Guano

Date: [1879-1885]

From: Phillips, Coleman, 1846-1925 : Papers

Reference: 79-027-03

Description: Miscellaneous farming notes, letters and New Zealand import-export and shipping returns (1885). The notes are on specification for splitting post and rails, Dry River Station; Skipton Cave guano; native obstruction to roads; turnip sowing; post and rail contract; tenders, post and rails; Elgar's instructions re spelling sheep; Toliff's instructions re turnips; grass seed and crop calculation; protection and free trade; crop calculation; post nails, Ward line; harvest; Thos Kempton junior. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Preliminary listing in Back file.

Date: 1900s

From: [Ephemera of octavo sizes relating to fertilisers and manures]

Reference: Eph-A-FERTILISER-1900s

Description: Includes: 1917: Harola lime sulphur. Cut 90 per cent off your losses. 1917. Carter's Print, 377 Sussex Street, Sydney. Pamphlet 1927: White Island Products Ltd. White Island fertilizers. Proof!. Wilson & Horton Printers, Auckland [1927]. Booklet 1930: Dominions Potash Supply Co. Ltd (Australasian Office). Potash on your pasture will increase production, improve quality and lengthen the season [1930?]. Pamphlet 1935: Hodder & Tolley Ltd, Palmerston North. Autumn topdressing season 1935 ... Seychelles guano [1935]. Booklet 1936: Conserve the wealth of the Empire and purchase pure British basic slag "Albert brand". [ca 1936-1938]. Pamphlet (2 copies) 1939: N.Z. Farmers' Fertilizer Co. Ltd. Price list of Taranaki fertilizers and other lines. 1 July 1939 Wanganui Chemical Works. Price list of K.P. Westfield fertilizers for delivery Hawkes bay, Wellington and Taranaki provinces. 1 July 1939 1940: Heskett Slag Sales Organisation. On the question of manures; an ounce of practical experience is worth more than a ton of theoretical talk by Experts. [1940]. Booklet 1950s: Every shilling spent on Nodulaid dry powder inoculant can return you 10 [pounds sterling] in nitrogen. [1950s?]. pamphlet 1952: "GAFSA" North African phosphate. [ca 1952]. Pamphlet Hodder & Tolley Ltd. Keep abreast of the times with Gafsa (Phosphate). 1952. Booklet 1960: Belgian basic slag. To every New Zealand farmer, fertiliser facts that can mean [pounds] to you [ca 1960] 1975: Maxicrop liquid seaweed for biological balance and health in crops & livestock [1975]. Booklet 1977: Dominion Fertiliser Company Limited. Statement by directors ... in respect to the second take-over offer from Kempthorne Prosser & Co. Limited, 8 August 1977. Dunedin, 19 August 1977. Booklet Palmerston North Jaycee Fertilizer Drive. Delivery date 20th August [1977] 1979: [NZ Humic Compost Club]. The cycle of life. Soil is life [1979] 1981: N.Z. Farmers' Fertilizer Co. Ltd. Rural Wuxal, the proven plant booster! [ca 1981] 1996: [Plunket Society]. Fertiliser - free delivery, 20 July 1996. All proceeds go to help your local Plunket. Flier Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1847-1858

By: Swainson, Henry Gabriel, 1830-1892

Reference: MS-2097

Description: Swainson wrote `I intend to give you a regular account of all my proceedings, since I left New Zealand...' and goes on to describe his `romantic wanderings' in these 11 letters written to his sister, Mary, except for the last, to Johnnie. He writes of his voyages to England, describing visiting Valparaiso, the island of La Garta where they collected guano, and spending time in England. He writes also from Sydney and Rio de Janeiro, on the `Havannah', Devonport, the Baltic and Hong Kong in each case describing details of the voyage, his work, and family concerns. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (11 items). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm, green linen)

Date: 2012

From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers

By: Southland times (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023330

Description: Shows Prime Minister John Key as a firecracker, naming the newspapers that got his name wrong, and that he 'fawkes up'. Refers to Guy Fawkes night fireworks and recent news coverage over Prime Minister John Key's comments that British soccer superstar David Beckam is 'thick as batshit.' (New Zealand Herald, 4 Nov 2012) Three versions of this cartoon are available Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Doyle, Martin Maurice Michael Thomas, 1956- :Digital cartoons

By: Scoop (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0023300

Description: Cartoon commenting on Prime Minister John Key alledgedly saying that Footballer David Beckham was "as thick as batshit". Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

By: Dominion post (Newspaper)

Reference: DCDL-0023296

Description: Batman, surrounded by bats, looms over John Key, who cowers beneath his desk. A woman informs him they're not happy 'you compared their droppings to David Beckham.' Refers to Prime Minister John Key reportedly calling British football star, David Beckham 'thick as bat shit' during a visit to a Dunedin school (Radio Live, 5 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2012

From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons

By: Setford News Photo Agency

Reference: DCDL-0023456

Description: Shows a silhouette of John Key with bats flying around where his brain should be. Refers to Prime Minister John Key's remarks calling David Beckham 'thick as bat shit' during a visit to a Dunedin school (Radio Live, 5 Nov 2012) Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 1865-1889

By: Australian Joint Copying Project

Reference: Micro-MS-0962

Description: Six microfilm reels relating to the guano industry, questions of sovereignty etc, in the Pacific. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - No inventory available. Quantity: 6 microfilm reel(s). 0.12 Linear Metres.