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Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991:"It's a new company order - all smokestacks to the rear!" [1950-1951]
- Date
- 1950 - 1951
- By
- Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991
- Reference
- B-184-016
- Description
Two wharfies in the process of loading cartons onto the wharf-edge watch a very smart ship's captain walking past with the smoke from his pipe floating behind him on the breeze. One of them comments in an irritated way 'It's a new company order - all smokestacks to the rear!' Docked nearby is a large ship also with smoke floating behind it. Context - The wharfies appear to be irritated by the smoke the captain's pipe is creating. The 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute was the largest and most widespread industrial dispute in New Zealand history. During the time, up to twenty thousand workers went on strike in support of waterfront workers protesting financial hardships and working conditions. Thousands more refused to handle "scab" goods. The dispute, sometimes referred to as the waterfront lockout or waterfront strike, lasted 151 daysfrom 13 February[1] to 15 July 1951.
An initial caption, crossed out, reads 'Haven't seen him around before - wonder what ship he's off?'
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 475 mm
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- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 475 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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