Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998: 88 photocopies of newsprint copies of full page spread cartoons published in the New Zealand Observer January 1952 - September 1953 on national and international political and social topics.

Date
1952 - 1953
By
Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998; New Zealand observer (Newspaper)
Reference
J-036-001/088
Description

New Zealand topics include family life, a proposed atomic power plant for Auckland, rates blowout in Auckland, electoral boundary changes, rising public transport fares, retailing, banking, income tax, agricultural protection policies, power cuts and hydroelectric power, flucating wool prices, financing of and patronage of the arts, telephone tapping, undercover police, education policy and funding of the Education Department, meat imports from Denmark, meat trade with the United States, trade with the USSR, political parties, the cost of living, difficulties funding the construction of the Auckland Harbour bridge, the Land Settlement Bill, local body financing, the profitability of the National Airways Corporation, deregulation of power boards, sales tax on motor vehicles and aging vehicles, import controls, traffic accidents and drivers' licences, manners and customs, Royal visit, international borrowing from the United States, public expenditure, taxation, funding of Auckland's sewage scheme, price controls, exchange controls, the budget, strikes, housing policies, the election, betting, rugby, cricket spectators, rabbiters, hairdessing prices and the liquor trade and duck shooting.

International topics include relations between the United Kingdom and the United States, the Empire Finance Ministers Conference, naval command of the Atlantic, climate change and international relations in Europe, the British monarchy, the "communist threat from the 'Red East' ", US President Eisenhower's dealings with USSR President Joseph Stalin, judicial power disputes in South Africa, race relations in South Africa and in Kenya, New Zealand's meat trade with the United States, meat imports from Denmark, New Zealand's trade with the USSR, the American Presidential election, Pacific region relationships, an international air race, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, attacks on British residents in Egypt, the spece of the Korean war, disputes over Persian oil and internal politics in Persia (Iran).

Quantity: 88 photocopy/ies.

Physical Description: A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.

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88 photocopy/ies, Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), A3 size photocopies, vertical orientation. Image size approximately 370 by 250 mm.
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Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998:Guns or butter? He's quite tame now - I think. New Zea...

Date: 1953

From: Sanders, James Edward, 1911-1998: 88 photocopies of newsprint copies of full page spread cartoons published in the New Zealand Observer January 1952 - September 1953 on national and international political and social topics.

Reference: J-036-083

Description: New Zealand Prime Minister Sidney Holland is offering New Zealand butter to a very large bear, representing the U. S. S. R., and saying 'He's quite TAME now - I think.' Refers to trade between New Zealand and Russia and nervousness about Russia as a potential enemy Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size photocopy, approximately 370 by 250 mm.