Johnston and Company Ltd

Date: [ca 1868-1972]

By: Johnston and Company Ltd

Reference: 84-014

Description: Records comprise two letter books 1903-1906, ledgers and cash books (mixture of cash disbursements and cash receipts) 1868-1966, shipping and goods sales ledgers ca 1960-1970, wool and manure accounts 1947-1972. Some of the later records relate to T and W Young Ltd. Source of title - Supplied Wellington shipping, insurance and commission agents Quantity: 32 volume(s). 1.50 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Partial listing available. Provenance: Johnston and Company Ltd, along with their records, were taken over by T & W Young Ltd, who were in turn taken over by Dominion Breweries Ltd.

Date: [1914-1955]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-091

Description: Comprises new list of jewellery etc compiled by Johnston & Co (1942); list of parcels posted at Auckland to Great Britain (1945); letter re new supply of knickers, Debenham & Freebody (1953); account from Whitcombe & Tombs; letter re chintz availability (1952); planting plan by Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset, for Kensington Square (1928); quotation from Cardinal Mercier (1914); children's first communion, extract from the Decree; pattern for caps to wear under steel helmets; copy of letter from ?Soffy Pharazyn or ?Ella, describing the Napier earthquake (1931); payments made by Lloyd & Armstrong (1935); list of furniture and effects (valued); prescription (1931); list of jewellery for trustees (1939); D & J Wellby re missing flask (1955); John Connell & Co re policy for travel on the `Rangitata' (1952) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1910-1925]

From: Sworder, B H, fl 1985 :Photographs relating to the Sworder family and postcards of New Zealand scenes

Reference: PAColl-0599

Description: Postcards of Victoria Avenue, Wanganui looking towards Durie Hill with much carriage, automobile and bicycle traffic; Wanganui from Durie Hill showing Victoria Avenue and the businesses along the water front; Te Kuiti Railway Station showing a bill poster for the Rosenbergs; and two nurses in the grounds of Palmerston North Hospital. Three of the postcards have been used. Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Postcards

Date: [1933-1958]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-129

Description: Comprises letter from Amber L'Estrange, Florence, to Mrs Riddiford re Philippa's progress; invoice, Right Book Club, to Dr M Williams (1940); cable from Arthur Curtis re meeting family; letters from Roehampton re Philippa; letters, Major M (Tim) Williams, 2NZEF; thank you letter re Philippa's wedding (1938); letter, John to Philippa Riddiford (1941); letter, Charlotte, to her Riddiford grandparents (1958); Longwood dance card (blank), with pencil; marriage service for P T R and M W (1938); extracts from Riddiford lettersl, Gully account for Meta Riddiford's trusts for her daughters (1937); receipt for art purchase; letter, Philippa Riddiford to her parents from Orua Wharo; engagement notice for Philippa Riddiford (1937); letters, Philippa to her parents from the Convent of the Assumption, London (1926-1927); letter, Nancy Rolleston to Philippa (1943); Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1933-1941]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-088

Description: Ledger accounts (1934-1939) and private accounts (1933-1941) with Johnston & Co Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1915-1947]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-104

Description: Comprises letter to Orua Wharo from Annette Liverpool re receipt of socks (1915); letters from W H Smith & Hook, Knowles, boot and shoe makers (London) and E G Riddiford, Central Cinema, Maidstone, Kent to Nancy Rolleston (1940, 1945); clippings re centenary of Orua Wharo station (ca 1953); copy of letters giving an account by Christopher Rolleston of his contact with the Russians who occupy the adjoining area to the Grenadier Guards near the Baltic; part of letter to Nancy Rolleston with Daniel Riddiford's address and discussion of clothes parcel; letter, Margaret Stirling to Nancy Rolleston from Dunblane, Scotland (1943); correspondence re Mrs A B Rolleston and property at Te Kuiti (1944); and letter, [?] E Birss (1947) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1942-1955]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-089

Description: Accounts and some correspondence with Johnston & Co Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1922

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

By: Tesla Studios

Reference: 1/1-016415-G

Description: Front exterior of Johnston & Co. building, corner of Victoria Avenue and Taupo Quay, Whanganui. Victoria Avenue bridge partially seen to right with Durie Hill in background. Photographed by Tesla Studios (probably by Frank Denton) in 1922. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) Whole-plate. Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

By: Denton, Frank James, 1869-1963

Reference: 1/1-000114

Description: Overlooking Wanganui township, from Durie Hill, showing the bridge over the Whanganui River. The business of F A Henley, saddle and harness maker, is in the foreground. The firms of Johnson & Co, May - plumber and tinsmith, The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co Ltd, and Whites Furniture Factory are all visible. Photograph taken by Frank James Denton, circa 1900. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Denton. Wanganui. 15 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1904

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-017422-G

Description: Group on a bridge over Whanganui River in flood, 1904. Photograph taken by Frank J Denton. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Wanganui River in flood. The Bridge. "Denton" Protected 26.5.04 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/1-000107-G

Description: Wanganui township, from Durie Hill, circa 1890s. Shows the Whanganui River and the business premises of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd and Johnston & Co. Photograph taken by Alfred Martin. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 26 April 1913

From: Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios)

Reference: 1/1-020999-G

Description: Overlooking Wanganui in 1913, from a garden alongside the river. Shows the area around Victoria Avenue and the bridge. Also shows the business premises of Johnston & Co. Photograph taken by Frank J Denton on the 26th of April. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 24 October 1951]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/371/04-G

Description: Johnston and Company building photographed circa 24 October 1951 by an Evening Post photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches