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Date: 1973

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-504

Description: This cartoon features three scenarios if newsprint becomes unavailable because of an industrial dispute at the pulp and paper plant at Kawerau. In the first a man is complaining to his wife that he has been laid off because of the dispute but now there is no newspaper to look for jobs. In the second one a family is complaining about the electricity cuts and now there is no paper to light the fire and in the third the fish and chip shop is closed because there is no newsprint to wrap them in. Label attached to verso has date Thur 23/8 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 316 x 394 mm

Date: 1973

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-093

Description: Fish and chip seller is wrapping up some chips for a customer using the revamped Auckland Star newspaper. Extended Title - The Auckland Star. Frying tonight. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on watercolour paper, 200 x 278 mm

Date: 1999

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[31 original political and social cartoons published in Metro magazine from February to December 1999]

Reference: A-129-092

Description: Cartoon illustration to a magazine article "Five go mad in Auckland", shows politician Richard Prebble, very fristrated as he is stuck in heavy traffic in a small car between much larger vehicles. His number plate is "MADDOG". He smokes a cigarette. On the road beside his car is a discarded KFC packet (chicken fast food). Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and gouache, on sheet 300 x 420 mm.

Date: 1977

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-121

Description: Shows a group of men talking while they travel on a train. In the next scene, two boys are walking along and talking. The third scene shows a worried looking man with his hands in his pockets. In the next scene, a man and woman are talking behind a bar. In the fifth scene a man is standing in a fish and chip shop about to receive his chips - without paper. The last scene shows a man reading a newspaper which is full of bad news. Refers to journalists going on strike and the impact of no newspapers. Extended Title - "It couldn't have come at a worse time!. I need my paper round money to meet my christmas commitments!" "Takings are down 75% now the journalists aren't coming in" "I wonder what Muldoon's up to?. Commuters were restive; There was a sharp rise in unemployment; The future of the country caused concern; The liquor industry was in decline - and the fish industry faced a severe crisis - But now everything's back to normal. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper 240 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 05 April 1970

From: Open Country Sound Recordings

Reference: OHInt-0002/304

Description: Since the rail-road had gone through and the saw mills had cut out and gone further north, it was apparent that the hey-day of Taihape was past, and the eager crowds no longer gathered around the pie cart of Joe the Greek as he travelled around Taihape. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 91 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0312 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 10 Minutes Duration.

Date: 16 Jun 1992

From: Women in World War II Part II

By: Botting, Mavis Alice, 1914-2001

Reference: OHInt-0064/13

Description: Mavis Botting was born in Dunedin on 31 October 1914. Gives details of her family background, childhood and education. Talks about the family business, the Dunedin Coffee Stall, which was a large caravan pulled by a horse to its location in the Exchange. Describes cooking for the business in the 1930s. Recalls the beginning of World War II and volunteering to be a St John's Ambulance orderly. Notes that this required her to have a heavy traffic licence. Describes some of her work as an orderly. Talks about being manpowered to Seacliff Mental Hospital. Describes the building and the traumatic nature of starting work there. Talks about working with some of the patients, patients escaping, training and patient treatment. Comments that seeing returned servicemen at Seacliff brought home the horror of war. Talks about returning to work in the family business after the war and later working in a shoe store. Describes marrying Charles Botting and bringing up her niece. Comments on the independence that World War II brought to women. Venue - Dunedin : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Venue - North East Valley, Dunedin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004771; OHC-004772; OHC-004773 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.10 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 852. Photographs of Mavis Botting about 1944 and about 1992; photocopies of photos of the Women's Division, St. John's Ambulance, early 1940s, exchange pie cart (Dunedin Coffee Stall) and a marching competition which includes the St John's Ambulance

Date: 18 Jun 1992

From: Women in World War II Part II

By: Irwin, Phyllis Margaret, 1913-2011

Reference: OHInt-0064/03

Description: Phyllis Irwin was born in Dunedin on 20 July 1913. Recalls her schooling and the family pie cart business located in the Exchange area. Comments on her father's generosity in feeding some people without money. Talks about leaving school, getting a dressmaking apprenticeship, working in the silk and Frock Shop and starting her own sewing business. Describes fabric shortages during World War II. Recalls the difficulty of saying goodbye to departing troops. Describes her job as a tram conductress from 1942-1944 as hard and physical but well paid because it was at men's rates. Recalls incidents on the tram and her dislike of the `six o'clock swill'. Recalls her sister being manpowered to Seacliff Mental Hospital and her attitudes to working there. Talks about making pies for the pie cart after the war before marrying and moving to Mataura in 1948. Describes her family, the death of her husband and moving back to Dunedin. Comments on moral standards and attitudes during World War II. Venue - Dunedin : 1992 Interviewer(s) - Alison Parr Venue - Dunedin Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-004744; OHC-004745; OHC-004746 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s) 1. 1 printed abstract(s). 2.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 843. Photograph of Phyllis Irwin about 1942

Date: 1959

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

Reference: EP/1959/2786-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, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: 1985

By: Glendining, Danna Mary, 1944-

Reference: Eph-D-FAIR-1985-01

Description: Shows a montage of fair objects: a carousel, a girl riding a horse on the carousel, a hot dog, sweets, balloons, a toffee apple, a smiling girl, and a smiling sun. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph, on sheet 594 x 389 mm. Provenance: Donated by Danna Glendining in 1997.