New Zealand Memories Issue 72 - Contents
Westhaven Inlet 4
Eileen Tiller has fond memories of Nelson’s Public Works Camp
Engine Driver 8
A poem by J.J. Fagan
The Last Crossing 10
Noel Davenhill on the S.S. Captain Hobson
Delivery Truck 16
An “As I Remember” story by Reuben Lowe
Tribute to a Remarkable Man 18
Audrey W. Coubray profiles a pioneer filmmaker
From the Regions : Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty 23
The Big O.E. 32
Contributed by Stephanie Gibson, Te Papa
Carnegie Hall 34
From the West Coast Historical Museum
Stafford Street, Timaru 36
A magnificent photograph from the South Canterbury Museum archives.
In My Mother’s Medicine Cupboard 38
By Joyce Powell
Great Barrier Island 42
Jennifer Beck’s memorable visit in 2004
People of The Barrier 45
Interviews with longtime residents
The Three Brothers Garth 50
Written by J.B. Bertram
The Park 52
Derek M. Shepherd recalls the glory years at Athletic Park
From the Regions : Northland 56
Mailbox 66
In Print 67
Index 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Those new-fangled contraptions
Cover image:
The Wibbotson Ngunguru Hotel.
Courtesy : Phil Harris, Ngunguru Library Collection.
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New Zealand Memories Issue 72 - Index
A
acting (film) 21
actors 21
Addison’s Flat 51
Ahaura 51
All Blacks 53
Aotea 42
Athletic Park 1, 52
ATKINSON, Mr. 64
aviation 30, 66
Awatere 66
B
barber shop 51
BAXTER, Gerald 7
Lola 7
beekeeping 48
Benare Timber Mill 6
BENNINGTON, Mary Ann 50
William 50
BIDDLE, Ben 20
BILLING, Robert 24
birdlife 6
“Black Budget” 10
Blacks Medical Dictionary 39
BLACKWELL, Beverley 48
Elizabeth 48
George 48
Les 48
BLEDISLOE, Viscount 10
bogeys 64
boils 39
boric acid 40
Boyd & Co. 64
bridge 60, 72
BRONLUND, Eileen 30
BUCKLEY, Amy 7
bunks (cabin) 11
C
CALDER, Peter 22
Califig 40
Cambridge 72
camera (Prestwich) 20
cameraman 21
camphorated oil 40
Carnegie Building 34
CARNEGIE, Andrew 34
CASTLES, Rev. 48
castor oil 39
Catherine Bay 45
chicken pox 40
children’s health 39
cinema 18
CLAP, Eric 22
Claris 42, 46
Claris airfield 42
CLARKE, Don 54
COATES, Hon. Gordon 60
COBDEN, Doug 54
Collingwood 5
COOPER, Annie 46
Christina 46
Garth 47
David 47
Freda Adelaide 46
Ivar Eskine 46
Owen 46
Pat 46
Samuel 46
Xina 46
copper 44
Coromandel 30
Coromandel School of Mines 30
COUBRAY, Nell 18
Ted 21
cough mixture 40
CRAVEN, Danie 54
Creative New Zealand 20
D
DALLING, Ted 14
Dargaville 60
DAVENHILL, Noel 14
DAWES, John 55
DENIZE, Angus 30
Edith 30
William 30
DENNIS, Jonathan 20
Depression, The 4, 24
Dept. of Agriculture 24
Dept. of Conservation 44
DICKERSON, Ivan 14
diptheria 40
