 29
Webster’s Motor Garage 19
West Coast 16
Whatatutu 25
winemaking 51
Wirth’s Circus 29
WOOD, George 19
Wood’s Motor Garage 18
WW I 33
WW II 10, 28, 38, 59
X
Y
YMCA 29
Z
ZACHARIA Joseph (ZAK) 1, 33