The Manawatū Journal of History: Issue 10

Description

Contents:

p. 3 Editorial: Cushla Scrivens

p. 5 Flea-houses and picture palaces: cinema life before the Downtown multiplex / Pauline Knuckey

p. 14 Motorists: look before you peep: the fall and rise of Feilding's town clock / Simon Johnson

p. 22 How Palmerston North missed the tram / James Watson

p. 33 Bachelors' Balls / Marilyn Wightman

p. 40 More than meets the eye: costumes in the Manawatū / Heather Glasgow

p. 42 Our boys: Feilding's first contingent in the First World War / Dorothy Pilkington

p. 49 'Enthusiastic, talented people': fifty years of drama at Massey University / Lucy Marsden

p. 61 Akela Collins and the West End boys: a 1940s-1950s Palmerston North Cub pack / Helen Dollery

p. 69 The rise and fall of the Manawatu Sports Association 1894-1900 / Geoff Watson

Book reviews:-

p. 77 "Early medical practitioners in the Manawatu and Palmerston North" / reviewed by James Watson

p. 78 "Beyond the state: New Zealand state houses from modest to modern" - reviewed by David Chapple

Book notes:-

p. 79 "Palmerston North pioneer: John Richter: from Norway to New Zealand"

p. 79 "Scoundrels and scallywags"

p. 79 "Power: electrical supply to the Manawatu"

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.

Identification

Object type

Multi page

Archive

Manawatū Journal of History

Relation

Local History Collection

Date

2014

Digitisation id

2023BD_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041418

Format

Born Digital

Held in

IMCA Digital Archive