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Western Southland (N.Z.)

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MATHIESON, Ruth interviewed by Carolyn Deverson

 Record Group — Box 16
Identifier: H0304
Overview In this interview Ruth Mathieson talks about her father Vic Stevens. Vic was the 13th of 14 children and was born in 1905. He attended Wild Bush, Riverton and Oraki Schools. When he left school he went to work on the family farm in Longwood and then he was employed by Parkinsons, an electrical installation company, in Invercargill. He worked with a gang getting houses "hooked up to the electric". Vic then mobved to the West Coast and played rugby for the Star Rugby Club and he met and married...
Dates: 2006