New Zealand Memories Issue 64 - Contents
“To Be Happy for the Rest of Your Life” 4
Chinese Market Gardeners in New Zealand by Steven Young
Russian Jack 12
The ‘Last of the Swaggers’ interviewed by John Sinclair
The Old Coach Road 16
From the Murchison Historical Society and Museum
A Prime Position 17
Auckland City’s tramway signal cabin
Earthen to Electric 18
From hangi to coal range to electric stove by Claire Duncan
Home and the Range 22
Margaret Joyce Beumelburg and the faithful Shacklock
Regions : Waikato 24
Christchurch Aquarium and Water Gardens 34
An ‘As I Remember’ story from Alan Thomas
A Power Cycle with Punch 35
By Frank Cartwright
Dunedin’s Grand Railway Station – 100 years old 36
Bob and Pat Barron delve into this heritage building
Circus 42
John Sullivan brings the thrill of the circus alive
Cliff Richard and the Shadows 48
From Lorraine Williams, Ex-President of the Cliff Richard Fan Club
This Land is My Land 52
Nelson pioneers by Margaret Fenemor
In Print 54
Reader’s Response 55
The Congreve Building, Christchurch
Regions : Wanganui / Manawatu 56
Mailbox 66
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Lord of the Rings?
Cover image:
An electric stove in use, ca 1940.
Courtesy: Alexander Turnbull Library
From the ‘Making New Zealand Collection’
Ref: F-1571-1/4-MNZ.
New Zealand Memories Issue 64 - Index
A
A. Pope 9
accomodation 16
Albion Hotel 62
aquarium (CHCH) 34
ARBON, Mr. F. 32
architecture 38
Aria 30
Assets Realisation Company 28
Auckland City 17
Auckland Domain 6
Auckland Land Co. 28
Auckland Transport Board 17
auction (vegetable) 9
Aunt Daisy 21
aviaries (CHCH) 34
Awakino 30
B
bakers’ oven 20
baking 23
Baldwin Steam Engine 62
Ballantyne’s Fire 55
Barton’s Circus 44
BASHAM, Maud (Aunt Daisy) 21
Beatty washing machine 53
BENNETT, Brian 50
biplane 57
BLACKETT, John 16
BRUNNER, Thomas 16
BSA bicycle 55
BUCKLAND, William 28
BULLARD, Thomas 53
Buller River 16
Burton Bros. 59
business 3
C
Cambridge Hotel 8
camp oven 19
CANNON, Judy 50
Cape Reinga Lighthouse 21
CARTWRIGHT, Frank 35
celebrations (Chinese) 11
Chinese market gardening 4
Chinese migrants 4
Chinese proverb 4
chores (children) 53
Christchurch 34, 42, 55
circus 1, 42
circus elephant 42
CLARIDGE, J.H. 31
CLARK, Walter 64
Cliff Richard Fan Club 48
Clinton River 72
CLOTHIER, Henry 29
coal range 18, 22
cocksfoot seed 64
COLVILLE, Peter 50
CONGREVE, Mr. J. E. 55
Congreve’s Building 55
CONLIN, Mike 50
cooking 18
copper 20
cowboys 42
crops 9
Cycle Master 35
cycle trader 55
cycles 35
D
D. Bowie 9
De Kroo Bros. 50
DRUMMOND, Alexander 53
DRUMMOND, Fergus Basil 53
DRUMMOND, Harriet 52
drying rack 23
DUFFY, Dennis 43
Dunedin 20, 35, 37
Dunedin Railway Station 37
DUSTIN, W.S. 61
Dutch oven 19
E
early settlement (Levin) 64
earthquake 53
EASY, Ann M. 19
electric stove 18
ELLIS, Andy 50
employment 6
encyclopaedia 10
F
fan club 48
Farmers Trading Co. 66
farming 29
Ferguson TEA 10
Fern Flat 16
fertilising 9
festivities (Chinese) 11
fishing 32
fishing rod 33
fishing tallies 33
flax 62
flaxmills 62
food preparation 18
Foxton 62
Free Church of Scotland 39
FROUDE, Mr. J.A. 28
fungus (Chinese export) 64
G
GARDEN, Oscar 67
GARDENER, Basil 64
