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THE ROCK Anglican Parish of Caversham Saint Peter, November 2015—Advent Dunedin, New Zealand Lecture highlights to date By The Vicar venue which has been losing money in attendance. recent years. Such wetlands, in addition to t the time of becoming wildlife habitats, have a Restricting Male Pleasures writing this considerable water storage and absorption Associate Professor John Stenhouse’s article three of capacity in extreme weather events or lecture on God, the devil, and the demon this year’s Caversham Lectures coastal crises. Ahave been given. All have been well drink was a revealing look at the opposing attended with, in each case, over half the The most likely area for an ocean alliances of 19th century Dunedin’s prominent attendees being non-parishioners, most of breakthrough would be the vicinity of the personalities and social movements around whom we had not seen before. Here are rugby playing grounds in the St Kilda coastal the issue of prohibition. While I knew that some of the more memorable gleanings from sector. Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist churchmen had combined with Suffragettes our lecturers. This lecture turned out to be well timed, to try and stamp out the perceived evil of the though not by deliberate intention, in that the Flood Threat drink trade, I had not realised how deeply influenced first wave feminism was by I was keen to learn from Christianity. Nor had I appreciated that theirs Professor Blair Fitzharris was a package deal of deeply desired what sort of danger our reforms—Bible in Schools, Votes for Women, complex of parish abolition of the compulsory health inspections buildings might face from of women suspected of prostitution, Sabbath ocean inundation or Observance. coastal flooding. Apparently the Church, While I knew that opposition to the Hall and Vicarage would prohibitionist movement came from quite a probably be ok because few prominent Anglicans, I had not realised of the relative height of they were drawn mostly from the ranks of this part of Hillside Rd Cathedral and All Saints parishioners, nor the (these buildings were extent to which Anglicans were deeply surrounded by about a involved in the liquor industry. Nor had I foot of water during the appreciated that much of the opposition to June flood, which did not the enfranchisement of women came from a enter the buildings). deep seated suspicion that politically active However, much of the and mobilised women would be intent on parish, particularly the low cracking down on and restricting male lying areas adjacent to pleasures. I had not realised also how the the sea would go under. combination of politically active Parsons and outspoken Suffragettes had put the Liberal It would be possible to government under so much pressure in the protect these areas by SOURCE: WWW.HOWTOGEEK.COM 1890s. intensive means such as parliamentary commissioner for the dikes as the Dutch do but these would be Family Capitalism very expensive and probably not affordable environment delivered her report a little later by such a small city as ours with its modest in the week with similar conclusions which Associate Professor Alex Trapeznik’s lecture and declining rates base. The most cost highlighted the risks facing South Dunedin. on the Warehouse Precinct emphasised that effective defence would be the creation of Professor Fitzharris’ lecture also received industrial archaeology was now being coastal wetlands in places such as the good media coverage as unbeknownst to us (Continued on page 5) present Forbury Park raceway, an events an Otago Daily Times reporter was in www.stpeterscaversham.org.nz Page 2 November 2015—Advent The Rock Letters Interested in what houses have sold for Letters in Dunedin and in particular your The Rock welcomes letters to the Editor. Letters should be no more than 150 words in length and are subject to Saint Peter’s water residential area? selection and, if selected, to editing for length and house our readers may be interested in a few My monthly newsletter contains this style. Letters may be : Y comments from an email I received information, what properties have been Posted to : The Editor of The Rock, from Neville Hurd, a curate at St Peter's in listed, a general market overview and more. c/- The Vicarage, 57 Baker Street, 1964, in response to an invitation from Caversham, Father Hugh for him to attend the 150th Subscribe for a year or more, mention this Dunedin, N.Z. 9012 Celebrations. ad. and I will donate $10 to Saint Peter’s. Emailed to: Thank you so much for your email. To subscribe to this free monthly