DONALD WRIGHT

Interviewer: Janice Templeton

Abstractor: Robyn Powley

Interview: 23 September 1999

TRACK 1

00:21 Interview introduction – identification DON (DONALD) WRIGHT

00:36 Parents – Father’s side from NORTH of ENGLAND – Mother from HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND - LOCHCARRON area – GRANDAD MCKAY came to NZ about 1870 (?) went to sea at 14 – AUSTRALIA – then came to NZ – landed at DUNEDIN – walked to INVERCARGILL – settled at TAIHAKA – between LONGWOOD and COLAC BAY – Details

02:14 Earned a living – CUT POSTS/MINE PROPS – MacPHERSON – coalmines - OHAI – NIGHTCAPS – GRANDAD contracted to supply PROPS for mines – TAIHAKA – horse and dray to NIGHTCAPS – lead to SAWMILLING – cutting SLEEPERS – RAILWAY LINE – RIVERTON-TUATAPERE 1885/95 – LONGWOODS -1910 – BUCHANAN’S MILL – MOSS’S MILL – GRANDAD acquired the MILL - 1905-1910 – died 1919 – about 61 years old – Details

04:24 MILLING between LONGWOOD and COLAC BAY – GRANDAD cut the bush from it – left it to his SON – JOHN - passed to STACEY – now her SONS own it – TWO-STORIED HOME – TAIHAKA BEACH – GREAT GRANDSON’S farming there now – Details

05:31 DON’S father born at HEDGEHOPE – GRANDDAD WRIGHT also in SAWMILLING – he and a BROTHER landed in DUNEDIN – CATLINS – INVERCARGILL - 0WAKA – WRIGHTS/COUSINS – GRANDDAD WRIGHT managed two MILLS - HEDGEHOPE and another (he can’t remember the name) – biggest shareholder – MASSEY – NZ’s PRIME MINISTER – PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – retired to INVERCARGILL

07:05 Mentions - Good with HORSES – trouble with MOTOR CARS – went to COURT – speeding

08:11 Recalls - GRANDAD WRIGHT married twice – eight children? – four AUNTS – UNCLE DOUG killed at GALLIPOLI – AUNTY MABEL married a soldier after WWI – ALBERT STREET – UNCLE LEN – manager PARA-RUBBER – MABEL PRESIDENT/PATRON of NURSES ASSOC – SISTER BROUGHTON – RIVERTON -MARQUETTE HOSPITAL SHIP WW1 – 36 HOURS in the water – decorated at BUCKINGHAM PALACE

09:54 Recalls - AUNTY LENA – Secretary for BNZ manager – WELLINGTON – AUNTY OLIVE – Secretary for WALTER NASH at UNITED NATIONS – three cousins joined the AIRFORCE – two killed at NORMANDY

10:50 Recalls - FATHER worked in SAWMILLS – all attended MIDDLE SCHOOL – PRINCIPAL at MIDDLE SCHOOL – MONA BUSH – GRANDAD McKay – KENNEALLY SAW MILL – SON-IN-LAWS ran different departments of the MILL – RIVERTON – DR TROTTER – blood poisoning – died at 61

14:39 FATHER home to SCOTLAND twice – 6 MONTHS by boat – TWO of everything – Details 15:20 GRANDMOTHER – died ‘early’ – DON’S MOTHER bought up by AUNTY – CAPTAIN McLEOD – ships sailing between AUSTRALIA and RIVERTON – built portion of AUCKLAND WARF – WINTON POST OFFICE – THORNBURY RAILWAY STATION – owned GREAT WESTERN HOTEL – DON’S GRANDMOTHER’S SISTER ran the hotel – Explains

16:48 DON’S MOTHER was initially HOUSEKEEPER for DON’S GRANDFATHER – she was SCHOOLED in RIVERTON – MUSIC at the CONVENT – Explains

17:29 FATHER – working at MILL – married and lived at MILL – DON lived there FIRST FIVE YEARS – ONE MILL HOUSE – SINGLE MEN’S HUTS – MARRIED MEN walked to the MILL – RIVERTON - LONGWOOD - COLAC BAY – GUMMIES BUSH – WAIPANGO – LAPPINS – CLEAVERS – MR WHITSEY (sp) was the SAWYER son HENRY – Explains

