He became a clerk with the
Australian Joint Stock Bank and then mining at
Captains Flat. Spring served in the
Boer War as a
second lieutenant, and also in
World War I as a private. He and his wife Maisie had five children. He worked as an auctioneer at
Gulgong until 1925 and was active in the local community, serving as a local alderman in 1910. In 1932 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for
Mudgee, having had joint endorsement from the
United Australia Party and the
Country Party; he sat with the latter in parliament. He was defeated in 1935. ==Death==