Mazengarb, Oswald Chettle, 1890-1963

Date: 1953-1954

By: New Zealand. Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents

Reference: MS-Papers-2384

Description: Comprises transcripts of hearings Aug-Sep 1954, correspondence, submissions, reports, memoranda, articles, pamphlets and newspaper cuttings relating to the work of the Committee Other Titles - Mazengarb Report Committee was set up in 1954 (Chairman: Oswald Chettle Mazengarb) to enquire into the state of morality among young people and to investigate influences undermining moral standards. Report tabled in Parliament in Sep 1954. Report was printed in AJHR, 1954, H-47. It was also published and delivered to households in New Zealand at the time (NZ&P, 364.36 NZ SPE). Quantity: 13 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Records were collected by Mr F N Stace, a member of the Committee

Date: [1905-1933]

From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers

Reference: 73-128-044

Description: Various legal papers relating to the Raetihi Timber Company including telegrams, correspondence, a memorandum of association, some financial papers, particulars of sale of shares and issue of debenture Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 31 May to 7 Jul 1988 - 31 May 1988 - 07 Jul 1988

By: Hall, Margaret Elizabeth, 1908-2002; Macalister, Alister Fitzgerald, 1922-2017; Parkin, Frank Lloyd, 1918-1993; Perkins, Mark Eversfield, 1947-

Reference: OHColl-0203

Description: Interviews with three partners from Macalister Mazengarb, the eldest of whom began working with the firm in 1935. Also interviews a long-standing female member of the support staff. Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson and Judith Fyfe Quantity: 4.

Date: 5 Jul 1988 - 05 Jul 1988

From: Macalister Mazengarb 75th Anniversary Oral History Project.

By: Parkin, Frank Lloyd, 1918-1993

Reference: OHInt-0203/02

Description: Frank Parkin was born in Wellington in 1918. Gives details of the family's emigration to New Zealand about 1912. Describes visiting his maternal grandparents in Yorkshire with his mother. Recalls moving to Evans Bay Parade, to a house built by his father about 1922. Recalls family-oriented entertainment, particulary round the piano. Notes that his father, a builder, was President of the New Zealand Builders Federation. Describes a happy childhood including education at Kilbirnie Primary School and Rongotai College. Mentions a favourite teacher, James Tier. Recalls beginning work as a law clerk at Macalister Mazengarb. Notes the importance of getting into a secure profession as the result of the Depression. Describes an authoritarian work system where the men addressed one another by surname. Comments in detail on the partners O.C. Mazengarb, E.P. Hay and R.L. Macalister. Describes Mazengarb as a very powerful advocate, Hay (who became Judge of the Supreme Court at Lower Hutt) as in demand for his legal opinions and R.L. Macalister as a businessman and local body politician. Recalls the hard work of Leo Coley who was the only man left in the office during the war and who died shortly after. Mentions A.J. (Alf) Mazengarb and L.G. (Leslie) Rose. Describes how his law studies were interrupted by World War II when he served with the Artillery Division in the Pacific. Notes that he and Les Rose became partners in Macalister Mazengarb in 1947. Comments on staff shortages after World War II and how stressful work was. Examines changes in legal qualification requirements. Talks about some of his contemporaries when he was a law student. Talks about the daily routine in the office and work culture and social life. Discusses the firm's policy of restricted expansion and mentions branches in Lower and Upper Hutt. Talks about the firm's involvement in commissions of inquiry including O.C. Mazengarb's work on the Mazengarb Report. Discusses his own presidency of the Wellington District Law Society. Explains the relationship of the district law societies to the New Zealand Law Society and comments on inter-society rivalry. Lists a number of Wellington District Law Society presidents. Describes E.P. Hay as a major influence on his career. Venue - Wellington : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Hugo Manson Venue - Mr Parkin's home in Karori Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003610; OHC-003611 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 620.

Date: 20 Jun 1988

From: Macalister Mazengarb 75th Anniversary Oral History Project.

