Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Cartoons for the "Dominion" concerning road transport, drinking and driving, rail and shipping, petrol supplies. 1980-1982].

Includes cartoons about: Chinese invention to switch off car motor when alcohol is detected; drinking fruit juice after watching a car crash on television; dilapidated shipyard; the consumer ambushed by rising petrol and electricity prices; new head-scanner for Wellington used on ferry officers and engineers; tankers boats (including the "Aramoana") and planes used as homes because there is no fuel; Wellington bus drivers strike; the end of carless days (13 May 1980); bad working conditions for railway signalmen; flight simulators to teach pilots; New Zealand Railways makes a loss of $89 million in 1979/80; Offshore oil search off the West Coast; "Go easy on energy"; the public's bad attitude to drink-driving; railway staff fear reporting faults because they may be sacked; rail fares increase; removal of buffet cars from trains; the launching of the Ark Royal III; scientists propose making fuel from grass; an oil change for NASA?; Volvo shuttle service will tax ratepayers; 64 more Hungarian rail units wanted by Railways; neither service yet a reality; dairies annoyed at garages selling milk; the railways pies indigestible on the Cook Strait ferry; recruiting ferry staff from all over the country; the Silver Star is a "great train robbery" from taxpayers' point of view; Volvo is a "streetcar named Disaster"; Wellington regional ratepayers will support Railways.

Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist.

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date.

Quantity: 29 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm.

Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.