INDEX.
100 and a half. An excuse for a celebration. 58.
100 not out (Peter's cap). Cover. 44.
100 NZ Pop Culture Stories. 56.
100 years old, Peter's comments on being. 58.
100th birthday (Old Phil's), telegrams. 47. 55.
100th birthday (Old Phil's), the mystery. 47.
100th birthday (Old Phil’s). the meaningful request. 48
410 (‘Four ten’) shotgun. 71.
44 calibre rifle. 81
45 calibre rifle. 80. 81.
Abraham and Williams. 8. 37.
Accidents with explosives. 40.
Accidents with guns. 41. 62. 80.
Acclimatisation Society. 98.
Acetylene gas. 69. 70. 79.
Achilles, RNZN ship. 43.
Advertising. 22. 41.
Advice, getting good. 76.
Advice, guidance or information on blowing up a house. 40.
Advice, guidance or information on catching fish without proper gear. 2.
Advice, guidance or information on dating old photos.15.
Advice, guidance or information on firing a rifle into water. 23.
Advice, guidance or information on having bastards. 47.
Advice, guidance or information on joining the Armed Forces. 44.
Advice, guidance or information on laxatives. 17.
Advice, guidance or information on learning German — don't. 6.
Advice, guidance or information on shooting lions with bird-shot. 41.
Advice, guidance or information on snuffing out candles. 26.
Advice, guidance or information on taking a dinghy from Palm Nth to Foxton. 1.
Advice, guidance or information on the treatment of piles.17.
Advice, guidance or information on unnecessary honesty in marriage. 15.
Advice, guidance or information on when stealing is appropriate. 43.
Affection, unexpected. 13.
Africa. 41.
Afternoon teas, attitudes toward. 10. 52.
Air Force. 101.
Alley family. 13. 26. 47. 54.
Alley, Captain John. Royal Irish Constabulary. 54.
Alley, Rewi. 47. 54. 88.
Alum, multiple uses of. 94.
Angina. 57.
Animal hides, curing of. 94.
Anti-Catholic. 12.
Apology (public) for copyright infringement. 39.
Appetite, good. 29.
Archives. 93. 100.
Arguments, one of the benefits of marriage. 58.
Army cadet uniforms. 24.
Army Parade Days. 24.
Artillery bunker for boys. 31.
Artists. The P.Nth ‘gang of ladies’. 95.
Asthma. 18.
Athletic girls (very!). 26. 27.
Attestations, interesting information contained therein. 37.
Auckland Weekly News. 59.
Authority, disrespect for. 9. 23.
Autograph book, advice in. 95.
Awapuni Lagoon. 9. 22.
Awapuni Racecourse. 4. 9.
B.S.A. 38. 62.
Baby Austin, car. 16.
Bairnsfather, Bruce. Cartoonist. 5.
Bakery business. 35.
Baking. 10.
Band. Navy. 43.
Band. Pipe. 4.
Bandages. 17.
Baptism by immersion 35.
Barraud and Abraham. 8.
Bastards. 47.
Baxter, Tyrol. Minister Church of Christ. 92.
Bearings, roller. 31.
Begg's Music Store. 39.
Berryman's Arcade. 13.
Bible reading. 6.
Bicycle crashes. 66.
Bicycle lamps, history and variety. 69. 70.
Bicycles. Design, manufacture, brands. 20. 68. 69.
Billy T James. 63.
Billy tea. 63.
Binney, Don. Exemplary manner of speech. 75.
Birds, unintended murder of. 31.
Birds. NZ native. 90.
Birth certificates, old style. 47.
Birth registration.3.
Birthdays. 100th. 47. 48. 55.
Birthdays. 90th. 8.
Biscuit tins. 64.
Biscuits, broken. 64.
Biscuits, prepacking. 64.
Bisley, England. 24.
Blasting powder, homemade and commercial. 102.
Blindness is no impediment to seeing. 77.
Blood pressure, how low can you go? 81. 86. 89.
Blood pressure, low. 57.
Blowflies, Plague and remedy. 77.
Blue Band Taxis. 93.
Blurbs on books. 75.
Boarding. 1. 31.
Boasting, about 'wonderful' relatives. 10. 14. 52.
Boasting, about dynamiting a bridge. 44.
Boasting, about marksmanship. 33.
Boat building. 1.
Boat, dinghy. 1
Boats, Japanese pleasure craft. 43.
Bofors anti-aircraft gun. 101.
Bombs, homemade. 79. 90.
Book launch, attitudes toward. 74. 75. 76. 79.
Book launch. 58.
Book quality. 75.
Book signings. 76.
Book, deciding to write a. 74.
Book. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 19.
Boot, toe of. An aid to rearing children. 51.
Boothill, Tombstone City. 81.
Boots, their role in education. 55.
Bootsie and Snudge. 15.
Boring women, the characteristics of. 10.
Bottles for fizzy drinks. 16. 79.
Bottlys (Carbide fishing bombs). 79. 90.
Bowling championships. 53.
Brazing metal. 69.
Bread, manufacture and delivery. 40.
Bridge, railway, south of P.Nth. 23.
Bridge, Woodville. 44.
Bridge. Fitzherbert. 1.
Bright, John. Nurseryman. 59.
Broad Street. (The old name for Broadway.). 13.
Broadway. 41.
Bronchitis. 18. 48. 56. 59.
Bullets. 303 calibre. 66. 100.
Bunnythorpe School. 16.
Bureaucrats — changers of lives. 86.
Bus accidents. 72.
Bus services. 72.
Bush, a method of clearing. 40.
Butcher shop. 14.
Butter making. 45. 49.
Byers Ice Cream. 37.
C.A.C. see Colonial Ammunition Company.
Cake, 3 tiered fruitcake. 16.
Cake, celebratory. 14.
Cake, cutting. 14.
California. 53.
Campbell Street. 17. 35.
Candle snuffing. 26.
Carbide lamps. 69. 70.
Career advice for nurses. 76.
Carpets and rugs. 94.
Carriers. 8.
Cartage business. 8. 22. 42.
Cartridges, uses for empty. 102.
Casein production. 49.
Catapult. 31.
Cats. 18.
Celebrity status, how it occurs. 75. 76.
Centenarian, library member. 75.
Certificates. 12.
Chater-Lea bicycles. 68. 69. 70. 76.
Chaucer’s inconsistent spelling. 92.
Chaytor Street. 10.
Chaytor, Lady. 10.
Chaytor, Sir Edward. 10.
Cheesemaking. 42. 49.
Chess. 19.
Choirs. 39.
Chooks, headless. 34.
Christmas Day celebrations. 46.
Christmas time. 16.
Church of Christ. 1. 18. 35. 37. 39. 92.
Church, Congregational, Lower Hutt. 39.
Church, Lutheran. 6. 92.
Circus tent. 18. 35.
Circus, free admission, the Leyland method. 18.
Circus. 18.
Clarke, John. ‘Fred Dagg’ 64. 89.
Clarke, Ted. Manager. 64.
Clive, town in West Hawke’s Bay. 22.
Cockabullies. 79.
Code. Morse. 20. 21.
Coffee, the secret of NZ’s best. 87.
Coleman, Percy. 25.
College Street School. 62. 87.
College Street, Number 309. 74. 80. 81. 94.
College Street. 4. 15. 24. 50.
Collinson and Cunningham. 10.
Collinson and Sons. 31.
Colonial Ammunition Company. 22. 41. 66.
Comedians. 15.
Communist Party in Palmerston North. 54.
Competitions, music. 39.
Confectionary, varieties and ways to eat. 30. 64.
Conscientious objector. 46. 93.
Constipation. 17.
Cook's sawmill. Main Street. 31. 34. 83. 84.
Cooking oven, thawing gelignite in. 40.
Cooking. 10. 11. 22.
Cooks’ Journals, possible influence of. 89.
Coping in a crisis. 36.
Copyright infringement. 39.
Cordite. How to get from a bullet. 66. 100.
Cork used to disguise a bullet hole. 81.
Cougars. 27.
Courtney, Lesley. PNCL archivist. 74.
Cousins 26. 27. 39.
Cox 'cousins'. 26. 27.
Cox, Millie. (Peter's 'cousin'). 27.
Cox. Ivy. (Peter's 'cousin'). 27.
Crochet. 10.
Cropping ploughed land. 30.
Crumen, Barret (Russian Jack). 65.
Crump, Barry. 63.
Curious tourist. 37
Curry powder in coffee. 87.
Cutlery, silver. 52.
Cycle racing. 68.
Cylinder blocks, reboring. 95.
Dahlia Street. 84.
Dairy industry, changes in WW2. 45.
Danger, an unknown word to some boys. 66.
David and Goliath. 31.
Deafness. 6.
Deane, Dr. 17.
Deer calling. 38.
Deer culling. 97.
Deer hunting. 94. 98. 97.
Deer stalking. 33. 38.
Deer, fallow. 38.
Deer. Sambar. 33.
Defaulter's Roll. 14. 46.
Deodorants for men, the introduction of. 94.
Depression. Economic. 29. 30. 31. 56.
Devine's paddock. 18.
Dialects cause misunderstanding. 56.
Diary, 1871. John Edward Leyland's. 51.
Diary, visual. Stag Spooner’s. 97.
