Insite report: Cashmere 1 May 2008
Insite report: Cashmere
Prepared 1 May 2008
This Insite report contains details of books, reports, articles, photographs and web documents on the subject of Cashmere.
Where possible, this document contains links to the full library catalogue record.
Table of Contents:
Christchurch City Libraries 7
Books and reports 7
Searching the library catalogue 7
Along the hills : a history of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council, 1864-1989 7
Cashmere High School : tenth anniversary celebrations, 1956-1966. 7
Cashmere Hills School jubilee : 1900-1950 : souvenir booklet. 7
Cashmere Lawn Tennis Club, 1923-1998 : a history of the years 1973-1998 8
Cashmere Sanatorium (now Coronation Hospital) 1906-1964 8
Cashmere Spur and Bowenvale Valley reserves : management plan. 8
Cashmere Village Green draft management plan 9
Cashmere Village Green management plan 9
Change and challenge : the first fifty years of Cashmere High School (Te iringa o Kahukura) 1956-2005 9
Christchurch Street and Place Names 9
Community information booklet 2007 / Spreydon/Heathcote Community Board. 10
Directory of older adult services in Spreydon/Heathcote. 10
District planning scheme / prepared by Davie, Lovell-Smith and Partners. 10
District planning scheme : scheme statement and code of ordinances. Approved by the council 30th October 1968; Operative date, 25th November 1968. 10
Harry Ell and his Summit Road : a biography of Henry George Ell 11
Here on the hill : a century of Cashmere's primary school and community 11
Jubilee : 25 years, Cashmere High School, 1956... 1981 11
The Princess Margaret Hospital : official opening, Monday 31st August, 1959, by The Governor-General of New Zealand, Viscount Cobham. 11
Review of district scheme : scheme statement goals, objectives and policies, ordinances, zoning maps / [prepared by] Davie, Lovell-Smith & partners. 12
Rhodes on Cashmere : a history of the Rhodes Memorial Convalescent Home, Christchurch, 1886 - 2001 12
The Sign of the Kiwi : conservation work : 1994-1996 report 12
Sign of the Kiwi : Coronation Hill Reserve management plan. 12
The Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Christchurch : conservation plan 13
Sign of the Kiwi Restoration Trust (Inc) : vision statement. 13
The Sign of the Takahe. 13
Up the hill : Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital, 1910 to 1991 13
The vision restored : Cashmere Methodist Community Centre 14
40th reunion weekend. 14
1956-1996, 40 year celebration. 14
Research Room reference material 14
A history of the Cashmere Garden Club 14
Kate Elizabeth Benjamin, 1868-1938, ca. 1997. 14
Lawrence snapshots, or, How to survive a Depression with plenty of relatives (plus smells!), 1998. 15
Letters from and to Alma Watts, and other papers, 1930-1933. 15
The Port Hills of Christchurch, 1977. 16
Sign of the Takahe, and Harry Ell : press clippings and sketches / compiled by George Pope, 1936-1941 and 1961-1966. 16
Visitors' books and A guide to the coats of arms at the Sign of the Takahe, 1914-1984. 16
Selected newspaper article references 17
Cycling on Cashmere Hills 17
Site of and drawing of proposed new buildings 17
Views on the Cashmere Hills Tramway WP supplement 17
Grass fire on Port Hills 17
Laying of foundation stone by Hon. W. Hall-Jones 17
Comprehensive scheme for Cashmere Hills settlement 18
Proposed amalgamation with greater Christchurch 18
Proposed inclusion of Cashmere Hills into Christchurch City 18
Site for new sanatorium for incurables. Foundations for doctors house 18
King George V Coronation Hospital opened 18
On the hills, Cashmere 18
Bridge at Cashmere Hills 18
On Hackthorne Road 18
New open-air school opening ceremony 18
Editorial re Cracroft Hill Reserve 19
Summit Road (various views) 19
Cashmere branch of WCTU formed 19
Opening of sports season 19
Damage by gates 19
Surgical ward suggested 19
Surgical unit delayed 19
Surgical treatment of tuberculosis 19
Modern buildings opened 20
Opens for patients 20
Staff shortages may cause closure of part of institution 20
Memorial trees to be planted 20
View from air of complex 20
Occupational therapy at hospital 20
Dedication of memorial trees at Victoria Park 20
Victoria Park conifers: Trees planted from many countries 20
Plans 21
Illustration 21
Plans described 21
Name debated 21
Photograph of progress 21
Boards conversion plans 21
