Manuka (Ship : 1903-1929)

Date: 16 December 1929

By: Robb, A (Mrs), active 1929; Pope, Lindsay, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-1908

Description: Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. 1 b&w copy negative(s). Provenance: Copy of an original photograhic print loaned to the Library by Mrs A Robb, per Lindsay Pope, in 1991

Date: Dec 1929

By: Millar, Ross, active 1980s; Esquilant, William Charles, 1866-1952

Reference: PAColl-0223

Description: Photo showing officers of TSS Manuka which was wrecked off Long Point, taken by William Esquilant of Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1923-1942]

From: Comrie, William James (Very Rev), 1860-1945 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0011-17A

Description: Topics include: Gold from `Niagara'; Roads, etc mainly Wellington; Railway from Pokeno to Paeroa, 1937; Towns and roads, etc; Murchison earthquake, 1929; Loss of `Manuka', and `Tahiti' Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1874 - 2005 - 2007

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Catlins Historical Society

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-Catlins-2007

Description: Includes: SS Otago Unveiling of plaques, 1 January 2007. Programme and flier TSS Manuka. Unveiling of wreck plaques, 1 January 2005. Programme and four postcards Two postcards for the ship "Surat" wrecked 1 January 1874, at Surat Bay. Quantity: 6 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 2 booklets (programmes). Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying Provenance: Donated by the Catlins Historical Society in 2007.

Date: [ca 1909-1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-114

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, mostly made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1909-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Leisure craft and ferry in Mansion House Bay, Kawau; Oamaru port and harbour. Includes various photographs of overseas ships (names not added to Name field) Quantity: 27 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints; 3 album leaves with black & white original photographic prints. Physical Description: Photochemical prints and silver gelatin print

Date: 27 June 1983 - 27 Jun 1983

From: NZOHA Customs Department Oral History Project Part I

By: McKellar, Bertha Winifred, 1890-1991

Reference: OHInt-0096/21

Description: The main reason for including Mrs McKellar in the Customs project was because her husband was Gerald F McKellar who joined Customs in Dunedin in 1900 and was Collector, Dunedin from 1935 to 1944. Bertha Winifred McKellar (nee Tarlton) born Winton 1890. Gives some family background - father, William Maurice Tarlton was bank manager at Winton. Paternal grandfather, William Francis Tarlton who was Rector of a London Boys' High school, came to New Zealand, taught at Woodlands for a spell before joining the Legislative Department. Describes childhood ; social life, with reference to Mother's `At Home Days'; discipline; childhood pastimes and social divisions; Chinese and the gold mining in the Orepuki district; early Invercargill; Prohibition (1910); Hokonui whiskey; rivalry between the Orange and the Green Irish factions at Wreys Bush; religion which was important to family. Talks about her Pharmacy training in a chemist shop and how unusual it was for a woman to have been accepted for such training. Mentions lack of motorised transport until after marriage and recalls trips with pony and gig and horseback. Refers to the old model Ford car. Recalls how she met husband, Gerald Forbes McKellar. Talks about husband's early days in Customs (1900) and his involvement in sport, touring Australia as an All Black 1910 and their marriage in 1913. Recalls the wreck of the Tyrone when half the ship sank and Gerald's duties of checking the cargo being unloaded from the other half. Also recalls the sinking of the `Manuka' off Long Beach. Mentions Captain Prince, a whaling captain, and his house in Riverton, with reference to smuggling. Recalls memories of World War I and living at Tairoa Heads where husband was an officer in the Territorial Port Chalmers Garrison. Refers to a German, Oscar Coburger. Describes flu epidemic (1918). Recalls husband's return to Customs and mentions personalities: Mr Anderson; Mr Lewis; Mr Tylee; Peter Dodds; Henry Diarch (?) Dr Craig; George Craig and Mr Good. Talks about Import Licensing; use of warrant and ferry checks. Discusses Depression (1930s); Lockout on the Wharves (1930s) and the evening when word of the declaration of World War II came on the radio. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Dunedin Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 7 Conghtrey St, St Kilda, Dunedin Accompanying material - Newpaper clippings and correspondence re Mr McKeller's career with Customs and his obituary Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000611-000612, OHC-000613A Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-0074. One photograph of Mr G F (Gerald) McKellar Collector of Customs, Dunedin (taken 1944)

Date: 1930 - 1935

By: W D & H O Wills Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Union

Description: Includes coloured cards showing the ships of the Union Steam Ship Company, with a short history of each ship. Set is incomplete (7 cards missing) 1. TS Arahura built 1905 2. RMS Aorangi built 1883 4. SS Arawata 1875-1897 5. TSS Atua built 1906 6. SS Beautiful star, 1862-1907 7. TSS Aparima, 1902-1917 8. MS Hauraki, built 1922 9. SS Hawea, 1875-1885 10. TS Loongana, built 1904 11. TS Maheno, built 1905 12. SS Maitai, 1892-1916 14. SS Manapouri, built 1882 15. SS Maori (1st), built 1868 16. TS Maori (2nd), built 1907 17. SS Mapourika, built 1898 18. TSS Marama, built 1907 19. SS Mararoa, built 1885 20. TSS Maunganui, built 1911 21. RMS Moana, 1897-1927 23. SS Mokoia, 1898-1928 24. SS Monowai, 1890-1926 25. TSS Navua, built 1904 26. RMS Niagara, built 1913 27. SS Paloona, 1899-1928 28. SS Pateena, 1883-1924 29. SS Ringarooma, built 1875 30. TS Rotoiti, built 1898, wrecked after 1912 32. RMS Tahiti, built 1904 33. SS Takapuna, 1883-1925 36. SS Tarawera, 1882-1927 37. SS Taupo, 1875-1879 38. SS Taviuni, 1890-1924 39. SS Te Anau, 1879-1924 40. SS Tekapo, 1881-1899 41. SS Waihora (1st), built 1883 42. SS Waikare, 1897-1910 43. SS Wairarapa, 1882-1894 44. SS Waitaki, built 1876 45. SS Warrimoo, built 1892 46. SS Wakatipu, 1876-1924 47. TSS Tofua, built 1908 48. SS Hauroto, buit 1882 49. TS Wahine, built 1913 50. TSS Manuka, 1903-1929 Other Titles - Union Steam Ship Company Quantity: 43 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards. Physical Description: Offset lithographs on cards, 38 x 70 mm.

Date: [ca 1947-1963]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-7271-28

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1931

From: New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers :Photographs of the Star of Canada, the Taranaki and the Rangitira (ships) ; panorama of a New Zealand Expeditionary Force leaving Albany

By: Harding, William Guy, 1883-1978

Reference: PAColl-D-0068

Description: Illuminated address surrounded by photographs of the TSS Manuka and officers. Presented by Wellington Branch of New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers 23 Jan 1931. The artist was W G Harding; the individual portraits of the officers were taken by an unidentified photographer/s. The names of the officers have been entered in the Name Field. Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 8 b&w original photographic print(s) on illuminated address. Physical Description: 60.5 x 45.5 cm with mount

Date: [between 1903-1928]

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

By: Aldersley, David James, 1862-1928

Reference: 1/2-015024-G

Description: Broadside view of the steamship Manuka in Wellington Harbour. Photograph taken between 1903-1928 by David James Aldersley. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - S S Manuka; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected [unreadable] Aldersley Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1919

From: Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Fox (A-313-2), T Ellis - ie Thomas Ellis Glover (A-313-3), J. C. Blomfield (A-313-4) and John McNamara (A-313-11). Also folders of cartoons by various artists published in New Zealand Free Lance (A-313-6), in The Guardian (A-313-7), in Xrays (A-313-8), in the New Zealand Observer (A-313-9), in The Standard (A-313-12) and in various publications (A-313-1).

By: Glover, Thomas Ellis, 1891?-1938; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: A-313-3-009

Description: A gigantic watersider holds the ropes to four ships in his hands while diminutive politicians and officials beneath his legs try to order him to release them. Extended Title - 'He doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus; and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonourable graves.' (Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 3). The Wellington watersiders refused to load potatoes into the Union Company's steamer Manuka yesterday for Sydney on the grounds that potatoes would thereby be dearer in the local market - news item. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy.

Date: 1897-1940

By: Doorly, James Gerald Stokely (Capt), 1880-1956

Reference: MS-Papers-0687

Description: Photocopies from folios 1 and 2 of Doorly's scrapbooks including clippings, correspondence and reports relating to his career in the merchant marine, mainly in Australasia. Includes material on shipping disasters and seamen's strikes. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (88 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss & printed matter (photocopies) Provenance: Captain Doorly was father of Mrs Dorothy Freed, present owner of the scrapbooks