Places

Date: [1975-1980]

From: Hill, Irene Faye, 1923-2014: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7872-8

Description: Clippings and other papers relating to Hill's work to preserve dendroglyphs; includes article from the `Press' about her work Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-003

Description: A set of vignettes, headed 'The Christchurch Press last week celebrated its jubilee'. At the top left, are two people wrapped up in newspapers (the Press and the Lyttelton Times) shaking hands above a sea marked 'politics' and titled 'hands across the sea'. Top right, two large hands, one marked England, one Germany, pushing the Prince of Wales (later George V) and a German princess towards one another to accompany a text -' it is whispered that there are prospects of a match between the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Germany'. Below that is an angry man holding a Post Office savings box, with accompanying text 'Once money has been placed in the new Post Office money boxes it cannot be removed except by the P. O. officials. The man had been hoping to retrieve money to catch a tram. Below that is a drawing titled 'The other cheek' and featuring Prime Minister William Massey, holding his lower back and facing Auckland M. P. George Fowlds. Surrounding text explains that Massey has offered to pay Fowlds' expenses if he would tour New Zealand repeating his Pukekohe speech. Centre left is an Irish musical group, one with an Irish harp, with Christchurch tossing them coins - 'The Irish envoys on tour in their specialty 'Shell out for Liberty'. To the right is 'The catch of the season' showing a man leaping to catch a ball with accompanying text explaining that Dan Reese anticipates no trouble in rasing the £2000 for Lancaster Park. Bottom left is a scene in Cathedral Square showing the statue of John Robert Godley on top of a tram shelter, with a clock for a face, 'next tram' for a hat, and one arm pointing to Railway, the other to Opawa. The accompanying text reads 'The good old tram-shelter - Godley statue question has cropped up again... Why not do away all sentiment & put the statue to some practical use?'. At the bottom right is William Massey swinging a cat labelled 'Supreme Court allocation' facing 'Mrs Conservative Press'. The accpmanying text reads 'Mrt Massey in spite of the protests of a section of the Opposition press continues to support Mr Allen's legislation for Supreme Court judges. Mrs Conservative Press" For goodness sake, William, go & bury the pore thing! Cant you see it's quite dead?' Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - David Low 11 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink 520 x 430 mm

Date: 1981

By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-; Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Hodgson, Trace, 1958-; Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Dominion (Newspaper); Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); New Zealand herald (Newspaper); Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-691-001/004

Description: Cartoons by Eric Heath (Dominion, 3 Feb 1981), Trace Hodgson (The Press, 2 Feb 1981), Nevile Lodge (Evening Post, 2 Feb 1981) and Gordon Minhinnich (New Zealand Herald, 3 Feb 1981), all relating to the incident on 1 February 1981 when the Australian team beat the New Zealand team at cricket by bowling underarm. Quantity: 4 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A4 size photocopies from newspaper

Date: 1971 - 1973

Reference: Eph-D-LOCAL-Christchurch-1971/1973

Description: Includes: Christchurch Press: 14 September 1971: Mr Pickering puts Labour Party policy. Police may attack prison rioters 11 October 1971: Labour sweeps to victory for first time in 15 years Christchurch star (Newspaper. 1958- ): 10 November 1971: Force poll, lose Games says Mayor. Seamen going back to work 17 November 1971: Mayor's plea to drop Games petition 26 April 1972: Mayor seeks ANZAC Day changes. Rugby nominees 29 May 1973: City seeks Govt help on Games complex 11 June 1973: Mayor attacked for move on QEII workers 26 November 1973: Praise for Games park facilities Quantity: 8 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints, red ink, on newsprint, 585 x 403 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mrs Alexia Pickering, Wellington, in 2012. Transfers: Other material of the same provenance is housed at PAColl-10033, and in Manuscripts, Serials, Drawings Paintings & Prints (B-187-001/002 and ArtEph-1975-S-01)..

Date: 1859-1925

By: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926

Reference: PA-Group-00741

Description: Albums containing ca 2200 photographs taken and collected by Joseph Lowthian Wilson, who was the North Canterbury reporter and agent for the Christchurch Press from 1864-1913 (based in Kaiapoi). The images have a news emphasis with coverage ranging from accidents, floods, and snowstorms to visiting dignitaries, local personalities and groups, buildings, and municipal openings (bridges, swimming pools, etc.) The collection is also strong in images of Kaiapoi Maori and material relating to the South African War and North Canterbury Mounted Rifles. While focussed on the Waimakariri District, the entire Canterbury Region and the Eastern Cape of South Africa are also represented. In addition to photographs, there are some paintings and drawings in the albums. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 11 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph albums Finding Aids: A digital catalogue of images in albums 1 to 10 was created by Eliane Armstrong and is held at Library reference PADL-001467.. Provenance: Purchase, 2011 and 2012 (two accessions) Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1996: Two volumes of 'The Kaiapoi Record' one dated 1911 to 1913, the other 1913 to 1915, The Lothian Wilson Bible, an unpublished manuscript 'A history of Kaiapoi 1852-1932' by H A Childs, a scrap and newscutting book - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Curios-041-001: Maker unknown : Silver-plated tureen, inscribed and presented to Joseph Lowthian Wilson on his retirement from the staff of the Christchurch Press, 13 August, 1913 - To Drawings & Prints Collection - A-447-009, A-447-010, A-447-011: watercolour entitled 'Kaiapoi 1864', silhouette of a house and trees on a riverbank or lake, and pencil sketch of woman driving car..