Gardener’s store 64
gas stove 18
Gibson Motors 30
gold rush 39
GRAHAM, Billy 49
greengrocers 7
GREY, Sir George 4
Greytown Hospital 14
GRIEVE, Capt. 32
H
Hagen’s Circus 43
Hagley Park 45
Hamilton 24
Hamilton City 25
Hamilton Post Office 25
Hangatiki Station 30
hangi 18
HANSEN, Nurse Annie 60
HARRIS, Jet 50
Hawker Hind biplane 57
HAYWARD, Norman 49
HILARY, Sir Edmund 10
HOOPER, Miss 10
Horowhenua College 11
horsedrawn cart 60
horsedrawn wagon 16
Hotel St. George 50
Howard 16
Hunter Homestead 16
HYNDMAN, Vic 66
hui 61
I
immigration 39
ironing 22
irons 22
Ivory Bros. 53
J
James Smith 8
JENNINGS, Hon. 6
K
Kapiti Island 19
KENT, Postmaster 64
kitchens 18
KRUMAN, Ivan 14
L
Laery & Co. 9
LAIDLAW, Robert 66
Lake Rotoroa 16
LAW, Henry 62
LEE, John. A. 15
Levin 11
Levin Hotel 64
Levin North School 10
Longford 16
Lyell 16
M
MAGON, Albert 30
Magon’s Motors 30
Majestic Theatre 49
Manawatu 62
Manawatu River 62
Mangahoa Power Station 62
Market Gardeners 9
market gardening 4
marriage 27
MARVIN, Hank 50
Matamata County Council 28
Matiri Block House 16
McDONALD, Pod 64
McHARDY, Percy 32
McRAE, Roderick 53
microwave oven 21
Milford Track 72
Miranui Mill 62
MORTON, Tex 43
motorcar (Standard) 53
Murchison Earthquake 53
music 50
N
N.Z. Company 39
N.Z. Railways Dept 39
Nelson 16, 53
New Plymouth 30
Newton Flat 16
Ngati Ruakawa 28
NOEDL, Sarah Ann 27
nursing 60
NZ Co-op Dairy Co. 28
O
Old Coach Road 16
Otago University 39
Otorohanga Times 31
oven 18
Oxford 28
P
Paeroa 27
Passchendaele Plaque 40
pastries 61
pastrycooks 61
pataka 58
PATERSON, Ron 35
Perry Brothers (circus) 42
Phormium Tenax 62
planting 9
ploughing 9, 53
Poll Tax 6
pop music 50
Port Chalmers 39
power cycles 35
punt 62
R
racism (Chinese) 8
railway 39
railway 67
refreshment rooms 61
RETTER, Joe 64
RICHARD, Cliff 48
RIDGEWAY, Charlie 46
road-building 16
roading 16
ROBINSON, Mr. 16
rodeo 42
ROE, Frank 64
ROGERS, Roy 47
ROSE, Frank 28
rotary hoes 10
Royal Mail Service car 30
Russian Jack 13
S
sales docket (1915) 55
SAVAGE, Michael Joseph 15
SCHAEFER, Frederick 46
SCHAEFER, Kay 46
school fair 10
schooling 10
Scottish immigrants 39
service cars 30
SHACKLOCK, Elizabeth 20
SHACKLOCK, Henry 20
Shannon 62
Shipping
City of Wellington 50
Delphic 62
Philip Laing 39
Sir Alan McNap 53
Star of Canada 14
Wickliffe 39
shopping 53
Skuthorpe’s Circus 42
Smith & Caughey’s 17
Sole Bros. Circus 46
Southerner, The 41
SOWRY, Annie 27
SOWRY, Marmaduke 27
Stanley Brook 53
statistics (Chinese in New Zealand) 7
steam train 24
storehouse (Maori) 58
swaggers 12
Swindlehirst 62
T
Taherepokiore Rapid 59
Taieri Gorge Railway 41
Taitua 58
Tapawera Primary School 53
Taumarunui 58
Taupo 32
Te Kauwhata Presbyterian Church 26
TE KOOTI 28
Te Kuiti 30
The Keil Isles 50
The Shadows 49
Thompson Brothers 9
Tirau 28
tour (music) 48
tourism 30
Tourist Hotel Corp. 72
Townsend & Paul 9
tractor (Fordson) 53
tractor (Samson) 53
tractors 9
tramping 72
trams 17
trams 56
tramway signal cabin 17
transport 17
TROUP, George 39
U/V
umu 19
uniforms (nursing) 60
United Service Hotel 17
Upper Motueka Valley 53
VALVOI, Jacob 17
vegetables 5
von HOCHSTETTER, Ferdinand 28
W
wagon and horses 16
Waikato 24
Waikato Shipping Co. Ltd. 24
