Newall, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, 1st Baron, 1886-1963

Date: [1942]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-1785-220

Description: Most correspondents identified and entered in the Name field; includes a number of letters of introduction relating to a visit of Walter Nash to the United States; some contacts replied Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [between ca 1942-1945]

By: McIlraith, Isabel, 1906-2011

Reference: PAColl-9847

Description: Photographs relating to Frank Hamilton McIlraith's World War II service in New Caledonia between circa 1942 and 1945. Shows troops, officials, parades and military camp scenes. A few persons/places are identified. Photographer(s) unidentified. Includes three images taken at/near Tontuta Camp. Group photograph identifies soldiers: Tom Maloney Sharp, Stew Beattie, Frank McIlraith, Peter Jowett, Harold Day, Laurie McClelland, Tony Garland, Ron McDonald. Another identifies Bill Woods and Harold Day at Plaines des Gaves, Nepoul. Also includes: -photographs taken during the visit of New Zealand Governor General Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall, with interior and exterior images of the Chapel of St George. -unidentified soldiers outside the National Patriotic Centre -scene with a sign for Poya -troops outside the Bourail Club -soldiers swimming, watched by women (nurses?) Source of descriptive information - PAColl-9847-01 to 03 identified as Tontuta Camp on the envelope that originally enclosed them. Envelope placed with photographs. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Mrs McIlraith was the wife of the late Frank Hamilton McIlraith. Quantity: 19 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Papers-10139 : McIlraith, Isabel, fl 2010 : Family papers. See also Ephemera Collection where items are mainly housed at Eph-A-NEW-CALEDONIA-1940s..

Date: [ca 1915-1944]

By: Read, James Cornelius, 1871-1968

Reference: PAColl-0502

Description: Fourteen photographs taken by Sgt J C Read of ANZAC Day in London. They include views of Australian and New Zealand troops marching along The Strand watched by large crowds; dignitaries, including King George V, leaving the memorial service held at Westminster Abbey; and two in Gallipoli, one of wounded soldiers waiting to be transported and the other of New Zealand graves. The collection also includes one photograph from the Second World War of the staff of the Radio Development Laboratory, which was probably on Majoribanks Street, Wellington, and the Governor-General Sir Cyril Newall. Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [ca 1941], 1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-180

Description: Series of captioned photographs taken by Netherlands Indies Government Information Service (Film & Photo Unit) of Dutch evacuees arriving in Australia from Java on board the Dutch hospital ship `Oranje'. Includes ex-internees released from Japanese camps; Dutch family groups (all named); general views of the ship with walking wounded; nursing and medical staff; hospital facilities on board; Captain and officers. Series of photographs of returning soldiers from on board `Oranje' (no captions). Series of photos taken for The Dominion (Wellington) showing groups of nurses; military personnel; official welcome home; soldiers and their families (no captions). Series of photographs taken by C.P.S.Boyer of Wellington showing soldiers being welcomed home. Includes Lady Newall welcoming a NZ officer; Governor General chatting with a soldier at the Clearing Hospital; Mrs C A Bennie and Lady Elliot handing out cigarettes to invalided men. Series of captioned publicity photographs of Australian and Dutch personnel from the Oranje on leave at the hotel, Chateau Tongariro, skiing, horseriding, relaxing at the hotel and during a dinner party. Photographs taken during a military parade in Wellington, possibly 1941 Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-294

