Wellington Trades Hall Incorporated

Date: 28 March 1991

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1991/0861-F

Description: View of the Wellington Trades Hall with a giant sign on its eastern wall promoting unionism. The sign reads "New Zealand works Best when we say Union, Yes." Photograhed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 28th of March 1991. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1977 - 1983

From: Gooch, Mitchell and MacDiarmid Ltd :[Architectural plans. 1906-1995].

By: Mitchell & Mitchell and Partners (Firm)

Reference: Plans-2002-058-004-001/009

Description: Includes floor plans and sections. Downer Design and Build are noted as the builders on the 1983 plans. Quantity: 9 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil and diazo prints on paper and tracing paper, sizes mostly around 600 x 800 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-PEACE-1930/1949

Description: Includes: 1943: A Final Letter To The Electors. Lincoln A W Efford (Peace candidate). Christchurch, 5 February 1943. (Three copies). [ca 1935]. Come down to earth!! [An anti war flyer issued by the] Christian Pacifist Society (Wellington). [ca 1940]: Christ and Conscription; conscription has to be justified at the bar of Christian morality. Vote "No." Published by the Christian Pacifist Society, Wellington. 1945: Discard the Obsolete; values for framing peace. [Reprint of a letter to an editor]. Henry Leger, Levin, 9 October 1945. 1932: Disarmament demonstration under the auspices of the League of Nations Union. Town Hall Concert Chamber (Auckland). Sir George Fowldes (chairman). Willis Airey (chairman of League of Nations Union). 10 November 1932. [ca 1939]: The Economic Causes of War. Published by The Combined Pacifist Committee, Christchurch. Co-operative Press print, Christchurch. 1934: The Ghastly Horrors of War (lantern [slide] lecture). Delivered by Robert Semple. Municipal Concert Hall, Christchurch. 13 May 1934. (Four copies). 1935: Is War Like This; "Forgotten Men" [movie documentary on the First World War released in 1934]. Crystal Palace Theatre (possibly Christchurch), August 1935. [ca 1940]: It Must Not Happen Here! Free Speech Must Live [pamphlet protesting against the harassment and suppression of anti-war meetings in New Zealand]. Published by the Wellington Peace and Anti-Conscription Council, Wellington. W S Pearson (printer). 1931: League of Nations Union (Auckland Branch). Syllabus 1931 [lecture series]. Reception Hall Milne and Choyce's; Fabian Rooms Unity Hall; WEA, Old Grammar School. 26 March-26 November, 1931. 1935: Manifesto; Against War! Against Fascism! Published by the NZ Movement Against War and Fascism, 1 August 1935. Printed by the New Zealand Worker, Wellington. (Two copies). [ca 1939]: Men and Women of New Zealand [anti war pamphlet]. Published by the City Central Branch Communist Party (Auckland), and printed by the Auckland Service Printery. [ca 1948-1949]: New Zealand Peace Campaign. Petition for the Abolition of Conscription in New Zealand. Organised by the No More War Movement. Printed by Alex Wildey Limited, Christchurch. 1949: NZ Peace Council; The Council's policy. Published by the NZ Peace Council, and printed by Forward Press Print (Auckland). [No date]: New Zealand Women's Crusade for World Peace; in God alone do we trust [anthology of prayers for peace]. Published by the New Zealand Women's Crusade for World Peace, and printed by Dawson Printing Co Ltd, Auckland. [ca 1940s]: Let us Endorse Labour's Pledge of No Conscription. Trades Hall [Wellington]. 29 May. [ca 1942]: 1914, The War to End Wars; 1939, The War for a new world Order; 1964 - What? Published by the Campaign for Christian Order. 1943: The New Target.....Vote for Efford, the peace candidate [Christchurch. Pamphlet against revenge bombing of urban civilians in the Second World War]. Printed by Bullivant Print. (Two copies). [No date]: One World. Pamphlet published under the name of A J Martin, Organiser; Peace Union (Auckland). Printed by the Pelorus Press, Auckland. 1946: Peace issue of New Zealand postage stamps. Photocopy of an original flyer housed at A PHILATELY 1946. 1940: A Pacifist Peace Settlement (preliminary draft). Printed by Co-operative Press, Christchurch. (Two copies). 1943: Peace Negotiations.....Vote for Efford, the peace candidate [Christchurch. Pamphlet promoting a body replacing the League of Nations]. Printed by H W Bullivant Company Ltd, Christchurch. (Two copies). 1949: Somersault - or you'll be smashed; P M Dictates 2nd NZEF Association's about face on conscription. Statement by R J Gilbert, Solicitor. Published by NZ Peace and Anti-Conscription Federation, Wellington Branch. 29 July 1949. [ca 1943]: This is how Freedom is Lost.....Protest urgently against [the inhuman punishment of consientious objectors in Rangipo Prison]. Printed by Times Printing Works, Auckland. (Two copies). [ca 1935]: Why Not Peace Now? Hear the pacifist viewpoint. Public meeting organised by the Christian Pacifist Society and the Peace Pledge Union. Trades Hall, Wellington, 9 April 1935. Pearson Printing Co, Wellington. (Two copies). [ca 1939]: [Anti war plege card addressed to] the Secretary, The Peace Pledge Union, Christchurch, NZ. [ca 1946]: You, the Atomic Bomb and World Peace. Pamphlet published by the National Peace Council, Christchurch. 1940: Your Money and Your Life. [Pamphlet outlining issues and actions relating to conditions of employment]. Published by The Industrial Committee of the Peace and Anti-Conscription Council (Wellington Branch), 24 May 1940. 1949: Youth Conscription; An appeal to the people of New Zealand. Published by the Peace Committee of the Religious Society of Friends in New Zealand (Auckland), 15 July 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 29 offset printed pamphlets and flyers. 12 duplicates.. Physical Description: Offset prints, sizes varying below 240 mm.

