Pt Chevalier Times No. 15

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ewsletter for the Point Chevalier Historical Society o. 15, ovember 2010

Membership of the Point Chevalier

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Calendar

Meetings—2010

November 25, 10.30 amPt Chevalier Community Library

Meetings—2011February 24 10.30 amHorticultural Centre, Great North Road

April 28 10.30 amHorticultural Centre, Great North Road

June 23 10.30 am (AGM)Horticultural Centre, Great North Road

August 25 10.30 amHorticultural Centre, Great North Road

October 27 10.30 amHorticultural Centre, Great North Road

November 24 10.30 am Location to be advised

Margo Croad verykindly allowed a

photo taken of theimage at right,

believed to be thewedding breakfast for Edward “Ted” DonaldCroad and EdithJessie McPhail, at the

Dixieland. Certainlyan uncommon if notrare look at theinterior of the Point’s(in)famous cabaretfrom the 1920s.

ext issue due out January 2011Contact Lisa Truttman (editor) :

19 Methuen Road, Avondale, Auckland 0600,

phone (09) 828-8494or email [email protected]

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Pt Chevalier History Group

Minutes of meeting Thursday 28th October 2010

Auckland Horticultural Society RoomsMeeting started at 10.30 am.Present: 38 peopleChairperson’s reportAttention drawn to Hobart theatre as an example of how historical buildings can be restored and used.Celebration of Auckland’s 150th anniversary - still pursing institutions that would be prepared to help with this.

Rutherford College reunion -25th to 26th March 2011.Brochure from local real estate agent tabled as having many errors of historical fact.

Need for repository for our archives noted as urgent. Ideas for suitable site called for.Dick Pope gave brief report on Avondale College reunion.Lisa tabled new publicity cards available for distribution.Treasurers ReportCurrent bank accountsAccount $819.24 01 Account $1887.60

Guest speakers: Sunny Riordan, Beth Gordon and others from the Legacy of Occupation Research Group,, on the Oc-cupational Therapy Training School (1940-1972) at what is now Unitec.

Meeting concluded 11.45am

Next meeting: 10.30 am Thursday 25th November, Pt Chevalier Library. Guest speaker: Lisa Truttman (History of the Unitec Area).

ext meeting:

10.30 am, Thursday 25 ovember 2010

at Pt Chevalier Community Library

Legacy of Occupation:

Stories of Occupational Therapy in ew Zealand 1940-1972

Researched and compiled by Beth Gordon, SunnyRiordan, Rowena Scaletti and Noeline Creighton.

This delightful book and the accompanying CD, will beof particular interest to those who were or knew studentsat the New Zealand Occupational Therapy TrainingSchool (later known as the New Zealand School of Occupational Therapy), historians or history enthusiastscurious about health services and health professions, andoccupational therapists with an interest in changes within

the profession, and changes in women’s lives. From the ew Zealand Association of Occupational

Therapists’ website, www.nzaot.com

Book (240mm x 165mm, 303 pages with colour and black & white illustrations) $47.50

CD Rom (original historical recotrds and archival data,index of 745 occupational therapy students, student group photo9graphs, video featuring the three principals:Inman, Barton and Rutherford) $25.00

Book + CD Rom $62.50

NZ p&p $5.00, Australia p&p $12.00



13 March 1930

EW RECORD CLAIMED

(By Telegraph.)

AUCKLAND, This Day.An Auckland amateur wireless enthusiast, Mr C NEdwards, of Point Chevalier, has succeeded inestablishing for the first time two-way communication

by wireless between New Zealand and Europe on 10metres. He spoke with an amateur in France, the call-sign of whose station was FBAW. This is believed to

be a world's record long-distance communication for such a low wave-length. Contact with the Frenchstation was established at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Thecommunication both ways was complete and lastedtwenty minutes, the messages coming through very

clearly. Mr Edwards used a TJV2O3A valve with aninput of 80 watts. The receiver is the usual three-valveshort-wave type. Mr Edwards, whose call-sign isZLIAA, was the first amateur transmitter to belicenced in Auckland, and his enthusiasm for radio

bore fruit in several interesting directions. Toward theend of 1925 he obtained communication with the RossSea whaling expedition in Antarctica, and in April thefollowing year he conversed for over an hour with theWilkins Expedition in Alaska. More recently he spokewith South Africa on 20 metres.

