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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: 1949

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

Reference: B-184-046

Description: Prime Minister Sid Holland sits weeping at his desk over a note from Sir Winston Churchill that reads 'Can't make it - Winnie'. Portraits of Winston Churchill adorn the walls and the PM's desk. Keith Holyoake has just ushered a man through the door and says 'Go on in, Anthony - the dodge worked in "Charley's aunt"!' Context - Obviously refers to a hoped for visit from Sir Winston Churchill that didn't eventuate. The substitute is Anthony Eden who was Foreign Secretary and deputy leader of the Conservative Party from 1951 to 1955 and PM from 1955 to 1957 and who visited New Zealand and Australia in February 1949. At bottom of cartoon in pencil is the title 'The substitute' and text reading '3 col Leader P. Wed'. Anthony Eden toured Australia and New Zealand in February 1949. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper, 380 x 560 mm

Date: Jul 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-08647-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, ¼ plate

Date: 1955 - 1956

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

Reference: B-184-044

Description: 'Commissionaire' PM Sid Holland holds open the door to a theatre for a small boy sucking a lollipop. Above the door are the words 'Commission Agent' a "Who-dunnit-and-how-can-we-solve-it" mystery'. The 'Programme' reads '1. Commission news, 2. Bugs Bunny Committee (very funny), 3. Travelogue - round N.Z. with a Commission, 4. Documentary - How a Commission works, Intercommission, 5. "Commission Agent"'. On another notice board are the words 'Coming this Thursday WATT's IN THE BUDGET'. Context - the May budget being presented by Finance Minister Jack Watts in 1955 or 1956. The emphasis on the word 'commission' probably refers to the 'New Zealand Monetary Commission 1955-1956'. The Monetary Commission was a Royal Commission established in March 1955 to investigate the deficiencies of the banking system and to try to display inconsistencies in Social Credit precepts. Social Credit had won 11% of the total vote in the 1954 election which upset political calculations. At bottom of cartoon in pencil is text reading '4 col Leader P. Wed' and 'Stipple (where have I heard that word before?) as indicated'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper, 380 x 560 mm

Date: 1949

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

Reference: C-164-049

Description: The title in pencil below is 'Start of the political stunt season'. Sid Holland, leader of the National Party, has tried to do a series of somersaults and ends up crashing painfully onto the mat. Nearby PM Peter Fraser (standing on one hand) and Finance Minister, Walter Nash, do competent gymnastic exercises and the PM says (referring to Sid Holland's crash) 'I believe he calls it the 'No confidence motion'. Context - the run up to the 1949 election which was won comfortably by National. 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: 1955

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-052

Description: Shows a ship named 'Thermonopolae' at anchor with Prime Minister, Sid Holland, as a figurehead on the prow. A group of housewives wearing Indian feathers in their hair who represent the 'Auckland Housewives Association' throw boxes of '8/- lb Tea' from the ship into the sea. A small boat full of enraged tea merchants wearing nineteenth century coats, breeches and wigs floats helplessly nearby. Context - The name of the ship 'Thermonopolae' is a play on the name of the ship 'Thermopylae' which was designed for the China tea trade, and set speed records on her maiden voyage to Melbourne -- 63 days, still the fastest trip under sail.The cartoon is about the disequilibrium in the market by fixing prices after the war. It is a reminder of the Boston tea party of 1773 which was an act of direct action protest by the American colonists against the British Government in which they destroyed many crates of tea bricks belonging to the British East India Company on ships in Boston Harbor. Refers to a protest at the price of tea? Other Titles - Liberty Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and Chinese white on paper 380 x 555 mm

Date: 1955

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

Reference: EP/1955/2477-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: August 1957

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177289-F

Description: Lord and lady Norrie being farewelled by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sid Holland and his wife Florence, at Paraparaumu Airport prior to theier departure from New Zealand. Photograph taken in August 1957 by Morrie Hill. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 28 December 1950

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

Reference: 114/245/03-G

Description: Prime Minister Sidney Holland departing from Evans Bay by flying boat for London. Photographed 28 December 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

Date: ca 1949 - 1957

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-6203-05

Description: White heron (also known as Egretta Alba or Kotuku) pictured in native bush at Okarito, South Westland. Taken by unidentified photographer. Note on back of file print reads: "White Heron (Egretta alba) at Okarito, South Westland. Called Kotuku in Maori. Tradition says it appears only once in a human lifetime, hence in national affairs it figures only in events of unique importance. From Christmas card, sent by P M Holland." Sir Sidney George Holland was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1949 to 1957. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1949 - 1952

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-009

Description: The scene is the cartoonist's desk on which a telephone with its receiver off the hook rings and the cartoonist makes ink spots with his brush - the inkspots become small silhouettes of from left; Walter Nash, leader of the Labour opposition, Sid Holland, Prime Minister, William Sullivan, Minister of Labour, Ronald Algie, Minister of Education, and Keith Holyoake Minister of Agriculture and marketing. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on paper 370 x 440 mm

Date: 1954

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-023

Description: Leader of the Labour Party Walter Nash and Prime Minister Sid Holland peer with torches into the darkness of the Waitomo Caves. Scattered among the stalactites and stalagmites appear the words 'wages', 'police', 'prices', Antarctica', 'budget', 'housing', 'SEATO', and 'railways'. Walter Nash's torch picks out a grinning elf sitting on a toadstool. Context - probably just before the 1954 election, won by the National Party but in which Social Credit won 11% of the total vote. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil and Chinese white on paper 380 x 480 mm

