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Settler Kaponga 1881–1914 — A Frontier Fragment of the Western World

Subject Index

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Subject Index

NOTE: Page references for illustrations are in italics.

Agricultural education, 2712

Agriculture Department, 238, 250, 251, 252, 256, 257, 258, 272

Ahipaipa Road, 43, 45, 62, 79, 84

Anglicans, 16870, 204, 206, 307, 314, 332, 333

Argentina, 243, 250

Astbury, David, 14, 135, 137, 139, 140; summary, 347

Athletic sports, 69, 159, 165, 166, 206, 2845, 297, 306, 342

Atkinson, Harry, 46, 50, 54

Auckland Province, 37, 259

Auroa, 221, 273

Auroa Road, 116, 232, 268

Australia, 133, 186, 193, 199, 200, 2434, 246, 256, 257, 292, 300, 3434

Awatuna, 127, 156, 169, 171, 221, 233, 238, 265, 268, 273, 287, 294, 322, 337

Awatuna East, 20, 219, 220, 221, 2334, 255, 258, 273

Awatuna Stream, 2335

Barleyman, Willoughby John (farmer), Kate and family, 108, 140, 141, 151, 3212; summary, 347

Beekeeping, 63, 65, 270, 271

Betts, Charles Edward (seed merchant) and Hilda, 212, 276, 280, 281, 2889, 296, 300, 308, 358, 359; summary, 347

Bicycles, 155, 207, 300, 302, 310, 318

Bisley (England), 300

Blackleg, 258

Blacksmiths and wheelwrights, 101, 147, 148, 1514

Boer War, 199, 2001, 286, 329

Brass Band, 209, 221, 224, 283, 285, 286, 289, 290, 291, 294, 297, 298, 300, 301, 3067, 332, 333, 337

Bridges and culverts, 42, 47, 50, 116, 117, 119, 120, 130, 316, 3189, 323

Bush burns (i.e. controlled), 17, 358, 40, 58, 107

Bush felling, 34, 356, 40, 576, 90

Bush fires (i.e. out of control), 713, 1078, 173, 1836, 225, 3204

Bush/open country friction, 49, 1267

Bush, unsettled, 323, 534

Butchers, 124, 147, 151

Campbell, Robert Henry (publican), 211, 212, 358; summary, 347

Canning, Frank Stephen (storekeeper), 126, 137; business, 103, 129, 147; and Mt Egmont, 107, 109; sport and social club leadership, 160, 166, 167; school committee, 177, 357; summary, 347

Canterbury, 18, 30, 789, 105, 112, 129, 134, 226, 300, 338

Cardiff, 65, 163

Carriers, drays and wagons, 156, 2313, 232, 278, 329; lorries, 221, 235, 278

Cattle, 41, 63, 76, 78, 1045, 2512, 253; feral, 32, 33, 53, 756

Cemetery, 16, 74, 205, 207, 2089, 213, 216, 217

Children, 17181, 253, 267, 305; ‘child slavery’ (milking), 1725 passim, 17981, 254, 2656; cadets (teaching), 2635

Childs, Thomas (blacksmith and coach-builder), 147, 152, 153, 163, 356; summary, 347

Christmas, 68, 70, 165

Churches, 67, 16871, 205; see also Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians, Roman Catholics

Coach lines, 121, 156, 222, 233, 3169, 320, 323

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Cleland, Catherine (settler) and family, 129, 131, 132, 141, 204, 335; summary, 348

Coffee Palace, see Egmont Coffee Palace

Commercial travellers, 215, 235

Continuous Reserve, 28, 30, 334

Country and town, see Town and country

Coxhead, Arthur (farmer), Anne and family, 77, 108, 167, 1945; summary, 348

Credentialling, 2601, 2645, 266

Cricket, 147, 1601, 206, 207, 209, 267, 27980, 296, 297, 331, 332; women's, 306

Crops, 59, 612, 145, 341

Croquet, 297, 306

Crowley, Daniel (settler), Hannah and family, 57, 77, 2234, 238, 264, 281, 283, 284, 293, 338; summary, 348