Waimea West 53
Waipaehi Camp 33
Wairarapa 15
Wairarapa 27
Waitomo 30
Waitomo Caves 30
Waitomo Hotel 30
Wanganui 56
Wanganui Hospital 60
Wangapeka Station 53
WARD, Sir Joseph 40
wards 60
watergardens (CHCH) 34
wedding 27
wedding dress 27
weeding 9
WELCH, Bruce 50
Wellington 49
Wellington Airport 49
Wellington City 6
West Coast 22
Whangamarino School 26
Whanganui River 59
white-baiting 23
‘White’ bus 30
WILSON, Mr. C. K. 64
WIRTH, Phillip 46
Wirth’s Circus 45
WOLFE, Charles 16
WONG, Alec 7
WONG, Mr. Jack 7
WONG, You 64
WOOD, Mr. Bowie 53
World War II 8
X/Y/Z
YOUNG, Leslie 5
YOUNG, Steven 5
zoo (CHCH) 34
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A
A. Pope 9
accomodation 16
Albion Hotel 62
aquarium (CHCH) 34
ARBON, Mr. F. 32
architecture 38
Aria 30
Assets Realisation Company 28
Auckland City 17
Auckland Domain 6
Auckland Land Co. 28
Auckland Transport Board 17
auction (vegetable) 9
Aunt Daisy 21
aviaries (CHCH) 34
Awakino 30
B
bakers’ oven 20
baking 23
Baldwin Steam Engine 62
Ballantyne’s Fire 55
Barton’s Circus 44
BASHAM, Maud (Aunt Daisy) 21
Beatty washing machine 53
BENNETT, Brian 50
biplane 57
BLACKETT, John 16
BRUNNER, Thomas 16
BSA bicycle 55
BUCKLAND, William 28
BULLARD, Thomas 53
Buller River 16
Burton Bros. 59
business 3
C
Cambridge Hotel 8
camp oven 19
CANNON, Judy 50
Cape Reinga Lighthouse 21
CARTWRIGHT, Frank 35
celebrations (Chinese) 11
Chinese market gardening 4
Chinese migrants 4
Chinese proverb 4
chores (children) 53
Christchurch 34, 42, 55
circus 1, 42
circus elephant 42
CLARIDGE, J.H. 31
CLARK, Walter 64
Cliff Richard Fan Club 48
Clinton River 72
CLOTHIER, Henry 29
coal range 18, 22
cocksfoot seed 64
COLVILLE, Peter 50
CONGREVE, Mr. J. E. 55
Congreve’s Building 55
CONLIN, Mike 50
cooking 18
copper 20
cowboys 42
crops 9
Cycle Master 35
cycle trader 55
cycles 35
D
D. Bowie 9
De Kroo Bros. 50
DRUMMOND, Alexander 53
DRUMMOND, Fergus Basil 53
DRUMMOND, Harriet 52
drying rack 23
DUFFY, Dennis 43
Dunedin 20, 35, 37
Dunedin Railway Station 37
DUSTIN, W.S. 61
Dutch oven 19
E
early settlement (Levin) 64
earthquake 53
EASY, Ann M. 19
electric stove 18
ELLIS, Andy 50
employment 6
encyclopaedia 10
F
fan club 48
Farmers Trading Co. 66
farming 29
Ferguson TEA 10
Fern Flat 16
fertilising 9
festivities (Chinese) 11
fishing 32
fishing rod 33
fishing tallies 33
flax 62
flaxmills 62
food preparation 18
Foxton 62
Free Church of Scotland 39
FROUDE, Mr. J.A. 28
fungus (Chinese export) 64
G
GARDEN, Oscar 67
GARDENER, Basil 64
Gardener’s store 64
gas stove 18
Gibson Motors 30
gold rush 39
GRAHAM, Billy 49
greengrocers 7
GREY, Sir George 4
Greytown Hospital 14
GRIEVE, Capt. 32
H
Hagen’s Circus 43
Hagley Park 45
Hamilton 24
Hamilton City 25
Hamilton Post Office 25
Hangatiki Station 30
hangi 18
HANSEN, Nurse Annie 60
HARRIS, Jet 50
Hawker Hind biplane 57
HAYWARD, Norman 49
HILARY, Sir Edmund 10
HOOPER, Miss 10
Horowhenua College 11
horsedrawn cart 60
horsedrawn wagon 16
Hotel St. George 50
Howard 16
Hunter Homestead 16
HYNDMAN, Vic 66
hui 61
I
immigration 39
ironing 22
irons 22
Ivory Bros. 53
J
James Smith 8
JENNINGS, Hon. 6
K
Kapiti Island 19
KENT, Postmaster 64
kitchens 18
KRUMAN, Ivan 14
