Wild, Herbert Richard Churton (Sir), 1912-1978

Wild, Richard (Sir), 1912-1978

Born in Blenheim. Admitted to NZ Bar 1934; admitted partnership Bell Gully Mackenzie Buxton & Blundell 1945. 2NZEF, Middle East and Italy 1940-1945, mentioned in despatches; rank major, Married Janet Grainger in 1940, 4 children. Retired from partnership on appointment as Solicitor General 1957. President Wellington District Law Society 1960; Vice-President NZ Law Society 1962-1964. Appointed Chief Justice of NZ in 1966. Chairman of Absolute Liability Inquiry in 1963. Joint author of `Mercantile law in NZ'. [Source: The Story of Bell Gully Buddle Weir / J Millen, 1990]

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Manuscript

Correspondence - H R C Wild

Date: Feb 1940-Dec 1944

From: Hughan family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1288-17

Description: Letter to Oxley Hughan from Wild serving in the Middle East. News of the war, the values it produces, news of mutual friends, of Montgomery Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Feilding Agricultural High School :Fiftieth Jubilee Commemoration 1921-1971. [Programme...

Date: 1971

From: [Ephemera concerning individual schools, with names beginning with F ... 1900s]

Reference: Eph-A-SCHOOLS-Feilding-1971-01/03

Description: Includes programme for the commemoration event at which a tree was planted by Sir Richard Wild, Chief Justice. The toast list shows the names of those who proposed toasts, including Mr D A Taylor, Mr K E McKinnon, Miss Jill White, with replies by Mr Bernard Edgecombe and Mr R L Hughes. The dinner ticket is made out for Robin Gordon. All three items feature the school crest. Quantity: 3 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on booklet, and two cards, sizes varying up to 210 x 130 mm. Provenance: Donated by Kester Gordon, Wellington, in 2014.

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Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002 :Negatives of Wellington, and national events and persona...

Date: 1955-1971

By: Hill, Morris James, 1929-2002

Reference: PA-Group-00375

Description: Wellington, openings of Parliament, politicians, Governors General, show personalities, Antarctic teams, police, army, visiting diplomats and heads of state, ship visits, memorials, RNZAF, fighter planes and fighter plane training, rugby and rugby players and selectors, film censorship, conferences, agricultural air shows, artists, royalty, manufacturing industries, models and fashion parades, New Zealand Players, etc Source of title - Title supplied by Library Arrangement: Negatives housed at 35mm-18037 to 18703, 120-0881 to 0959, 1/4-071736 to 072044, 1/2-177020 to 177461. Quantity: 1483 b&w original negative(s) 78 120 strips comprising 158 images, 666 35mm strips comprising 1,976 images, 308 1/4 plate negs, 441 1/2 plate negs. Total images 2,883. Finding Aids: Library generated negative registers provide a good access point to this collection. The negatives are listed within subject groupings.. Processing information: Originally arranged and described in 1995. Reference number changed from PAColl-4814 to PA-Group-00375 in 2009.

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Photographs of Sir Keith Holyoake being sworn in as Governor-General by the Chief Justi...

Date: 27 October 1977

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1977/4351-F

Description: Photographs of Sir Keith Holyoake being sworn in as Governor-General of New Zealand by the Chief Justice, Sir Richard Wild, taken on 27 October 1977 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Original caption reads: "One can only speculate on the joke that broke the solemnity of the occasion when Sir Keith was sworn in as Governor-General of New Zealand yesterday by the Chief Justice (Sir Richard Wild)..." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

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Miscellaneous papers

Date: [ca 1919-1964]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: fMS-Papers-5714-5

Description: Comprises letters of institution for Riddiford as a lay canon of the Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Wellington (1947); correspondence and papers re Riddiford gift of land for Marsden School and other related matters (1920-1964); amended list of Masterton Club members (1922); clipping re Lower Wairarapa Development Scheme (Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 Mar 1963); and financial papers re Ruamahanga Station (1919) and letter and memo from Wheeler [?] re Te Awaiti (1921?) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Correspondence relating to the death of Meta Riddiford (W)

Date: [1963]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-022

Description: Inward letters and cards of condolence; not all senders given name entry Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Photographic prints relating to obituaries, TO - Z

Date: 1950-2000

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-171

Description: Photographs relating to the lives of prominent New Zealanders, arranged alphabetically from TO to Z, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

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Royal Commission on the Courts - Correspondence

Date: 1977

From: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005 : Papers

Reference: 2000-235-6/12

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Royal Commission on the Courts - Other submissions

Date: 1977

From: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005 : Papers

Reference: 2000-235-6/11

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Inward letters - Parkinson, Charles to Wilson, Robert A

Date: 1931-1971

From: Seddon family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1619-161

Description: Some of the identifiable correspondents entered in name field. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

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Inward correspondence from well-known people

Date: [1940-1963]

From: Riddiford family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5714-018

Description: Comprises letters from Lord Freyberg, Howard Macmillan, Willoughby Norrie, Lord Cobham, Richard Wild and Lord Kilmuir Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Inward correspondence - General

Date: [ca 1942-1967]

From: Cox, Geoffrey Sandford (Sir), 1910-2008 : Papers

Reference: 2003-005-5/13

Description: Letters to Cox, with a few copies of replies.. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

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Chief Justice Sir Richard Wild, and Prime Minister Keith Holyoake

Date: 22 June 1966

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1966/2627-F

Description: The Chief Justice Sir Richard Wild presiding at a meeting of the Executive Council. The Prime Minister Keith Holyoake is seated on his right. Photographed on the 22nd of June 1966 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustration files at EP-NZ Obits-Holyoake, Keith.

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Wild, John :Photograph of Herbert Richard Churton Wild, 1912-1978

Date: Ca 1960

Reference: 1/2-199131-F

Description: Photograph of Herbert Richard Churton Wild (1912-1978), lawyer, university lecturer, judge, solicitor general and chief justice, taken ca 1960 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate copy negative 12.5 x 10 cm

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Mr H R C Wild, QC, the Solicitor General

Date: 22 Sept 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/3782-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

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Mr H R C Wild, QC, the Solicitor General

Date: 22 Sept 1957

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

Reference: EP/1957/3782-1-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative 6.5 x 6.5 inches

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Chief Justice of New Zealand, Sir Richard Wild

Date: 4 March 1966

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1966/0507-F

Description: Portrait of Sir Richard Wild, Chief Justice of New Zealand. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 4th of March 1966. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) Single image on 35mm negative strip.