The first 20 years (1939-1959) of The New Zealand Listener are now available on Papers Past. This is an amazing treasure trove of Aotearoa's history and society.

#PapersPast #genealogy

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/new-zealand-listener

I see that PapersPast added a few more newspapers to their online collection last month. Great for anyone doing family research. The newspapers are:

- Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune (1937-1950)
- Matamata Record (1940-1950)
- North Otago Times (1919-1932)

#genealogy #PapersPast

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers

_The Evening Post_, 9 March 1924:
A GENEROUS GIFT
A very generous gift has been given to the New Zealand Trained Nurses’ Association by Mr. J. Johnston, Matai road, Hataitai. The gift is a cottage standing four acres of land in #Opua Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, about 14 miles from Picton. This he has handed over to the Nurses' Association for all time, to be used by them as a rest home. The council had therefore decided to make it as comfortable and attractive as possible so that it may prove a joy and benefit to many tired #nurses. It amongst our of the first gifts of this kind given to the nursing women, and all nurses appreciate Mr. Johnston’s kind thought, and hope to spend some happy days in this beautiful sunny spot.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240308.2.134

_The Evening Post_, 6 March 1925:
MISSING TRAMPERS
(BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
MASTERTON, 5th March.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Brockett, members of the local #tramping club, left Levin last Friday on a tramp across the #Tararuas via the Ohau River and Dundas to Masterton. They are now over two days overdue. Search parties are being organised in the #Wairarapa and at Levin.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250306.2.106
The trampers’ experiences and their safe return https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19250309.2.17

_The Evening Post_, 20 February 1925:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
…
The #Waimakariri River rose rapidly on Wednesday under the influence of the nor’-wester, and marooned three men, who were employed by the Waimakariri River Trust, on a small island above White’s Bridge. With the water still rising about the island, the men’s position became very precarious. At about 2 p.m. Constable Holmes, of Kaiapoi, received a telephone message that the men were in difficulties, and, procuring ropes, he and Constable Warren set off to rescue them. In the meantime, however, Messrs. Cusack and Gough had obtained a punt, and, at considerable risk, had launched it in the swirling river, a considerable distance up the stream from the island. They managed to guide the boat to the island as it was carried downstream, and the five men embarked in it again. They had a most adventurous passage, but they all landed safely on the bank. Three draught #horses, the property of Mr. C. Bell, were being worked on the island to clear away willows, and these were liberated before the men left the island. When the flood rose over the island, the horses were washed off and swept ashore about a mile further downstream, near the railway bridge.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250220.2.42

_The Evening Post_, 17 February 1925:
         LOCAL AND GENERAL
…
  For this past twenty years #bees have inhabited some portion of the old school building at #Morrinsville (says the local correspondent of the “New Zealand Herald”). Repeated attempts to remove them always proved unsuccessful, the bees invariably returning to their old haunt. About a year ago the school committee became greatly concerned, as almost every day some child was stung. As a result of the publicity given suggestions for the removal of the bees were received from people in different parts of New Zealand and also Australia, and from the Department of Agriculture. Eventually the committee, after other methods had failed, got the assistance of a bee expert. All traces of the hives were removed, and the boards were liberally covered with a solution calculated to prevent the return of the bees. For several months they kept away, and the system adopted was thought to be a success. The bees, however, had not forgotten the school, and are again back as lively as ever.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250217.2.34

_The Evening Post_, 12 November 1924:
        FLYING IN NEW ZEALAND
    613 PASSENGERS TAKEN UP
  Justifiable surprise might be expressed by residents of Wellington, where aviation is not indulged in, at the number of passengers carried in flights in New Zealand in a given period.
  The latest figures issued by the Defence Department show that the total number of passengers carried in civil flying in the Dominion during the current year to date was 613. In 338 flights approximately 5642 miles [9080 km] were flown, an average of 16.6 miles per flight, and the total time in the air 74 hours 29 minutes. There has been a large decrease in the number of passengers taken up for flights in the last four months. In fact, the total was only 46. This is accounted for by the fact that the aerodrome at Kohimaramara, in Auckland, has been taken over by the Defence Department, and is no longer controlled by private enterprise.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241112.2.74

For genealogists and historians, there are some updates to newspapers on Papers Past. A good update for Taranaki but the rest are pretty minor:

- Oamaru Mail (July-August 1916)
- Otago Daily Times (January-March 1886)
- Otago Witness (April 1909, December 1909)
- Taranaki Daily News (1936-1945)
- Timaru Herald (June 1913)

