Automobiles - Registration and transfer

Date: Aug 1906-May 1919

By: Wellington Motor Vehicle Registration. Wellington District

Reference: MS-Papers-10876

Description: Motor vehicle registrations, Wellington District, typed from cards held at the Wellington City Archives (Series 00293). Cards for Jun 1919-1926 are also available at the Wellington City Archives (Series 00293). The registration gives the registration number, date, type of vehicle, horse power, use and owner's name and address, as well as a remarks column Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See additional data to these registrations at MS-Papers-7067 Relationship complexity - Wellington City Archives have Series No 00293, Motor Vehicle Register (1906-1924; see drawer in Workroom, Ephemera from other institutions for description The Wellington District covered the lower North Island Quantity: 1 folder(s) (177 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-138

Description: Photographs relating to road vehicles and roads, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images relating to road vehicles are arranged alphabetically from MO to TA Images relating to roads are arranged alphabetically from H to M Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1917-1919

From: Stacey, Mary Sabrina, active 2016 : Stuart, Morgan and Lavin families

Reference: MS-Papers-12184-05

Description: Includes completed returns for the Awatea School 1917 to 1919, giving pupil numbers and age distribution and a form letter dated 23 April 1918 addressed to Vina Morgan from the Census and Statistics Office requesting these figures. Also, a completed motor car registration form, issued by the Wellington City Council on 28 May 1917, for Vina Morgan. The back of the of one of the returns has been used for manuscript accounting calculations. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed material with annotations; one typescript form letter

Date: 1906-1919, 2000

By: Curry, Michael Anthony, active 2001

Reference: MS-Papers-7067

Description: Comprises list of additional data extracted from the original card file at Wellington City archives of Wellington district motor vehicle registrations (81-222); the Wellington district covered the lower North Island Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - See 81-222 for original listing of registrations Relationship complexity - See Wellington City Archives listing in drawer, Ephemera from other holding institutions, in Workroom; Series 00293, Town Clerk's Department, Motor Vehicle Register Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1986 - 1988

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :[Cartoons on topics of defence, politics, social issues, whimsy, medical issues, pollution, conservationists, trade unions, space exploration, animals, police & crime, Television, farming, sport, war, and transport. 1970-1990s].

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-

Reference: B-144-506/541

Description: Includes cartoons about: Concealed speed traps on private property; world oil prices plummet; robbers hold people up to get their rail tickets; Railways likened to snails; "We're taking the train" involves picking up the train and carrying it; Aratika storm in a teacup; warrant of fitness stickers indecipherable on some cars; defendant claims a road barrier crashed into him; gang members ask for a supplementary benefit for petrol; taxi firms fear gang takeover if delicensing goes ahead; road safety blitz wanted; road transport trucks threatening Railways' survival; lamb tallow fuel for diesels; scrapping of the North Island main trunk electrification system; rail service guards may be called on to clean and serve meals; traffic accidents in Ngauranga Gorge; Richard Prebble suggests that the Tory Channel overhead cable be lowered; ferry strikes cause desperate suggestions for remedies about digging tunnels under Cook Strait; Ann Hercus' chauffeur told to drive across airport runway; railways painted their carriages; motorist suffering from car insurance prices, tax increases, depreciation, service charges, vehicle registration, etc; private cars preferred to trains, because of frequent strikes by rail workers; the public blase about the Christmas road toll; Kupe oil well spouts up; Boeing 737's likened to a flying bathtub; rumour of ferry sales; Nissan may use plane cockpits in cars; Governor General Sir Paul Reeves pleads with Richard Prebble not to sell Railways despite the completion of the electrification scheme being half an hour late; redundancies in Railways will get it out of the red; plan to ban all cars from city centre; cable car repair stoppage is too long; children drive their drunken parents home; Wellington to put in a strong bid for lucrative Soviet maintenance contract; Searail revamp cuts 64 jobs. Arranged chronologically, according to the dates of "Dominion" clippings in Heath's albums (at E-521/547-q). Those for which no date could be found are arranged at around the estimated date. Inscriptions: Recto - Signed, but almost all undated, by artist. Quantity: 36 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, sizes approximately 420 x 500 mm. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1996.

Date: 1950 - 1969

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-388-015

Description: Shows four frames. In the first frame two women are passing a police car with a speed camera on the back. One woman says to the other, 'Those are darn good things. They're to stop those fool speed hogs - and I've never seen a better detergent.' The second frame shows a man frowning while registering his vehicle. In the third frame, the same man is renewing his car licence. The final frame shows a car slipping around on a frosty road Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1960

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-388-028

Description: Shows four people who have just registered their vehicles. They are all saying how quick and easy the process was. One of the four people is the cartoonist, who is saying, 'And they've made it so jolly simple... even I can understand' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and blue coloured pencil on card, 255 x 280 mm

Date: 1997

Reference: Eph-B-MOTOR-REGISTRATION-1900s

Description: Includes: 1997: Land Transport Safety Authority. Indicator; newsletter. No 10, November 1997. Name change for Motor Registration Centre Land transport Safety Authority. Factsheet 49, December 1997. Changes to motor vehicle licensing Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 2 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Printed sheets, sizes varying up to 297 x 210 mm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753, MS-Papers-12777-12, November 2022: 1927: Obligations of motor-vehicle owners under Motor-Vehicles Act 1924. 150,000/1/27 -14213.

