Places

Date: [1880s-1900s]

From: Field family :Field and Hodgkins family photographs

Reference: PA1-o-167

Description: Family photographs, chiefly taken by William Hughes Field. Many of the views are unidentified, as are many of the portraits and group portraits. Some family members are identified, and a few taken in Botany Bay, Sydney, show Richard John Seddon and James Carroll speaking at a function. One image is a reproduction of a cartoon by William Hodgkins entitled `Mark Twain at the City hall Dunedin, on original sin (The watermelon story) ... A sketch from the stalls by W M Hodgkins' Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with green covers, 24 x 31 cm

Date: [ca 1890s-1919]

From: Clark, Morton, fl 1900s :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9525-2

Description: Postcards collected by Morton Clark and family. Includes a number of postcards addressed to Miss Kathleen Clark (from Fred ?, Harry ?, Uncle Will and Jack Perston) to Mrs Morton Clark (from Fred, possibly a son, and Jack Perston); and Miss Campbell, Nurse at Wellington Hospital (from Sissie Battersby); and stereoscopes of the 1901 royal visit to Rotorua. Quantity: 48 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 9 colour photo-mechanical print(s) postcards. 4 b&w original photographic print(s) stereoscopes.

Date: [ca 1920]

By: Taine, James John, 1817-1914

Reference: qMS-1974-1976

Description: The reminiscences cover the period 1839 to 1914 and most are based on Taine's own experience although they contain also an outline of the early history of the colony from other sources. He came to New Zealand aged 22 on the `Adelaide' and lived in Wellington till 1862 when he moved to Dunedin. After 1879 Taine lived in Auckland. At the end of volume 3 there is a section on early Wellington street names. Also (volume 3 p 515) there is a note on the history of Waiwera which Taine frequently visited. Variations in title - Spine title: Reminiscences Taine married Leocadia de Oliveira, ward of Edward Gibbon Wakefield Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy) (33 cm; ¼ blue morocco) Includes illustrations

Date: [191-?]

By: Pain, George, 1846-1937

Reference: MS-Papers-1740

Description: Pain describes his childhood in Wellington, working as shepherd in Wairarapa and as travelling salesman until long-term involvement in land speculation in the Martinborough area and elsewhere Source of title - Transcribed Relationship complexity - Photocopy of original ms transcript located at MS-Papers-6264 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (17 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (carbon copy)

Date: 1890-1915

By: Wiggins, Emma C, active 1993

Reference: PAColl-3287

Description: One of the negative boxes has the word Schack on it another has the word Shackel---- (probably shackelford) written on it. One negative has 'L S Photo' scratched into the emulsion. Most of the negatives are of Wellington scenes. Wises PO Directory for 1914 has the following entries: Shackelford Lnrd, clk, Crescent rd, Rsnth, Wel., and Shackelford, Leslie, mercer, 30 Ohiro Rd, W. Arrangement: Negatives are at G174519-1/2 - G174570-1/2; red glass enlarger filter (?) at PAColl-3287-1 Quantity: 52 b&w original negative(s). 1 item(s) of photographic ephemera in one envelope. Physical Description: Two 1/2 plate formats

Date: 1890 - 1910

By: Jessett, George F, active 1900s?

Reference: A-247-048

Description: A view from Kelburn looking down over fenced farmland to the buildings of Wellington City with Thorndon and Ngauranga, the harbour, Somes Island, the Rimutaka, and Orongorongo Ranges in the background. Several steamers are in the harbour Supplied title Originally mounted on sheet with A-247-039/47 Inscriptions: Mount verso - Descriptive notes, signed: Geo. F Jessett Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 137 x 201 mm