Diary, writing. 74. 82. 97.
Dickens, Charles. 73.
Dirt Bikes. 25.
Disinheritance, theory about. 47.
DIY. 80. 81.
Doctor Peach. 11.
Dog-eared Yorkshiremen. 56.
Dogs, sheep. 18.
Dogs. 18.
Dolly, the horse.
Domain Street. 15. 29.
Domestic Service. 1. 10.
Donne, John. Poet. 55.
Driver, occupation of. 37.
Drunkenness. 34. 42.
Duck shooting. 41. 98. 97.
Ducks. 9.
Dunlop tyres. 68.
Dux at school. 19.
Dynamite. 40. 79. 102.
Dynamiter, Fred The. See Leyland, Fred.
Early starts. 35.
Earthquake protection. 31.
Earthquake, aftershocks. 34.
Earthquake. Christchurch. 19. 34.
Earthquake. Napier. 34.
Economy, see Depression, economic.
Education, curtailed. 21. 22.
Education, obstacles to entry. 95.
Education, self education. 19. 51.
Electricity, installed in houses. 84.
Elephants. 17. 18.
Elliott family. Waipawa. 26.
Embezzlement by ancestor. 89.
Embezzlement. 29.
Emigration, pressures that bring about. 78. 89.
Emotional attachment to something you’ve sold. 68.
Engineers, Palmerston North. 95.
English. 6.
Epitaphs. 76. 81.
Epsom salts. 17.
Erections, BIG. 11.
Evangelists. 35.
Evening strolls. 26. 27.
Examinations. School. 21.
Exploitation of workers. 21.
Explosion, carbide, wrecks house. 70.
Explosions and explosives. 40.
Explosives and fishing. 60. 79. 90. 100. 102.
Eyebrow removal, the Sharman Method. 102.
Fairey, Fairey’s Famous Bread. 40.
Fairey, George. 40.
Falls, by elderly. 76.
Falls, sudden. 66.
Family history, study of. 27. 37.
Family silver. 52.
Farmer's wives. 7. 31.
Featherston Street. 16.
Feilding, markets. 42.
Fiji. 14.
Fijians. 14.
Fire Service / brigade. 14.
Fireman, railway. 72.
Firewood, simple method of production. 40.
Fireworks, displays by city. 100.
Fireworks, home-made. 66. 100. 102.
Fish, flounder. 1. 2.
Fish, herring. 2.
Fish, Kahawai. 2.
Fish, sharks. 2.
Fish, Snapper. 1.
Fish, trout, the habits of. 23.
Fishing 1. 2. 60. 79. 90. 100. 102.
Fishing licence. 23.
Fishing nets, making by hand. 1.
Fishing nets. 1.
Fishing rods, ‘Leyland brand’. 90.
Fishing with ‘rockets’. 100. 102.
Fishing with depth charges. 60.
Fishing with flies. 90.
Fitzherbert Avenue. 8. 9.
Fizzy drinks. 16. 79.
Flooring. 94.
Flour Mills, Manawatu, ignore the gun laws. 71.
Fluke shots. 32. 33.
Food. 16. 46.
Forestry. 34.
Foxton Fizz. 79.
Foxton Heads. 100.
Foxton Motor camp. 2.
Foxton. 1. 2.
Framed by … 95.
France. 5.
Fred Dagg. 64. 89.
Freyberg, General. 54.
Fridge magnet. Tombstone with clever message. 81.
Funeral arrangements. 1.
Funeral. Going in a Newman's bus. 28.
Gambia, RNZN ship. 43.
Gambling. 42.
Gardening at 100. 47.
Gardening, 51. 60. 61. 85.
Gears, cycle. 68.
Gelignite. 40. 60. 102.
General store. Halcombe. 6.
German language judged unnecessary. 6.
German. 6.
Germans, hatred toward locals during WW1, 76.
Gin, Square. 42.
God's voice, hearing. 17.
Good looks, a family trait? 54.
Gospel missions. 35.
Gossip. 10. 11. 15.
Government, intrusive. 86.
Gray’s Elergy in a Country Churchyard. 73.
Great Barrier Island. 29.
Gun clubs. 24.
Gun sights. 22.
Gun, air. 22.
Gun, BB. 22.
Gun, Bren. 46.
Gun, German machine gun. 4.
Gun, log-splitting, alternative use for. 102.
Gun, shotguns. 22. 41.
Gung Ho movement. 88.
Gung Ho! The book and slogan. 54.
Gunpowder, homemade. 102.
Guns, accidents with. 62.
Guns, lever action. 62.
Guns, types and brands. 62. 71. 81. 102.
Guns. See also, Rifle
Guy Fawkes. 44.
Halcombe. 6. 22. 40. 42. 44. 55. 78. 86. 87. 91. 98
Hand grenade. 70.
Handlebars, stylish 69.
Handwriting, styles. 51.
Hansen, Norm. 41.
Hard work, benefits, and lack of. 76.
Harvester Company. 7.
Hatred among the Irish. 53.
Hats. Cloche style. 15.
Hawkes, Mitchell. TV Director. 56.
Haystacks. 56.
Head injuries. 38.
Headlights on cars, old style. 69. 70.
Health problems. 17.
Heart breaks. 48.
Hedgehog. 3.
Hendrickson, Alf. Pastor. 35. 92.
Hendrickson, E.C. Missioner. 35. 92.
Heritage, destruction of. 91.
Himatangi Beach. 41.
Histories, local. 75.
HMNZS Gambia. 60.
Hodder and Tolley. 37.
Hoes, Dutch. 60.
Hokowhitu Lagoon. 9.
Home Guard. 46. 48.
Home Guardsman, NZ's oldest. 46. 48.
Horoscopes. 15.
Horses, cart. 8. 9. 18. 42. 62.
Horses, draught. 30. 34.
Horses. race. 14. 42.
Hospital, Levin. 81.
Hospital. Palmerston North. 17. 38. 76. 81.
Hospital. Te Whanau, Levin. 57. 58.
House, destroyed by gelignite. 40.
Housing, railway. 50.
Hunters. 9.
Hunting for trophy animals. 98.
Hypochondria. 17.
I.R.A. 54.
Ice cream. 37.
Ideal Cycle Works, Palm Nth shop. 69.
Ignorance of the young. 42. 73.
Imagination, seeing when it's dark. 58.
Indian, motorbike. ‘Gutless wonders’. 38.
Inlaws. 49.
Insomnia. 58.
Instinct. 2.
Insulation. 59.
Insurance, accident. 38.
Irish influence. 47.
Irish joke. 9.
Irish, Northern. 6. 9. 12. 13. 53.
James, Billy T. 63.
Japanese surrender WW2. 43.
Japanese. 3. 43.
Jealousy. 52.
Jewellery business. Napier. 27.
Jilted, the consequences of being. 15.
John Bright’s Nursery. 60.
Juicy information withheld? 27.
Jumping Jacks. 100.
Just's Plant Nurseries. Palmerston North. 60. 61.
Kahikatea. 1. 31.
Kamikaze. Japanese suicide pilots. 46.
Kathi, see Powley, Kathi.
Kayak, things not to do in. 66.
King's Medal for shooting. 33.
Knife, blowfly killing. 77.
Knitting. 10.
Labour Party. 31. 52.
Lace making. 10.
Ladies Afternoon Tea. 10.
Lagoon, Awapuni. 9.
Lagoon, Hokowhitu. 9.
Lagoon, Pukepuke. 41.
Lagoon, Strang's. 9.
Lagoons. 9.
Lamps, carbide. 69. 70.
Langley. 22.
Larsen. 8.
Lawbreaking. 9.
Laws, naval. 43.
Laziness. 95.
Leaving-age, school. 20.
Letters to the Editor. 47.
Lever action rifle. Accident with. 80.
Levin hospital. 57.
Lewis, Anthony, PNCL. 75.
Leyland
Leyland 'Arty' Arthur. (Peter's cousin). 28. 72. 84
Leyland 'Bill', Allan Charles. (Peter's brother. John's father) 3. 15. 20. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 31. 35. 36. 37.38. 45. 50. 62. 63. 66. 68. 94. 101
Leyland 'Florrie'. Florence Emma. (Peter's aunt). 10. 13. 14. 22. 26. 31. 34. 35. 36. 42. 47. 52. 56. 58. 62. 65. 77. 94.
Leyland 'Fred; Alvin Francis. (Peter's brother). 15. 24. 35. 36. 43. 44. 45. 60. 70. 79. 102.
Leyland 'Old Phil' Phillip Hughes. (Peter's grandfather). 1. 8. 13. 21. 26. 29. 34. 36. 42. 46. 47. 48. 50. 52. 54. 56. 58. 59. 62. 65. 72. 75. 76. 77. 80. 81. 82. 85. 89. 92. 94. 95. 97. Afterwords.
Leyland 'Peter' Ronald Leonard. 'Peter' Most stories.
Leyland ‘Rob’ Robert. (John's son). 32. 68. 94
Leyland Alfred Philip.(Peter's uncle). 12. 14. 39. 46. 47.
Leyland and Larsen. 8. 9.
Leyland and Son. 8.
Leyland Beth. (John's daughter). 31.
Leyland Bryan. (Peter's half-brother). 7. 12. 30. 54.
