[Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

Date: 1914

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

By: London Missionary Society

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-06

Description: Programme for a variety concert probably held in Apia, featuring performers of the Samoa Expeditionary Force, including Pvt L P Leary, Gunner G M Silver, Pvt G P Hanna, Gunner C Freyberg, Pvt Cliff Baker, and others (Chapman, Robert Vial, Neill, Wickson, Bark, Wakelin, Watson, Pierard, Orman, Kirby, Smith, Turnbull, Dodgson, Walker, Jesson, Saxon, Pearce, Griffin, Thompson, John Fuller, A E Sodder, Cole). Part 1 was a miscellany of song, recitation and dance, and Part 2 was a three-act farce titled: "The snaring of Samoa", or "Don't kill the lizard". The cast is listed as is a synopsis of scenery (the setting is Apia, Samoa) The back cover shows a hand-drawn caricature of a German, possibly Kaiser Bill. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on green paper, folded to 211 x 136 mm. Provenance: Purchased from J R Mowbray, Wellington, auction, 12 March 2013, lot 3450. previously from the Startup collection.

Date: 1914 - 1915

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

By: Bamforth & Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-08

Description: Postcard shows a cartoon of a British gentleman ("John Bull") in top hat and coat tails. He is seen from the back standing on a piece of land, and stretching out his hands to shake those of of a man standing in Canada, and another standing in Australia, with the land of New Zealand adjacent to it. The cartoon refers to the praise Britain bestowed upon its colonies for help in the first World War. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 87 x 137 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Yester*Year, Australia, in 2014.

Date: 1914 - 1916

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-10

Description: Photographic postcard shows a large collection of circular tents pitched at Rangiotu for the military training of soldiers for World War I. The verso contains a message from Rifleman E Piner (Edward Piner, a rifleman with B Company of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion) to his sister Ada. He mentions Bill Mass[e]y and Jim Allen as being "just standing up the line now". Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photograph on postcard, 88 x 138 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Auckland City Stamps, November 2016.

Date: 1914

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-09

Description: Postcard shows a cartoon drawing of a group of Maori warriors led by a small barking terrier dog, advancing with spears held high. The leader asks where the Kaiser is. Postcard dated from the appearance of this cartoon in the Auckland Weekly News on 24 September 1914. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on postcard, 141 x 90 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Auckland City Stamps, November 2016.

Date: 1914 - 1918

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

By: Flux, Arthur Llewellyn, 1896?-1983; Maclean, Margaret, active 2002

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914/18-01

Description: Two envelopes (one cream, one pale green) labelled "On Active Service" / New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Letterpress on envelopes, sizes 80 x 137 mm, and 94 x 121 mm. Provenance: From the Arthur Flux papers relating to World War One, donated by Mrs Margaret Maclean in 2002. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.

Date: 1914

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-01

Description: A graphic postcard showing a cartoon by William Blomfield of a British bulldog calling on a German rat to come out of a jar labelled "Kiel". (Germans were using Kiel canal as a port for their battleships) Dated from rubber postmark on verso. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on postcard 91 x 140 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 2005.

Date: 1914

From: [Ephemera relating to World War I. 1914. Folder 1]

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-07

Description: Ticket with text and the British coat of arms, used as a patriotic badge in Britain. This relates to Germany's reaction to Britain's declaration of war, because of their obligations under their treaty with Belgium (the "scrap of paper"): "For a scrap of paper, Great Britain is going to make war?" asked German politician Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. Lloyd George commented on this in his speech of 19 September 1914: "This doctrine of the scrap of paper, this doctrine ... that treaties only bind a nation as long as it is to its interest, goes to the root of public law. It is the straight road to barbarism, just as if you removed the magnetic pole whenever it was in the way of a German cruiser, the navigation of the seas would become dangerous, difficult, impossible, and the whole machinery of civilization will break down if this doctrine wins in this war" (Retrieved 19 April 2013 from http://www.gwpda.org/1914/lloydgeorge_honour_1914.html ). This particular ticket was probably given to a New Zealander living in Britain at the time of the First World War. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Relief print on paper, 90 x 54 mm, with red seal at lower right, hole at centre top through which is threaded a multicoloured ribbon showing the colours of Belgium and the United Kingdom side by side. Provenance: Donated by Dr Ross Galbreath, Tuakau, in 2013.