Contents

Contents :
Cover : HMS Diomede at anchor during service on the New Zealand Station 1926 - 1935;
Appetiser : Martin Keegan : champion roller skater;
The weekend that was [Jeanette de Heer takes us back to the mid 1900s];
The First Fridge [ ‘As I Remember’ by Graham Wallace];
The Death of Phar Lap [Alan Turley records a sad event in New Zealand’s sporting history];
Times, They certainly are a-changing [Margaret Joyce Beumelburg takes a humorous look at fashion - women wearing trousers];
First Flight [S.J.C. Fenn discusses his introduction to flight];
Images from the Regions : Canterbury [Christchurch Cathedral / Post and Telegraph Office - Norwich Quay - Lyttelton / Rakaia road and rail bridge / Kaikoura Guide and Brownie Pack / Conway River - Waiau Road / Amberley House / Timaru / Waimate];
Slice of Life : Maritime - An RNZNVR ‘Scheme B’ Entrant Looks Back [by Leo Palmer];
Living History [Kathy Baynes explores historic Oamaru];
Reader’s Response [St John’s Ambulance / Ballantynes delivery vehicles];
Wellington’s Queen of the Talkback [Chris Moor profiles radio personality Doreen Kelso];
The Popeye Doll [John Holt shares a family treasure with readers];
Heroines of the Sea [From a New Zealand National Maritime Museum exhibit];
In Print [book reviews];
Images from the Regions : Wellington and the Wairarapa [Otaki / Paekakariki / Wellington / Opaki / Masterton / Carterton - High Street / Greytown - Towersey’s colonial cottage - Cobblestone’s Museum / Featherston];
The Skating King - Martin Keegan; The Boot Trade - Charles John Ward; The Royal Carriage;
Mailbox [Sir Len Southward / Chinese miners / Wrestling / Sweating Commission / Where Sweating Exists;
Can you help?... Reed organ / Prebbleton archivists / Ernest McKinlay recordings;
Genealogy list, index and bibliography;
Editor’s Choice [Rub a Dub Dub];