Tin Hat Club (Wellington, N.Z.)

Date: 1938

From: [Ephemera relating to Anzac and World War I events in New Zealand and overseas, and anniversaries of the landing at Anzac Cove. 1930-1939]

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd; Newlands, Robert G, active 2001-2007; Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association; Blow, Reginald George Horace, 1884-1965

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1938-01

Description: Programme of performances by the Returned Soldiers' Choir, the Tin Hat Club Orchestra, members of the Repertory Theatre, Police Pipe Band and selected artistes (including Reg Blow, J J Drew, T Goodall, R Walpole, L A Hill, L K Morris, P Lowndes, Harison Cook, F Dick, Dan Evans, Henry Tahiwi, Norma Woodcock. Included a performance by Wellington Repertory Theatre of "The road of poplars", a play by Vernon Sylvane, directed by G H A Swan. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 24 pages, each 215 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Robert G Newlands, Wellington, in 2007. Previously the property of his father Mr R Newlands.

Date: 1944

Reference: Eph-A-VARIETY-1944

Description: Includes: Joe Brown presents "Lights up". His Majesty's Theatre Dunedin, 18 March 1944. Programme "Footlight parade", conductor Mrs I M Anderson (With the Centennial Harmonica Band, Phyllis Anderson, Nola Blackburn, Rex Anderson, Noelleen Anderson, Madge Brown, Kay Smith, Bernard Ramsey, Centennial Quartette, Nick Karaitiana, Nyra Hemsley, Bobby Ramsey, Alley Cats, Beverley O'Neill, Kahu Karaitiana, Audrey Edy, Nola Moir). Masterton [1944]. Programme Assheton Harbord presents his Victory Pantomime "Clawper Snorter". Opera House Wellington, commencing 23 September 1944. Programme (2 copies) "Colonial memories"; entertainment held in Town Hall Concert Chamber Wellington, in aid of Wellnigton Free Kindergarten, 26 September 1944 (With Mrs Z Jacobsen, Miss Pat Kelly, Miss June West, Mr Roy Hill, Miss Rosaleen Hickmott, Mrs Bernard Webb, and members of Wellington Repertory Theatre including Noeline Myers, Eric Lawson, Roy McDonald, M B Hoffmeister, Nancye Williams, Alan Rowe, George F Vincent, Mary Stott, Ernest E le Grove). Programme Khaki Kapers present their non-stop Variety Revue. By permission of Lt-Col. H D McHugh. [August 1944]. Programme Kiwi Concert Party presents "Pacific roundabout" [Green Island, 23/5/44]. Programme K.C.P. Entertainments Ltd present "The Kiwis" musical revue "Cairo Carnival". Opera House Wellington, 4 November 1944. Programme. K.C.P. Entertainments Ltd present "The Kiwis" in their bright comedy "Desert days". New Zealand tour [1944?]. Programme St Hilda's Bible Class Club (Island Bay). Concert (including "The crimson coconut", by Ian Hay. Produced by F N Hastings. Lighting by Maurie Cotter). 3 August [ca 1944]. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Stan Lawson presents his riotous musical comedy "Wait for it!". Direction: Allied Entertainments Ltd. His Majesty's Theatre [Dunedin. ca 1944?] Programme Palmerston North Civic Centre Association. First free public performance. Opera House, 24 May 1944. Programme / flier (With Palmerston North Girls' Music Club, Manawatu Repertory Society, Little Theatre Society). Ophir Rees presents his Radiant Revue Company in "Topsy Turvy". Grand Opera House Wellington Commencing 23 December [1944]. Programme. 2Ya Camp Entertainers come to town with a Non-Stop Variety Show. Song & dance, music & laughter. Town Hall Wellington, 25 March 1944. Programme. Wellington Returned Services' Association has pleasure in presenting the Tin Hat Club and assisting artists in "Chins up". Grand Opera House Wellington. ANZAC night, 1944. Quantity: 14 theatre programmes.. Physical Description: Programmes, various sizes under 250 mm.

Date: 1940 - 1959

Reference: Eph-A-ANZAC-1940/1959

Description: Includes: 1940-1950s?: Anzac Day 25th April Commemoration Service [mentions Raukawa Tribal Committee and Raukawa Hall. No person is named] 1940: Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association present "Anzac cavalcade", a miscellaneous programme commemorating Anzac Day 1940. (With the Tin Hat Club Orchestra, The RSA Choir, Frank Birmingham, Ngati-Poneke Maori Party, Police Pipe Band, Hector Liardet, Alf Jenkins Trio, Lillian O'Leary's Troup, Ross Williams and Ken Rigby, Koiterangi Band, W W Marshall, Jim Osborne. Producer L K Morris). 1941: Anzac Day. Memorial service in the Tauranga Domain, 25 April 1941. (Officiating: Rev O S O Gibson, Envoy G Jones, Rev L P Bryan, Very Rev T H Roseveare). Order of service Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association present "Anzac cavalcade", a miscellaneous programme commemorating Anzac Day 1941. "Cavalcade of Memories" (1941 edition). St James Theatre Wellington, Anzac night 1941. Programme 1943: Anzac Cavalcade 1943. Programme. [Printed by] M.T.C. Ltd 1944: Lest we forget. Anzac Day dawn service, sports, march past. Stalag 383, Bavaria, Germany, April 25th 1944. Programme 1947: Dunedin Returned Services' Association. Anzac Day Memorial Service to comrades who fell... Town Hall Dunedin, 25 April 1947. Order of service Returned Services' Association. Concert, Regent Theatre Palmerston North, ANZAC Day 1947. Programme Toc H Canterbury and Westland ANZAC Service 1947 1949: NZ Returned Services Association. Anzac Day 25th April 1949, 2.30 pm. Commemoration ceremony in honour of thirty-fourth anniversary, held at Rickit's Hall, Taupo, under the auspices of the Taupo Returned Services' Association. Order of ceremony 1951: The Anzac Dawn Ceremony of Remembrance. The Dawn Service, Anzac Day 1951. Cenotaph, Auckland Domain. Conducted by the Australian Imperial Force Ex-Servicemen's Association with the co-operation of the Auckland Returned Services' Association. [Order of service] 1955: Anzac Day 25th April 1955. Commemoration Service [Wellington, Order of service] Anzac Night 1955. The "Tin Hat" Club of the Wellington Returned Services Association. St James Theatre Wellington. [Programme] Hutt Valley Returned Services Association. Ceremony of remembrance at dawn, Anzac Day. Petone, Anzac Day, April 25th 1955. Order of service. Hutt Valley Returned Services Association. Anzac Day 1955. Service of remembrance. Lower Hutt Recreation Ground, Monday April 25th, 1955 at 11 am. 1957: St James Theatre Wellington. Anzac night 1957. The "Tin Hat" Club of the Wellington Returned Services Association. Programme Dunedin Returned Services' Association Incorporated. Anzac Day Memorial Service to comrades who fell during South African War, First World War, Second World War, Korean War. Town Hall Dunedin, Thursday 25th April 1957 at 3 pm. Order of service. Anzac Day 25th April 1957. Commemoration service. [Wellington. Order of service]. 1958: Anzac Day service, 27th April 1958. Officiating clergy the Reverend Rolland A Busch (Yeerongpilly, Brisbane), the Reverend Maurice S Betteridge (Lincoln New Zealand); organist Mr J MacDonald Reid; choir Members of the British Commonwealth Choir of America. [Venue unknown] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Engravings and offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm. Processing information: Anzac Memorial service. Town Hall Greytown, Friday 25th April 1958. Chairman His Worship the Mayor, A W Horton, esq. Printers Ltd, Carterton: combined into ATL-Group-00753, October 2022.

Date: 1937

From: [Programmes and ephemera of octavo size for drama productions in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-DRAMA-1937

Description: Includes programmes for: Hawke's Bay Little Theatre Society. "Hobson's choice" by Harold Brighouse. Municipal Theatre Hastings. 28 June 1937. Palmerston North Little Theatre Society (Incorporated) presents "Short story", by Robert Morley. Opera House Palmerston North. 29 April - 1 May 1937. Programme. Wellington Central Townswomen's Guild Understudies. "The happy ending", by Ian Hay. Produced by Victoria Ashe-Williams (Mrs P H Kinsman), in aid of the Mayor's relief Fund. Musical items kindly arranged by "Tin Hat" Returned Soldiers' Orchestra. Concert Chamber Town Hall Wellington, 20 December 1937. Programme Wellington Verse-Speaking Choir. "Murder in the Cathedral", produced by W J Mountjoy. Concert Chamber Town Hall. 2-3 December 1937. Programme (2 copies) Women's Institutes Festival of Drama. Empire Hall [Palmerston North?]. 28-30 July 1930. Quantity: 5 theatre programmes and flyers, plus duplicates. Physical Description: Letterpress in programmes, sizes below 250 mm. Provenance: One programme donated by the Megget family in 2007.