Dykes James, active 1907-1909

Date: 1900 - 1939

Reference: Eph-A-LOCAL-Wellington-1900/1939

Description: Includes cards and fliers for the following candidates: 1906: Harold Beachamp 1908: A R Atkinson 1909: F M B Fisher (photograph); Robert Fletcher; James Dykes (photograph); Albert H Casey (photograph); John Guthrie Wood Aitken; F Townsend; Thomas Mason Wilford; John Aston (photograph); F G Bolton (photograph). 1910: E W G Coleridge 1911: W Scott Bedford; Hubert L Nathan 1912: Ed Tregear 1923?: H A Huggins (controller of P O Savings Bank) Also includes a programme for the Wellington Harbour Board Jubilee Harbour Excursion, 28 January 1930; an invitiation from Mayor Mr G A Troup to attend the farewell to the Prime Minister Hon G W Forbes on the eve of his departure to England to attend the Imperial Conference in 1930; a programme for the Wellington Historical Pageant and Bazaar, Newtown Park and Town Hall. 25 October - 1 November 1913; a souvenir programme for the Historical Pageant representing important historical events, Petone 7 May 1920 (2 copies). Quantity: 20 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) on fliers and cards. Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers and cards, sizes varying below 200 mm.

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-b

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on card, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920; Wellington Savage Club Inc

Reference: C-093-005

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-c

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on card, 410 x 545 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1914

Reference: Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914-1

Description: Includes: 01. Blomfield, William, 1866-1938. "Come out!". "N.Z. Observer" postcard [1914] 02. New Zealand Engineers, No 4 Field Company, Samoa 1914. Quo fas et Gloria Ducunt. Malou te alolofa tele ma faamanuia atu. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Xmas 1914, New Year 1915. [Signed by John Fairhurst Dickie - 2 copies] 03. Military concert by the members of the NZ Expeditionary Forces. Grand Opera House, 7 October 1914. Programme arranged by Mr James Dykes and Lieutenant F Waite for the Patriotic Sports and Entertainment Committee. Green programme / flyer with the words of "It's a long way to Tipperary" on the verso (2 copies) 04. Souvenir and autograph book of New Zealand's Expeditionary Force 1914. Printed and published by Watkins, Tyer & Tolan Ltd, Taranaki St Wellington 05. "Der Kaiser's new map". [Newsclipping of the words of a song of this title] 06. The Battery Barn Stormers. Saturday and Monday 28 & 30 Nov. 1914. [Programme of variety concert]. L.M.S. Press [Apia. 1914] 07. "A scrap of paper". G.R. Our boys are fighting to honour this. War declared against Germany 4th August 1914. [Paper ticket suspended from a ribbon] 08. Bravo colonies! Put it there! B. Co. post card. "War cartoons" series no 5029. Bamforth & Co. Ltd, publishers, Holmfirth (England) and New York. Printed in England [1914-1918] 09. Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937: Where te Kaiser? / TL. Herald series 19503. New Zealand postcard [1914?] 10. Rangiotu F.B.H. Postcard [ca 1914-1916?] Eph-A-WAR-WI-1914/18-01. New Zealand Expeditionary Force. On Active Service [Envelopes used by active servicemen in World War One. 1914-1918]. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and relief prints, sizes varying up to 230 mm. Provenance: Purchased and donated from various sources.

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-093-005-a

Description: Shows Wellington Savage Club members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member reads "The king of the fortunate isles" (not listed in ATL pre-1984 catalogue, although William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Box in Manuscripts and Archive (85-027-4/07) contains envelope labelled as containing the key to this picture, but it is not in that envelope. A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See another copy of this print at C-034-014. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board, 410 x 545 mm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..

Date: 1908

By: Macbeth, William, active 1908-1920

Reference: C-034-014

Description: Shows 'Savage Club' members dressed in cloaks and grass skirts, assembled on a beach with Chief Savage (Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield) making a speech. Macbeth may appear as the artist at left, with the Club treasurer (George Toogood) to the right of him. One member, possibly William Pember Reeves, is reading a book titled "The king of the fortunate islands" (William Pember Reeves wrote "The fortunate isles" in 1897). An orchestra is playing on the far right, including a conductor, a pianist, a double-bassist, violinists, piccolo-players, a bassoonist and a trumpeter. At the top right, a pipe-smoking man is taking a photograph of the event. Other persons are not identified by name, but appear to be individual likenesses. Many have painted on tattoo markings on their faces and bodies A korero was the club's fortnightly meeting, culminating in an annual invitation korero at the Town Hall, where speeches and musical items took place. Minutes of the Wellington Savage Club 1905-1912 (MS 85-27 Folder 1/1) contains annual reports for 1908 and 1909, which feature the following: George Toogood, Thomas H. Easterfield, H? Plimmer, E. A. S. Killick, James Dykes, M. Myers, A. J. Wicks, Malcolm Ross, P. Hockley, A. S. Biss, W. Reuben Watts, J. F. Carr, A. S. Ballance, W. Beauchamp-Platts, Alfred Hill, J. M. Clark, Morris Fox. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - W MACBETH 1908; Recto - bottom centre - A Korero Wellington Savage Club 1908; Recto - bottom right - Registered in Copyright Office NZ; Recto - bottom right - Signed in pencil: W. Macbeth See part of the original ink drawing at B-148-076. See portraits of these people in Pictorial Reference Section file. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured on board 410 x 545 mm. Provenance: Robin Watts is a descendant of W. Reuben Watts, a member of the Savage Club in 1908.