Places

Date: 1895

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)

Reference: J-065-014

Description: New Zealand colonial treasurer Joe Ward is seen returning from the United Kingdom with a large suitcase containing the loan, while the Opposition members of parliament look on in consternation. Extended Title - The mission to England has been productive of wonderful results, notwithstanding the shadowing of the Opposition detective, and the persistent efforts of the Opposition leaders to damage the credit of the colony in London, and there is grief in the Tory camp. The Million and a Half Loan has been subscribed four-fold, and New Zealand securities were never so high in London. 'Don't you think, Mr Evening Roast', suggests the little doctor, 'that you have overdone those articles of yours. Have they not been too malignant - too vindictive? Is it not possible that the Home people have seen through our little game?' Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopy

Date: 1874

By: Rau, William Herman, 1855-1920; Peter Webb Galleries

Reference: PAColl-0058

Description: Eight United States expeditions were sent to different places, three to the northern hemisphere and five to the southern hemisphere. The Chatham Islands was one of the southern hemisphere sites selected (Queenstown was another). Generally speaking, except for Queenstown, viewing conditions were poor at all sites. As a result the Chatham Islands photographs record members of the expedition, the observatory and astronomical equipment, and people places and features of the Chatham Islands - not the transit of Venus. The American expeditions were the only ones equiped to photograph the event of the transit. In the case of the Chatham Islands W H Rau was the official photogapher. He had been recomended for the job by his employer William Bell, a notable Philadelphia photographer under whom Rau had trained from the age of 13. Hei whakamōhio: He whakaahua o ngā kōiwi tangata i roto i tēnei kōpaki. Please be aware this folder contains images of human remains. Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: McKay, Alexander, 1841-1917 : Photographs

Reference: 1/2-021856-F

Description: Russian? warship in Wellington Harbour, photographed circa 1890s by Alexander McKay. Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1898

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1898

Description: Includes programmes featuring: Annual report of the Festival Choral Society, to be submitted at the annual meeting in Thomas' Hall, 1 February 1898. Grand sacred concert by Miss Rose Blaney and Miss Clara Mongredien (with Mr H Widdop, Miss Clarice Brabazon, Mr Douglas Jackson, Herr Clemens Lehmann). Opera House Wellington, 27 February 1898. Programme Amy Sherwin (the Tasmanian nightingale) (with her company - Arthur Deane, Kitty Grindlay, Alberto Zelman, Herbert Stoneham, and S Szczepanowski). First concert. Opera House Wellington, 18 March 1898. Programme. Amy Sherwin (the Tasmanian nightingale) (with her company - Arthur Deane, Kitty Grindlay, Alberto Zelman, Herbert Stoneham, and S Szczepanowski). Plebiscite (eighth) concert. Opera House Wellington, 26 March 1898. Programme. Miss Maude Beatty. Promotional extract, quoting an article about her in the Christchurch Press, 5 July 1898. Letterpress print on small gilt-edged card Christchurch Musical Union. First subscription concert, 39th season (160th concert). Opera House, 14 April 1898. Musical director F M Wallace, leader of orchestra Miss Packer; accompanist Miss Jennie West. Programme Christchurch Liedertafel. Twenty-sixth Gemischter Abend. 21 April 1898. programme. [American Independence Day concert, with traditional songs (by Mr A L Edwards, Mr G M Reid, Mr T W Allen, Mr B Robinson) and addresses by Professor Brown, Rev G MacMurray, Mr T Peacock, Mr F E Baume]. Auckland Opera House, 4 July 1898. Souvenir programme. Jas McCullough, printer. Festival Choral Society, conductor Robert Parker [in] Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus". Herbert Spackman, leader; Miss Prouse, accompanist. Opera House Wellington, 8 July 1898. programme. Grand complimentary concert to Miss Celia Dampier (the child violinist), by the musicians of Wellington (With Robert Parker, Rosaly Merz, Constance Hatherly, John Prouse, Jeanne Ramsay, Mr R B Williams). Opera House Wellington, 11 July 1898. Programme Grand concert by Miss Elsie Hall and other artists (Mr B Angus, Dr Carolan, Mr Boult, Mr Franklin). [Rotorua?] District School-room, 30 December 1898. Programme / flier Grand farewell concert [to] Mrs Howie, the popular New Zealand contralto [Te Rangi Pai]. Theatre Royal [Gisborne?], 4 October [1898?]. Programme / flier Quantity: 11 programmes. 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Margaret Hancock, Tokoroa, from the collection of her husband, in 2009.

Date: 1899

By: Hunter, Ashley John Barsby, 1854-1932; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal

Reference: J-040-001

Description: New Zealand is shown as a small boy in sailor costume riding on the tail of a kangaroo bounding across the Tasman sea from New Zealand to Australia. Exhibition and book captions read - New Zealand supporters of federation [with Australia] stressed the shared British stock, language, Queen, God and trade possibilities. New Zealand would progress by 'leaps and bounds' with an assured market for cereals, fruit and some manufactured goods. South Seas isolation was another reason for embracing federation. There was uneasiness about growing German power and French intentions in the Pacific. There was also fear, however, irrational, of the 'yellow peril'. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Extended Title - A contemporary prophesies that should New Zealand join the [Australian] Federation the colony would progress by "leaps and bounds". Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies A3 size. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy.

Date: 1881-1968

By: Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968

Reference: MS-Group-1880

Description: Comprise papers relating to Hunt's many interests and enterprises. These cover correspondence, reports, addresses, periodicals, and official club business, including his association with New Zealand Sounds Hydro-Electric Concessions Ltd, British-American Co-operation Movement, and the New Zealand Club. The chief topics referred to are the Manapouri-Deep Cove hydro-electric scheme, relations between New Zealand and the United States, land development, the development of New Zealand's resources, and immigration. Also includes personal and family correspondence, articles, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Some papers relate to organisations such as the British American Writers' Association and the Antarctic Society. Source of title - Supplied title Arthur Leigh Hunt, founder of NZ Farmers Co-operative Distributing Company and a successful Wellington businessman, was a prolific writer with a wide range of interests, including advocating population and economic growth, as well as international co-operation. Quantity: 525 folder(s). 6 Linear Metres. 1 box(es) containing papers and photographs. Transfers: See associated photographic material deposited in 1968 at Library reference PAColl-7590 Hunt, Arthur Leigh, 1876-1968 :Photographs.. Processing information: Most recent accrual to this collection is currently being processed by staff. Changed to ATL-Group in September 2024.