Coaching (Transportation)

Date: 1908-1915

From: Kay, Reginald Vincent, 1894-1978 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1551

Description: Photographs relating to Mr R V Kay. Includes photographs of snow storm at Nelson College, Easter 1911 with Gilbert Coombe and family, Auckland Express train, Trentham Camp in 1912, Honours Board and baths at Nelson College (1908), Hospital Ship 'Mahend', Woodford House, Military camp at Browns Bay, Quarter Masters' Staff of 5th Wellington Regiment (1915), Waitomo Caves, and coach travel. Inscriptions: Backing board verso - centre - Reg. V. Kay, 368 Tinakori Road, Wellington, 11/1/1913 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 135 x 180 mm

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-024/046

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues, includes: Shows scientists' adhock research into the potential uses of genetic modification at the expense of commonsense. Comment on the intimidation tactics of Qantas Airlines toward Air New Zealand. Singapore Airlines are shown as Air New Zealands big sister ally. Christine Rankin considers taking further action following the release of the Employment Courts findings. Shows the Government (surfer) riding the knowledge wave only to be wiped out and lodged head first in the sand. Discussion between an Israeli soldier and Palestinian child. The soldier is trying to explain to the child how violence and retaliation works. The child just wants to play and go to the movies. Shows Helen Clark dealing with Steve Maharey and his use of obscene language. Shows members of the Electoral Reform Committee as angelic, working for the best interests of the country while having vested interests in the Committees outcome. Helen Clark calls on the All Blacks to crush the Australians while they've down. New Zealand reaction to the loss by the All Blacks to the Australians. Shows All Black Anton Oliver taking the blame for the loss against Australia. Comment on the Qantas involvement in running Ansett into the ground and leaving small creditors in ruins. Comment on the lack of constructive action being taken by the Pacific Forum to deal with global warming and the consequent rising of the ocean level. Shows Helen Clark encouraging all her Ministers to keep pets. Jim Anderton is shown wrapped in the arms of his pet octupus (Peoples' Bank). Shows West Coast MP, Damien O'Connor, addressing an audience about local mining and the poor decision made by Alliance MP Sandra Lee. He is reminded by a miner in the wings that his seat is still marginal. Shows Jim Anderton and Sandra Lee observing the Reefton Alliance office being pelted with food in reaction to Sandra Lee saying 'no' to mine expansion in the area. Shows a new army armoured vehicle running over an air force plane. Comment on the current situation where the armies supplies are being boosted while the air force is having its wings clipped. Shows thugs from the power company breaking into a persons house to extract money for the latest exorbitant power bill. Shows an All Black player finishing a Springbok (South African Rugby Team) and still feeling hungry. He thinks he could polish off the entire Australian Rugby Team (Wallabies) as well. Shows the relationship between government controlled power generators, empty lakes and increased revenue for power for the Reserve Bank. Shows a proposed statue for the entrance of the Sydney Harbour. Comment on Australia's policy to exclude refugees. Shows Michelle Boag's National Party purge of Parliamentary faithful. Comment on the level of ignorant public opinion over the boat people refugees trying to gain entry to Australia, by people ringing talkback radio. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1912

From: Roberts, E M :Photograph of early coaching and Wellington Post Office

By: Roberts, E M (Mrs), active 1963

Reference: PAColl-D-0563

Description: A Tokomaru Bay mail coach pulled by five horses and carrying two men on the road to Te Puia Springs in 1912. It is stuck in mud. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Title and date Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 260 x 370 mm mounted

Date: 11 Jan 1877

Reference: MSI-Papers-3745

Description: Testimonial, signed by Wairarapa settlers, acknowledging Hastwell's ability and expressing their gratitude. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). Physical Description: Holograph (photostat copies); 40 x 55 cm

Date: 1882, 1940

From: Bathgate, Alexander William, 1881-1961 :Collection of photographic prints, negatives and lantern slides

