Interviewee: Muriel Jane Henderson

Interviewer: Beth Cairns

Abstracter: Beth Cairns

PLEASE NOTE: THE TIMINGS IN THIS ABSTRACT RELATE TO THE ORIGINAL TAPE VERSION OF THE RECORDING AND NOT TO THE DIGITIZED VERSION

Interview Dates: 20 May and 12 June 1998

MURIEL speaks of her brothers GORDON, ALEX, and JOHN and their upbringing in a musical family in Invercargill.

Tape 1 Side A

00.37 Schooling Clothes worn to school

01.19 Foot injury DR. MCGIBBON – CAIRNSMOOR PRIVATE HOSPITAL

02.01 Sports Motorbike Racing

02.16 Brothers Drowned at OMAUI

02.44 Boxing BILL PASCOE, RAY NICOLL, GEORGE MCEWAN

02.74 RIVERTON ROCKS J.C. THOMPSON – PROPRIETOR OF WALLACE COUNTY NEWSPAPER

03.04 THOMPSONS BUSH DEVILS POOL

03.36 JOE BLACK – NGAPOHATU POST OFFICE (means evening breezes)

03.88 School picnics

End of Side A

Tape 1 Side B

00.06 Broadcasting BILL CHERRY – 4YZ RADIO STATION

00.44 GORDON LINDSAY, ARCHIE SMILEY, ARTHUR HIND, DICK FERRIS

00.69 Car lost in sea at ORETI BEACH

01.03 DE CLIFFORD’S – WALLACE COUNTY HOTEL

01.33 Duck Shooting – Swan shooting

01.68 LINDSAY & CO

01.84 KARITANE HOSPITAL

01.98 Depression Soup for neighbours, Chinese Gardeners

02.25 Fishing Hut at AWARUA – Seagull eggs

02.39 KAURI TREES planted at STEWART ISLAND

02.48 Rabbits Ferrets

02.66 Boxing GEORGE MCCHESNEY

02.83 Breweries Prohibition – WHITE HOUSE

03.03 Hitch Hiking R S BLACK – MAYOR OF DUNEDIN

03.45 MRS MULHOLLAND – wife of CHIEF CONSTABLE AT NORTH INVERCARGILL

03.64 Career Nursing, Sales rep.

End of Side B

Tape 2 Side A

00.04 Jobs as children

00.43 HUIA CLUB

00.56 GAS LIGHTS

00.77 MAYFAIRS

00.95 GONDOLA’S on OTEPUNI RIVER

01.25 RIVERTON Bridal party drowned

01.44 THE ARCADE

01.60 KINGSLAND BISCUIT FACTORY

01.72 Cooking classes. Fencing with daughter JANE

02.35 Whooping Cough

End of Side A

Tape 2 Side B

On this side MURIEL speaks of the life she and her brothers led in a musical family

00.04 Childhood with brothers

00.17 NELLIE BLACK – MRS JIM PRENTICE

00.24 Music Lessons ALEX LINDSAY and his career

00.51 THOMAS ANTHONY

00.59 O’BRYNE SCHOOL OF MUSIC

00.68 BILLY FERGUSON and his wife taught ALEX violin and MURIEL Cello

00.81 Tram conductors

01.18 TEACHERS: CHARLES MARTIN, REV. LOMAS, MR LE PETIT, VICTOR LE PETIT, BILLY & MRS MILLER, KENNEDY BLACK, PERCY MCNAMARA

01.39 ALEX LINDSAY MUSIC SUITE SOUTHLAND BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

01.46 MARGARET WOODS – NEE CASEY, MARY GILBERT married PHIL POOLE

01.53 ORPHANS CLUB, MALE CHOIR

01.60 CONVENT NUNS

01.82 ALEX LINDSAY won SCHOLARSHIP TO ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON LEADER OF ORCHESTRA – MBE

02.09 MARGERY BARTY, MISS JOPP, SANDY SUTHERLAND, MADGE FLAUS, ISOBEL BAILEY, GLADYS MONCRIEF, CHARLES GRAY, MABEL TRING-CROFTS, JANETTE MCSTAY, MAY HARRINGTON, MARY AND MARGERY FITZGERALD, BUDDY WILLS, JACK TOURELLE, KEVIN DELL, JENNY LINDSAY, SANDY SUTHERLAND, LINDSAY TAYLOR.

End of side B