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Index

This index covers both volumes of The Home Front. The complete text is covered, excepting the Preface and Foreword, and individual captions for illustrations.

All proper names of individuals are indexed, except where these are used only to symbolise a country (eg, ‘Hitler invades Czechoslovakia’) or organisation (eg, Sidney Holland for the National Party), or goverment policy, or where they appear only in footnotes.

In most cases where there is more than one reference to an individual, the first reference gives biographical notes.

A

• Abortion, 1038–40

• Absenteeism, 684–97

• Abyssinia, Italian invasion of, NZ's response to, 3–6, 51, 66–7

• Acland, Sir Jack, 1043

• Acland, Sir Richard, 1007

• Adoption, 1041–2, 1236–7

• Agriculture (see also Farmers' Union), 669

  • fertiliser shortage, 813, 815

  • food production

    • falls (1943), 813, 820

    • for Britain, see under Britain

    • for post-war Europe, 1260–1

    • for the USA, 783–4, 830–1

    • importance to war effort, 1221–6

    • increased, 133, 138–44, 720, 721

    • regulated, 777–84, 813, 816

  • general impact of declaration of war on, 38–43, 75, 475–6, 772–3, 821–3

  • labour force requirements, 38–43, 700–4, 720–1, 723–6, 1064–6, 1222–7, 1262–3

    • school children employed, 1141, 1143–6

    • women employed, 1101–11

  • linen flax production, 736–7

  • rehabilitation and, 1280–1

• Air Force, band (New Zealand Air Force Band), 1212

  • education services for, 1148

  • hospitals, 1056

  • in the Pacific, 720, 1260

  • rehabilitation problems, 1284

  • women employed by (Women's Auxiliary Air Force), 1064, 1072, 1111–13

• Air Force Relations organisation, 1053–4

• Air raids, precautions taken in case of (see also Emergency Precautions Scheme), 326–9, 483–9, 493–5, 572

  • blackout, 497–507, 543–9, 1234

  • evacuation, 493–7, 531–42

  • shelters, 507–30

• Aitken, W.E., 233–4

• Albertson, G.W., 798–9

• Alexander, Field Marshal Harold, 718

• Algie, Rt Hon Sir Ronald, 387, 591, 942

• Ali, Raschid, 295

• Aliens, treatment of, in war-time, 852–85, 1292–3

  • censorship of letters, 979–81

  • in the armed and home forces, 871–2

  • hostility to, 95–8, 100, 101, 232

    • economic ascendancy feared, 852, 872–82

    • routine internment advocated, 95–8, 107, 859–60, 861, 873

    • tolerance urged and shown, 96–7, 853, 862–4, 877–8, 879

    • witch-hunts in small towns, 861–2

  • nationalities interned, 833

  • regulations for control of (1939), 856–8, 862–3, 865–72

• Allan, Hon Andrew, 555

• Alley, Geoffrey, 998

• Allum, Sir John, 348, 503, 566–7, 630, 1028, 1098

• Alpers, Anthony, 1206

• America, see United States of America

• American troops in NZ, see United States troops in NZ

• Amery, Leo, 92–3

• Amery, (William) Bankes, 829

• Anderson, Sherwood, 1186

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• Anderson, Prof William, 864

• Anderson, Hon William, 381, 716

• Andrews, Sir Ernest, 523, 553–4, 558

• Andrews, Ernest Stanhope, 940

• Andrews, Isobel, 1189

• Andrews, John, 1020

• Angell, Sir Norman, 879

• Angelo, J., 214

• Anglican church, 64–5, 235, 1248

  • views on pacifism and COs, 178, 186–7, 248–50

• Angus, Rita, 1215, 1218

• Anscombe, Edmund, 519

• Appleton, Sir William, 593

• Archives and records, protection of, 540–2

• Armed forces (see also Army; Navy; Air Force; National Military Reserve; Territorial forces)

  • aliens in, 871–2

  • casualties, 1285–6

  • education services for, 1146–8, 1152–3

  • expansion of (1934–9), 22–3, 27–32

  • mobilisation of, and manpower planning (see also Conscription) 21, 698–705, 712–15

  • on leave, entertainment for, 1014–32, 1060–2

  • recruitment of, see Recruitment rehabilitation of, see Rehabilitation venereal disease among, 1032–3

  • women employed by (see also names of individual services), 1068–74, 1112–14

• Armstrong, Arthur, 1284

• Armstrong, Hon Hubert, 48, 245, 804

• Armstrong, Richard, 16

• Army

  • education, 1146–8, 1275–6

  • farm production, role in, 721–3

  • in Europe and Middle East, 369–71, 450, 622, 633–4, 706–11, 715–20, 1250, 1262

    • home leave for, 716, 726–33, 954–7, 1222

    • to be returned to Pacific?, 707–11, 714–17, 719

    • in the Pacific, 371, 705–7, 711–14, 719–20, 1221–2, 1260, 1262

  • recruitment, see Recruitment return to NZ of overseas troops (1945) (see also Rehabilitation), 1260, 1275