Description: Photographs of New Zealand military personnel serving in Greece, Crete, the Middle East and Egypt during World War 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album includes a number of official photographs taken for the British official records. Many of the personnel identified are listed above, but group portraits in which individuals are identified are not listed above. Many views show aspects of military training in the desert, including machine guns, rifles, manoeuvres, Bren guns, range practice, and anti-tank guns. New Zealand Divisional Cavalry. In England military training and preparation includes scenes of the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, William Joseph Jordan, watching New Zealand lumberjacks from the New Zealand Forestry Corps in a Gloucester forest felling trees for war purposes. Also related to England are scenes of the Duke of Gloucester inspecting troops, and King George VI at an investiture at Buckingham Palace investing Flight-Sergeant Williams with his Distinguished Flying Medal for gallantry in air operations. Long Range Desert patrols and expeditions into enemy territory showing the difficult terrain they had to negotiate. Views of a formation of five American-built Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the RAF Coastal Command carrying out an action patrol near Borkum, Heligoland and the Danish Coast. They are the first released photographs taken while under fire from German anti-aircraft ships, flying only 200 ft above the sea because of the weather (p 15-21). One image shows a wireless operator checking one of H.M. the King's homing pigeons, presented to the RAF to carry messages in case of a forced landing & breakdown of wireless. Arrival of NZ airmen & pilots for duty with the RAF in 1941. Gift of fruit and vegetables presented to NZ troops stationed in Fiji, transported 60 miles by boat from Kandavu, formally accepted by Brigadier Cunningham. (A number of images of Cunningham are dotted throughout the album). Views of the sinking of the Italian raider Ramb I, by HMS Leander in February 1941 (p 33-37). Scenes of a huge field bakery run by Egyptian bakers which can supply 3500 loaves each day. Also the "Waiwera Hotel - the 'ouse on the 'ill" cookhouse in the desert; and other scenes of food preparation. Relaxation organised by the YMCA, and the opening of the Lowry Hut run by the YMCA. Shipboard life on a transport ship, including games, relaxation and officers censoring mail. Floods after heavy rain in the Western Desert along the Mediterranean fringe (p 61-64). The Oranje leaving Amsterdam on her maiden voyage; used as hospital ship for Australian and New Zealand forces. Groups at the Royal Canadian Air Force Bombing and Gunnery School, all of whom are named (p 67-69). Prime Minister Peter Fraser's visit to the Middle East (p 69-72), his visit to Greece (p 93-105), and inspecting the hospital ship Maunganui (p110-111).) The No. 1 General Hospital in Greece. War damage to New Zealand House in London (p 105-106). Italian prisoners of war in a soccer match "NZ vs Italy" in Egypt (p 79-81); German parachute troops wounded and taken prisoner in Crete; captured swastikas used to hoodwink the enemy into dropping supplies. Fighting and evacuation of Crete. Evacuation of the Greek Royal party by a bodyguard of New Zealand soldiers, with views of a reception given by His Majesty the King of Greece, showing Lieutenant W H Ryan, Princess Marie, lady Palairet, Prince George, Prince Peter, and British military attache Colonel J S Blunt. Group portrait of New Zealanders in Britain training for the Fleet Air Arm (members named). Members of the New Zealand Bomber Squadron of the RAF who have been part of the raids on Germany, particularly on Berlin. (Several group portraits, some of which are named). Several photographs of unidentified men who escaped from Crete in barges. Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 398-791 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with faded blue cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1946, 1947

By: Myers, Michael (Sir), 1873-1950

Reference: PAColl-1345

Description: Two photographs are mounted as photographic Christmas Cards Quantity: 6 b&w original photographic print(s) in one box.

Date: 5 Feb 1939-27 Oct 1940

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2850

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1940 - 1949

Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1940s

Description: Includes: 1942: Ko te Mana Motuhake. Paki o Matariki. Ngaruawahia, 11 Pepuere 1942. 1943: New Zealand Centennial 1840-1940. Tihee! Mauri ora! Official opening ceremonies of the third and fourth Te Arawa Centennial memorials, Tawakeheimoa whare wananga at Te Awahou, and Tamatekapua, national whare runanga at Ohinemutu, by His Excellency the Governor-General Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall. 24 March 1943. [Order of service] 1945: Maori Postal Sunday School Movement Church Service Programme 1945. Quantity: 100 Programme(s) (estimated selection from around 1000). Physical Description: Photolithographs, sizes varying below 350 mm.

