More Info →The Manawatū Journal of History: Issue 9

Description: Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Peanuts or beef? A walking challenge / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 11 Manawatū's First World War camps, 1914-1919 / Tim Shoebridge

p. 22 Heirs of Rochdale: the Manawatū Co-operative Society and its founders / Margaret Tate p. 30 An early Manawatū surveyor: Charles Adnam Mountfort / Marilyn Wightman

p. 35 'No imitations more exact and pleasing': wax flowers under glass / Fiona McKergow

p. 41 A sound investment: Sir James Prendergast and his Fitzherbert estate / Lucy Marsden

p. 48 Signs of the times part two: naming Feilding's streets 1879-1894 / Dorothy Pilkington p. 58 Samuel Jickell: an engineer for the future / Donald G. Irvine

p. 67 William & Collingwood, 'Servant of the Borough' / Dawn Isles

p. 74 Canvas adds comfort: tenting in early Manawatū / Lesley Courtney

p. 76 Palmerston North Heritage Trust Prize for Year 13 History for 2012: the Māori Battalion Memorial Centre / Nicholas Rowell.

Book review:-

p. 83 "Hokowhitu" by Garry O'Neill / reviewed by Cushla Scrivens

The Manawatu Journal of History contains articles on the history of the wider Manawatu area, written by a variety of contributors. The Journal is published annually. Conditions of use: This journal is made available for personal use, study and research and all articles remain copyrighted to their original authors. For permission to reuse or publish please contact: The Editor, Manawatu Journal Associates, PO Box 1702, Palmerston North 4440.