  • women employed by, 1056, 1064, 1114–5

• Army Education and Welfare Service (AEWS), 1146–8, 1275–6

• Art collections, storage and evacuation of, 540–2, 1218

• Arts, 1183–218, 1293

• Ashton, William, 209, 213

• Aspey, Vincent, 1209

• Assemblies of God, pacifism of, 178

• Associated Chambers of Commerce, see Chambers of Commerce

• Attlee, Rt Hon Clement, 93

• Atmore, Hon Harry, 590, 591, 592, 598–9, 934, 1007

• Atmore, Mrs H., 1069

• Atomic bomb, 1262, 1263–5

• Auchinleck, Field Marshal Sir Claude, 302

• August, J. E., 308

• Austria, German invasion of, NZ policy on, 12–15

• Averill, Most Rev Alfred, 65

• ‘Awake New Zealand’ movement, 345–51, 474–5, 924, 946, 1019

B

• Baden Powell, Lord Robert (Baron Baden Powell), 157, 462

• Bailey, R.T., 258

• Baillie, Isobel, 1203

• Baker, Alfred, 490

• Baker, Lt-Col Frederick, 1275

• Balfour, Arthur, 1247–8

• Ball, Lt-Col Douglas, 1147

• Banking, 36–7, 46–7, 48, 847, 1235–6

• Baptist church, 177–8, 248–50, 252–3

• Barclay, Hon James, 782, 815–17

• Barker, Arthur, 1189

• Barnard, Hon William, 29, 163, 298, 502

  • criticises censorship, 342–3, 925

  • involvement in Society for Closer Relations with Russia, 590, 597, 610–11

  • and Labour party, 46, 49, 76

  • on war effort, 29, 163, 298, 502,

    • 707

  • urges return of 3rd Division, 707

• Barnes, Rt Rev Ernest (Bishop of Birmingham), 282, 306

• Barnes-Graham, A.B., 1217

• Barr, John, 1197

• Barrowclough, Maj-Gen Rt Hon Sir Harold, 369

• Barrington, Archibald, 200–2, 204, 1164–5

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  • public meetings held by, 181, 182–5, 189, 197

