Labour Member of Parliament for Westland 1947-1960 (retired); on Greymouth Borough Council from 1925. Member of various boards and committees. Author of articles on town planning and trade unions. [WWNZ 10th edition 1971]
Kent, James Begg, 1885-1970
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United Mine Workers' Union of New Zealand : Records
Date: 1907-1970
By: United Mine Workers' Union of New Zealand
Reference: MS-Group-0407
Description: Minute books, correspondence and miscellaneous papers from several West Coast mines; includes awards, West Coast Trades Council minutes, agreements, papers relating to the Westland Labour Representation Committee. Labour Party reports, photographs of the ship Awatea Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 2 box(es) (24 folders). 3 volume(s). 0.80 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter, photographs Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Provenance: Possibly collected in the 1970s by Ray Grover Includes material originating with James Begg Kent, a former MP for Westland, and photographs and a ship's specification, which were originally owned by the Union Steam Ship Company Transfers: To Book Collections - Various pamphlets, agreements, rule books and constitutions - To Drawings & Prints Collection - 6 Chinese coins.
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Moohan album two
Date: Dec 1957-25 May 1959
From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan
Reference: PA1-o-1798
Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, 1958-1959, with the majority of images taken in 1958. Featured events include: the flooding of the Otira River (Dec 1957) with damaged infrastructure; the visit of a United States Air Force jet as part of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebrations (Mar 1958); Main Trunk Line 50th anniversary celebrations (1958), including Ohakune lunch, Taumarunui dinner, and a Rangataua scene (6 Nov 1948) as well as a parade in Taumarunui (8 Nov 1958); the opening of the Greymouth Automatic Telephone Exchange (14 Nov 1958); the first of the Railway Road Services new fleet of omnicoaches and the opening of a Railway Road Services garage in Rotorua (Dec, 1958); the visit of a United States Air Force jet for the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebration (Mar 1958); a pre-Christmas function at Moohan's office (Dec 1958); and the Milson Railway Deviation in Palmerston North (22 May 1959). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: Transferred to PAColl-10065: One print of woman working at [telegraph machine?] while the minister and others look on and two newspaper clippings. The first clipping concerns the government's budget and the other is a photograph of Labour Party members of parliament looking at Fur Dressers and Dyers (New Zealand) products while on a tour of Dunedin and Otago industrial concerns..
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Moohan album four
Date: Jan 1960-22 Jun 1960
From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan
Reference: PA1-o-1800
Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, Jan-Jun 1960. Events covered include: Prime Minister's Social, opening of Parliament (22 Jun 1960); Ministry of Works presentation of model for Wainuiomata Road; presentation of Palmerston North railway station and goods sheds models to Palmerston North City Council; Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS) Golden Jubilee, Addington Branch (28 May 1960); opening of the Railway Road Services Terminal, Greymouth (19 May 1960); opening the Penrose Post Office, Auckland (May 1960); laying of foundation stones at telephone exchanges in Te Awamutu and Tauranga; Philips Conference Train (May 1960), featuring the welcome and return of the train; the handover of locomotive Wa68 "Dido" at Napier (7 Apr 1960) with numerous school children; drinks at the Bay of Plenty Racing Club in Tauranga (16 Mar 1960); opening of the Cambridge Telephone Exchange (May 1960); visit of Tunku Abul Rahman to Wellington Races (Jan 1960); ceremony laying the foundation stone of Masterton Post Office (April 1960); travelling in the Ministerial carriage Invercargill (May 1960); cutover to automatic at Port Chalmers Telephone Exchange (May 1960); visit to Egypt with Mrs Moohan and Mr and Mrs Ray Kemp; and the opening of the "Rail-Air" terminal buildings at Wellington Airport (21 Apr 1960). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: Other - 13 photographic prints and two newspaper clippings transferred to PACol.
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Notes - Kane-Kent
From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera
Reference: MS-Papers-6164-046
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).