Thacker, Henry Thomas Joynt, 1870-1939

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-021

Description: A set of vignettes concerning current political and social matters in Christchurch and beyond. 'Music hath charms' shows the Salvation Army band 'leading a mutiny against the City Council' while they play loudly outside the Christchurch City Council buildings. A drunk man, seen in Dunedin, carries a large sandwich board 'Prohibition a blunder'. A cricket player getting bowled relates to 'South African cricketers' against the Australians in their 5th test. A London professor snoozes under a tree, after stating that 'the sun could do all world's work'. Two small boys, one with an executioner's axe, his dead parents behind him, discuss the murder of the parents after his mother refused to give him a penny to buy lollies. Relates to a newspaper account of a boy in Dunedin reacting violently to strict parents, including his trying to hang himself. A self portrait shows Low sobbing into his handkerchief, while he draws Tommy Taylor, but regrets the ending of the political life of Joseph Ward and William Massey for caricature purposes. Councillor Thacker pulling up a tree from Cathedral Square in the process of transplanting it rather that cutting it down. A confrontation between Britain and Kaiser Bill is about importing goods between the two countries. Four elderly men in a punch-up, holding a placard 'Peace perfect peace' refers to Dowieites in Zion City rioting Other Titles - soothe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - David Low recit [sic] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 522 x 358 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-002

Description: A series of cartoons related to Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker, a Christchurch Mayoral candidate, leading a Salvation Army band by beating a large drum, and escaping from "The no-licence volcano". The other cartoons appear not to depict Dr Thacker, but show a tram supposedly running late, references to the Hon. D. Buddo, to Prime Minister Massey, to farmers, to Lord Roberts tugging a lion (Great Britain) by the tail in an attempt to introduce compulsory military training, to forthcoming elections. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 525 x 435 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-007

Description: A series of vignettes on current political events. They include references to Dr Thacker, Mr Justice Sim, a Federation of Labour conference, the mayoral election (based on the painting The Judgement of Paris), the Conservative Party (in Christchurch), and Mormons being expelled from England Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 550 x 400 mm

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-037

Description: Caricature of Dr Henry Thacker and other Canterbury and New Zealand politicians. All of them are breaking open eggs or emerging from eggs. One labelled New Zealand beams as he opens an egg bursting with prosperity Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 520 x 388 mm

Date: [1930-1935], 1948

From: Lawlor, Patrick Anthony, 1893-1979 : Further papers

Reference: 80-063-001

Description: Papers relating to Lawlor's `Confessions of a journalist' (1935) with original illustrations and annotated material. The original material is the book's title page by Jack Gilmour, Dr Thackeray by `Pag' and crest of the Bohemian Club by T G; also photographs of Joseph Heenan (1948) and Dale Collins and his wife. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1924-1951

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-212

Description: Photographs taken for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1920s-1950s. Names not included in Name field are: D A Ewen and Sinclair Thompson of Wellington at Scouting Conference; J Taylor, 67 years a bootmaker of Auckland, 1939; Maurice Tate, a former English cricketer, 1950; Mr & Mrs Fred Tattle of Norfolk Island, 1949; Tamasese, Samoan high chief with his wife and two children, 1929; A D Kitto, F E Thornton & A R Kitto, 1949; Frank Thompson; Canon Fielden Taylor; A S Thorne (aviator). Group photo - Wing Commander E W Tacon, Group Captain T W White, Group Captain F R Newall, J W Heenan, Air Commodore E H Fielden, L G A Reed, D Fowkes, 1948. Members of the Great War Funds Administrative Committee, L O Tripp, Miss Margaret Low and S F Wright, 1949; Captain A T Toten (Master of the Tahiti), 1930; Walter John Tinsley (charged with murder of Nana Chhiba at Hawera), 1931; Vic Troughton, 1951; F Thompson. Baron Kurt von Stutterheim; R Standinger, W McHardy Forman, H W Soutar and H H Metzger (executives of General Motors), 1936; J J Stevenson, 1940; P E Stainton; K Sutherland, J A McConochie & F L Smith at Deerstalkers Conference, 1949; Captain K J Staunton, 1942. Group photograph taken at second Annual Ball of Rangiora High School Ex-pupils Association. Thirty-five debs were presented to J E Strachan (headmaster), Jun 1948 George Stephenson and S D Reeves, 1951; S Tremain (jockey), E M Sloane (trainer) & L S James (owner), 1948; Harry Tighe (Australian novelist), 1931; George Tuffin aged 82 (veteran of Maori wars); Mickey Tollis (boxer), 1947; Frank Tait of Pauatahanui, 1951; William Turner (Auckland tram conductor), 1949; Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt and Vice-Admiral H J Tweedie, 1933; Josiah Swain (London butcher), 1950; Lieut N Baillie-Stewart (found guilty on seven charges brought under the Official Secrets Act), 1933. Quantity: 72 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: 1925

By: Robson, Thomas Edward, 1864-1948

Reference: Eph-D-POLITICS-1925-01

Description: Poster showing head and shoulder portraits of the political candidates, with the political party leaders shown in the centre: Hon J G Coates, Mr G W Forbes and Mr H E Holland. The candidates shown are: H T J Thacker (National Christchurch North); H Holland (Reform Christchurch North); F R Cooke (Labour Christchurch North), D F Dennehy (National Christchurch East), H T Armstrong (Labour Christchurch East), H G Ell (Liberal Christchurch South), E J Howard (Labour Christchurch South), Hon D Buddo (National Kaiapoi), W Brock (Reform Kaiapoi), Langdale Hunt (National Riccarton), H S S Kyle (Reform Riccarton), C M Williams (Labour Kaiapoi), H M Jones (Liberal Ashburton), R Galbraith (National Ashburton), J Connolly (National Ellesmere), D Jones (Reform Ellesmere), Winter Cole (Labour Riccarton), D G Sullivan (Labour Avon), W E Leadley (Reform Avon), M E Lyons (Reform Lyttelton), J McCombs (Labour Lyttelton), J N Harle (Labour Ashburton), Hon W Nosworthy (Reform Ashburton), J G Armstrong (Reform Hurunui). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: 26 Feb 1918

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/1-014944-G

Description: Dr Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker, photographed on the 26th of February, 1918 by S P Andrew Ltd. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - above the image and down round the side - 60 C Thacker, H T J, Dr 13 1/1 Mona [unreadable words] on glasses 26.2.18 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1913?

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007306-G

Description: Unidentified shop building with a political comment written on its wall, Ferry Road, Christchurch, circa 1913. Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head. The first part of the text reads: "Is Hon Massey & Dr Thacker MP playing Bluff. Now William Massey why not give McVilley the twist and say, look hear [sic] McVelley I am the boss in this Jim Burnett did the dirtey [sic] deeds, and could not [Hodge ?] with-sand McVilley took up the cudgel and did not act the man..." Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Glass negative