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Mawson, William, fl 1927 : The Chinese immigrant in New Zealand
Date: 1927
By: Mawson, William, 1874-
Reference: qMS-1356
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s) (5 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue pamphlet case)
Programme 454 - The Chinese of Round Hill, Southland by Arthur Harrison
Date: 21 June 1972
From: Open Country Sound Recordings
Reference: OHInt-0002/403
Description: Arthur Harrison recalls his days as a raw young teacher fresh from college in a one-roomed school at Round Hill - a dozen or so miles from Riverton. Explains how it was a thriving gold-mining area. Mentions the Chinese and describes how industrious they were. Explains how the Chinese had a veneration for the teacher, with an implicit trust in him, often calling on him to be their banker. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 111 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0414 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 12 Minutes Duration.
Programme 472 - Buttercup gold by M C Matthews
Date: 19 Nov 1972
From: Open Country Sound Recordings
Reference: OHInt-0002/420
Description: M C Matthews of Timaru reminisces on the days of the baker and the butcher with their horse-and-trap deliveries and the memorable service provided and wonders what has happened to the word service. Describes the prominent part those humble horses played in the lives of their little township. Describes the Chinese gardener who brought the vegetables on Saturday mornings. Explains how the coal man had a dray not a cart and used draught horses and hearses were also horse-drawn. Access Contact - see oral history librarian Venue - Wellington Interviewer(s) - Jim Henderson, presenter Interviewer(s) - Pat Evison, reader Venue - NZBC Studios, Wellington. Accompanying material - Script at MS-Papers-1239, folder 116 Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHT5-0431 Quantity: 1 5" reel(s). 1 event(s). 10 Minutes Duration.
Wol, Bhikshu Ham, fl 1982 : The early history of Round Hill's Chinese settlement
Date: 1937 (1982)
By: Wol, Bhikshu Ham, active 1982
Reference: MS-Papers-5841
Description: A history of Chinese goldmining and settlement at Round Hill, Wallace County, Southland as told in 1937 by Dr Y Wong and Mr J Glade to Mr Colin Aberdeen. The 28-page handwritten notebook was edited and a typescript done by B H Wol, 1982. Other - Photocopy of the notebook is at the Wallace County Museum, Riverton Quantity: 1 folder(s) (11 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript
Bailey, Harry, b 1879 : Memories of the Otago goldfields / transcribed by Murray Kelly
Date: 1897-1950 [transcribed 2007]
By: Bailey, Harry, 1879-; Kelly, Berwyn, active 2007
Reference: MSDL-0250
Description: Memories of the Otago goldfields (1897-1902?) written in 1950 Quantity: 167 kilobyte(s). 1 Electronic document(s). Provenance: Original document left to Berwyn Kelly (née Bailey), transcribed by Murray Kelly from a typewritten copy of the original, written by her grandfather Harry Bailey about 1950. The original was written in an exercise book with no paragraphs or chapters and the narrative ended suddenly. There may have been another exercise book of memories, presumed lost.