DOBBS, Mr. 45
DRABBLE, Joe 24
DUNLOP, Margaret 14
DUNWOODIE, Mr. 25
E
ear infections 40
EASTON, Mary Agnes 51
electricity 46
ELVIDGE, Ron 54
emigration 10, 48
epidemic (poliomyelitis) 40
eucalyptus oil 40
F Far North 61
farming 30, 48
film archive 22
fishing 4
flying boats 66
forestry 45
fowls 48
France (rugby) 54
FRASER, Bernie 55
FRASER, Mr. C.M. 60
free libraries 34
G Gabriel’s Gully 51
Garth Store 51
GARTH, Lydia 50
Francis 50
Frederick James 50
Margaret 50
Margaret Elizabeth 50
Mary Ann 50
Thomas Henry 50
William Myers 50
general carrier 48
general store 51
GIBSON, Mike 55
gold mining 29, 30
goldfields 51
Govt. work schemes 24
GOW, Elizabeth 50
John 50
Great Barrier Island 42
Green Point, (Nelson) 6
Grey River 51
Greymouth 50
grocery supplies 46
gum digging 48
H
H.T. Licence 16
HALIDAY, Sarah 51
Hamarana 18
HANSEN, Alan 5
Albert 4
Betty 5
Dorothy 7
Eileen 7
HARWOOD, Betty 7
Dorothy 7
Hastings 16
Hastings Railway 16
hauler 47
head lice 40
health 39
HEWITSON, Michele 21
HEYWARD, Lionel 50
Lydia 50
HILL, Ray 7
Hokitika 34
Hokitika Free Public Library 34
honey 48
HOWARD, Doreen 7
Patricia 7
I
infantile paralysis 40
J
JACKSON, Fred 18
Mrs. 18
JARDEN, Ron 54
JOHNSON, Mr. 30
JOHNSTON, Peter 54
K
Kaihoka Lakes 6
Kaingaroa 64
Kaitaia 64
Karori 4
kauri milling 44
kauri milling 63
Kauri Timber Co. 44
KENANA, Rua 22
Kerosene lamp 36
Kiripaka Post Office 56
L
LAING, Vera 47
LAUDER, Miss 18
Le Crens Auction Room 36
Leyland O’Brien Timber Co. 64
lifting span 60
LINDVALL, Gus 18
Nellie 18
Lions 53
loco track 64
locomotive 9
LONG, Alf 64
M
MABEY, Laurie 46
Lesley 46
Murray 46
magic lantern 20
Maltexo 39
Manawatu 9, 20
mandolin 58
Mangarakau 5
Mangatete line 63
Mangatete Valley 64
Mangere International Airport 32
Mangonui 64
Maori canoe 7
Maori storehouse 28
MARKEY, Alexander 20
Mason & Porter (AK) 60
McGEADY, Stan 44
McNAB, Jack 54
measles 40
medicine 39
medicine cupboard 40
MEDLAND, Grace 42
MICHEL, Mr. 34
Millard Stand 54
mining (Gt. Barrier) 44
Model T Truck 16
MONCLA, Francois 54
Moonlight Creek 51
MOOR, Cyril 43
motorcar 72
motorcar (Chev) 47
Mt. Maunganui 23
Mulberry Grove School 48
MULLEN, Karl 54
MULLER, Mr. 7
Peter 4
mumps 40
N
NEL, Philip 54
Nelson 4
NENE, Tamati Waaka 21
New Zealand apples 16
New Zealand Cinema Enterprises Ltd 18
New Zealand Forest Service 10
New Zealand Forest Service 24
New Zealand Radio Films 22
New Zealand Universities 54
NGAWAKA, Eileen 45
Ngunguru 56
Ngunguru River 56
Northern Wairoa River 60
Northland 56
O
Ohinemuri 28
Okiwi 46, 47
Okiwi School 47
Okupu 48
Onerahi Wharf 57
orchard 16
Orepuki 20
overseas experience 32
P
PADDISON, family 46
Paparoa 58
PAWSEY, Ida 46
PHARAOH, Ada 58
pigeonogram 43
pine tree planting 24
pioneer aviation 30
pioneer filmmaker 18
poliomyelitis 40
Pongakawa Valley 24
Pongakawa Valley School 26
Port Fitzroy Wharf 47
Postal Service 46
poultice 39
Public Health Nurse 40
public libraries 34
Public Works Dept. 4
Q
quartz 48
R
RADCLIFFE, George 57
railway 63
railway workshops 23
Rakopi PWD Camp 6
Ranfurly Shield 54
Rayburn stove 48
Reefton 51
RHODES, Mr. (Butcher) 6
RICHMOND, James 28
RIMMER, Kathleen 7
Maurice 7
Patricia 7
RING, James 50
Rongatea 21
ROPE, Mr. B.V. 60
Rotoehu School 27
Rotorua 18
rubella 40
rugby 53
rugby test (1921) 53
S Sabin vaccine 40
Salk polio vaccine 40
SANDERSON, Ann 48
Annie Tyburnia 48
Benjamin 48
Beverley 48
Sarah 48
William 48
SANDERSON, Rollie 47
SCOTT, Tom 32
sea voyage (1958) 10
shipping Amarapoora 13
Dispatch 51
Envy 43
Lioness 51
Rose-Noelle 43
SS Captain Cook 13
SS Gothenberg 51
SS Captain Hobson 10
Tornado 51
Tyburnia 48
Victory 48
Wairarapa 42
shipwreck (Gt. Barrier) 42
silver 44, 48
SIMPSON, Johnny 54
SPENCE, Jock
sport 1, 52
Springboks 53
STEVENS, Elizabeth 58
William Henry 58
STEWART, Frank 18
Leslie 18
Margaret 18
T
Taihape 9
‘talkie’ movies 22
Te Pahi River 58
Te Puke 25
TEAL (Aviation) 66
telephonist 46
tent (PWD) 6
tents (PWD) camp 26
Thames 29
Thornycroft truck 17
Timaru 36
timber milling 64
TINSLEY, Betty 7
tobacco plantation 24
TOMLINSON, Bertha 7
Louise 7
train (D221) 63
train (KA936) 9
travel 32
TREMAIN, Kel 54
Tryphena 42, 48
typhoid 45
U
unemployment 24
V vaccinations 40
VILLEPREUX, Pierre 54
W
W.D. & H.O. Wills 4
wages (1930s) 24
wagon & horses 47
Waikato River 72
WATERHOUSE, Barry 27
Leslye 27
Wellington 4, 10
Wellington 52
Wellington markets 16
Westhaven Inlet 4
Whakatane 23
Whangaparapara Mill 46
Whangarei 57
WHINERAY, Wilson 54
whooping cough 40
Wibbotson Ngunguru Hotel 56
WILDERMOTH, Beverley 7
Fay 7
wildlife 5
WW I 30
XYZ
Each issue of New Zealand Memoriesindividuals are listed in cap
A
acting (film) 21
actors 21
Addison’s Flat 51
Ahaura 51
All Blacks 53
Aotea 42
Athletic Park 1, 52
ATKINSON, Mr. 64
aviation 30, 66
Awatere 66
B
barber shop 51
BAXTER, Gerald 7
Lola 7
beekeeping 48
Benare Timber Mill 6
BENNINGTON, Mary Ann 50
William 50
BIDDLE, Ben 20
BILLING, Robert 24
birdlife 6
“Black Budget” 10
Blacks Medical Dictionary 39
BLACKWELL, Beverley 48
Elizabeth 48
George 48
Les 48
BLEDISLOE, Viscount 10
bogeys 64
boils 39
boric acid 40
Boyd & Co. 64
bridge 60, 72
BRONLUND, Eileen 30
BUCKLEY, Amy 7
bunks (cabin) 11
C
CALDER, Peter 22
Califig 40
Cambridge 72
camera (Prestwich) 20
cameraman 21
camphorated oil 40
Carnegie Building 34
CARNEGIE, Andrew 34
