IMAGE
Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989:The future of Wellington airport was discussed by Cabinet yesterday, but the acting Prime Minister Mr. Gordon, said no final decision had been reached. 1977
- Date
- 1977
- By
- Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989
- Reference
- B-135-277
- Description
This cartoon is an original from 1970 which has been recaptioned by the cartoonist in 1977 to show the lack of government progress on the issue of building a new Wellington airport. It shows Transport Minister Peter (John Bowie) Gordon (who was the minister at both times) blissfully asleep in a hot air balloon labelled Government Action, with the basket labelled Flying's the way to travel, and holding a notice labelled Wellington Airport future
Label on recto 6/10/77
Other Titles - Drifting and Dreaming
Extended Title - To mark the occasion we reprint a cartoon - Drifting and Dreaming - first published in 1970
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink and letratone, 310 x 440 mm
- Use/Reproduction
- Copyright must be cleared before this image is reproduced. The Library may be able to help with an address
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988] / Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Cartoons for the Evening Post, 1977]
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Caricatures, Ink and letratone, 310 x 440 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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