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ISSN 1173-4159
April/ May 2021
Contents
Hardwicke – New Zealand’s Southernmost Settlement 4
Gordon Campbell transports us back to the mid-nineteenth century.
Night Runner 12
David Hill, Napier paper delivery boy.
Country Policing in the 1940s 15
A fishy story recorded by David Relph.
Trade Cards 16
A selection from John Creamer’s card collection.
Pride in the Job 18
The painter and paperhanger’s trade; a story by Selwyn Dobbinson.
Antics at Boarding School 22
Ted Shields was a boarder at Waitaki Boys’ High School.
From the Regions: Whanganui / Manawatu 26
Centrefold: No Shortage of Accommodation at the Lyell 36
“There are never any reasons given” 38
Sam Jaffe records a tragic episode in his family’s history.
Lofty Blomfield and the ‘Penny Pile Fundraiser’ 45
Contributed by Gordon Tait.
Do You Remember the Misses Beresford? 46
By Candice McLennan, a great niece of the music and dance tutors.
Monthly Dances 49
Cliff Couch recalls treading the “light fantastic” in the 1940s.
A Soldier’s Collectibles 50
Written by Don Sewell in conversation with Ian Fletcher.
Colonial Service 54
Wendy Cooper records the Hickling Family’s teaching appointment.
From the Regions: Waikato 56
Mailbox 67
Index and Genealogy List 70
Editor’s Choice 72
Not the one that got away
Cover image:
Hartley Hargreaves with his pet dog.
The Hargreaves Family lived in Oneriri
when this photograph was taken by
Harold Marsh in the early 1900s.
Courtesy: Albertland & Districts Museum
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INDEX and GENEALOGY LIST
A
Adams Island 4
advertising 16
Air Force Cadets 64
Air Training NCO Camp 64
Aitutaki 54
ALEXANDER P 64
All Blacks (1960s) 64
American servicemen 54
anglers 15
anti-Semitism 38, 50
apprenticeship 18
Aranui Cave 66
Arcadia Private Hotel (Levin) 35
Auckland 18, 46
Auckland Islands 4
Auckland Town Hall 48
Avondale 18
B
BALCOMBE D 64
Bank of NZ (Mangaweka) 32
BATES Henry Stratton 57
Battle of Moutoa 29
BENNETT Miss 59
BERESFORD Aileen 46
Bertie Cecil 46
Charles Henry 46
Ivy 48
John Benson 46
Leslie Charles 46
Marie Therese 46
Mary Bridget (May) 46
Percy James 46
BLOMFIELD Meynell (Lofty) 45
BLYTH Joe 26
Blyth Hut 26
boarding school 22
Bog Inn Hut 30
BOOTH Mr 29
BOSWELL Dan 26
Bristish Southern Whale Fishery 5
BRISTOW Capt. Abraham 5
BRITON Ann 64
brown trout 15
BUCKTON Herbie 25
BULLER Sir Walter 29
Buller River 37
BUNN J 64
Burnham Military Camp 52
C
Cambridge High School 59
CAMERON Genereal 57
Camerontown 58
Central Education Board 59
Chatham Islands 6
CHESTON Guide 66
CHITTY D 64
COATES Gordon 40
Colman's Mustard 16
colonists (Auckland Islands) 6
Commercial Hotel (Pahiatua) 34
Cook Islands 54
COOPER J 64
CORNWALL James Caleb 32
COWAN Mere 54
Paula 54
COX Alfred 60
CRANE George 8
CREWE David 34
Crewe Accommodation House 34
Criterion Hotel (Lyell) 37
Criterion Hotel (Napier) 12
crown colony 5
D
dance teachers 46
dancing 46, 49, 60
dancing competitions 46
Dannevirke 32
DAVIDSON Captain 4
DICK B 64
DUKERING Mahala 59
DUNDAS George 11
DUTCH E 64
E
Ecological Survey 30
education 22, 59
emigration 38
Empire Hotel (Lyell) 37
ENDERBY Charles 5
Samual 5
Enderby Settlement (sketch) 10
entertainment (Hamilton) 60
entertainment
(music and dance) 46
Erebuse Cove 6
Evian Conference 42
exterior design 19
F
farmimg 34
FEATHERSTON Dr Isaac 29
Fencourt 59
fishing 15, 72
FLETCHER Ian 50
Ray 50
Ruth 50
folk dancing 49
Forest Ranger 30
FOX Sir William 29
Frankton 60
Frederick Wallis House 49
fundraising 45
G
GENNYS Commander John 11
GEORGE Mr 58
glazing 1, 18
goal (Shoe Island) 8
gold leaf 19
gold lettering
gold strike
1, 18
37
GOLLAN James 32
Gollan's shed 32
Goodwood School 59
graining 1, 18
Great Depression 39
Great Exhibition 16
Great South Road 56
GREY Sir George 9, 56
Gwynne Shield (rugby) 64
H
HALLETT Dr.
Hepzibah
8
8
Hamilton 60
Hamilton Lake 60
HAMLIN Mr 29
HARDING William James 29
Hardwicke 4
HARGREAVES Hartley 3
HARRINGTON Don 54
HARRIS T 64
HARRISON Mr C.A. 34
HATTICK Alexander 30
Hauhungaroa Ranges 30
HEMOATA Rini 29
HERMAN Family 54
HICKLING Gladys 54
Hugh 54
Peter 55
Rick 55
Wendy 54
High Peak sheep station 15
HIROTI Haimona 29
Hobsonville 64
HOLLINGSWORTH J 64
Holocaust 38
Hororata 15
Hospital Hill 12
house decorating 18
HUDSON P 64
HUMPHRIES L 64
HUTCHESON Major K.R. 24
I
ICKE P 64
immigration policy 39
Intellectually Handicapped Assn. 45
J
JAFFE David 41
Edith 41
Eric 41
Ernst 41
Freda 40
Graham 38
Jack 41
Nate 38
Nathan 41
Pauline 41
Reuben 38
JAKOBSENS Abraham 38
Dora 38
Jacob 38
Shifre 38
Jewish immigrants 39
Jewish refugees 40
JOLLY Frank 63
K
KARAKA Hakaraia 29
Karioi Forest
King Country
30
28
KING TAWHIAO 56
Kirikiriroa Pa 60
L
Labour government 39
Lake Coleridge 15
Lake House (Hamilton) 60
Lake Rotorua 60
LANG Miram 59
lead lighting 1, 18
LESSELLS M 64
Levers Bros Ltd
Levin
16
35
Levin railway station 35
liquor licence 34
LOGAN Lt. Colonel 29
Lord Auckland's Groupe 6
Lower Hutt 49
Lyall 37
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INDEX and GENEALOGY LIST
M
MABEY B 64
MacKENZIE Alastair 30
MACKWORTH William 5
MacLEAN Every 59
MacNISH Dr John 8
Managakino District High 64
Manawatu 32
Mangakino 64
Mangatawhiri Stream 57
Mangaweka 32
Mãori(pre-European) 60
Maraetai dam 64
MARSH Harold 3
MARSHALL Dr 27
MARTIN J 64
Matakohe 72
MATIORO Chief 6
Maungahuku 6
McNAMARA 64
McPHERSON S 64
MELTZER Jack 43
Mgati Mutunga hapu 6
military labour (roads) 56
military road 56
military training (school) 23
Ministry of Customs 40
Mokai Primary School 64
Moriori 6
MORRIN Miss 14
Mount Eden 47
Mount Egmont 27
Mount Pureora 30
Mount Ruapehu 26
mountaineering 26, 30
N
Napier 12, 19
Napier Daily Telegraph 12
Napier Intermediate School 12
Nazism 40
New Zealand Wars 29, 56
Ngapuhi Mãori 56
NGATERE Chief 6
Ngati Tama hapu 6
Normanby 46
Norsewood 32
Norton's Egg Preservative 16
NZ Battalion (26) 50
NZ Forest Service 30
NZ Sports Hall of Fame 45
O
Ohakune 26
Ohakune Pig Hunting Club 30
Ohakune Railway station 26
Old Scots Hall (Auckland) 47
OLIVER Richard Aldsworth 9
OLSEN Axel 32
Oneriri 3
overseas service 54
