New Zealand Memories Issue 67 - Contents
Count von Luckner’s Motuihe Island Escape 4
By James N. Bade
Girl on a Swing 10
Fashion with Angela Lassig
The Shopping Mecca 12
A nostalgic trip down Auckland’s Queen Street with Cherie Devliotis
Hitchcock Believed in the Perfect Crime 18
The master of suspense in New Zealand by Christopher Moor
The Reed Story 20
Gavin McLean traces the history of the publishing giant
From the Regions : Otago 26
Many Hands Make Light Work 37
From the Nelson Provincial Museum collection
Cookie Curruthers 38
An ‘As I Remember’ story by Percy Allison
RMS Niagara 40
Memories from the deep by Keith Gordon
Threepenny Gins and the Coronation Parade 46
An interview by Vince Boyle
From Fledgling Flyer to Busy Airline 48
The Air Central story by Bruce Gavin
In Print 51
The Sunday School Anniversary 52
By Rex Falkner
Rugby League Celebrates its Centennial Year 54
Bernie Wood overviews the early years
From the Regions : Hawke’s Bay 58
Mailbox 66
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
The end of school milk
Cover Image:
Committee of the New Zealand
Axemen’s Association,
26 December 1904.
Standing: T.C. Stanners, Bert
Hayward, A.G. Whiting. Sitting:
F.A. Moore, F. Hardy, G.W.
Tayler, H. Wolfe, Alf Hansen
Courtesy: The Eltham Historical Society
New Zealand Memories Issue 67 - Index
A
actors (film) 19
Ah Chee (fruiterer) 12
Air Central 48
Air Services Limited 48
All Black ‘Originals’ 54
All Golds 57
ALLEN, C.R. 22
Amorangi Boys 23
ANDERSON, Mona 23
anglers 31
Antarctica 66
ANTHONY, Frank 22
ANZ Bank (Auckland City) 12
Arai-te-uru 28
Auckland 52
Auckland City 12
Auckland Town Hall 52
Authors’ Fund 22
Automatic Key Punch 66
aviation 48
B
barbers 14
BASKERVILLE, Albert 54
BEDRIE, Mr. E. 7
BEGG, Mr. A.G. 31
BEST, Elsdon 24
BIGWOOD, Jean 23
Ken 23
birdsong recordings 23
bleach 33
BNSW (Auckland City) 12
BNZ (Auckland City) 12
books 20
BOURKE, Capt. William 7
BRADWELL, Paul 22
brick kiln 62
brick making 63
brickworks 62
Broad Bay 32
Broad Bay School 32
BROWN, Daphne 29
BURNS, Arthur 34
Thomas 34
Busby Hill 63
BYRNE, Con 54
C
cabbage 38
CALLAM, Arthur 54
CALMAN, Ross 24
CAMERON, Bob 15
CANDY, Bruce 50
CAPE, Peter 23
CARR, Edwin 23
CARTWRIGHT, Frank 30
CATHIE’S, Bruce 24
Census Dept. 66
Cessna Skymaster 48
chef 38
children (games) 65
chimney (kiln) 63
choir (children’s) 52
Christianity 21
church 52
Clarke & M’Ilroy 27
classical music 23
CLEVELAND, Les 23
Clutha 26
coal (kiln) 64
Colonial & Mutual Ass. Soc. Ltd 12
COLQUHOUN, Neil 23
Cooke’s Restaurant 14
copper (washing) 33
Corstorphine House 29
costumes 61
Coulls Somerville Wilkie 21
court martial 8
COWAN, James 22
CROSS, Tom 54
CRUMP, Barry 23
CURNOW, Allen 23
CURRUTHERS, Tim (Cookie) 38
Curtis Island 7
D
DANSEY, Harry 23
department stores 12
DEVORY, Mr. A.E. 55
diving (gold) 1, 40
