Contents

Contents :
Cover : Dave Gallaher captained the New Zealands rugby team 1905 with Billy Stead as vice captain. The Gallaher Shield is named after Dave who died for his country in WWI.
Appetiser : Santa Barbara watches over the Italian tunnellers, Moawhango tunnel portal, 1970s
1905 Originals [The tour of the British Isles and France by the 1905/06 All Blacks will always be important in New Zealand’s sporting history - Documented by Bob Luxford of the New Zealand Rugby Museum];
Eye-catching Postcards [watercolours by Harry Rountree featured on postcards];
Confessions of a Programmer [Alwyn Owen recalls his early radio days in Rotorua];
Wellington / Wairapapa Regional Pages [double deck tram - Wakefield Street / Zak postcard for Thorndon Cycle and Touring Club / Basin Reserve - Wellington / Marble Bar Menu - Manners Street / prelude to the State opening of Parliament of 1947 / remembering Sir Len Southward / Carterton / Greytown / Martinborough];
A North Dunedin Childhood [A National Radio ‘As I Remember’ story by Alan Stephenson;
Readers’ Responses [two readers personalise the Gabriel’s Gully photograph];
V.J. Day [can you recall the events of 15 August 1945];
Viva Italia! [the Italian connection in New Zealand by Lynette Townsend];
Albert Richard Bannister - New Zealand inventor [by Dick Bannister];
In Print [book reviews];
The Saga of the Long Drop [Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway shares an amusing tale];
Who Remembers Mavis Rivers? [a profile by Kevin Bowen];
Canterbury Regional Pages [Canterbury / Hamner Springs / Bealey / Eliza’s Manor on Bealey / Christchurch / Timaru / War Work at Temuka];
Mailbox [Flemings Mill / More on Mokau / Life in the Old dog / Sunderland Flying Boats / Reunions];
Genealogy List, Index and Bibliography;
Editor’s Choice [what would Queen Victoria have thought! - the ladies 1950s shorts];