Date: 1854-1859 1912-1919

By: Corliss, Valerie Claire, 1893-1946

Reference: MSX-4173

Description: Corliss has not kept a daily diary but rather an occasional journal describing special occasions such as a family holiday to Picton, a train trip from Petone to Wellington, aspects of her teaching career, lists of stories she had written, her musical interests, and a voyage to England on the `Ayrshire' in 1914, where she studied music. Included with the volume is a copy of a letter from George H Valentine to his brother (from Lefevers Peninsula, Port Adelaide, 7 Sep 1859), and notes re the `Annie Wilson' which arrived at Wellington 22 March 1854. Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Source of title - Supplied by diarist Accompanying material - As well as the letter from Valentine to his brother (1859) there are items (photocopied) regarding the voyage of the `Annie Wilson' (1854) which appear to have been kept with the journal; accompanying the journal is a letter from the donor giving additional information about the Corliss family and himself, a direct descendant of Amos Burr of the `Tory'. Relationship complexity - Acc 81-252, Harland, William James: Music scrapbook; MS-Papers-5065-16: miscellaneous papers relating to Arthur Fieldhouse; and MSX-2851, Corliss, V C: Music book including lectures to teachers and recital lectures, 1926. Corliss intended to record only happenings that struck her `as being beautiful' Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J H Staff, Papakura, 1995

Date: 1814-1913

By: Robinson family

Reference: 91-329

Description: The letters are between various members of the Robinson family and are concerned mainly with day to day accounts of health and events. Also included is a church attendance diary for the Methodist Chapel at Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, opened 7 June 1814, kept by Alice Dring of Stretham (first wife of Robert Levely Robinson), 1814-1816. Source of title - Supplied title The Robinson family arrived in Wellington on the `Lady Nugent' on the 17th March 1841. They settled first in Karori and later Richard Robinson and Anne Collier moved to Makara where they established a farm. Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor is great grandson of Richard Robinson.

Date: 1990

From: New Zealand Society of Genealogists : 1990 Sesquicentennial Family Biography Competition collection

Reference: MS-Papers-4280-028

Description: The essay is written in diary form from the point of view of two emigrant women, Elizabeth Jane and Sarah Sheppard, both English. They landed in Napier within a few months of each other. Related are the two voyages out and the tragedy, hope, suffering that followed. It is the story of how these two women progress and their families become one to continue life during the period 1875-1916 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Published guide available.

Date: 1890 - 1910

Reference: PAColl-5200

Description: Arrangement: 1/2 and 1/4 plate negatives. 1/4 plates uncatalogued, in 1/4 plate drawer and have subject headings typed on bags - numbers are: 1/4-018073 to 018074, 044229 to 044236, 051424 to 051454. 1/2 plates: 1/2-003910 to 003915, 004047, old numbers 1/2-023739 to 023759, old cards in catalogue. Some of these have been included in the 1/2 plate sequence numbers 1/2-009310 to 003915 and some 23 thousand negatives seem to be missing. See old register.

