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Date: 1949

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: C-164-050

Description: The title reads 'Hardly cricket! The cartoon shows a game of cricket with the 'Budget' as the wickets. Labour bowls and National bats and the two leaders wear multiple hats. From the left, clockwise, the batters (National) are - ?, William Sullivan, William Goosman, National leader Sid Holland, ?, Ronald Algie. From left clockwise (Labour) are Walter Nash, PM Peter Fraser, Robert Semple, ?, ?, ?. A judge sitting above calls out 'No ball', 'over', wide', and 'out'. Text reads 'Station 2YA - We now cross for a bawl by bawl commentary by John-Owe-a-lot, on the third day's play of the match Gentlemen v. Players - "Holland has yet to open his Account... Nash opens the bowling... Fraser will take over at the other end... Holland loans into this one and makes a recovery drive for four million... John Taxpayer sends a very poor return into the income tax people.... Semple comes on to bawl... He's looking for an argument to bowl with... What's Orson Wells doing at Third Man? Goosman is yet to break his duck... Now he electrifies the crowd with a tremendous power cut... Point of order is moving in... There's an apeal against the Electric Light Account... and they're taking the tea adjournment, so I'll pass you over to "Arfer Million for his impressions so far".' The title 'Start of the political stunt season' is at the bottom. Scribbled in blue ink are the words 'Cancelled' (why?) Was it because Labour lost and this cartoon shows them pretty confident? Also text '4 col Stipple over carpet'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 555 x 760 mm

Date: [ca 2 Dec 1927]

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

Reference: PAColl-7796-51

Description: Photograph of Robert Semple (front) and Henry Holland in Petone. The politicans are standing in front of a wooden structure from which a welcome banner hangs. Photograph taken circa 2 December 1927, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Other - Back of file print reads: `R Semple (speaking) with H E Holland at back of Petone 3rd Dec 1927' Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.2 x 15.7 cm on file print card 21 x 16.5 cm

Date: October 1936

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

Reference: PAColl-6301-47

Description: Robert Semple cutting a ribbon to open a traffic bridge at Paremata, October 1936. Original Evening Post newspaper caption attached to back of print reads: "On the route north.- The new traffic bridge at Paremata, which has been the subject of conferences over many years, was opened for public use on Saturday afternoon by the Minister of Transport, the Hon. R. Semple. Above, a general view of the big gathering on the bridge during the ceremony. On right, the minister cuts the ribbon which released the steam of traffic which immediately crossed over the new bridge." Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.6 x 20.9 cm

Date: 25 Mar 1939

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

Reference: PAColl-5482-061

Description: Robert Semple, about to open the Rakaia Bridge, taken by an unidentified photographer, circa 1930s. 1/2-67718 shows the other half of the crowd. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-017

Description: The cartoon is a series of cameos featuring politicians and others as All Blacks as the country heads towards the 1949 general election. The first cameo shows a man with a '?' on his jersey who scratches his head; text below reads 'Masterton - wet or dry, a trustworthy player-' The second shows PM Peter Fraser running with a rugby ball that represents 'Raglan' under his arm; text reads 'P. Fraser - his duel with Bretton Woods, (the international) will be watched with great interest-' The third cameo shows leader of the National Party, Sid Holland, whispering in the ear of a much smaller Frederick Widdowson Doidge who holds a rugby ball; text reads 'Private enterprise' - Sid's great discovery, knows all the doidges (wordplay on 'Doidge' and 'dodge') (no relation to Doug. Credit.) (is 'doug' another wordplay?) In the fourth cameo a player with his leg in plaster lies on a bed which floats in the sea; text reads 'M.S. Wanganella - the (dead) lock, may be a dead loss, still in dock with injuries received earlier. Has been to Australia before.' The fifth cameo shows a black rectangle with the words 'Wellington - All Black' below it. The sixth cameo shows two players bending over and presenting their backsides to the viewer; below are the words 'The union secretaries - back row, side row, front row, any old row will suit them - especially if it's about danger money-' (wordplay on 'row' meaning a straight line and the differently pronounced 'row' meaning 'argument') The seventh cameo in the centre is Walter Nash who grabs for a ball that represents the 'budget' (Nash's 'black budget'); text reads 'Touch'yer Nash - the fly-away half contemporary and admirer of Charlie Taxton; playing loan (or) cash (or) share league reputedly for big money-' Below him is 'Angus McLagan - the left winger - a hard man to tackle, possibly the toughest man in the country-'; McLagan runs with the ball looking tough. Eighth is a large player who sits on a rugby ball that represents 'work' looking stubborn above the text 'Willie Watersider - the go-slow (ex-Onslow) forward, generally asking somebody to back up, back out, back down, or back pay -' and in the corner is a player holding a ball that represents Karapiro above the text '-and of course, R. Semple, one of the best feat-bawlers in the country!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 490 mm

Date: [between 1904-1919]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from the file print collection, Box 19

Reference: PAColl-7985-79

Description: Photograph of Robert Semple as a mine agent and inspector, before going down to inspect a Huntly mine. A pair of binoculars is hung around his neck, and his hand rests on a bottle atop a post. Photograph taken between 1904 and 1919, by an unidentified photographer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - top left - Copy; Verso - top centre - Hon. R Semple. Unpublished. M.P.; Verso - top centre - As mine agent and mine Insepector before going down to inspect a Huntly mine Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.8 x 14.2 cm

