Newspaper cutting, Rose from the Ashes. Napier’s Triumph
Production date
1941
Current rights
Public Domain
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Brief Description
The newspaper cutting is titled: Rose from the Ashes. Napier’s Triumph. Wiped off the Map. Greatest Disaster in New Zealand and was written in 1941 a decade after the 3 February 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. The journalist describes being in Napier and looking at the sundial set amongst petunias on Marine Parade. He/she describes the earthquake and how it affected the township and records that: when the blitzkrieg broke over London Napier was one of the very first towns in the British Empire to send money and a cable of sympathy to the Lord Mayor of London. The communities of Hawke’s Bay got on with the job of helping England’s bombed people without delay … they sent a cheery invitation to 300 children in England, offering them a warm welcome as their guests while the war lasts. The journalist follows by remarking: Some of the youngsters who escaped the whirlwind of crushing masonry, heaving ground and darting flames, are now on service in England and the Middle East. I met one in Capetown when a convoy was here. Nazi terrors have no fear for me. No blitzkrieg could be as bad as what we had in Hastings and Napier he said. This is followed by a description of the earthquake and the rebuilding of Napier, a description of the Norfolk pines illuminated, the Tom Parker fountain, the beauty of Marine Parade, the raised beach along the parade and the new land from what was the Inner Harbour.
The newspaper is not identified however the Cape Argus from South Africa is mentioned.
The newspaper is not identified however the Cape Argus from South Africa is mentioned.
Production date
1941
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Printed on newsprint with black ink.
Measurements
Height x Width: 315 x 175mm
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Subject period
Subject date
1941
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Hugh Lovelock
Other number(s)
2014/20, 90215
Accession number
2014/20
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