Port Bowen (Ship : 1919-1939)

Date: 1940 - 1945

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: E-605-q

Description: Includes cartoons about: Sunspots, Hitler, Semple's monetary reforms ("The Greeks had a word for it - "Semplocoon" group); Walter Nash on the radio, Hon P C Webb, "Old Soldier Sam" character, Goebbels, the Germany-Russia-Italy triangle, John A Lee kicked out of the Labour Party Easter Conference, income tax increases, selling butter overseas, Hilter claims Poland, bombing Poland, the 'Port Bowen' (ship) in Wanganui Harbour, Includes cartoons by other cartoonists in British papers: Strube, Illingworth, Churchill, Chris Seare[?], Fenwick, G S Sherwood. Also includes cuttings of some cartoons by David Low. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - (Front cover): Register of mortgages Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 60 newsclippings (approx), stuck into lined exercise book, with red marbled cover 323 x 207 mm.

Date: [ca 1920-1943]

By: Jones, Frederick Nelson, 1881-1962; Deste, Eileen, 1909-1986; Hastings Public Library (N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-0365

Description: A collection of photographs including views of Nelson by F N Jones, buildings and earthquake damage in Wellington in 1943 and others from around the country including three hand-touched photographs of Napier and Hastings. The photographs of Wellington are captioned with the building the weather conditions when the photographs were taken and whether flash was used. Quantity: 55 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1933 - 1951

From: Society of Friends :Photographs

By: Graham, John Lloyd, -1960; Heinegg, Max, active 1966-1976; Tesla Denton Studios

Reference: PA1-f-129

Description: Photographs of staff, pupils and various school activities at the New Zealand Friends' School in Wanganui, between 1933 and 1951. Many people are named, many being listed above. However there are some group portraits with a large number of names which have not been listed. Features Ackworth House in the grounds of the New Zealand Friends School, Whanganui, named after a famous Quaker school in England. Inscriptions: Album page - "Education Committee Minute of 10th Nov. 1939. "Annie Matheson has kindly presented another album for school photographs as the previous one, with its pictorial record of the school's history is full"" Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Loose-bound album with brown leatherette cover, tied with cord; 29 x 39 cm

Date: ca 1909-1914

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

Reference: PAColl-0735

Description: Photographs of ships taken or collected by John Dickie including some duplicates. Quantity: 63 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1930s]

From: Mosen, Neville Herbert, 1914-2004: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1868

Description: Photograph album created by Neville H Mosen of Raetithi. Contains views related to trips taken by the Tongariro Tramping Club and views related to the Mosen family and friends. Taken by Neville Mosen circa 1936 to 1940, and possibly some taken by other unidentified photographer(s). Contains scenic views related to Tongariro National Park and the Tongariro Tramping Club. Includes people skiing, swimming and tramping. Many are larger duplicates of views contained in PA1-o-1868. Features snowy Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, Tama Lakes, tramping club members, clouds, rivers and waterfalls (possibly Huka Falls), The Chateau, Whanganui River, the 'Wanganella' at Castlecliff and the view from Mangaiti hut. Also features views of Raetihi and the Mosen family and friends. Including Walter Verdun Mosen in uniform with his mother Dora Lilian, Mosen family (Neville, Jean, Hazel, Pearl, Walter, Rosie, and Esme) and Brian Mosen as child with his mother Vera Ward. Also includes views of the 1939-1940 Centennial Exhibition in Wellington, Tauranga, pig hunting on a local farm and Neville Mosen wrestling. 3 loose prints have page numbers noted and are place in envelope at the front of album. Source of title - title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Black album bound with string, the word 'photographs' is embossed on the front cover, 25.5 x 33 cm

Date: [ca1920-1955]

From: McLeod, Rosemary Margaret, 1949- :Chiefly family photographs

Reference: PAColl-10026-2

Description: Includes:- Wedding of Douglas Nevin McLeod and Joyce Margaret Allan, 1947. Snapshots of Joyce McLeod (nee Allan) in the late 1940s. Snapshots of Nevin McLeod in the late 1940s. Snapshots of the young Rosemary McLeod with her mother and father ca 1949-1951. Groups of unidentified women which include Jean McLeod and probably her mother. Two young men on a BSA motorcycle. Nevin McLeod and another man driving a tractor. Douglas Robert (Bob) Tankersley driving a tractor. Arthur Hunt aiming a gun. Unidentified man in bathing togs in and beside a river. Snaps of Nevin McLeod as a small boy, 1920s. Dogs, horses, and other farm animals. View of old wooden cottage. Surviving native trees on the McLeod's farm `Dunvegan,' Mount Bruce, Wairarapa. Unidentified ships and locomotives. Soldiers, World War Two. Nevin McLeod in a Masterton Little Theatre production, ca 1960s. Ship `Port Bowen' aground at Castlecliff, Whanganui, 1939. Landscape and other views taken at `Dunvegan,' Mount Bruce, Wairarapa, late 1940s. These photographs are associated with documents held in Manuscripts and Archives at MS-Papers-11255-2. Quantity: 131 b&w original photographic print(s). 39 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 4 Oct 1924-3 Dec 1926

From: Barnett, John Maughan, 1867-1938 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-8336-06

Description: Includes, programmes from organ recital and concerts Barnett performed in. Also, includes a passenger ticket for Barnett and Miss Alison Barnett from Auckland to London aboard the SS Port Bowen. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1939-1940

From: Insurance Council of New Zealand : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-4949-04

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1893-1968

By: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Tesla Studios

Reference: PAColl-0432

Description: Photographs of Wahine, Wanganella, Tekapo, Hautapu, Marlyn, Port Bowen, Tuvalu, Progress, Phyllis, Futurist, wrecked in New Zealand and Australia. Photographs taken by James Douglas Wilkinson (for the Evening Post), Tesla Studio and other photographers. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Donated by James Douglas Wilkinson, ca 1975.

Date: 22 Jul 1939

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

Reference: 1/4-048929-G

Description: The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui, 22 July 1929. Shows the tugs Terawhiti (far right), and Kahanui (foreground). Unidentified lighters are taking off the cargo. The two other boats are unidentified. Evening Post (newspaper) photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 22 Jul 1939

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

Reference: 1/4-048894-G

Description: The ship Port Bowen aground, Wanganui, 22 July 1929. Shows the tugs Terawhiti (right), and Kahanui. Unidentified lighters are taking off the cargo. Evening Post (newspaper) photograph. Photographer unidentified. For a similar photograph, see the Evening Post (newspaper), 22/7/1939, page 17, also 22/7/1959, page 7. (Information from back of file print) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative