Abstract of Reginald (Reg) DALZELL, 2008
Item — Box: 4
Identifier: H00370002
Overview
Reginald (Reg) Dalzell
Interviewer: Lloyd Esler
Abstractor: Marianne Widmer
Track 1
00:00 Interview identification
00:49 Start of interview. Origins of Reg's background in Southland. Grandfather started farming in Southland. History of farm. Reference: JOSEPH STEEL-DALZELL, CENTRE HILL, AUSTRALIA, AMERICA, EVANS FARM on BROWNS OTAPIRI GORGE ROAD
02:30 Self born in 1926.
02:48 Early life, growing up, details. Chickens, Ducks, Cows, Sheep. Cropping. Went to BROWNS primary school, then SOUTHLAND TECH. Details. Fond memories of tech. Teachers KEN MCKENNON and ARCHIM... BA.... .
04:09 left school in 1942, during war. “Wasn't a normal set up”. Called up at end of war. No military service.
04:38 Wanted to be a farmer, continued to do so. Farming emphasis on production and development. Details. Machinery. Details.
05:48 Depression years. Explains.
06:12 Trips to INVERCARGILL, WINTON. Banking, shopping. Details of City life on Friday night.
07:20 Roads. Details. Reference: SOUTHLAND
07:47 Rail. Daily train service BROWNS, WINTON, INVERCARGILL. Details.
08:25 Black out in Invercargill. Powercuts. WAITAKI scheme. Reference: ROXBOROUGH
09:25 Cadet training. Details.
10:20 On farm growing linen flax, then wheat. Harvesting, explains. Extensive job. TRACTION ENGINES.
13:25 Self and brother started GRAIN DRYING. First in NZ, explains in detail. Reference: BROWNS
14:57 End of Track 1.
Track 2
00:00 Continues describing transport of grain.
00:37 Bought neighbour farm, owned by uncle, when young. GRAIN DRYING machinery used for both farms. Later other customers.
01:10 Interest in DEFICIENCY DISEASES in animals. Explains. COPPER COBALT, SELENIUM. Trialled numerous things. DRENCHING, SCOURING. Details.
03:36 New INFLAMITICS (?) on market. Details. Development of useful drench for sheep. “Marvellous impact” Reference: FRANKTON by BARIS WELCOME (?). PHENOPHLYACENE ANEMOSODYRUS (?)
06:20 Insert by Doris, (wife): getting married “59 years ago today”
06:50 Agricultural Scholarship, DOMINION FARMERS TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP. Funded by NUFFIELD FOUNDATION. 6 months study tour. Reference: BRITAIN, EUROPE, AMERICA.
07:36 Details of what learned on Study Tour, farming in Britain.
08:24 SOUTHLAND FARM IMPROVEMENT CLUB. Explains. Around 1960s.
09:56 NEW ZEALAND COLOMBO PLAN, details. Reference: SOUTH EAST ASIA. Insert by Doris Dalzell.
12:00 Key element of Colombo Plan and Farm Improvement Club, explains.
12:37 Nominated for Royal Agricultural Society's A. C. CAMERON AWARD, run by YOUNG FARMERS CLUB. Won South Island competition. Prize, details. Inserts by Doris Dalzell.
14:00 Sponsorships for Award, details. Community, Agriculture. Involved in FEDERATED FARMERS, DOMINION NATIONAL FARMERS. Reference: BANK OF NEW ZEALAND
14:58 Return to Animal Health.
15:00 End of Track 2
Track 3
00:00 Continuation of Animal Health.
00:40 Explains reasons for change, would have needed more land on farm, four daughters who would not want to be farmers. Decided to go with COLOMBO PLAN.
02:20 Colombo Plan, details. Sponsors around the world. Delivering technical aid. Reference: THAILAND
04:35 Self in NORTH EAST THAILAND. Set up, explains. Inserts of wife.
05:40 In Thailand NZ provided funds and people, demonstrate “how to do things”, details. Mainly cattle, BRAMAN type. Reference: MALAYSIA, BUFFALO
07:33 AMERICAN Aid in that area. Helicopter involvement, “sophisticated”. Details.
08:55 Describes operation. Roading project by NZ army and others. Details.
10:02 Security in THAILAND, due to War. Details.
11:06 Housing cattle.
11:20 Sound check on recording.
11:52 Interview continues. Gone back to THAILAND several times. Changes noticed, details. Income for people changed, explains. 13:12 Insert of wife.
13:30 Spent more time in South East Asia, details. Freelance consultancy, details. Cropping, rubber, plantations, oil palm. Reference: SINGAPORE, SABAH, THAILAND, WEST MALAYSIA
14:50 Description of Oil Palm
15:00 End of Track 3
Track 4
00:00 Description of Oil Palm continued. Use and harvesting. Details.
01:28 Insert of wife: SOY OIL. Correction of use of word. Details.
01:40 SOY grown in MALAYSIA too. Details.
01:57 Distribution of Oil Palm. Issues. Reference: SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, INDONESIA.
