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Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Elmar Studios; Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-222

Description: Miscellaneous uncaptioned photographs. Include: Panorama of Cassino (mounted); linesmen up a power pole; tukutuku panels and carved panels in a Maori meeting house (photographer J T Salmon); anti-tank practise; V8 engine; grave of regimental mascot No 1 dog Major Major (d 1944); WAACS on board transport ship; Maori soldier; NZer in Long Range Desert Group; Burnham Military Camp, 1939 (photographer Elmar Studios) Quantity: 17 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 28 Nov and 5 Dec 1984 - 28 Nov 1984 - 05 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Reid, Maurice Sydney, 1910-1992

Reference: OHInt-0070/13

Description: Maurice Reid recalls his family background and childhood in Invercargill, education, joining the Invercargill Post Office in 1924 as a message boy, layout of the post office, his first day, the chief clerk - Mr Blick, duties, salary, bicycles, dismissals, training in morse, work in the telegraph branch in Invercargill, telecommunications in the district in the 1920s, the telephone versus the telegraph, status of the postmaster, female employees in the Post Office, Maori employees, importance of good handwriting. Describes why he had no desire to be a telegraphist, work as an exchange clerk at Woodlands Post Office in 1929, effect of the Depression in 1930s, work as an exchange clerk at Invercargill Post Office in 1933, discipline, salary, work as a postman in 1936, work as a lineman in 1937, the exams, duties, type of men working as linemen, erecting poles, digging holes, wire tension, effect of weather, relationship between the general and clerical staff, social life, brief Army service during World War II - most line staff not released by Post Office, work as foreman in charge of lines in Gore late 1940s, duties, work as senior foreman at Invercargill early 1950s, details of job. Talks about work as lineman overseer for Clyde District in the 1950s, size of district, transport, duties, effect of snow breaks in Canterbury in 1945, difficult lines, callouts for faults, climbing poles, work as overseer for Invercargill District in early 1960s, describes area, interest in early telephone history, work as a delegate to the Post and Telegraph Association, union and administration friction in 1930s, relationships between the union and the Directors General, work as inspector of lines in Wellington in early 1960s, duties, work on submarine cable at Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, retirement. Access Contact - See oral history librarian Venue - Plimmerton Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Maurice Reid's home at Plimmerton, Wellington Accompanying material - Example of handwriting mentioned on Side B of tape one Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000784 - OHC-000786 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.58 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 124. Black and white photographs as follows:. Maurice Reid at Whatamonga Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound. Maurice and Verena Reid, ca 1940. Maurice Reid, 1980 Search dates: 1910 - 1984

Date: 7 Dec 1984 - 07 Dec 1984

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Harris, Albert Victor, 1895-1988

Reference: OHInt-0070/06

Description: Vic Harris recalls family background, childhood in Christchurch, education, early work cleaning railway engines and shepherding at Lindis Pass, enlisting for service in World War I and being invalided home, work for the Railways during the influenza epidemic 1918, joining the Post Office as lineman at Taihape Post Office 1918, fault work, transferred to Palmerston North as mechanician 1918-1924, checking relays, relationship between General and Clerical Divisions, work as senior mechanician at Napier Telephone Exchange 1924-1931. Describes Napier Earthquake in 1931, effect on Post Office and equipment,re- establishing communications. Discusses work as chief mechanician at Hastings 1931-1935, award of the P & T Gray Memorial Medal in 1933, work as senior mechanician in charge Remuera, Auckland 1935-1939, work as senior mechanician at Christchurch 1939-1946, a vigilance committee he was involved with during World War II, work as deputy superintendent from 1946-1950, the effect of having small local exchanges, work as superintending technician in both Wellington and Auckland up to 1958, retirement, work for the Fiji Post Office after retirement 1958 to 1963. Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - At Vic Willism's home at Pakuranga, Auckland Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000790 - OHC-000792A Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.11 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 116. Black and white photographs as follows:-. Vic Harris, undated. Vic Harris at a family wedding, undated Search dates: 1895 - 1984

Date: 17 Dec 1985

From: New Zealand Post Office Oral History Project

By: Smith, George Henry Alexander Sidney, 1908-1987

Reference: OHInt-0070/22

Description: George Smith recalls his family background, childhood in Petone, effect on the family of the influenza epidemic of 1918, the Post Office Association Welfare Fund, smoking in the Post Office, duties as a lineman and chauffeur in Lower Hutt ca 1926, transferring to Rarimu during the Depression 1930s, work as message boy in Petone Post Office from 1923, interview for job, uniform, salary, deliveries, sorting, Ericsson telegraph equipment and procedures, delivery routes, work as junior lineman Lower Hutt 1926, methods of erecting poles, effects of Hutt River floods, the way the General Division was viewed by others. Describes personalities, feelings about work, Tommy Dale the Wellsford policeman ca 1942, the town of Wellsford ca 1942, the effect of the Depression 1930s, ceremony of automatic cutover in Wellsford in 1964, role of overseer, geographical organisation in Wellsford - fault areas, effect of lineman work on health, faults and on call work, details of the Eureka Line Camp during the Depression 1930s. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Auckland Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - 72 Port Albert Road, Wellsford Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-001233 - OHC-001235 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 164. Search dates: 1908 - 1985

Date: 1960

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AWM-0109-F

Description: Maori in Plimmerton, 1960. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Includes 10 images of linesman having a tea break; 1 of a Pakeha boy and a Maori boy; 1 image of 3 women. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra and filed with proof sheets. Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Date: 2014

From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]

Reference: DCDL-0027909

Description: Shows two frames of Good Friday. The first shows Good Friday in 30 AD with three people on crucifixes. The second shows Good Friday on 2014 AD with three linesmen repairing power lines. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).