Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Date: 1881-1909

By: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Reference: MSX-2557

Description: Comprises complete set of the company's printed annual reports detailing its construction and operating activities. Includes handwritten note of important dates at front, newspaper clippings, notices of meetings, prospectuses, maps and a copy of the Act effecting the purchase of the company. Source of title - Cover title Company founded in Jan 1881 by Wellington Chamber of Commerce to enable work to re-commence on the Wellington-Johnsonville railway line, begun by government in 1879 but stopped in 1880. The line was completed as far as Longburn, near Palmerston North, and officially opened on 1 Dec 1886. The government exercised its option and nationalised the line, buying the company's assets for £900,000, in 1908. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter (33 cm; full maroon morocco, gold-tooled decoration) Provenance: Name "A W J Cook" on cover; in ink on top of minutes of ordinary quarterly meeting of Wellington Chamber of Commerce (probably a member), 22 Sep 1880; possible relative of donor.

Date: 1882, 1886

From: Crawford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1001-099

Description: Letters from Robert Park, 1882 re graving dock at Evans Bay etc; memorandums from Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company Ltd, 1886-1887 re block of land owned by the company Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [Between 1870s and 1890s]

By: Erskine & Whitmore (Firm); Coxhead & Le Sueur (Firm); Hart, Campbell & Company; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: PA1-o-151

Description: Views of New Zealand collected by Invercargill firm Erskine & Whitmore. Scenes taken by various photographers including Hart, Campbell & Co., and Coxhead & Le Sueur. Several views show Queenstown under floods in 1878; others of the Queenstown-Lakes Region, Waitati, Gore and Dunedin in the South Island. In the North Island, one shows a large picnic party travelling in three horse-drawn coaches, stopped at Ngauranga; many show a range of steam locomotives including J Class, K Class, F43, E22, H Class and A Class, in the Upper Hutt area, the Wairarapa, and on the Rimutaka line. Several at the end of the album show the effects of a major slip which blocked the mouth of the Summit Tunnel at the top of the Rimutaka Incline. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Other Titles - Erkine & Whitmore Inscriptions: Album page - `A choice collection of New Zealand views carefully selected from the best artists'. Erskine & Whitmore, Invercargill Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue buckram cover, 24.5 x 35.0 cm Provenance: Part of Alexander H Turnbull's collection

Date: [1900s-1910s?]

From: Mercer, Robert, fl 1964 :Photographs and albums of Maori, New Zealand views, and illustrations

Reference: PA1-o-339

Description: Album of photographs taken by unidentified photographers, taken in central North Island, and Otago and Southland regions, circa 1900s and 1910s. Some of the images are related to railways, including North Island scenes of the first passenger trip on 14th February 1909, during which the train stopped on the Raurimu Spiral because of a lack of engine power to haul it; the railway station at Longburn; a locomotive owned by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company; various engines including one image showing a J Class locomotive and an A Class locomotive with the caption "Note the difference in 20 years". South Island trains are shown in the Catlins District, including the construction of the Catlins River Railway, the Houipapa Quarry on the Catlins River Extension, loading wagons in the Balclutha ballast pit, the viaduct across the Catlins River at Houipapa, the Clutha Railway Bridge, and the Houipapa terminus on the Catlins River Railway. The North Island scenic views include the areas around Lake Rotorua, the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua, Sophia's Whare, a group of Maori boys diving for pennies, Whakarewarewa, Okere and Ohakune. Scenic views in the South Island are mostly around Dunedin (including Telford's country house in the Balclutha District), Clutha River, Balclutha, and the Catlins, including flax swamps and flax mills in the Catlins District. Many of the images are taken with an emphasis on atmosphere, includingGathering storm", "Beside the winding river", "Outward bound", "A heavy pull" and "A calm day". Inscriptions: Album page - "Thus we remember many a sunny hour with bike and camera"-Inside back cover Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with very dark blue cover, black leather corners and spine; 22 x 29 cm

Date: [1898-1899]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-009

Description: Identified persons or firms entered under Name (many unidentified, and minor transactions not indexed); also includes letter from N [?] Venables, Waikanae, from P L [?] Cameron of St Mary's, Karori, telegram from [?] Duffur re Rawhitirua flora and extremely faded carbon financial records of Stafford, Treadwell and Field (1895-1899) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1900-1902]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-114

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes letter from Hutt County Council regarding difficulty of collecting rates from Maori land owners, letters re Rimutaka deviation survey, proposed line from Kakarika to Sandon, propsed Ngatiawa Bridge, establishment of school at Akatarawa, transfer of land for a church at Porirua, the Ohau Forest Reserve, lease of education reserve at Ohau letter from [?] Hudson, Levin, re land purchased by his wife and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1908

