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Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick, fl 1899-1940s :Increased volcanic activity - an eruption needed here. New Zealand Graphic and Ladies Home Journal, 21 April 1906 (front page).
- Date
- 1906
- By
- Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal
- Reference
- A-315-1-014
- Description
A small boy, representing Auckland city, is towing a toy train and finding his way to Wellington blocked by Premier Richard Seddon as a mountain wearing 'Hutt railway favours', 'Southland railway favours', midland railway favours', 'Westland railway favours' and 'Marlborough railway favours' on his 'sleeves'. The cartoonist implies that the building of railways was subject to patronage.
The date 1909 appears as an eruption from Seddon's head.
Extended Title - Auckland -"Well, they seem to have eruptions over Vesuvius way. I wonder if anything will ever hurry up this old mountain."
Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).
Physical Description: Bromide, image size 200 x 162 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Hiscocks (A-315-1), T. Lloyd (A-315-2), various artists from the "Ladies' Journal", "The Freelance", "New Zealand Graphic" and "Melbourne Punch" (A-315-3), Nisbet (A-315-4-001/012) and Malcolm Evans (A-315-5).
- Format
- 1 cartoon bromide(s), Works of art, Engravings, Cartoons (Commentary), Bromide, image size 200 x 162 mm.
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Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-. Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick, fl 1899-1940s :Increased volcanic activity - an eruption needed here. New Zealand Graphic and Ladies Home Journal, 21 April 1906 (front page).. Various artists :Collection of newspaper clippings, photocopies and bromides of cartoons by Hiscocks (A-315-1), T. Lloyd (A-315-2), various artists from the "Ladies' Journal", "The Freelance", "New Zealand Graphic" and "Melbourne Punch" (A-315-3), Nisbet (A-315-4-001/012) and Malcolm Evans (A-315-5).. Ref: A-315-1-014. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22721227More information can be found in our terms of use.