Culverts, see Bridges and culverts

Dairying, child labour, see Children; export of produce, 1313, 2427, 249; factories other than Kaponga Co-op., 2368, 238, 241; general news and issues, 656, 84, 104, 106, 128, 144, 2368, 24950, 335; home, 61, 65, 133, 311; Kaponga Co-operative Dairy Co Ltd, 135, 139, 145, 150, 233, 236, 23851, 240, 242, 245, 248, 329, 331, 333, 335, 336, 359; L & M's Kaponga creamery, 1379, 141, 2323; pioneer settler ‘factories’, 66, 1345

Dairy Produce Exchange, Hawera, 2436

Davy, Henry Whitworth, (storekeeper), 49, 60, 65, 768, 81, 83, 91, 134, 1489, 356, 357; summary, 348

Dawson Falls, 513, 110, 202; ‘Mountain House’, 1102, 160, 175, 220, 2213, 224

Deaths and inquests, 1823, 18694, 318

Deferred payment (for land), 14, 34, 38, 47, 54, 59, 186

Denmark, 133, 134

Dentists, 156, 235, 2745, 278Dingle, Richard (farmer), 76, 77, 109, 112, 143, 160, 359; summary, 348

Doctors, 124, 156, 221, 2734, 346

Domain, 166, 213, 285

Dramatic club, 167

Dressmaking, 271, 272, 276, 296 & 302 (sewing), 312

Duthie Road, 44, 48

Egmont Box Co, 239

Egmont Coffee Palace, 208, 210, 222, 223, 276, 281, 3078, 313

Egmont County, 218, 227

Egmont, Mount, 27, 503, 103, 10913, 180, 204, 268; Egmont National Park, 221; South Egmont Forest Conservators, 109, 149, 202; see also Dawson Falls

Egmont Star (Hawera), 66, 79, 168, 183, 185; see also Hawera Star

Eltham, 20, 66, 126, 143 150, 154, 156, 160, 163, 169, 171, 217, 2189, 227, 229, 2312, 233, 264, 272, 273, 287, 292, 296, 298, 318, 327

Eltham County Council, 16, 2189, 225, 226, 22730, 252, 356

Eltham Road, 37, 44, 456, 50, 103, 114, 1159, 209, 218, 219, 226, 22735, 318, 320, 3378

Emigration from the Kaponga district, 15, 1023, 195, 206, 259, 324, 338

Farewells, 15, 147, 149, 194, 289

Farmers' Union, 213, 221, 2578, 272, 294, 319

Feral animals, 31, 32, 33, 53, 756, 108, 166

Fire brigade, 207, 213, 332, 333, 337

Fires, other than bushfires, 17, 8597, 216

Firewood, 789, 80, 239

Fitzgerald, Daniel (settler), Mary and son, 57, 714, 74, 77, 78, 171, 326; summary, 348

Fitzgerald, Maurice (settler), Julia and family, 167, 16, 77, 95, 218; arrival, 15; Catholic church, 171; dairy industry leader, 141, 239, 244, 246, 359; local body service, 219, 221, 356, 357; summary, 349

Frethey, John (farmer), Ellen and family, 290, 357, 358; Horticultural society, 303, 304, 305, 314; Methodist church, 290, 305; summary, 349

Fruit growing, see Gardens and orchards

Fungus, edible, 645, 67, 82, 89, 105, 341

Game (other than feral animals), 53, 69, 108, 159, 166

Gapper, Frederick (storeman, storekeeper), 161, 162, 166, 212, 287, 298, 358, 359; summary, 349

Gardens and orchards, 61, 62, 145, 173, 271, 3112

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Gibson, Robert, 57, 245, 344, 356; dairy industry, 139, 241; horticulture, 296, 305; summary, 349