Date: Between 1910 and 1913

Reference: PA5-0142

Description: The Square, Feilding NZ taken ca 1910-1913 as part of the Carthew series. Shows Wm Carthew, booksellers and stationers, The London & Berlin Piano Co the shop of W B Watson, the clock tower and some horse-drawn vehicles. Verso contains page of message from Perc. Morphy? to Mr P Spirosen C/- The Press Christchurch thanking him for the Jubilee Daily. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph 89 x 137 mm

Date: 1905-1919

By: Triggs, William Henry, 1855-1934

Reference: qMS-2042

Description: Letters from politicians, authors etc, received by W H Triggs in his capacity as editor of The Press, Christchurch Includes autographed menu from the dinner celebrating the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907. Dinner held in the Canterbury Club, Christchurch (30 Dec 1907), signatures include Ernest H Shackleton, Rupert G England and Joseph J Kinsey Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (147 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Ms & typescript (36 cm; ½ blue calf, blue boards)

Date: 1876, 1911-1933

By: Wilson, Joseph Lowthian, 1846-1926

Reference: MS-Group-1996

Description: Comprises two volumes of newspaper cuttings 1911-1923, concerned mainly with Kaiapoi and Waimakariri districts; History of Kaiapoi 19--1932, by H A Childs, including a note of appreciation to the son of Joseph Lowthian Wilson, Mr L L Wilson; Bible presented to Joseph Lowthian and Mary Wilson as a wedding gift 16 Feb 1876, from William Wilson, inscribed Source of title - Supplied by Library Other - Most of the collection consists of photograph albums, accessioned in the Photographic Archive as PH-2011-077 Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.04 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript, printed matter, photos Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Smith's Bookshop, Christchurch, 2011 Transfers: From Photographic Archive -.

Date: [1925 or 1931]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008238-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1880s-1920s]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008188-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [between 1905 and 1909]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-040901-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, ½ plate Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [1925 or 1931]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008241-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1900]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008567-G

Description: Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by 'The Press' newspaper of Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative registers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: [ca 1931]

From: The Press (Newspaper) :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-008237-G

Description: Parliamentary general election results on display outside the Christchurch Press Company building, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, taken ca 1931 by The Press (Christchurch) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.

Date: 1910

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: PAColl-9482

Description: Photograph of Taumarunui in 1910, photographed by an unidentified photographer employed or contracted by The Press. Looks over the railway line, and houses alongside, with the town on right. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Relationship complexity - Original negative from The Press collection at 1/1-008885. (Note: 1/1-008885 has emulsion damage on left side). Also: 1/1-008885 forms the left side of a 2 part panorama with 1/1-008886. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.4 x 21.2 cm

Date: 1935

By: Rooney, John William, 1869-1952; New Zealand illustrated (Periodical); Press (Christchurch, N.Z.); Godfrey, James Knox Howieson, 1922-1981

Reference: C-049-011

Description: Large trees in the foreground, and the Lion and Pembroke peaks, tipped with sunset colours, seen across the water of Milford Sound through the trees Extended Title - Supplement to New Zealand Illustrated, Christmas number of the Press, 1936 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph (coloured), 310 x 467 mm on sheet 460 x 590 mm

Date: 1930

By: Mathews, Roydon C, 1886?-1973

Reference: B-036-020

Description: Caricature of Alexander Melvin Burns, General Manager of the Christchurch Press from 1925, with part of the spire of Christchurch Cathedral visible outside his office window. Below the caricature are the signatures of senior editors on The Press. The artist was working for The Press at the time this portrait was drawn. Signatures (as far as can be deciphered) are for G. Burns, K McC Studholme, L. T. Aschman, F. A. Marriott, W. J. Green, F. N. Grant, B. O'Neill, Walter G Stack, Hartley Smith, A. H. Carrington, L. A. Barrett, Jas Drummond, W. J. Wilson, J. C. McKinnon, J. Burns, W. Peebles, A. N. Duttrage [?], W. G. Banfield and one illegible, possibly H. W. Kinoir. Several of the signatories were fellow-journalists and senior editors under Burns. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Roy C. Mathews 1930; Mat recto - beneath image - "Speak up laddie!"; Recto - beneath image - [19 signatures] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash with Chinese white on 2 sheets of cardboard, mounted one above the other 248 x 243 mm (portrait) & 170 x 257 mm (signatures)

Date: [ca 1900s]

From: Marks, J M fl 1905 :Photographs of Christchurch and environs, 1890s-1910s

Reference: 1/1-000371-G

Description: Shows Cashel Street, Christchurch looking east. First building on the left is the Christchurch Press Co., also Whitcombe & Tombs and Cafe de Paris. On the right is the Canterbury Foundry and Argyle House is farther down. Outside Canterbury Foundry is a horse and trap with two women and on the opposite side, outside Press House is a cart. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1992

From: Nisbet, Alistair, 1958- :Cartoons entered in the 1992 Qantas Media Awards

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: J-023-005

Description: Shows five large men squashed into the front seat of a car which represents the United Nations Security Council. Each has the name of a country on the back of his coat. In the back seat, buckled into a child restraint, is a baby that represents New Zealand sucking a dummy. Refers to New Zealand winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: [1880s-1920s]

By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: PA-Group-00103

Description: Photographs of Christchurch, shipping, portraits, and general New Zealand views. Collection includes some photographs of Scott's Antarctic expedition and the Macquarie Islands. Photographs made 1880s-1920s by photographers employed or contracted by The Press. Quantity: 1723 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: ¼, 1/1 and 1/2 plate glass negatives Transfers: On 21 August 1953, several hundred photographs from this collection showing prize horses, sheep and cattle, as well as general views of agricultural and pastoral shows, were transferred to the Department of Agriculture.. Processing information: The collection description was updated in November 2020 with information regarding commercial use of the photographs.