Date: [ca 27 March 1984]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Griffiths, Mervyn, active 1978

Reference: EP/1984/1392-F

Description: Ken Douglas, secretary of the Federation of Labour, with Inspector Taffy Jones of Wellington police, shortly after a fatal bombing at Trades Hall, Wellington, which killed caretaker Ernie Abbott. Photographs taken ca 27 March 1984 by Evening Post staff photographer Merv Griffiths. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 9 April 1984

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1984/1626-F

Description: Detective Inspector Ted Lines of the Wellington CIB with the Eveready 509 battery, the sort believed to have been used as part of the timing device on the Wellington Trades Hall bomb. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1985

From: "Unity for strength, the trade union movement in New Zealand". Waikato Museum of Art & History, May 1 - June 23, 1990. [Printed material for an exhibition]

By: Hasselberg, Peter Douglas, 1925-

Reference: Eph-B-LABOUR-UFS-1985-01

Description: Notice offering a reward of $50,000 for information or evidence leading to the conviction of those responsible for the death of Ernest (Ernie) Abbott, killed by the explosion of a bomb at the Trades Hall, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donated in 2003.

Date: 1970-1997

From: National Distribution Union :Photographs of footwear and clothing trade unions

Reference: PAColl-9530

Description: Photographs relating to the Footwear workers' Union and the Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union. Includes photographs of National Executive of NZ Federation of Labour, protests, events and people associated with the unions. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transfers - From Manuscripts and Archives : 2007-267 : Central Districts Clothing, Laundry and Allied Workers Union : Records.

Date: 1918-2004

By: Wellington Trades Hall Incorporated

Reference: ATL-Group-00927

Description: Comprises records of Wellington Trades Hall Incorporated, mainly relating to the management, finances, and upkeep of Trades Hall, and records of other union organisations closely associated with Trades Hall. Includes correspondence between the Wellington Trades and Labour Council and various trade unions as well as records of the Labour Day Demonstration Committee 1932-1956, the Wellington Trade Union Secretaries Association, and some records of the Workers' Co-operative Provident and Indemnity Society. Includes files relating to building occupants which were generally unions and shops, along with building restoration and upgrade plans and correspondence, and files related to caretaker Ernie Abbott and the aftermath of his death in the 1984 Trades Hall bombing. Title supplied by Library. Records of the Wellington Trades Council are also held by the J C Beaglehole Room at the Victoria University of Wellington Library. Arrangement: The records acquired in 2019 arrived in five boxes. When they were added to the record in 2023, four series were created by the archivist related to the types of records and for a specific group. There were no series in the collection previously. Quantity: 106 folder(s) including one colour and one black and white photographic print. 25 volume(s). 2 box(es). Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescripts, printed matter Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts; material transferred to other sections from here - To Ephemera Collection - Various items - To Book Collections - Several publications [PR-08-0536] - To Serials Collection - Church newsletters and other items [PR-08-0535]. Processing information: Title of group altered in 2019 to more accurately reflect the provenance of the records. Descriptions of individual items have not been altered. Assigned ATL Group number in November 2023 when the 2019 donation was added to the collection record.

Date: 27 November 1969

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1969/5371-F

Description: Delegates of the New Zealand Seamen's Union meeting with Federation of Labour executives at Trades Hall, Wellington. Photographs taken 27 November 1969 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: ca 1937 - ca 1970

By: Trade Union History Project (N.Z.); Douglas, Kenneth George, 1935-2022

Reference: PAColl-3008

Description: Mainly relate to the Drivers Federation, ca 1937-ca 1970 Quantity: 69 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 28 March 1984

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Crime-Bombs-01

Description: Police examining the rubble and glass litter on the street outside the Trades Hall building, Vivian Street Wellington. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson on the 28th of March 1984 When the bomb in the Trades Hall exploded the blast blew out the doors and pushed a car parked outside the hall sideways across the street. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 23.5 x 19 cm

Date: 1984

By: New Zealand Police

Reference: Eph-C-POLICE-1984-01

Description: Shows a slightly battered grey cardboard suitcase approximately 10 inches by 16 inches. The New Zealand Police logo is at lower right. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 297 mm. Provenance: One copy acquired in 1984; another copy donated with Evening Post files in 2003 (PAColl-7327)

Date: 1984

By: Wellington Unemployed Workers Union

Reference: Eph-D-LABOUR-1984-02

Description: Shows a drawn portrait of the head of Ernie Abbott, killed in the bomb attack on the Trades Hall, in Vivian Street, Wellington, 1984. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Screen print on poster, 610 x 425 mm. Provenance: Acquired in July 1984.