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Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter, 1920-1979 :New Zealand could well consider arming its police, the Minister of Labour, Mr J.K. McAlpine, said in the House of Representatives - News item'. "When the law says 6 o'clock, the law means 6 o'clock!" "Let's go! It's two-gun Bloggs himself!" "The sheriff!" The Taranaki News, 6 September, 1957
- Date
- 1957
- By
- Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter, 1920-1979
- Reference
- E-549-q-09-048
- Description
A policeman dressed like an American sheriff with spurs and two gun holsters swaggers into a pub and yells at the punters that when the law says 6 o'clock it means 6 o'clock. Text above the cartoon refers to Minister of Labour, J.K. McAlpine's suggestion that police be armed. This cartoon was drawn at the time when pubs had to close at 6 o'clock - the 6 o'clock swill.
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Newspaper cutting glued to paper, 190 x 140 mm.
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- [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.] / [Various cartoonists] :[One folder of cartoon clippings from various New Zealand newspapers, 22 January - 29 November 1957.]
- Format
- 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s), Works of art, Photolithographs, Cartoons (Commentary), Newspaper cutting glued to paper, 190 x 140 mm.
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Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter, 1920-1979. Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter, 1920-1979 :New Zealand could well consider arming its police, the Minister of Labour, Mr J.K. McAlpine, said in the House of Representatives - News item'. "When the law says 6 o'clock, the law means 6 o'clock!" "Let's go! It's two-gun Bloggs himself!" "The sheriff!" The Taranaki News, 6 September, 1957. [Various cartoonists including Sir Gordon Minhinnick 1902-1992] :[Newspaper clippings of cartoons from New Zealand newspapers. 15 December 1948 to 5 September 1972.]. Ref: E-549-q-09-048. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23159270More information can be found in our terms of use.