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Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :Why didn't Wellington organise a race to challenge Auc...
Date: 1982
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-136-126
Description: Shows three scenes of the hazards of a race through Wellington's streets. In the first a race organiser is explaining that because of the council worker's strike which has resulted in piles of rubbish bags on the streets, the race will be a hurdle race. In the second scene a contestant is doing a 'water jump' over the Manners Mall fountain. In the third scene a contestant is lying on the ground after being hit by a demolition ball when he was running past a demolition site. Refers to the construction boom in central Wellington in the 1980s. Extended Title - Competitors would have found the Courtenay Place-to-Lambton mile a lot more interesting - Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, white gouache and crayon, 450 x 320 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.