Date: 1943-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-116

Description: Most photographs have captions. Include several of dress rehearsal for Pacific landing showing NZ forces training for amphibious operations. Filling bags with clay on Vella Lavella (Sgt F R Palliser-Smith, Driver W Tippins, Driver L Marshall), 1943; NZ soldiers on their bunks aboard a troop transport (Driver L Wilson, Driver D E Klenere, Pte W J Doherty, Pte D Hodgkinson); NZ Brigade arriving at Guadalcanal; US marines unloading supplies at Guadalcanal; US planes bombing Buka airfield, Nov 1943; US Navy medical officer studying blood specimen from a malaria patient on Guadalcanal; NZ troops playing Chinese Checkers while relaxing during an exercise on a transport ship; L/Cpl W Brown, Spr E S Smith filling cans during Treasury Islands campaign. Getting ashore at Mele Beach (New Hebrides); Col M A Edson & Col W J Whaling, commander and executive officer of 5th US Marines; group photo of 8th Bde HQ staff, Treasury Islands (staff named on back); church, outdoor thetare and yachts at Falamai, Mono Island; Lautoka Express (CSR Free train); Fijian family group; line-up of Japanese captives at Guadalcanal; approaching Treasury Islands. Disembarking and unloading at Guadalcanal; loading tanks at Kukum Beach; 14th Bde landing at Guadalcanal; 36th Bn camp at Stirling Island; unloading at Mono Island; crossing Lunga River during manoeuvres; jungle exercise; troops at Guadalcanal before sailing for Vella Lavella; building church at Falamai; gunners pulling a gun ashore at Efate, 1943; 3rd Div training exercises at Mele Beach; men of 36 NZ Bn on USS `President Jackson'; wounded Fijian soldier carried through jungle for medical attention on Bougainville; NZ officers of 1st Battalion of Fiji Infantry examining a Japanese Zero plane shot down on Vila airstrip during attack on Kolombangara Island, Oct 1943. Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall inspecting NZ troops on Treasury Islands; line-up of tanks prior to inspection by G-G; aerial view of Stirling Island. Quantity: 79 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1943-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-147

Description: Most photographs contain captions; some are stamped `Official RNZAF photographs'. Group photograph of a conference of padres in the RNZAF held at Frederic Wallis House, Lower Hutt, 1944 (all named on back); NZ Fighter Wing `score board' at New Georgia, Nov 1943 to record number of Japanese aircraft hit (group around the board includes Air Commodore S Wallington, Wing Commander T O Freeman, Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, Major General H E Barrowclough); RNZAF Band playing outside the USA hospital, Guadalcanal, 1944 (W/O R H Simpson conducting); Wings Parade - Course 61 medal presentation (Squadron Leader E T Mileski, Squadron Leader J R Welsh, Air Commodore A de T Nevill, LAC Johnson), Nov 1942; fighter pilots on return from battle in SW Pacific war zone, 1944; F/O R C Beazer of Feilding and P/O Letourneau of Canada (both of NZ RAF Mosquito Fighter Bomber Squadron). First NZ airmen repatriated from German hands welcomed by Air Vice Marshal L M Isitt and Air Secretary T A Barrow (group includes Warrant Officers D C Allen, J I B Walker and H M English); RNZAF ground crew on an amphibious truck (called a `Duck'); Lockheed Hudson bomber crew reporting back from a reconnaissance flight over the Solomons area; group photo of NZ Catalina flying boat crew, 1945 (all named); pilots being briefed before a `strike', Guadalcanal, 19 Jun 1943; RNZAF Corsair aircraft flying in formation at Guadalcanal, 1944. Catalina flying boats and RNZAF band on visit to Halavo Bay, the seaplane base in the Solomon Islands, 1944; Dakota aircraft at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1944; YMCA `tea truck' serving RNZAF ground crew who are maintaining Kittyhawks; Wing Commander de Willimoff and others in flying suits beside Corsair aircraft; group beside a Kittyhawk (includes Squadron Leader Newton); group photo of flight mechanics and riggers on airstrip in Pacific (all named); Brigadier General R L Owens, Deputy-Commanding-General, 13th Air Force, USAAF, presenting the American Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying Officer M T Vanderpump, ca 1943; Air Commodore Sir Robert Clarke-Hall talking with Major General R J Mitchell, USMC, prior to latter's departure from Bougainville (others in photo include Air Commodore G N Roberts, Wing Commander A B Greenaway & Wing Commander H R Wigley); Christmas Day in the mess hall, 1942; group of NZ pilots having a `Smoko' during Battle of Bougainville, 1943 (some name on front in ballpoint); aftermath on Bougainville (aerial photo of Japanese barge on beach); men of the RNZAF on board the `Wahine' at Torokina, Bougainville bound for NZ. Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

