Abstract of Robert John CHISHOLM, 2022
Item — Box: 15
Identifier: H02490002
Abstract
H0249 ROBERT JOHN CHISHOLM
Interviewer: Sandra Earwaker
Abstractor: Robyn Powley
Interview: 13 June 2016
TRACK 1
00:40 Interview introduction – identification ROBERT JOHN CHISHOLM – born in 1929 - known as ‘POP’
02:30 Recalls – shifted to TOKANUI when ‘about TWO’ – all bush – TOKANUI/NIAGARA HIGHWAY – shifted to RAILWAY HOUSE – WHITAKER (sp) and PEARCE’S (sp) – Sawmill – BAYWOOD (sp) – FOUR houses there – DAN McEWAN (sp) 3.41 – TUATAPERE – Sawmill closed in the DEPRESSION – shifted to AYWOOD (?) – good ORCHARD – Apple Cider – bottles exploded – VEGEY GARDEN
05:10 End of Track 1
TRACK 2
00:19 Recalls – Went EXPLORING instead of going to SCHOOL – TRIG – KEN McEWAN (sp) – School WHISTLE going – LUNCHTIME – ‘took off home’ – 7 YEARS and 2 MONTHS at PRIMARY SCHOOL – ONE YEAR SECONDARY SCHOOL – SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE – TRAIN – left 7.10 am – TUESDAY 6.00am – SUMMER, ‘DOUBLE BANKED’ – sometimes 8:30 pm before arrived home
04:11 Recalls – Went WORKING – felled trees – CROSS-CUT SAW and AXE – DRIVING TRACTORS – DUNEARN – WAIRIO – drove for LANDS and SURVEY – WAR YEARS – everything RATIONED – 4/5 COWS – made BUTTER – MILK SHEEP/COWS while going to SCHOOL – learned to COOK – made SCONES – SHACKLOCK with WOOD BURNER – days off school to do the COOKING – MEAT/SPUDS/VEGES/TURNIPS – feeding ELEVEN – PUDDING included – APPLE SHORTCAKE – no THERMOMETERS on oven – “Part of GROWING UP”
08:27 Recalls – No SWEETS – WAR YEARS – No TOBACCO – ONE Two-ounce packet a MONTH
09:28 Recalls – RHEUMATIC FEVER – kept driving for a FORTNIGHT – DR TOM – SURGERY in the BOARDING HOUSE – KEW (hospital) for a FORTNIGHT – DEE STREET – CONVALESCENT HOME – 7 WEEKS – COLIN (younger brother) also in the HOME – BRIAN (?) NORTH – second time – didn’t survive it – HERBIE’S BROTHER – before DRUGS
11:05 Recalls – After LANDS and SURVEY – worked for WOODSLEA (?) – CARRYING COMPANY in TOWN – MARRIED – shareholder in CHISHOLM BROS – logging – cross-cut saw – axe – loading logs – HALDANE – dozers – D4 then D6 – DROVE 12,000 HOURS – big one 7Es (?) – cleared land – built roads – bulk LIME SOWERS – GENERAL TRANSPORT – CHISOLM BROS was ANDY? – MYSELF (Robert) – COLIN – when KEN died, COLIN left – went to the WEST COAST – LANDS and SURVEY – then TRANSPORT NELSON – SOUTH WEST CONTRACTING bought the TRACTORS – sold out to KAPUKA in the 80s – three FARMERS in the district – FORTROSE to WAIKAWA – 11 TRUCKS – 23 on the PAYROLL
15:00 End of Track 2
Track 3
00:42 Recalls – Broke right ankle – slipped on ice ramp – shattered the bone – wired it – automatic car – drove with foot out the window
03:12 Recalls – RUGBY – TOKANUI v MARIST – last game played when 38 – 1st DIVISION – SOUTHLAND – head kicked – 4/5 hours wait at the doctors – drinking BEER ‘replaces sweat’
