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New Zealand Memories Issue 39

Contents

 

The Young New Zealanders’ Club 5

for Boys and Girls

David Lascelles profiles an organisation

that impacted a generation.

Mailbox 11

War Service: Feeding the Nation 12

Alison Brown documents the WWII memories

of Effie Case

Wheels of the Past 18

A homemade trolley and a faithful friend is

the basis for this story by Joan Monahan

Wartime Telephone Operator 20

An ‘As I Remember’ story from Jim Webb

Images of the Region: Hawke’s Bay 22

Mossman - The Speedway Daredevil 33

Early speedway action from Wayne King

A Slice of Life 36

A feast with whanau and friends

A Day at the Races 38

An excerpt from Graham Stewart’s superb book

Then and Now... 40

Nelson’s Symons Memorial

Readers’ Responses 41

More of Tex Morton

Baby’s Day Out

Plunket photography 42

 

The Magic of Christmas 43

Festive memories from Cathrene Howe

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Index Issue 39

A

Aard Tours Co 23

ADAMS Jack 57

advertisement 57,72

ALLUM Mr JA 6

Amalgamated Theatres 6

American servicemen 17

American Speedway Aces 32

ANDERSON Ben 23

animal pound 18

Auckland Parent

Teachers Assn 5

Auckland Town Hall 16

Auckland 5,12,18

AUTRY Gene 7

B

badges 5

Balmaecewen House 61

Bank of NSW 65

BARRY Capt Jackson 65

bathhouse 24

bathing 26

BEGG Charles 57

BEILBY Ces 47

BELLINGHAM Effie 12

                   Ross 15

BIDDICK Bill 14

BNZ 65

Boer War Memorial 26

bridges 31

BRINSDON Garth 57

Buller River 43

bundles for Britain 9

BURT Don 15

C

CALLUM Pee Wee 35

CARDSTEN Owen 9

carnival 58

carrier 57,62

CASE Effie 12

        John 12

        Marjorie 12

        Maurice 12

        Stewart 12

        Valerie 12

Charities 9

Charles Begg & CoLtd 57 

Christchurch 34

Christmas postcards 70

Christmas 43,50,70

Chums Annual 52

Chums’ Club 6

circus 33

CLARK Petula 9

CLERK Duncan 47

CLIBBETT Bill 33

clown 35

clubs 5

Clutha River 48

Clyde 45,63

Clyde Post Office 63

coaches 28

CONNELL J Aitken 64

copper 51

Coronation Hall 60

Country Women’s Institute 15

Crackers (comics) 52

Cromwell 46,64

CULL John L 31

CUTLER Mr AK 9

D

dairy farming 14

Depression, The 51

Dept of Lands & Survey 25

Dept of Tourist

& Health Resorts 25

DITCHFIELD Bill 41

draught horses 16

Dredgemaster’s Certificate 46

dredges 44

dredging 1,44

dressmaking 15

DUNTON Roy 21

E

earthquake 31

Education Dept 5

Embassy Theatre 6

engineering 31

entertainment 5

Eskdale 23 

F

Farmers Trading Co 43,51

farming 12

FENWICK GEORGE 65

FIELD Mr 63

films 6

flamethrower 72

flood 23

food 36,52

Franklin Memorial Hospital 16

Friendly Bay 58

fundraising 9

G

Gabriel’s Gully 44

GALL Max 65

gas explosion 40

GATE Aaron 11

        Elizabeth 11

Gaumont British News 9

General Store 28

GIBSON Christina 45

GILFILLAN Mr 47

GILMORE Albert 15

Glenbrook Tennis Club 16

Glenbrook 12

gold dredge 48

gold 1,44,64

goldmining 1,44,64

GOULTER Charles 11

             Katherine 11

             Mary 11

GRANT Ray 33

GRAY Wynn 9

GREATNEX Stan 33