Leyland Charles. (Peter's cousin). 39.
Leyland Digby. (Peter's uncle). 14. 42.
Leyland Donna. (married name, Hindmarsh. Peter's niece.). 44.
Leyland Edward. (Peter's great grandfather). 22. 29. 47. 89.
Leyland Eliza Frances Fanny, (nee Alley) (Peter's paternal grandmother) 12. 13. 26. 28. 47. 54.
Leyland Ernest Charles. (Peter's father 'Mick') 3. 7. 8. 12. 15. 19. 21. 24. 29. 34. 36. 45. 47. 52. 53. 54. 71. 72. 73. 77. 101.
Leyland F. 95.
Leyland Frederick Charles (Chaplain).(Peter's uncle) 28.
Leyland Harriet ‘Leyland’. (Peter's step-aunt). 26.
Leyland Jane. (Peter's step-sister-in-law. Bryan's wife.). 54.
Leyland John Edward. (Peter's great uncle). 51. 82.
Leyland John Wallace. (Peter's half brother). 15. 29. 44. 52. 54. 91.
Leyland Marion Wallace. (Peter's stepmother). 52.
Leyland Mary. Yorkshire historian. 52.
Leyland Myra Jean. (Peter's wife). 1. 90. 95 96.
Leyland Philip. 'Young Phil'. (Peter's son) 1. 91.
Leyland Sydney Norman. (Peter's uncle). 10. 52. 53.
Leyland Yvonne. (Peter's daughter-in-law) 1. 91.
Leyland, Luke Swallow (Peter’s great-great uncle). 95.
Leyland's Butchery in Fiji. 14.
Library, Palmerston North. 63. 74. 75. 76. 79. 91. 100.
Life changing experiences. 72.
Lights on bikes. 69. 70.
Limpus, Minnie. 28.
Linesman. 52. 53.
Linton Rifle Club. 24.
Lions, hunting. 41.
Live bird shoots. 22.
Loans, family. 8.
Loans. 8.
Lodge Ulster. 12.
Log-splitting gun. Adaptation for fishing. 102.
London Times. 55.
Longburn Dairy Company. 36. 49.
Looking the part, the importance of. 69.
Lutheran Church. 6. 44.
Lutheran Church. 92.
MacDuff’s Department Store. 29.
Macrocarpa. 34.
Maggie, Aunt (Reid?).
Maggie. 'Aunt Maggie' 13. 35. 36. 77. 101.
Magna Carta. 52.
Magnesium Sulphate. 17.
Mail runner. 38.
Mail-order catalogues. 41.
Main Street. 7. 18. 31. 95.
Maintenance. 15.
Majestic Hotel. 8.
Making do. 29. 30.
Manawatu Flour Mills. Rat problem. 41
Manawatu River Heads.1. 2.
Manawatu River. 1. 23. 24. 48. 79.
Manning’s bike shop. 54.
Mannings, Peg and Fred. Communist Party. 54.
Maori as teachers. 29.
Maori language, differences in pronunciation. 92.
Maori, another bloody! 45.
Marching into school. Military music. 62.
Marital problems. 15. 38.
Market days. 42.
Marketing ploys. 81. 87.
Marriage on the rebound. 15.
Marriage proposal, rejected. 101.
Marriage, mysteriously delayed. 47.
Martins Engineers. Main Street. 95.
Master Plumber. 15.
Masterton. 65.
Matriculation Exam. 21.
McFarland. Betty (nee Leyland) 8.
McKenzies J R. Department Store. 46. 64.
Mechen family. 26.
Mechen, Bob. (John's grandfather) 3. 17. 31. 59. 72. 98.
Mechen, Clem. 72. 73.
Mechen, Edith Helena.‘Grandma’ 73.
Mechen, Edith. (John's mother' maiden name.) 31. 38.
Mechen, Tom. 72.
Memories, capturing and recording. 63. 73.
Memory, changes in/ dodgy. 75. 76. 99.
Mental disorders. 38.
Menus. 46.
Mice, the dangers of. 67.
Military defaulters and objectors. 14. 46.
Military Service records. 37. 44.
Milking machines. 7. 8. 25.
Mill’s Bomb. 70.
Milson Line. 50.
Molasses. 17.
Moore & Wright. Micrometer makers. 95.
Moore, Lester. His poetic tombstone. 81.
Morse code. 20. 21.
Mothers. 15.
Motor car Austin 7. 38.
Motor car Baby Austin. 16.
Motor car Essex. 15.
Motor car Flying Standard. 38.
Motor car Ford 8. 38.
Motor car need for. 29.
Motorbike accident. 38.
Motorbike and sidecar. Post Office. 52. 53.
Motorbike brands compared. 38.
Motorbike BSA. 38. 62.
Motorbike Indian, Red Indian. 38.
Motorbike Phelon and Moore. 38.
Motorbike racing. 25.
Motorbike Thor. 7.
Motors, kerosene. 25.
Motors, petrol. 25.
Mt Eden Prison. 29.
Munro, Burt. 38.
Musical people. 39.
Napier. 26.
National Library. 41.
National Party. 52.
Naturalisation. 6.
Natzke. 78.
Navy Museum, Devonport, Auckland. 46.
Nepotism, the pros and cons. 84.
Nervous breakdown. 17.
Newlyweds, topics of conversation. 27.
Newman's Bus Company. 28. 72.
News reporters. 47.
Newspaper delivery methods. 37. 55.
Newspapers, quoted. 55.
Nicknames. 3.
Night shift. 21.
Nitro-lingual dispensers. 57.
No Man is an Island. 55.
Noah’s ‘rainbow’ in the Tararuas. 97.
Number plates. 15.
Nurse, district. 57.
Nurserymen. 60. 61.
NZ Army Cadet Rifle Championship. 22. 24.
Objection to war. 93.
Objector, conscientious. 46. 93.
Occupation, dynamiter. 44.
Occupation, exempted. 45.
One eyed champion. 25.
Opiki swamp. 40.
Orange Lodge. 12.
Orangeman. 9.
Otaki Forks. 18.
Pahiatua Track. 65.
Paint, home-made & poisonous. 50.
Palmerston North Boy’s High School. 102.
Palmerston North Hospital, Levin Branch. 56.
Palmerston North Registry Office. 47.
Palmerston North. Most stories.
Panama Canal. 43.
Panther 100. Motorbike. 38.
Paper, novel uses for. 59.
Papers Past' website. NZ National Library. 41.
Parrots. 11.
Parsnip, LONG! 85.
Parties. 16.
Partnerships. 8.
Patent medicines. 17.
Pea rifle. See Rifle, pea.
Peach, Dr. 11. Mentioned in the ‘Afterwords’ section
Pedicure Cove. Whanganui River. 94.
Peeing, boyish preoccupation with. 66.
Penguin Books. 31.
Peraux, Euan. RAF pilot. 46.
Pete, nickname. 58.
Phelon and Moore, motorbikes. 38.
Photograph, hand coloured. 33.
Piano playing. 31. 39.
Picture framing. 95.
Pinus radiata/insignis. 31. 34. 44.
Pipe band. 4.
Plays, stage. 19.
Ploughing. 30. 73.
Ploughs. 30.
Plum Pudding. 46. 83.
Plumber. 15.
Poems. 76. 81.
Poland. Polish immigrants. 6. 77. 78. 86.
Police mistake. 99.
Police. 40.
Polish people. 6.
Pollard, Tom. Local identity. 99.
Pork Chop Hill. 24.
Porridge, the benefits of. 17. 61. 76. 83.
Post and Telegraph Office. 20. 21. 54.
Post Office equipment. 52.
Posters. 89. 90.
Potato, HUGE! 85.
Powley, Caroline. (John's step-daughter). 58.
Powley. Kathi. 12. 46. 50. 56.
Preaching. 35.
Press releases. 20.
Proficiency examination. Standard 6. 21. 72. 88.
Psychiatric illness. 101.
Public Trust. 52.
Puddings. 83.
Pukepuke Lagoon. 41.
Pumice, Whanganui River. 94.
Punctures, DIY repairs. 68.
Purdy, gunsmith. 41.
Queen of the North. Clipper ship. 51.
Queen, telegram from. 47.
Queensland. 14.
Quotations — apt, inappropriate and obscure. 19. 73.
Rabbit plague. 22.
Rabbit skinners. 22.
Racehorse. 14.
Racial prejudice. 6.
Radio Operator. 39.
Radio. 20. 48.
RAF, Red Arrows, accident. 46.
Railway bridges. Adventures on. 23.
Railway engines. 7. 72. 87.
Railway fireman. 7.
Railway housing. 50.
Railway maintenance, gruesome aspects. 84.
Railway posters. 89. 90.
Railway refreshment rooms. 87.
Railway sidings. 9. 31. 34.
Railway, Palmerston North yards. 72.
Railway. Rimutuka. 7.
Railways, careers in. 72.
Ramsay family. 26. 47.
Rangitikei River. Course adjusted by nurseryman. 60.
Rasmussen, Ngaire (nee Leyland. Peter's cousin's daughter). 47.
Rats in flour mill. 71.
Razor, cut throat, as DIY tool. 81.
Refreshment rooms. Railways. 87.
Refrigeration. 37.