OWEN Will 16
P
paddle steamer (Whanganui) 30
PAETAHI Mete Kingi Te Rangi 29
Pahiatua 34
Pahiatua Hotel 34
paint 20
painting 1, 18
Palmerston North
paper delivery boy
19, 49
12
paper run 12
paperhanging 1, 18
PHILLIPPS E 64
Physical Welfare Branch 49
Pipiriki 30
Pokeno 56
Port Ross 4
Post Office Hotel (Lyell) 37
PRESTON Thomas 11
Princess Theatre (Auckland) 46
promotional cards 16
Provincial Council 29
PUOHOTANA Peti 29
Putiki Pa 29
Q
Queen's Hotel (Pokeno) 58
Queen's Redoubt 56
R
RANGI Ron 64
Retaruke 30
RICHARDSON C 64
road construction 56
ROBINSON John 64
RODD John 8
romper girls 49
ROOKY M 64
ROWAN Freda 41
rugby 64
Rukuhia Swamp 60
rural school (Goodwood) 59
S
SAVAGE Michael Joseph 39
school buildings 59
school cocoa 59
school milk 59
school punishment 24
Selwyn River 15
settlement (Hardwicke) 4
shark 72
SHAW S 64
sheep farming 32
sheep shearing 32
SHIELDS Ted 22
shipping Astrolabe 7
Brisk 8
Earle of Hardwicke 9
Fancy 4
Fantome 11
HMS Fly 9
Koheroa
Lord Duncan
60
9
Maui Pomare 54
MV Ongarue 31
Ocean 5
Pioneer 60
PS Waimarie 31
RMS Ruapehu 34
Samuel Enderby 8
Te Kapo 34
Zelee 7
Shoe Island 8
signwriting
Sloan's Alhambra Hotel
1, 18
37
Southern Right whales 8
St Paul's Church (Auckland) 47
Sunlight Soap 16
T
Tainui Mãori 56
TAMEHANA 29
TAMIHERE John 44
Tangiwai Bridge 30
TAO Peina 29
Taupo 66
Te Ariawa Mãori 6
Te Rapa Pa 61
Teachers Physical Education 49
teaching (Cook Islands) 54
teaching (music and dance) 46
TEMPLE William 56
Tihoi Primary School 64
Tingey & Co. 19
trade (painter) 1, 18
trade cards 16
trade fairs 16
tradesmen 1, 18
Tramping club 26
Trentham Camp 54
trout (brown) 15
TURNER Major 29
Tyree Bros. 37
U
V
W
Waikato 56
Waikato Hospital 61
Waipukurau 34
Wairakei 66
Waitaki 22
Waitaki Boy's High School 22
Waitomo 66
Waitomo Caves 66
wallpapering 1, 18
WALSH Alan 64
war memorabilia 50
war souvenirs 51
warfare (WWII) 51
WEBER Ken 72
Welcome Inn (Lyell) 37
Wellington 19
WERRY Mr 64
WHAITE John 29
whaling 5
whaling boats 8
Whanganui 26
Whangarei 45, 46
Whnaganui River 30
WILLIAMSON James 60
WILSON Cecil Frederick 34
WILSON Henry Lesley Freeling 34
wireless operator (WWII) 50
Woodville 34
World War Two 38, 50, 54
wrestling 45
X
Y
Yarrow & Co. 30
Z
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