Date: 1958

From: Mayne, William Thomas, 1910-1988 :490 original cartoons published in the Christchurch Star Sun and the Christchurch Star Sun Sports between 1954 and 1962.

Reference: A-386-175

Description: Shows a woman and her husband discussing the newspaper headline 'Mr Nash eats huhu grub'. The newspaper also reads 'The Budget. Higher taxes.' The man is growing tobacco, brewing beer and fixing his bike instead of paying to register his vehicle Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on card, 230 x 280 mm

Reference: Eph-A-MOTOR-REGISTRATION

Description: See child records for details. Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying.

Date: [1905]

Reference: PAColl-6740

Description: 12 views of what is possibly a motoring holiday. They show a group of men and two cars. One shows them seated on the road next to one of the cars, another shows them replacing a tyre, and another shows a car being driven through a stream. There are also three of cars in front of a large house with a fountain in front of it; one of men getting ready to bathe in a river holding palm fronds in front of themselves; and one of men paddling in a river. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-028685 to 028696 Quantity: 12 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negatives

Date: 1956

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-078

Description: Shows a man behind a counter labouring over piles of paper. He has a badge on his jacket with the letter `L' on it. There is another man waiting on the other side of the counter who is tapping his fingers impatiently on the counter while he waits. Refers to the 60 extra tellers employed for the motor registrations in April. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 1957

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :200 original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1955 to 1962.

Reference: A-309-180

Description: Shows a woman standing at a counter where she is registering her car. The man behind the counter is writing down her details and is asking her if she is the original owner of the car. Behind her, through a window, can be seen a vintage car. Refers to traffic regulations which require old cars that have been off the road for more than two years to be registered and the ownership proven. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 180 x 280mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..

Date: 2009

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0029770

Description: Shows a policeman asking another policeman at a computer for reports of "criminal activity". He replies with a list that includes the increase in ACC levies. Refers to controversy about an increase in ACC levies which affects motorycle owners. Title supplied by librarian Arrangement: File was originally delivered to the Library in a folder called '2009' Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2006

From: Ekers, Paul, 1961-:[Digital cartoons published in the New Zealand Herald and other publications]

Reference: DCDL-0030594

Description: Depicts a police car pulling over a car. The driver of the car is worried the policeman will check his registration, so asks his female passenger to "put the seat back, close your eyes, and lie very, very still". Refers to recent case of fradulent registration of a vehicle as a non-commercial hearse, which drops the cost. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: 2005

From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0004830

Description: Shows a car pulled over by seven police officers. Two of the officers have cameras while the others are fining the driver for a number of offences - "Bit of rust here!" "Three K's over the limit!" "Rego's out of date!". Meanwhile the car has run over a man who is lying on the road in the foreground and being ignored by the officers. Published in The Press, 9 February 2005 Quantity: 1 digital image(s). Processing information: This cartoon file was donated to the library with no file extension. On recommendation of the Digital Archivist and with the consent of the donor, a ".jpg" file extension was added to this file in order to ensure it was readable and accessible.

Date: 1933

From: [Ephemera of quarto size relating to petrol, motor fuels, petroleum industry, drilling]

Reference: Eph-B-PETROL-1933-01-2

Description: Page of pamphlet protesting about motor tax. Shows an "invoice" from the George & Gordon garage to "Any motorist", lisitng the price of customs duty, tyre tax, surtax, registration fee, license fee, driver's license, number plates, petrol tax, duty on lubricating oil, and sales tax. Comments that "the load of motor taxation in New Zealand has long exceeded all reasonable bounds". Extended Title - From "Motor taxation; where the petrol tax goes!", second page Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on page of folded pamphlet. Physical Description: Letterpress and relief print 344 x 217 mm.

Date: 1971

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-134-095

Description: A man rushes towards his car intending to re-licence it. On the way he speeds and gets a $20 instant fine, so he takes a bus, which has a sign saying fares will increase 50% from July 5. The last scene shows him shivering by his open fire and the radio gives the temperature as 12 degrees celsius (changed from Fahrenheit) and he thinks, No wonder this July seems chillier than usual! Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink, Chinese white, letratone, crayon and pencil, 282 x 397 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: [ca 10 Jul 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/170/02-G

Description: Crown queuing to register motor vehicles at the Concert Chamber at the Wellington Town Hall. There are a number of traffic safety posters on the walls. Photograph taken circa 10 Jul 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 6 centimetres

Date: 1957 - 1960

From: Lonsdale, Neil, 1907-1989 :[Original cartoons by Neil Lonsdale from 1957 to 1968].

Reference: A-310-222

Description: A marching soldier in a street, leading a parade of new cars, three deep. Soldiers in the cars wave to crowds lining both sides of the street. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 283 x 378 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service..