Regular bowels, the perverted pleasure of telling people about. 17.
Reject bullets, boys find use for, 66.
Remembering, the art of. 27.
Reporters, nosey. 47.
Reporters. 73.
Requests on the radio. 48.
Requiem, by Robert Louis Stevenson. 76.
Resemblance. 14.
Respite care. 57.
Retirement. 52. 53.
Rexona ointment and soap. 17.
Rice pudding, how to ‘tart it up’ 83.
Ridd milking machines. 7. 25.
Rifle .303 calibre. 22. 24. 33.
Rifle Association. NZ Army. 33.
Rifle pea. 9. 22. 23. 24.
Rifle range. 24. 46.
Rifle training. 33. 46.
River, Manawatu. 1. 23. 24. 48..
River, Whanganui. 38.
RNZAF. Royal NZ Air Force. 37. 39.
RNZN ‘Achilles’. 43.
RNZN ‘Gambia’. 43.
RNZN ‘Tui’ 46.
RNZN. Royal NZ Navy. 39. 42.
Roaming Around In My Mind. The book. 58. 76.
Roof, tin, iron. Entertainment value of. 31.
Rossco’s Department Store. 10. 91.
Rowing boat. 1
Rowing. 1. 2.
Royal College of Surgeons. 95.
Royal Irish Constabulary. 54.
Rubber, for models and shanghais. 31.
Rubbish disposal. 62.
Rugby. 68.
Rugs and mats. 94.
Running-boards on cars. 70.
Rural delivery. 37.
Russian Jack, the ‘last of the professional swaggies’. 59. 65.
S.O.S. 20.
Sacks, multiple uses of. 59.
Salt, the necessity of. 61. 82.
Salutes and greetings — Alley style. 88.
Santoff forest. 33.
Sawmills. 31. 34.
Saws. The Pacific Saw. 31.
School cadets, 1950s. 46.
School examinations, types of. 21.
School, Bunnythorpe. 16.
School, College Street Primary. 62
School, Kaikora North. 19.
Scones. 7.
Separation. 13.
Sermons in Maori, English and ‘Lutheran’. 92.
Sex. 'Unfaithfulness' a synonym for. 27.
Sex. Erections. 11.
Shakespeare. 19. 71.
Shanghai. 31.
Sharman, Lionel. 102.
Sheep, = 'Ship' in English dialect. 56.
Sherlock Holmes. Attempts to emulate. 96.
Ships, the nutritional value of. 56.
Shooting competitions. 22. 24. 31.
Shooting galleries. 24.
Shooting into water. 23.
Shooting lions. 41.
Shooting trophies. 33.
Shooting trout. 23.
Shooting, 'incredible example of'. 41.
Shot for shotguns. 41.
Shotgun, see Guns, Shotgun.
Showers, cold. 68.
Shunters. 72.
Signatures, significance of. 75.
Signatures, silliness of using an ‘X’. 76.
Signing with a cross. 75.
Silver cutlery. 52.
Sinclair, Tony. 66. 100.
Singing. 35. 48.
Skyrockets, disappointing. 100.
Sleep, the importance of. 19.
Slingshot. 31.
Snap-shooting, rifle. 98.
Snug with the bucks. 52.
Socialites. 10.
Solder. 82.
Soldiers. 4. 48.
Somme. France. 44.
Song, Soldiers of the Queen. 48.
Songs, gospel. 35.
Songs, patriotic. 39. 48.
Songs, request session. 48.
Speech, loss of. 57.
Spelling, opinions about. 92.
Spicer family. 1. 49.
Spicer. Myra Jean. See Leyland. Myra Jean
Spooner, Stag. 97.
Sports goods shops. 41.
Sports. 69.
Stables. 9. 42.
Stalin, Joseph. Scary picture of. 54.
Standard 6. motorcar 20. 21.
Stanway Road house explosion. 40. 70.
Starter motor vs crank handle. 29.
Starvation. 29.
State Theatre. 41.
Steam engines. 72.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. 73. 76.
Stit and Monk. General store. Halcombe. 6.
Stories, boring and tedious. Remedy for. 77.
Storytelling skills. 63.
Storytelling styles. 75.
Storytelling. 7. 9. 10. 58. 77.
Straight Furrow, The. 30.
Strang's Lagoon. 9.
Street numbers, changes. 50.
Stroke, minor. 'a bit intriguing'. 57.
Stroke. 52.
Stumps, tree. Removal with explosives. 40. 44. 102.
Style vs practicality. 38.
Suicide pilots. 46.
Suicides. 7. 8. 72.
Sulphur. 17.
Superstitions. 15.
Surrender of Japan. 42.
Swaggers tramps, hobos (swagman, swaggie). 56. 59. 65.
Synonyms, power of. 75.
Tablet System for controlling trains. 72
Tailors. 9.
Tangimoana. 60.
Taupo. 90.
Taxis. 1930s. 93.
Taylor, Trevor. 99.
Te Punga, Lutheran minister. 92.
Tea drinking.
Tea-drinking, traditions, customs, brands 10. 50. 51. 63. 79. 91. 99.
Tea, English Breakfast. 50.
Tea, Yorkshire. 50. 51.
Tea. Earl Grey. 10. 79.
Teaching style. 19.
Teamster. 34.
Tearooms. 81. 91.
Telegram from the Queen. 47.
Telegram, dreaded. 73.
Telegraph system. 20. 54.
Telegraphic message boys. 20.
Telephone exchange. 20. 21.
Telephones. 20. 21.
Telling off. 22.
Tent Missions. 35.
Tenting in the bush. 97. 98.
Tents. 18. 35
Terrorists celebrated! 44.
Thames, Coromandel, 1871. 82.
The Square. 7.
Thor motorbike. 7.
Thorburn family. 9.
Timber. Pinus radiata. 31.
Timber. Pulp industry. 31.
Timber. White Pine. 1. 31.
Tiraumea. 45.
Tiritea Stream. 79.
Tisdall's Sports Shop. 41.
Toilet paper. 59.
Tokyo Bay. 43.
Tombstone City, Arizona. 81.
Touch, ‘a great sensitivity of’. 95.
Train driver. 72.
Train whistles. 23.
Travel, the urge and motivation to. 89.
Trenches. Slit and zigzag. 3.
Trephine, Leyland’s improved skull-borer. 95.
Trophy hunters. 98.
Trout fishing with homemade bombs. 79.
Trout. See Fish, trout.
Truth vs fiction in storytelling. 77.
Tryphena, Great Barrier Island. 29. 89.
Tuberculosis. 76.
Tui, RNZN ship. 46.
Turakina. 34.
TV, stultifying effect on use of quotations. 73.
Ulster Lodge. 46.
Unanswerable question, the. 99.
Unforgetable statements 14. 15.
Van, delivery. 40.
Varicose veins. 17.
Vases, ceramic. 31.
Vi (Violet), the refugee from Napier. 34.
Voice of God. 17.
Wage, minimum. 31.
Wages, unpaid work. 84.
Wages. 30. 31.
Waipawa. 26.
Walker, Bernie, (Basil?) the ‘mad-keen fisherman’. 1. 2. 100. 102.
Walking frames, tinniness of. 76.
Walking frames. 46.
Walking stick. Famous. 97.
Walking sticks. 46. 53.
Walking. 19. 26.
Wallpapering, old methods. 82.
Wanderlust. 14,
War. Boer. 12. 14. 48.
War. First World War. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 13. 14. 24. 39. 44. 46. 48.
War. Franco Prussian. 6. 44.
War. Second World War. 3. 43. 44. 45. 46. 48.
War. Spoils to the victor. 43.
Warner, Jack. Cycle agent. 69.
Wartime, ‘essential industries’. 93.
Water, avoidance of. 68.
Watson Brothers, The Square. 102.
Watson, Una and Dave. 15. 16.
Wedding presents. 52.
Weird socks. 24.
Welfare system. 65.
Welton, Harvey. 63.
Whanganui River, canoeing. 94.
Whanganui River. 38.
Wheel tappers. 72.
Wheelchair. 6.
White, Tina. Reporter, Manawatu Standard. 74. Afterwords.
Wills, why people are left out of. 47.
Wilson, Robyn, P.N. archivist. 74. 79. 91. Afterwords.
Wind, the unfortunate effects of. 6.
Wine-making people. 53.
Wischnowsky family. 6. 14. 22. 42. 43. 44. 49. 55. 77. 78. 86. 87. 92.
Wischnowsky reunion. 14.
Wischnowsky, 'General' (Peter's Polish greatgrandfather). 6.
Wischnowsky, Carl. (Peter's maternal grandfather).6. 42.
Wischnowsky, Elizabeth. (Peter's mother). 13. 14. 15. 62. 77
Wischnowsky, Wilhemina. (Peter's Polish grandmother). 6. 17.
Wise's Post Office Directory. 8.
Wishful thinking. 42.
Wolsley car and machinery. 29.
Wood chopping work, how to avoid. 99.
Woodville bridge. 44.
Woodville mice. 67.
Words, having fun with. 56. 92.
World Champion. 25.
Yorkshire. 38. 47. 51.
Yorkshiremen are dog-eared. 56.
Yorkshireness, pragmatic dourness. 75.
