Scott, Tom, 1947- :"When the power is returned to central Auckland, we want the Board of Mercury Energy to be the first to know." Evening Post. 25 February, 1998.

Scott, Tom, 1947- :"When the power is returned to central Auckland, we want the Board of Mercury Energy to be the first to know." Evening Post. 25 February, 1998.
Date
1998
Reference
H-448-100
Description

Shows two men talking in the right foreground while a row of men sit in electric chairs in the background. They are apparently members of the Board of Mercury Energy, and will be electrocuted when the Auckland power crisis is over and the power returns. Mercury Energy company's practices were blamed for the long power crisis in Auckland in January/February 1998.

Published in the Evening Post on 25 February 1998.

Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Physical Description: Bromide, 230 x 175 mm.

Additional description

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Scott, Tom, 1947- :Twenty cartoons published in the Evening Post between 2 and 27 February 1998.
Format
1 cartoon bromide(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Cartoons (Commentary), Bromide, 230 x 175 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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