Queensland Insurance Company

Date: 1909, [ca 1941-1960s]

From: Tomlinson, David Oswald, 1924-2003: Photographs chiefly relating to cycling

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: PAColl-10100

Description: Three album pages with photographs of unidentified motorcyclists racing, probably in Christchurch, taken circa 1940s. One shows Mick Holland, Bob Mcfarlane, A. Lamport and T. Redman with a sash that reads, 'Christchurch speedway champion 194[?]'. Photographer, and compiler of album pages, unidentified. One photograph of a military parade on Jervois/Customhouse Quays, Wellington, taken circa 1950s by The Dominion newspaper. One photograph of staff of Queensland Ins Co (probably Insurance Company) taken on 10 February 1909 by Joseph Zachariah of Wellington, New Zealand. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 album pages with 9 b/w original prints. 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1953

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm); V P Haughton & Son (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-254/257

Description: Includes floor plans of foundation, ground floor, and first to sixth floors of the building. Plans by either V P Haughton, or Haughton, Son & Mair. Offices for the following companies are marked: Huddart Parker, Barton Ginger & Co., Queensland Insurance Co. Ltd., Barlow & Jones Ltd., J Jennings, Gollin & Co., A. H. Giles & Co. Ltd., Hurst Akroyd Ltd., Oswald A. Welch, G. L. Giesen Ltd., Pumice Products Ltd., J. McLaughlan & Co. Ltd., Quinn Office Supplies, N. Z. Fruitgrowers' Federation Ltd., C. I. W. Archibald, H. L. Young Ltd., Robert A. Bell Ltd., A. M. Satterthwaite, Harden & Co., Anderson & Hay, Bennett & Thomson, Dominion Wrestling Union, N. I. M. U., W. R. Nairn Ltd., Milne Pym & Co., C. L Sanders (i.e. Sandars), Ellis Hardie Symington Ltd., John Shorter (N.Z.) Ltd., A. J. Coleman Ltd., F. H. Mullins, Spencer Clarke & Co. Ltd., Supertex Distributing Co. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, 520 x 770 mm.

Date: 1925 - 1935

From: [Architectural plans collected by Bulleyment Fortune architects. 1890-1900s]

Reference: Plans-91-1261/1264

Description: Includes foundation plan, and plans for ground, first, second, third, fourth fifth and sixth floors. Ground floor tenants included: Huddart Parker Ltd, Thomas Brown Ltd, Barton Ginger & Co Ltd, Queensland Insurance Co Ltd, Herbert Stevenson. First floor tenants included: Barlow & Jones Ltd, J Jennings, Gollin & Co Second floor tenants included: Gollin & Co., A H Giles & Co., Hurst Akroyd Ltd, Oswald A Welch, G L Giesen Ltd, Pumice Products Ltd, NZ Fruitgrowers' Federation Ltd, Quinn Office Supplies, J McLaughlan & Co Ltd. Third floor tenants included: C I W Archibald, H L Young, D K Carey, Master Printers, Gollin & Co, Robert A Bell Ltd, A M Satterthwaite, Harden & Co., Anderson & Hay. Fourth floor tenants include: A M Satterthwaite, Bennett & Thomson, N.I.M.U., Dominion Wrestling Union. Fifth floor tenants include: W R Nairn Ltd, Milne Pym & Co., C L Sanders, Ellis Hardie Symington Ltd, ASEA Electric (NZ) Ltd, John Shorter (NZ) Ltd. Sixth floor tenants include: A J Coleman Ltd, F H Mullins, Spencer Clarke & Co Ltd, Gollins & Co Ltd, Supertex Distributing Co. The building was built in 1925 and shortly thereafter contained some of these tenants; some may have moved in in the following years. Quantity: 4 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawings on oil impregnated paper, 497 x 710 mm.

Date: 1953

From: [V P Haughton & Son], architects :Office building, corner Post Office Square and Jervois Quay, Wellington, for Huddart Parker Ltd. [Painting plans. 1953].

Reference: Plans-97-011-254

Description: Includes floor plans of Ground floor, Mezzanine floor, and foundation. Scale: Eight feet to one inch. Offices for the following companies are marked: Huddart Parker Ltd; Barton & Ginger & Co Ltd; Queensland Insurance Coy Ltd; Thomas Brown Ltd. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Diazo prints, 515 x 765 mm

Date: [ca 1905-1926]

From: Maclay, Adam Henry Pearson, 1873-1955 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-024047-G

Description: Photograph taken by Christchurch photographer Adam Henry Pearson Maclay showing a New Zealand Express Co Ltd furniture movers' wagon, with an unidentified driver and four Clydesdale horses, in front of the Gravenor Building (173 Manchester Street, Christchurch). On the building is signage for Queensland Insurance Co Ltd and Buchanan & Coy Ltd. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 1/1 plate Processing information: Descriptive record updated following information provided by researcher, February 2023.