100 not out (Peter's cap). Cover. 44.
100 NZ Pop Culture Stories. 56.
100 years old, Peter's comments on being. 58.
100th birthday (Old Phil's), telegrams. 47. 55.
100th birthday (Old Phil's), the mystery. 47.
100th birthday (Old Phil’s). the meaningful request. 48
410 (‘Four ten’) shotgun. 71.
44 calibre rifle. 81
45 calibre rifle. 80. 81.
Abraham and Williams. 8. 37.
Accidents with explosives. 40.
Accidents with guns. 41. 62. 80.
Acclimatisation Society. 98.
Acetylene gas. 69. 70. 79.
Achilles, RNZN ship. 43.
Advertising. 22. 41.
Advice, getting good. 76.
Advice, guidance or information on blowing up a house. 40.
Advice, guidance or information on catching fish without proper gear. 2.
Advice, guidance or information on dating old photos.15.
Advice, guidance or information on firing a rifle into water. 23.
Advice, guidance or information on having bastards. 47.
Advice, guidance or information on joining the Armed Forces. 44.
Advice, guidance or information on laxatives. 17.
Advice, guidance or information on learning German — don't. 6.
Advice, guidance or information on shooting lions with bird-shot. 41.
Advice, guidance or information on snuffing out candles. 26.
Advice, guidance or information on taking a dinghy from Palm Nth to Foxton. 1.
Advice, guidance or information on the treatment of piles.17.
Advice, guidance or information on unnecessary honesty in marriage. 15.
Advice, guidance or information on when stealing is appropriate. 43.
Affection, unexpected. 13.
Africa. 41.
Afternoon teas, attitudes toward. 10. 52.
Air Force. 101.
Alley family. 13. 26. 47. 54.
Alley, Captain John. Royal Irish Constabulary. 54.
Alley, Rewi. 47. 54. 88.
Alum, multiple uses of. 94.
Angina. 57.
Animal hides, curing of. 94.
Anti-Catholic. 12.
Apology (public) for copyright infringement. 39.
Appetite, good. 29.
Archives. 93. 100.
Arguments, one of the benefits of marriage. 58.
Army cadet uniforms. 24.
Army Parade Days. 24.
Artillery bunker for boys. 31.
Artists. The P.Nth ‘gang of ladies’. 95.
Asthma. 18.
Athletic girls (very!). 26. 27.
Attestations, interesting information contained therein. 37.
Auckland Weekly News. 59.
Authority, disrespect for. 9. 23.
Autograph book, advice in. 95.
Awapuni Lagoon. 9. 22.
Awapuni Racecourse. 4. 9.
B.S.A. 38. 62.
Baby Austin, car. 16.
Bairnsfather, Bruce. Cartoonist. 5.
Bakery business. 35.
Baking. 10.
Band. Navy. 43.
Band. Pipe. 4.
Bandages. 17.
Baptism by immersion 35.
Barraud and Abraham. 8.
Bastards. 47.
Baxter, Tyrol. Minister Church of Christ. 92.
Bearings, roller. 31.
Begg's Music Store. 39.
Berryman's Arcade. 13.
Bible reading. 6.
Bicycle crashes. 66.
Bicycle lamps, history and variety. 69. 70.
Bicycles. Design, manufacture, brands. 20. 68. 69.
Billy T James. 63.
Billy tea. 63.
Binney, Don. Exemplary manner of speech. 75.
Birds, unintended murder of. 31.
Birds. NZ native. 90.
Birth certificates, old style. 47.
Birth registration.3.
Birthdays. 100th. 47. 48. 55.
Birthdays. 90th. 8.
Biscuit tins. 64.
Biscuits, broken. 64.
Biscuits, prepacking. 64.
Bisley, England. 24.
Blasting powder, homemade and commercial. 102.
Blindness is no impediment to seeing. 77.
Blood pressure, how low can you go? 81. 86. 89.
Blood pressure, low. 57.
Blowflies, Plague and remedy. 77.
Blue Band Taxis. 93.
Blurbs on books. 75.
Boarding. 1. 31.
Boasting, about 'wonderful' relatives. 10. 14. 52.
Boasting, about dynamiting a bridge. 44.
Boasting, about marksmanship. 33.
Boat building. 1.
Boat, dinghy. 1
Boats, Japanese pleasure craft. 43.
Bofors anti-aircraft gun. 101.
Bombs, homemade. 79. 90.
Book launch, attitudes toward. 74. 75. 76. 79.
Book launch. 58.
Book quality. 75.
Book signings. 76.
Book, deciding to write a. 74.
Book. The Complete Works of Shakespeare. 19.
Boot, toe of. An aid to rearing children. 51.
Boothill, Tombstone City. 81.
Boots, their role in education. 55.
Bootsie and Snudge. 15.
Boring women, the characteristics of. 10.
Bottles for fizzy drinks. 16. 79.
Bottlys (Carbide fishing bombs). 79. 90.
Bowling championships. 53.
Brazing metal. 69.
Bread, manufacture and delivery. 40.
Bridge, railway, south of P.Nth. 23.
Bridge, Woodville. 44.
Bridge. Fitzherbert. 1.
Bright, John. Nurseryman. 59.
Broad Street. (The old name for Broadway.). 13.
Broadway. 41.
Bronchitis. 18. 48. 56. 59.
Bullets. 303 calibre. 66. 100.
Bunnythorpe School. 16.
Bureaucrats — changers of lives. 86.
Bus accidents. 72.
Bus services. 72.
Bush, a method of clearing. 40.
Butcher shop. 14.
Butter making. 45. 49.
Byers Ice Cream. 37.
C.A.C. see Colonial Ammunition Company.
Cake, 3 tiered fruitcake. 16.
Cake, celebratory. 14.
Cake, cutting. 14.
California. 53.
Campbell Street. 17. 35.
Candle snuffing. 26.
Carbide lamps. 69. 70.
Career advice for nurses. 76.
Carpets and rugs. 94.
Carriers. 8.
Cartage business. 8. 22. 42.
Cartridges, uses for empty. 102.
Casein production. 49.
Catapult. 31.
Cats. 18.
Celebrity status, how it occurs. 75. 76.
Centenarian, library member. 75.
Certificates. 12.
Chater-Lea bicycles. 68. 69. 70. 76.
Chaucer’s inconsistent spelling. 92.
Chaytor Street. 10.
Chaytor, Lady. 10.
Chaytor, Sir Edward. 10.
Cheesemaking. 42. 49.
Chess. 19.
Choirs. 39.
Chooks, headless. 34.
Christmas Day celebrations. 46.
Christmas time. 16.
Church of Christ. 1. 18. 35. 37. 39. 92.
Church, Congregational, Lower Hutt. 39.
Church, Lutheran. 6. 92.
Circus tent. 18. 35.
Circus, free admission, the Leyland method. 18.
Circus. 18.
Clarke, John. ‘Fred Dagg’ 64. 89.
Clarke, Ted. Manager. 64.
Clive, town in West Hawke’s Bay. 22.
Cockabullies. 79.
Code. Morse. 20. 21.
Coffee, the secret of NZ’s best. 87.
Coleman, Percy. 25.
College Street School. 62. 87.
College Street, Number 309. 74. 80. 81. 94.
College Street. 4. 15. 24. 50.
Collinson and Cunningham. 10.
Collinson and Sons. 31.
Colonial Ammunition Company. 22. 41. 66.
Comedians. 15.
Communist Party in Palmerston North. 54.
Competitions, music. 39.
Confectionary, varieties and ways to eat. 30. 64.
Conscientious objector. 46. 93.
Constipation. 17.
Cook's sawmill. Main Street. 31. 34. 83. 84.
Cooking oven, thawing gelignite in. 40.
Cooking. 10. 11. 22.
Cooks’ Journals, possible influence of. 89.
Coping in a crisis. 36.
Copyright infringement. 39.
Cordite. How to get from a bullet. 66. 100.
Cork used to disguise a bullet hole. 81.
Cougars. 27.
Courtney, Lesley. PNCL archivist. 74.
Cousins 26. 27. 39.
Cox 'cousins'. 26. 27.
Cox, Millie. (Peter's 'cousin'). 27.
Cox. Ivy. (Peter's 'cousin'). 27.
Crochet. 10.
Cropping ploughed land. 30.
Crumen, Barret (Russian Jack). 65.
Crump, Barry. 63.
Curious tourist. 37
Curry powder in coffee. 87.
Cutlery, silver. 52.
Cycle racing. 68.
Cylinder blocks, reboring. 95.
Dahlia Street. 84.
Dairy industry, changes in WW2. 45.
Danger, an unknown word to some boys. 66.
David and Goliath. 31.
Deafness. 6.
Deane, Dr. 17.
Deer calling. 38.
Deer culling. 97.
Deer hunting. 94. 98. 97.
Deer stalking. 33. 38.
Deer, fallow. 38.
Deer. Sambar. 33.
Defaulter's Roll. 14. 46.
Deodorants for men, the introduction of. 94.
Depression. Economic. 29. 30. 31. 56.
Devine's paddock. 18.
Dialects cause misunderstanding. 56.
Diary, 1871. John Edward Leyland's. 51.
Diary, visual. Stag Spooner’s. 97.
Diary, writing. 74. 82. 97.