#genealogy #Genealogists #PapersPast #newspapers

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers

_The Evening Post_, 25 September 1924:
NEEDLEWORK & NERVES
There has been quite a revival of work done by hand, such as #sewing, #knitting, #crochet, etc., during the last few years.… the reasons…the war was responsible because it made so many of us knit and crochet and sew, and now that we have got used to it we go on with the work.…that prices have gone up so much that we can’t afford to buy things, and have to make them ourselves.
…that hand-made things are the fashion…. All these reasons are true, but …another reason…is that so many #women who lead active lives find work with their hands extraordinarily resting, and those who don’t lead active lives find rather monotonous hand work wonderfully soothing.
One woman who leads a very busy life, full of organising and responsibilities, finds her greatest recreation not in games, reading, or dancing, but in #embroidery.… when she is settled to it she is lost to the world and forgets her weariness and worries.
Another who leads a busy life, involving a good deal of brain fag, has discovered the delights of a big and rather monotonous piece of crochet, over which she says, she does not have to think, but can go on and on in a way that rests her tired nerves.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240925.2.155

_The Evening Post_, 8 September 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
Travelling on the train from Wanganui to Palmerston North the other day (relates the “Manawatu Daily Times”) were a well-dressed ardent couple, and throughout the journey they amused their fellow-passengers with their cooing. After a while the fair young thing leaned back in her seat and fell asleep, while the young man took advantage of the respite to adjourn to the smoker for a cigar. While he was away, a tall, thin, grizzly man came in and sat down in the vacant seat beside the sleeping beauty. Presently she stirred in her dreams, laid her head lovingly upon the shoulder of the stranger and placed her slim young arm around his neck. The stranger appeared surprised at this unexpected demonstration of affection, but made no desperate effort to escape, merely grinning at the convulsed passengers. The outburst of hilarity awoke the young woman, who, upon opening her eyes, saw her mistake. With flushing cheeks she stammered an apology. “You needn’t apologise to me,” drawled the stranger. “I don’t mind.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240908.2.83
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Embarrassment #Railways #Trains #Passengers #Whanganui #PalmerstonNorth #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 6 September 1924:
PLUNKET SOCIETY
BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
…
A resolution was adopted that further representations be made to the Government with regard to the evil effect upon children of allowing them to go indiscriminately to picture shows.
…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240906.2.144
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Children #Cinema #Movies #Policy #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 4 September 1924:
          WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
  In these days of good dentistry and poor #teeth, it is interesting to read the summary prepared, under the auspices of the #Plunket Society, of the causes, or some of them, of early dental decay. Mentioned are the following:—Wrong feeding; lack of fresh air; outdoor air and exercise, and other hygienic errors on the part of the expectant mother. (2) Neglect of natural feeding in infancy; (3) excessive consumption of artificial sugars; (4) the almost exclusive use of cereal and farinaceous foods in unduly refined forms—especially foodstuffs consisting of artificial combinations of sugars and starches; (5) the unnatural frequency and irregular times at which these foods are taken; (6) the softness of modern foods; (7) neglect of the use of raw fruit and vegetables; (8) tea-drinking; (9) insufficient daily outing, exercise, and exposure to pure air and sunshine; not enough regularity in rest and sleep, and far too much going to pictures. Anything which undermines the health undermines the teeth.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240904.2.140
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Children #Infants #DentalHygiene #Diet #Exercise #Cinema #Movies #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 20 August 1924:
NELSON NEWS
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
NELSON, 19th August.
With a view to improving the #lighting of the four faces of the town #clock at the Post Office, hitherto lit from the interior with not too satisfactory results, the Electrical Engineer (Mr. Henderson) recently experimented with a spotlight installed on one of the line poles from the opposite side of the street, the light inside being shut off while this was done. This outside lighting proved highly successful in every way; the cost also was considerably less. The City Council has now authorised the lighting of the clock faces by the outside system.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240820.2.119
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #PostOffice #TownClocks #Clocks #Nelson #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 5 August 1924:
AT WALLACE STREET
It had been intended to have transferred the steam shovel from the Wallace street tramway extension excavation to an excavation work in Thorndon quay some days ago, but the navvy is still at it at Wallace street, a minor modification of the plans there giving it a few more days’ work. The scheme as approved had provided for a high level footpath over a portion of the eastern side of the cutting, but to meet the wishes of the residents concerned the council has agreed lo cut down deeper on this length and so provide a low level pathway. Not only is this arrangement satisfactory to the property owners but it also makes for a rather better approach from John street.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240805.2.109
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Tramways #Construction #Footpaths #Pavements #Sidewalks #Wellington #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 16 July 1924:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
…
For some time there has been a doubt as to whether #Hutt road fees are applicable to the maintenance of the road as a whole, or for the upkeep of the bitumen strip only. The matter was referred to by the City Solicitor, Mr. J. O’Shea, in a brief report to the Hutt Road Board of Control yesterday afternoon. Mr. O’Shea gave his opinion that the moneys must be applied to the road as a whole.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240716.2.35
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Roading #RoadMaintenance #Fees #Taxation #Law #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 14 July 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
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The reason for the City Council’s refusal to grant a bus conductor’s license [sic] to Miss A. Russell was stated at the meeting of the council on Thursday; says an #Auckland exchange. [In response to Miss Russell, the Finance and legal Committee submitted a report] … to the council on Thursday, when it was recommended that the following reply be supplied: “That it is against the public interest and inappropriate in normal times and conditions to license #women as conductors of public vehicles.” The recommendation was adopted without comment. The following resolution adopted by the Civic League was forwarded by that body:—“That this league protests against the action of the City Council in refusing a license as bus conductor to a woman merely on the ground of sex.” This was received.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240714.2.115
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Buses #BusConductors #Transport #PublicTransport #SexRoles #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 12 July 1924:
     GETTING OUT OF TROUBLE
…
  Sometimes, supremely confident in the ability of your car to climb any gradient you may have driven down some steep declivity to some beauty spot and find yourself quite unable to climb the bank back to the main road.… a combination of bad surface and a really steep slope may prove too much for the engine. In such a case the assistance of two or three passengers is seldom of very great use, and the fitting of ropes or chain still does not enable the wheels to get a grip.
  Although it may seem unusually [sic] to suggest it in a motoring journal, there is seldom any better remedy for such a situation than a good cart horse.… if by any possibility you can succeed in getting a friendly farmer to come along with one or two #horses, you can pass a rope round the dumb irons and haul the vehicle to safety in three minutes.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240712.2.182.1
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Cars #Towing #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 7 July 1924:
            MOTOR STATISTICS
   SOME FACTS AND FIGURES
  It is not generally known that the real development as to quantity production of motor vehicles has taken place since the war. It is estimaated [sic] that at the outbreak of the war there were under two million cars in the world.… The number of #cars in America rose from about 1,300,000 in 1914 to 12,500,000 in 1923. The aggregate number of cars in the world last year was estimated at some 17,000,000.
  The figures for New Zealand are practically impossible to ascertain accurately, on account of the anomalies of registration, but a rough estimate would place the number of vehicles at 50,000. Importation of vehicles is proceeding at a great rate, and this year looks like making another record.…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240707.2.139
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Statistics #Automobiles #Vehicles #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 26 June 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
A pleasant and interesting entertainment will be given to-morrow evening at Sydney Street Schoolroom when Mr. Arthur #Harper, F.R.G.S., will show some very beautiful lantern slides of New Zealand alpine scenery, with a descriptive talk about them. Mr. Harper is the president of the Alpine Club, and has a great deal to tell about the mountains of the Dominion which is most interesting. The proceeds of the evening will be in aid of St. Mary’s Homes at Karori.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240626.2.111
Biography in DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4h17/harper-arthur-paul
#PapersPast #OnThisDay #OTD #Mountains #Mountaineering #Photography #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 12 June 1924:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
“H.L.” writes as follows to “The Post”:—“Being a country resident, I had occasion to visit #Wellington to-day, and was accompanied by my wife and child (aged two years). After finishing our business we entered a tea room for afternoon tea, but before we had time to get seated we were informed that if we brought the child in it would have to be paid for, which we intended to do in any case, as the child required refreshments as well as ourselves. We were further informed that they did not cater for people with #children. Immediately afterwards a lady entered with an infant in arms who looked very fatigued, and before she could get seated she was also informed that they did not cater for people with children, but there was a place further up the street who did. This annoyed me very much; to think that a mother has to put up with this treatment. Now, Sir, I am writing this in hopes that the attention of some of the societies will take up this matter and insist that #mothers with children receive the same attention and consideration as is given to flappers and their escorts.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240612.2.99
#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Tearooms #Cafes #Discrimination #NewZealand