diving chamber 42
dresses 10
DUCKWORTH, Marilyn 24
Dunedin 20
Dunedin 29
DUNNING, Charles 54
E
Eagle Airways 50
earthquake 61
Eccles 15
educational publishing 23
EDWARDS, Brian 24
eiderdown 37
ELDER, Prof. J.R. 21
ELLINGHAM, Jim 50
ELLIS, Murray 66
EMI records 23
ERDMANN, Herr 4
escape (WWI) 4
EVEREST, Jan 49
Eves Brickworks 62
EVES, Marjorie 63
Minetta 63
Samuel 63
exploration (shipwreck) 42
F
FALKNER, Louis 52
Farmers Santa Parade 17
Farmers Trading Co. 15
fashion (girls) 10
fashion parades 15
field tiles 64
filmmaker 18
fishing 30
Fletcher Construction Co. 32
Fletcher House 32
FLETCHER, Sir James 32
flower pots 64
flying instructor 48
FRAME, Janet 24
FRASER, Daniel 54
FREUND, Herr 4
FRY, Alexander 19
fuel-oil (ship) 41
Fullers Opera House 15
G
games 65
GARDINER, John 50
German raider 4, 42
GILCHRIST, Daniel 54
GLEESON, Jim 54
gloves 14
Goat Island 8
gold bars 41
gold salvage 1, 40
goldmining 26
GREEN, Hubert 32
Gridiron Hotel 27
GROGAN, Joseph 7
GRUN, Karl 4
GUTHRIE, Joan 45
Walter 45
GUTHRIE-SMITH, Herbert 22
H
handcraft 37
handwork 10
HARRISON, Craig 24
Hastings 58
Hauraki Gulf 42
Havelock North 58, 62
Hawke’s Bay 58
Hawke’s Bay earthquake 61
HAYWOOD, Margaret 24
Hector the Parrot 17
HEDLEY, Alex 23
HEENAN, Ashley 23
Heinemann Reid 24
Hellabys 14
HENRY, Noel 30
HERD, Capt. 42
HILL, George 30
HITCHCOCK, Alfred 18
Alma 18
Hoffman kiln 64
HOLMES, Capt. 7
hunt 29
hunting 48
HURLEY, Reg 15
Huskies 66
hydro scheme (Mangakino) 38
I
IHIMAERA, Witi 24
influenza epidemic 16
interns (WWI) 4
J
James Pascoe 15
John Courts 15
JOHNSTON, William 54
JOHNSTONE, John 42
William 41
K
Kaimanawas 48
Kawerau 48
KELLY, Arthur 54
KERR, Graham 23
kiln 62
KIRCHEISS, Herr 4
Kiwi Hibiscus Label 23
Kiwi Pacific Records Int. Ltd. 23
Kiwi Records 23
KLOHN, August 6
KRAUSE, Herr 4
L
LADD, Fred 24, 50
LAVERY, Joseph 54
LEE, John A. 24
lifeboats 45
Ligar Stream 13
LILBURN, Douglas 23
LILE, Adam 54
LUCAS, Freddy 15
LUDEMANN, Herr 4
M
MACANDREW, Charles 31
MacGREGOR, Miriam 22
MACKRELL, Bill 54
MAJOR, Malvina 23
Mangakino 38
Maori folklore 28
Maori recordings 23
Maori records 23
MARSH, Dr. George 66
MARTIN, William 41
MASSEY, William 4
MATICH, Peter 48
McCauley Island 8
McGILL, David 24
McGREGOR, Duncan 54
McINTYRE, Peter 23
McKenzies 15
McLEAN, Tip 23
MEAD, Hirini Moko 24
MEAD, Sidney 23
MELLERT, Herr 6
MESSENGER, Dally 54
Milne & Choyce 12
MILNE, John Stuart 15
mines (WWII) 42
Moeraki 28
Moeraki boulders 28
Mosgiel 34
Mosgiel Woollen Mill 34
Motuihe Island 4
Mt. Eden Prison 8
MULDOON, Robert 24
Music (Maori) 23
MUTU, Margaret 24
N
N.Z. authors 20
N.Z. Symphony Orchestra 23
N.Z. Typewriter Co. 21
Napier 50
Napier Aero Club 48
Nelson 37
NELSON, Ray 45
New Napier Carnival 61
Newton 52
NEWTON, Peter 22
NOLAN, Tony 24
non-fiction 24
NORRIE, Sir Willoughby 35
NZRU 55
O
ocean liner 41
OFFEN, Tony 35
OLIVER, Bert 34
Otago 26
Otago Acclimatisation Soc. 31
Otago Peninsula 32
Otago Provincial Council 34
P
PALMER, Harry 54
PAULSEN, Herr 6
PEARCE, Charles 54
PERMIEN, Herr 4
Person Group 24
PETERSON, Mr. E. 7
picnics 32
pilot licence (commercial) 48
PLATT, Joe 55
Port Ahuriri 59
Portobello 32
Poukawa 65
Powers Samas machines 66
PRUDEN, Larry 23
public house 27
publishing 20
Putiki Maori Club 23
Q
Queen Street (Ak) 12
R
Reed Elsevier 24
Reed Methuen 24
Reed Publishing (N.Z.) Ltd 24
REED, Alfred H. 20
A.W. (Clif ) 20
Isabel 24
John 24
REVILLE, Alma 18
RFU 55
RICHARDS, Ray 23
RIMMER, Eve 24
Ripapa Island 8
Rotorua Aero Club 48
ROWE, Harold 54
rugby 55
Rugby league 54
S
sack race 65
SALMON, J.T. 24
SAMSON, Mrs 32
Sandfords 14
Santa Parade 17
SARGESON, Frank 24
SCHMIDT, Herr 6
SCHOFIELD, Major S.C. 9
schooldays (1930s) 32
SCHULTZ, Governor Alfred 7
sewing machines 37
shipping, Blundell 29
Egypt 42
Elass 6
Elsie Evans 32
Foremost II 44
HSK Orion 42
Iris 7
Lady Roberts 7
Moa 7
Narua 7
Pearl 6
Rangi 7
RMS Niagara 1, 40
Seeadler 4
Tarewai 32
Wolf 41
shipwreck 40
SIDEY, Johanna
John 29
Sir Thomas 29
SINCLAIR, Don 23
SINGER, Carl 7
singing 52
Smith & Caughey Limited 15
SMITH, George 54
smocking 10
soap 33
Somes Island 6
Spanish flu 41
spinning machine 34
STACEY, Mr. T 7
STAFFORD, Don 24
starch 33
stationary steam engine 64
STEVENSON, Bernice 10
Stewart Dawson 15
STONEHAM, Laura 10
STRATTON, Graeme 50
Sunday School 52
Sunday School concert 53
Sunday School Supply Stores Co. 21
SUTCH, Bill 24
SUTHERLAND, Miss 32
T
TAPSELL, Paul 24
Taradale 58
Tasman Glacier 66
Taupo Flying School 48
Te Kai-hinaki 28
TE KANAWA, Kiri 23
Te Rangatahi Maori Group 23
TE WIATA, Inia 23
tearoom (Auckland City) 16
TINDALL, Mrs 32
TODD, Lance 54
TOMBLESON, Keith 45
tourism 22
tram ticket 60
tramway 60
TREVARTHEN, Bill 54
trout 30
trout fishery 31
trout licence 30
TURNER, Lieut. Col. 4
TURTILL, Hubert 54
TYLER, Bill 54
TYNE, Edward 54
U
underwater robotic vehicle 42
underwater salvage 42
Union Steam Ship Co. 41
United Salvage Co. 42
University of Otago 21
V
VERCOE, Tony 23
VON EGIDY, Herr 6
von LUCKNER, Felix 4
von ZATORSKI, Walter 6
W
Wah Jang (fruiterer) 14
Waipukurau 59
Walker & Hall 15
WALL, Arnold 22
WARING, Mike 49
washday 33
washing machine 33
Water of the Leith 30
WATKINS, Eric 54
Wayleggo 22
WELLS, Peter 24
West Street Church of Christ 52
WEYHER, Capt. Kurt 42
Whakarewarewa 48
Whangarei 42
WHEELER, Colin 22
WHEELER, Colin 23
whitebaiting 49
WHITEHEAD, Henry 65
WILKINSON, Sir Neville 15
William Coltman 15
WILLIAMS, Capt. John 42
Wilson & Horton Limited 12
WINSLOW, General A. 4
WOODS, Jenny 45
Woollams 15
woollen cloth 34
woollen mill 34
WRIGHT, Hercules 54
WRIGLEY, Edgar 54
wringer 33
writer (crime novels) 19
WWII 1, 40
WWII 41
WYNYARD, Billy 54
Dick 54
X
Y
Z
in capitals.