—

12 August 1930

OUTBREAK OF DIPHTHERIA

(By Telegraph. Press Association.)AUCKLAND, This Day.The Point Chevalier primary school has been closedfor a week owing to an outbreak of diphtheria. Seven-teen children have been treated since 3rd July, also oneteacher. The medical officer of health has charge of thesituation, which is believed to be well in hand.

—

25 August 1930

BURGLAR CAPTUREDA SUCCESSFUL CHASE

(By Telegraph.)AUCKLAND, This Day.When Mr and Mrs B J Bull, of 5 Moa Street, PointChevalier, returned to their residence at 9 o'clock onSaturday night, they found a screen on the back porch

broken, also a hole in a kitchen window. The appear-ances were that the window had been broken with a

bottle.

Hearing a noise inside, their suspicions were aroused.

Mr Bull waited outside while Mrs Bull went for the police. Someone was heard to got out of a window atthe side of the house, and Mr Bull, who was joined byMr J Cain, a neighbour, gave chase.

ews from The Point, 1930s

Via the Evening Post

Mr Bull lost his breath, but Mr Cain continued the pursuit, and caught the man, who was handed over tothe police, and is to be charged with breaking andentering and having house breaking tools in his posses-sion.

— 18 December 1930

BOY FATALLY IJUREDKOCKED DOW BY MOTOR VA

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)AUCKLAND, 17th December.Fatal injuries were received by Robert Johnston, agednine, whose parents reside at Point Chevalier, when hewas knocked down by a motor-van in Point Chevalier Road this morning. The boy received concussion and afracture of a leg, and was taken to Auckland Hospital,where he died in the afternoon. The accident happenedat a sharp bend in the road. The boy, according to aneye-witness, was bowling a hoop across the road whenhe was struck by the vehicle.

— 8 January 1931

Gathering Grass-seed.

The scheme for engaging a number of unemployedmen in the gathering of grass-seed was initiated thisweek, and on Monday 68 men were reaping a roadsideharvest in accordance with the plan devised by theAuckland Unemployment Committee and theUnemployed Association (states the ew Zealand Herald ). Twenty-five men are engaged at PointChevalier, 16 at Devonport, 15 at Orakei and

St. Heliers, and 12 at Northcote. The men are guaran-teed 7s a day under the No. 2 scheme promoted by theUnemployment Board, and the grass-seed producedwill be sold on their behalf. If the result is sufficient togive each man a further 7s a day, that amount will be paid and the balance will go into the local committee'sfunds for the assistance of others. Should the seed notrealise sufficient to pay the men the further 7s, theywill share the amount available.

— 19 February 1931

First Steam BusThe first steam omnibus, built to the order of theAuckland Transport Board, was given a trial run onTuesday (states the ew Zealand Herald ). The trip wasmost successful and the passengers expressed surpriseat the remarkable performance given by the bus, whichconsists of an old typo of chassis fitted with a Doblesteam engine. The striking feature of the vehicle is theabsence of clutch and gear transmission, so familiar onthe common motor-bus, the vehicle moving off rapidlyfrom a standstill with steadily increasing velocity. Theabsence of gears makes for unusually smooth-

travelling, particularly on hills, where gear-changing inthe familiar motor-bus produces a jerky movement.With a load of 30 passengers, the steam bus com-menced climbing Parnell Rise, which has a grade of



1 in 8, at 20 miles an hour and retained that speed allthe way to the top. It sped along the road to PointChevalier at 50 miles an hour, reckless of speed limits,and moved off from a standstill on a steep slopesilently and smoothly. The driver said that manage-ment of the bus was mere child's play. There being nogears or clutch, all that was necessary to do was to takeoff the brake and turn a wheel that opened the throttle.

The bus need not stop to replenish its water tank, as thesteam, after use in the cylinders, is condensed and usedagain. The engine runs on crude oil, which costs 8d agallon, one gallon being sufficient to run at least fivemiles.