Dickens, Charles. 73.
Dirt Bikes. 25.
Disinheritance, theory about. 47.
DIY. 80. 81.
Doctor Peach. 11.
Dog-eared Yorkshiremen. 56.
Dogs, sheep. 18.
Dogs. 18.
Dolly, the horse.
Domain Street. 15. 29.
Domestic Service. 1. 10.
Donne, John. Poet. 55.
Driver, occupation of. 37.
Drunkenness. 34. 42.
Duck shooting. 41. 98. 97.
Ducks. 9.
Dunlop tyres. 68.
Dux at school. 19.
Dynamite. 40. 79. 102.
Dynamiter, Fred The. See Leyland, Fred.
Early starts. 35.
Earthquake protection. 31.
Earthquake, aftershocks. 34.
Earthquake. Christchurch. 19. 34.
Earthquake. Napier. 34.
Economy, see Depression, economic.
Education, curtailed. 21. 22.
Education, obstacles to entry. 95.
Education, self education. 19. 51.
Electricity, installed in houses. 84.
Elephants. 17. 18.
Elliott family. Waipawa. 26.
Embezzlement by ancestor. 89.
Embezzlement. 29.
Emigration, pressures that bring about. 78. 89.
Emotional attachment to something you’ve sold. 68.
Engineers, Palmerston North. 95.
English. 6.
Epitaphs. 76. 81.
Epsom salts. 17.
Erections, BIG. 11.
Evangelists. 35.
Evening strolls. 26. 27.
Examinations. School. 21.
Exploitation of workers. 21.
Explosion, carbide, wrecks house. 70.
Explosions and explosives. 40.
Explosives and fishing. 60. 79. 90. 100. 102.
Eyebrow removal, the Sharman Method. 102.
Fairey, Fairey’s Famous Bread. 40.
Fairey, George. 40.
Falls, by elderly. 76.
Falls, sudden. 66.
Family history, study of. 27. 37.
Family silver. 52.
Farmer's wives. 7. 31.
Featherston Street. 16.
Feilding, markets. 42.
Fiji. 14.
Fijians. 14.
Fire Service / brigade. 14.
Fireman, railway. 72.
Firewood, simple method of production. 40.
Fireworks, displays by city. 100.
Fireworks, home-made. 66. 100. 102.
Fish, flounder. 1. 2.
Fish, herring. 2.
Fish, Kahawai. 2.
Fish, sharks. 2.
Fish, Snapper. 1.
Fish, trout, the habits of. 23.
Fishing 1. 2. 60. 79. 90. 100. 102.
Fishing licence. 23.
Fishing nets, making by hand. 1.
Fishing nets. 1.
Fishing rods, ‘Leyland brand’. 90.
Fishing with ‘rockets’. 100. 102.
Fishing with depth charges. 60.
Fishing with flies. 90.
Fitzherbert Avenue. 8. 9.
Fizzy drinks. 16. 79.
Flooring. 94.
Flour Mills, Manawatu, ignore the gun laws. 71.
Fluke shots. 32. 33.
Food. 16. 46.
Forestry. 34.
Foxton Fizz. 79.
Foxton Heads. 100.
Foxton Motor camp. 2.
Foxton. 1. 2.
Framed by … 95.
France. 5.
Fred Dagg. 64. 89.
Freyberg, General. 54.
Fridge magnet. Tombstone with clever message. 81.
Funeral arrangements. 1.
Funeral. Going in a Newman's bus. 28.
Gambia, RNZN ship. 43.
Gambling. 42.
Gardening at 100. 47.
Gardening, 51. 60. 61. 85.
Gears, cycle. 68.
Gelignite. 40. 60. 102.
General store. Halcombe. 6.
German language judged unnecessary. 6.
German. 6.
Germans, hatred toward locals during WW1, 76.
Gin, Square. 42.
God's voice, hearing. 17.
Good looks, a family trait? 54.
Gospel missions. 35.
Gossip. 10. 11. 15.
Government, intrusive. 86.
Gray’s Elergy in a Country Churchyard. 73.
Great Barrier Island. 29.
Gun clubs. 24.
Gun sights. 22.
Gun, air. 22.
Gun, BB. 22.
Gun, Bren. 46.
Gun, German machine gun. 4.
Gun, log-splitting, alternative use for. 102.
Gun, shotguns. 22. 41.
Gung Ho movement. 88.
Gung Ho! The book and slogan. 54.
Gunpowder, homemade. 102.
Guns, accidents with. 62.
Guns, lever action. 62.
Guns, types and brands. 62. 71. 81. 102.
Guns. See also, Rifle
Guy Fawkes. 44.
Halcombe. 6. 22. 40. 42. 44. 55. 78. 86. 87. 91. 98
Hand grenade. 70.
Handlebars, stylish 69.
Handwriting, styles. 51.
Hansen, Norm. 41.
Hard work, benefits, and lack of. 76.
Harvester Company. 7.
Hatred among the Irish. 53.
Hats. Cloche style. 15.
Hawkes, Mitchell. TV Director. 56.
Haystacks. 56.
Head injuries. 38.
Headlights on cars, old style. 69. 70.
Health problems. 17.
Heart breaks. 48.
Hedgehog. 3.
Hendrickson, Alf. Pastor. 35. 92.
Hendrickson, E.C. Missioner. 35. 92.
Heritage, destruction of. 91.
Himatangi Beach. 41.
Histories, local. 75.
HMNZS Gambia. 60.
Hodder and Tolley. 37.
Hoes, Dutch. 60.
Hokowhitu Lagoon. 9.
Home Guard. 46. 48.
Home Guardsman, NZ's oldest. 46. 48.
Horoscopes. 15.
Horses, cart. 8. 9. 18. 42. 62.
Horses, draught. 30. 34.
Horses. race. 14. 42.
Hospital, Levin. 81.
Hospital. Palmerston North. 17. 38. 76. 81.
Hospital. Te Whanau, Levin. 57. 58.
House, destroyed by gelignite. 40.
Housing, railway. 50.
Hunters. 9.
Hunting for trophy animals. 98.
Hypochondria. 17.
I.R.A. 54.
Ice cream. 37.
Ideal Cycle Works, Palm Nth shop. 69.
Ignorance of the young. 42. 73.
Imagination, seeing when it's dark. 58.
Indian, motorbike. ‘Gutless wonders’. 38.
Inlaws. 49.
Insomnia. 58.
Instinct. 2.
Insulation. 59.
Insurance, accident. 38.
Irish influence. 47.
Irish joke. 9.
Irish, Northern. 6. 9. 12. 13. 53.
James, Billy T. 63.
Japanese surrender WW2. 43.
Japanese. 3. 43.
Jealousy. 52.
Jewellery business. Napier. 27.
Jilted, the consequences of being. 15.
John Bright’s Nursery. 60.
Juicy information withheld? 27.
Jumping Jacks. 100.
Just's Plant Nurseries. Palmerston North. 60. 61.
Kahikatea. 1. 31.
Kamikaze. Japanese suicide pilots. 46.
Kathi, see Powley, Kathi.
Kayak, things not to do in. 66.
King's Medal for shooting. 33.
Knife, blowfly killing. 77.
Knitting. 10.
Labour Party. 31. 52.
Lace making. 10.
Ladies Afternoon Tea. 10.
Lagoon, Awapuni. 9.
Lagoon, Hokowhitu. 9.
Lagoon, Pukepuke. 41.
Lagoon, Strang's. 9.
Lagoons. 9.
Lamps, carbide. 69. 70.
Langley. 22.
Larsen. 8.
Lawbreaking. 9.
Laws, naval. 43.
Laziness. 95.
Leaving-age, school. 20.
Letters to the Editor. 47.
Lever action rifle. Accident with. 80.
Levin hospital. 57.
Lewis, Anthony, PNCL. 75.
Leyland
Leyland 'Arty' Arthur. (Peter's cousin). 28. 72. 84
Leyland 'Bill', Allan Charles. (Peter's brother. John's father) 3. 15. 20. 22. 23. 24. 26. 27. 31. 35. 36. 37.38. 45. 50. 62. 63. 66. 68. 94. 101
Leyland 'Florrie'. Florence Emma. (Peter's aunt). 10. 13. 14. 22. 26. 31. 34. 35. 36. 42. 47. 52. 56. 58. 62. 65. 77. 94.
Leyland 'Fred; Alvin Francis. (Peter's brother). 15. 24. 35. 36. 43. 44. 45. 60. 70. 79. 102.
Leyland 'Old Phil' Phillip Hughes. (Peter's grandfather). 1. 8. 13. 21. 26. 29. 34. 36. 42. 46. 47. 48. 50. 52. 54. 56. 58. 59. 62. 65. 72. 75. 76. 77. 80. 81. 82. 85. 89. 92. 94. 95. 97. Afterwords.
Leyland 'Peter' Ronald Leonard. 'Peter' Most stories.
Leyland ‘Rob’ Robert. (John's son). 32. 68. 94
Leyland Alfred Philip.(Peter's uncle). 12. 14. 39. 46. 47.
Leyland and Larsen. 8. 9.
Leyland and Son. 8.
Leyland Beth. (John's daughter). 31.
Leyland Bryan. (Peter's half-brother). 7. 12. 30. 54.