Gold fields, 29, 57, 678, 130, 186, 193

Grace, Allan (farmer), Annie and family, 171, 3212; summary, 349

Gramophones, 291, 345

Grass seed, 64, 712, 105, 150, 173, 184, 341

Grass (varieties, pastures, hay), 40, 105, 144, 251, 272

Guy, Alfred Henry (blacksmith andwheelwright, farmer), Mabel and family, 212, 224, 284, 28798 passim, 300, 359; summary, 349

Hawera, 201, 126, 160, 161, 169, 171, 194, 217, 222, 227, 2434, 263, 275, 281, 282, 292, 294, 296, 297, 3001

Hawera County Council, 46, 50, 109, 1156, 148, 219, 226, 227, 355

Hawera Star, 61, 101, 126, 128, 233; Star's

Kaponga ‘Our Own’, 149, 288

Hawke's Bay, 112, 147

Harwood, John Liversay (storekeeper), 14950, 158, 160, 162, 165, 167, 168, 357; summary, 349

Hay, see Grass

Hayes, James (settler), Catherine and family, 756, 768, 8597, 163, 177;summary, 349

Health Department, 210, 211, 2136, 252, 257, 275

Hedges, 1456, 225, 324, 337

Hemingway, George (farmer), Jessie andfamily, 140, 166, 1724, 179, 357;summary, 350

Hides and skins, 253

Hobbs, Alfred Samuel (farmer), Mary andfamily, 1701; summary, 350

Hockey, women's, 206, 299300, 299, 305, 314; men's, 3001, 305, 332; school, 207, 267, 299

Home life and recreations, 66, 1578, 1856, 193, 305

Hops, 63, 65

Horse racing, 1613, 162, 286

Horses, 423, 82, 89, 187, 202, 235, 258, 310, 326

Horticultural Society, see Show, Kaponga Horticultural

Hotels and accommodation houses, 69, 123, 130, 147, 182, 189, 208, 212, 2147, 307, 318, 327; see also Dawson

Falls, ‘Mountain House’

Houses, 16, 62, 86, 150, 1578, 183, 184, 2245

Howitt, William King (storekeeper), 556, 2335, 2556; summary, 350

Hughes, Daniel J. (farmer), 163, 182; summary, 350

Hutchinson, William Seward (farmer), Mary and family, 66, 84; summary, 350

Hutt Valley, 39, 57

Immigration into Kaponga district, 15, 17, 39, 105, 121, 1289, 175, 195, 256, 315, 324, 329, 346

Inquests, see Deaths and inquests

Kaponga, paper township in the 1880s, 17, 20, 345, 97, 103; development 1887–9, 4950; felling of township site, 101; in the 1890s, 101, 1012, 1034, 1225; over 1900–14, 205, 208, 205 & 216 (maps)

Kaponga Advocate, 2045

Kaponga Mail, 206, 208, 273

Kaponga Town Board, 235, 297, 358; origins, 2112; sanitation 210, 2137

Kapuni, 134, 163, 169, 172, 200, 219, 220, 221, 222, 2378, 263, 264, 272

Kapuni Stream, 224, 343

‘Kaupokonui’, 20, 36, 38, 7885, 341

Kaupokonui Stream, 211, 318

King, Newton (businessman), 89, 106, 1334, 243, 252

Kipling, Rudyard (English poet), 183, 185, 319

Labour Department, 252

Labour, supply and demand, 5860, 144, 2534

Labour legislation, 249, 257

Land legislation, 35, 37, 40

Land sales, farms, 100, 2589

Land sales, virgin land, 15, 301 345, 367, 102

Law, Robert Souter (farmer), Isabella and family, Mount Egmont rescues, 160, 223; social and sporting, 159, 161, 163, 165, 166, 298, 299; town board, 212, 212, 359; summary, 350