19:53 GRANDPARENTS in main house at the MILL – (Don’s) FATHER and MOTHER lived there – and GRANDAD - trips to SCOTLAND when in late 50’s – DON born 8 months after his GRANDAD McKAY died – GRANDAD WRIGHT still alive – family moved to RIVERTON when DON was 5 – WALKERS – RITA GUISE – shifted to RIVERTON – SCHOOL – Explains

21:28 PROSPEROUS TIMES – BEECH sold to AUSTRALIA – new motor car – UNCLE DICK WALKER – RED OVERLAND CARS – MARGARET – lived in ‘SPUD’ TAIT’S HOUSE – opposite IAN TAYLOR’S and METHODIST CHURCH – MOTHER owned the home – was bequeathed – HALF GREAT WESTERN HOTEL to MOTHER and HALF to AUNTY NELLIE – Explains

23:30 RAHUI PAPA - DEPRESSION DAYS – 1930 – FATHER operated engineering part of the SAW MILL – ST CLAIR – RIVERTON in FORM TWO – MR JACK FORBES – teacher – MR LING (?) in charge of SECONDARY DEPARTMENT – ANDREW 11 – PROFICIENCY v COMPETENCY - SCHOOL CERTIFICATE – MATRICULATION – HIGH SCHOOL/TECHNICAL COLLEGE – Explains

27:46 Attended RIVERTON DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL – detested the High School – DOT GALL0WAY - PHYLLIS GODLY (sp) – good teachers – ‘the male teacher very cruel’ – Explains

29:47 Recalls - HEADMASTER of OTERAMIKA SCHOOL – Register – Class of 1932 at RIVERTON – MR FORBES – ‘The war took so many of the boys’

30:54 Recalls – FIRST JOB – CHEMIST - JIM MATTHEWS - 12s 6p/week pay – worked there ONE year

31:46 Recalls - Involved in SCOUTS and BOYS BRIGADE – Rev ANDREW McFARLANE (sp) – ANDY HELM (sp) – ALEC McKAY (sp) – summer – ATHLETICS – winter – RUGBY – COXSWAIN for ROWING CLUB – WALLY VICKERY – FRANCIS HAZLEMORE (sp) – ERNIE WARD – Regatta’s at BLUFF and QUEENSTOWN

34:54 Recalls - SWIMMING – favourite spot – BOAT SHED – two girls drowned – MR McIVOR (sp) taught swimming - DINGY tied up – BRIDGE to BRIDGE race – CHARLIE TEMPLETON – TOM HENDERSON – powerful swimmers – OLD BRIDGE – one-way single lane – 200 YARDS – FISHED from it for MULLET – two little WHARFS – built 25 metres SOUTH of the ‘NEW’ BRIDGE – opened 1932 – DIVED off it – SKIFFS – REGATTA DAY – TRAINS

40:32 Recalls – EASTER TIME – TRAINS all came to RIVERTON – walked to RACE COURSE – gravel roads – FATHER a RACING CLUB member – UNCLE DICK WALKER – VICE-PRESIDENT – DAVE TWEEDY (sp) – PRESIDENT – nowadays COMMITTEE almost all FARMERS – formerly SIX RIVERTON BUSINESS MEN – TWO FARMERS – MR RONALD – THORNBURY – FOSTER – DUNCAN MCDOUGAL – STAN MITCHEL (sp) – CECIL BARELY (sp) – FRANK WEBB – DUNCAN ALEXANDER (sp)

43:06 CLUB 125 years old – COURSE originally much nearer the HOSPITAL – JACK McNAUGHTON’S farm - GREAT WESTERN STEEPLECHASE – TWO-DAY MEETING – SATURDAY/MONDAY until 1923 – 1926 became a THREE-DAY MEETING – HORSES jumped across the road – HUNT – describes

45:43 CENTENARY – PARADE 1937 – POLIO EPIDEMIC delayed it ONE YEAR – PICTURE THEATRES closed –– NO ANNUAL PICNICS - 16 years old

46:52 End of Track 1

TRACK 2

00:09 TEENAGE years in RIVERTON – CHEMIST SHOP – GARAGE – MR MATTHEWS – McKINNON’S – EVA – GORDON – NORMAN – VERNON – HECTOR – JOHN – HUNTING TRIPS to WAIPANGA SAW MILL – offered a job at the GARAGE – Explains