Date: 1880 - 1917

Reference: Eph-F-OPERA-WAODS-1880/1917

Description: Includes programmes or flyers for the following performances: 1880: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Complimentary benefit to Mr William Hoskin ... "Richelieu". Theatre Royal, 2 August [1880]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Tom Taylor's three-act comedy "The contested election". Theatre Royal, 13 September [1880]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Boucicault's glorious five-act comedy "London Assurance". Theatre Royal, 14 September [1880]. Programme / flyer Obituary for Mr William Hoskins (newsclipping) [1886] 1881: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Henry J Byron's serio-comedy in three acts "Dearer than life". Theatre Royal, 18-19 January [1881]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand sacred concert. Friday April 15 (Good Friday) [1881]. Programme / flyer (With newsclipping reviews on following pages) Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethopie!" "Uncle's will", "The very witty diggings", "The happy pair" Theatre Royal [Easter weekend 16-18 April 1881]. Programme / flyers and newsclippings advertising the performance. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. H J Byron's "Married in haste". Theatre Royal, 3 June 1881. Programme / flyer and newsclippings Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Ruth's romance", "Gareth and Lynette" and "Incidental morceaux". Theatre Royal, 22-23 September 1881. Programme (5 copies each on different coloured papers: Bright pink, grey (2), green, pale pink. 1882: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand sacred concert. Princess Theatre [Wanganui], 7 April [1882]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethiope"; "The very witty diggings". Princess's Theatre [Wanganui], 8 April [1882]; [and] 10 April [1882]. 2 programmes/flyers Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. A benefit for the sufferers by the recent Timaru disaster. Grand concert; an origianl address will be read by Thomas Bracken, esq; to be followed by ... "Gareth and Lynette" [and] "Incidental morceaux". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 5 June 1882. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Partners for life". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 30 September 1882. Programme / flyer and review clipping 1883: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. H J Byron's comedy "Married in haste". Princess Theatre Tory Street, 9 March 1883. Programme / flyer (3 copies in 3 different colours) and review clippings Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethiope"; "Married in haste", etc. Clippings and reviews in Nelson papers, March 1883. Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand sacred concerts, assisted by the talented violinist Mr G Rivers Allpress. Theatre Royal [Nelson], 23 March [1883]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Salon d'Ethiope", "Thumping legacy", [and] "Married in haste". Theatre Royal [Nelson], 24 and 26 March [1883]. Programmes / flyers Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "100,000 [pounds]", [and] "The area belle". Theatre Royal [Wellington], 17 May [1883]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club, in aid of the Murphy families. "Married in haste". Theatre Royal, 8 June 1883. Programme / flyer (2 copies, different colours) Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The chimney corner" [and] "Slasher and Crasher". Theatre Royal, 7 September 1883. Programme (2 copies each different colours) Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club in aid of the funds of the Wellington Cricketers' Association. "A thumping legacy", "Withered leaves", "Whitebait at Greenwich". Theatre Royal, 19 October [1883]. Programme Ye Olde Englishe Fayre in aid of ye building funde of St Peter's Church Te Aro Wellington. 1-8 Dec 1883. Large advertising pamphlet Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club assisted by Mis Amy Horton and Mrs D'Arcy Stanfield. "Caste!!" 29 Nov [1883]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. Grand minstrel entertainment; Musical interlude [and] "Withered leaves". Theatre Royal, 12 April [1883]. Programme / flyer 1884: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "100,000 [pounds]" [and] "The area belle!". Theatre Royal, 14 April [1884]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Cut off without a shilling" by S Theyre Smith; [and] "Two roses", by James Albery. Theatre Royal, 28 August 1884. Programme Oriental bazaar under the patronage of Lady Jervois. Drill Shed Wellington, 6 September 1884. Programme booklet Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Ruth's romance" by F W Broughton; [and] "Trial by jury" by Gilbert & Sullivan. Theatre Royal, 27 January [1885]. Programme / flyer The Thespian Club. "Only a halfpenny" by John Oxenford; [and] "Meg's diversion", by H T Craven. Theatre Royal, 17 February 1885. Flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "A thumping legacy". Newtown Theatre, 31 March 1885. Programme /flyer and advertising flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club, assisted by Mrs and Miss Hart, for the benefit of the widows and orphans left by the recent boating disaster in Evan's Bay. "Alone" by Palgrave Simpson and Herman Merivale; and, "Mr Joffins' latchkey". Theatre Royal, 1 June 1885. Programme / flyer New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Programme [of concert featuring] John Radcliffe, Madame Pauline Rita; [and] "Trial by jury". 11 September [1885]. Programme / flyer New Zealand Industrial Exhibition. Popular concert and grand Christy Minstrel entertainment by the Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club under the direction of Mr George Robertson. 