Echo (Ship)

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1995 - 2000

By: Blenheim Print

Reference: Eph-A-SHIP-2000-01/06

Description: Includes: 01. Echo refloated 1934 02. Garnet and Echo stranded 03. Ngahau at Baldicks 1933 04. Opawa grounded 05. Opawa on the beach 06. Taiaroa wrecked at Clarence 1886 Related information on the set of postcards of shipwrecks retrieved 18 October 2012 from http://www.elibrarynz.com/BLOG/WEB/SHIP%20WRECKS%20OF%20NZ-2.htm Quantity: 6 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photographs on postcards, 105 x 148 mm.

Date: Sep-Oct 1996, Jul 1997 - 08 Sep 1996 - 24 Jul 1996

By: Holloway, Judith Bryers, 1935-; Martin, William A, 1923-2007

Reference: OHColl-0307/1

Description: In the first tape William Martin, also known as Bill and `Pincher' recalls some yarns before commencing his life story. In one of these stories he recalls an account in 1976 of a burial of a shipmate known as `the end of Derek McConachy' on the Union Hobart on the run from Wellington to Auckland via Mt Maunganui. Refers to Norman O Connor and Gus Gay and in another story he describes George Winton. Recalls early memories of Lyttelton and describes the old Lyttelton jail. Mentions Elsie Locke's writing, the Lyttelton Cenotaph (before it was shifted), the horse and cart delivery, the first lorry owned by Harkness and cart owned by Tommy Norris and arrival of a `Buick' (car). Talks about the Depression and the deliberate wastage of food. Recalls old 19th century ships in Lyttelton Port - `Orewa' and `Cuckoo' (an iron ship) and recalls how several unemployed seamen lived aboard these ships in a type of commune. Refers to issues discussed in dole queues. Backgrounds election of Mrs McCombs, first woman Labour MP and quotes song sung at meeting at the Oddfellows Hall in the presence of George Forbes PM and Gordon Coates (Minister of Finance). Discusses election of Labour Government in 1935. Recalls first going to sea as a deck boy on the `Wahine' moving to `Echo', `Port Waikato' and the `Waipori' (a Union Co. picket ship). Refers to Frank Garrick (later founded Woolston Working Men's Club), Albie Young, George McCrystal and Jimmy (`Red') McGrath. Also describes experiences while working on `Omana', `Port Campbell', `Norman Star', `Themistocles' and `Llangibby (Llandovey?) Castle' (troopship which took troops to India from Southampton). Comments on the life on board ships for seamen during the wartime. Mentions the tug `Empire Shirley' (later called the `Tapuhi' belonging to Union SSCo NZ, which played a big part when the 'Wahine' went down in 1968). Describes the hurricane that caused the Wahine tragedy and experiences of rescuing survivors. Other topics discussed include: school starting age; milk in schools; health camps; military training in schools; incidents of wartime including profiteering, women being manpowered into jobs and Home Guard; Manner Street riots; introduction of compulsory unionism; voting procedures in union and organisation of pension scheme; effect of containerisation on seamen's lives; feelings against Wharfies Union and split in union movement 1949 with reference to Jock Barnes and F P Walsh; communism and Communist Party; rise of McCarthyism; Catholic Action groups; the Jesuits; the Knights of Columbus; Superannuation / Retirement Fund, with reference to Harry Bridges; principle of equitable hours / pay established by Lyttelton Wharfies and new system known as Bureau System, with reference to Johnny Sargentina, Hughie Dunovan and Toby Hill. Also mentions George McLeod, Terry Adams, Paul Burke, Paddy Bowes, Jimmy Black, Lofty Rathbone and Maritime Carriers. Backgrounds reasons and gives details of the Waterfront Dispute in 1951. Discusses political change in the 1960s. Talks about Oil Refinery at Marsden Point and refers to the `Seven Sisters' (big oil companies) and the National Government. Explains Cabotage. Describes last days of and funeral of F P Walsh. Interviewer(s) - Judith Anne Holloway Venue - Tweeds Head, NSW Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-011261-011281 Quantity: 22 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 22 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3934.

Date: [Between 1931 and 1966]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-204

Description: Album containing many contacts from 35mm film, as well as black and white prints of differing sizes, taken by Professor John Tenison Salmon. He takes particular interest in the flora and fauna of New Zealand, the damaging effects of road construction, erosion from bush felling, and destruction caused by introduced species including deer. There are huge collections of close-up images of various plants (only a few of which are listed above), including flowers, leaves and seeds. He comments on mangrove swamps at Tauranga, which are growing at the furthest point from the Equator possible for them to exist. The other important collection shows various stages in the life cycle of insects and animals, including wetas, katydids, different types of moths, mosquitoes, bees, stick insects, and native New Zealand frogs (Hochstetter's frogs) (p. 91-92). Photographs relating to wetas include scenes of ovipositor tracks of cave wetas in the mud in Waitomo Caves; different varieties of wetas including cave wetas; and weta nests. In 1935 he photographed two Australian species of lizards which he found in the yard of the Dominion Museum, the Australia crested dragon, and the Australian blue-tongued lizard. Many of these photographs were taken on a photomicroscope, including photographs of rock sections (p. 72-75), and photographs of insects and larvae. There are also views of his photomicrosope equipment. Professor Salmon worked at Victoria University, and there are numbers of "contaflex" views of Wellington from his office window, taken to demonstrate the use of various filters (p. 26-29). There are also images of Professor Salmon in his study lab in April 1955; and further images of him in the Entomological Department of the Dominion Museum. Page 35 has views of a science exhibition organised by the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand held in the Wellington Town Hall, 12-14 April 1948. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 29.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1910 - 1930s

From: Clift, Charles William :Photographs relating to Clift family

By: Clift, Charles William, 1896-1984

Reference: PAColl-0726-1

Description: Quantity: 30 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 colour original photographic print(s). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).

Date: [ca 1970s to 1980s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7001

Description: Photographs of the Picton ferry in Tory Channel, Picton, Resolution Bay and Ship Cove taken ca 1970s and early 1980s by John Ingle. Views in the Tory Channel include a yacht, launch towing a skiff, Tory Channel Whaling Station, a ferry rounding the point into the channel, the wake of a ferry, islands in the channel; Picton; the skow Echo; Picton Harbour, including a seaplane and yachts, and a loaded launch; Picton from the hills; Resolution Cabins on the hill and Resolution Bay; the Sounds from a high hill; Queen Charlotte coastline; the Brothers from Queen Charlotte Sound; and Captain Cook's Monument at Ship Cove. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1988

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7041

Description: Photographs between Picton and Auckland taken on a return trip from the South Island in 1988 by John Ingle. Views include a barberry hedge; cloudscape at Picton; Queen Charlotte Sound; the Picton ferry and Picton harbour; the scow "Echo"; entrance to the Tory Channel; strong winds in Cook Strait; Cape Reinga Lighthouse and Cape Maria Van Diemen; the Wagener Museum house at Houhora; controlled burnoff along Awakino Road, Dargaville; the fishing wharf in Auckland with "Kia Ora Fish Mart" and Turners & Growers building; Mudflats at Blockhouse Bay. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1979

From: Bannister, Leslie Walter, 1905-1982: Papers

Reference: MSX-9624

Description: Typescript volume with photographic illustrations mounted. Title page "Over land and sea with Leslie W. Bannister This is not my life story but a collection of records I have kept of my sea service and my travels overseas also of the places I visited during my periods of residence in England together with occasional notes Compiled and typed by L. W. Bannister Completed in 1979". Portrait photograph of Leslie W Bannister mounted in frontispiece, dated 1960. The volume is in three parts, with the following sub-title pages "Part Two - Diary extracts taken from diaries kept during my periods of residence in England from July 25, 1952 to September 17, 1955 and from August 30, 1960 to October 5, 1962 which include visits to Scotland Wales The Isle of Man Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland and Italy". And the third section "Part Three - The log of the Anne Comyn being a daily record kept of voyages made on the American 5 masted barquentine Anne Comyn 1923-24 from Newcastle N.S.W. to Antofagasta in 63 days. (pages 4 to 11) From Antofagasta to Honolulu in 51 days. (Pages 12 to 17) From Anyox B.C. to Melbourne. (pages 18 to 32) also some notes of a nautical nature". Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Bound typescript manuscript with mounted illustrations, including photographic prints, 23 x 17 cm.

Date: 1923-1924, 1960-1963

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union : Records

Reference: 80-307-24/4

Description: Includes interpretation of the Act re matter involving the `Echo', 1923; Executive Council minutes, Aug-Sep 1924; correspondence re runaway flags and permit ships, 1963; memo to branches re washing machines, 19604 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1905-1907

By: Brown & Dean (Firm)

Reference: MS-Papers-2568

Description: Shipping registration fees and mortgage agreements pertaining to the scows Echo, Te Kapu and Ngunguru Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed forms completed in ms

By: Sprosen, Arthur J, active 1984

Reference: PAColl-8739

Description: Photographs of the Echo and the Wairau. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives at 1/2-068331 to 1/2-068334 Quantity: 4 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negatives

Date: 1958

By: Satterthwaite, Charles Arthur, 1923-

Reference: PAColl-4645

Description: Photograph of the scow Echo in Wellington in 1958. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1930s-1940s]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011313-F

Description: The scow `Echo', circa 1930s-1940s, possibly at Eckford's Wharf, Blenheim. Photographer possibly James Wilkinson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Processing information: Location updated 12 January 2023 following information provided by a researcher.

Date: April 1966

From: Berthold, Martin Grant, 1951- :Negatives of coastal shipping

Reference: 1/4-024040-F

Description: The scow "Echo" and the whale-chaser Orca, at Picton. Photograph taken April 1966 by Martin Berthold. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6 x 9 cm

Date: [ca 1910 - 1920]

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-045783-G

Description: Shows the ship `Echo' at Blenheim Wharf ca 1910-1920. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wharf Blenheim NZ; bottom right - B25. S C Smith Photo Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: Wilkinson, James Douglas :Shipping negatives

Reference: 1/4-011311-F

Description: The Echo (Ship) with cars on board, circa 1940s. Taken by James Douglas Wilkinson. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-045784-G

Description: The ship `Echo' at the wharf in Blenheim. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Wharf Blenheim NZ 836; Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - SC Smith Photo 'Prot' Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [8 Jun 1951]

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

Reference: 114/310/06-F

Description: The scow `Echo' at the patent slip at Evans Bay in Wellington. Photograph taken 8 Jun 1951 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: May 1969

From: Berthold, Martin Grant, 1951- :Negatives of coastal shipping

Reference: 1/4-024063-F

Description: The scow "Echo", May 1969. Location unidentified. Photograph taken by Martin Berthold. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1900s

From: Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand

Reference: 1/2-047902-G

Description: A view of the ship Echo with another unidentified ship nearby. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).