Green Island 45

GURZINSKI Nora 29

H

Hallenstein & Co 65

HALLENSTEIN Bendix 65

                    hangi 36

Hawke’s Bay Earthquake 26

Health Stamps 10

HEWITT Nola 41

HILL Lee 6

HOBSON Jack 33

home appliances 57

Home Guard 17

HOWARD Jenny 9

Hudson ‘O’ Model 23

Hyd Slg Coy Ltd 45

I

immigration 1

import restrictions 57

J

JC Williamson Picture Corp 5

Jersey stud 12

John McGlashan College 61

JOLLY Mr DA 65

Junction, The 64

K

KANE Christina 45

         Daniel 45

         William 1,44

KERRIDGE Robert 5

Kerridge-Odeon 5

kete 36

Kuripapanga 28

L

Lake Dunstan 64

Lawrence Town Hall 62

Lawrence 62

Longford 47

M

DeMALMANCHE Victor 31

MACKIE Mrs 29

Mackie’s Store 29

MADDOCK Phil 6

magazines 6

Majestic Theatre 5

Maori Hill Fire Station 60

Maori Hill 60

Marine Parade 26

Masonic Hotel 26

MATHER Elizabeth 11

MATTHEWS William 65

MCCLEAN George 54

McCluggages Store 11

MCCRORIE Colin 41

               Nola 41

Midget racing cars 33

Miners Right Certificate 46

mining 44

MINTY Doug 57

Mohaka River 31

Mohaka Viaduct 30

Mohaka 30

Monica Park 33

Morere Hot Springs 24

Morere 24

MORTON TEX 41

MOSSMAN Helen 33

               Putt 33

motorcars 23

motorcycle/car racing 33

music shop 57

N

‘Neddo’ Uncle 5

NAGLE Curly 9

Napier 26,31

National Cinema Club 5

Nelson 40,41

NEWNHAM William 31

newsreels 6

Newton Flat claim 47

Ngati Kahungungu 24

Norsewood Post Office 29

Norsewood 29

NORWOOD Sir Charles 6

Nuhaka Hot

Springs Reserve 26

Nuhaka 24

Nunn’s Bridge 23

NZ Crippled Children Soc 6

O

O’BRIEN Ian 29

Oamaru 57,58

Odeon Cinema Club 10

OLIVER Dent 35

OP2 Gold Mines Co 45

Ormondsville 28

Otago 44

OWEN Alwyn 50

         Huw 50

P

Palmerston District School 56

Palmerston 56

PHELOUNG Kevin 57

pianos 57

PITCHER Geoff 72

PLUNKET Lord 62

poetry 70

poliomyelitis 9

Ponsonby Boys Band 9

Ponsonby 18

Port Chalmers 45

postcards 27

pushchairs 42

Q

Quartz rock 47

quartz stamper battery 47

R

radio programmes 8

railway 54

RANK J Arthur 5

READ Gabriel 44

Regina factory 58

Rise & Shine Claim 45

roading 28

ROBERTSON Barry 9

S

Santa 43

Share Certificate 1

Sherwood & Wright 65

SHORT Bill 33

silicosis 47

SILVER Edward 5

silver 45

Sister Dorrie (singer) 41

sluicing 1,44

spa 24

speedway circus 33

speedway 33

St Bathans 45

St James Theatre 6

stamper batteries 47

stunt riders 33

SYMONS John 40

Symons Memorial 40

T

Tahora 11

TAIT Larry 9

Tauranga Post Office 20

Tauranga

Telephone Exchange 21

Tauranga 20

telephone operator 20

Tivoli Revue Co 9

trains 54

trams 42

trolley 18

Troopers Memorial 26

truck 57

TRUJILLO Manuel 33

tuberculosis 47

U

United Nations 10

V

viaduct 30

VERCOE William 40

W

wagon 62 

Waipori 45

Wairoa 22

Walt Disney Parades 8

Western Springs speedway 34

WESTLAND Mr W 28

Whanau 36

Whangaehu Bank 54

WHITE Jack 9

WILSON Cole 41

WOHLMANN Dr ASA 24

WOODCOCK Rupert 23

Woodstock Gold Mining Co 45

Working Mens Store 28

WW II 12,20

X   

Y

Young New Zealanders

Club 5

Z

 





 



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