14 October [1885]; and 21 October [1885]. 2 different flyer / programmes 1886: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "School", by T W Robertson. Theatre Royal, 19-20 January 1886. Programme / flyer Grand farewell musical and dramatic entertainment tendered by the amateurs of Wellington to Mr Cecil F Keyworth, previous to his departure from New Zealand ... "Done on both sides" by Maddison Morton. Theatre Royal, 28 January 1886. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The guv'nor". Theatre Royal, 18 August 1886. Programme / flyer Grand popular concert in aid of Saturday Free Concert Fund. Theatre Royal, 18 September 1886. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The guv'nor". Theatre Royal, 21 September 1886. Programme / flyer Ye Yule-Tide Mummers. "Aunt Charlotte's maid" [and] "Not such a fool as he looks". Lyceum Hall, Tory Street, 13 October 1886. Programme / flyer 1887: Grand complimentary concert tendered ... to Messrs J W and A F Hill prior to their departure for Germany. ... "Trial by jury". Theatre Royal, 25 February 1887. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The overland route", by Tom Taylor. Theatre Royal, 5 April 1887. Programme / flyer Grand complimentary benefit tendered to Mr J M Clark prior to his departure for Melbourne. Opera House, 22 April 1887. Programme / flyer and review clippings Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Our boys", by H J Byron. Theatre Royal, 29 July 1887. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "A bad penny" [and] "The wedding march". Theatre Royal, 14 December [1887]. Programme 1888: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club, in aid of the WADC's cot in the Children's ward of the Wellington Hospital. "Box and Cox" by J Maddison Morton; [and] "The wedding march" by W S Gilbert. Theatre Royal, [17 February 1888]. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The old story" by Henry J Byron, [and] "Woodcock's little game", by J Maddison Morton. Theatre Royal, 30 October 1888. Programme / flyer 1889: Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Naval engagements" by C Dance; [and] "Vice versa", by F Anystey. Theatre Royal, 16 May 1889. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "The guv'nor". Theatre Royal, 30-31 August 1889. Programme / flyer Grand complimentary concert tendered to Mr Walter Haybittle prior to his departure for Australia. Exchange Hall, 28 October 1889. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Engaged", by W S Gilbert. Theatre Royal, 19 December 1889. Programme 1890: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "Rip van Winkle". Scenery painted by Mr E Briggs. Opera House, commencing 4 February 1890. Programme / libretto, and flyer Wellington Amateur Dramatic Club. "Daddy Hardacre" by J Palgrave Simpson; [and] "A blighted being", by Tom Taylor. Theatre Royal, 12 August 1890. Programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. Gilbert & Sullivan's "The sorcerer". Opera House, commencing 8 October 1890. Programme / libretto 1891: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe". Opera House, 20 May 1891. Programme / libretto 1892: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Gilbert & Sullivan's "Yeomen of the guard". Opera House, commencing 19 January 1892. Programme / libretto "All that glitters is not gold", by T and J M Morton. By members of the late Thespian Club and friends in aid of the funds of Wellington Orchestral Society. Opera House, 30 June 1892. Programme / flyer, and review clipping. Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Rip van Winkle", by Planquette. Opera House, commencing 7 September 1892. Programme / libretto Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Planquette's "Rip van Winkle". Opera House, 9 September 1892. Silk programme / flyer Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. Planquette's "Rip van Winkle". Opera House, 12 September 1892. Programme / flyer 1893: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "The monarch of Utopia", by Messrs Jones and Bridge. Opera House, commencing 7 September 1893. Programme / libretto 1894: Wellington Dramatic Students. "Masks and faces"; [and] "Nan, the good for nothing". New and beautiful scenery has been painted by Mr Geo Butler. Opera House, 23-25 May 1894. Programme / flyer 1895: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Ruddigore", by Gilbert & Sullivan. Opera House, commencing 22 May 1895. Programme / libretto 1898: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Dorothy", by B C Stephenson and Alfred Cellier. Opera House, commencing 15 June 1898. Programme / libretto (2 copies) 1899: Wellington Dramatic Students for the benefit of the NZ Academy of Fine Arts. "The cabinet minister", by A W Pinero. New and special scenery designed by Claude H Whaite. Opera House, 10-12 May 1899. Programme (Royal Footlights) 1902: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Yeomen of the guard". Opera House, commencing 25 June 1902. Programme and review clippings 1903: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Ruddigore". Opera House, 29 July 1903. Programme / libretto / souvenir booklet 1905: Wellington Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society. "Dorothy". Opera House, commencing 16 August 1905. Programme 1917: Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. "La mascotte". Grand Opera House Wellington, commencing 22 September 1917. Programme Red bound volume has the crest of the General Assembly Library on the front cover, in gilt. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programmes, flyers and newsclippings in red buckram-bound volume, 385 x 278 mm.

