Interview with Ray Jewiss

Ray Jewiss recalls family background and childhood St Bathans, Central Otago, work as message boy at St Bathans Post Office, R W Noake the postmaster, details of layout, delivery of gold through mail system, courting couples, hotel, duties of message boy, communications, Mr Hazeldine (?) the magistrate, the banks - Bank of New Zealand and Bank of New South Wales, working at Telegraph Branch Dunedin in 1913, boarding houses in Wellington, learning telegraphy at Telegraph School Wellington, work as a telegraphist at Caversham Post Office, Dunedin, uniform and clothing, salary.

Discusses Mr Veitch the Chief Engineer at Dunedin, work at Roslyn Post Office Dunedin, work as junior clerk at the Engineers' Office in Dunedin, female employees in the Post Office, social life, visit by Sir Joseph Ward to the St Bathans' Post Office. Details work as a teacher at the Post and Telegraph Correspondence School, Wellington 1918-1951, various staff, H T Dawson, the standard of teaching, promotion, team spirit in the Post Office, retirement.

Venue - Auckland

Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson

Venue - At Ray Jewiss's home at Howick, Auckland

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-000792B - OHC-000794

Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.29 Hours and minutes Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 117.

Search dates: 1895 - 1984

Alternative form available: Listening copies available OHLC-006837 - OHLC-006839