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THE LONG YARN OF THE LAW
By Fiona McMorran
80 p. 1983. $6.95 plus 85c p & p
Told through prose, verse, extracts from newspapers and diaries, and policemen’s recollections, the book takes the reader from those early colonial days to the modern police force of today. This inexpensive and easy to read history is a valuable aid for teachers and a source of continuing interest for children.
TWO ARTISTS 1985 CALENDAR
Toss Woollaston and Jane Evans
570 × 420 mm. Spiral bound. Cylinder. $17.50 plus $1.50 p & p
The 1985 Two Artists Calendar features fourteen high quality prints as well as a biography and introduction to each artist’s work while each month focuses upon one superb reproduction in addition to a clearly read calendar.
ELECTRICITY FOR MOTOR MECHANICS
N.Z. TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE
256 p. 1983 reprint. Illustrated. $10.00 plus 85c p & p
Now in paper-back, this popular publication provides a basis for the study of automotive electricity for apprentice motor mechanics. Car owners, too, and persons interested in the general maintenance of motor engines will find the book a reliable guide to the detection and remedy of minor electrical faults.
VISUAL WAYS
By Geoff Moss
46 p. 1982. Illustrated. $4.75 plus 55c p & p
Too often people find themselves having to speak in public, to train new employees, to teach various skills, or to give advice on arranging displays and exhibits without having had any relevant basic training. If you are such a person, this book was written to help in getting a message across more effectively by using visual aids.
WHERE TO START
By Vincent Burke
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
61 p. 1982. Illustrated. $5.95 plus 85c p & p
This publication has been designed to help New Zealanders in the initial stages of getting a club, group, or organisation off the ground. The information it contains will be of assistance to a wide variety of different community groups, sporting, cultural, and recreational clubs. Included are suggestions for various administrative frameworks, legal structure, meetings, public relations, finance, and the constitution of the organisation.
THE ELSDON BEST COLLECTION
Elsdon Best spent some twenty years in close contact with the Maori people. His writings, outstanding descriptive accounts of all facets of the old time Maori culture, social customs, and beliefs, have now become classics. the Elsdon Best collection consists of the following titles:
The Maori as He Was…………………………… $6.50 plus $0.85 p & p
Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori……… $15.95 plus $1.50 p & p
The Stone Implements of the Maori…………… $11.95 plus $1.50 p & p
Maori Religion and Mythology I………………… $18.00 plus $1.50 p & p
Maori Religion and Mythology II……………… $47.50 plus $3.65 p & p
The Whare Kohanga and Its Lore……………… $5.75 plus $0.85 p & p
The Maori Canoe……………………………… $17.50 plus $1.50 p & p
Games and Pastimes of the Maori……………… $17.00 plus $1.50 p & p
Pa Maori, The………………………………… $15.00 plus $1.50 p & p
Maori Storehouses and Kindred Structures……… $6.50 plus $0.85 p & p
Maori Agriculture…………………………… $13.50 plus $1.50 p & p
Forest Lore of the Maori……………………… $17.95 plus $1.50 p & p
SAFETY IN SMALL CRAFT
By Captain G. Wearing
241 p. 1982. Illustrated. $14.50 plus $1.50 p & p
This rewritten edition of Safety in Small Craft is an attempt by the Small Boat Safety Committee to ensure that the information so essential to good boating is once more available in an up-to-date form.
SPORT SERIES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
A series of sport booklets, designed as guide books for teachers, coaches, and players is one of the most popular series of sport instruction titles published by the Government Printer and is highly recommended:
Association Football………………………… $1.60 plus 55c p & p
Athletics……………………………………… $1.30 plus 40c p & p
Ballroom Dancing…………………………… $3.00 plus 55c p & p
Basketball…………………………………… $3.75 plus 55c p & p
Campcraft…………………………………… $2.75 plus 55c p & p
Canoeing……………………………………… $4.25 plus 55c p & p
Gymnastics…………………………………… $14.50 plus $1.50 p & p
Hockey……………………………………… $4.95 plus 55c p & p
Netball……………………………………… $2.00 plus 55c p & p
Orienteering………………………………… $6.75 plus 85c p & p
Rugby……………………………………… $1.00 plus 40c p & p
Softball……………………………………… $1.00 plus 40c p & p
Table Tennis………………………………… $3.75 plus 55c p & p
Tennis……………………………………… $1.00 plus 40c p & p
Volleyball…………………………………… $1.75 plus 55c p & p
Weight Training……………………………… $7.50 plus 85c p & p
THE NEW ZEALAND ARMY
A History from the 1840s to the 1980s
117 p. 1982. Illustrated. $5.25 plus 85c p & p
The reader is given an outline history of the Army, from the days of Maori Chief Hone Heke in the 1840’s to the present day. The 117 page history contains over 100 photographs and paintings, many of which are published for the first time.
JOINERY
N.Z. TECHNICAL CORRESPONDENCE INSTITUTE
Joinery, Part I, is the first of four books prepared by the Technical Correspondence School. It deals with methods of construction of doors, framed and ledged door, panelled doors, flush doors, and glazed doors.
Joinery, Part II, deals with door frames, transons, and sidelights; sliding, folding, and special doors; hardware, finishing, and gates.
Joinery, Part III, covers window joinery. It also deals with built-in-fittings, carcass work, fitment doors and drawers.
Woodworking Machinery, is the fourth book in the series, covering circular saws, saw blades, surface planing, and thickness machines, vertical spindle moulding machines, and other machines commonly used in woodworking establishments.
Joinery Part I……………………………… $9.95 plus $0.85 p & p
Joinery Part II…………………………… $5.25 plus $0.85 p & p
Joinery Part III…………………………… $15.95 plus $1.50 p & p
Woodworking Machinery…………………… $9.95 plus $0.85 p & p
NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEARBOOK
The Yearbook is the standard New Zealand encyclopaedic annual which has a place in every home, school, and office. Not only does it present a comprehensive statistical survey of the economy and population in New Zealand but it is also a very useful fact book for use in the home. In addition to the statistical facts supplied, the Yearbook also provides a background and historical perspective on each of the subjects covered.
(Customers may place their name on the Standing Order Service for this annual at the nearest Government Bookshop. A pre-payment form to cover the cost of the publication plus post and packing will be forwarded when the publication is printed.)
THE SURRENDER AND OCCUPATION OF JAPAN
Edited by Robin Kay
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
1782 p. 1982. $75.00 plus $4.80 p & p
This is the second of a series of three volumes of documents on New Zealand’s external relations: the first, “The Australian - New Zealand Agreement 1944”, this volume “The Surrender and Occupation of Japan” which covers six divisions of the period, selected by topic but dealt with chronologically within topics, and reveals the growing awareness amongst those responsible for a New Zealand policy of what New Zealand’s interest actually were; the third volume, “The ANZUS Pact and the Treaty of Peace With Japan”, not yet published, will show something of the new order of things in the Pacific and the difficulties in the role of a small, though articulate, power in the formation of what in fact were Great Power policies.
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🎓 Book Advertisement: The Long Yarn of the Law
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- Fiona McMorran, Author of the book
🎓 Book Advertisement: Two Artists 1985 Calendar
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- Toss Woollaston, Artist featured in the calendar
- Jane Evans, Artist featured in the calendar
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🎓 Book Advertisement: Visual Ways
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- Geoff Moss, Author of the book
🎓 Book Advertisement: Where to Start
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- Vincent Burke, Author of the book
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