Born 9.12.1897 in Nelson, died 31.12.1984 in Wellington. Member, and at one time Chief Savage, of the Wellington Savage Club.
Pringle, William Pilliet, 1897-1984
Photograph taken at Victoria University Wellington
Date: ca1926
From: Pringle, William Pilliet, 1897-1984 :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia
Reference: PAColl-1505
Description: Large group of people photographed at Victoria University, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971 :The great Australian alphabet. Nursery version. ...
Date: 1955
By: Mitchell, Leonard Cornwall, 1901-1971; Wellington Savage Club Inc
Reference: B-148-074
Description: Shows a map of Australia and New Zealand, Australia being covered with rabbits, kangaroos, snakes, explorers, dancers and bathing beauties. New Zealand is inhabited by a beer-drinking Maori. Down the left side is an alphabet rhyme with a verse for each letter of the word "AUSTRALIA". The original work was signed by members: Ray Kemp, Bill Sunley, W Pilliet Pringle, G T Mackay, J L Rogers, I A Nicol, {>?} Mclennan?, Robert Carruthers, {>?} Denis, S London, D S Campbell, A A Cooper?, Les Tyler, R R Hayman, Procter, J Stacey, S C Bender? Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - L. C. Mitchell Quantity: 1 photograph(s). Physical Description: Photograph of ink and pencil drawing, 280 x 374 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..
Approximately 35 photographs, mainly Burton Brothers of the Pringle and Pilliet families
Date: February 1894
From: Pringle, Michael, 1962-: Papers, photographs, maps, and posters
Reference: PAColl-1238
Description: Other - Family members have sighted these photocopies and state that David Johnston was not David Prouting HOPE Johnston, but simply David Prouting Johnston. August, 2008. Quantity: 24 photocopy/ies in one envelope.
Artist unknown :Here by command, a little jingle concerning William P. ('Bill') Pringle...
Date: 1958
By: Wellington Savage Club Inc
Reference: B-148-077
Description: Shows portrait of Bill Pringle's head, with lawyer's collar. Stages of his life are sketched down the right side. A rosette with a Buchanan's whisky bottle top as its centre, has been attached to the original certificate at top left. Signatures of many members are written at the lower left, and bottom border. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) of certificate.. Physical Description: Photograph, 445 x 290 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..
Pringle, William Pilliet 1897-1984 : Papers
Date: 1928-1979
By: Pringle, William Pilliet, 1897-1984
Reference: MS-Papers-4095
Description: Records relating to the Karori Dramatic Society, the Karori Progressive Association and the Wellington Symphony Orchestra. Source of title - Supplied title Wellington lawyer and community activist. President of Karori Progressive Asociation, 1948-1960; elected to Wellington Hospital Board, 1950 and involved with Karori Dramatic Society and Wellington Symphony Orchestra. Quantity: 21 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescripts Finding Aids: Paper inventory which was previously available in reading room was removed on 3 Jan 2015 as it contained no extra information. A copy is available in the staff backfile.
Pringle, William Pilliet, 1897-1984 :Photographs of New Zealand and Australia
By: Pringle, William Pilliet, 1897-1984
Reference: PA-Group-00415
Description: Cartes de visite photographs of scenes in New Zealand and Australia. Includes views of Auckland: Royal Hotel, Auckland Harbour, Wynyard Pier, Mechanics Bay, Queens Wharf, Queen Street, Colonel Gold's residence, St Paul's Church Also includes views of Akaroa, 43rd Regiment at military redoubt in Waikato, Provincial Government Building in Nelson, unidentified double bay house in Invercargill, Tasmania, portrait of unidentified Maori man with full face moko, Premier's residence in Wellington, Parliament House in Wellington Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 77 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Cartes de visite
Sheet music for `New Zealand the land 'neath the Southern Cross', and music for install...
Date: 1958
From: Wellington Savage Club : Records
Reference: f-85-027-3
Description: Sheet music for `New Zealand, the land 'neath the Southern Cross', with words by G A Troup and music by D A Kenny; sheet music for `Song to New Zealand', music and words by Karl G Kallhagen; words to the jingle used for installation of William P (Bill) Pringle as Chief Savage of Wellington Savage Club, 10 May 1958 (signed by members) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Correspondence
Date: 1982-1983
From: Milner, Ian Frank George, 1911-1991 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4567-011
Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes copies of letters to John (possibly John M Thomson), and another John re R A K Mason, Doug (possibly Douglas Brass), Margaret (usually based in Oxford, England), and Angus R of Dunedin; letters from Betty of Sussex (possibly Milner's sister-in-law), telegram signed by Vincent, Caroline, Margaret, Fred, Eve, Alistair, Meg and Lauris from Wellington, and clippings on New Zealand literary topics Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Photograph of the Victoria University Student Association and the Victoria University '...
From: Pringle, Michael, 1962-: Papers, photographs, maps, and posters
Reference: PAColl-1861
Description: Quantity: 2 photocopy/ies in one envelope.
Parade before New Zealand's first trolley derby at Karori Park, Wellington
Date: 11 Dec 1948
From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper
Reference: 1/4-049751-G
Description: Parade before New Zealand's first trolley derby at Karori Park, Wellington, 11 December 1948. Shows two trolley cars being towed uphill, including one driven by the Mayor of Wellington, Mr Appleton (in front, labelled `Dominion Motors'). The president of the Karori Progressive Association, Mr W Pringle, is in the second car. Photograph taken by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Publication note - Cropped version of this image published in the Evening Post, 11 Dec, 1948 Source of descriptive information - Evening Post article, 11 Dec, 1948, page 10 Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 1948; Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 2502 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches
Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :Wellington Savage Club annual dinner, 22 November 195...
Date: 1950
By: Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968; Wellington Savage Club Inc
Reference: B-148-072
Description: Shows an inset caricature carved Maori figure in the top half, and the menu for the dinner in the bottom half. Around the inset are the signatures of the members who attended. Those whose signatures appear include: J Ivan Groves, A B Hamilton, J T Martin, W S Wauchop, Eric Johnston, D N Isaacs, W J McKeon, E A Allan, D A Highet, ... , Barton Ginger, W H Nankervis, G L Rogers, O N Gillespie, A E W Mantell-Harding, Stan Porter, Allan H? May, Norman Aitken, [M H W Cave?], [W?] Stevens, S or G London, Robt Carruthers, R R Hayman, A E Hutchinson, I Watson, W [..] Pringle. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - (bottom right of inset): A S P Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on sheet stuck to board, 552 x 282 mm. Provenance: Donated by the Wellington Savage Club in 1997. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - A97-074..