Receipts, Clothing Requisitions, Hawke's Bay earthquake

Maker
Hawke's Bay Earthquake Relief Fund
Hawke's Bay Rivers Board
Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board
New Zealand Railways
Transport Department
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931

Object detail

Brief Description
Handwritten receipts issued for clothing and shoes requisitioned to refugees, associated with the relief effort following the Hawke's Bay earthquake, 3 February 1931.

a) Receipts issued by the Hawke's Bay Rivers Board. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. Some receipts are dated, between the ranges 14-19 February 1931. Approximately 60 receipts.

b) Receipts issued by the Hawke's Bay Electric Power Board. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. One receipt is dated 19 February 1931. Approximately 7 receipts.

c) Receipts issued by New Zealand Railway. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. The receipts are undated. Approximately 16 receipts.

d) Receipts issued by the Transport Department. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. The receipts are undated. Approximately 9 receipts.

e) Receipts issued by the Defence Department. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. One receipt is dated 14 February 1931. Approximately 23 receipts.

f) Receipts issued by the Hawkes Bay Education Board. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. The receipts are undated. Approximately 6 receipts.

g) Receipts issued by the Water & Drainage Department. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. One receipt is dated 19 February 1931. Approximately 122 receipts. The department is variously labelled as: Water Department; Water and Drainage; Sewerage Department; W and D; and Waterworks.

h) Receipts issued by the Citizens Control Committee and related council departments. Information handwritten on the receipts includes: The name of the person the clothing was requisitioned to, address, the quantity, description, price and total price of goods, the persons signature, and the account the clothes were charged to. The receipts are undated. Approximately 13 receipts.
Production date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Irregularly sized square and rectangular pieces of paper and cardboard. Many have holes in the middle where they have been filed on a spike.
Measurements
Length x Width: 122 x 98mm
Subject period
Subject date
Post 03 Feb 1931
Credit line
from the Public Trust Office
Other number(s)
m98/62, 79231

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