New Zealand Memories Issue 88 - Contents
Down the Hatch 4
Changes are brewing. Part II of Hugh Hickman’s captivating article.
When You Wish Upon a Star 12
A child’s-eye view of Movieland by Christopher Paxton.
She Shall Go to the Ball 16
The Edwardian evening gown is part of the Te Manawa Museum collection.
In the Hospital Cupboards 18
Nurse Joyce Powell remembers medications of the early 1950s.
My Early Life in Rotorua 22
Some days were a little too adventurous for Noel Davenhill.
Among My Souvenirs 26
Doug Wright shares his treasures with readers.
From the Regions : Hawke’s Bay 30
Dinner at Ella’s 38
Wellington boarding houses are hard to forget. Peter Renshaw tells his story.
The Story My Mother Never Wrote 42
An unusual contribution by John Dunmore.
Geyserland Glitz and Glamour on the World’s Catwalk 46
From Ann Somerville, Rotorua Museum of Art & History.
Riviera of the South 50
Philip Howe recalls the glory days of Caroline Bay.
Treasure Trove 54
Investigating ‘The Treasury’ in Thames.
Norton’s Egg Preserver 56
An enchanting tale from Marj and Tracey Bingham
In Print 59
From the Regions : Otago 60
Mailbox 68
Can You Help? 69
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Sweet and Sour: Apples in schools
Cover image:
The Blair Atholl Marching Team was piped
aboard the Monowai in April 1952.
Courtesy: Audrey Paine

