Butter making - Research

Date: 1979

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.); Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989

Reference: B-135-532

Description: Three scenes in this cartoon show the varying reactions to the discovery of another natural gas and condensate field at Toko. In the top right three Ministry of Energy Resources officials are sitting around a table as another man enters the room announcing a huge oil field has been found at Toko. They look dismayed by the news because they are still trying to decide what to do with Maui gas. In the lower left scene Muldoon rejects a proposal that Toko oil will be refined into motor spirit because too much has already been spent on organising carless days. In the bottom right scene D.S.I.R. scientists have discovered they can turn Toko oil into synthetic butter. Extended Title - What if we strike oil? Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and crayon, 320 x 460 mm

Date: [Between 1926 and 1954]

From: Marsden, Lady Joyce : Assorted photographs and negatives from the papers of Sir Ernest Marsden

Reference: PA1-o-135

Description: Album of photographs relating to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Reasearch presented to Dr Ernest Marsden in 1954. Includes detailed photographs of various laboratory procedures and apparatus, including meat dehydration plant in the Meat Research Laboratory; mass spectrometer; electron microscope; Borthwick Beta-Ray apparatus; soil consolidation machines; geothermal bores; knock resistance tests, with a CFR engine; separating constituents of butter fat, the Fats Research Balance Room; members of the Soil Survey Conference in Napier, 1950, and members of the Geological Survey Conference in 1952; Rongotai Aerodrome under construction; the Magnetic Observatory building in Christchurch; the Dominion Observatory, and the Seismological Observatory; Crop Research Division buildings; Hop Research Station; members attending the Grasslands Conference in 1933; and members attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in 1949. Inscriptions: Album page - Presented to Dr. E. Marsden with the good wishes of the senior staff of the D.S.I.R. and in appreciation of the help & encouragement he has given them throughout the years of his association with the Department, 1926-1954 (With 30 signatures) Dr Ernest Marsden was Director of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research from 1926-1947 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown album, 26.5 x 32 cm

Date: [1929-1960]

By: McDowall, Frederick Henry (Dr), 1900-1974

Reference: 78-151

Description: Comprises correspondence and papers of McDowall mostly concerning the publication of his major scientific work, `The Buttermakers' manual' (1953) (1942-1960); also includes typescript and mimeographed proceedings of the NZ Dairy Science Research Association (1929-1964); logs of butter experiments (Vacreator daily log), Tauranga (1939-1940); further papers, research reports and addresses (1943-1964) and research notebooks (35 vols) (1939-1962) Source of title - Supplied McDowall was formerly director of the Dairy Research Institute, Palmerston North Quantity: 4 box(es). 1.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Broad list of contents on Accession Record.