Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association Inc

Date: 1939 - 1950 - 1940

By: Williams, Edgar Richard, 1891-1983

Reference: Eph-A-STATIONERY-Williams

Description: First day covers or advertising envelopes for: Canterbury Centennial International Philatelic Exhibition, 18-25 November 1950 (with illustration of John Robert Godley statue) "British battery specialists", Christchurch Battery Co. Ltd. 83 Kilmore Street. Century (Ajax) Exide C.B.C heavy duty batteries. [Postmarked 10 Feb 1940, With 1 penny NZ centennial stamp at top right] Beadweld, the Beadle Welding & Engineering Co Ltd [Postmarked 10 Feb 1940, With 1 penny NZ centennial stamp at top right] ATC Addington Timber Co. Ltd, timber joinery, 373 Lincoln Road, Christchurch SW1 [Postmarked 10 Feb 1940, With rubber postage stamp at top right] Chrevrolet, Buick. Cooke, Howlison & Co., Ltd, 55-59 Hanover Street, Dunedin C.1. [Postmarked 7 Feb 1940, With 1 penny NZ centennial stamp at top right] The Sun Newspapers Ltd [undated, unposted] Empire airmail (New Zealand) [Undated, unposted, ca 1938-1939] Quantity: 7 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Relief prints and stamps on envelopes, sizes varying around 95 x 150 mm. Transfers: Material from the same provenance housed at PA-Group-00076..

Date: 1951

From: National Orchestra of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service :[Programmes 1947-1962].

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-NO-1951

Description: Includes programmes for concerts on: 17 February: Music under the stars. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey. Three open-air serenade concerts. Auckland, 14, 15 and 17 February. Third concert [17 February 1951]. Programme / flyer 15 March: The Music Committee of the Canterbury Centennial Association and the New Zealand Broadcasting Service present a choral and orchestral concert. Secondary schools, colleges, technical colleges and the National Orchestra conducted by Michael Bowles. King Edward Barracks Christchurch, 15 March 1951. Programme 6 April: Dunedin Music Festival 1951. Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; Cara Hall solo pianist. Town Hall Dunedin, 6 April 1951. Programme 17 April: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; solo pianist Vera Bradford. Opera House Wanganui, 17 April 1951. Programme 17-19 April: Schools concert. Conductor Michael Bowles. Wanganui 17 April; Hawera 18 April; New Plymouth 19 April [1951?]. Flier / programme (2 copies) 8 May: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; solo pianist Vera Bradford. Town Hall Wellington, 8 May 1951. Programme 12 May: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; solo 'cellist Theo Salzman. Town Hall Wellington, 12 May 1951. Programme (2 copies) 6 June: Orchestral concert. Guest conductor Sir Bernard Heinze; solo pianist Ernest Jenner. Town Hall [Wellington], 6 June 1951. Programme (2 copies) 7 July: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; solo pianist Richard Farrell. Town Hall Wellington, 7 July 1951. Programme (2 copies) 10 July: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; solo pianist Richard Farrell. Majestic Theatre Nelson, 10 July 1951. Programme 24 July: J & N Tait have the honour to present Yehudi Menuhin and by arrangement with the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, the National Orchestra, conductor Michael Bowles. Town Hall Wellington, 24 July 1951. Programme (autographed by Menuhin of front cover) 28 July: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey. Town Hall Wellington, 28 July 1951. Programme 2 August: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; solo pianist Richard Farrell. Town Hall Dunedin, 2 August 1951. Programme 15 August: Orchestral concert. Conductor Sir Bernard Heinze; soloists Robert Masters (violin), Muriel Taylor (cello), Kinloch Anderson (piano). Town Hall Wellington, 15 August 1951. Programme 15 September: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; guest artist Ronald Dowd. Town Hall Wellington, 15 September 1951. Programme (2 copies) 29 September: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey. [With] Schola Cantorum [and] Ronald Dowd, tenor. Town Hall Wellington, 29 September 1951. Programme (2 copies) 16 October: The New Zealand Broadcasting Service presents the National Orchestra, leader Vincent Aspey, with soloists Ernest Llewellyn (violin), Maurice Till (piano), John Kennedy ('cello). Town Hall Auckland, 16-18 October [1951]. Conductor Michael Bowles. Pink flyer 16 October: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspeuy; soloist Ernest Llewellyn. Town Hall Auckland, 16 October 1951. Programme 6 November: Orchestral concert. Conductor Michael Bowles; leader Vincent Aspey; soloists Ernest Llewellyn (violin), John Kennedy ('cello). Town Hall Wellington, 6 November 1951. Programme (2 copies) 13 November: Orchestral concerts. Conductor Michael Bowles; soloists Stewart Harvey, Sybil Phillips, Mary Murphy, Maurice Till. Civic Theatre Christchurch, 13 and 15 November 1951. Programme (2 copies) Quantity: 18 programmes. Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, up to octavo size, some illustrated.