By: Hall, Margaret Elizabeth, 1908-2002

Reference: OHInt-0203/03

Description: Margaret Hall (nee Julius) was born in Dunedin in 1908. Notes that her family moved to Palmerston North and talks about being educated at Queen Margaret College. Describes how she would have liked to have taken up music but did shorthand typing instead. Recalls attending Miss Glyde's School of Typing and starting work for law firm Salek, Turner and Brown. Discusses the fact that it was easy to get jobs in the 1920s. Recalls beginning work for Macalister Mazengarb in 1929. Describes the partners O.C. Mazengarb, E.P.Hay and R.L. Macalister and other staff. Recalls their personal qualities and areas of work expertise. Notes that E.P. Hay was Mayor of Lower Hutt and R.L. (Robert) Macalister was Mayor of Wellington. Explains the office hierarchy and the difference between secretaries and typists. Recalls the importance of Grace Ewing who did court preparation work. Comments that working women in the 1920s were all single. Discusses the effect on the firm of the Depression. Describes the ledger system, cash book, day book and office routine. Describes the atmosphere in the office, treatment of staff by the firm and affection for the firm. Recalls promotion to the position of accountant, office renovations and new partners A.J. Mazengarb, F.L. Parkin and L.G. (Les) Rose. Describes her attitude to working with male bosses. Describes joining the Red Cross as a voluntary aide during World War II. Notes that eleven staff members went to World War II and recalls the effects on the firm and individuals. Comments on the impact of Accident Compensation legislation in 1974 on the firm. Venue - Wellington : 1988 Interviewer(s) - Judith Fyfe Venue - Mrs Hall's home in Khandallah Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-003602; OHC-003603; OHC-003604 Quantity: 3 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 2.30 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete AB 618.

Date: [1946-1956]

From: Fairburn, Arthur Rex Dugard, 1904-1957 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-1128-048

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1874, 1883-1944

From: Richmond family : Papers

Reference: 84-056-4/02A

Description: Correspondents include George Blackett, G M Rolleston?, R C Fisher, Edith Martineau, Mathilde Becker (re Her son Gunter), Dorothy K Richmond, Joanna D D Harper, Emily Richmond, C J Monro, Kitty Canavan, Eric Gill, Cecil Day, Lucy Lowell, Ella Herbert Smith, Anna Britton, Caroline S Atherton, Hilda M Tayler, Oswald Chettle Mazengarb, NZ Methodist Times, Doreen Beard (re son H H Beard), Mrs Nellie Peryman, NZ Women's Christian Temperance Union, BBC, Amy Jervois, Florence A Jervois, H D Skinner, National Council of Churches in NZ, Sir A Ngata, A D Henderson, Ethel G Dillon, Ethel W Cobb (on board TSS Rotorua), A H Reed, H D Skinner Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1911-1956]

From: National Council of Women. Wellington Branch : Records

Reference: 89-033-2/8

Description: Contains 1954 Mazengarb report on Moral delinquency, 1955 report on juvenile delinquency, 1955 pamphlets produced by the Health department on sex education, social security reports, Husband and wife bill, Destitute persons bill, Tenancy bill, Adoption bill, Licencing amendments, Police offences bill, Mental Health amendments, Film regulations, Mental defectives bill and the 1956 Hire purchase gazette. Quantity: 3 folder(s) Parts 1 to 3 of item materials are housed in three folders to be issued together as one item. Finding Aids: Preliminary listing available.

Date: 1933-1955

From: Field, Arthur Nelson, 1882-1963 : Papers

Reference: 73-148-126

Description: Insigned carbon letter to the Minister of Education supporting the Evolution Protest Movement, undated; copy of letter to Richardson from A H Russell, 8 Apr 1933 re National Security League; copy of letter to Prime Minister (Peter Fraser) from Kenneth Melvin, Dominion President 2NZEF re price stabilisation, 29 Jun 1948; copy of letter to Prime Minister Sid Holland from O C Mazengarb re banking policy, 31 May 1955; unsigned letter to A N Field, `I personally do not think there will be any war', with clippings, 1 Aug 1939. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1954

From: Holcroft, Montague Harry, 1902-1993 : Papers

By: New Zealand. Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents

Reference: 93-312-20

Description: This report is also known as the Mazengarb Report after its Chairman: Oswald Chettle Mazengarb. The Committee was set up in 1954 to enquire into the state of morality among young people and to investigate influences undermining moral standards. Report tabled in Parliament in Sep 1954. Report was printed in AJHR, 1954, H-47. It was also published and delivered to households in New Zealand at the time (NZ&P, 364.36 NZ SPE). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed matter

Date: [1928-1972]

From: O'Shea, Alexander Paterson, 1902-1990 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7728-21

Description: Includes reports, newsletters, submissions etc Arrangement: The papers are in their original order Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1940s]

From: Heritage Incorporated :Photographs

Reference: PAColl-9585

Description: Group portrait of a group of men, taken ca 1940s by an unidentified photographer Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1941-1959]

From: Barrer, Nina Agatha Rosamund, 1879-1965 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0182-067

Description: Also includes the Constitutional Society, democracy and freedom, Dr Mazengarb and NZ's economy (1941-1959), free discussion, `Off the air' (by order), sectarianism, notes and newscuttings Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1932-1958

From: Field, Arthur Nelson, 1882-1963 : Papers

Reference: 73-148-086

Description: Correspondents include: G E Magner of Te Rapa, 1958; Mail Advertising Services (Auckland), 1957; Manawatu Evening Standard, 1993; A E Mander, general secretary of NZ Manufacturers Federation, 1934; William W Mann of London, 1949; C Mark of Townsville, 1944; Colin Martin of Wakefield, 1957; S Mather of Auckland, 1932. Other correspondents entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1935-1973]

From: Kelson, Cara, 1922-: Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-5700-4

Description: Comprises reference from T J Young, lecturer in music at Wellington Teachers' College (1942); programmes for concerts at Sacre Coeur (Wellington), Wellington Town Hall (`Aladdin'), Timaru, Christchurch and the S S `Ormonde' (1936-1938); clippings re Dickens Fellowship (1935); card from Beatrice Harrison and letter from Cara to her grandparents (1940); part of album with mounted photographs of her family, and of herself playing the piano with text by Kelson re period 1941-1944; group of papers re `Music in wartime' (film) including notice, clippings, script, letter from Walter Harris and screening notification; and small group of letters from Johannes Andersen (1951-ca1956) and O C Mazengarb for the Wellington Shakespeare Society (1945) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1955 - 1956

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-019

Description: The cartoon is a series of caricatures of members of the Monetary Commission of 1955 (Royal Commission to report on the monetary, banking and credit system in New Zealand) along with a short quotation for each of them. Clockwise from the left they are - 'Sir Arthur Tyndall, Chairman, Judge of the Arbitration Court. "I claim to be a practical man..",Mr R.M. Hutton-Potts, Managing Editor, Southland News and well-known radio speaker on international affairs. "With quaifications and reservations...", Mr F.C. Jordan, Barrister and Solicitor, of Auckland, representing the N.Z. Social Credit Association. "I submit, Mr Chairman and gentlemen...", Mr E.D. Wilkinson, Public Accountant and Member of the Commission. "Answer my question plainly, please.", Mr F.P. Walsh, President of the Federation of Labour. "My people are interested..", Sir Wilfred Sim Q.C., Counsel for Associated Banks and Dr O.C. Mazengarb Q.C., Counsel for Mr H.J. Kelliher and the Mirror Publishing Company Ltd. Said the Chairman "I'm between the devil and the deep Q.C.'s." Mr C.G. Trotter, Managing Director of the Farmers' C0-operative Organisation Society of N.Z. Ltd. and a well-known figure in farm finance. "I want to get this clear...", Mr W.G.V. Fernie, Christchurch businessman and President N.Z. Employers' Federation. "You have to convince the Commission...", Mr G.G.G. Watson Wellington lawyer and company director. "Would you or would you not..."' Context - The Monetary Commission was a Royal Commission established in March 1955 to investigate the deficiencies of the banking system and to try to display inconsistencies in Social Credit precepts. Social Credit had won 11% of the total vote in the 1954 election which upset political calculations. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 330 x 415 mm

Date: [ca 1945]

From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives

Reference: 1/4-019956-F

Description: Oswald Chettle Mazengarb, circa 1945, photographed by S P Andrew Ltd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: [Jun 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/155/04-G

Description: Dr N Foden, representing the Crown, and Dr O C Mazengarb, appearing for the master of the Waipiata, at the inquiry into the collision between the Taranaki and the Waipiata. Photograph taken Jun 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: [Jun 1950]

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 114/155/01-G

Description: Captain J MacNeil, master of the Waipiata, and Dr O C Mazengarb, his lawyer, at the inquiry into the collision between the Taranaki and the Waipiata. Photograph taken Jun 1950 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 3.25 x 4.25 inches

Date: 1946-1947

From: Richmond family : Papers

Reference: 77-173-39/4

Description: Correspondents include Countess Wodzicka; A E Drew seeking employment; Rev W J Platt of British and Foreign Bible Society, London, 1946; Lady Barbara Freyberg, 1946; W H Skinner of New Plymouth; Elisabeth Delbrink of Mahina Bay; Isabel M Houston; Gloriana Gibson of Iona College, Havelock North, 1947; O C Mazengarb of Highland Park, 1947; Leonard Tripp, 1947; Rev P Gladstone Hughes, 1947 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss