Unemployed Riots, N.Z., 1932

Date: ca 1932

Reference: PAColl-6569

Description: Three images of mounted specials used to break up the wharf strike. Two show the Commandant of the Waikato Mounted Detachment and his senior officers holding truncheons sitting on a step and the third shows them mounted on parade under the command of Staff Sergeant McDonald. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-015547 to 015549 Quantity: 3 b&w original negative(s). 2 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Film negatives and photographic prints

Date: 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

By: Scriven, Robert, 1945-

Reference: Eph-C-ROTH-Labour-Calendars

Description: Includes: 1985: New Zealand Labourers Union (Northern Branch). Calendar 1985. Six-sheet calendar featuring sporting cartoons by Robert Scriven above calendar for two months, beginning January - February. 1986: New Zealand Labourers Union (Northern Branch). Calendar 1986. Six-sheet calendar featuring "Weekend Warriors" (people in leisure activities) cartoons by Robert Scriven above calendar for two months, beginning January-February. 1991: Trade Union History Project. '51. 1951-1991. 40th Anniversary Commemoration Waterfront Lockout'. Calendar 1991, with a page per month, with illustrations (mainly cartoons and photographs) from 1951 for each month's page. Inscribed on inside front cover "Bert, with warm regards Max Bollinger". Auckland Trade Union History Project and The Northern Distribution Union. '1932-1992 Calendar in support of the Auckland Unemployed Rights Centre'. Calendar with a page per month with photographs and illustrations from 1932 for each month's page. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Two spiral-bound and two metal bound flip calendars.

Date: 1932

From: Photographer unknown: Mounted Specials during the wharf strike 1932

Reference: 1/4-015548-F

Description: Three members of the Waikato Mounted Rifles as special police constables during a wharf strike, Auckland. Photographed by an unknown photographer in 1932. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative, 9 x 6 cm

Date: [ca 1932-1933]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084822-G

Description: Unemployed workers protesting at the entrance portico of Wellington Town Hall, with policemen looking on. The speaker is Bill (William Daniel) O'Reilly, labour organiser, communist, and active member of the Unemployed Workers' Movement. On his left partly hidden by a hat is Joseph Turner, representative of the Wellington branch of the Unemployed Workers' Movement. Some of the men carry signs, including one that reads "Workers of the world UNITE", and a coffin is being carried with slogans painted on. Taken during the Depression by an Evening Post staff photographer probably in 1932 or 1933. Other photographs of the same event are at 1/2-084825-G, 1/2-084830-G. Library Client identified Joseph Turner in this photograph, April 2011. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [1932-1933]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084825-G

Description: Unemployed workers protest at the Wellington Town Hall during the Depression, probably taken 1932 or 1933. The speaker is Bill (William Daniel) O'Reilly, member of the New Zealand Communist party and active member of the Unemployed Workers' Movement. On O'Reilly's left is Joseph Turner, representative of the Wellington branch of the Unemployed Workers' Movement. Shows a group of demonstrators, some with placards, one of which reads: "Workers of the world unite". Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer. Photographs of the same event are at 1/2-084822-G, 1/2-084830-G. Library client identified Joseph Turner in this photograph, April 2011. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Town Hall recognised by Library staff. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative