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Carter, R H, fl 1925-2005 : Reminiscences of merchant marine career
Date: [ca 2005]
By: Carter, R H, active 1925-2005
Reference: MS-Papers-9119
Description: Typescript reminiscence of Carter's career with the merchant marine and newspaper clippings relating to maritime life and activities in general Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter Transfers: Transferred from Photographic Section, who hold the main part of the collection.
Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :Of course, you could always jump off a bridge, if w...
Date: 1953
From: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :[Twenty-eight (28) original cartoons, 1940s and 1950s].
By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)
Reference: C-132-887
Description: Shows Sir John Allum, the Mayor of Auckland giving advice to a suicidal man, seated in a chair with a noose around his neck. He has already tried a gun, arsenic, prussic acid, and a razor. The reason for his dejection is a telegramme from Prime Minister Holland, rejecting a request for a loan for building the Auckland Harbour Bridge. At the top left is stuck a clipping from the Evening Post, 21 March 1953, page 10. Other Titles - No loan money for Auckland's bridge Inscriptions: Recto - top left - This cartoon was rejected by the Editor on the grounds that he did not think that the Evening Post should help contribute to the increase in the suicide rate in N.Z. - N.M.C. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon drawing, on sheet 290 x 434 mm.
Schell, Frederic B, d. 1905 :Mail steamer leaving Auckland [Sydney; Picturesque Atlas P...
Date: 1886
By: Schell, Frederic B, -1905; Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co. Ltd.
Reference: A-109-008
Description: A paddle steamer, possibly the Devonport ferry arriving in the harbour, while a large liner to the right (the Mariposa) is drawing out from the wharf, with smoke pouring from its funnel and is probably the mail steamer referred to in the title. The Auckland Harbour Board buildings can be seen to the far left. Extended Title - Published in: Picturesque Atlas of Australasia 1886. v. 3. op. p.577 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 7 x 11 in