02:30 Recalls - WORK – VALUED EMPLOYMENT – WORKED at PICTURE THEATRE – ALBERT MANN in charge – CIVIC THEATRE LIGHTING for INVERCARGILL SHOWS – wife ran the SHOP – MR ACCLETON (sp) – PROPRIETOR of the THEATRE – 1936, 1937, 1938 – HITLER – NEWS REELS – PROPAGANDA – EUROPE – BRITAIN – AMERICA – FOX NEWS REELS

05:18 Recalls - DANCES and BALLS – ROWING CLUB BALL – NURSES BALL – CATHOLIC BALL – 8.00 pm to 2.00 am – MUSIC - COLAC BAY – MAORI people – ACCORDIANS – GUITARS – BANDS – ROWING CLUB brought down a DUNEDIN BAND – ‘THE TOM CATS’ – SUPPERS donated by the women – a ‘SIT DOWN’ SUPPER – SUPPER WALTZ – GUMMIES BUSH dance – CRANE - took EVA WARD – THORNBURY

08:19 Recalls - PICNICS – LONGWOOD – THORNBURY – sack races – egg and spoon races – sprints - greasy pigs – followed by a DANCE – TIGER BUSH picnic at RACE COURSE – SUBSCRIPTIONS – REGATTA DAY – RACES at EASTER –

09:53 Recalls - RABBITS plentiful – SKINS valuable – 1/6 (one shilling and 6 pence) – TRAPS in SANDHILLS – 22 rifles – pocket money/fulltime occupation – SCHOOL BOYS - cutting COCKSFOOT – sold the SEED to MERCANTILE FIRMS

12:08 Recalls - AFTER SCHOOL JOBS – 8 BOYS applied for CHEMIST SHOP JOB – PROFICIENCY 1932 – DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS – maybe 35/40 attended - BOYS 14/15 (in age) FARM JOB 2/6 per WEEK for their KEEP

13:21 Recalls - ATHLETICS – Standard 2 – WHOLE PRIMARY SCHOOL – RECREATION GROUND – MISS (BELLA) HOUSTON – teacher – LICE – KEROSINE CURE – INVERCARGILL – GRADED RELAY RACE – ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS – taught BATON CHANGE – as a HEADMASTER - OFFICIAL STARTER – 1928

16:26 Recalls - HIGH SCHOOL - MR TREMBATH – PUBLICAN – CHAMPION – PETER SNELL – coached – PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS – TUATAPERE – CALEDONIANS INVERCARGILL – OTAUTAU SPORTS – not fit – coached to WALK – 7 mornings a week – TEMPLETON’S FLAX MILL – TRAINING TRACK – twice a week – BOXING DAY – won at LIMEHILLS – NEW YEAR’S DAY – won at TUATAPERE – OREPUKI – next season went to WAR

19:02 Recalls – REGARD for the OLDER PEOPLE in RIVERTON – RACING CLUB – EMPLOYERS – CHAIRMAN – SECRETARY/CHAIRMAN – good influence – FARMING COMMUNITY - FOSTERS

21:07 Recalls – 18 when WAR ‘broke out’ – called a PHONEY WAR – LEAFLETS - GERMAN’S attacked POLAND – HOLLAND – BELGIUM – FRANCE – 1000’s NEW ZEALANDERS enlisted – BOB BAILEY – FRANCIS HAZELMORE (sp) – enlisted at DRILL HALL – INVERCARGILL – AIR GUNNERS – building CAMPS in NZ - CORRESPONDENCE COURSE with WELLINGTON – MR MARTIN – maths – HEADMASTER – RIVERTON SCHOOL – INSTRUCTOR enlisted – CALLED UP the next week – LIONEL CLOCKLEY (sp) – BOB BAILEY

27:58 Recalls – FAREWELL – BOB BAILEY – SELF – GRAHAM FINLAYSON (sp) – from the THEATRE – presentation of a WATCH – SPEECHES – DANCE – SUPPER

29:05 Recalls – a month in LEVIN – CAMP – kitted out – teeth – injections – away to CANADA – trained for 6 months – MONTREAL – WINNIPEG – HOME SICKNESS – CHRISTMAS and EASTER – RIVERTON RACES – 70 MEN – became close friends

30:05 Recalls – TRAINING – ACADEMIC – AIRFORCE LAW – GAS and CHEMICALS – in PLANES – AIR GUNNER – 70 AUSTRALIANS and 70 NEW ZEALANDERS – top 6 COMMISSIONED – DON – PILOT OFFICER – held back in MONTREAL – flew planes to SCOTLAND – BOBBY BURNS – south to ENGLAND – 69 came home – served in the PACIFIC