Library, 1678, 213, 297

Lodges and friendly societies, 16, 224, 2734, 286, 289, 294, 329, 333

Lovell and Christmas (English importers of dairy produce), 128, 140, 164

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Maclagan, David (doctor) and Alice, 204, 204, 214, 233, 2734, 314, 3267; and Mount Egmont, 204, 223; sports involvement and leadership, 280, 282, 2834, 28792 passim, 299, 314; horticultural society, 3034; Anglican church, 204, 314; summary, 350

MacLean, Charles (headmaster) and Isabella, 167, 1757, 262, 263, 264, 2656, 357; summary, 351

Mahoe, 143, 185, 200, 220, 221

Makaka, 20, 37, 182, 220, 231, 2689, 323, 337

Manaia, 20, 31, 39, 59, 65, 66, 6970, 74, 97, 106, 120, 126, 143, 150, 151, 154, 164, 167, 170, 172, 189, 206, 207, 2178, 227, 252, 264, 273, 275, 284, 292, 295, 296, 301, 342

Manaia Road, 17, 37, 43, 47, 65, 115, 11920, 225, 231

Mangatoki, 49, 68, 103, 1067, 135, 170, 219, 221, 222, 229, 232, 264, 2956, 336,

Mangawhero Road, 39, 120

Mangawhero Stream, 3179, 323

Maori, 234, 27, 30, 32, 546, 64, 70, 75, 92, 166, 3403

Matapu, 164, 180

Matheson, Peter and Helen, 207, 2667, 271, 280, 288, 290, 295300 passim, 314, 357; summary, 351

Mellow, Richard (farmer), Hannah and family, 129, 1745, 179, 207, 318; dairying leadership, 141, 239, 241, 244, 246, 359; sports, 163; summary, 351

Melville, John (settler), Sarah Emma and family, 757, 86, 94, 96, 97, 18694, 220; sawmill, 101, 1079, 147, 160; sport, 160, 298; midwives, 368; summary, 351

Methodists, 39, 50, 167, 16870, 206, 207, 290, 294, 296, 315, 343

Midwives, 73, 278, 345, 346, 368

Military, 199, 200, 202

Milking machines, 1945, 195, 2546, 254

Moller, Wilhelm (carrier), Helene and family, 204, 2312, 232, 234, summary, 351

Moon, phases, 68, 79, 84, 163

Motor vehicles, 202, 221, 228, 2345, 275, 337, 338

Moturoa coolstores, 239

Moumahaki, 272

Mountain Road, 29, 32

Movies, 202

National Dairy Association, 142, 246

Neill Road, 39, 45, 50, 71

Nelson Province, 17, 18, 39, 316

New Plymouth, 239, 284, 290, 295

Newspapers, 201, 301, 32, 129, 168, 329

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd, 103, 106, 135, 1379, 237

Ngaere, 38, 61, 269

Normanby, 61, 63, 66, 71, 142, 280

Normanby Road, 445

New Zealand Farmer, 128, 168, 1725

Oeo Road, 109, 146

Okaiawa, 20, 31, 37, 39, 62, 65, 69, 143, 167, 171, 226, 227, 2367, 263, 281, 284, 289, 292, 293, 295, 301, 342

Opunake, 32, 33, 66, 106, 126, 127, 143, 156, 162, 163, 169, 186, 218, 222, 223, 2312, 233, 267, 297, 316

Opunake Road, as ‘Hursthouse's Line’, 27, 33, 34; 37, 39, 456, 108, 182, 226, 323

Orchards, see Gardens and orchards

Orchestra, 165, 167, 220, 306, 307

Otago, 30, 39, 112

Otakeho, 30, 31, 35, 66, 8990, 91, 105

Palmer, Robert (sawmiller), 50, 65, 87, 101, 109, 116, 127, 1467, 162, 200; summary, 351

Palmer Road, 32, 37, 44, 478, 489, 60, 768, 107, 108, 120, 134, 143, 222, 238, 253, 309, 324, 343