02:45 Self and wife coping with climate, describes. Reference: THAILAND, MALAYSIA
03:42 Describing first days there.
04:24 Time spent in THAILAND 2 years, 1968 – 1971. Year in SABAH, commuting from AUCKLAND.
04:50 Project for Colombo Plan in SABAH, explains. Surveying whole country. Reference: ISLAND OF BORNEO, BRUNAI, SARAWAK, KALIMANTAN
05:45 Short time spent in BRUNAI. Details. INDONESIA. Looking at projects, feasibility of it. Details. Reference: MALAYSIA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, SAKANO (?).
07:48 Key elements of farming in SOUTHLAND, details. Drainage, flood control. Explains. Purpose of flood control. Reference: MAKAREWA RIVER
09:05 Advent of catchment buoys, advantages, progress. Explains. Resource Management today.
09:41 Peat swamps, “unwise to drain” on radio. Explains. Preservation of swamps. Reference: HOKANUI
10:54 Coming back to NZ in 1984. (wife thinks 1985). Work back home, details. Agricultural Training Council, then “disestablished”. Farm Cadet Scheme. Explains. Set up of Scheme.
13:07 Difficulty to get enough employment for cadets. Explains. Left in 1991. Dairy industry becoming apparent. Employment difficulty.
14:20 Industry Training Boards. Secured funding structure for Cadets. Funding money, details. 14:46 Telford (polytechnic). Explains. Started before went to THAILAND
15:02 End of Track 4
Track 5
00:00 Continues about TELFORD. Late 1950's. No secure funding base, problem.
00:46 Demise of Dairy Factories. BROWNS factory. Details. Reference: HOKANUI, BOGGY BURN, WINTON
01:26 Milk tankers today, details.
01:54 Lime works at BROWNS. Grandfather worked there. Got accidentally killed there. Names of other Lime works. Sharks tooth - FOREST HILL. Snowdrift - FOREST HILL. Kawana - FERN HILL. CASTLE ROCKS, DIPTON. CLIFDON.
03:30 Back to BROWNS lime works, details.
04:03 BROWNS busy place then. Train, bus, school. Other schools. Changes in area. Reference: FOREST HILL, MATAURA
05:08 Changes in transport. Lorries. Details.
05:34 Checking recording of Interview.
05:52 Back to Transport. Ran by VOICE Family. Then BROAD'S, HELARDS, MCDOWALS. All over NZ now!
06:30 Now enjoying retired life. Mentioning of Old Clock on wall, details by Doris.
08:35 Interview winding up.
08:46 End of Track 5, end of interview.
Interviewer: Lloyd Esler
Abstractor: Marianne Widmer
Track 1
00:00 Interview identification
00:49 Start of interview. Origins of Reg's background in Southland. Grandfather started farming in Southland. History of farm. Reference: JOSEPH STEEL-DALZELL, CENTRE HILL, AUSTRALIA, AMERICA, EVANS FARM on BROWNS OTAPIRI GORGE ROAD
02:30 Self born in 1926.
02:48 Early life, growing up, details. Chickens, Ducks, Cows, Sheep. Cropping. Went to BROWNS primary school, then SOUTHLAND TECH. Details. Fond memories of tech. Teachers KEN MCKENNON and ARCHIM... BA.... .
04:09 left school in 1942, during war. “Wasn't a normal set up”. Called up at end of war. No military service.
04:38 Wanted to be a farmer, continued to do so. Farming emphasis on production and development. Details. Machinery. Details.
05:48 Depression years. Explains.
06:12 Trips to INVERCARGILL, WINTON. Banking, shopping. Details of City life on Friday night.
07:20 Roads. Details. Reference: SOUTHLAND
07:47 Rail. Daily train service BROWNS, WINTON, INVERCARGILL. Details.
08:25 Black out in Invercargill. Powercuts. WAITAKI scheme. Reference: ROXBOROUGH
09:25 Cadet training. Details.
10:20 On farm growing linen flax, then wheat. Harvesting, explains. Extensive job. TRACTION ENGINES.
13:25 Self and brother started GRAIN DRYING. First in NZ, explains in detail. Reference: BROWNS
14:57 End of Track 1.
Track 2
00:00 Continues describing transport of grain.
00:37 Bought neighbour farm, owned by uncle, when young. GRAIN DRYING machinery used for both farms. Later other customers.
01:10 Interest in DEFICIENCY DISEASES in animals. Explains. COPPER COBALT, SELENIUM. Trialled numerous things. DRENCHING, SCOURING. Details.
03:36 New INFLAMITICS (?) on market. Details. Development of useful drench for sheep. “Marvellous impact” Reference: FRANKTON by BARIS WELCOME (?). PHENOPHLYACENE ANEMOSODYRUS (?)
06:20 Insert by Doris, (wife): getting married “59 years ago today”
06:50 Agricultural Scholarship, DOMINION FARMERS TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP. Funded by NUFFIELD FOUNDATION. 6 months study tour. Reference: BRITAIN, EUROPE, AMERICA.
07:36 Details of what learned on Study Tour, farming in Britain.