A
actors (film) 19
Ah Chee (fruiterer) 12
Air Central 48
Air Services Limited 48
All Black ‘Originals’ 54
All Golds 57
ALLEN, C.R. 22
Amorangi Boys 23
ANDERSON, Mona 23
anglers 31
Antarctica 66
ANTHONY, Frank 22
ANZ Bank (Auckland City) 12
Arai-te-uru 28
Auckland 52
Auckland City 12
Auckland Town Hall 52
Authors’ Fund 22
Automatic Key Punch 66
aviation 48
B
barbers 14
BASKERVILLE, Albert 54
BEDRIE, Mr. E. 7
BEGG, Mr. A.G. 31
BEST, Elsdon 24
BIGWOOD, Jean 23
Ken 23
birdsong recordings 23
bleach 33
BNSW (Auckland City) 12
BNZ (Auckland City) 12
books 20
BOURKE, Capt. William 7
BRADWELL, Paul 22
brick kiln 62
brick making 63
brickworks 62
Broad Bay 32
Broad Bay School 32
BROWN, Daphne 29
BURNS, Arthur 34
Thomas 34
Busby Hill 63
BYRNE, Con 54
C
cabbage 38
CALLAM, Arthur 54
CALMAN, Ross 24
CAMERON, Bob 15
CANDY, Bruce 50
CAPE, Peter 23
CARR, Edwin 23
CARTWRIGHT, Frank 30
CATHIE’S, Bruce 24
Census Dept. 66
Cessna Skymaster 48
chef 38
children (games) 65
chimney (kiln) 63
choir (children’s) 52
Christianity 21
church 52
Clarke & M’Ilroy 27
classical music 23
CLEVELAND, Les 23
Clutha 26
coal (kiln) 64
Colonial & Mutual Ass. Soc. Ltd 12
COLQUHOUN, Neil 23
Cooke’s Restaurant 14
copper (washing) 33
Corstorphine House 29
costumes 61
Coulls Somerville Wilkie 21
court martial 8
COWAN, James 22
CROSS, Tom 54
CRUMP, Barry 23
CURNOW, Allen 23
CURRUTHERS, Tim (Cookie) 38
Curtis Island 7
D
DANSEY, Harry 23
department stores 12
DEVORY, Mr. A.E. 55
diving (gold) 1, 40
diving chamber 42
dresses 10
DUCKWORTH, Marilyn 24
Dunedin 20
Dunedin 29
DUNNING, Charles 54
E
Eagle Airways 50
earthquake 61
Eccles 15
educational publishing 23
EDWARDS, Brian 24
eiderdown 37
ELDER, Prof. J.R. 21
ELLINGHAM, Jim 50
ELLIS, Murray 66
EMI records 23
ERDMANN, Herr 4
escape (WWI) 4
EVEREST, Jan 49
Eves Brickworks 62
EVES, Marjorie 63
Minetta 63
Samuel 63
exploration (shipwreck) 42
F
FALKNER, Louis 52
Farmers Santa Parade 17
Farmers Trading Co. 15
fashion (girls) 10
fashion parades 15
field tiles 64
filmmaker 18
fishing 30
Fletcher Construction Co. 32
Fletcher House 32
FLETCHER, Sir James 32
flower pots 64
flying instructor 48
FRAME, Janet 24
FRASER, Daniel 54
FREUND, Herr 4
FRY, Alexander 19
fuel-oil (ship) 41
Fullers Opera House 15
G
games 65
GARDINER, John 50
German raider 4, 42
GILCHRIST, Daniel 54
GLEESON, Jim 54
gloves 14
Goat Island 8
gold bars 41