— 17 April 1931

"A Greater Auckland."

"I believe in a Greater Auckland," declared Mr G WHutchison, a candidate for the pity Mayoralty, during

the course of his address in the Point Chevalier Hall."But, while I know it will mean more economical ad-ministration by cutting, out the duplication of staffs, Ithink it would be a great pity if Auckland grew to thesize of a city like Sydney." In discussing amalgama-tions with the city, Mr. Hutchison said that he thought

Newmarket should dispense with its borough status. Itwas, he said, a little ''pocket handkerchief" borough,whose traffic problems and essential services de-manded a close link with the city. Mount Eden, he alsothought, might find that amalgamation would result inreduced administrative costs (reports the Auckland

Star ). "My idea of a city population is 500,000. Assoon as you get over that figure you increase the costof services and administration," he said. There should

be no need to form a Million Club, as had been done inSydney. As soon as the population grew unwieldy, the

proper course was to commence zoning, and put thefactories outside the city limits.

— 11 March 1932

FAMILY STRICKE

PTOMAIE POISOIG

IE PEOPLE TAKE ILL

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)AUCKLAND, This Day.

Nine occupants of a house in Point Chevalier becameill last night after tea, and seven were removed tohospital suffering from ptomaine poisoning. They areGeorge Lauchlan Dunn, aged 44, a blacksmith; JamesLauchlan Dunn, aged 21; George Dunn, aged 10; MrsJessie Richards, aged 36, of New Lynn (these were in aserious condition); Mrs Annie Dunn, aged 44; DoreenDunn, aged 12; Miss Clara Nelson, aged 20.

Two others, Miss S Dunn and Eric Dunn, were able to

remain at home.

The family began to feel ill about 7.30 p.m., and whenMiss S Dunn returned after 10 o'clock she found theothers in agony, none being able to help the others. She

herself had been slightly affected, but soon recovered.She summoned a doctor, who ordered the worst casesto hospital. Mrs Dunn had gone to a euchre tourna-ment, but became ill, and was taken home about 10.30o'clock. Shortly after her daughter had arrived andfound the others ill. The condition of all the patientswas reported this morning as improved.

Later: All the ptomaine victims are recovering. Thehousehold's evening meal consisted mainly of cold

pickled pork, part of which had been eaten cold the previous evening, and tongue. Miss Sybil Dunn, whowas the least affected, ate only a small portion of the

pork. When she returned she found the others in ag-ony. She hurried to a telephone, but as many local doc-tors were attending the Medical Conference ball shehad to make 22 rings before she found a doctor in.

— 9 December 1933

EW AUCKLAD CAMP.The Auckland City Council has decided to establish anup-to-date motor camp at the Western Springs, on theGreat North Road, within three and a half miles of thechief post-office. The ground will be fully equippedwith first-class conveniences and facilities and the ten-tative scheme for future development provides swim-ming and paddling pools, tennis courts, and a puttinggreen. The site will be available for Christmas, and can

be reached by following the Avondale or PointChevalier tram lines, then turning off at the A.A. signnear the Western Springs Lake, or opposite the "OldStone Jug."

—

16 February 1935

A freak sparrow, light cinnamon in colour, was trapped by Mr A Cowell, of Meola Road, Point Chevalier,recently, states the Auckland Star . An Auckland birdfancier who saw it said that It was a rare specimen,although some years ago in Auckland a wild whitesparrow had been caught. The cinnamon-colouredsparrow, a young, bird, had been flying about withother ordinary sparrows, and people who saw itthought that it might be a canary.

— 1 ovember 1937

BOY DROWED

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)AUCKLAND, October 31.One boy was drowned and another was fortunate toescape when attempting to swim across a deep lagoonin a disused quarry at Point Chevalier. The victim,Owen Miller, 16, of Grey Lynn, in company with his

brother, Trevor Thomas Miller, 14, and his uncle,Leslie Miller, 19, got into difficulties when a short way

from the shore. Trevor Thomas turned back and re-gained the shore. The other two continued their swimof about 70 yards to the opposite bank. After a strug-gle, Leslie Miller succeeded in reaching the bank, butOwen Miller disappeared.

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