  • secretary, Christian Pacifist Society, 178, 179, 196

• Basham, Daisy (‘Aunt Daisy’), 826–7, 1234

• Basile, Vicenso, 122

• Bastings, Dr Lyndon, 520

• Battle of Britain, NZ's knowledge of and reaction to, 133–6, 162

• ‘Battle of Manners Street’, 645–6

• Baxter, Archibald, 1005, 1008

• Beaglehole, Dr J.C. (John), 1002, 1153, 1210, 1212

• Beattie, Raymond, 1203

• Beaverbrook, Lord (Hon William Aitken, Barson of Beaverbrook), 156, 161, 1263

• Beeby, Dr Clarence, 124–5, 131, 175–6, 1050, 1097, 1116–7

• Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1203, 1212

• Begg, Neil, 1159–60

• Belgium, invasion of, NZ reaction to, 93

• Bell, Dr Muriel, 1065

• Bell, N.M., 1165

• Bell, Brigadier Peter, 77

• Bell, Robert, 655

• Bell, Lt-Col W., 469, 1064

• Belshaw, Prof Horace, 1188, 1244

• Bennett, Dr Agnes, 1068–9

• Bennett, Bishop Frederick, 1159

• Bennett, H.D., 1070

• Bennett, Lt-Gen Henry, 342

• Bentley, Mary, 1069, 1070

• Bethell, Ursula, 1188

• Bevin, Rt Hon Ernest, 693

• Billens, Robert, 961–3, 970–4

• Billeting

  • of British children, 133, 162–70

  • of NZ children, 531–40

• Birchfield, Albert, 992

• Birthrate, 1038, 1236–7, 1239

• Bishop, T.O., 399

• Bishop, Hon Thomas, 309

• Bishop, W.G., 216

• Blackout, 497–507, 543–9, 1234

• Blair, Sir Archibald (Justice), 198, 203, 1038

• Blum, Leon, 13, 113–14

• Boal, J.W., 197, 199

• Bock, Field Marshal Feodor von, 602

• Bockett, Herbert, 692

• Bodkin, Hon Sir William, 419, 524–5, 984

• Bohr, Dr Niels, 1263

• Bomb shelters, 507–30

• Bombs

  • atomic, 1262, 1263–5

  • disposal of, 326–9, 476–7, 488–9, 549–58

• Bonham, P.O., 345, 350

• Bonnet, George Étienne, 114

• Books and other publications, censorship of

  • imported, 997–1013

  • local, 199, 200–2, 213–14, 219–21, 257, 893–4, 955–6

• Boswell, Charles, 229, 619–20

• Bowden, Hon Charles, 973

• Bowling, Captain Thomas, 430

• Bracken, Brendan (1st Viscount of Christchurch), 964–5, 972

• Braithwaite, Warwick, 1213

• Brasch, Charles, 1184, 1186, 1188, 1190–1

• Brash, Rev Alan, 208

• Bray, H.R., 199

• Brethren church, 274–5

• Brett, Lt-Gen James, 356–7

• Britain, NZ's relationship with, 92–3, 636, 1294–5

  • before war declared (1939), 2, 5–7, 8, 11, 16–21, 25–6, 28–9

  • Britain criticised over fall of Singapore, 331–9

  • children billeted, 133, 162–70

  • consultation on NZ troop movements, 292–3, 298

  • on declaration of war (1939), 32, 35, 41, 42, 48

  • food, crop and manufacturing production for, 733–9, 813–21, 825–6, 828–33, 1065, 1221–6

• Brittain, Vera, 282

• Broadcasting, censorship of, 940–2

• Broadfoot, Hon Walter, 127, 418–19, 468, 889–90, 967–8, 974, 996

• Brookes, R.A., 389–90

• Bronson, K., 87–8, 218

• Browder, Earl, 60–1

• Brown, Helen, 1217

• Brown, Vice-Admiral Wilson, 355

• Building, see Housing

• Bullock, Marie, 552

• Burbidge, Prof Percy, 230

• Burdon, Randal, 1188, 1189

• Burnett, Robert, 191

• Burton, Rev Ormond, 64, 86, 180–2, 200

  • arrested, 188–90, 192–5, 197–8, 202–4, 209, 215, 216

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  • dismissed from Methodist ministry, 205, 206

• Butcher, H.J., 563

C

• Callan, Hon John (Justice), 198, 199, 866

• Campaign for Christian Order, 1019

• Campbell, Sir John Logan, 541

• Campbell, J.R., 56

• Campbell, W.J., 231

• Carman, Arthur, 197, 204

• Caro, H.D., 514–15, 1101

• Carr, Rev Clyde, 46, 49, 229, 261, 1189

• Carr, Peter, 212

• Catholic church, see Roman Catholic church

• Cato, C.L., 1051

• Censorship (see also Publicity), 21, 99, 1287

  • of broadcasting, 940–2

  • Censorship and Publicity Regulations (1939), 216, 886–90

  • of pamphlets, leaflets, etc, produced in NZ, 199, 200–2, 213–14, 218–21, 257, 893–4, 955–6

  • of parliamentary sessions, 925

  • of postal and telegraph services, 884, 886–90, 981–97

    • aliens, correspondence of, 979–81

    • internal mail, 974, 981, 989–93, 996–7

    • inward overseas mail, 980

    • outward overseas mail, 980–1, 985–9, 996–7

    • overseas cables, 890–1, 979

    • parliamentary inquiry into, 967–8, 993–5

    • ‘subversive’ publications, imported, 997–1013

  • of the press, 66, 82, 886–98, 942–8, 951–3, 959–70, 977–9

    • communist press (see also under Communists), 62, 216–19, 222

    • gradually relaxed, from 1944, 975–7

    • of controversy over ‘furlough strike’, 727–8, 729, 731, 954–7

    • of coverage of industrial disputes, 234, 415, 824, 902–12, 953–4, 957–63, 970–6

    • of information on US presence in NZ, 624–8, 627–8, 645, 929–30, 932, 935–6

  • of material by, or about, the Roman Catholic church, 597, 919–21, 1008–10

  • of material embarrassing to, or critical of, the government, 898–902, 913–19, 930–5, 946–8, 961–3, 970–4

  • of military and overseas material generally, 339, 657–61, 921–30, 974–7

  • of ministerial statements, 948–51

  • of ‘subversive’ statements, 892–4, 907

• Challiner, R.R.V., 955–6

• Chambers of Commerce, 33, 133

  • criticise censorship, 970, 974, 982, 991, 996

  • suggest gifts of farm produce to Britain, 140, 813

  • urge conscription and coalition, 75, 76, 81, 94, 103–4, 106, 110

  • views on government's handling of war effort, 29, 171, 345–6, 349, 852–3, 863–4

  • views on economic and manpower issues, 43–5, 140, 712–15, 813, 818, 309–10, 1223