service or [email protected] Once I received the info re St Peter's for any real estate queries contact: and saw Hugh's reference to 'Tubby Andrew Nicolson Licensee Salesperson Hopkins', my mind jumped immediately Ask The Vicar Proven Realty Ltd to North East Valley days—I think I For answers to questions doctrinal, spiritual and liturgical. Licensed (REAA 2008) could still find my way to your Write to: Ask The Vicar, house, even now! Ph. 03 477 3660 57 Baker Street, My memories of my time in Caversham, E-mail [email protected] Dunedin, N.Z. 9012 Caversham are precious. It's Or email: always the people, isn't it. I do churches. I take a mid-week service [email protected] remember many of them and at our main church of St Luke's and 2 I'm sorry I just couldn't make Sunday services a month. I feel very your celebrations. Rosemary Ask The Vestry privileged and happy to have the and I moved from Tawa, Questions about the secular life and fabric of the parish opportunity to minister in this place. Wellington, where we had lived may be: There must surely be something in the for over 25 years, to Waikanae Posted to : Ask The Vestry, water at Saint Peter's contributing to the c/- The Vicarage, 57 Baker Street, five years ago. We love it longevity of the curates who served Caversham, here. We are both very here. Both Neville Hurd and Bernard Dunedin, N.Z. 9012 involved in parish life. Wilkinson are still active and taking Emailed to: Rosemary takes a leading role services regularly in their respective parishes, more than 50 years later. in AAW activities and is [email protected] Liturgical Asst in one of our 3 Tubby Hopkins, Note: Director of Music and Parish Centre Manager David Hoskins has a new telephone number. (03)453-4621. Please use the new number when making hall bookings Excerpts from the plus ça change parish magazine Year150 of November, 1955 More online at www.stpeterscaversham.org.nz Select Our Printed Heritage from the News menu for the full text of the November 1955 and other historic parish magazines. Saint Peter’s Caversham The Rock November 2015—Advent Page 3 The next in a series of promised explanations of the nautical jargon JARGON(3) which first appeared in September and is reproduced below. By Ian Condie he tiger was not the four legged sort but was the blown back and Captain’s steward, tea and tabnabs means tea and landed on a The original jargon biscuits or cake and father is an irreverent reference to length of painted he Fourth Officer is relieving the 2nd Officer as Officer of the Captain himself. He is also called the Old Man steel plating T the Watch. T regardless of his actual years. which the sailors had recently “You’re three minutes late again! Right, she’s in iron mike; two In the days when there was probably only one clock in a ship, the one nine true, one high. Nothing in sight. Weather’s due at washed with a ship’s bell was used to signal the time, being struck every half hour. seventeen hundred; Sparks is on the monkey island fiddling with patent cleaner his D.F. loops. Stars at eighteen hundred, by the way. The system was a little complicated and, in this example, one bell called Suji Muji. meant a quarter of an hour before the end of the watch. “The Mate’s got the farmer and Chippy in number two port The Bosun or double bottom trying to clear the suction. That’s why the The Second Officer is warning his relief that the Captain will be in a Boatswain is the booby’s open. bad temper and has nor forgotten the Fourth Officer’s sins of Chief Officer’s “The Tiger took father’s tea and tabnabs in at one bell so he’ll be commission involving cable and a gypsy. That, however, had right hand man, out any minute and you’re in his black books for letting the cable nothing to do with the young man’s morals or conduct involving a in charge of the jump the gypsy that time. Romany and electric wiring. When entrusted with anchoring the ship, sailors and he “Speaking of black books, Firemen’s Peggy ditched some gash he had let the anchor chain run out too quickly so it almost leaped off was, to windward and it blew back over the bulkhead that’s just been the wheel of the windlass. pardonably, very sujied and the Bosun wants his you-know-what for breakfast. annoyed and “The apprentices are up for’d with Lampie splicing slings and Firemen’s Peggy was not a female stowaway. He was merely the wished to snotters in the fo’c’stle. most junior member of the Engine Room staff. He and Sailors’ express his Peggy (a Deck Boy) had the task of cleaning the crew’s public “Got all that? Australia’s over there somewhere, don’t run into it annoyance to but cheer up, it’s a long way away.