[Various cartoonists] :[One folder of cartoon clippings from various New Zealand newspapers. 3 September 1951 - 30 May 1952.]

Date: 1951

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Choate, Francis Desmond, 1916-2001

Reference: E-549-q-05-060

Description: A large padded chair with the New Zealand coat of arms on its back, sitting in a room, with pots and pans on the floor to catch leaks, a large umbrella over its top. A label on one arm reads 'Not to be sat on till after lunch on Tuesday'. The debating chamber can be seen through a door to the right, with Members of Parliament sheltering under umbrellas. Refers to a serious problem with a badly leaking roof in Parliament. Quantity: 1 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping

Date: 1951

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Minhinnick, Gordon Edward George (Sir), 1902-1992; Auckland Herald (Newspaper)

Reference: E-549-q-05-056

Description: The Prime Minister, Sid Holland, seated on the steps of Parliament at the foot of two large columns, a broken door behind him. A broken and leaking roof is allowing rain to pour onto his hat, he is attempting to play an accordion and a dog, marked Parliament, is howling at his side. He is singing 'The tin roof leaks and the chimney leans / Thar's a hole in the seat of my ole blue jeans / And I've ate the last of pork 'n beans / Just can't depend on nuthin'! - Radio hit. A newsclipping on the left is headed 'Parliament's leaky roofs. New million pound wing only alternative'. Suggests that the Prime Minister needs to busk to raise money for repairs to Parliament. Quantity: 1 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping

Date: 1952

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Scales, Sydney Ernest, 1916-2003

Reference: E-549-q-05-110

Description: The Prime Minister, Sid Holland, as one of the three weird sisters from Macbeth, blowing up the fire under a cauldron labelled 'Stirling crisis plans', while is it stirred by the second sister, Jack Watts, Minister of Industries and Commerce and watched over by the third sister, Keith Holyoake, Minister of Agriculture and of Marketing. A parody of the relevant lines from Macbeth reads 'Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble / Fire burn and cauldron bubble / Portion of importers' cake / In the cauldron boil and bake / Export figures from a cow / Beads of sweat from farmer's brow / Promises all glib and neat / For a charm of powerful trouble / Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble'. Quantity: 1 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping

Date: 1952

From: [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]

By: Choate, Francis Desmond, 1916-2001

Reference: E-549-q-05-134

Description: Minister of Agriculture, Keith Holyoake, a smug expression on his face, in his back garden digging a large crop of potatoes. Next door a woman is angrily pointing in his direction, and telling off her seated husband. The husband is reading a racing form book. A news caption in the cartoon reads 'He practised what he preached. Mr Holyoake is now digging his crop of potatoes, sown after his warning last spring of this year's shortage'. Quantity: 1 newspaper clippings. Physical Description: Newspaper clipping