• Chamberlain, Rt Hon Arthur Neville, 8, 15–19, 92, 93

• Chandler, Very Rev Charles, 1030

• Chapman, Charles, 1248

• Chapman, Prof Robert, 1190–1

• Chautemps, Camille, 12

• Chiang Kai-shek, Generalissimo, 11

• Children (see also Education; Young people)

  • day care for, 1197–8, 1125–7

  • evacuation and billeting of, 133, 162–70, 531–40

  • holiday programmes for, 1050–2

  • identification disks worn by, 566–7

  • illegitimate, 1040–3

  • at school, emergency procedures for, 495–7, 525–32

  • of working mothers, 1096–1100

  • and US troops, 1048–50

• China, Japanese invasion of, NZ attitude to, 2, 3, 11–12, 20, 314–15, 335, 1265

• Chinese, resident in NZ, 852, 873, 880, 1256, 1267

• Chisholm, George (SM), 372

• Christadelphians, recognised as COs, 244, 249, 250

• Christian Assembly church, 274–5

• Christie, Bessie, 1217

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• Christie, T.B., 219–20, 898

• Church of Christ, submissions on COs, 248–50,

• Church of England, see Anglican church

• Churches (see also Religion; names of individual churches)

  • attitudes to war and foreign policy issues, pre-war, 63–5, 174

  • declaration of war, reaction to, 32, 63–5, 248–9

  • facilities and services provided by, 1041–3, 1051–2, 1061–2

  • and pacifism (see also under Pacifism), 205–6, 244, 274–5

  • statements and representations on liquor and ‘immorality’, 1015, 1016–19, 1022, 1028, 1029–32, 1037–8

  • submissions on COs, 248–57, 284

  • support for aliens and refugees, 851–3, 863

• Churchill, Rt Hon Sir Winston, 9, 305, 333–6, 717–19

• Civil Defence, Emergency Precautions Scheme re-organised as, 570–1

• Civil liberties (see also Censorhip), 84, 86–8, 107, 221

  • of aliens, see under Aliens

  • freedom of speech and assembly, 179, 180–208, 209–11, 214–16, 223–34, 301–2, 591–4

  • organisations banned, 222–3, 234–43

  • of workers (see also under Employment), 376–7, 380, 384–6

• Clare, Maurice, 1202, 1209, 1210

• Clark, (Cedric) Russel, 1217

• Clark, Kenneth (Baron), 1208

• Clere, Frederick, 519

• Clothing made by school children, 1139–40

  • refurbished and made for refugees etc, 1057–9, 1260–1

  • shortages, 775–6, 758–61, 790, 792–4, 833–47, 1233

• Coal mining industry, 372–3, 392–426, 911–12

• Coalition government Labour party views on, 93–4, 100, 103–4, 311–13

  • support for, 89, 93–4, 98–104, 311–13, 343–4

  • War Cabinet, 109–10

  • ‘War Council’ created (1940), 104–7, 109–10, 311

  • Coates, Rt Hon Joseph Gordon, 34, 98, 107, 420–1

  • appointed to War Cabinet, 110, 925

  • involvement in nationalisation of coal mines, 417–19

• Coates, Canon Robert, 1017–18, 1022

• Coates, Rodney, 71

• Cocker, William, 231

• Cocker, Mrs W.H., 1082

• Coe, James, 1217

• Cole, John, 1191

• Collier, Edith, 1217

• Collins, J.A., 55

• Collins, James H., 866, 874

• Combs, Frank, 1164

• Combs, Harry, 716, 968–9

• Communications, special Home Guard groups for maintenance of, 465–6

• Communists, 51–63, 83, 456–8

  • attacked by RSA, 225–8, 230, 231–3

  • attitudes to, and Russia's entry into war (1941) (see also under Russia), 579–82, 587–98, 618–19

  • books by, banned, 997–1008, 1013

  • censorship of publications and mail, 107, 213–21, 223, 893, 898–901, 991–2

  • foreign policy, pre-war, 4, 8–11, 15, 24–5, 51–3, 174–5

  • opposition to war, prior to 1941, 70, 178–9, 209–23, 224–1

  • linked with pacifists, 182, 184–6, 188–90, 209

  • relationship with Labour party, 51–7, 62–3, 86, 87, 222–3, 587–9

  • support for war effort (after Russia enters war, 1941), 390, 587–9

  • in universities, 1157–67, 1169–71

  • in trade unions, 51–2, 55–6, 62, 221–3, 226, 588–9

• Concentration camps, NZ reaction to, 1246–50

• Condliffe, J.B., 1215

• Congregationalist church, submissions on COs, 248–50

• Conscientious objectors (COs) (see also Defaulters; Pacifists), 87, 244–85, 1287, 1289

  • appeal provisions for, 255–6, 264–8, 274–5, 281–5

  • assisted by pacifists, 195–6, 203, 207, 220, 256–7

  • in First World War, 244–6, 274

  • Labour government attitude to, 245–51, 255–7, 259

  • Labour party, traditional attitudes to, see under Labour party

    – 1314 –

  • recognised for alternative service, 244–5, 245–6, 247–57

  • stigmatisation of, 207, 255, 257–63

• Conscription (see also Recruitment), 31, 72–88, 726–33, 1153, 1289–90

  • to Home Guard or Territorials, 461 industrial, see Manpower Office Labour party opposition to, 22, 28, 29, 30, 46, 76, 85–8

    • principle accepted by, 105

  • National party policy on, 28, 46, 76, 77

  • pacifist reaction to, 64, 84

  • public attitude to, 72–7, 98–104, 174–5

  • regulations for, 247–57

• Contraception, 1031, 1037–8

• Cook, Hon Arthur, 589

• Cornish, Hon Henry, 219, 898–901, 970

• Coughlan, Father Charles, 237

• Counihan, N., 87–8

• Coward, Sir Noel, 941

• Cox, Sir Geoffrey, 113

• Crabb, Helen, 1217

• Crauford, Robert, 719

• Crete, NZ troops in, see Greece

• Crime, 504, 1044–50, 1244

• Cripps, Rt Hon Sir Stafford, 60

• Cummings, James, 241, 885

• Cunningham, Admiral Andrew (Viscount), 304

• Curtin, Rt Hon John, 330, 365

• Curnow, (Thomas) Allen as ‘Whim-Wham’, 583, 881, 1183

  • poetry, 1184, 1186, 1187–8, 1189

• Czechoslovakia, invasion by Germany, NZ reaction to, 15–17

D

• Dalmations, see Yugoslavs

• Dalton, (Edward) Hugh (Baron Dalton), 579

• Danilow, Dr Nicholas, 1156

• Davies, Dorothy, 1209

• Davin, Daniel (Dan), 1191

• Dawson, Peter, 1204

• Day care for children, 1097–8, 1125–7

• Daylight saving, 787

• Darbyshire, H.G., 214

• Davies, Very Rev David, 760

• Davies, Joseph, 600

• Davis, Sir Ernest, 210, 241, 380–1, 617

• Davis, John, 257

• De Gaulle, see Gaulle

• De la Mare, Frederick, 16, 863, 878

• Deans, (Alister) Austen, 1217

• Defaulters (see also Conscientious objectors)

  • distinguished from COs, 195, 244

  • imprisonment of, 205–6, 253, 266–85

• Defence Construction Council, 339–40, 423–4

• Defence League, formation and philosophy of, 26–32, 81–2, 99, 100–1

• Democratic Labour Party (see also Lee, John A.), 50, 231, 966

• Denham, William, 349

• Denmark, invasion of, NZ reaction to, 90

• Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Industrial Psychology Division, 687–9, 694, 695, 1212–13

• Depression, of 1930–5, 1–2, 35, 45–6, 72, 171

• Devlin, J., 410

• Dickenson, W.G., 213, 214

• Dickie, H.G., 400, 421

• Dickie, Very Rev Dr John, 1161

• ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, 480, 785

• Dimitroff, Georgi, 56

• Disabled ex-service personnel, 1275, 1284

• Dissenters (see also under Communists; Conscientious objectors; Pacifists), 223–43, 1287, 1289

  • books by, banned, 997–1013

  • correspondence censored, 991–2

  • at universities, 1148–50, 1157–67

• Dixon, Vivien, 1209

• Doherty, J., 189, 197, 199

• Doidge, Hon Sir Frederick, 102–3, 114, 129, 636, 1250

  • attitudes to dissenters, 53, 245, 1157

  • criticises government use of censorship, 240, 898, 906, 932, 940, 966, 972

• Dominion Farmers' Union, see Farmers' Union

• Don, Frances, 1069

• Donnelly, A.T., 1235–6

• Doolittle, Brig-Gen J.H., 356

• Dowling, Basil, 199, 1188

• Downey, Richard (Archbishop of Liverpool), 598

  – 1315 –

• Dowsett, Edward, 96

• Dreaver, Hon Mary, 817, 1100–1, 1107

• Drennan, A., 215

• Drinking, see Liquor

• Du Chateau, Leon, 1187

• Duff, Oliver, 255, 952, 978, 1248

• Duggan, Eileen, 1186

• Duigan, Maj-Gen Sir John, 453

• Dumbleton, Eric, 963–4, 969

E

• Economy, national, effect of war on (see also Prices; Wages), 35–45, 1286–7, 1290–1

