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Date: 1948

From: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :[Twenty-eight (28) original cartoons, 1940s and 1950s].

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

Reference: C-132-864

Description: Shows the Prime Minister Peter Fraser, standing as Saint Peter with his keys at the Gates of Heaven. He is approached by the "Mountpark" Tribunal, led by the Judge who offers his hand to Fraser. The Gates have labels on them reading, "Mountpark Deadlock" "Now open". This refers to an incident during the 1948 dispute on board the ship "Mountpark" in Auckland Harbour. Fraser was originally shown standing in a nightdress, but, out of respect for the figure of the Prime Minister, this was overlaid with a jacket, tie and trousers. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, mounted on board 403 x 560 mm.

Date: 1953

From: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :[Twenty-eight (28) original cartoons, 1940s and 1950s].

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

Reference: C-132-887

Description: Shows Sir John Allum, the Mayor of Auckland giving advice to a suicidal man, seated in a chair with a noose around his neck. He has already tried a gun, arsenic, prussic acid, and a razor. The reason for his dejection is a telegramme from Prime Minister Holland, rejecting a request for a loan for building the Auckland Harbour Bridge. At the top left is stuck a clipping from the Evening Post, 21 March 1953, page 10. Other Titles - No loan money for Auckland's bridge Inscriptions: Recto - top left - This cartoon was rejected by the Editor on the grounds that he did not think that the Evening Post should help contribute to the increase in the suicide rate in N.Z. - N.M.C. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon drawing, on sheet 290 x 434 mm.