CASTLES, Rev. 48
castor oil 39
Catherine Bay 45
chicken pox 40
children’s health 39
cinema 18
CLAP, Eric 22
Claris 42, 46
Claris airfield 42
CLARKE, Don 54
COATES, Hon. Gordon 60
COBDEN, Doug 54
Collingwood 5
COOPER, Annie 46
Christina 46
Garth 47
David 47
Freda Adelaide 46
Ivar Eskine 46
Owen 46
Pat 46
Samuel 46
Xina 46
copper 44
Coromandel 30
Coromandel School of Mines 30
COUBRAY, Nell 18
Ted 21
cough mixture 40
CRAVEN, Danie 54
Creative New Zealand 20
D
DALLING, Ted 14
Dargaville 60
DAVENHILL, Noel 14
DAWES, John 55
DENIZE, Angus 30
Edith 30
William 30
DENNIS, Jonathan 20
Depression, The 4, 24
Dept. of Agriculture 24
Dept. of Conservation 44
DICKERSON, Ivan 14
diptheria 40
DOBBS, Mr. 45
DRABBLE, Joe 24
DUNLOP, Margaret 14
DUNWOODIE, Mr. 25
E
ear infections 40
EASTON, Mary Agnes 51
electricity 46
ELVIDGE, Ron 54
emigration 10, 48
epidemic (poliomyelitis) 40
eucalyptus oil 40
F Far North 61
farming 30, 48
film archive 22
fishing 4
flying boats 66
forestry 45
fowls 48
France (rugby) 54
FRASER, Bernie 55
FRASER, Mr. C.M. 60
free libraries 34
G Gabriel’s Gully 51
Garth Store 51
GARTH, Lydia 50
Francis 50
Frederick James 50
Margaret 50
Margaret Elizabeth 50
Mary Ann 50
Thomas Henry 50
William Myers 50
general carrier 48
general store 51
GIBSON, Mike 55
gold mining 29, 30
goldfields 51
Govt. work schemes 24
GOW, Elizabeth 50
John 50
Great Barrier Island 42
Green Point, (Nelson) 6
Grey River 51
Greymouth 50
grocery supplies 46
gum digging 48
H
H.T. Licence 16
HALIDAY, Sarah 51
Hamarana 18
HANSEN, Alan 5
Albert 4
Betty 5
Dorothy 7
Eileen 7
HARWOOD, Betty 7
Dorothy 7
Hastings 16
Hastings Railway 16
hauler 47
head lice 40
health 39
HEWITSON, Michele 21
HEYWARD, Lionel 50
Lydia 50
HILL, Ray 7
Hokitika 34
Hokitika Free Public Library 34
honey 48
HOWARD, Doreen 7
Patricia 7
I
infantile paralysis 40
J
JACKSON, Fred 18
Mrs. 18
JARDEN, Ron 54
JOHNSON, Mr. 30
JOHNSTON, Peter 54
K
Kaihoka Lakes 6
Kaingaroa 64
Kaitaia 64
Karori 4
kauri milling 44
kauri milling 63
Kauri Timber Co. 44
KENANA, Rua 22
Kerosene lamp 36
Kiripaka Post Office 56
L
LAING, Vera 47
LAUDER, Miss 18
Le Crens Auction Room 36
Leyland O’Brien Timber Co. 64
lifting span 60
LINDVALL, Gus 18
Nellie 18
Lions 53
loco track 64
locomotive 9
LONG, Alf 64
M
MABEY, Laurie 46
Lesley 46
Murray 46
magic lantern 20
Maltexo 39
Manawatu 9, 20
mandolin 58
Mangarakau 5
Mangatete line 63
Mangatete Valley 64
Mangere International Airport 32
Mangonui 64
Maori canoe 7
Maori storehouse 28
MARKEY, Alexander 20
Mason & Porter (AK) 60
McGEADY, Stan 44
McNAB, Jack 54
measles 40
medicine 39
medicine cupboard 40
MEDLAND, Grace 42
MICHEL, Mr. 34
Millard Stand 54
mining (Gt. Barrier) 44
Model T Truck 16
MONCLA, Francois 54
Moonlight Creek 51
MOOR, Cyril 43
motorcar 72
motorcar (Chev) 47
Mt. Maunganui 23
Mulberry Grove School 48
MULLEN, Karl 54
MULLER, Mr. 7
Peter 4
mumps 40
N
NEL, Philip 54
Nelson 4
NENE, Tamati Waaka 21
New Zealand apples 16
New Zealand Cinema Enterprises Ltd 18
New Zealand Forest Service 10
New Zealand Forest Service 24
New Zealand Radio Films 22
New Zealand Universities 54
NGAWAKA, Eileen 45
Ngunguru 56
Ngunguru River 56
Northern Wairoa River 60
Northland 56
O
Ohinemuri 28
Okiwi 46, 47
Okiwi School 47
Okupu 48
Onerahi Wharf 57
orchard 16
Orepuki 20
overseas experience 32
P
PADDISON, family 46
Paparoa 58
PAWSEY, Ida 46
PHARAOH, Ada 58
pigeonogram 43
pine tree planting 24
pioneer aviation 30
pioneer filmmaker 18
poliomyelitis 40
Pongakawa Valley 24
Pongakawa Valley School 26
Port Fitzroy Wharf 47
Postal Service 46
poultice 39
Public Health Nurse 40
public libraries 34
Public Works Dept. 4
Q
quartz 48
R
RADCLIFFE, George 57
railway 63
railway workshops 23
Rakopi PWD Camp 6
Ranfurly Shield 54
Rayburn stove 48
Reefton 51
RHODES, Mr. (Butcher) 6
RICHMOND, James 28
RIMMER, Kathleen 7
Maurice 7
Patricia 7
RING, James 50
Rongatea 21
ROPE, Mr. B.V. 60
Rotoehu School 27
Rotorua 18
rubella 40
rugby 53
rugby test (1921) 53
S Sabin vaccine 40
Salk polio vaccine 40
SANDERSON, Ann 48
Annie Tyburnia 48
Benjamin 48
Beverley 48
Sarah 48
William 48
SANDERSON, Rollie 47
SCOTT, Tom 32
sea voyage (1958) 10
shipping Amarapoora 13
Dispatch 51
Envy 43
Lioness 51
Rose-Noelle 43
SS Captain Cook 13
SS Gothenberg 51
SS Captain Hobson 10
Tornado 51
Tyburnia 48
Victory 48
Wairarapa 42
shipwreck (Gt. Barrier) 42
silver 44, 48
SIMPSON, Johnny 54
SPENCE, Jock
sport 1, 52
Springboks 53
STEVENS, Elizabeth 58
William Henry 58
STEWART, Frank 18
Leslie 18
Margaret 18
T
Taihape 9
‘talkie’ movies 22
Te Pahi River 58
Te Puke 25
TEAL (Aviation) 66
telephonist 46
tent (PWD) 6
tents (PWD) camp 26
Thames 29
Thornycroft truck 17
Timaru 36
timber milling 64
TINSLEY, Betty 7
tobacco plantation 24
TOMLINSON, Bertha 7
Louise 7
train (D221) 63
train (KA936) 9
travel 32
TREMAIN, Kel 54
Tryphena 42, 48
typhoid 45
U
unemployment 24
V vaccinations 40
VILLEPREUX, Pierre 54
W
W.D. & H.O. Wills 4
wages (1930s) 24
wagon & horses 47
Waikato River 72
WATERHOUSE, Barry 27
Leslye 27
Wellington 4, 10
Wellington 52
Wellington markets 16
Westhaven Inlet 4
Whakatane 23
Whangaparapara Mill 46
Whangarei 57
WHINERAY, Wilson 54
whooping cough 40
Wibbotson Ngunguru Hotel 56
WILDERMOTH, Beverley 7
Fay 7
wildlife 5
WW I 30
XYZ
Each issue of New Zealand Memoriesindividuals are listed in cap