Freight and freightage

Date: Sep 1859-Nov 1871

From: Bethune and Hunter Ltd (Wellington, N.Z.) : Records

By: Bethune and Hunter (Firm)

Reference: qMS-0219

Description: Records inwards and outwards movements and freight for the `Esther' and the `Ruby' (possibly other vessels) Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (164 pages). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (31 cm, green buckram)

Date: Early 1920s and 1966

Reference: PAColl-4309

Description: Photograph of trucks and carts and employees outside the J J Craig Ltd premises at St George's Bay Road in the early 1920s; and a photograph of part of the fleet of trucks taken at a quarry in Marua Road, Ellerslie, Auckland in November 1966. Photographer unidentified. The earlier photograph is captioned: J J Craig Ltd Stables, Sadler, Wheelwright, Smithing and Machinery Departments St George's Bay Road. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1953

By: Murray-Oliver, Anthony Audrey St. Clair Murray, 1915-1986

Reference: Eph-B-SHIP-1953-01

Description: Duplicate receipt for the shipping of a car, with instructions to the car owner to leave a minimal amount of petrol in the tank. The small print includes War Risk clauses, the NZ Sea Carriage of Goods Act 1940, and 30 other conditions and stipulations. The consignee was Tony Murray-Oliver, with freight payable at the Department of Internal Affairs. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress and carbon holograph on green duplicate form, 340 x 145 mm.

Date: 1950-2000

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

Reference: PAColl-7327-1-145

Description: Photographs relating to shipping, taken and collected by the Evening Post. Images taken in New Zealand and abroad, by a range of photographers, between 1950 and 2000. Images are arranged alphabetically from A to FI Includes images relating to Antarctic research and supply ships Quantity: 1 box(es) of prints, grouped in folders.

Date: 1950 - 1979

Reference: Eph-A-TRANSPORT-1950/1979

Description: Includes: 1950s?: Dunedin Corporation Transport. [Cream ticket] Available for 10 one-section rides Dunedin Corporation Transport. [Yellow ticket] Available for ten 8d cash rides. 6/-/ Murphy's Transport Ltd. Ponaroa. [Luggage label. ca 1950s?] Wellington City Corporation. Bus & tram routes and stopping places. City area [ca 1950s?] 1951?: New Zealand Communist Party. Auckland District Committee : More transport - not tanks. Elect communists to the Board. On November 17th, vote Mrs Rita Smith, Mr Alex Rait. Say "No" to Holland's gagging act! Work for peace. Issued by Auckland District Committee, N.Z. Communist Party. Wilson Print [1950-1952?] 1960s: New Zealand Truck-Trailer Manufacturers' Federation. Truck-trailers; they save you money. Pamphlet [1960s?] 1961: Mobilgas + Milex. Travelling time guide; plan your trip. Pamphlet [1961] 1964: Auckland Transport Board farewell dinner [to] Chairman of the Baord N B Spencer. Grand Hotel, 30 September 1964 1969: "Once in a lifetime" over the motorway (second stage) certificate. 19 October 1969 1970s: Freear Philip Enterprises Limited. We move everywhere. Pamphlet [1970s] 1971: Wellington District Trades Council of the NZ Federation of Labour. You pay from today; rail and road tracks paved with disturbing intentions. 1 June 1971. Flier 1972: Museum of Transport and Technology, Western Springs Auckland New Zealand. A must for your itinerary when in Auckland. Pamphlet [ca 1972] State Insurance. What to do in the event of a motor vehicle accident. A R Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand - 1972. 100,000/3/72 -8552D 1974: Chartered Institute of Transport. New Zealand Division. Are you in transport? Are you in the Institute? Pamphlet 1974. Grouse & Grouse Ltd. "NZ 1900". Greeting card, 1974. 1975: First New Zealand Transport Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 14-15 November 1975. Tentative programme and comparative demonstrations. Pamphlet 1976: Kwikasair Express. Sending something from here to there; send it quicker! Pamphlet [1976?] Kwikasair Express. You can control time. Pamphlet [1976?] Kwikasair Express. You're making a convenience of us ... Pamphlet [1976?] New Zealand Ministry of Transport. Welcome to the Ministry of Transport [for new staff. 1976] Second New Zealand Transport Fieldays. Mystery Creek Hamilton, 5-6 November 1976. Tentative programme and comparative demonstrations. Pamphlet 1977?: New Zealand Transport Policy Study. Rail passenger questionnaire (in business reply envelope) [ca 1977] 1979: Odlin Transport & Storage Ltd. Matt Hipperson, Transport Manager. [Business card, 1979] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: 1845-1850

By: Freeman, R, active 1845-1850

Reference: MS-Papers-1190

Description: Tolls and dues for flour and grain carried on vessels probably trading in Nelson district Quantity: 1 folder(s) (14 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 21 February 1976

From: Minhinnick, Gordon, 1902-1992 :[111 original pencil and ink cartoons. 1930s-1980s]

Reference: C-171-094

Description: Sam and another man are shown loading heavy sacks onto a truck. All is going well, until Sam accidentally loads the man onto the truck instead of the sack. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Sam - Take the bag! [in pencil]; Recto - top right - Minhinnick. [in ink]; Recto - beneath image - N.Z. Herald, 21.2.76 [in ink] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen and pencil on paper, 195 x 580 mm

Date: 1980-1999

Reference: Eph-B-TRANSPORT-1980/1999

Description: Not yet listed Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1966

Reference: F-044

Description: Arrangement of text on banner. At either side a weight is shown on top of a man's figure. Implies the unacceptable? additional weight of freight for every farmer and citizen. Quantity: 1 curio(s) (fabric banner). Physical Description: Poster paint on calico, red and black on white, 910 x 2400 mm. Provenance: Donated by the New Zealand Seamen's Union in 1980. Transfers: (Transfer from MSS&A 80-307).

Date: 1937-1964

From: New Zealand Seamen's Union : Records

Reference: 80-307-60/23

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1893-1970]

By: New Zealand Express Company Ltd

Reference: 76-042

Description: Records of a long-established freight forwarding and cartage company, consisting mainly of financial and share records, registers of customers, some correspondence and legal opinions, and files relating to the company properties. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also 80-183 (NZ Express Company Ltd. Dunedin Branch, 1908-1964), and 76-023 (Ledger) Quantity: 10 box(es) (phase boxes). 58 volume(s). 11.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Finding Aids: Partial listing available.

Date: [ca 1916-1980]

By: New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers

Reference: 89-395

Description: Comprises minutes, correspondence, reports, circulars and administrative files for NZAWE and the Port Employers' Association. Included are files on local conditions, CSR, liaison committees, agreements, employment contracts, loading conditions, bureau rules, working conditions, revisions and negotiations of conditions, awards and wages for foremen, tally clerks, shipwrights and carpenters, clerical staff, shipping officers, medical matters, qualifications and training, pillaging, accidents and safety, strikes, the Waterfront Industry Commission, Port Conciliation Committees, Port Safety Advisory Committee, Waterfront Industrial Tribunal, background to NZ Port Employers' Association, harbour board matters, port planning, railways, freight and many other areas of concern Source of title - Supplied The Port Employers' Association and the New Zealand Harbour Boards' Executive combined to form the New Zealand Association of Waterfront Employers; later this spilt into the Port Employers' Association and local port companies. A new organisation, the New Zealand Stevedoring Employers' Association has emerged. Quantity: 210 box(es). 1 folder(s). 70 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 1858-1859

Reference: MSX-5167

Description: Almanack for 1858 with holograph annotations and insertions for 1858 and 1859 mostly relating to trade, shipping, Trans-Tasman affairs and including notes on dysentery and other medical matters, record of wool sale 26 Mar 1858, gardening hints and family records; volume has Alex H Turnbull bookplate Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Printed matter with holograph annotations

Date: 1938-1952

By: National Collectors (Roope Brothers) Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-9930

Description: Comprises ledger relating to inquiries for clients and agency written to; possibly relating to transporting of goods. Letter from manager to National Collectors Ltd, Auckland (1952). Source of title - Supplied Company likely not to be National Collectors Ltd; name taken from copy of letter to National Collectors Ltd Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr B Shadbolt, Kaiwharawhara, Wellington Jul 1975

Date: 1908-1964

By: New Zealand Express Company. Dunedin Office

Reference: 80-183

Description: Includes circular (correspondence) files, Jun 1911- Feb 1931, Jan 1933-Jan 1939, Feb 1949-Mar 1954; Branch accounts, 1919-1964; contracts, specifications, photographs and plans for Dunedin building Relationship complexity - See also NZ Express Co Ltd records (76-042) Quantity: 2 box(es). 0.60 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and photographs Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Freightways Road (Otago) Ltd, Dunedin, 1980 Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Photograph of staff (identified), 1915.

Date: 1940

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to supermarkets, grocery stores, shops selling food]

Reference: Eph-A-FOOD-Shop-1940-01-front

Description: Pamphlet shows a photograph on the front of the company's premises on the corner of Tory and Wakefield Streets, with cars and vans parked outside. The company's phone number is givien and the fact that there were 3 phone lines. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on front of pamphlet, 130 x 207 mm.

Date: 2001

From: Smith, Ashley W, 1948- :[Digital cartoons published in the Shipping Gazette, MG Business, or Presto]

By: Smith, Ashley W, 1948-; New Zealand shipping gazette (Periodical)

Reference: DX-023-179

Description: A man, representing Mainfreight, has put down some $ notes in a dog's bowl but the dog has bitten off his arm. Extended Title - Nice doggy whoa! Quantity: 1 digital image(s).

Date: 1987

By: New Zealand Railways

Reference: Eph-D-RAIL-1987-01

Description: Shows an illustration of a loaded articulated truck approaching a railway line, and an electric train moving in from the left. The warning bells are flashing. A sign indicating an electrified railway line is shown in the left foreground. Safe load heights are given: North Island Main Trunk public level crossings: 5.24 metres North Island private level crossings: 4.25 metres Wellington area: 4.50 metres McKays Crossing: 4.60 metres Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster, 515 x 760 mm.

Date: 1932

From: Farmers Trading Co. Ltd :Catalogue 22. [1932].

Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-FTC-1932-373

Description: Shows illustrations and text describing three prams in seagrass and cane. A sign at the left urges the reader to "Buy New Zealand made goods". freight was free to the buyer's nearest port or railway station. Extended Title - From Farmers' Trading Co. Catalogue 22, page 373. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, 300 x 210 mm.

Date: 2006

From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]

Reference: DCDL-0002007

Description: The scene shows the Interislander ferry crossing a rough sea in Cook Strait. The ferry has its bow right up in the air as though it is about to take off. Refers to the first load-sharing crossing of Air New Zealand and Toll Holdings, Australia's largest freight company. Toll NZ is a division of Australian transnational Toll Holdings. Toll acquired the Cook Strait ferry operation as part of its takeover of Tranz Rail in 2003. In 2006 Toll Holdings won third place in the Roger Award which is presented each year to the multi-national corporation operating in New Zealand deemed by the judges to be the worst. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).