IMAGE
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Humour is a vital necessity to the injection of sanity in international and even national affairs'. 1973
- Date
- 1973
- By
- Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
- Reference
- B-134-452
- Description
This cartoon features Prime Minister Kirk leaning on his desk. He is telling Labour Minister Hugh Watt that his final move over the Springbok Tour is to laugh at it. Hugh Watt replies that he is off to crack a few jokes with the freezing workers who are involved in a dispute. On Kirk's desk is a memo to appoint a Minister of Humour and the possibilities are Watt, Walding, Finlay, Freer or himself.
Label on verso dated Tues 27/3
Other Titles - Laugh and the world laughs with you
Other Titles - Laughter is the best medicine
Other Titles - Laugh and be merry
Extended Title - Quote from] Peter Ustinov introducing the Association for the Promotion of Humour in International Affairs (APHIA)
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 296 x 392 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] / Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Cartoons for the Evening Post, 1973]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Caricatures, Ink, letratone and crayon, 296 x 392 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.). Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:'Humour is a vital necessity to the injection of sanity in international and even national affairs'. 1973. Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]. Ref: B-134-452. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22527557More information can be found in our terms of use.