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Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
- Date
- 1940 - 1945
- By
- Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963
- Reference
- E-605-q
- Description
Includes cartoons about: Sunspots, Hitler, Semple's monetary reforms ("The Greeks had a word for it - "Semplocoon" group); Walter Nash on the radio, Hon P C Webb, "Old Soldier Sam" character, Goebbels, the Germany-Russia-Italy triangle, John A Lee kicked out of the Labour Party Easter Conference, income tax increases, selling butter overseas, Hilter claims Poland, bombing Poland, the 'Port Bowen' (ship) in Wanganui Harbour,
Includes cartoons by other cartoonists in British papers: Strube, Illingworth, Churchill, Chris Seare[?], Fenwick, G S Sherwood.
Also includes cuttings of some cartoons by David Low.
Inscriptions: Album page - centre - (Front cover): Register of mortgages
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: 60 newsclippings (approx), stuck into lined exercise book, with red marbled cover 323 x 207 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Works of art, Clippings, Cartoons (Commentary), 60 newsclippings (approx), stuck into lined exercise book, with red marbled cover 323 x 207 mm.
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Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :Rocking the boat. The figurehead - "...
Date: 1940
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-042
Description: Shows a plane called Aotearoa with the face of Peter Fraser, and two engines represented by Daniel Giles Sullivan (right wing engine) and John A Lee (left wing engine). The left engine is facing up and backwards as the plane flies low over water. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 150 x 210 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :Utopia! "We want to lay the foundati...
Date: 1938 - 1940
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-009
Description: Shows the Honourable Patrick Charles Webb speaking of an ideal society while frustrated importers, exporters, motorists, manufacturers and taxpayers furiously descend on him from behind. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 150 x 210 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :His idea. [ca 1940-1945]
Date: 1940 - 1945
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-004-1
Description: A cartoon strip showing Walter Nash telephoning Sir John Simon, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer after the release of Britain's war budget, and accusing him of copying his ideas for income tax increases, death duties, beer taxes, and taxes on beer, wine and spirits. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 90 x 215 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :Bed time story. "Socialist time, sev...
Date: 1940 - 1945
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-007
Description: A cartoon showing Michael Joseph Savage and Walter Nash in a radio broadcasting studio. Savage is talking into the microphone while Nash sits behind a desk. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 150 x 215 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :Blind man's bluff. [ca 1938-1939?]
Date: 1938 - 1939
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-064
Description: Shows a customs clerk, an importer and a manufacturer all blindfolded and searching for the "Import control policy explanation" which Nash is holding. Nash is hanging out of reach from a candelabra light so that the policy explanation cannot be found. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 150 x 207 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :The big stick. The poor cow - "Well,...
Date: 1940
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-068
Description: Shows Michael Joseph Savage wielding a whip of leather thongs labelled "Other ways" threat, and approaching a cow called "N.Z. farmer" which is stuck in a deep "Socialist morass". A knout is a whip of leather thongs, used for flogging prisoners. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 150 x 215 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :The Greeks had a word for it. [ca 19...
Date: 1939 - 1940
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
Reference: E-605-q-006
Description: A cartoon showing two ordinary New Zealanders looking at a statue based on that of Laocoon and his two sons, of Robert Semple wrestling snakes, flanked by Michael Savage and Walter Nash. The caption beneath the statue reads: "Semplocoon Group (with financial death adders), excavated in W Coast NZ 1939, by Govt bulldozer. Solid Bone". Other Titles - Semplocoon Group Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 155 x 215 mm stuck into lined exercise book
Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :"Turned out nice again, hasn't it?" ...
Date: 1939 - 1940
From: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992 :[Scrapbook of cartoon clippings. ca 1940-1945].
By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: E-605-q-020
Description: Shows an ordinary New Zealand reacting in surprise as New Zealand politician John A Lee is thrown on to the ground through the window of the Labour Party Easter Conference in 1940. Lee's publications ("Lee letter", and "Psycho-pathology in politics") are thrown out with him. Lee's veiled but severe criticism of the ability of Michael Savage to carry out his duties as prime minister when seriously ill led to Lee's having to resign his cabinet portfolios and his explulsion from the Labour Party, two days before Savage died on 27 March 1940. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Newsclipping 165 x 220 mm stuck into lined exercise book