Parihaka, 45, 318, 3401

Picnics, 68, 178, 232, 286, 297

Pigs, 61, 75, 144, 146, 174, 242, 2512, 258; feral, 32, 33, 108, 166Ping-pong, 221, 306, 346

Police, 182, 189, 216, 316, 327

Population statistics, 39, 108, 218, 220, 308, 3525

Postal services, 49, 121, 130, 193, 199, 208, 307, 319, 323

Presbyterians, 168, 207, 216

Prestidge, Joel (settler), Charlotte and family, 167, 21, 72, 77, 108; summary, 351

Professionals, 2047, 2601, 2645, 2735, 278, 279

Railways, 29, 58, 219, 225

Recreations, 68, 102, 103, 1589, 163, 1734, 289, 3067, 331

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Red Federation of Labour, 202

Rifle club, 206, 2867, 289, 297, 298, 300

Riverlea, 142, 143, 145, 219, 220, 221, 228, 239, 242, 243, 257, 264, 281, 294, 317, 319, 3223, 329, 3334, 336, 337

Road board, see Waimate Road Board

Road construction and maintenance, 409, 59, 22531

Robertson, John (builder), Emily and

family, 152, 153, 160, 167, 168, 207, 212, 319, 357, 358; summary, 351

Robinson, G.F. (Crown Lands Ranger), 31, 35, 38, 59

Roman Catholics, 71, 74, 1689, 171, 204, 274, 294, 297, 325

Rowan, 135, 143, 164, 2201, 242, 248, 251, 257, 289, 306, 323, 324, 337

Rowan Road, 32, 37, 39, 40, 48, 108, 109, 120, 147, 225, 286, 3202, 3245

Rugby football, 159, 1634, 207, 2802, 284, 2889, 290, 2914, 2946, 300, 301, 3056, 329, 342; schoolboy, 267, 294

Russo-Japanese War 1904–05, 2012, 203, 329

Sales, clearing, 157

Saleyards, 1045, 123, 157, 205, 209, 216

Sanitation, 210, 2135, 217

Sawmills, 50, 59, 65, 101, 1079, 146, 235, 278, 322

School inspectors, 1757, 1789, 180, 265, 266, 2679

Schools, Kaponga, 102, 123, 1645, 175, 194, 205, 206, 232, 2617, 271, 296, 297, 305, 3567; Kapuni, 2612, 26470; Mahoe, 262, 269; Makaka, 2678, 270; Riverlea, 264, 266, 270; Rowan, 2612, 269, 270

Scots, 55, 78, 127, 137, 140, 171, 1723, 206, 233, 283, 285

Scott, William Bramwell (Methodist minister), Alice and daughter Rona, 206, 28798 passim, 300, 305, 314, 342, 343; summary, 352

Seasons, see Weather and seasons

Seddon, R.J. (premier), 130, 1523, 199, 200, 216 (map)

Separators, cream, 65, 106, 134, 135, 136, 138

Settlers' Association, 125, 207, 208, 209, 213, 218, 273, 3578

Sewing, see Dressmaking

Sharemilking, 2567, 259

Sheep, 58, 105, 234, 309, 335

Shopkeepers, 1504, 2768; see also Stores and storekeepers

Shows, Hawera's Egmont A & P, 70, 126, 164, 335; Kaponga Horticultural, 125, 161, 206, 207, 289, 296, 3025, 303, 306, 313, 314; Dominion Dairy, Hawera, 247; Normanby Horticultural, 61, 70

Siberia, 203, 250

Skeet Road, 15, 34, 43, 338

Soccer, 159, 206, 267, 2801, 2824, 2889, 290, 291, 292, 294, 296, 298, 299, 300, 301, 331, 332, 333, 3389