• Eden, Anthony (Earl of Avon), 616

• Education, 1116–18, 1123–5, 1127–37, 1293

  • in army, see Army Education and Welfare Services

  • effect of building shortage, 1118–21, 1135–7

  • patriotic activities carried out by schools and universities, 1139–46, 1167–8

  • pre-school, 1097–8, 1125–7, 1134

  • for rehabilitation, 1174–9, 1271, 1276–8, 1281–3

  • teacher shortages, 1120–3, 1137

  • truancy, 1048–50

  • university, see universities

  • values promoted in, 124–32, 236–7, 1137–9

    • patriotic, 225–31, 242, 260–3

    • religious, 129–32, 1134–5

• Eise, Ida, 1216

• Eisenhower, Gen Dwight, 370

• Electricity, restricted use of, 500–1, 786–7, 1233–4

• Eliot, Major George, 1261

• Elworthy, Arthur, 307

• Emergency Defence Corps (see also Emergency Precautions Scheme; Home Guard), 558–9

• Emergency Fire Service, 487–8

• Emergency Precautions Scheme (EPS), 327–9, 344–5, 351, 371, 508–9, 558–9, 567–8

  • air-raid shelters, 507–30

  • blackout arrangements, 497, 507, 543–9, 1234

  • creation of, 453–5, 480–9, 570

  • evacuation plans, 493–7, 531–40, 540–2

  • emergency traffic police organised by, 465–6

  • fire precautions, 487–8, 549–58, 562

  • food and water reserves, 542–3, 562–3

  • gas attacks, precautions against, 481, 493, 561, 564

  • helmets and transport for, 561–4, medical services, see Medical services

  • membership, 468, 472, 473, 490–3, 558–9, 567, 870–1, 975

  • rehearsals and training of, 489–90, 559–61, 568–70

• Emergency Regulations Act 1939, 34, 104–5, 198, 959–63

  • Public Safety Emergency Regulations (1940), 191, 212, 237, 242, 893

• Employment (see also Unemployment), 787–8, 1288–91

  • by American troops in NZ, 637–41

  • on farms, see under Agriculture

  • government co-ordination of, see Industrial Emergency Council; Manpower Office

  • hours of, see Forty-hour week; Overtime

  • industrial relations, see Industrial relations

  • in the Public Service, 1079

  • on public works, 35, 38, 40–3, 47, 94

  • women in, see Women in employment

  • of young people, 1128–34

• Employers' Federation, see New Zealand Employers' Federation

• Endean, William, 255–6, 873, 992

• Engineering industry, effect of war effort on, 726, 733–41

• Enlistment, see Recruitment

• Entertainment, effect of war on (see also Holidays; Racing), 306–9, 322, 329, 340

  • available for troops on leave, 1014–32, 1060–2

  • blackout, effect of, 503–4

  • US troops in NZ, effect of, 624, 628–9, 630–1, 1023–4, 1026, 1061–2

• Entrican, Alexander, 277

• Ergot, collection of, 1142

• Essential industries, see under Manpower Office

• Evacuation plans, 493–7, 531–40

  • for libraries and art galleries, 540–2

• Ex-nuptial births, 1040–3

  – 1316 –

• External trade effect of war on, 15, 35, 41, 288–90

  • import restrictions, 44, 45, 46, 757, 997–1003

  • shipping losses, affected by, 288–90

  • supplies to Britain, see under Britain

F

• Fair, Hon Sir Arthur (Justice), 199, 214–15, 220–1

• Fairburn, A.R.D., 96, 259, 1183–4 , 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189

• Family Planning, 1031, 1037–8

• Farmers and farming, see Agriculture; Farmers' Union

• Farmers' Union criticism of censorship, 931, 943–5

  • support for Home Guard, 452–3, 458

  • views on coalition government, 106, 312, 343

  • views on conscription, 78, 94, 100

  • views on farm employment and conditions, 40–2, 43, 44

  • views on patriotism and defence, 28, 32, 126, 140–1, 228, 853, 859–60

  • views on war economy and human resources planning, 136, 144, 287, 712–15, 816, 1019, 1223–6