08:24 SOUTHLAND FARM IMPROVEMENT CLUB. Explains. Around 1960s.
09:56 NEW ZEALAND COLOMBO PLAN, details. Reference: SOUTH EAST ASIA. Insert by Doris Dalzell.
12:00 Key element of Colombo Plan and Farm Improvement Club, explains.
12:37 Nominated for Royal Agricultural Society's A. C. CAMERON AWARD, run by YOUNG FARMERS CLUB. Won South Island competition. Prize, details. Inserts by Doris Dalzell.
14:00 Sponsorships for Award, details. Community, Agriculture. Involved in FEDERATED FARMERS, DOMINION NATIONAL FARMERS. Reference: BANK OF NEW ZEALAND
14:58 Return to Animal Health.
15:00 End of Track 2
Track 3
00:00 Continuation of Animal Health.
00:40 Explains reasons for change, would have needed more land on farm, four daughters who would not want to be farmers. Decided to go with COLOMBO PLAN.
02:20 Colombo Plan, details. Sponsors around the world. Delivering technical aid. Reference: THAILAND
04:35 Self in NORTH EAST THAILAND. Set up, explains. Inserts of wife.
05:40 In Thailand NZ provided funds and people, demonstrate “how to do things”, details. Mainly cattle, BRAMAN type. Reference: MALAYSIA, BUFFALO
07:33 AMERICAN Aid in that area. Helicopter involvement, “sophisticated”. Details.
08:55 Describes operation. Roading project by NZ army and others. Details.
10:02 Security in THAILAND, due to War. Details.
11:06 Housing cattle.
11:20 Sound check on recording.
11:52 Interview continues. Gone back to THAILAND several times. Changes noticed, details. Income for people changed, explains. 13:12 Insert of wife.
13:30 Spent more time in South East Asia, details. Freelance consultancy, details. Cropping, rubber, plantations, oil palm. Reference: SINGAPORE, SABAH, THAILAND, WEST MALAYSIA
14:50 Description of Oil Palm
15:00 End of Track 3
Track 4
00:00 Description of Oil Palm continued. Use and harvesting. Details.
01:28 Insert of wife: SOY OIL. Correction of use of word. Details.
01:40 SOY grown in MALAYSIA too. Details.
01:57 Distribution of Oil Palm. Issues. Reference: SOUTH AMERICA, AFRICA, INDONESIA.
02:45 Self and wife coping with climate, describes. Reference: THAILAND, MALAYSIA
03:42 Describing first days there.
04:24 Time spent in THAILAND 2 years, 1968 – 1971. Year in SABAH, commuting from AUCKLAND.
04:50 Project for Colombo Plan in SABAH, explains. Surveying whole country. Reference: ISLAND OF BORNEO, BRUNAI, SARAWAK, KALIMANTAN
05:45 Short time spent in BRUNAI. Details. INDONESIA. Looking at projects, feasibility of it. Details. Reference: MALAYSIA, THAILAND, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA, SAKANO (?).
07:48 Key elements of farming in SOUTHLAND, details. Drainage, flood control. Explains. Purpose of flood control. Reference: MAKAREWA RIVER
09:05 Advent of catchment buoys, advantages, progress. Explains. Resource Management today.
09:41 Peat swamps, “unwise to drain” on radio. Explains. Preservation of swamps. Reference: HOKANUI
10:54 Coming back to NZ in 1984. (wife thinks 1985). Work back home, details. Agricultural Training Council, then “disestablished”. Farm Cadet Scheme. Explains. Set up of Scheme.
13:07 Difficulty to get enough employment for cadets. Explains. Left in 1991. Dairy industry becoming apparent. Employment difficulty.
14:20 Industry Training Boards. Secured funding structure for Cadets. Funding money, details. 14:46 Telford (polytechnic). Explains. Started before went to THAILAND
15:02 End of Track 4
Track 5
00:00 Continues about TELFORD. Late 1950's. No secure funding base, problem.
00:46 Demise of Dairy Factories. BROWNS factory. Details. Reference: HOKANUI, BOGGY BURN, WINTON
01:26 Milk tankers today, details.
01:54 Lime works at BROWNS. Grandfather worked there. Got accidentally killed there. Names of other Lime works. Sharks tooth - FOREST HILL. Snowdrift - FOREST HILL. Kawana - FERN HILL. CASTLE ROCKS, DIPTON. CLIFDON.
03:30 Back to BROWNS lime works, details.
04:03 BROWNS busy place then. Train, bus, school. Other schools. Changes in area. Reference: FOREST HILL, MATAURA
05:08 Changes in transport. Lorries. Details.
05:34 Checking recording of Interview.
05:52 Back to Transport. Ran by VOICE Family. Then BROAD'S, HELARDS, MCDOWALS. All over NZ now!
06:30 Now enjoying retired life. Mentioning of Old Clock on wall, details by Doris.
08:35 Interview winding up.
08:46 End of Track 5, end of interview.
Dates
- 2008
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Extent
From the Record Group: 1 folder(s)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- From the Record Group: Esler, Lloyd (Interviewer, Person)
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