MORE, Rowland James (Roly) interviewed by Louis Norman Nuttall
Record Group — Box: 13
Identifier: H0288
Overview
Rowland talks of background history of life in Riverton in the early 1920s and attending ‘Tech’ in Invercargill for 3 years. He lists the fishing fleet, recalls the Riverton Regattas, as well as the businesses in Riverton. On leaving school he went into the family business. He tells of the personalities who worked at the sawmill - local people who had lifelong employment there. He covers the working conditions and the steam engines built by Johnson’s Steam Engines in Invercargill. Rowland also describes the building of the new bridge in Riverton and the Empire Theatre that the More’s built for the benefit of the town.
Dates
- 1999
Creator
- Nuttall, Louis Norman (Lou) (Interviewer, Person)
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Extent
1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Nuttall, Louis Norman (Lou) (Interviewer, Person)
- Title
- MORE, Rowland James (Roly)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Southland Oral History Project Repository