Date: 1895, 1913

From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection

Reference: MS-Papers-11750-05

Description: Letter from George Baxter to The Hon R J Seddon, Nov 29 1895. It discusses stone quarrying and coalmining in Westland and the 8 hour working day. Letter from Alexander H Turnbull to John Kenderdine, Aug 20 1913. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Date: [ca 1902]

By: Pettifer, Walter, active 1902

Reference: PAColl-7744

Description: Photographs, many of which are panoramas, of New Zealand cities, rivers and lakes. Includes photographs of Sydney and Tasmania, and a photograph of Brooklyn Bridge, New York. Taken ca 1902, possibly by Walter Pettifer. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 50 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchased from Judith Grant, London, September 2002. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1135 : Pettifer, Walter, fl 1902 : Diary and scrapbook..

Date: [ca 1880-1910]

By: Hill family

Reference: qMS-0957

Description: Includes music programmes, photographs, newspaper clippings, some ms notes, relating mainly to the musical interests of Mr Charles Hill and his family, particularly the sons, Alfred, Edwin James and John W Hill Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 50 pages). Physical Description: Ms & printed matter (31 cm; brown cloth) Provenance: The scrapbook was the property of Mrs Charles Hill

Date: 1812-1910

By: Saunders, Ann, 1867-1946

Reference: MS-Papers-4084

Description: Contains an account, dated 1909-1910 written by Annie Saunders, of a journey taken by Nellie, Annie and Owen Saunders from Christchurch to Wellington on the `Mararoa' and their journey by train to Auckland, stopping over at Ngaruawahia and Waingaro. Also consists of two letters written by Lord Shaftesbury to May Bayly, dated 1865, a Saunders family tree, headed up Market Lavington Saunders and a legal document, dated 11 Jan 1812; a release written up between Mr John Ward and Ann his wife to Mr Peter Saunders and Mr James Garratt. Source of title - supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 items). Physical Description: Holographs (some photocopies)

Date: 1861-1912

By: Raithby, J W, active 1964

Reference: MSI-Papers-5756

Description: Comprises certificate of title for land in the parish of Waitangi (1912); mortgages in Picton (1906); conveyance in Picton (1901); account for Miss McLaurie to McCallum, & Mills, solicitors, Blenheim (1913); land grant, Marlborough (1861); map, town of Newport (Opua), One Tree Point, Bay of Islands (1883) Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J W Raithby, Balderton, Newark, England, ca 1964

Date: ca 1880-1910

By: Zachariah, Joseph, 1867-1965; Zachariah, Irene Anita Clematis, active 1925-1965

Reference: PAColl-0043

Description: Three coloured postcards, one of a old Maori woman dozing outside a house (identified as Ceylon Wickliffe's Great Aunt), a Maori girl described as the Arawa Belle (identified as Marie McFarland), and some Maori children playing in the lake at Ohinemutu; the seven men of the executive of the New Zealand Harbour Boards Conference seated outside a building; three photographs of a Maori event in a park, probably in Wellington, with tents pitched and participants wearing kakahu over European dress; two women in traditional dress next to a wood carving, one is holding a hoe; a hut at Hawk's Crag on the Buller River; a loaded cart passing through Porter's Pass; Wellington wharves seen from Oriental Parade; the Buller River; a group of men gathered round a table to sign a document; view from Mount Cook towards Mount Victoria with what are possibly brickworks in the foreground; and photographs of four petitions submitted in Greymouth. Prints labelled Zak collection were taken by him. Arrangement: Prints at PAColl-0043. Also at PA4 and PA5 (see child records). Provenance: Irene C Zachariah was the widow of Joseph Zachariah who operated the Zak studio in Wellington.

Date: 1876-1910, [ca 1983]

By: Bryant, Agnes Ruth Maude, 1896-1988

Reference: MS-Papers-3899

Description: Reminiscences cover the period 1876 to roughly 1910. They consist of: Robert Greig's story as told to Agnes, recalling Robert's early life in and around Wellington and its environs; Phoebe Monk's story, also written in the first person, telling of her experiences dealing with life in the bush; Agnes' account of her childhood in Reikorangi and her account of the Reikorangi district with reference to religion, school, sport, doctors, roads, sawmills etc. Accompanied by genealogical charts of the Monk and Greig families, with annotations, probably in Bryant's hand. Source of title - cover title Agnes Greig was born in 1896. She grew up in a large family, the eldest of twelve, living in the isolated bush near Reikorangi, south east of Waikanae. Agnes' father, Robert Greig, had come to New Zealand in 1876. He had spent his boyhood in Wellington, leaving home in his early teens in search of work. He found employment on the railways, as a general farm hand, and as a bush labourer clearing and felling bush between Makara and Waikanae. In 1895 Robert married Phoebe Monk, who had grown up in Makara and they set up home near Reikorangi. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (41 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms and typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1896 - 1910

Reference: Eph-A-DINING-1900/1909

Description: Includes menus for: The Health Food Cafe (Auckland). Promotional flyer. [ca 1901]. Wellington Club. Complimentary dinner to Mr Joseph Joseph and Mr T G Tegetmeier. 27 January 1900. Wellington Club. Complimentary dinner to Mr T F Rotheram by the members. 15 May 1900. Wellington Club. Dinner to Admiral George C Remey of the U.S.S. "Brooklyn". Saturday June 8th, 1901. Wellington Club. Dinner to Mr James Embling by the members. 4th February 1903. Royal Cafe, Christchurch. Afternoon tea menu [13 July 1903? or 1905?] Wellington Club. Menu. 4 November 1903. Wellington Club. Dinner to Lt-Colonel Edward Pearce, one of the founders of this club and for many years its president. 2 March 1904. Wellington Club. Farewell dinner to Mr R M Simpson. 23 April 1904. Wellington Club. Dinner to Dr W E Collins, the retiring president. 4 June 1904. Wellington Club. Dinner to His Excellency The Governor (Plunket). 3 August 1904. Royal Cafe, Christchurch. [Dinner] menu. 23 August 1905. Wellington Club. Dinner to Major-General Babington. 20 September 1906. Wellington Club. [Menu for a dinner with a Scottish theme]. 30 November 1907. Wellington Club. Dinner given to A E Pearce, esq, vice-president. 28 January 1908. W&T Ltd 75970. Wellington Club. Dinner given to Charles Bateson, Esq., by a few golfing friends. 5 June 1908. Wellington Club. Dinner to the Hon Dr W E Collins. 1 December 1908. Wellington Club. Dinner given to H D Bell, K.C. on the occasion of his leaving on a visit to England. [9 March 1909] Wellington Club. Dinner given to L H Tripp on the occasion of his leaving on a visit to England. 4 June 1909. Canterbury Club. Luncheon menu. 30 June 1908 (overwritten "Royal Divorce" supper 19 November 1909 "Warriors", and autographed by Florence Stevenson, J J Kinsey, Chris Boys, John Stevenson, J T Boys, Julius Knight, Herbert J Bentley, Reynolds D Enniston, C F Thomas, Dudley Chuton [?], B [?] Stewart, Harry Plimmer, John Anderson [?] Wellington Club. Dinner to Sir Charles Lucas and A A Pearson, esq, CMG. 26 July 1909. White Hart Hotel, New Plymouth. Menu Xmas 1909. Charles Clarke, proprietor. Joseph Hooker printer. Quantity: 22 menus.. Physical Description: Letterpress on cards, sizes varying below 210 mm. Provenance: Various purchases and donations.

Date: [ca 1900s]

By: John Oxley Library (Brisbane, Qld.)

Reference: PA11-224

Description: View of Wellington looking east from Kelburn Park towards Mount Victoria, taken ca 1900s by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Wellington.NZ. Quantity: 1 b&w lantern slide(s). Physical Description: Glass lantern slide