Reference: 1/2-174047-G

Date: 1962

By: Williams, Harold S, active 1898

Reference: qMS-2221

Description: Includes newspaper clippings relating to Cobb & Co in Japan Source of title - Caption title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (4 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter (26 cm; blue pam case) Includes illustrations

Date: 26 Jun 1875

By: Hoyt, Charles James, active 1868-1878

Reference: MS-Papers-3474

Description: Statement re insolvency by Hoyt in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia, listing creditors owed and application for bankruptcy Hoyt was one of 3 brothers in the employ of Cobb & Co in Dunedin. In 1868 the Hoyts went to Japan and established some of the earliest coach runs to Yokohama. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 9 Feb - 3 Jul 1894

By: Brown, H J (Mr), active 1894

Reference: MSX-9260

Description: Travel journal of Mr H J Brown. Details a five month, 9 Feb - 3 Jul 1894, journey to New Zealand and Australia. 9 Feb - 24 Mar : Describes the voyage on the ship 'Oroya' from London to Sydney. Includes details about activities aboard the ship, day excursions at port cities - Gibralter [sic] with a Portguese guide called Joseph Buzaglo; Naples and Pompeii ruins with Mr Cook & Son (Tour guides); Port Said; Colombo at the Oriental Hotel and vehicle tour with Mr Cohen; Albany, West Australia; Melbourne; and final port Sydney. 25 Mar - 3 Apr: Describes time in Sydney staying at the 'Australia Hotel', and travels at to the Blue Mountains and Kaloomba [sic]. 4 - 8 Apr : Describes the voyage on the ship 'Mararoa' from Sydney to Australia, and the unpleasant conditions on board. 9 - 19 Apr : Describes travel through the North Island from Auckland to Wellington on buggy and rail. Includes detailed description of visit to Whakarewarewa and hot pools area of Rotorua with tour guides Mr Cook & Son, staying at the 'Geyser Hotel', observations of Maori, cruise on Lake Rotorua to Mokoia Island, the story of Hinemoa and Tutauakie [sic], temple to the 'God of the Sweet Potato', Hamurana Stream, use of Maori language, Okere and Tutea Falls, Tikitere, Waiatapu Valley, Mount Tarawera eruption, Wairakie [sic], Huka Falls, Lake Taupo, Tarawera, the strains of buggy travel, Napier, train to Wellington, stay at the 'Occidential Hotel', pre European Maori times, and land ownership. 19 - 21 Apr : Describes voyage on the ship 'Penguin', from Wellington to Port Chalmers, via Lyttelton. Includes observation of Lyttelton. 21 - 26 Apr : Describes time in Dunedin, a visit to Rosslyn Woollen Mills, business trip to Woodlands and associates P Briscoe and Tom Price. 26 Apr - 1 May : Describes voyage on the ship 'Talune' from Port Chalmers to Hobart, Tasmania, via the Bluff. Includes retrospective general observations of New Zealand and Maori. 1 - 5 May : Describes Hobart, trip to Brown's River and train to Launceston. 7 - 8 May : Describes the voyage on the ship 'Patenna' from Launceston to Melbourne. 9 - 12 May : Describes time in Melbourne and the economy. 12 May - 3 July : Describes the return home voyage on the ship 'Ormuz' from Melbourne. Includes day excursions at port cities Adelaide, Colombo, Port Said, Naples, and Gibraltor; mentions 'Bluejackets' naval officers onboard, the frustration of the ship being quarantined in Colombo due to scarlet fever, the recreation onboard, and final entry mentions passing the ship 'Orient' outward bound. End pages of journal include a tally distances (miles) travelled, list of people they met, books read, and 'Son Macauley's Riddle' in Arabic. Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Frontpiece stamp 'Hatchett & Kingsnorth, Stationers, 428 Strand' Quantity: 1 volume(s) 136 pages. 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, Newspaper clippings p 62 sketch of a buggy; p 77 map of North Island and rail and coach routes taken; p 124 map of canal from Port Said to Suez.

Date: 1908-1974

Reference: ATL-Group-00226

Description: Collection comprises records relating to the management of the Cornwall family farm at Tatuanui (Waikato). Includes day books, registers, account books and some loose documents and invoices. Some items identified as belonging to James Cornwall. One wages book includes New Zealand unemployment relief and social security stamps. Also includes a coachbuilder's accounts book and a ledger of a creamery at Oringi (Manawatu) which was managed by James Cornwall. Alexander Turnbull Library also holds a collection of photographs taken by James Caleb Cornwall: PA-Group-00938 Material belonged to the family of James Cornwall of Tatuanui. Quantity: 8 folder(s). 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Ruled ledgers and accounts books, loose papers, and a bank book. Processing information: Not all names associated with the collection are indexed.

Date: 1924-1932

From: Cornwall family: Farming records

Reference: MSX-9558

Description: Coachbuilder and wheelright's itemised accounts for services to horse-drawn vehicles, in particular replacement parts and repairs for carts, gigs, wagons, and coaches. Also some work done on automative transport. Clients were based around the Waikato region, including Piako and Tatuanui. Part of a collection which was created and belonged to the family of James Cornwall. However this item may not have originated from them. Creator unknown Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Oversewn pages, cover and spine lost. 240x160

Date: 1870 - 1920

From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts

Reference: PAColl-5238

Date: 1917-1946

By: Lovell-Smith, Edgar McLeod, 1875-1950

Reference: MS-Papers-0023

Description: Correspondence and notes on coaching in New Zealand, especially Nelson and the West Coast Lovell-Smith was a journalist and artist, with a great interest in coaching history. Quantity: 6 folder(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs and typescripts Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1860-1919

Reference: qMS-1599

Description: Includes accounts of policies issued by London Assurance Corporation for Canterbury, 1871; schedules and miscellaneous data re coaching, mainly West Coast, 1860-1908; newspaper obituary for Henry Newman (of Newman Bros), 1919; detailed accounts of coaching accidents Variations in title - Spine title: Journal Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (364 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; ½ brown morocco, brown boards)

Date: 1881

By: Walker, Vernon Lee, -1887

Reference: MS-Papers-0507

Description: Travel account of a four-month business trip from Sydney to New Zealand. Describes the rigours of coach and steamer travel especially in the South Island. Mentions the Christchurch to Hokitika coach road and Westport. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). Physical Description: Mss (photocopies)

Date: 11 Jan 1877

Reference: AI-83-234

Description: Memorial presented to Hastwell in recognition of his efforts in establishing and successfully running his coach service between Wellington, Hawkes Bay, the `West Coast' and the Wairarapa. The memorial is signed by 166 people. Source of title - Supplied title Relationship complexity - See photostat copy at MSI-Papers-3745 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (1 sheet 57x42cm) Provenance: Donor received memorial from Mrs T H Tully, a Hastwell descendant.

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039456-G

Description: Horse-drawn coach with driver by river. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039446-G

Description: Newman's horse-drawn coach on road over a saddle. One male passenger is sitting beside the driver and a woman is sitting on the top. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Date: 1988

From: Bromhead, Peter, 1933- :[Cartoons published in the Auckland Star, April 1988]

Reference: A-305-131

Description: Shows a man lying in a hospital bed. He is wondering if life will ever be the same again once he has a 'Hart transplant'. Refers to the decision not to have John Hart as All Black selector coach. Extended Title - Will life ever be the same? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card 130 x 220 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Turnbull Library Pictures.

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/4-121765-G

Description: Coach on road in bush. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [190-?]

From: Daroux, Louis John, 1870-1948 :Photographs of New Zealand and the Pacific

Reference: 1/1-039464-G

Description: Horse-drawn coach by bridge over unidentified river. Photograph taken ca 1900s by Louis John Daroux. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches