Northcroft, H (Mr), active 1958

Date: Dec 1957-25 May 1959

From: Moohan, Michael, 1899-1967: Photographs relating to Member of Parliament Michael Moohan

Reference: PA1-o-1798

Description: Photograph album detailing the work of Minister Michael Moohan, 1958-1959, with the majority of images taken in 1958. Featured events include: the flooding of the Otira River (Dec 1957) with damaged infrastructure; the visit of a United States Air Force jet as part of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebrations (Mar 1958); Main Trunk Line 50th anniversary celebrations (1958), including Ohakune lunch, Taumarunui dinner, and a Rangataua scene (6 Nov 1948) as well as a parade in Taumarunui (8 Nov 1958); the opening of the Greymouth Automatic Telephone Exchange (14 Nov 1958); the first of the Railway Road Services new fleet of omnicoaches and the opening of a Railway Road Services garage in Rotorua (Dec, 1958); the visit of a United States Air Force jet for the Royal New Zealand Air Force 21st Anniversary celebration (Mar 1958); a pre-Christmas function at Moohan's office (Dec 1958); and the Milson Railway Deviation in Palmerston North (22 May 1959). Photographer, and compiler of albums, unidentified. Identified figures listed in the names field. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album Transfers: Transferred to PAColl-10065: One print of woman working at [telegraph machine?] while the minister and others look on and two newspaper clippings. The first clipping concerns the government's budget and the other is a photograph of Labour Party members of parliament looking at Fur Dressers and Dyers (New Zealand) products while on a tour of Dunedin and Otago industrial concerns..