Photo and description of overall plan 21
Illustration of Cashmere High School buildings 21
Aerial view of Cashmere High School 22
Progress on building ibid 22
Illustration of first block of buildings 22
Photo taken on opening day 22
School Motto 22
Photo of first block of buildings 22
Photo of hospital 22
Dr MacIntyres recommendations re conversion of Fresh Air Home 22
Official opening by Minister 23
£2,500 in hand for swimming bath 23
Attractive Library to be built 23
Swimming pool in use 23
Future of buildings to be discussed 23
Tennis courts approved 23
No royal opening 23
Lord Cobham to open new Cashmere hospital 23
Named after Princess Margaret 24
Letter from Princess Margaret’s secretary 24
Officially opened by Lord Cobham 24
Description of assembly hall. Photo of part f model 24
Further stage in conversion to geriatric hospital 24
Grant for hall and additions 24
Grant for assembly hall 24
Cashmere Hills photographed from a low flying aircraft 24
Name changed to Coronation Hospital 25
Plaque will be placed outside as tribute to Mrs MacKay 25
Assembly hall officially opened 25
Visit of Duke of Bedford 25
Plans for new gym submitted to education board 25
Anniversary to be marked today 25
Playground appeal starts well 25
Charted club formed and officers elected 25
Has been consistently used in the 10 years it has been open 26
Middle sanatorium to be demolished 26
Appeal against club plan discussed 26
Cashmere playground well received 26
Firemen hindered by water shortage 26
Plans for club 26
Work on $300,000 club may begin in August 26
Extra land for school 26
Plans for a dual purpose play centre and community centre for Cashmere completed 27
Construction has begun 27
Adventure playground for Victoria Park 27
$50,000 jubilee project 27
Parents up in arms about school block 27
Public access to club is from Hunter Terrace only 27
Club wants public to use facilities 27
Has had successful beginning and plans to improve and enlarge its facilities 28
Dyers Pass Road before the houses 28
The beginning of the Cashmere Hills settlement 28
Cashmere found itself a suburb 28
Awarded first family lounge bar license in Christchurch 28
Police department to retain building – will not be used as county library 28
CCC wants woodland corner Cashmere Road and Worsley Road preserved as a public reserve 28
CCC should retain woodland as reserve 28
Land near Cashmere/Worsley Road designated a reserve 29
Unlikely to close 29
Selling of library opposed 29
Petition presented 29
No ‘free’ library service 29
Development of a new subdivision on Dyers Pass Road may start within a week 29
Amalgamation options open to the Heathcote County Council discussed at lively meeting 29
Public meeting siting of replacements for Jubilee and Coronation hospitals discussed 29
Reserve Plans dropped 30
Council will not buy property 30
70 homes evacuated in scrub fire on Cashmere Hills 30
Heathcote council give $3500 to improve school grounds 30
Nursing staff angry over Health Boards lack of communication over hospitals closing 30
Official opening of extensions – open day to be held 30
Closing decision studied 30
Article by Michelle Smith on history of hospital 30
CAHB will demolish as no buyer 31
Big clean up ahead 31
Demolition underway 31
Site to be developed into upmarket residential subdivision 31
Site to become Broad Oaks subdivision 31
Papers Index 31
Searching the Papers Index 31
Photographs 32
A car and excursionists in front of the Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Summit Road, Christchurch [ca 1922] 32
Cashmere (later Princess Margaret) Hospital, shown under construction [1956] 32
Cashmere Sanatorium, [1913-1933] 32
The Cashmere Sanatorium, Port Hills, Christchurch [1930] 33
Children lying on stretchers outside the Fresh Air Home, Cashmere Sanatorium, Christchurch [ca. 1925] 33
The Christchurch Consumptive Sanatorium now approaching completion [1909] 33
Christchurch under a thin veil of smog, from the Cashmere Hills [1912] 33
Dyers Pass Road and the Sign of Kiwi [ca. 1927] 34
Entrance, Sign of the Takahe, Christchurch [ca. 1925] 34
French officers visit to the Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1920] 34
The Fresh Air Home, Cashmere Sanatorium, Christchurch [ca. 1925] 34
Glenholme, 8 Macmillan Avenue, Cashmere 34
Hackthorne Road, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch [ca. 1920] 35