Leyland Charles. (Peter's cousin). 39.
Leyland Digby. (Peter's uncle). 14. 42.
Leyland Donna. (married name, Hindmarsh. Peter's niece.). 44.
Leyland Edward. (Peter's great grandfather). 22. 29. 47. 89.
Leyland Eliza Frances Fanny, (nee Alley) (Peter's paternal grandmother) 12. 13. 26. 28. 47. 54.
Leyland Ernest Charles. (Peter's father 'Mick') 3. 7. 8. 12. 15. 19. 21. 24. 29. 34. 36. 45. 47. 52. 53. 54. 71. 72. 73. 77. 101.
Leyland F. 95.
Leyland Frederick Charles (Chaplain).(Peter's uncle) 28.
Leyland Harriet ‘Leyland’. (Peter's step-aunt). 26.
Leyland Jane. (Peter's step-sister-in-law. Bryan's wife.). 54.
Leyland John Edward. (Peter's great uncle). 51. 82.
Leyland John Wallace. (Peter's half brother). 15. 29. 44. 52. 54. 91.
Leyland Marion Wallace. (Peter's stepmother). 52.
Leyland Mary. Yorkshire historian. 52.
Leyland Myra Jean. (Peter's wife). 1. 90. 95 96.
Leyland Philip. 'Young Phil'. (Peter's son) 1. 91.
Leyland Sydney Norman. (Peter's uncle). 10. 52. 53.
Leyland Yvonne. (Peter's daughter-in-law) 1. 91.
Leyland, Luke Swallow (Peter’s great-great uncle). 95.
Leyland's Butchery in Fiji. 14.
Library, Palmerston North. 63. 74. 75. 76. 79. 91. 100.
Life changing experiences. 72.
Lights on bikes. 69. 70.
Limpus, Minnie. 28.
Linesman. 52. 53.
Linton Rifle Club. 24.
Lions, hunting. 41.
Live bird shoots. 22.
Loans, family. 8.
Loans. 8.
Lodge Ulster. 12.
Log-splitting gun. Adaptation for fishing. 102.
London Times. 55.
Longburn Dairy Company. 36. 49.
Looking the part, the importance of. 69.
Lutheran Church. 6. 44.
Lutheran Church. 92.
MacDuff’s Department Store. 29.
Macrocarpa. 34.
Maggie, Aunt (Reid?).
Maggie. 'Aunt Maggie' 13. 35. 36. 77. 101.
Magna Carta. 52.
Magnesium Sulphate. 17.
Mail runner. 38.
Mail-order catalogues. 41.
Main Street. 7. 18. 31. 95.
Maintenance. 15.
Majestic Hotel. 8.
Making do. 29. 30.
Manawatu Flour Mills. Rat problem. 41
Manawatu River Heads.1. 2.
Manawatu River. 1. 23. 24. 48. 79.
Manning’s bike shop. 54.
Mannings, Peg and Fred. Communist Party. 54.
Maori as teachers. 29.
Maori language, differences in pronunciation. 92.
Maori, another bloody! 45.
Marching into school. Military music. 62.
Marital problems. 15. 38.
Market days. 42.
Marketing ploys. 81. 87.
Marriage on the rebound. 15.
Marriage proposal, rejected. 101.
Marriage, mysteriously delayed. 47.
Martins Engineers. Main Street. 95.
Master Plumber. 15.
Masterton. 65.
Matriculation Exam. 21.
McFarland. Betty (nee Leyland) 8.
McKenzies J R. Department Store. 46. 64.
Mechen family. 26.
Mechen, Bob. (John's grandfather) 3. 17. 31. 59. 72. 98.
Mechen, Clem. 72. 73.
Mechen, Edith Helena.‘Grandma’ 73.
Mechen, Edith. (John's mother' maiden name.) 31. 38.
Mechen, Tom. 72.
Memories, capturing and recording. 63. 73.
Memory, changes in/ dodgy. 75. 76. 99.
Mental disorders. 38.
Menus. 46.
Mice, the dangers of. 67.
Military defaulters and objectors. 14. 46.
Military Service records. 37. 44.
Milking machines. 7. 8. 25.
Mill’s Bomb. 70.
Milson Line. 50.
Molasses. 17.
Moore & Wright. Micrometer makers. 95.
Moore, Lester. His poetic tombstone. 81.
Morse code. 20. 21.
Mothers. 15.
Motor car Austin 7. 38.
Motor car Baby Austin. 16.
Motor car Essex. 15.
Motor car Flying Standard. 38.
Motor car Ford 8. 38.
Motor car need for. 29.
Motorbike accident. 38.
Motorbike and sidecar. Post Office. 52. 53.
Motorbike brands compared. 38.
Motorbike BSA. 38. 62.
Motorbike Indian, Red Indian. 38.
Motorbike Phelon and Moore. 38.
Motorbike racing. 25.
Motorbike Thor. 7.
Motors, kerosene. 25.
Motors, petrol. 25.
Mt Eden Prison. 29.
Munro, Burt. 38.
Musical people. 39.
Napier. 26.
National Library. 41.
National Party. 52.
Naturalisation. 6.
Natzke. 78.
Navy Museum, Devonport, Auckland. 46.
Nepotism, the pros and cons. 84.
Nervous breakdown. 17.
Newlyweds, topics of conversation. 27.
Newman's Bus Company. 28. 72.
News reporters. 47.
Newspaper delivery methods. 37. 55.
Newspapers, quoted. 55.
Nicknames. 3.
Night shift. 21.
Nitro-lingual dispensers. 57.
No Man is an Island. 55.
Noah’s ‘rainbow’ in the Tararuas. 97.
Number plates. 15.
Nurse, district. 57.
Nurserymen. 60. 61.
NZ Army Cadet Rifle Championship. 22. 24.
Objection to war. 93.
Objector, conscientious. 46. 93.
Occupation, dynamiter. 44.
Occupation, exempted. 45.
One eyed champion. 25.
Opiki swamp. 40.
Orange Lodge. 12.
Orangeman. 9.
Otaki Forks. 18.
Pahiatua Track. 65.
Paint, home-made & poisonous. 50.
Palmerston North Boy’s High School. 102.
Palmerston North Hospital, Levin Branch. 56.
Palmerston North Registry Office. 47.
Palmerston North. Most stories.
Panama Canal. 43.
Panther 100. Motorbike. 38.
Paper, novel uses for. 59.
Papers Past' website. NZ National Library. 41.
Parrots. 11.
Parsnip, LONG! 85.
Parties. 16.
Partnerships. 8.
Patent medicines. 17.
Pea rifle. See Rifle, pea.
Peach, Dr. 11. Mentioned in the ‘Afterwords’ section
Pedicure Cove. Whanganui River. 94.
Peeing, boyish preoccupation with. 66.
Penguin Books. 31.
Peraux, Euan. RAF pilot. 46.
Pete, nickname. 58.
Phelon and Moore, motorbikes. 38.
Photograph, hand coloured. 33.
Piano playing. 31. 39.
Picture framing. 95.
Pinus radiata/insignis. 31. 34. 44.
Pipe band. 4.
Plays, stage. 19.
Ploughing. 30. 73.
Ploughs. 30.
Plum Pudding. 46. 83.
Plumber. 15.
Poems. 76. 81.
Poland. Polish immigrants. 6. 77. 78. 86.
Police mistake. 99.
Police. 40.
Polish people. 6.
Pollard, Tom. Local identity. 99.
Pork Chop Hill. 24.
Porridge, the benefits of. 17. 61. 76. 83.
Post and Telegraph Office. 20. 21. 54.
Post Office equipment. 52.
Posters. 89. 90.
Potato, HUGE! 85.
Powley, Caroline. (John's step-daughter). 58.
Powley. Kathi. 12. 46. 50. 56.
Preaching. 35.
Press releases. 20.
Proficiency examination. Standard 6. 21. 72. 88.
Psychiatric illness. 101.
Public Trust. 52.
Puddings. 83.
Pukepuke Lagoon. 41.
Pumice, Whanganui River. 94.
Punctures, DIY repairs. 68.
Purdy, gunsmith. 41.
Queen of the North. Clipper ship. 51.
Queen, telegram from. 47.
Queensland. 14.
Quotations — apt, inappropriate and obscure. 19. 73.
Rabbit plague. 22.
Rabbit skinners. 22.
Racehorse. 14.
Racial prejudice. 6.
Radio Operator. 39.
Radio. 20. 48.
RAF, Red Arrows, accident. 46.
Railway bridges. Adventures on. 23.
Railway engines. 7. 72. 87.
Railway fireman. 7.
Railway housing. 50.
Railway maintenance, gruesome aspects. 84.
Railway posters. 89. 90.
Railway refreshment rooms. 87.
Railway sidings. 9. 31. 34.
Railway, Palmerston North yards. 72.
Railway. Rimutuka. 7.
Railways, careers in. 72.
Ramsay family. 26. 47.
Rangitikei River. Course adjusted by nurseryman. 60.
Rasmussen, Ngaire (nee Leyland. Peter's cousin's daughter). 47.
Rats in flour mill. 71.
Razor, cut throat, as DIY tool. 81.
Refreshment rooms. Railways. 87.
Refrigeration. 37.