• Federation of Labour, 85, 1223, 1290

  • foreign policy after declaration of war, 33, 86, 222

    • on Russia's entry into war (1941), 587–9, 594

    • pre-war, 13–15, 24–5

  • views on industrial relations in war- time, 375, 415, 639–40, 674–5, 1231–2

• Findlay, F., 1043

• Fine arts, 540–2, 1215–18

• Finland, invaded by Russia, NZ reaction to, 58–60, 579–80

• Finlayson, Roderick, 1183–4, 1186, 1187

• Fire services and fire-watching, 487–8, 549–58, 562

• First-aid, see Medical services

• First World War NZ participation in, 69, 75, 1270, 1294

  • NZ treatment of COs in, 244–6, 274

• Flandin, Pierre, 114

• Fletcher, Admiral Frank, 357

• Fletcher, Sir James, 47, 339, 424, 516, 737, 739, 948

• Flood, John, 432–3, 439–40, 443

• Foden, Dr Norman, 962–3

• Food, 36, 318–19

  • deliveries of, effect of petrol rationing on, 323–4, 848–50

  • emergency reserves of, 542–3

  • parcels, for POWs and troops overseas, 1054, 1286

  • production, see under Agriculture

  • rationing, 34, 133, 141

    • censorship of controversy over, 824, 957–8

    • effect on cooking methods, 826–7, 833

    • introduced, 779–80, 788–93, 795–6, 813–28

    • proposals for, 133, 141

    • specific foods:

      • biscuits, 762

      • butter, 813–28

      • eggs, 778–80

      • fish, 769

      • honey, 777–8

      • meat, 813, 827, 828–33

      • oranges, 767

      • sugar, sweets, tea, 788–92

      • vegetables, 780–6

  • to maintain supplies for post-war

    • Europe, 1260–1

  • surplus (1941), 289–90

• Folkes, Major K. (Head of Security Intelligence Bureau), 884–5

• Forbes, Rt Hon George, 6, 23

• Forde, A.E., 1083

• Fortune, Wilfred, 212

• Fortune-telling, 1043

• Forty-hour week (see also Overtime), 133–8, 309–11, 343, 372–3, 902–6, 1227–8

• Fox, H.C.A., 1201

• France, fall of (1940), NZ's reaction to, 111–15, 125

• Franco Bahamonde, Generalissimo Francisco, 8, 1009

• Franklin, Benjamin, 930

• Fraser, Sir Bruce (Admiral), 1245

• Fraser, Gordon, 310

• Fraser, Janet, 129, 1068–9

• Fraser, Rt Hon Peter, 14, 89, 110, 129, 195–6, 385–6, 1290

  • attacks Communists, 55–7, 86, 191, 213, 222, 906, 908

  • directs war-time censorship, 886–90, 906–11, 913–14, 923, 928, 932–3, 949–50, 1287

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  • Labour party leader, 46–9, 87

  • opposition to First World War, 215, 245

  • personal qualities of, 337, 343, 386, 1020, 1200

  • radio broadcasts (1940, 1945), 94–5, 1265–6

  • support for national orchestra, 1204, 1212

  • on use of NZ troops overseas, 298, 304, 716–19

• Freeman, William (SM), 268, 415

• Freeth, Pierce, 963–4, 969

• Freyberg, Lt-Gen Rt Hon Sir Bernard, 937

  • General Officer Commanding 2NZEF (1940), 77, 719, 732–3

  • relationship with British command, 293–4, 298, 299

  • public statements on NZ troop activities, 301, 304–5

• Friedman, Ignaz, 1204–5, 1206

• Frost, Frederick, 716

• Fund raising, for the war effort (see also War Purposes Fund), 145–62, 341, 1140–1, 1055, 1059–60

  • for rehabilitation, 75, 154, 1270

• ‘Furlough strike’, 726–33, 954–7

G

• Galbraith, A., 215

• Galway, Lady (see also Lady Galway Guild), 161

• Galway, Lord George (Viscount Galway), 151, 152

• Gardner, Roy, 1189

• Gas

  • as a substitute for petrol, 752–5

  • attacks, precautions against, 481, 493, 561, 564

  • should it be used on Japan?, 1261

• Gascoigne, Dr Noel, 596–7, 1099

• Gaskell, A.P. (Alexander), 1187, 1190, 1191

• Gaulle, Gen Charles de, 115

• German

  • refugees, 851–61

  • residents in NZ, 95–7, 851–6, 873, 883

• Germany, NZ's relationship with pre-war, 2, 6–7, 12–20

  • invasions of European countries, NZ reaction to, 12–20, 58–60, 90–3, 110–15, 125, 579–80

  • knowledge of concentration camps, 1246–50

  • surrender, 1250–9

  • post-war, 1287–8

• Ghormley, Vice-Admiral Robert, 370, 624, 625, 648, 658

• Gilbert, G.R. (Gavin), 1188

• Gillespie, William, 1109

• Glen, Robert, 400

• Glover, Dennis, 1186, 1187–8, 1188, 1190

• Goddard, Air Marshal Sir Victor, 305, 572, 601

• Goebbels, Dr Joseph, 301, 612–13, 977

• Goodman, Isador, 1210–11

• Gooseman, Hon Sir William, 287

• Gordon, Prof Ian, 1181, 1189–90

• Göring, Reich Marshal Hermann, 1194

• Gould, C.J., 213

• Gould, N., 60

• Gould, Prof William, 126, 131, 590

• Goulding, Arthur (SM), 216

• Graffiti, anti-war, 220–1

• Graham, George, 806

• Greatorex, H.J., 221

• Greece, NZ troops fighting in, reaction to, 290–313, 500, 1054

• Greenberg, Len, 268–70, 272–6, 278–81, 941

• Greene, Brig Alfred, 535–6

• Grigg, Mary (Mrs A.N.; Lady Mary Polson), 1107, 1132

• Gunther, John, 575

• Gurr, Frank, 1214

• Guy, Christina, 1189

H

• Halder, Gen Franz, 305

• Hale, Sir William, 1224

• Hall, John, 888–9, 911

• Hall, Tom, 404, 414, 416, 418

• Halsey, Admiral William, 353, 370, 1224

• Hamerton, J.R., 197–8, 199

• Hamilton, Hon Adam, 17, 41, 89, 97, 420, 860

  • appointed to War Cabinet, 110, 419

• Hamilton, George, 139, 158

• Hampson-Tindale, V.E., 551

• Hare, Dr Anthony, 401, 403–4, 1165, 1232–3

  • comments on waterfront industry, 434, 448

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  • research on employment of young people, 1130–3

  • research on industrial relations and working conditions, 403–4, 664, 693–4, 695, 697

• Hargest, Brig James, 1191

• Harker, Cyril, 1037

• Harris, (William) John, 1184

• Harrison, E., 218

• Hawkins, Major D.M., 1063–4

• Hay, Caryll, 281

• Haycock, H., 233

• Hearnshaw, Leslie, 693, 1188–9

• Heenan, Cardinal John, 598

• Heenan, Sir Joseph, 1204

• Heffron, Hon Robert, 547

• Helm, A.S. (Arthur), 1191

• Henderson, Alexander, 656

• Henderson, (Andrew) Kennaway, 894

• Henderson, James (Jim), 1191

• Henderson, Louise, 1217

• Henry, John, 389–90

• Henry, Sir Trevor (Justice), 389

• Herangi, Te Puea, 628

• Hercock, Thomas, 163, 165

• Hercus, Sir Charles, 227

• Herrick, (Hermione) Ruth, 1113

• Hervey, J.R. (Rev John), 1188

• Hess, Dame Myra, 1208

• Higgs, Sidney, 1216

• Hill, H. Gladstone, 1212, 1214

• Hinsley, His Eminence Cardinal Arthur, 123

• Hinton, John, 305

• Hislop, Thomas, 1248

  • opposes dissidence and ‘subversion’, 187–8, 189, 223, 1011–12

  • organises emergency precautions as Mayor of Wellington, 507, 508, 513, 520–1, 535, 557

• Hitchcock, Edward, 503

• Hitler, Adolf, 2, 1194, 1250

• Hoare, Rt Hon Samuel, 3, 5–6

• Hodge, Agnes, 1042

• Hodge, Dr Alexander, 253, 592

• Hodgkins, Arthur, 1214

• Hoffey, Frank, 1209

• Hogan, John, 930–5, 992

• Hogben, Julius, 937

• Holcroft, M.H. (Montague), 1183–4, 1188, 1189

• Hole, (Ottoline) Valerie, 1066

• Holidays, effect of war on, 133–4, 319–22, 373–5, 379–80, 1229–30

  • absenteeism following, 684–6, 694–6

  • school, activities for, 1050–2

• Holland, invasion of, NZ reaction to, 93

• Holland, Henry, 23

• Holland, Right Rev (Bishop) Herbert, 176–7

• Holland, Rt Hon Sir Sidney, 37, 287, 413, 477, 1224, 1250

  • criticism of government censorship, 898, 906–7, 911–12, 948–51, 991, 993

  • member of War Cabinet, 110, 419–21

  • views on recruitment, 78, 80, 88

  • volunteers resources for war effort, 134, 443

• Holloway, Ron, 1187

• Holyoake, Rt Hon Sir Keith, 6, 877, 879–80, 991

• Home Guard activities of, 456–7, 470–2, 489

  • criticism of, 345–51, 456–7, 466–7, 474–5, 477–9

  • decreased need for (1942–3), 479–80

  • formation of, 133, 329, 345, 452–8

  • membership of, 443, 473, 870–2, 875, 1241

  • training of, 454–5, 459–60, 461–9, 472, 475–9

  • weapons available to, 462–3, 464, 467, 471–2, 473–5, 478

• Hore-Belisha, Lord Leslie (Baron of