Date: 1951

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association Inc

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-Canterbury-1951-01

Description: Programme booklet lists 112 fireworks of various kinds, and describes the effect each will have. The inside back page lists future Centennial events up to 20 March 1951. The back cover shows a plan / map of the display area. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 210 x 140 mm.

Date: 1951

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association Inc; Clarity Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1951-01

Description: Pamphlet lists the order of the 56 floats taking part in the procession, which was to be followed by The Battle of the Flowers". There are descriptions of the folk dancing to be held later that day, and of a floral carpet to be constructed at the south side of the Cathedral on 19 February (to remain for as long as the blooms last, an estimate of 3 days). A horticultural exhibition at King Edward Barracks was to be held 21-23 February. The verso shows a map of the procession route, from Latimer Square to Deans Avenue. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet 225 x 470 mm, folded to 225 x 117 mm. Provenance: Donated by Jill Goodwin, Wellington, in 2007.

Date: 1949-1950

From: Hutt County Council : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1293-119/17

Description: Correspondence and papers include Royal Humane Society of New Zealand re awards, 1949-1950; airport noise at Rongotai; Licensing Control Commission, 1950; first issue of `The Kapiti Observer', 1949; Wellington Aero Club Inc re leaflet drop at Paraparaumu; proposed programme of Canterbury (NZ) Centennial Association Inc; letter and memo etc from W Julius Hyde re Taita Gorge scheme, 1949; Boy Scouts Association re Moore Valley, 1949; school bus service for Pahautanui School, 1949; and other miscellaneous matters Other Titles - The Kapiti Observer Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1950 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-CONCERT-1950/1969

Description: 1950: Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association. Souvenir programme of Maori celebrations and centennial concert presented at the Civic Theatre, Christchurch, 8 September 1950. Souvenir programme Ngati Poneke. Maori Entertainment, Wellington Town Hall, 15-16 March 1950. Souvenir programme. (Contains essay on Rangiatea Church, Otaki, by Eric Ramsden). 1950s: The Arawa Concert Party of Rotorua present Guide Rangi and Concert Party. Concert Chamber, Rotorua every Wednesday and Saturday. Souvenir programme. [Date unknown, possibly 1950s] (Acc PR-00-0353, and PR-13-0049) (2 copies) 1953: Whakarewarewa Maori Concert Party will give their unique entertainment in the Concert Chamber [Tuesday 10th February 1953 - handwritten on front cover]. Programme 1956: Whakatane Maori Youth Club. Grand Maori concert and All-Maori play "Tu Terangi & Kihi". Souvenir programme with folded flier for a performance on 12 October 1956 (2 copies). 1957: Pataka Enterprises Inc presents a grand Maori concert on board the SS "Southern Cross". 24 October 1957, by Te Roopu Ngahau. Programme (with shipboard menu slipped inside) 1958: New Zealand presents the Overseas Touring Party in "Maori", sponsored by the Auckland Public Relations Office Inc., and the NZ Travel & Holiday Association. 1958. Programme ( 2 copies - one with autographs and photographs of Touring Party members) Wellington Teachers' College Maori Club 1958. Programme. 1960: Guide Rangi's sensational Te Arawa Maori Entertainers. Souvenir programme [ca 1960] (Acc PR-10-0136) Guide Kiri presents the famous Whakarewarewa Rotorua Maori Concert Party in their unique entertainment, promoted by the Public relations Office. Rotorua Printers. Programme [ca 1960] (Date assigned because it includes a photo of 12-year-old Dell Aratema, whose age was confirmed by Dr Ngahuia Te Awekotuku) Presenting the famous Whakarewarewa Maori Concert Party in a full programme of traditional entertainment. Every Sunday at 8.30 pm. Programme and souvenir brochure of Rotorua. One shilling [ca 1960] 1963: University of Waikato Welcome home Te Arohanui Maori Company. America loved the Maoris [1963] 1965: Extraordinary announcement! Maori concert, farewell appearance before leaving for overseas, lovely Kiri Te Kanawa, supported by Lou & Simon, Yvonne Thomas (The Poi Wizard), and Maori groups - compere Laurie Borck. Founders' Theatre 20 January [1965]. Flier (2 copies) Waihirere Maori Club of Gisborne. Opera House Wellington, 28 August 1965. Programme (2 copies) 1966: Arawa Concert Party of Rotorua presents Guide Rangi and Concert Party. Concert Chamber Rotorua, every Wednesday and Saturday. Souvenir programme [1966] Wellington Competitions Society Inc. [Concert, 1966 Festival of the Arts - with Muturangi Maori Club, Wellington Maori Anglican Club, Ngati Poneke Maori Club, Arohata Maori Girls' Club, Wellington Teachers Training College Maori [Club], Mawai Hakona Maori Association]. Programme 1968: Te Rangatahi. Grand charity concert. St James Theatre, 25 August 1968 (With Inia Te Wiata, Isobel Cowan, Howard Morrison, Myra Love, Ratana Brass, Nick Smith Trio. The New Zealand Maori Theatre Trust presents the creation scene from James Ritchie's "He mana toa", produced by Richard Campion; music by Douglas Lilburn; choreography by Leigh Brewer). Programme. Plus NZ Maori Council invitation for Tony Murray-Oliver to a reception the previous evening at the NZ Display Centre. Quantity: 18 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Pamphlets and programmes, sizes varying up to 250 mm.

Date: 1940

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1940].

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1940-01

Description: Cover shows an arrangement of text in navy and gold, beneath a crest of the centennial, surrounded by a curtain border. Programme includes an introduction by Prime Minister Peter Fraser, foreword by Thomas Andrews, message from Christchurch Mayor R M Macfarlane. There are also portraits of Len Barnes, Harison Cook, Christchurch Centennial Music Festival Executive, Andersen Tyrer, James Shelley, Professor J C Bradshaw, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, Heddle Nash, Oscar Natzke, Alfred Worsley, Frederick Bullock, Raymond Beatty, Frank Bermingham, Maurice Clare, Frederick Page, Fred C Penfold, Victor S Peters, Professor James Hight, Leonard C travers, Eric Craighead, Mrs N W Robbins. Printed by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited - 84521. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Programme of 20 pages, 282 x 217 mm.

Date: 1950-1954

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to cinemas, movies, films and film screenings in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-CINEMA-1950/1954