gold salvage 1, 40
goldmining 26
GREEN, Hubert 32
Gridiron Hotel 27
GROGAN, Joseph 7
GRUN, Karl 4
GUTHRIE, Joan 45
Walter 45
GUTHRIE-SMITH, Herbert 22
H
handcraft 37
handwork 10
HARRISON, Craig 24
Hastings 58
Hauraki Gulf 42
Havelock North 58, 62
Hawke’s Bay 58
Hawke’s Bay earthquake 61
HAYWOOD, Margaret 24
Hector the Parrot 17
HEDLEY, Alex 23
HEENAN, Ashley 23
Heinemann Reid 24
Hellabys 14
HENRY, Noel 30
HERD, Capt. 42
HILL, George 30
HITCHCOCK, Alfred 18
Alma 18
Hoffman kiln 64
HOLMES, Capt. 7
hunt 29
hunting 48
HURLEY, Reg 15
Huskies 66
hydro scheme (Mangakino) 38
I
IHIMAERA, Witi 24
influenza epidemic 16
interns (WWI) 4
J
James Pascoe 15
John Courts 15
JOHNSTON, William 54
JOHNSTONE, John 42
William 41
K
Kaimanawas 48
Kawerau 48
KELLY, Arthur 54
KERR, Graham 23
kiln 62
KIRCHEISS, Herr 4
Kiwi Hibiscus Label 23
Kiwi Pacific Records Int. Ltd. 23
Kiwi Records 23
KLOHN, August 6
KRAUSE, Herr 4
L
LADD, Fred 24, 50
LAVERY, Joseph 54
LEE, John A. 24
lifeboats 45
Ligar Stream 13
LILBURN, Douglas 23
LILE, Adam 54
LUCAS, Freddy 15
LUDEMANN, Herr 4
M
MACANDREW, Charles 31
MacGREGOR, Miriam 22
MACKRELL, Bill 54
MAJOR, Malvina 23
Mangakino 38
Maori folklore 28
Maori recordings 23
Maori records 23
MARSH, Dr. George 66
MARTIN, William 41
MASSEY, William 4
MATICH, Peter 48
McCauley Island 8
McGILL, David 24
McGREGOR, Duncan 54
McINTYRE, Peter 23
McKenzies 15
McLEAN, Tip 23
MEAD, Hirini Moko 24
MEAD, Sidney 23
MELLERT, Herr 6
MESSENGER, Dally 54
Milne & Choyce 12
MILNE, John Stuart 15
mines (WWII) 42
Moeraki 28
Moeraki boulders 28
Mosgiel 34
Mosgiel Woollen Mill 34
Motuihe Island 4
Mt. Eden Prison 8
MULDOON, Robert 24
Music (Maori) 23
MUTU, Margaret 24
N
N.Z. authors 20
N.Z. Symphony Orchestra 23
N.Z. Typewriter Co. 21
Napier 50
Napier Aero Club 48
Nelson 37
NELSON, Ray 45
New Napier Carnival 61
Newton 52
NEWTON, Peter 22
NOLAN, Tony 24
non-fiction 24
NORRIE, Sir Willoughby 35
NZRU 55
O
ocean liner 41
OFFEN, Tony 35
OLIVER, Bert 34
Otago 26
Otago Acclimatisation Soc. 31
Otago Peninsula 32
Otago Provincial Council 34
P
PALMER, Harry 54
PAULSEN, Herr 6
PEARCE, Charles 54
PERMIEN, Herr 4
Person Group 24
PETERSON, Mr. E. 7
picnics 32
pilot licence (commercial) 48
PLATT, Joe 55
Port Ahuriri 59
Portobello 32
Poukawa 65
Powers Samas machines 66
PRUDEN, Larry 23
public house 27
publishing 20
Putiki Maori Club 23
Q
Queen Street (Ak) 12
R
Reed Elsevier 24
Reed Methuen 24
Reed Publishing (N.Z.) Ltd 24
REED, Alfred H. 20
A.W. (Clif ) 20
Isabel 24
John 24
REVILLE, Alma 18
RFU 55
RICHARDS, Ray 23
RIMMER, Eve 24
Ripapa Island 8
Rotorua Aero Club 48
ROWE, Harold 54
rugby 55
Rugby league 54
S
sack race 65
SALMON, J.T. 24
SAMSON, Mrs 32
Sandfords 14
Santa Parade 17
SARGESON, Frank 24
SCHMIDT, Herr 6
SCHOFIELD, Major S.C. 9
schooldays (1930s) 32
SCHULTZ, Governor Alfred 7
sewing machines 37
shipping, Blundell 29
Egypt 42
Elass 6
Elsie Evans 32
Foremost II 44
HSK Orion 42
Iris 7
Lady Roberts 7
Moa 7
Narua 7
Pearl 6
Rangi 7
RMS Niagara 1, 40
Seeadler 4
Tarewai 32
Wolf 41
shipwreck 40
SIDEY, Johanna
John 29
Sir Thomas 29
SINCLAIR, Don 23
SINGER, Carl 7
singing 52
Smith & Caughey Limited 15
SMITH, George 54
smocking 10
soap 33
Somes Island 6
Spanish flu 41
spinning machine 34
STACEY, Mr. T 7
STAFFORD, Don 24
starch 33
stationary steam engine 64
STEVENSON, Bernice 10
Stewart Dawson 15
STONEHAM, Laura 10
STRATTON, Graeme 50
Sunday School 52
Sunday School concert 53
Sunday School Supply Stores Co. 21
SUTCH, Bill 24
SUTHERLAND, Miss 32
T
TAPSELL, Paul 24
Taradale 58
Tasman Glacier 66
Taupo Flying School 48
Te Kai-hinaki 28
TE KANAWA, Kiri 23
Te Rangatahi Maori Group 23
TE WIATA, Inia 23
tearoom (Auckland City) 16
TINDALL, Mrs 32
TODD, Lance 54
TOMBLESON, Keith 45
tourism 22
tram ticket 60
tramway 60
TREVARTHEN, Bill 54
trout 30
trout fishery 31
trout licence 30
TURNER, Lieut. Col. 4
TURTILL, Hubert 54
TYLER, Bill 54
TYNE, Edward 54
U
underwater robotic vehicle 42
underwater salvage 42
Union Steam Ship Co. 41
United Salvage Co. 42
University of Otago 21
V
VERCOE, Tony 23
VON EGIDY, Herr 6
von LUCKNER, Felix 4
von ZATORSKI, Walter 6
W
Wah Jang (fruiterer) 14
Waipukurau 59
Walker & Hall 15
WALL, Arnold 22
WARING, Mike 49
washday 33
washing machine 33
Water of the Leith 30
WATKINS, Eric 54
Wayleggo 22
WELLS, Peter 24
West Street Church of Christ 52
WEYHER, Capt. Kurt 42
Whakarewarewa 48
Whangarei 42
WHEELER, Colin 22
WHEELER, Colin 23
whitebaiting 49
WHITEHEAD, Henry 65
WILKINSON, Sir Neville 15
William Coltman 15
WILLIAMS, Capt. John 42
Wilson & Horton Limited 12
WINSLOW, General A. 4
WOODS, Jenny 45
Woollams 15
woollen cloth 34
woollen mill 34
WRIGHT, Hercules 54
WRIGLEY, Edgar 54
wringer 33
writer (crime novels) 19
WWII 1, 40
WWII 41
WYNYARD, Billy 54
Dick 54
X
Y
Z
in capitals.