_The Evening Post_, 15 March 1924:
SENSATIONAL MOTORING
N.Z. RECORD BROKEN
BY
ESSEX CAR
——
AUCKLAND – WELLINGTON IN
13 HOURS 19 MINUTES.
DRENCHED to the skin, plastered in mud, and shivering with cold, Norman Smith, better known as “Wizard” Smith, of Sydney, reached the Wellington Post Office at 6.34 on Thursday evening in an Essex racing car,…498 miles [800 km]…from Auckland in 13 hours 19 minutes…the new record has been achieved in the worst possible conditions as regards the weather,…slippery, mountainous, and winding roads…. the strain was necessarily enormous, and, although both he and his mechanic, Ben Campbell,… were in the pink of condition, they were both feeling the effects of the marvellous feat.… His car was a four-cylinder Essex, 18 h.p., two seater.…
[Details of incidents]
CAUSES OF DELAY
That Smith is capable of clipping at least 2½ hours off his present record may be believed from the…avoidable delays which occurred:—Attention to exhaust, 15 minutes; accident, 47; wrong turning, 18; punt at Mokau River, 17; bad roads and rain between Levin and Wellington, 30; motor-lorry on road between Paraparaumu and Paekakariki, 40—a total of 2 hours 47 minutes…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19240315.2.183

_The Evening Post_, 13 March 1925:
"POPPY DAY" FLOWERS
LOCAL MANUFACTURE URGED
A new avenue of employment for returned disabled soldiers, that of manufacturing the paper #poppies, which are at present imported from France and sold on “Poppy Day,” was touched upon at a meeting of the Wellington Returned Soldiers’ Association last night. Mr. Harrison, general secretary of the New Zealand R.S.A., said that “Poppy Day” was first inaugurated with the idea of making returned soldier organisations practically self-supporting. If the flowers could be manufactured in New Zealand, it would mean that from fourteen to twenty disabled men could be permanently employed. The contract with the French people for the supply of the poppies expired after the next "Poppy Day"… Until two years ago the British Legion obtained its poppies from France, but since then had made its own by the employment of disabled men.… Australia, until last year, got its flowers from France, but since then had made its own.
The proposal was carried unanimously, and will be forwarded as a remit to the Wellington Metropolitan Returned Soldiers’ Association’s Conference at Palmerston North.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250313.2.143

_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_, 5 March 1925:
WOMEN IN
PRINT.
…
The Assembly Hall, in the Red Cross Chambers, was well filled when the #gramophone recital given by Mr. Ryan, in aid of the funds of the Junior Red Cross, was held. The programme contained items of special interest to music lovers. At the conclusion of the recital verbal and written suggestions were handed m regarding several special items which will be included in future programmes. The next recital will be held on 17th March next. During the evening Miss Wilkinson had control of the instrument, which is electrical, and which was kindly lent by Mr. Ernest Dawson for the occasion.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250305.2.153

_The Evening Post_, 2 March 1925:
“MOTHER OF WIRELESS”
Mrs. #Dore, better known among enthusiasts as the “Mother of Wireless,” has severed her connection with 2YK #Broadcasting Station, with which she has been associated for some months in an honorary capacity. She has been responsible for many of the excellent concerts arranged for the listener-in, for which she has earned the lasting thanks of those who own wireless sets. Mrs. Dore is not leaving Wellington, but is merely giving up her voluntary work at 2YK.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250302.2.104
2YK became 2YA in June 2027 https://nzvrs.com/nz-am-radio-stations/ continuing to 1978

_The Evening Post_, 25 February 1925:
A LOST ART
DETERIORATION IN HAND
WRITING.
The deterioration in the #handwriting of pupils leaving the public #schools was commented on by Mr. J. Morrison, of Christchurch, at to-day’s session of the Accountants’ Convention. “Some of the specimens of handwriting we receive nowadays from applicants for positions,” he said, “are pitiable—almost enough to make one weep tears.” Mr. Morrison recalled that in his youth conditions in teaching handwriting in the schools were very different from what they were to-day. In those days the child was taught how to sit and how to hold the pen and woe betide the youth who happened to be caught sitting in a wrong attitude. “I am very sorry indeed,” he remarked, “that good handwriting has become practically a lost art to-day.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250225.2.73

_The Evening Post_, 24 February 1925:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
The #schools throughout New Zealand will not reopen till Monday, 9th March, at the earliest. A decision to this effect was reached by Cabinet yesterday. Should the infantile paralysis outbreak necessitate another postponement of the opening, a further announcement will be made.
…
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250224.2.27
_Te Ara_ encyclopedia page about polio in NZ https://teara.govt.nz/en/epidemics/page-4

_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_, 10 February 1925:
MOTOR REGISTRATIONS
EIGHTY-SIX THOUSAND FOR
DOMINION
Up to the 4th February eighty-six thousand motorists in New Zealand had registered under the Motor Vehicles Act. The figures for #Wellington up to date are as follow:—Wellington 3640, Te Aro 882, Wellington South 385; total, 4967.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250210.2.75

_The Evening Post_, 6 February 1925:
WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
The City Council last evening appointed Mrs. Janet #Fraser as a member of the #Wellington Hospital Board, vice the late Mr. J. W. Butler. At the present time Mrs. Fraser is assisting in nursing the infantile paralysis cases at the Children’s Hospital, being one of the ladies who responded to the Red Cross Society’s appeal for volunteers to help the regular nursing staff during the epidemic.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250206.2.108
Biography in DNZB (well worth a read) https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4f21/fraser-janet

_The Evening Post_, 12 December 1924:
            WOMEN IN PRINT.
…
  The following extract from a letter of a New Zealand lady now living in #England has been forwarded to the “Church News”: —“We were delighted to see in the old parish church (#Brockenhurst) the New Zealand flag hung in a prominent position, and a fresh large wreath of laurel hung above it. We were told that the wreath is always kept fresh, as the New Zealand #soldiers were so much liked and respected. There were thousands of them here, and one part of the churchyard is full of their #graves, over a hundred of them. A new bell has been added to the peal in the tower in memory of the New Zealand soldiers.”
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241212.2.168

War Memorial at St. Nicholas Church https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/81573/War-Memorial-St-Nicholas-Church.htm
Cemetery https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/cemeteries/brockenhurst-st-nicholas-churchyard

_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
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