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Date: May 1918 - January 1919

From: Creator unknown :Photographs of merchant navy convoys

Reference: PA1-o-1394

Description: Album of photographs taken aboard Maunganui on following voyages: Port Chalmers to Liverpool, England. Left Port Chalmers 2 May 1918, called at Wellington (3-9 May 1918), Balboa (28 May 1918), Panama Canal and Colon (29-30 May 1918), Norfolk VA (4-10 June 1918), New York (11-12 June 1918), arrived Liverpool 24 July 1918. Three Transatlantic crossings between Liverpool, Glasgow, and New York, August-November 1918. Liverpool, England, to Port Chalmers, with returned New Zealand soldiers. Left Liverpool 2 December 1918, called at Colon (18-19 December 1918), Panama Canal and Balboa (19 December 1918), Auckland (9 January 1919), Wellington (11-15 January 1919), arrived Port Chalmers 16 January 1919. Includes views of Panama Canal locks and gates, ferries at Norfolk VA, United States and British warships, soldiers playing two-up on the ship returning home, and ferries in Auckland Harbour. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green morrocco-bound album, 21 x 26 cm

Date: 1998 - 1999

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-539-063/086

Description: General Pinochet complains about not being allowed to travel freely. Comment on the Minister of Defence's policy. Opposition Leader, Helen Clark, tells the public about National's intended defence spending. New Zealand's energy resources are put up for sale. Vultures gather around National's leader, Jenny Shipley. Jenny Shipley celebrates her first year as leader of the National Party. Boris Yeltsin reassures Russians he is still alive and running the country even though he is on an intravenous drip of Vodka. Finance Minister, Bill Birch in a pool after his attempt in the NZ Economic Free Fall Competitions. Jenny Shipley passes his togs, which he forgot to put on. Comment on the commercialisation of professional cricket. The House Judiciary Committee sit in judgement over President Clinton in the Lewinsky scandal. New ACC law allows victims the right to sue. Paul East quits politics to take up a cushy post for Foreign Affairs in London. Leaked conversations of Gilbert Myles. US military are relaxed about Iraqi missiles aimed at US Republicans. Jenny Shipley visits Bill Clinton. The world tryys to understand why Serbian security forces commit such terrible atrocitities. The Serbians say 'Because they can' Rachel Hunter and Jerry Hall discuss why they got rid of their rock star husbands. Pam Corkery quits politics. Bill Clinton tells the nation about the state of his relations with his wife Hillary following the Lewinsky allegations. The International Olympic Committee get 1st, 2nd and 3rd for Corruption, Greed and Arrogance. Monica Lewinsky is called to Washington for a high-level debriefing. The Government's response to people's needs following the storms in Northland. Sweetwaters festival leaves a mountain of unpaid debtors. Jenny Shipley advocates her favoured MMP option. Quantity: 24 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1982

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Auckland star (Newspaper)

Reference: A-360-076/095

Description: Cartoons on international and New Zealand political and social issues. Quantity: 20 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Black ink on card, sizes vary. Provenance: Donated by the artist in 1997.

Date: ca 1928

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

Reference: EP-1337-1/2-G

Description: Children in the children's ward of Wellington Hospital. Most of the children are in their beds, but there are some standing on the floor. There are some toys in the middle of the ward, and balloons hanging from the ceiling. There are panels above some of the beds which have excerpts from fairy tales and nursery rhymes on them. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer for the 'Evening Post' ca Christmas 1928. From box containing EP-1320 to 1342 The panels with excerpts from fairy tales which are above the beds in this photograph are now on display at the entrance to the children's ward at Wellington Hospital. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1929

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

Reference: EP-5217-1/4-G

Description: Weather balloon about to be released from the Meteorological Enclosure on the Crown (now Observatory) Reserve, Botanic Garden, Kelburn, Wellington. On the left are the range finder and theodolite used in the observation of the balloon. The man on the left is Dr M A F Barnett (later a director of the Meteorological Service). The building on the rise is the Wellington Philisophical Society's (now the King) Observatory which was built in 1917. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative

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.