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Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick, fl 1910 :Oh, listen to the band; the new concert party at Parliament House. [1912].
- Date
- 1912
- By
- Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-; Pomare, Louise, active 1971-2016
- Reference
- A-130-014
- Description
Shows Premier William Massey reading or singing "My policy" while his band of politicians plays drums, wind and string instruments. At the top left, the ex-Finance Minister Arthur Mielziner Myers hands over a bag of £1 million surplus. At the top right Premier Massey looks at the figure of Thomas Mackenzie, and reflects: "By Jove, certainly he went out like a man - I wonder if he would mind my offering him a little present".
Massey's band of politicians includes: James Allen on cello (Minister of Finance, Education and Defence), Maui Pomare on accordion (Native Executive), Robert Heaton Rhodes on triangle (Postmaster General), William Herbert Herries on piccolo (Minister of Railways and Native Affairs), William Fraser on tuba (Minister of Public Works and Mines), Francis M B Fisher on slide trombone (Minister of Customs and Marine), Francis Dillon Bell on oboe? (Minister of Internal Affairs), and A L Herdman on drum (Attorney-General and Minister of Justice).
William Massey became Prime Minister in 1912.
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Signed
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 263 x 237 mm.
Transfers: Two photographs transferred to Photographic Archive..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Caricatures, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink drawing, on sheet 263 x 237 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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Hiscocks, Eceldowne Frederick, 1879-. Hiscocks, Ercildoune Frederick, fl 1910 :Oh, listen to the band; the new concert party at Parliament House. [1912].. Ref: A-130-014. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23115224More information can be found in our terms of use.