Description: Includes pamphlets for the following shows: 1950s: My Shirley Temple picture album. [1950s. Printed by] Wilson & Horton Ltd, printers, 86995 1950: The A.C.W. ten best films of 1950. Presented by the Amateur Cine Societies of New Zealand. Programme Canterbury Centennial celebrations. International Festival of Documentary Films. Sponsored by the Christchurch Film Society and Canterbury Centennial Association. Civic Theatre Christchurch, 16-28 October 1950. Programme (2 copies) This story begins where most stories end ... with a wedding!, and it ends where life begins ... with the birth of their baby! "We want a child", the story of human birth. For exhibition only before persons of 15 years of age and over. Promotional pamphlet [1950] 1951: Amateur Cine Societies of New Zealand proudly present the A.C.L. programme of award-winning films (Amateur Cinema league Inc) Paramount Theatre humbly present the devout presentation of the passion play in motion pictures "Golgotha", comm. Monday 3 September [1951?]. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Through the courtesy of Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (N.Z.) Ltd and Amalgamated Theatres Ltd, a gala charity preview ... "Of men and music". Plaza Theatre Wellington, 26 August 1951. programme (2 copies), mimeographed information sheet, card and ticket 1952: Kerridge-Odeon by arrangement with the J Arthur Rank Organisation presents "The importance of being Earnest", by Oscar Wilde. [1952]. Programme [and] promotional pamphlet (2 copies) Sir Alexander Korda (for London Films Ltd) presents a Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger production. Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Leonide Massine, in Jacques Offenbach's "The tales of Hoffmann" (colour by Technicolour. Auckland season, Civic Theatre, 1 June [1952]. Souvenir programme "Broken barrier", featuring Kay Ngarimu, Terence Bayler. New Zealand Film Archive [1990s? reprint and rescreening]. Programme You are cordially invited to a preview of New Zealand National Film Unit productions "Night flight", "The Elysian bus", "Fighting Fins" at the Majestic Theatre, Willis Street Wellington, 5 December at 11 am [1952]. Programme and photocopy of newsclipping from Evening post, 13 December 1952 Programmes for 1952 [mimeographed sheet from unnamed non-Wellington film association] 1954: "The seekers" world premiere, Majestic Theatre Wellington, Thursday 24 June 1954. The Harry Squires Memorial presentation. Booklet of 30 pages (2 copies) "The seekers". Souvenir programme. Magazine compiled by George Mooney for J Arthur Rank Organisation and printed by Watsons Printing House Ltd, 444 Khyber Pass Road, Newmarket, Auckland, S.W. 2 [1954?] Quantity: 16 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on pamphlets and fliers (plus some duplicates).. Physical Description: Photolithographs on pamphlets, up to octavo size.

Date: 1940

From: [Programmes and fliers relating to music concerts and musical performances in New Zealand. 1940].

By: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd

Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-1940-01-cover

Description: Cover shows an arrangement of text in navy and gold, beneath a crest of the centennial, surrounded by a curtain border. Programme includes an introduction by Prime Minister Peter Fraser, foreword by Thomas Andrews, message from Christchurch Mayor R M Macfarlane. There are also portraits of Len Barnes, Harison Cook, Christchurch Centennial Music Festival Executive, Andersen Tyrer, James Shelley, Professor J C Bradshaw, Isobel Baillie, Gladys Ripley, Heddle Nash, Oscar Natzke, Alfred Worsley, Frederick Bullock, Raymond Beatty, Frank Bermingham, Maurice Clare, Frederick Page, Fred C Penfold, Victor S Peters, Professor James Hight, Leonard C travers, Eric Craighead, Mrs N W Robbins. Printed by Whitcombe and Tombs Limited - 84521. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover of programme.. Physical Description: Offset print and gilt, on cover 282 x 217 mm.

Date: 1950

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Canterbury (N.Z.) Centennial Association Inc

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1950-01

Description: Engraved invitation card instructs the invitee to present the card at the entrance to the Stand; or return the ticket to the organiser if unable to attend. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet 225 x 470 mm, folded to 225 x 117 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Edward Mosig, Queensland, in 2011.

Date: 1940

By: Major, Irvine James, 1922-2000

Reference: Eph-E-HISTORY-1940-01

Description: A poster issued to announce Canterbury's fixtures to celebrate New Zealand's centennial 1940. Shows an old pioneer couple gazing at the modern wonders of a motor car, a streamlined trained and a ship. In the left background are factory chimneys and tall buildings. Artist attribution based on signature. Irvine Major would have been only 17-18 years old at that time. The New Zealand Centennial celebrations in 1940 lasted from January to 16 November. A programme booklet at Eph-A-HISTORY-1940 shows that fixtures for the Canterbury province were concentrated in the period of 8-15 April, with pageantry, displays, and the National Maori celebrations for the South island. Other events took place in Canterbury in the longer period March-June 1940. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 875 x 565 mm.