Regular bowels, the perverted pleasure of telling people about. 17.
Reject bullets, boys find use for, 66.
Remembering, the art of. 27.
Reporters, nosey. 47.
Reporters. 73.
Requests on the radio. 48.
Requiem, by Robert Louis Stevenson. 76.
Resemblance. 14.
Respite care. 57.
Retirement. 52. 53.
Rexona ointment and soap. 17.
Rice pudding, how to ‘tart it up’ 83.
Ridd milking machines. 7. 25.
Rifle .303 calibre. 22. 24. 33.
Rifle Association. NZ Army. 33.
Rifle pea. 9. 22. 23. 24.
Rifle range. 24. 46.
Rifle training. 33. 46.
River, Manawatu. 1. 23. 24. 48..
River, Whanganui. 38.
RNZAF. Royal NZ Air Force. 37. 39.
RNZN ‘Achilles’. 43.
RNZN ‘Gambia’. 43.
RNZN ‘Tui’ 46.
RNZN. Royal NZ Navy. 39. 42.
Roaming Around In My Mind. The book. 58. 76.
Roof, tin, iron. Entertainment value of. 31.
Rossco’s Department Store. 10. 91.
Rowing boat. 1
Rowing. 1. 2.
Royal College of Surgeons. 95.
Royal Irish Constabulary. 54.
Rubber, for models and shanghais. 31.
Rubbish disposal. 62.
Rugby. 68.
Rugs and mats. 94.
Running-boards on cars. 70.
Rural delivery. 37.
Russian Jack, the ‘last of the professional swaggies’. 59. 65.
S.O.S. 20.
Sacks, multiple uses of. 59.
Salt, the necessity of. 61. 82.
Salutes and greetings — Alley style. 88.
Santoff forest. 33.
Sawmills. 31. 34.
Saws. The Pacific Saw. 31.
School cadets, 1950s. 46.
School examinations, types of. 21.
School, Bunnythorpe. 16.
School, College Street Primary. 62
School, Kaikora North. 19.
Scones. 7.
Separation. 13.
Sermons in Maori, English and ‘Lutheran’. 92.
Sex. 'Unfaithfulness' a synonym for. 27.
Sex. Erections. 11.
Shakespeare. 19. 71.
Shanghai. 31.
Sharman, Lionel. 102.
Sheep, = 'Ship' in English dialect. 56.
Sherlock Holmes. Attempts to emulate. 96.
Ships, the nutritional value of. 56.
Shooting competitions. 22. 24. 31.
Shooting galleries. 24.
Shooting into water. 23.
Shooting lions. 41.
Shooting trophies. 33.
Shooting trout. 23.
Shooting, 'incredible example of'. 41.
Shot for shotguns. 41.
Shotgun, see Guns, Shotgun.
Showers, cold. 68.
Shunters. 72.
Signatures, significance of. 75.
Signatures, silliness of using an ‘X’. 76.
Signing with a cross. 75.
Silver cutlery. 52.
Sinclair, Tony. 66. 100.
Singing. 35. 48.
Skyrockets, disappointing. 100.
Sleep, the importance of. 19.
Slingshot. 31.
Snap-shooting, rifle. 98.
Snug with the bucks. 52.
Socialites. 10.
Solder. 82.
Soldiers. 4. 48.
Somme. France. 44.
Song, Soldiers of the Queen. 48.
Songs, gospel. 35.
Songs, patriotic. 39. 48.
Songs, request session. 48.
Speech, loss of. 57.
Spelling, opinions about. 92.
Spicer family. 1. 49.
Spicer. Myra Jean. See Leyland. Myra Jean
Spooner, Stag. 97.
Sports goods shops. 41.
Sports. 69.
Stables. 9. 42.
Stalin, Joseph. Scary picture of. 54.
Standard 6. motorcar 20. 21.
Stanway Road house explosion. 40. 70.
Starter motor vs crank handle. 29.
Starvation. 29.
State Theatre. 41.
Steam engines. 72.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. 73. 76.
Stit and Monk. General store. Halcombe. 6.
Stories, boring and tedious. Remedy for. 77.
Storytelling skills. 63.
Storytelling styles. 75.
Storytelling. 7. 9. 10. 58. 77.
Straight Furrow, The. 30.
Strang's Lagoon. 9.
Street numbers, changes. 50.
Stroke, minor. 'a bit intriguing'. 57.
Stroke. 52.
Stumps, tree. Removal with explosives. 40. 44. 102.
Style vs practicality. 38.
Suicide pilots. 46.
Suicides. 7. 8. 72.
Sulphur. 17.
Superstitions. 15.
Surrender of Japan. 42.
Swaggers tramps, hobos (swagman, swaggie). 56. 59. 65.
Synonyms, power of. 75.
Tablet System for controlling trains. 72
Tailors. 9.
Tangimoana. 60.
Taupo. 90.
Taxis. 1930s. 93.
Taylor, Trevor. 99.
Te Punga, Lutheran minister. 92.
Tea drinking.
Tea-drinking, traditions, customs, brands 10. 50. 51. 63. 79. 91. 99.
Tea, English Breakfast. 50.
Tea, Yorkshire. 50. 51.
Tea. Earl Grey. 10. 79.
Teaching style. 19.
Teamster. 34.
Tearooms. 81. 91.
Telegram from the Queen. 47.
Telegram, dreaded. 73.
Telegraph system. 20. 54.
Telegraphic message boys. 20.
Telephone exchange. 20. 21.
Telephones. 20. 21.
Telling off. 22.
Tent Missions. 35.
Tenting in the bush. 97. 98.
Tents. 18. 35
Terrorists celebrated! 44.
Thames, Coromandel, 1871. 82.
The Square. 7.
Thor motorbike. 7.
Thorburn family. 9.
Timber. Pinus radiata. 31.
Timber. Pulp industry. 31.
Timber. White Pine. 1. 31.
Tiraumea. 45.
Tiritea Stream. 79.
Tisdall's Sports Shop. 41.
Toilet paper. 59.
Tokyo Bay. 43.
Tombstone City, Arizona. 81.
Touch, ‘a great sensitivity of’. 95.
Train driver. 72.
Train whistles. 23.
Travel, the urge and motivation to. 89.
Trenches. Slit and zigzag. 3.
Trephine, Leyland’s improved skull-borer. 95.
Trophy hunters. 98.
Trout fishing with homemade bombs. 79.
Trout. See Fish, trout.
Truth vs fiction in storytelling. 77.
Tryphena, Great Barrier Island. 29. 89.
Tuberculosis. 76.
Tui, RNZN ship. 46.
Turakina. 34.
TV, stultifying effect on use of quotations. 73.
Ulster Lodge. 46.
Unanswerable question, the. 99.
Unforgetable statements 14. 15.
Van, delivery. 40.
Varicose veins. 17.
Vases, ceramic. 31.
Vi (Violet), the refugee from Napier. 34.
Voice of God. 17.
Wage, minimum. 31.
Wages, unpaid work. 84.
Wages. 30. 31.
Waipawa. 26.
Walker, Bernie, (Basil?) the ‘mad-keen fisherman’. 1. 2. 100. 102.
Walking frames, tinniness of. 76.
Walking frames. 46.
Walking stick. Famous. 97.
Walking sticks. 46. 53.
Walking. 19. 26.
Wallpapering, old methods. 82.
Wanderlust. 14,
War. Boer. 12. 14. 48.
War. First World War. 3. 4. 5. 6. 10. 13. 14. 24. 39. 44. 46. 48.
War. Franco Prussian. 6. 44.
War. Second World War. 3. 43. 44. 45. 46. 48.
War. Spoils to the victor. 43.
Warner, Jack. Cycle agent. 69.
Wartime, ‘essential industries’. 93.
Water, avoidance of. 68.
Watson Brothers, The Square. 102.
Watson, Una and Dave. 15. 16.
Wedding presents. 52.
Weird socks. 24.
Welfare system. 65.
Welton, Harvey. 63.
Whanganui River, canoeing. 94.
Whanganui River. 38.
Wheel tappers. 72.
Wheelchair. 6.
White, Tina. Reporter, Manawatu Standard. 74. Afterwords.
Wills, why people are left out of. 47.
Wilson, Robyn, P.N. archivist. 74. 79. 91. Afterwords.
Wind, the unfortunate effects of. 6.
Wine-making people. 53.
Wischnowsky family. 6. 14. 22. 42. 43. 44. 49. 55. 77. 78. 86. 87. 92.
Wischnowsky reunion. 14.
Wischnowsky, 'General' (Peter's Polish greatgrandfather). 6.
Wischnowsky, Carl. (Peter's maternal grandfather).6. 42.
Wischnowsky, Elizabeth. (Peter's mother). 13. 14. 15. 62. 77
Wischnowsky, Wilhemina. (Peter's Polish grandmother). 6. 17.
Wise's Post Office Directory. 8.
Wishful thinking. 42.
Wolsley car and machinery. 29.
Wood chopping work, how to avoid. 99.
Woodville bridge. 44.
Woodville mice. 67.
Words, having fun with. 56. 92.
World Champion. 25.
Yorkshire. 38. 47. 51.
Yorkshiremen are dog-eared. 56.
Yorkshireness, pragmatic dourness. 75.