In existence as a Guild in the 1930s. Registered as an industrial union under the ICA Act in 1938. Merged with the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild in 1988. The term 'Guild' appears to have been used occasionally after 1938.
New Zealand Shipping Officers' Industrial Union of Workers
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[New Zealand cricket programmes and ephemera. 1880-1959]
Date: 1880 - 1959
Reference: Eph-B-CRICKET-1880/1959
Description: Includes: 1886: Phoenix Cricket Club Smoking Concert, 16 September 1886. Programme. 1887: Phoenix Cricket Club second annual smoke concert, 16 September 1887. Programme (2 copies) 1931: Punch or the London Charivari. 12 August 1931, page 167. Cartoon of Water cricket, to which a humorous handwritten note is added: "Cricket on Basin Reserve 1842". 1937: The Shipping Officers' Guild of New Zealand. Shipping Cricket Club. Letter to Mr N S Falla announcing his appointment as Patron of the Shipping Cricket Club. 15 December 1937 (Typescript) 1949: The New Zealand Cricket team in England 1949. Reproduction of group photograph (taken by S P Andrew). Wearing the new "Action waist" self-supporting sports trousers by "Canterbury" 1955: Hutt Valley Cricket Association Inc. Presentation of trophies 1955. Programme (typescript) Essex v New Zealand at Southchurch Park Southend-on-Sea. 10-12 August 1949. Scorecard. 1958: Surrey County Cricket Club. Surrey v New Zealand. Kennington Oval, 30 July 1958 (2 day match). Scorecard. Quantity: 8 programmes, tickets, and other ephemera (plus duplicates). Physical Description: Booklets and tickets, sizes varying around 300 mm.
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New Zealand Shipping Officers' Union : Records
Date: 1944-1988
By: New Zealand Shipping Officers' Industrial Union of Workers
Reference: MS-Group-2092
Description: The collection comprises minutes, circulars, some correspondence, membership lists and a folder of industrial disputes involving the union. Source of title - Supplied by Library Registered as an industrial union in 1938, the union represented the interests of the shore clerical employees of shipping companies. Later it expanded to include employees of travel agencies. Owing to retrenchment, member numbers declined in the 1970s. In 1988 it merged with New Zealand Merchant Service Guild. Quantity: 11 folder(s). Provenance: Deposited by the Guild at the Wellington Museum, during its Maritime Museum period. The Museum has now changed its collection policy and they are looking for a new home of these records. Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Wellington Museum, 2012