New Zealand Memories Issue 88 - Index

Index Issue 88

A

A & P Show 62

Academy of Elegance 47

Addington Showground 63

Ahiriri 31

Ahuriri Valley 60

Air New Zealand 48

alcohol 6

ALEXANDER, Mr. A 31

ALEXANDER, Shirley 20

Alexandra 67

ALPE, Jim 40

Art Union raffle 62

Auckland 24, 63

Auckland (vineyards) 10

B

ballgown 17

BALLANTYNE, Miss 34

Band of Hope 5

band rotunda 51

bars (liquor) 7

bathing 50

bathing machines 50

beach (Timaru) 50

BEAL, Doreen 63

beauty queen 46

bed pan 18

BINGHAM, Fred 57

Ruby 57

Blair Atholl Marching Team 62

Blenheim 5

boarding allowance 38

boarding houses 38

BOATWOOD, Nylda 63

BREWER, Lottie 5

BURNS, Mayor 54

BUSBY, James 8

C

CAMERON, Clive 63

Hugh 62

CARNEGIE, Andrew 54

Caroline Bay 50

Caroline Bay Assn. 50

cartoons (newspaper) 6, 27

cartoons (movies) 13

Catholic Church 43

Central Otago 67

children’s club (cinema) 14

Christchurch 57

Christchurch Teachers’ College 48

cinema 12

Coromandel Heritage Trust 54

CROZIER, Bruce 60

James 60

Mr G.L 60

CURRIE, Margaret 63

customs officers 6, 11

D

D’URVILLE Dumont 8

DAY, Heather 20

DEWAR, Helen 20

DELACHIENNE, Father Frances 42

Dept. Tourist & Publicity 38

diet (hospital) 19

dietician 20

dispensary room 18

distilleries 6

drunkenness 7

Duke of Edinburgh Hotel 55

Dunedin 62, 66

Dunedin Marching Assn. 62

Dunedin Railway Station 63

DUNMORE, Margaret 45

Dunston Jubilee 67

DURRANT, Fred 49

DUTHIE, Ian 57

E

egg preserver 58

eggs (to preserve) 57

elections 36

electricity 34

ELLIOTT, Keith 27

employment 38

enema 18

ETEKIA, Joe 43

Moa 43

Taruru 43

evening gown 17

evening meals 39

F

fairground 52

fashion 17, 46

FAY, Bill 40

films 13

FITZGERALD, Mick 66

Forest Biology Survey 22

Forest Research Institute 22

FORTESCUE, Mary 20

fundraising 62

funeral procession 45

G

generator 34

GILLIES, Bruce 60

GODBER, Mr. A.P. 66

GODFREY, Margaret 20

gold 67

Golden Down (Nelson) 22

Golden Kiwi ticket 23

GOODWIN, Sister 20

Govt. Life Insurance Building 38

gowns (beauty pageant) 46

GRAVE, Selwyn 60

GREY, Sir George 55

GRIGG, John 55

H

HAMLIN, Ruth 20

HANNA, Judy 20

HANSEN, George 34

Jill 34

HARRISON, Pam 20

Hastings 30

HASTINGS, Mr. A. 62

Havelock North 30

Hawke’s Bay 30, 43

HEWSON, Hannah 55

HOLLAND, Rt. Hon. S.G. 63

HOLLEY, Rev 43

Hoopers Inlet 66

HORE, John 48

hospital kitchen 19

HUGGAN, Mayor 63

hui 42

I

isinglass 57

J

J. Gadsden & Co. 57

JENKINS, Gaynor 63

junior nurses 19

K

Kairanga 17

Kapiti Coast 42

Kauaeranga Creek 55

KELLY, Honora Adeline 26

Maurice 26

KEREOPA, Naomi 20

Kerikeri 8

KINGI, Maureen 1, 46

L

Labour Govt. (1935) 38

Lake Wakatipu 61

landlady 39

LEITH, Shirley 63

LEVATT, Tom 39

LEVINSON, Bill 33

Linda 33

Millicent 33

Ralph 33

Linctus Gee 18

liquor laws 6

liquor licence 6

Lister engine 34

LITTLE, Peggy 20

local store 33

LODGE, Jean 49

LODGE, Nevile 11

LONG, Mr C. 28

Looper Moth caterpillars 22

LOW, Eddie 48

Lyttelton 58

M

MACALISTER, Mr. 63

Mangere 13

Mangere East 13

Manuherikia River 67

Maori language 42

Maori Women’s Welfare League 47

marching girls 62

Maree de Maru 49

MARSDEN, Samuel 8

MASSEY, Prime Minister 10

McFARLANE, Marie 19

McGOWAN, Hon. James 54

McGREADY, Hazel 20

medicine cupboards 18

medicines (hospital) 18

meeting houses 43

MELROSE, Ray 14

MELU, Father Francois 43

Methodist Mission 7

Metro Cinema 12

Middlemarch 62

MILDON, Emily 17

Percy 17

MILLANE, Martin 14

Miss New Zealand 1, 46

Miss South Seas 47

Miss Universe 47

MITCHELL, Bill 40

Modeling (fashion) 47

morphine 18

MORRIS, Betty 38

Ella 38

MORRISON, Sir Howard 48

MORTON, Private P.W. 26

Sophia 26

motor vehicle licence 34

Mount Barth 60

Mount Tarawera 23

movies 13

Mt. Aspiring National Park 60

N

Napier 30

New Year’s Day Sports 67

New Zealand National Film Unit 13

NOBLE, Helen 20

No-Licence 7

Norton’s Egg Preserver 56

nursing 18

O

O’SHEA, Archbishop Thomas 43

O’SULLIVAN, Tom 39

Ohurakura Timber Mill 34

organ grinder 28

Oruaiti 55

Otago 60

Otago Peninsula 66

Otaki 42

P

PAINE, Audrey 63

patients 19

PEARCE, Alma 28

penicillin 18

PERKS, Nola 63

Petone 63

pictures 13

PINDERAND, Mr. B.M. 60

PODWIN, Danuta 19

POWELL, Joyce 19

probationists 7

public libraries 54

Public Service 38

Pukekaraka 42

Putiki 45

Q

Queen Elizabeth II 1, 46

R

RADCLIFFE, Frederick George 30

Radiata pine 22

radio 1YZ 24

Rai Valley 23

railway 55

RANGIKURA, Hakaria 43

RENSHAW, Peter 38

RHODES, Joseph 31

RITCHIE, Linda 46

Robert Holt & Sons Ltd 34

RODGER, Margaret 63

RODGER, Mr. D 62

Rotoehu Forest 23

Rotorua 1, 22, 46

ROWLAND, Olga 63

Roxburgh Hydro Dam 62

Royal Command Performance 48

RUNCIMAN, Barbara 19

S

Sale of Liquor Act (

1893) 7

Saturday matinee 14

SAVAGE, Michael 40

school report 34

Scottish dancing 67

SHEPHERD, Kate 7

shipping

Earnslaw 60

Matoaka 55

Rangitata 24

s.s. Monowai 63

s.s. Mooltan 65

s.s. Strathnaver 63

s.s. Tauranga 55

shoemaking 55

sickness 19

Silverdale 26

six o’clock closing 7

sluice room 18

SMITH, Dorothy 19

South Seas Exhibition 66

souvenirs 26

SPANZ 23

sterilizer (hospital) 19

Stewart Greer Motors 34

STUART, Alan 47

sulpha drugs 18

summer carnival (Timaru) 52

SWAYNE, Shona 19

swimming 50

T

TAYLOR, Norma 63

TE ARI, Piripi 43

TE HIAKAI, Pokaitara 43

Te Pohue 32

Te Pohue School 34

Te Pohue Store 32

tearooms 53

television 23

Temperence Ladies Brass Band 4

Temperence movement 4

Temperence Pledge 5

ten o’clock closing 8

Thames 54

Thames Borough Council 55

Thames Public Library 54listed in capitals.

Thames Railway 55

The Wool Board 49

THOMSON, Ruby 57

Thomson’s lemonade 66

Timaru 50

Tongariro National Park 23

tour (marching) 62

tuberculosis 20

U

UNWIN, June 63

V

vineyards 10

Vinka Lucas 49

W

WAAKA, Maureen 47

Waihi 26

Waipawa 36

Waipukurau 31

Wairarapa Mounted 44

Waitangi 8

Wanganui 63

WATT, Joan 63

Wellington 38, 65

Wellington Regiment (Territorials) 40

WELSFORD, Lynn 63

Whakarewarewa 22

Wharekura (Maori newspaper) 42

White Island 23

WHITEHEAD, Ada 55

Hannah 55

Matthias 55

Whitehead’s Boot Manufacture 55

WHITLEY, Emily Jane 17

WILSON, Mary 19

WILSON, Peg 47

wine 8

winemaking 8

Wolseley motorcar 34

WRIGHT, Honora Adeline 26

WRIGHT, Mayor 62

WWII 9, 19, 40