Falla, Norris Stephen, 1883-1945

Date: 1915-1916

By: Roberts, T E (Mrs), active 1915-1916

Reference: MS-Papers-4087

Description: Two letters written by Falla to Mrs Roberts in Dunedin. One letter is dated 26 9 1915 and is written from Gallipoli (includes envelope), the other, dated 20 1 1916 is from Ismailia. Source of title - supplied title Norris Falla was an officer in the NZEF in Gallipoli. He was a close friend of the Roberts family. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 items). Physical Description: Holographs

Date: 1890 - 1969

Reference: Eph-A-ASSOCIATION-NZ-1890/1969

Description: Includes: 1897: New Zealand Natives Association. Dates of monthly meetings 1897. [Small folded pink card] 1906: New Zealand Association. Inaugural reception. Westminster Palace Hotel, Victoria Street, S.W. 19 June 1906. Invitation card to Mr D J Fyfe and Lady 1910: The New Zealand Esperanto Society. Patrons Sir Joseph Ward (prime minister) and Hon Geo Fowlds, Minister for Education. [List of members. ca 1910-1911] 1930: New Zealand Association. Annual dinner. Princes Cafe, Howey Place Melbourne, 30 September 1930. Toast list / Menu 1931: New Zealand Association. Annual dinner. Princes Cafe, Howey Place Melbourne, 29 September 1931. Toast list / Menu 1934: New Zealand Club, Wellington. 25th anniversary. [Pamphlet with list of officers and past presidents] 1935: New Zealand Club, Wellington. Application for membership [Form. ca 1935] New Zealand Club, Wellington. Luncheon. Chief guest and speaker Prof J W Van der Lay ... subject "Java, its people and its influence upon Pacific relations" Kirkcaldie & Stains, 8 July 1935. [Ticket] 1935: New Zealand Society. Luncheon to the Rt Hon G W Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Rt Hon J G Coates, New Zealand Minister of Finance. Savoy Hotel London, 3 June 1935. Index to tables 1936: New Zealand Club. Receipt for 1936/37 membership, to N S Falla, esq, rubber-stamped June 1936 1939: New Zealand Club. Receipt for 1939/40 membership, to N S Falla, esq, rubber-stamped 2 May 1939 1949: New Zealand Club, Wellington. Officers 1948/9 / Annual report 1949 1950: New Zealand Club, Wellington. Officers 1949-50 / Annual report 1950 1953: New Zealand Counties Association. 28th annual conference of delegates. Concert Chamber Town Hall Dunedin, 10-11 June 1953. Programme 1956: New Zealand Baltic Club. 14-6-1941. Baltic remembrance meeting. YMCA Hall Auckland, 17 June 1956. Programme 1958: New Zealand-American Association. Coral Sea dinner. Dining Room, Kirkcaldie & Stains Ltd, Wellington New Zealand, 17 May 1958. Programme / menu 1965: New Zealand Purchasing Officers' Association. An invitation. Pamphlet / membership form 1965 1967: New Zealand Paper Merchants' Association. 35th Annual conference. Waitangi Hotel, Bay of Islands, 1-4 October 1967. Programme Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Sizes varying up to 240 mm.

Date: [1941]

From: Coates, Joseph Gordon, 1878-1943 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-209

Description: Correspondents entered in the Name field; also includes plans of road development in Waiwera Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 22 Sep 1998

From: National Airways Corporation (NAC) 50th anniversary oral history project, Stages I and II

By: Grocott, Gavin Kay, 1914-1999

Reference: OHInt-0439-01

Description: Gavin Grocott was born in Wellington in 1914. Gives details of his parents' backgrounds. Describes his father who was postmaster at a number of South Island towns. Talks about living at Kelburn, Nelson and Pahiatua and attending Pahiatua District High School and Wellington College. Discusses his first job in 1950 with the Union Steam Ship Company. Talks about the influence of Managing Director Norrie Falla who helped establish commercial aviation in New Zealand. Mentions marrying Molly Scott in 1940. Recalls going to World War II with the 2NZEF, being wounded and returning to New Zealand on a hospital ship. Describes no job at Union Steam Ship Company after the war, working for Union Airways (later NAC), becoming the Head Office representative for technical headquarters at Palmerston North and trips to Wellington to meet the chairman Sir Leonard Isitt. Mentions Wellington was a secondary airport. Give details of the 1949 Lodestar plane crash at Waikanae, the 1954 DC3 crash at Paraparaumu and the Kaimai crash. Describes becoming District Manager in Wellington in 1949. Discusses passengers going to Paraparaumu and the operation of Cook Strait Airways from the NAC office at Rongotai. Discusses becoming Auckland District Manager in 1957 and responsibility for the new terminal in central Auckland. Mentions General Manager Doug Patterson. Describes becoming Assistant General Manager and having responsibility for finance, operations, engineering, traffic, sales and marketing. Discusses NAC board members and some staff. Talks about South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (SPANZ) and TEAL. Comments on pressure to acquire jet aircraft, the new building at Wellington and the 1973 Air New Zealand merger bid. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-008624-OHC-008626; OHLC-004390-OHLC-004392 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 3 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA 2697. Two photos of Gavin Grocott and photo of Gavin Grocott and family in the 1980s Search dates: 1914 - 1998

Date: 1900 - 1999

By: Wilson Funeral Home

Reference: Eph-B-FUNERAL-1900s

Description: Includes obituaries, and memorials for: 1906: Christchurch Cathedral. Burial of the late Right Hon R J Seddon (Premier). [Hymn sheet. 1906] 1920s: Rationalist burial service, by W W Collins [Words of service. ca 1950s?] 1938: Geo Dickinson, undertaker and embalmer. Invoice for the burial of Sarah Jane Hough. Invoice dated 5 September 1938 1945: In memoriam Norris Stephen Falla, CMG, DSO, VD. Died at sea 6 November 1945. Cathdral Church of St Paul Wellington, 26 November 1945. Order of service Janet Fraser. St John's Presbyterian Church Wellington, 10 March 1945. Order of service 1957: Lieutenant-Colonel E W Hayton. Military funeral, 21 November 1957. Order of service Joseph Huggan. Funeral arrangements. St Augustine Church, Britannia Street, Petone, 9 September 1957 1986: Funeral service for Anthony Audrey St. Clair Murray Murray-Oliver, MBE, MA, FMANZ, ANZLA, 1915-1986. Order of service (3 copies) 1991: A farewell to Jim Knox, 1919-1991. Old St Pauls, Mulgrave Street, 6 December 1991. Flier only 1997: Harbour City Funeral Home. Advertising flier ca 1997 The Wilson Funeral Home; a century of service and experience caring for people. Booklet. 1997 The Wilson Funeral Home; a century of service and experience caring for people. Pamphlet [ca 1997] 1998: Funeral Directors' Association of New Zealand (Inc). Family bereavement plan. Pre-paid funerals [Booklet. 1998] 1999: The Wilson Funeral Home. Invitation to view new funeral home at 375 Adelaide Road Newtown, 21 March 1999 (2 copies) Commemoration of the life and achievements of Emeritus Professor Don McKenzie. Old St Pauls, Mulgrave Street Wellington, 20 October [1999]. Flier only Nancy Margaret Taylor, 1919-1999. Memorial pamphlet with photographs Van Josephine (Daisy) Taylor, 1910-1999. Celebration of the life. Devonport Auckland, 5 May 1999. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets and fliers, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: [1940-1954] [1948-1968]

From: Clarke, Francis Maurice, 1897-1968: Collection

Reference: MSX-7061

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1935, [1948-1968]

From: Clarke, Francis Maurice, 1897-1968: Collection

Reference: MSX-7057

Description: Consideration of the provision of air transport in New Zealand with special reference to an air main trunk line from Palmerston North to Dunedin Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1940-1965] [1948-1968]

From: Clarke, Francis Maurice, 1897-1968: Collection

Reference: MSX-7060

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: [1948-1968]

From: Clarke, Francis Maurice, 1897-1968: Collection

Reference: MSX-7058

Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s).

Date: 1918

From: Richmond family : Papers

Reference: 77-173-23/2

Description: Mainly letters written to Emily Richmond on the death of Jim Richmond Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [ca 1930]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: S P Andrew Ltd

Reference: PAColl-6303-18

Description: Norris Stephen Falla, photographed by S P Andrew Ltd circa 1930. Inscriptions: Verso - Mon 2.30 (date photograph taken?); Verso - P28.10.31; P22.5.35; P10.4.40 (Free Lance publishing dates) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

Date: 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05071-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: May 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-01191-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1947

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-05072-F

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 1/2 plate

Date: 4 Jun 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-00539-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 6 Jun 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-00540-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 4 Jun 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-00495-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 4 Jun 1945

From: Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs

Reference: WA-00531-G

Description: Photograph taken by Whites Aviation. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 3.25 x 4.25 inches