Telegram to Auckland Customs regarding Snake Charmer Cleopatra (1909)

About this item

Title

Telegram to Auckland Customs regarding Snake Charmer Cleopatra (1909)

Content partner

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Collection

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga Flickr

Description

On 17 June 1909 Madame Cleopatra was due to perform her snake-charming act in Mangonui (Northland). This telegram from the local Constable, W Drummond, to HR Spence, Acting Collector of Customs for Auckland demonstrates the level of concern over the import of “live snakes” into New Zealand. The country still is free from any kind of snakes tha...

Format

Image

Creator

Archives New Zealand

URL

http://www.flickr.com/photos/archivesnz/18096843463

Related subjects

Archives New Zealand / Archives / New Zealand / New Zealand History / NZ / NZ History / Mangonui / Northland / North Island / 1909 / Snake Charmer

What is the copyright status of this item?

Creative Commons

This item appears to be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (BY) 2.0 CC International license.

More Information

Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga has this to say about the rights status of this item:

Attribution License

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

Share it

This item is suitable for copying and sharing with others, without further permission.

Modify it

This item is suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission.

Use it commercially

This item is suitable for commercial use, without further permission.