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6th in the world, 2nd in Southern Hemisphere, 1st in New Zealand. New Lynn leads with World Government Poll. June 10th-13th. Open air meeting, Band Rotunda, Civic Centre, June 9th, 6.30 pm ... McComb, printer, Strand Arcade [1950]
- Date
- 1950
- Reference
- Eph-B-POLITICS-1950-01
- Description
Poster announcing New Lynn's involvement in a world government poll, and an open air meeting at which recorded addresses by Lord Boyd Orr, Lord Beveridge & Garry Davis will be played.
Wikipedia (retrieved 14 February 2017) states: "In France, 1948, GARRY DAVIS began an unauthorized speech calling for a world government from the balcony of the UN General Assembly, until he was dragged away by the guards. Mr. Davis renounced his American citizenship and started a Registry of World Citizens, which claimed to have registered over 750,000 people in less than two years. Opinion polls carried out by UNESCO in 1948–49 found world government favored by a majority of respondents in six European countries and rejected in three other countries (Australia, Mexico and the United States)".
Lord BOYD ORR had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1949. He donated the prize money to the National Peace Council, the World Movement for World Federal Government, and various other such organizations.
Lord WILLIAM BEVERIDGE was a British politician who supported creation of an ideal new society after the war. He believed that the discovery of objective socio-economic laws could solve the problems of society (from Wikipeida, retrieved 14 February 2017).
Displayed in "An ornament to the town; the band rotunda in New Zealand". Turnbull Gallery, 13 March - 2 June 2017.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 352 x 241 mm.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera relating to politics and elections in New Zealand. 1950-1959]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Posters, Letterpress works, Letterpress on sheet 352 x 241 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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6th in the world, 2nd in Southern Hemisphere, 1st in New Zealand. New Lynn leads with World Government Poll. June 10th-13th. Open air meeting, Band Rotunda, Civic Centre, June 9th, 6.30 pm ... McComb, printer, Strand Arcade [1950]. [Ephemera relating to politics and elections in New Zealand. 1950-1959]. Ref: Eph-B-POLITICS-1950-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/37781614More information can be found in our terms of use.