05:04 Recalls – WAIMAHAKA – SEAWARD DOWNS – BUSH/CHASLANDS – SOUTHERN STAR – OTERAMIKA – seven or eight SENIOR TEAMS
05:36 Recalls – FOUR or FIVE SAW MILLS – loaded timber onto RAIL ‘couldn’t cart against RAIL’ – POOLES at NIAGARA – TOKANUI – PROGRESS – FORTIFICATION – carted FIREWOOD into town – brought LIME back -TRAMS brought timber to the RAIL – WAIPAPA – NORMAN STRANG and JIM – closed at the finish of THE SLUMP – MICHAEL – COLIN McEWAN – McBRIDE’S – HALDANE – no roads – stables – HORSES on the TRAM – TOKANUI – BUCKINGHAM STREET – BOGIES
09:48 Recalls – STACK (the timber) upright – FRAMES – 3 months to dry – PLANER – GEORGE BEGG – closed and shifted to TOPEKA – FORTIFICATION – RAIL TRACTOR – JESS HALLIDAY (sp) – closed about end of SLUMP
11:02 Recalls – THE SLUMP (the DEPRESSION) – ‘20s AND ‘30s – ‘MICKEY’ SAVAGE – ‘found money AND found work’
11:38 Recalls – the WAR came ’39 – MIDDLE EAST –
12:29 Recalls – BLACK PINE BEER – TOKANUI – RAILWAY WORKERS – ENGINE DRIVERS – firewood for years – McLEOD wouldn’t let them mill BLACK PINE – green when alive – shake them – filled with liquid – ferment – ‘Black Pine Beer’ – clogged the SAW – “made good alcohol”
15:00 End of Track 3
Track 4
0:10 Recalls - ALAN STRANG has entered the conversation- BLACK PINE BEER – AUGER HOLES – SANDY FAVOR (sp) - IKE’S father – “A cracker on it” – the SAW would get clogged
02:12 Interview finishes
Interviewer: Sandra Earwaker
Abstractor: Robyn Powley
Interview: 13 June 2016
TRACK 1
00:40 Interview introduction – identification ROBERT JOHN CHISHOLM – born in 1929 - known as ‘POP’
02:30 Recalls – shifted to TOKANUI when ‘about TWO’ – all bush – TOKANUI/NIAGARA HIGHWAY – shifted to RAILWAY HOUSE – WHITAKER (sp) and PEARCE’S (sp) – Sawmill – BAYWOOD (sp) – FOUR houses there – DAN McEWAN (sp) 3.41 – TUATAPERE – Sawmill closed in the DEPRESSION – shifted to AYWOOD (?) – good ORCHARD – Apple Cider – bottles exploded – VEGEY GARDEN
05:10 End of Track 1
TRACK 2
00:19 Recalls – Went EXPLORING instead of going to SCHOOL – TRIG – KEN McEWAN (sp) – School WHISTLE going – LUNCHTIME – ‘took off home’ – 7 YEARS and 2 MONTHS at PRIMARY SCHOOL – ONE YEAR SECONDARY SCHOOL – SOUTHLAND TECHNICAL COLLEGE – TRAIN – left 7.10 am – TUESDAY 6.00am – SUMMER, ‘DOUBLE BANKED’ – sometimes 8:30 pm before arrived home
04:11 Recalls – Went WORKING – felled trees – CROSS-CUT SAW and AXE – DRIVING TRACTORS – DUNEARN – WAIRIO – drove for LANDS and SURVEY – WAR YEARS – everything RATIONED – 4/5 COWS – made BUTTER – MILK SHEEP/COWS while going to SCHOOL – learned to COOK – made SCONES – SHACKLOCK with WOOD BURNER – days off school to do the COOKING – MEAT/SPUDS/VEGES/TURNIPS – feeding ELEVEN – PUDDING included – APPLE SHORTCAKE – no THERMOMETERS on oven – “Part of GROWING UP”
08:27 Recalls – No SWEETS – WAR YEARS – No TOBACCO – ONE Two-ounce packet a MONTH