Date: 1954

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: C-164-052

Description: The cartoon shows a cricket team 'The first eleven' who are lined up in front of a scoreboard which gives their names and the number of years they have served. The scoreboard is entitled 'M.P. Old Boys - innings declared closed'. The cricketers are, in fact, M.P.s who are retiring at the 1954 election. From left they are - Thomas Webb, National 11 years; Alfred Murdoch, National 21 years; Walter Broadfoot, National 26 years; Paddy Kearins, Labour 'retired hurt' after 8 years; Robert McKeen, Labour 32 years; Charles Chapman, National 26 years; Robert Semple, Labour 27 years; Charles Bowden, National 11 years; and, Andrew Sutherland, National 12 years; Edward Gordon 16 years, William Bodkin, National 26 years. To the right is the Cricket Pavilion with 'MPOB' painted on it. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, Chinese white and blue pencil on card, 445 x 625 mm

Date: 1934

From: [Posters promoting peace, and denouncing war. 1920-1969]

By: New Zealand Worker Printing and Publishing Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-C-PEACE-1934-01

Description: Shows an arrangement of text, with a photograph near the top of "The rejected of the ages", a 1899 painting by Debat-Ponsan showing Christ visiting the wounded on the battlefield. Asserts that "another world's war will, according to eminent authorities, end our civilization. The People only can prevent it". Another smaller flyer with the same image, at Eph-A-PEACE-1934. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - New Zealand Worker, 290 Wakefield Street, Wellington. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 437 x 282 mm.

Date: 1949 - 1951

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-184-042

Description: The cartoon is composed of five cameos; reading anti-clockwise the first has text reading 'featuring such artists as Fred (Spike) Jones and his City Boot-Clickers' and shows the 'Spike Jones' (American?) band playing. The second has text that reads 'Bob Semple in a humourous recitation "They wouldn't let me broadcast that!"' and shows Bob Semple former trade unionist and MP in the first Labour government, yelling into a microphone. The third has the text 'And Fred Doidge swooning about "UNO I love you"' and shows Fred Doidge (Minister for Foreign Affairs and thus involved with the United Nations Organisation) singing into a microphone labelled 'NBC' (National Broadcasting Corporation). The fourth shows Sir Walter Nash, leader of the Labour opposition, holding a microphone and raising his hat accompanied by the text 'And Walter Nash, in his "Tax it from here" programme (They're very prahd of Wal back in the buildings)! The fifth and last has text reading 'Sid Holland and his search for "talent" requesting John Public to "Put another mickle in -" and shows PM Sid Holland with a large radio in the background with the words 'What's DUE box' above it exhorting a cross-looking man to pay more. Context - Sid Holland appears to be promoting the idea of more local talent on the national radio. Spike Jones and his City Slickers were an American jazz band. At bottom of cartoon in pencil is text reading '4 1/2 col'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 380 x 560 mm

Date: 1937

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

Reference: 1/4-048828-G

Description: Viceregal party leaving their cars to examine the newly constructed northern coastal highway at the point where it descends from Pukerua Bay to the beach line, circa 9 December 1937. The Governor General, Lord Galway, is 3rd from left. Bob Semple (Ministry of Works) is in central group, 2nd from right. Humber car in centre. Photograph taken for the Evening Post by an an unidentified staff photographer. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: 1938

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).

Reference: A-313-1-029

Description: New Zealand Minister of Transport and Public Works Robert Semple is sitting on an aeroplane 'Trans-Tasman air service' which is tied up in red tape and stuck in a 'muddle bog', while the pilot, with a long white beard and looking like Father Time, sleeps at the controls. Semple muses 'This year - next year - sometime - ?' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from newspaper.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Dalzell, M A (Mrs): Photographs of Runanga, Coal Creek, Dunollie and Rapahoe

Reference: 1/4-009387-F

Description: Members of the boxing club run by Robert Semple (far left), circa 1900. Taken by an unidentified photographer in Runanga. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: Oct 1944

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

Reference: PAColl-6301-71

Description: Member of Parliament, Robert Semple, speaking at the opening of the Miramar Plunket rooms at Strathmore Park, Wellington, October 1944. Free Lance photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 14.7 x 19.9 cm, dry mounted on to card

Date: 16 March 1939

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

Reference: PAColl-7796-45

Description: Photograph shows Michael J Savage and a ministerial party visiting the Wellington Ngauranga Gorge construction site. Bull-dozers and other earthmoving machinery are visible in the background, along with piles of rubble. Photograph taken 16 March 1939, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Sources: 'Ministerial Party's visit to road construction works'."The Evening Post". 17 March 1939. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/evening-post/1939/03/17/7 accessed 12 March 2024. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 21.4 x 15.6 cm Processing information: Title and description updated 12 March 2024 following information from a researcher. Location identified as Ngauranga Gorge and not Centennial highway.

Date: 12 Sep 1936

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

Reference: PAColl-7796-46

Description: Robert Semple, Minister of Transport, preparing to open a bridge across the Waimakariri River at Bealey. Mr Semple is standing to the side of a group of men, two of whom hold a ribbon inscribed with the words: `Opening Waimakariri Bridge 12.9.36 by Hon R Semple'. Photograph taken on 12 September 1936, by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - The Hon R Semple Minister of transport opens the traffic bridge across the Waimakariri river at Bealey Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.8 x 15.3 cm on file print card 21 x 16.5 cm