33:12 Recalls – met JOAN – PARACHUTE DEPARTMENT – R.A.F.- away from NZ 5 ¼ years – flying 4 ¾ years in ENGLAND – lived on BASE – peacetime MARRIED QUARTERS – married 1944 – THE WAFFERY – ‘THE INVASION’ – FRANCE – BELGIUM – landed ‘behind the lines’ – injured flown to ENGLAND – 100 AMBULANCES

38:18 Recalls – HIGHLIGHT – DAKOTA’S – HINDON AIRPORT – report back 4.00 AM – THE STRAND – UNDERGROUND – 100’S of people lying on the platforms – V-2’s rocket attacks – BRUSSELS – ‘free in two hours’ – BELGIUM POLITICIANS – wounded brought back

41:11 Recalls - NIGHT in BRUSSELS – CHIT – celebrated all night – drank – danced – wine flowed – MARTIAL LAW 4 YEARS – A HIGHLIGHT – ’44 – AIRCRAFT – TRUCKS – TANKS - assembled in MARSEILLE – INDIA – JAPS – flew out MEDICAL SUPPLIES – brought back MALARIA VICTIMS to ENGLAND – PERSONNEL out to ARMED UNITS – JAPS – YANKS – BRITISH – AFGHANISTAN

44:18 Recalls – RADIO – gigantic BOMB dropped in JAPAN – NUCLEAR BOMB – BAHRAIN ISLAND – MALTA – 2nd BOMB DROPPED – JAPAN ‘suing for peace’ – ENGLAND – CHURCHILL ‘will speak to the nation’ 5.00 pm – COMMANDING OFFICER – ‘On the BOOZE for THREE DAYS’

47:04 End of Track 2

Track 3

00:19 Recalls – HOME to NZ – MARCH ‘46’ – separate ships – WAR BRIDES and HUSBANDS – JOAN arrived MAY with DONALD – HOUSING – married in PONTAREDAWE – SOUTH WALES – SWANSEA VALLEY – steel mills – coal mines – five weeks separation – RIVERTON RACES – WELLINGTON – met the ship

02:54 Recalls – JOAN – heartbroken leaving parents – picking BLUE BERRIES – discussed where to live – FOUR GENERATIONS - JOAN wanted to go to NZ – bought the LANGS SHOP - THE ROCKS – BOWSER at MITCHELL’S BAY

05:03 Recalls – 19 - trained in CANADA – BOB BAILEY – based in MONTREAL – 1500 AIRMEN – BROTHEL – BEER – MOVIE – ‘How Green was my Valley’ – BRONWYN

07:29 Recalls – three SONS – IAN and MURRAY born at the ROCKS – IAN CHRISTIE – ALAN BLACK – 8.15 PM a huge EARTHQUAKE – BRONWYN born ‘within the hour’

09:06 Recalls - JACK STIRLING – ARTHUR McFADZEAN (sp) – oysters – ALAN BLACK – IAN CHRISTIE – BERT O’TOOLE - JACK HINTON – bottle of RUM – two legs of MUTTON – JOAN taxied home a day early to the mess!

11:54 Recalls – JOAN DYER – DOUG DYER – Mechanic at McNAUGHT0N’S GARAGE – two of the boys - MARJORIE McKINNON (sp) – one boy

12:25 Recalls - SHOP – THE ROCKS – RIVERTON – retired people – PICNICS – SOUTHLAND POWER BOARD – TIDES – PICNIC on the BEACH – RACES – RESTOCKING shop at MIDNIGHT – 3 ½ years in the SHOP – PAT DOOLEY – NATIONAL BANK MANAGER – MERRY-GO-ROUND

15:08 Recalls – TRAINING COLLEGE – sister MARGARET – NURSING – DUNEDIN – MR MARTIN – HEADMASTER at RIVERTON – INSPECTOR – TRAINING COLLEGE – AIR FORCE - CORRESPONDENCE COURSE IN MATHEMATICS – MECHANICS – PHYSICS – ALGEBRA – TRIG0NOMETRY

17:28 Recalls – PAID in COLLEGE – gave JOAN ONE THOUSAND POUNDS – ONE-YEAR COURSE – ONE YEAR as P.A. at ST GEORGE – OTERAMIKA SCHOOL – WAGES 39 POUNDS a MONTH – HOME provided

18:21 Recalls – bought MRS GUNYAN’S (sp) house – JOAN and CHILDREN in RIVERTON – CARRINGTON HALL – JACK EATHORNE (sp) – JOAN sold RIVERTON HOUSE – bought for 900 pounds – sold for 1,650 pounds

19:49 Recalls – back to SOUTHLAND – rented at MILL ROAD – P.A. year at ST GEORGE

20:18 Recalls – Teacher’s Training Course – about 35 – varied in age 21 to 40 – very concentrated – Saturdays – no HOLIDAY breaks – GRADUATED HIGHEST TEACHER in SOUTHLAND of YEAR 1 TEACHERS – seen by WELLINGTON INSPECTORS – grading - PLUS WAR SERVICE grading – SOLE SCHOOL – OTERAMIKA – SCHOOL HOUSE

21:49 Recalls - boys at school – BRONWYN wasn’t at school - officially – 39 students at JUNE – second teacher DAVID HICKEY – David’s FATHER lived THREE MILES from where JOAN lived in WALES – stayed FIVE YEARS – SOUTHERN DISTRICT – ‘Wrong side of the tracks’ – PRESBYTERIANS and the BOOZERS – MR CALDER – MINISTER – cricket on SUNDAY’S – SCHOOL COMMITTEE meeting - conflict – JIM MUNROE

25:36 Recalls - TIES WITH RIVERTON – CRIB at the ROCKS – EASTER – straight to RIVERTON for a BREAK – JACK shot at MANAPOURI – PEARL HABOUR – THELMA BUCHANAN – JIM BUCHANAN – SAWMILL at ‘the WAIPANGO’

28:46 Recalls – TELEGRAM – AUCKLAND – Goodbye to MOTHER – enlisted at 19 – MARGARET (SISTER) stayed in RIVERTON – SECRETARY at the HOSPITAL – NURSING – DUNEDIN during the WAR – MATRON/ MIDWIFE at ALEXANDRA – same AGE as THE QUEEN – NEIL FINN – ROLPH – UK – practiced in STATE HOSPITALS in AMERICA – PSYCHIATRIST – NZ no ‘back-up’ service – PUBLIC TRUST – WILLS

33:04 RSA celebration – 50 YEARS – end of the WAR – WARWICK McCALLUM – RIVERTON support WAR effort – TOMMY WHITE – WW1 SOLDIERS – GOVERNMENT treatment – SOMME – PASSCHENDAELE – BACK COUNTRY FARMS – 1930’S – THE GREAT DEPRESSION – GOVERNMENT - REHAB COMMITTEES – PATRIOTIC COMMITTEES – fundraising – Explains

36:36 Recalls - 1942 – SOLDIERS coming home – WOUNDED – INJURED – RETURNED MEN – SID ODELL (sp) - GAVIN DIXON (sp) – GEORGE CLOCKLY (sp) – L.B. THOMSON (sp) – DUNCAN ALEXANDER (sp) – Housing Policy – over 1,000 POUNDS saved – XENA McKINNON (sp) - LLOYDS BANK – NATIONAL BANK – 56 YEARS – premium customer

38:37 Recalls – MORTGAGE 3% - SON paying 19% - ALASTAIR HALZELMORE – BILL DUNCAN and Q S STORES – LOW INTEREST RATES – REHAB through FARMING – TRANSPORT – SHOPS – EDUCATION – free RAILWAY WARRANT – BOB BAILEY and PLUMBING – COALMEN – FISHING BOATS - PATRIOTIC FUND – GOOD WILL towards (the servicemen)

41:16 Recalls – JOAN didn’t know how to BAKE or COOK – RATIONING – RIVERTON people helped her – MRS COBURN (sp) – sheets – MR THOMPSON (sp) – RATION BOOK – EDMONDS BAKING BOOK – AUNTY NELLIE - MRS DICK WALKER – GREAT WESTERN HOTEL – recipes – no measurements

44:29 Recalls - BILL HOPCROFT – CHAIRMAN – WALLACE COUNTY COUNCIL – PETROL BOWSER at THE ROCKS – CALTEX OIL COMPANY – applied to the COURT – MAGISTRATE - “The young man deserves his place in the sun, and what better place than RIVERTON ROCKS”

46:49 End of Track 3

Track 4

00:15 Recalls – GRADER DRIVER – MR HOGG – WALLACE COUNTY ROAD – placement of BOWSER – GRAVEL LORRIES – finished by 5 O’CLOCK – 5 POUNDS to dig hole for TANK – PETROL still RATIONED

05:24 Recalls – Cousin RITA WALKER married FRANK PIERCY – WOODLANDS – PILOT – served in ENGLAND – REST PERIOD - sent back to CANADA – he was killed training CANADIAN PILOT – NIGHT FLYING – RITA had a BABY – married FRANK GUISE – ‘many years later’ – FRANK ‘lost his wife’ – THREE CHILDREN

07:52 Recalls – Difficult for WIVES – MEN handled FINANCES – Incomes dropped – WIVES didn’t get a big ALLOWANCE – severe RATIONING in NZ – FARMERS – LAMB, BUTTER, MILK – TORPEDOED by U-BOATS

10:40 Recalls – ‘Never told my sons my story’ – DONALD ‘more interested now’ – ‘They didn’t want to know’ – JOAN – ‘On my AERODROME’ – BOMBING – UNDERGROUND – RATS – letters from NOVA SCOTIA

12:09 Recalls – Association with ROWING CLUB – COXSWAIN – BOB BAILEY – GORDON McDOUGALL – RIVER – TIDAL – exciting to go through the BRIDGE – TRAFFIC BRIDGE – RAILWAY BRIDGE – SENIORS FOURS RACE – TWO MILES – above RAILWAY BRIDGE – POURAKINO RIVER – APARIMA RIVER – MUD FLATS – heavier going

13:55 Recalls – FINEST ROWERS – HERBIE TWEEDIE – PHONIE BEER (sp) – rowed 6.00 am to 7.00 am – DON was their COXSWAIN – STAN EADE (sp) – NORMAN HILLAS – JACK FLACK – WALLY BICKLEY (sp) – DON MATHESON – JACK AGNEW – DAVE TWEEDIE – BILL SAUNDERS – REV WESLEY PARKER – METHODIST MINISTER – rugby and rowing SERVICES - DON McKAY – BLUFF – boisterous conditions – REGATTA called off – HOTEL – mattresses in corridor – REGATTA continued 6.00 am – no wind

16:27 Recalls - RECREATION GROUND – SCHOOL GROUNDS – PINE TREES – MAIN RECREATION GROUND – GRANDSTAND – CLUB ROOMS - wooden fence 6 foot high - west side and north – various trees – 330 YARDS TRACK – too small – 440 track – TUATAPERE – CALEDONIANS – INVERCARGILL – LIMEHILLS – OTAUTAU - accidents with CYCLISTS – 1947 – R.J. WALKER – JUDGE AITCHESON (sp) – NATIVE LAND COURT – enlarge RECREATION GROUND – MAORI LAND – 3 months – land granted – SHELTER now GONE

20:35 Recalls – PERSONALITIES – BEER & BAILEY’S (sp) plumbers – PHILP & DIXON plumber – MR PHILP a VENTRILOQUIST – FOOD PARCELS to BRITAIN – DRIPPING – JOAN – TIN with LID - ALBY THOMPSON (sp) – DRIPPING/BACON – PONTAREDAWE – LID SOLDERED – FRUIT CAKES – BOB BAILEY and CLAIRE - ICECREAM

23:30 Recalls – FRUIT CAKE – took 13 MONTHS to reach Don – ICELAND – MIDDLE EAST – CANADA – ENGLAND – cake still fresh – BIBLE CLASS – RIVERTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH – SHORTBREAD – FRUITCAKE – MAY SIMPSON – married to ROLY HUNTER (sp) – PHYLLIS BAILEY – PHYLLIS McDOUGAL (sp) – RITA WALKER – parcel from MR MCKENZIE – LAWYER – MR HUNTER – SOLICITOR – RIVERTON – firm became TAIT, WARD and COMPTON (?) – TOM BORLAND had GROCER SHOP – penny’s worth – PEPPERMINTS – BLACKBALLS – everything in CASES – BROWN PAPERBAGS

26:19 Recalls – MR BORLAND’S DAUGHTER - the mother of the MANAGER of TIWAI – KERRY McDONALD – HAVELOCK STREET – CHEMIST – MR PRICE – MR THOMPSON, DAUGHTER JEAN – DUX of PRIMARY SCHOOL – METHODIST MINISTER – PROSSERS – WALES – wonderful CHOIRS

28:38 Recalls – FIVE YEARS at OTERAMIKA – then CLIFTON – EGLINTON VALLEY for a MONTH – WAIAU area – TUATAPERE – KELMIN SIMS (sp) - RITA and FRANK GUISE – fishing CLIFDEN - WAIAU RIVER – applied for job at the SCHOOL (Clifton) – WAIMATUKU SCHOOL came available – two-year clause

30:25 Recalls – loved at CLIFTON – HUNTING/SHOOTING – ATHLETIC TRACK at the school – SWIMMING POOL – holidays - LAKE HAUROKO – MONOWAI – great community - OTERAMIKA – district divided – two teachers, became three – JOAN – uncertificated – taught 81 CHILDREN – SCHOOL BUS – BOYS cut the KINDLING – SCHOOL HOUSE on the grounds - DEER – within a MILE of the SCHOOL

32:47 Recalls - BOYS to COLDSTREAM – BRONWYN boarded privately – JAMES HARGEST – DONALD at High School when (family) shifted to INVERCARGILL – TWEEDSMUIR INTERMEDIATE – SENIOR TEACHER – now FORM 1 to FORM 4 – ALAN DENNIS – SENIOR POSITION – top stream – 3 ½ YEARS – JEAN JONES (sp) – ATHLETES – TENNIS PLAYERS – SWIMMERS – MARK TREVORS (sp) NZ COMMONWEALTH GAMES – there about 3 ½ YEARS

35:07 Recalls – WAVERLEY PARK DEPUTY PRINCIPAL – FIVE YEARS – HEARING failing – MIDDLE SCHOOL HEAD MASTERSHIP – FIVE YEARS – often acted HEADMASTER while at WAVERLEY PARK SCHOOL – HEAD – ARTHUR CUTLER (sp) – INSPECTORATE – EIGHT MONTHS – MIDDLE SCHOOL – almost FIVE YEARS – retired – SURREY PARK closed – TOMORROW’S SCHOOLS

38:14 Recalls – HIGHLIGHTS of MIDDLE SCHOOL – knocking schools down – SOUTH and WAIKIWI – MIDDLE SCHOOL – COMMITTEE objected because offered a ‘poor replacement’ – no LIBRARY – MINISTER OF EDUCATION – MR GANDER – DEREK ANGUS – BRIAN TALBOYS – ROB MULDOON – NORMAN JONES – “You will win the battle” – REMODELLED (Middle School)

41:51 Recalls – Appreciates RIVERTON – lovely town – still HOME – TREES for RECREATION GROUND – JOAN loved it – RACING CLUB – ANNUAL MEETINGS – STEWARD of the CLUB – first ‘FALSE START’ STEWARD – JUMPS – took over SHRUBBERIES – RETIRED at 64 – ‘Not an even playing field’ – HUGH TEMPLETON – CARRINGTON HALL

46:54 End of Track 4

Track 5

00:44 Recalls – DR TROTTER – SON JOHN – RIVERTON POINT – swam from THE ROCKS to TARAMEA BAY – NAVY BLUE SUIT – STIFF COLLAR – WAXED MOUSTACHE - BUN (?) HAT – EMPIRE THEATRE – daughter MRS WALDEN – GUIDES – ALEX McIVOR – SCOUTS – JOAN WALDEN – DR TAIT – DR GORDON

03:31 Recalls – Dr Trotter’s CARS – DE DION - built around 1905 – his son JOHN drove him – JIM MATTHEWS (sp) – CHEMIST – 1200 pounds to purchase a CAR – AUSTIN PRINCESS

04:23 Recalls – Dr Trotter’s SON – WALLACE – DENTAL MECHANIC in INVERCARGILL – taught his SON at ST GEORGE SCHOOL – HORSE and GIG – main street in RIVERTON – lesson on drinking ALCOHOL

05:22 Recalls – DR TROTTER – daughter MABEL – man trapped under a log at ROUND HILL – THIGH BOOTS – LAGOON – HAVELOCK STREET – HORSE in JOGGER – 1.00 am DRIVING to ROUND HILL – KEROSENE LAMPS – AMPUTATION

07:07 Recalls – PRESIDENT of RACING CLUB – DICK – dentist at OTAUTAU – WALLACE – DENTAL MECHANIC – JOHN a MECHANIC – McKINNON’S GARAGE – TROTTER WEDDING

08:33 Recalls – POPS – MRS MILLS – MICKEY MILLS – an agent – shot a SEAGULL on POST OFFICE FLAG POLE – 22 Rifle – BERT MILLS – BANK MANAGER – OTAUTAU – JASPER – DENTIST – five teeth kicked out at FOOTBALL – TROUT FISHERMAN – LENNY PETCHEL – go ‘above the NARROWS’

11:15 Recalls – GEORGE CASTLES (sp) – RIVERTON TOWN CLERK – 8.00 pm walk to RIVERTON ROCKS and back – VERNON McKINNON – V8 Rental Car – drive GEORGE CASTLES and GUY SAXBY – NORTHERN SOUTHLAND – TRUSTEES of DYER (sp) ESTATE – COLIN CASTLES – YMCA – BRIGHTON – ENGLAND -dealing with the prisoners of war – GERMANY – served with YMCA - WESTERN DESERT – ANDY McFARLAND (sp) – PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER – WES PARKER – METHODIST MINISTER – COLIN in YMCA – all served in the DESERT

14:10 Recalls – GLADYS CASTLES – TUATAPERE – guest speaker ANZAC DAY PARADE – WAIAU DISTRICT – men killed in KILLING FIELDS OF FRANCE – WW1 – GALLIPOLI – PASSCHENDAELE – the SOMME – TRENCH warfare WW1 – FRANCE - ‘Flower of manhood taken from her’

15:21 Recalls – JEAN JONES – SENIOR TEACHER – TWEEDSMUIR

15:51 Recalls – DAVE TWEEDIE (sp) – BUTCHER – FARM at GROPERS BUSH – trained ‘best RACE HORSES in NZ’ – GORDON BULLMAN (sp) – ‘BLONDIE’ SHANNON

16:34 Recalls – ‘THE 6 O’CLOCK SWILL’ – SIX HOTELS in RIVERTON – local POLICEMAN – CONSTABLE BILL FRASER – GEORGE WEBB – ‘respected and admired’ – CHRISSY FRASER (sp) – married PETER FLECK – BOXING GLOVES – BILL – years later – met off the train in CHRISTCHURCH – MR FRASER – taken home for lunch at WIGRAM – POLICEMAN at RICCARTON – retired to RIVERTON – near APARIMA HOTEL – AERY(?) McKAY (HEATH) – RON’S wife – get-together – “kicked a lot of backsides” – “never put a boy through the court” – GIG – SADDLE – ‘SNOWFALL’ – GRAND NATIONAL winner

20:46 Recalls – Prominent SOUTHLAND FOOTBALLER – two friends going ‘TO SORT THINGS OUT IN RIVERTON’ – RAILWAY HOTEL – After Hours – FRASER ‘thrashed’

21:51 Recalls – RACECOURSE – ‘safest places in NZ’ – CRIMINALS – PROSTITUTES – RACECOURSE DETECTIVES

22:51 Recalls – HIGH SCHOOL – LING – Nickname ‘FISHY LING’ – KAIGO (sp) HEADMASTER – bullied girls – LING ‘thrashed the boys’ – ‘sarcastic towards the girls’ – REVEREND LUCA (SP) – ANGLICAN MINISTER – Bible Reading – LING – Evolution – JOAN LUCA – weeping

24:36 Recalls – BILL WHITINGHAM (sp) – SHELL SHOCKED – WW1 – ‘Gave his sister a rough time’ – ALISTAIR HAZLEMORE (sp) – TEMPLETON boy – ‘Got belted across the head’ – THORNBURY

25:46 Recalls – GEORGE MILLOW (sp) – MANAGER – QS STORES – ALBERT MOORE (sp) – sawmiller – ALISTAIR HAZLEMORE – worked in QS Stores – went to WAR – PACIFIC – MIDDLE EAST – when he came back – BILL DUNCAN – REHAB – purchased QS STORES – MR MILLOW – FANCY GOODS SHOP – SECRETARY – RIVERTON ORGANISATIONS

27:31 Recalls – PHYLLIS BAILEY (sp) – FANCY GOODS SHOP – STUART McNEIL (sp) – BARBER SHOP – Brother KEITH – the BARBER – WATCHMAKER – HAVELOCK STREET – PHYLLIS – MOTORCAR – MORRIS 8 – VERNON McKINNON – DRIVING LESSONS – “Old Phyllis phoned” – good TENNIS player – JEFF? leading MEN’S player – GLENDA WOODWARD – OTAUTAU – DENTAL TREATMENT OFFICER

31:34 Interview finishes