Diary, Bernard Chambers

Maker
Chambers, Joseph Bernard
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd
Felkin, Robert William
C H Cranby & Co Ltd
Vacuum Oil Company Proprietry Limited
Booth, MacDonald & Co., Ltd
Union Bank of Australia
Production date
1926
1925

Object detail

Brief Description
(a) Personal diary of Joseph Bernard Chambers of Te Mata Station, 1926. Written in Whitcombe's New Zealand Handy Diary for 1926, Bernard Chambers' diary entries record the weather, his daily activities and developments at Te Mata Station.

At the front and back of the diary are advertising pages for Whitcombe and Tombs. The first section of the diary contains information on New Zealand under the following headings: Banks doing Business in New Zealand; Census of New Zealand; Civil Service; Ephemera; Legal Memoranda; New Zealand Government; Postal Regulations; Telegrams. Not listed in the contents is a folded map of the North and South Islands showing the main highways.

(b) Prescription for B Chambers from Dr R W Felkin, stamped by The Havelock Pharmacy.

(c) Delivery slip for gasoline from C H Cranby & Co Ltd, dated 17 February 1925. The document is addressed to B Chambers and signed by G Cook.

(d) Delivery slip for Motor Spirit and Mobiloil from Vacuum Oil Co. Proprietary Ltd, dated 13 February 1925. The document is addressed to B Chambers and signed by G Cook.

(e) Delivery slip from Booth, Macdonald & Co Ltd, dated 16 February 1925. The document is addressed to B Chambers and signed by G Cook.

(f) Bank slip dated 28 August 1925 from The Union Bank of Australia Limited. The slip records a payment of £30 to the London account of Sanderson, Murray and Elders Limited.

(g) Receipt for Fees for Registration and Annual License of Motor-Vehicle. The payment was received from Bernard Chambers in Hastings on 27 March 1925.

(h) Manuscript recording sales of Scoured Otupae Wool, London, November 1925.

(i) Group of manuscripts including financial calculations and notes.
Production date
1926
1925
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
(a) Hard cardboard cover with linen spine. The front and back covers are printed in black ink. The advertisements and New Zealand information section is printed in black ink on paper. The pages of the diary are lined and the date printed in black ink. Entries are handwritten in black ink and pencil.

(b - c) Printed in black ink and handwritten in pencil.

(d) Printed in black ink.

(e) Printed in black ink and handwritten in pencil on pink paper.

(f) Printed and handwritten in black ink on paper.

(g) Printed in black ink and handwritten in pencil on paper.

(h) Handwritten in black ink on paper.

(i) Handwritten in black ink and pencil on paper.
Measurements
Height x Width: 202 x 130mm
Height x Width: 147 x 103mm
Height x Width: 145 x 103mm
Height x Width: 150 x 235mm
Height x Width: 136 x 90mm
Height x Width: 111 x 79mm
Height x Width: 84 x 185mm
Height x Width: 127 x 73mm
Height x Width: 203 x 83mm
Subject period
Subject date
1926
1925
Credit line
gifted by Mr B Chambers
Other number(s)
091, 4942, 15251

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