By: New Zealand. National Film Unit; Marriott, (Lieutenant), active 1943

Reference: PA1-q-292

Description: Photographs of military activities and war work in New Zealand during World 2, 1939-1945, taken by various photographers and compiled for official use. This album contains photographs on pages 1-54 (Pages 55-149 are empty). Activities include training in building of fascines and revetments for protecting trench walls; barbed wire "concertina"; excavation of command posts (part of a defensive trench system); the use of a 2" mortar; anti-tank rifle instruction; instruction in identifying enemy weapons including grenades and land mines and use of an electric mine detector. The cookery wing in action in the open air; artillery school of instruction; signallers establishing communication & erecting a telegraph pole; use of a 25-pounder; bayonet practice; medical training including rescue of wounded, use of an improvised stretcher, improvised raft for a river crossing carrying the stretcher, transfer to an ambulance, and finally a view of an actual open-air operation. The arrival of Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt, shown with New Zealand dignitaries (p 18). Men and women who have returned on furlough parading through Wellington on their way to a luncheon given in their honour by the RSA (p 19-21, 38-40); the arrival of repatriated Prisoners of War being greeted by friends and family in Wellington (p 33-36) A huge crowd celebrating the victory over the Italians at Liberty Corner, on the intersection of Hunter Street, Featherston Street and Lambton Quay (Friday 3rd September 1943) Ceremonies at an undentified marae including Maori dance, haka, poi dances and speeches by military officers. Pages 28-30 show the visit of a British Military Mission to the Forest & Jungle Warfare Wing of the Army School of Instruction, with demonstrations of jungle training. Women are shown with views of the Women's Land Service (Land Army), and also as Post & Telegraph drivers collecting huge bags of mail from a ship. Infantry students at the Army School, Trentham are shown in a river crossing exercise near Foxton, building rafts big enough to carry people, vehicles and weaponry. Launching a fuel barge built at the Wellington Patent Company's shipyards at Evans Bay, where the ceremony was performed by Managing Director Mr Jamieson. Pages 49-53 show photographs of Polish refugee children arriving and settling into the refugee camp at Pahiatua. Pages 53 and 54 show the official opening of a new Model Kindergarten in Hospital Road, Newtown (Saturday 18th November, 1943), opened by the Prime Minister Peter Fraser. Also present were the Labour MP for Wellington South, Robert Mckeen and his wife Jessie Mckeen, Mrs J A Doctor (President of the Free Kindergarten Association), and Dr Clarence Beeby (Director of Education). Arrangement: Images in album form single numerical sequence, 438-598 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark blue cloth cover, black corners and spine; 34.5 x 22.0 cm

Date: 1942

Reference: Eph-A-DISABLED-1942-01

Description: Order of ceremony with text explaining the value of such a centre. Participants in the ceremony were the Governor-General, and Hon R Semple, Mayer T C A Hislop,Hon W Perry (President of the RSA), the Prime Minister Peter Fraser, and the architect Edmund Anscombe. The back cover shows a perspective drawing of the two-storeyed building. The centre was in Lloyd Street, Mt Victoria, Wellington. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 218 x 172 mm.

Date: 6-7 May 1998 - 06 May 1998 - 07 May 1998

From: Government House oral history project Stage I

By: Hawthorn, Raymond George, 1927-2007

Reference: OHInt-0636/4

Description: Ray Hawthorn was born in Wellington in 1927. Gives details of his family background. Describes spending school holidays with his maternal grandfather, a butcher, at Rongotea. Describes his work routine, killing a pig and making sausages. Recalls difficult times during the Depression and his father's unemployment. Describes time off school for infantile paralysis (polio). Talks about growing up in Owen Street in Newtown, Wellington, being a cub and a boy scout and attending Wellington South School. Describes employment as a telegram boy with Post and Telegraph. Discusses restrictions on telegrams during World War II. Talks about becoming Government House delivery boy then being transferred from the Post Office to the Internal Affairs Department. Mentions Albert Naulls. Describes the Official Secretary at Government House, David Fouhy, and comments on the formality. Mentions the Governor-General was Sir Cyril Louis Norton Newall. Describes how the butler ruled one half of Government House, the Official Secretary the other. Describes lunches, etiquette, forms of address and curtseying. Discusses formalities at staff meals and explains the hierarchy. Discusses military hero Lord Freyberg who was the next Governor-General from 1946-1952. Comments on Lord and Lady Freyberg as a couple. Recalls visits of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lord Mountbatten, Field Marshall Montgomery and Lyndon B Johnson. Comments on politicians Sir Sidney Holland and Peter Fraser. Talks about the gardens at Government House and changes to the building before a royal tour. Discusses the 1953 Royal Tour, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Mentions the Tangiwai disaster. Talks about getting married in 1956 to Shirley Goldfinch who worked at Government House. Describes his daily working routine, with reference to the mail, becoming senior orderly and later Administration Officer. Discusses the etiquette of presenting decorations. Talks about Lord Norrie, Governor-General from 1952-1957, and Lord Cobham. Mentions Lord Cobham's love of cricket. Discusses relationships between Governors-General and Prime Ministers. Mentions Walter Nash. Talks about English aides de camp before the time of Lord Porritt and changes with employment of more New Zealanders as staff. Describes the replacement of David Fouhy by David Williams as Official Secretary. Discusses the relationship between the Official Secretary and the Comptroller. Describes moving Government House to Auckland for three months each year. Talks about Sir Denis Blundell as Governor-General from 1972-1977 and then Sir Keith Holyoake. Comments on Waitangi Day and protest, Dame Whina Cooper and the 1981 Springbok Tour. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Quantity: 5 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 4.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-3398.

Date: 1940, 1943-1944

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-105

Description: Most photographs are captioned. Includes views of Tontouta River; Bourail Beach; malarial control unit at work in 37 Field Park Company camp; second wave of NZers landing at Vela Lavella; stores and equipment loaded at Juno River, Vella Lavella; Sir Cyril Newall with Brigadier R A Row on inspection tour in the Treasury Islands group; anti-tank battery at Maravari, Vella Lavella; muddy conditions in Tangalan Plantation area, Nissan; Higgins boats with NZers heading for shore at vella Lavella; landing at beach (Pokonian Pln); bridge under construction in Solomon Islands; Div tank squadron embarking at Kukum, Guadalcanal;26 Field Coy NZE forming a road between Roman Catholic Mission and Tanaheran, Nissan; 14 Brigade Group, 3 NZ Division landing at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands; review of 8 NZ Infantry Brigade at Dubois Memorial Field, Boulopari, New Caldeonia, 9 Jul 1943; The Bourail Club; 8 Brigade Group landing exercise, New Hebrides; 36 Battalion, 8 Brigade Group landing exercise at Mele Beach, Efate, New Hebrides group; men of 29 NZ Infantry Brigade crossing the Tontouta River; Lt Col J Brooke-White, Hq 3 NZ Div Engineers in a jeep; boarding an LCVP at Noumea; ready to leave Stirling Island for return to New Caledonia; 12 Field battery shelling Umono Island; unidentified group of NZ soldiers; road to Poya; unidentified group on board a naval ship; carrier platoon of 35 NZ Battalion crossing Timala Bay in a native canoe; unloading the SS Ethan Hitchcock at Nepoui; harbour at Nepoui; Mount Dent de St Vincent from Peyrolles Ridge; 8 Brigade group on `Rangatira' on 28 Oct 1940 leaving for Fiji; officers mess at Tereru (includes Capt Williams, 2nd Lt Holmes, Major Tripp, 2nd Lt Taylor). Quantity: 38 b&w original photographic print(s) (mounted).

Date: 1943-1944, 1965

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-f-107

Description: Photographs of the Tonga Defence Force of 2NZEF taken 1943-1944 by various photographers and compiled for official purposes. Includes photographs of Brigade Headquarters, Tongan signallers, 1 Tonga Battalion, artillery practice, coastal artillery, anti-aircraft batteries, NZ engineers, NZ Ordnance, NZ Army Service Corps, NZ Produce Farm, Tongan home Guard, 52nd Field Hospital, NZ Dental Corps, recreation centre, parade on the 25th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Queen Salote, parade celebrating the capitulation of Italy, the pay & records office, NZ Forces Club, visit of HMSS Kia Kia to Vava'u, Lakalaka and Funufuti, visit of Governor-General Sir Cyril Newall, Brigade sports, a Tongan wedding, and a boxing match. Also included are photographs of a parade on the accession of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV as King of Tonga in 1965. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 1940 - 1949

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the Church of England and Anglican congregations, parishes, churches and buildings in New Zealand]

By: Blundell Brothers Ltd; Wright & Carman Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-RELIGION-A-1940s

Description: Includes: 1940-1960s?: Form of institution and induction to the cure of souls. Sanctioned for use in the Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand. Printed by Blundell Bros Ltd, Willis Street, Wellington 1940: All Saints', Palmerston North. Parish magazine no 266, September 1940 Church of the Province of New Zealand. Order of service authorized by the Bench of Bishops for use in all churches on Sunday January 7th 1940, the special day of thanksgiving for the mercies of God vouchsafed to our Colony and Dominion during the first hundred years of its ordered National life, 1840-1940 1941: Karori and Makara "Parish news". Vol. XII, no.2, August 1941. 75th anniversary number S Paul's Centenary. Unveiling in Emily Place of commemorative tablet by His Excellency the Governor-General Sir Cyril Newall, GCB, 3 pm Sunday 27th July 1941. [Order of service / flier] 1945: Christchurch Diocesan Sunday School Teachers' Association. Jubilee celebrations 1895-1945. Radiant Hall Christchurch, 21-22 August 1945. Boolet Christ Church Taita 1845-1945. A service of thanksgiving to Almighty God on the one hundredth anniversary of the Church. 7 October 1945. Order of service 1946: [Church of England Missionary Society. Typescript notes about its grwoth and progress during the war years] 1947: Melanesian Mission 1849-1947. [Explanatory pamphlet and remittance form] New Zealand Anglican Bible Class Union. A service of dedication, suggested for use on the Bible Class Day of Prayer, Sunday 28 September 1947. Printed by Wright & Carman Ltd, Vivian Street, Wellington Cathedral Church of St Paul Wellington. Anual service of thanksgiving by seafarers 1947. 19 October 1947. Order of service Civic reception to the Right Reverend R H Owen, Bishop of Wellington on his arrival in Wellington, New Zealand by the citizens of Wellington. Town Hall, 11 March 1947. Programme New Plymouth Choral Society. Festival oratorio "The Messiah". St Mary's Church New Plymouth. 4 December 1947. Programme 1948: St Peter's Willis St. Parish magazine. Centenary number 1948. Centenary celebration 1848-1948. Printed by Wright & Carman, Wellington St Peter's Church Wellington 1848-1948. Centenary Service. A seervice of thanksgiving to Almighty God to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the first St Peter's Church. 19 September 1948. Order of service (2 copies) 1949: St Peter's Church Willis Street. Church and home campaign. Sundays 5 June - 3 July 1949. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Fliers and booklets, sizes varying up to 230 mm.

Date: 1930 - 1949

Reference: Eph-A-VICEREGAL-1930/1949

Description: Includes: Cards and invitations relating to Viscount Bledisloe (1930-1934), Viscount Galway (1935) 1934: Government House supper, 15th December 1934. [Menu] 1935: Public farewell to Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Bledisloe on their departure from New Zealand. (Performers Russell J Laurenson, Hon G W Forbes, Ava Symons, T C A Hislop, Mrs Wilfrid Andrews, H Temple White). Wellington Town Hall, 14 March 1935. Programme (2 copies) and ticket to Glasgow Wharf 1935: Public reception to Their Excellencies Viscount and Viscountess Galway on their arrival in Wellington New Zealand (Performers Myra Sawyer, Claude Tanner, Hon E A Ransom, W Marshal, T C A Hislop, Maxwell Fernie, H Temple White). Wellington Town Hall, April 1935. Programme (Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd) (2 copies) 1941: Public reception to Their Excellencies Sir Cyril and Lady Newall by the Citizens of Wellington. Town Hall Wellington, 24 February 1941. Programme (With items by Dawn Hunt, Lawrence A North, accompanist Nora Gray; organist Charles Collins) 1946-1952: With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. [Government House Christmas card from Bernard Freyberg to Charlie Hegglun, featuring Mt Hikurangi. 1946-1952] 1946: Citizens' farewell to Their Excellencies Sir Cyril and Lady Newall (with Charles Collins, Molly Atkinson, W Roy Hill, Clement Howe). Wellington Town Hall, 11 April 1946. 1948: Government House Wellington. With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, from Bernard Freyberg [1948] Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, colour prints, sizes varying

Date: 1942

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to history, jubilees, centennials, anniversary celebrations in New Zealand]

By: Nelson Early Settlers' Memorial Association

Reference: Eph-A-HISTORY-1942-01

Description: Programme of service, with speakers (Mayor Mr E R Neale, Association President Mr J A Harley, Mrs H D Bennet, Hon Walter Black, MLC; Mr Harry Atmore MP, Prime Minister Peter Fraser, Governor-General Sir Cyril L N Newall, Right Rev P W Stephenson), the "Hallelujah Chorus" sung by the Centennial Choir, conducted by Mr Frank Mitchell. Also contains the words of "O God, our help in ages past", and "God save the King". The front cover shows an oval illustration of Nelson Haven in 1842, based on the painting by Charles Heaphy. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, on folded pamphlet, 225 x 145 mm.

Date: [ca 1929-1960]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-110

Description: Mainly portraits, with some other photographs included, published (or considered for publication) in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1930s-1950s. All have names recorded on the back and most have date/dates of publication. Names of most of the women entered in Name field. Includes photograph of the home of Mr & Mrs T H Lowry at Okawa; published in NZ Free Lance, 13 Mar 1935 & 19 Nov 1952 Quantity: 114 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [Between 1926 and 1954]

From: Marsden, Lady Joyce : Assorted photographs and negatives from the papers of Sir Ernest Marsden

Reference: PA1-o-135

Description: Album of photographs relating to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Reasearch presented to Dr Ernest Marsden in 1954. Includes detailed photographs of various laboratory procedures and apparatus, including meat dehydration plant in the Meat Research Laboratory; mass spectrometer; electron microscope; Borthwick Beta-Ray apparatus; soil consolidation machines; geothermal bores; knock resistance tests, with a CFR engine; separating constituents of butter fat, the Fats Research Balance Room; members of the Soil Survey Conference in Napier, 1950, and members of the Geological Survey Conference in 1952; Rongotai Aerodrome under construction; the Magnetic Observatory building in Christchurch; the Dominion Observatory, and the Seismological Observatory; Crop Research Division buildings; Hop Research Station; members attending the Grasslands Conference in 1933; and members attending the Seventh Pacific Science Congress in 1949. Inscriptions: Album page - Presented to Dr. E. Marsden with the good wishes of the senior staff of the D.S.I.R. and in appreciation of the help & encouragement he has given them throughout the years of his association with the Department, 1926-1954 (With 30 signatures) Dr Ernest Marsden was Director of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research from 1926-1947 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Brown album, 26.5 x 32 cm