09:28 Recalls – RHEUMATIC FEVER – kept driving for a FORTNIGHT – DR TOM – SURGERY in the BOARDING HOUSE – KEW (hospital) for a FORTNIGHT – DEE STREET – CONVALESCENT HOME – 7 WEEKS – COLIN (younger brother) also in the HOME – BRIAN (?) NORTH – second time – didn’t survive it – HERBIE’S BROTHER – before DRUGS
11:05 Recalls – After LANDS and SURVEY – worked for WOODSLEA (?) – CARRYING COMPANY in TOWN – MARRIED – shareholder in CHISHOLM BROS – logging – cross-cut saw – axe – loading logs – HALDANE – dozers – D4 then D6 – DROVE 12,000 HOURS – big one 7Es (?) – cleared land – built roads – bulk LIME SOWERS – GENERAL TRANSPORT – CHISOLM BROS was ANDY? – MYSELF (Robert) – COLIN – when KEN died, COLIN left – went to the WEST COAST – LANDS and SURVEY – then TRANSPORT NELSON – SOUTH WEST CONTRACTING bought the TRACTORS – sold out to KAPUKA in the 80s – three FARMERS in the district – FORTROSE to WAIKAWA – 11 TRUCKS – 23 on the PAYROLL
15:00 End of Track 2
Track 3
00:42 Recalls – Broke right ankle – slipped on ice ramp – shattered the bone – wired it – automatic car – drove with foot out the window
03:12 Recalls – RUGBY – TOKANUI v MARIST – last game played when 38 – 1st DIVISION – SOUTHLAND – head kicked – 4/5 hours wait at the doctors – drinking BEER ‘replaces sweat’
05:04 Recalls – WAIMAHAKA – SEAWARD DOWNS – BUSH/CHASLANDS – SOUTHERN STAR – OTERAMIKA – seven or eight SENIOR TEAMS
05:36 Recalls – FOUR or FIVE SAW MILLS – loaded timber onto RAIL ‘couldn’t cart against RAIL’ – POOLES at NIAGARA – TOKANUI – PROGRESS – FORTIFICATION – carted FIREWOOD into town – brought LIME back -TRAMS brought timber to the RAIL – WAIPAPA – NORMAN STRANG and JIM – closed at the finish of THE SLUMP – MICHAEL – COLIN McEWAN – McBRIDE’S – HALDANE – no roads – stables – HORSES on the TRAM – TOKANUI – BUCKINGHAM STREET – BOGIES
09:48 Recalls – STACK (the timber) upright – FRAMES – 3 months to dry – PLANER – GEORGE BEGG – closed and shifted to TOPEKA – FORTIFICATION – RAIL TRACTOR – JESS HALLIDAY (sp) – closed about end of SLUMP
11:02 Recalls – THE SLUMP (the DEPRESSION) – ‘20s AND ‘30s – ‘MICKEY’ SAVAGE – ‘found money AND found work’
11:38 Recalls – the WAR came ’39 – MIDDLE EAST –
12:29 Recalls – BLACK PINE BEER – TOKANUI – RAILWAY WORKERS – ENGINE DRIVERS – firewood for years – McLEOD wouldn’t let them mill BLACK PINE – green when alive – shake them – filled with liquid – ferment – ‘Black Pine Beer’ – clogged the SAW – “made good alcohol”
15:00 End of Track 3
Track 4
0:10 Recalls - ALAN STRANG has entered the conversation- BLACK PINE BEER – AUGER HOLES – SANDY FAVOR (sp) - IKE’S father – “A cracker on it” – the SAW would get clogged
02:12 Interview finishes
Dates
- 2022
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From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
From the Record Group: English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Earwalker, Sandra (Interviewer, Person)
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