More Info →The Manawatu Journal of History: Issue 5

Description: Contents:

p. 3 Editorial / Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Spending a penny public rest rooms for women in Palmerston North and Feilding / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 17 Veteran curator: Charles Hirtzel and the Manawatu Philosophical Society museum / Fiona McKergow

p. 23 Olga Marie Monrad: Danish pioneer, mother and wife / Lise Toenner

p. 33 Researching the history of a house: a glimpse of early Feilding / Cushla Scrivens

p. 40 The Choral Societies of Palmerston North / Graham Parsons

p. 49 A post office preserved / Margaret Tate

p. 57 A life in photography - Ivan Mandahl / as told to Betty Williamson

p. 63 The Palmerston North squash club: the golden years / Grant Smith

p. 70 Request for information: the bridle track / Noelene Wevell

Book reviews:-

p. 72 "Monro: the life and times of the man who gave New Zealand rugby" by Clive Akers / reviewed by Lucy Marsden

p. 74 "We see what you mean... a history of St Dominic's School for deaf children and the Catholic Deaf Ministry in New Zealand" by Dorothy Pilkington / reviewed by Kathy Broadly

p. 75 "Terrace End: the story of Palmerston North's first suburb" by Garry O'Neill / reviewed by James Watson

Notable lives:-

p. 78 Brian Mather: teacher and historian

p. 79 David James (Jim) Lundy

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.