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Date: 1987

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-136-674

Description: In four little cameos a man who is reading about the migration loss to New Zealand in the newspaper rants to his wife about all the very good economic reasons that make people emigrate. When he sees a headline about the Foveaux Strait oyster beds being good he relents and decides that they will not emigrate yet. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and letratone on thin card, 320 x 480 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1986

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-136-586

Description: Shows three scenes. In the first people are walking up and down gritting and grinding their teeth. A sign says that the economic outlook is still gloomy. In the second a man asks his wife through gritted teeth what they have to show for gritting their teeth and she replies "no teef". In the third scene a man holding a newspaper is happy that the government is to subsidise false teeth. Extended Title - If he expects us to go around for the next couple of years - gritting our teeth - what sort of rewards can we expect? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon on paper, 327 x 471 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1986

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-136-587

Description: Geoffrey Palmer, Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of Maori Affairs, dressed as a soldier and looking somewhat besieged, is sitting alone in the night in a sandbagged bunker writing a Christmas letter home. Refers to the so-called Maori loans scandal (see historical note below) that broke just before Christmas 1986. Extended Title - The Maori loan??? A scandal that involved a government official's attempt to raise a $300 million loan to develop businesses for New Zealand's indigenous Maori people. The scandal began, according to New Zealand peace researcher Owen Wilkes, in December of 1986, when opposition National Party Parliament member Winston Peters revealed that the secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs, Tamati Reedy, had been negotiating for the loan from a Hawaiian financier. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, crayon and letratone on paper, 320 x 484 mm Finding Aids: Photocopies available in Pictorial Reference Service.

Date: 1992

From: Heath, Eric Walmsley 1923- :The Dominion cartoons 18 November - 14 December 1992

Reference: H-060-004

Description: Shows Jim Bolger in Gisborne, en route for Auckland, driving a vehicle labelled the Good News Machine, in which a band is playing and people making merry. It is raining and the spectators are unimpressed. Refers to the government's attempts to spread the message that the economy is improving Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1930 - 1940

By: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968; Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937

Reference: E-604

Description: Includes whimsical cartoons relating to random subjects such as shapes of ears, goldfish, cats in Wellington Zoo, the centenary of the pen-nib 1830-1930, the visit of publisher Jonathan Cape to New Zealand, Railways signs, men typing, modern dancing, motorists' hand signals, a review of 1934, vegetable gardening, Douglas Social Credit supporters' clothing, Scots College boxing championships, short or long pants, noisy cars and pneumatic drills, design of the new car number plates, abstract paintings, Wellington College caps, egg-eating contest at Ormondville, rugby and cricket matches, , middle-aged men, and many more. Also includes a Trevor Lloyd cartoon relating to the 1932-1933 budget. Also includes a programme flier for Archbishop Redwood's Diamond jubilee, Children's gathering, 28 February 1934. The back of one cutting mentioned the date 1933, but the backs of most are undated. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: 72 newsclippings (approx), stuck into lined exercise book, with black cover 250 x 200 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Smith's Bookshop Limited in 2003. (Item 18 on "A short list of books for sale", October 2003)