Houses on Dyers Pass Road at the junction with Cracroft Terrace, Cashmere, Christchurch [ca. 1905] 35
Interior, Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1927] 35
Interior of the Sign of the Takahe [ca. 1920] 35
Interior of the Sign of the Takahe [ca. 1920] 35
King George V Coronation Memorial Hospital Christchurch [ca. 1920] 35
Military (French?) officers visit the Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1920] 36
Military (French?) visit to the Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1920] 36
The open-air school, Cashmere Sanatorium, Christchurch [ca. 1926] 36
Plinth of the Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Port Hills, Christchurch [ca. 1917] 36
A residential portion of Cashmere Hills, Christchurch [1911?] 36
The Rhodes Convalescent Home from the front terrace [1896] 36
Rhodes Convalescent Home, Port Hills, Christchurch [ca. 1921] 37
Serenity & shadow : the verandah of the Sign of the Kiwi, Port Hills, Christchurch. [ca. 1925] 37
The Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1920] 37
The Sign of the Kiwi and Marleys Hill from Rathmore Rock, Port Hills, Christchurch [ca. 1920] 37
Sign of the Kiwi being built [1916] 37
Sign of Kiwi from Mitchell track before toll gate was removed [ca. 1920] 37
At the Sign of the Kiwi, Hill Top, Dyers Pass Road [ca. 1917] 38
Sign of the Kiwi, Port Hills, Christchurch, showing toll gates [ca. 1930] 38
The Sign of the Kiwi with Lyttelton Harbour in the background : Marleys Hill is to the right. [ca. 1920] 38
Sign of the Takahe in the making [ca. 1927] 38
Tearooms downstairs at Sign of the Takahe [ca. 1920] 38
Toll gate and lantern, Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1920] 38
Toll gate, Sign of the Kiwi [ca. 1920] 39
A tram heading over Cashmere Hills, Christchurch [1919] 39
The view of Christchurch taken from a section of the Cashmere Hills that is about to be developed [9 Nov. 1920?] 39
A woman with children stands outside the toll-gate to the Summit Road leading past the Sign of the Kiwi, Port Hills, Christchurch [ca. 1919] 39
Women's shelters at the Cashmere Sanatorium which opened in 1910 39
3 Macmillan Avenue, Cashmere 39
Annuals, newsletters, magazines 40
Annual report / Cashmere High School Board of Trustees. 40
Chonc : Cashmere High School's organised news clippings. 40
Community news. Observer. 40
Heathcote County news. 40
The Lymphad : the magazine of the Cashmere High School. 41
Newsletter / Cracroft Residents Association. 41
Spreydon-Heathcote newsletter. 41
Maps 41
[Heathcote] district planning scheme [cartographic material] : zoning map. 41
Panorama from northern slopes of Sugarloaf, Port Hills, Canterbury [cartographic material]. 41
Sugar Loaf [1974] 42
Victoria Park permanent course [cartographic material] / cartography, Derek Goring, Bruce Steven. 42
Local Eye - selected websites 42
Cashmere High School - Community Education 42
Cashmere Primary School - History 42
Cashmere Wanderers AFC History 42
Dame Ngaio Marsh’s Home 43
CINCH – Community Information Christchurch 43
Searching CINCH 43
Christchurch City Council website 43
Archives 43
Can you tell me about the Cracroft Caverns? 43
Cashmere Riverbank Reserve 43
Cashmere Spur And Bowenvale Valley Reserves Management Plan, July 1991 44
Cashmere Stream and drains: Natural assets condition report 44
Cashmere Stream Esplanade Reserve 44
Cashmere Valley Reserve 44
Cashmere View Playground 44
Cashmere Village Green 44
Cashmere Village Green Management Plan 45
Cashmere Village Green Commemorative Plaque 45
Cracroft Reserve Sundial 45
Farnley Reserve Plaques 45
The Port Hills: Recreation and facilities: Victoria Park and Bowenvale Reserve 45
The Port Hills Reserves, Future Management Requirements 46
Special Amenity Area Guides (SAMs). 17 & 17a - Hackthorne / MacMillan / Dyers Pass 46
Spreydon/Heathcote Community Board 46
Spreydon/Heathcote community board: objectives for 2006-09 46
Christchurch Art Gallery 47
Canterbury Plains From Cashmere Hills 47
Canterbury Plains from Dyers Pass Road 47
Canterbury Plains from Dyers Pass Road - Margaret Stoddart - Infosheet 47
Flax Gully, Cashmere 47
From The Foot Of The Hills 47
A Garden, Cashmere Hills 48
Old Bridge, Cashmere 48
The Hill Road (also known as Sugarloaf Cashmere) 48
Canterbury Museum Photograph Collection 48
Suburbs: Folder 10: Cashmere 48
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