Somerset, 128, 134, 135

Sorensen, Carl W. (dairy instructor, settler), 133, 136; summary, 352

South African War, see Boer War

South Road, 27, 39, 44, 49, 115, 126, 338

Stock route, see Saleyards

Stores and storekeepers, 65, 103, 133, 14750, 273, 322

Storms, 182, 2234, 3203

Stratford, 126, 147, 161, 171, 217, 220, 244, 276, 298, 300

Stratford County Council, 112, 120

Sunday, 66, 67, 68, 69, 85, 182, 288, 294

Surveys and surveyors, 27, 2930, 32, 41, 44, 45, 46, 534 (backpegging), 122, 224, 261

Swadling, William, Sarah and clan, 157, 19, 42, 57, 60, 77, 83, 206, 217, 3445; arrival, 15; farm, 60, 77, 3445; dairy industry leader, 140, 141, 241, 245, 359; local body service, 207, 211, 212, 212, 219, 221, 345, 3569 passim; social leader, 206, 291, 298, 300; summary, 352

Swiss, 2567, 3247, 339, 365

Tait, Charles (farmer), Elizabeth and family, 59, 65, 77, 162, 200, 245, 336; summary, 352

Taranaki Education Board, 262, 26970

Tarsealing, 2289, 231, 3378,

Teachers, 26270; salaries, 175

Technical education, 2703

Te Kiri, 37, 135, 137, 233, 234, 273, 317, 320, 322

Telegraph and telephone, 101, 189

Tennis, 206, 207, 209, 286, 287, 291, 294, 297, 306, 314, 332

Te Roti, 68, 219

Te Whiti, O Rongomai, 234, 29, 556, 340

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Timber industry, 1089, 116; see also Sawmills

Tindle, George (storekeeper), 141, 150, 163, 187, 1889, 193, 358; summary, 352

Toko, 132, 296

Toll-gates, 228, 231, 231, 235

Town hall (Athenaeum), 15, 125, 147, 163, 1734, 194, 205, 296, 209, 213, 216, 271, 286, 296, 297, 300, 303, 304, 337

Town and country, 123, 207, 213, 261, 280, 281, 282, 289, 292, 296, 302

Tradesmen, 148, 1504, 2768

Tradesmen's Protection Society/Tradesmen's Association, 213, 252, 278, 283

Tramways, 2267

Trout, 1667

Typhoid, 2107, 271

U.S.A., 127, 1312

Victoria Park, 2089, 209, 216, 280, 281, 282, 283, 287, 288, 2901, 305

Waimate Plains, 27, 31, 32

Waimate Road Board, 467, 48, 49, 52, 60, 116, 120, 194, 2101, 213, 226, 273, 319, 355

Waimate West County, 218, 219

Waingongoro River, 27, 30, 32, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47

Wanganui, 230, 271

Wanganui Education Board, 175, 176, 1778, 179, 262, 263, 2656, 2678, 2702

Ward, J. G. (postmaster-general, premier), 208, 225

Waterfront strike 1913, 202, 2479, 2578

Waterwheels, 135, 137, 2556

Wayfaring, 118, 121, 156, 2315, 278

Weather and seasons, 22, 358, 59, 145, 173

Weeds, 225, 337

Wellington Province, 39, 1289, 269, 270, 282

Wesleyans, see Methodists

Wheelwrights, see Blacksmiths and wheelwrights

Wilkie, Frederick William (settler), 110, 2012, 207, 208, 213, 307, 318, 3444; Mount Egmont, 512, 110, 160, 222; farm, 77, 1345; dairy industry leader, 1345, 137, 140, 1413, 242, 359; social and cultural leader, 161, 165, 168, 306, 307, 313; local body leader, 207, 211, 345, 356, 357, 358; summary, 352

Women and girls, 183, 185, 186, 30115, 3245, 3356, 346

World and Kaponga, 19, 22, 1278, 168, 199200, 239; Old World community models, 122, 1589, 2912, 30815, 3446

World War 1, 23, 248, 319, 327, 328

Wray, Captain (magistrate, administrator), 713, 74