By: Isaacs, Jacob Nathan, 1877-1962; Andrews, W H (Mr), active 1970s

Reference: PAColl-D-0045

Description: Photograph of Wellington and Manawatu Railway Way and Works staff taken outdoors by J N Isaacs of Wellington. Back row: J Hore, H Jamieson, W Nelson, W Smith, L Andrews, H Tredgett. 5th row: W Miller, T Faulkenburgh, R Street, W Mitchell, T Walker, W Dredge. 4th row: J Carroll, W Cummins, F Tolhurst, A pointon, R Mardon (clerk), A Ferguson, J Ashby, W Symons, J Hay, E Williams, D Lewis, G Smales, A Peacock, W R Richardson. 3rd row: T Barnes, A Hutcheson, W Watson, D Williams, H Clemo, W Andrews, P R Miller (Bridge foreman), C Merrett, L C Mossong, H Cook (Draughtsman), A J Harley, W Humphrey (Storeman), F Barrett, H Daniel, J Walsh, T Luff, E Auld. 2nd row: J Johansen, P Rush (Concrete foreman), J Reid, M Barr (Foreman of Painting Dept), T Street (Bridge inspector), J McNair (Asst engineer), J Marchbanks (Chief engineer), A Williams (Foreman of Way & Works), W Pirie (Carshops foreman), D Thompson (Chief draughtsman), H Ames, J R Jones, C Neich, A Ross, H Rees. Front row: P Duffy, W Fettes, H Tolhurst, L Tatham, R Cook, W Westerby, F Stanley, W Souter, J McLeod, H Pickles. Identical image at PAColl-D-0754 Inscriptions: Mount recto - above image - Title; Mount recto - beneath image - Names Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted. Physical Description: 26 x 35 cm on mount

Date: [ca 1892]

From: Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-D-0692

Description: Ob Class steam locomotive, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. no 11, 2-8-0 type. Also No 12 and No 1. Photograph taken at Thorndon possibly by an unidentified photographer. Part of this image (showing only WMR No 11) is reproduced in the Godber album at PA1-q-101-038-1 Inscriptions: Backing board verso - top centre - Title and date Ob class locomotive built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (maker's no 9018/88), as WMR no 11. At the end of 1908 the company was purchased by the Government, and it was renumbered NZR 'Ob' 455. Written off in March 1931. See 'Register of New Zealand steam locomotives, 1863-1971' by W G Lloyd. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: 370 x 495 mm mounted on card

Date: 1890 - 1899

By: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd; Taylor, W Ross, active 1971

Reference: MapColl-832.43gme/[189-?]/Acc.36397

Description: Map of water levels between Hadfield Station and the coast, a distance of 1 mile 62.30 chains, with data taken 100 feet below the railway (at site of Hadfield Railway Station westwards toward coast). Hadfield Station was situated between Waikanae and Te Horo and closed in 1906. A note at the coastal end of the survey states 'The fall from here to sea beach is fully 10 feet, so that total fall must be about 50 feet from rly line to sea level'. Title handwritten on verso Scales are as follows: Horizontal scale 3 chains to an inch - scale [1:2 376]. Vertical scale 30 feet to an inch - scale [1:360] Refer to: New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas. [Auckland, N.Z., Quailmap Co., 1965] Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, scales vary, 37.2 x 147 cm. Provenance: Donated by Mr. W. Ross Taylor, 20-1-1971

Date: 1882 - 1883

By: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Reference: MapColl-f832.4799gme/Wa/1882/Acc.49754

Description: Contains a survey of the railway track and tunnel system to be constructed from 1882 along part of the Kaiwharawhara stream between Wadestown and Ngaio, Wellington. Has diagrams of cross-sections, cuttings, embankments and revetments, tunnels and culverts. Quantity: 1 folio of manuscript plans. Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, ink on paper, some colour, sheets up to 74 x 158 cm. Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company. Conditions and specifications for Crofton section. MS-Papers-8260.

Date: [1898-1899]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-218

Description: Identified persons entered under Name; includes auction arrangements for Ngarara West A and C blocks; map of land between The Terrace and Lambton Quay with house position; various receipts etc Quantity: 1 folder(s). Handrawn map of area between The Terrace and Lambton Quay near Boulcott Terrace

Date: 1883

From: Vogel, Julius (Sir), 1835-1899 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-2072-38

Description: Letters relating to Vogel's business interests re land and cables in Western Australia (Jan-Dec 1883); correspondence re `Contract journal' (June 1883), Wellington-Manawatu Railway Co to Vogel (Apr 1883), re mortgage of railway land; letters and documents re Universal Bond Building, Dunedin (Mar 1883); Australian Borneo Co to Vogel re lands in Borneo (Dec 1883); business papers including Eucla Railway syndicate, `Contract journal', NZ Land Mortgage Co Ltd, Trust and Agency Co of Australasia Ltd (1883) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1882-1883

By: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-8260

Description: Conditions and specifications for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company's Crofton section no 6 contract, 1882-1883 Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with mss annotations Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Rail Heritage Trust New Zealand, Wellington, per Mr P Dent, Apr 2005 Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Maps and associated papers relating to Crofton section of railway.

Date: [1883]

By: Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Ltd

Reference: MSI-Papers-6241

Description: Comprises map of portion of the North Island affected by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co with six colour codes defining owners of sections of land between Wellington and the Rangitikei River (London, 1883), with inset, `Sketch map of the North Island showing the railway system'; prospectus for the Company; form of application for shares (partly filled in); list of principal shareholders; independent valuation of lands of the company by J W Gower and Jas G Wilson; and printed letter from Sir William Fox, late premier of New Zealand, to the first shareholder of the company, J E Nathan Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph addition Two maps showing the proposed Thorndon reclamation for the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company and map showing the portion of land affected by the company's proposals

Reference: MapColl-832.4cbum/[19-?]/Acc.37101-2

Description: Map with topographical features of the Rimutaka Ranges bordering Akatarawa and Wairarapa in the north, southwards to Belmont, Puketaha and the Orongorongo River. Shows railway reserves including part allocation block no. 26, Wellington and Manuwatu Railway Company, the track of the railway line through the area, forest reserves and a timber and water supply reserve. Land blocks on fringes of range are numbered. Shows various dashed lines on the map that possibly indicate tracks. Quantity: 1 map(s) on 2 sheets. Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, part coloured, scale indeterminable, 51.8 x 44 cm and 51 x 43 cm.

Date: 1937

From: Verry, Horace Leslie, 1916-1996 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6811-06

Description: Corrected photocopied typescript of `The Precious years', a play in two parts by Winston Davis and Leslie Verry; it is set in Palmerston North and the Manawatu and West Coast Railway is one of the subjects it deals with Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1906

By: Blomfield, John Collis, 1878-1942

Reference: B-040-014

Description: Shows R J Seddon telling John Stevens, M H R for Manawatu, that he will wait for "ripe plum" of proposed Manawatu railway to fall into his basket (labelled "Railways Construction and Land Act") Published in: N.Z freelance, 24 March 1906 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, b&w 280 x 430 mm

Date: 1870 - 1899

Reference: Eph-B-RAIL-1800s

Description: Includes: 1885: Wellington & Manawatu Railway Co. Ltd. Prospectus for the issue of 40,000 new shares. 1885 1886: Sir Julius Vogel at the Theatre Royal [letters from Samuel Vaile, Auckland, 24-25 February 1886, re South Island railways. Offprint from a newspaper] 1890: New Zealand Railways Hurunui-Bluff section. Guards' booking tables. Culverden to Oamaru and branches. 1890 1892: Manawatu Junction Railway Company Limited. Statement by J Wright Stewart, consulting engineer. Foxton, 21 June 1892; with map of proposed railway line. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, sizes varying under 330 mm.

Date: 1901

By: Plimmer, John, 1812-1905

Reference: MS-Papers-2005

Description: `The life of John Plimmer... ' was published for private circulation in 1901 and comprises reminiscences, letters to the press and verses by John Plimmer with explanatory matter by John Young. This volume, an association copy relating to Johannes Andersen and Dr G C Petersen, includes manuscript notes from Plimmer concerning the Wellington City Corporation, newspaper clippings and J C Andersen's manuscript notes on Noah's Ark. Plimmer, born at Upton-under-Amon, Shropshire, worked as a forester in the Forest of Dean prior to coming to New Zealand by the `Gertrude' in 1841. He was occupied in the Wellington trade in Wellington before establishing a wharf and warehouse popularly known as Noah's Ark. He represented Wellington on the Wellington Provincial Council, 1856-1857, and later as a member of the Wellington Town Board, as well as being involved in the establishment of a number of public companies, notably the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Quantity: 2 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, printed matter and photographs

Date: 1975 - 1976

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Eph-A-RAIL-1975/1976

Description: Includes advertising pamphlets for the Southerner (1975, 1976), the Northerner (1975), the Kingston Flyer (1976), the Endeavour (1976), the Silver Star and the Silver Fern (1975, 1976), the North Island Main Truink Railway (1975), the South Island Main Trunk. Includes ticket folders for the Southerner and the Endeavour Also includes timetables for the Cook Strait rail ferries (1975 and 1976?), and a pamphlet about the Golden Spike of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Limited 1886 (2 copies). Includes a stub of yellow tickets for the Northerner Dining Car, third sitting [ca 1975] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying under 250 mm Provenance: Some items donated by Owen Spearpoint from the estate of Brian Edward Spearpoint, 2014.