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Newspaper clippings relating to bituminous paving for roads
Date: 1927-1929
From: Duncan, June (Mrs), fl 1997 :Photographs from the estates of Joseph and Frank Duncan
By: Duncan, June, active 1997
Reference: PA1-q-613
Description: Cuttings relate closely with albums PA1-q-611 and PA1-q-612. They contain information about Joseph and Frank Duncan's work with the Wellington City Council and later as road paving contractors. There is also a lot of comment on and debate about the new bituminous roads being laid down in the 1920s as well as descriptions of jobs and contracts undertaken by Wellington and some other local authorities in the Wellington Region and elsewhere in New Zealand Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Nelson Board of Works : First Annual Report
Date: 1858
By: Nelson City Board of Works
Reference: Micro-MS-0515
Description: Annual report describing state of streets Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (10 frames).
Russell, Andrew Hamilton (Lieutenant-Colonel) 1812-1900 : The North road
Date: 1849
By: Russell, Andrew Hamilton, 1811-1900
Reference: qMS-1734
Description: Copies of two reports written by Russell. The first (5 pages) details the building of the Porirua Military Road (1846-1847) and the Horokiwi Road (1847-1849) by detachments of the 58th and 99th Regiments and mentions the contruction of stockades following the attack on Boulcott's Farm. The second report (12 pages), dated Pauatahanui, 31 Dec 1849, is extracted from Papers relative to New Zealand, volume 5, 1850. This is his official report on the building of the roads, sent to the Lieutenant-Governor. Source of title - Transcribed Russell came to New Zealand as the Captain of a detachment of the 58th Regiment, having seen service in New South Wales and became Superintendent of Roads in 1846. He left the army about 1859 and subsequently farmed at Mangakuri, Hawke's Bay.. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (18 pages). Physical Description: Typescript
Carroll, A L K :stereoscope photographs of whale, digger and bulldozer
By: Carroll, A L K (Mrs), active 1988
Reference: PAColl-1118
Description: Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.
Dollimore, Edward Stewart b 1904 : The Story of the South Westland highway
Date: 1965
By: Dollimore, Edward Stewart, 1904-1973
Reference: qMS-0612
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; pam case) Provenance: Transcript of the original `unsubbed' draft of copy supplied to Newmans Coach Tours Ltd, Oct 1965
Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985 : Pioneering the Milford Sound road
Date: 1985
By: Christie, John Hellard, 1897-1985
Reference: MS-Papers-4752
Description: In `Pioneering the Milford Sound Road' Christie describes the surveying and initial work undertaken to put a road through over the Milford Saddle into the Cleddau Valley during 1934-1935. Source of title - transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Landon-Lane, Maria Minnie, 1874?-1966 : Letter to Mr J N W Newport
Date: 1954, 1956
By: Landon-Lane, Maria Minnie, 1874?-1966
Reference: qMS-1125
Description: With which is bound: Brough, Dinah. Letter to Mr J N W Newport, Apr 1956 Mrs Landon-Lane's reminiscences of her childhood at Tophouse, and the Tasman District in general; includes details of her immediate family and forebears, as well as personalities in the area Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; grey pam case)
Wilkinson, Chas T, fl 1975 : Access to Tennyson Inlet, Marlborough Sounds
Date: 1882-1975
By: Wilkinson, Charles T, active 1975
Reference: MS-Papers-9956
Description: Comprises letter from Ministry of Works, Wellington, to Miss Joyce L Fuller, Hastings, concerning her inquiry for background material to the Marlborough Sounds, in particular, access to Tennyson Inlet. Summaries from the A-Js (1882-1895) are included, and there references to articles in local newspapers (1961-1970), and other matters. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (10 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Kilmister, Albert 1881-1954 : Reminiscences
Date: 1932
By: Kilmister, Albert, 1881-1954
Reference: MS-1117
Description: Some early history of the Kilmister family and early Wellington as they remembered it. Details of voyage to New Zealand on the Lady Nugent, local Maori, and construction of houses and roads. Source of title - Spine title John and Frances Kilmister arrived 1841 on the Lady Nugent, lived in Wellington and Hutt Valley Quantity: 1 volume(s) (16 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; red buckram)