L
Laery & Co. 9
LAIDLAW, Robert 66
Lake Rotoroa 16
LAW, Henry 62
LEE, John. A. 15
Levin 11
Levin Hotel 64
Levin North School 10
Longford 16
Lyell 16
M
MAGON, Albert 30
Magon’s Motors 30
Majestic Theatre 49
Manawatu 62
Manawatu River 62
Mangahoa Power Station 62
Market Gardeners 9
market gardening 4
marriage 27
MARVIN, Hank 50
Matamata County Council 28
Matiri Block House 16
McDONALD, Pod 64
McHARDY, Percy 32
McRAE, Roderick 53
microwave oven 21
Milford Track 72
Miranui Mill 62
MORTON, Tex 43
motorcar (Standard) 53
Murchison Earthquake 53
music 50
N
N.Z. Company 39
N.Z. Railways Dept 39
Nelson 16, 53
New Plymouth 30
Newton Flat 16
Ngati Ruakawa 28
NOEDL, Sarah Ann 27
nursing 60
NZ Co-op Dairy Co. 28
O
Old Coach Road 16
Otago University 39
Otorohanga Times 31
oven 18
Oxford 28
P
Paeroa 27
Passchendaele Plaque 40
pastries 61
pastrycooks 61
pataka 58
PATERSON, Ron 35
Perry Brothers (circus) 42
Phormium Tenax 62
planting 9
ploughing 9, 53
Poll Tax 6
pop music 50
Port Chalmers 39
power cycles 35
punt 62
R
racism (Chinese) 8
railway 39
railway 67
refreshment rooms 61
RETTER, Joe 64
RICHARD, Cliff 48
RIDGEWAY, Charlie 46
road-building 16
roading 16
ROBINSON, Mr. 16
rodeo 42
ROE, Frank 64
ROGERS, Roy 47
ROSE, Frank 28
rotary hoes 10
Royal Mail Service car 30
Russian Jack 13
S
sales docket (1915) 55
SAVAGE, Michael Joseph 15
SCHAEFER, Frederick 46
SCHAEFER, Kay 46
school fair 10
schooling 10
Scottish immigrants 39
service cars 30
SHACKLOCK, Elizabeth 20
SHACKLOCK, Henry 20
Shannon 62
Shipping
City of Wellington 50
Delphic 62
Philip Laing 39
Sir Alan McNap 53
Star of Canada 14
Wickliffe 39
shopping 53
Skuthorpe’s Circus 42
Smith & Caughey’s 17
Sole Bros. Circus 46
Southerner, The 41
SOWRY, Annie 27
SOWRY, Marmaduke 27
Stanley Brook 53
statistics (Chinese in New Zealand) 7
steam train 24
storehouse (Maori) 58
swaggers 12
Swindlehirst 62
T
Taherepokiore Rapid 59
Taieri Gorge Railway 41
Taitua 58
Tapawera Primary School 53
Taumarunui 58
Taupo 32
Te Kauwhata Presbyterian Church 26
TE KOOTI 28
Te Kuiti 30
The Keil Isles 50
The Shadows 49
Thompson Brothers 9
Tirau 28
tour (music) 48
tourism 30
Tourist Hotel Corp. 72
Townsend & Paul 9
tractor (Fordson) 53
tractor (Samson) 53
tractors 9
tramping 72
trams 17
trams 56
tramway signal cabin 17
transport 17
TROUP, George 39
U/V
umu 19
uniforms (nursing) 60
United Service Hotel 17
Upper Motueka Valley 53
VALVOI, Jacob 17
vegetables 5
von HOCHSTETTER, Ferdinand 28
W
wagon and horses 16
Waikato 24
Waikato Shipping Co. Ltd. 24
Waimea West 53
Waipaehi Camp 33
Wairarapa 15
Wairarapa 27
Waitomo 30
Waitomo Caves 30
Waitomo Hotel 30
Wanganui 56
Wanganui Hospital 60
Wangapeka Station 53
WARD, Sir Joseph 40
wards 60
watergardens (CHCH) 34
wedding 27
wedding dress 27
weeding 9
WELCH, Bruce 50
Wellington 49
Wellington Airport 49
Wellington City 6
West Coast 22
Whangamarino School 26
Whanganui River 59
white-baiting 23
‘White’ bus 30
WILSON, Mr. C. K. 64
WIRTH, Phillip 46
Wirth’s Circus 45
WOLFE, Charles 16
WONG, Alec 7
WONG, Mr. Jack 7
WONG, You 64
WOOD, Mr. Bowie 53
World War II 8
X/Y/Z
YOUNG, Leslie 5
YOUNG, Steven 5
zoo (CHCH) 34
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