Date: 1950 - 1951

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

Reference: B-184-047

Description: Cock Robin lies dead with an arrow through his heart, shot from the bow of PM Sid Holland. The 'Who killed Cock Robin?' rhyme has been altered to fit the occasion. It reads 'WHO KILLED THE COUNCIL? "I", said the Prime Minister, "With my little Bill, I killed the Council". WHO'LL BEAR HIS PALL? "We" said Algie and Marshall, "With uncle Tom Cobley an' all, we'll bear the pall". WHO'LL SING A PSALM? "I" said Mr Fraser, "I'll sing his praise, Sir, I'll sing a psalm." WHO'LL LEAD THE WAY? "I', said the Hon. Lee Martin, "It's all my eye and Betty Martin, I'll lead the way". WHO SAW HIM DIE? "I" said Bill Polson, "with my little aye, I saw him die." WHO'LL DIG HIS GRAVE? "We," said the suicide squad, "We'll turn the first sod, we'll dig his grave." WHO'LL MAKE HIS SHROUD? "I," said Sir Bill Perry, Not to be contrary, I'll make his shroud." WHO'LL TOLL THE BELL? "We," said the Labour chorus, "take pity on poor us, we'll toll the bell." 'All the birds in the air sobbed loud & shrill when they heard of the passing of the Legislative Council'. - To all it concerns, who read this collection - will Cock Robin stand at the next general election?' Context - The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. In 1950, the National Party, now in government, passed the Legislative Council Abolition Act. To assist its passage into law, Holland appointed twenty members known as the 'suicide squad', to vote for their own abolition, just as the Australian state of Queensland had done to abolish its upper house in 1922. They included former MPs Harold Dickie and Garnet Mackley. At bottom of cartoon in pencil is the title 'Cock Robin' and text reading '4 col' and '(Approved by editor)' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 450 x 590 mm

Date: 1950

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-014

Description: Prime Minister Sid Holland smiles broadly as he reads a document that says 'M.P.s' wage increase approved'. He is followed by a crowd of working men led by Fintan Patrick Walsh, President of the Federation of Labour who has 'F.O.L.' printed on his jacket and who holds a document entitled 'General wage claim'. Context - Probably the beginning of the wage dispute that resulted ultimately in the 1951 watersiders' strike. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 320 x 450 mm

Date: December 1955

From: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and personalities

Reference: 1/2-177039-F

Description: Photographed by Morrie Hill. There are other photographs of Sidney Holland in PAColl-4814 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative 4 x 5 inches

Date: 1951

By: Waite, Keith, 1927-2014; Otago daily times (Newspaper)

Reference: J-044-007

Description: PM Sid Holland and leader of the Labour opposition Walter Nash dressed in togs prepare to take to the water which represents the 'election'. Sid Holland has an outboard motor attached to his back to which is tied a label reading 'waterfront policy'; he confidently starts the motor preparing to launch into the snap election of 1951. Walter Nash has a brick labelled 'waterfront politics' tied around his neck and he scratches his head indecisively. The 1951 waterfront confrontation which was essentially crushed by the government and over which Labour was criticised for fence-sitting and of Communist sympathies during the ellection campaign resulted in an increased majority to 20 seats for National. Bromide made for book "The Unauthorized Version" held by Ian F. Grant. Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Exhibited in the 'Line Up (Exhibition)'. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies photocopy from a bromide.. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy from a bromide.

Date: 1950

From: British Empire Games, Auckland, New Zealand, 1950 :[Official programmes for events. 1950]

Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1950-05-04/05

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Sid Holland the Prime Minister, and a page of text on the right. Quantity: 2 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (on pages of programme). Physical Description: Letterpress and photolithograph, 207 x 270 mm.

Date: 1949 - 1951

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

Reference: B-184-043

Description: The cartoon shows gigantic waves interspersed with question marks that are bearing down on a flimsy raft on which is standing PM Sid Holland and a terrified chicken resembling Education Minister Ronald Algie. Possibly refers to the waterfront strike in 1951 At bottom of cartoon in pencil is text reading '3 col today L. News'.'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, pencil and Chinese white on paper, 380 x 560 mm

Date: 1954

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

Reference: B-184-038

Description: A group of men dance and clap as an ancient man with '"Gaffer" parliamrnt printed on his vest skips under the joined hands of PM Sid Holland and leader of the opposition Walter Nash. Above them are decorations that include a placard bearing the words 'Happy "100th" Gran'dad'. Context - the celebrations marking the one hundredth anniversary of the first meeting of parliament in May 1854. The first colonial secretary was Andrew Sinclair. At bottom of cartoon in pencil is text reading 'What a constitution!' and '3 col Today Monday 24th May '54'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pastel on paper, 390 x 560 mm

Date: 1950

By: New Zealand observer (Newspaper); Choate, Francis Desmond, 1916-2001

Reference: J-065-058

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister Sid Holland as a knight on horseback carrying the flag of PAYE (pay as you earn) from Wellington to Canterbury. At the top left of the cartoon is a stanza from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales - 'A knight ther was and that a worthy man, that fro the tyme he first bigan To ryden out he loved chivalrye, Trouthe and honour, freedom and curteisye. In al his lyf, unto no manner wight he was a verray parfit gentil Knight' - followed by - 'May Chaucer's Knight now pave the waye, To help Sir Sidnye win the daye... We're al behynd you when you saye "Adopt the Aussye system P.A.Y.E."' Other Titles - The old pay day Extended Title - Mr Holland champions the Australian 'Pay as you earn' system of income tax - news. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy.