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National Wool Museum
Receipt
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.1600wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Record Sheet
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Record Sheet
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Record Sheet
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Record Sheet
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Letter
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Statement of Account
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Credit note
... Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System... accounts. Wool Sales Wool Brokering Wool Sales - Auction System ...Part of a collection of commecial documents relating to Burkinshaw Bros, "Wareek", and Strachan, Murray & Shannon Pty Ltd, Geelong, including correspondence and sales accounts.wool sales wool brokering wool sales - auction system, strachan, murray and shannon ltd, wool sales, wool brokering, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Book, Code, F Kanematsu & Co Ltd: Private code for wool
... Wool Sales Wool Sales - Auction System Textile Mills..." 1959 Wool Sales Wool Sales - Auction System Textile Mills ...Pages contain typewritten codes for use by the company's wool buyers."F Kanematsu & Co Ltd: Private code for wool" 1959GEELONG OFFICE 28th Jan '59 Book#13 Messrs F Kanematsu (Aust) Pty Ltd /Sydneywool sales wool sales - auction system textile mills textile mills, f kanematsu & co pty ltd, japan, wool sales, wool sales - auction system, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Report, Report of the Wool Marketing Committee of Enquiry, Feb 1962
... - Reserve Price Plan Wool Sales - Auction System Wool - research... - Auction System Wool - research Textile Mills Textile Mills C ...Donated by Mr Leslie Rourke.Officewool industry wool sales wool marketing wool sales - reserve price plan wool sales - auction system wool - research textile mills textile mills, c. of a. - wool marketing committee of enquiry, wool industry, wool sales, wool marketing, wool sales - reserve price plan, wool sales - auction system, wool - research, textile mills -
National Wool Museum
Book, Report by the wool marketing committeee to the Australian Wool Board, vol. 2, Oct 1967
... - Private Treaty Wool Sales - Auction System... Plan Wool Sales - Private Treaty Wool Sales - Auction System ..."Report by the wool marketing committee to the Australian Wool Board, vol. 2, Oct 1967", Appendix to report by the Australian Wool Board presented to the Australian Wool Industry Conference Melbourne, 1967wool sales wool marketing wool brokering wool sales - floor price scheme wool sales - price averaging plan wool sales - private treaty wool sales - auction system, australian wool board, wool sales, wool marketing, wool brokering, wool sales - floor price scheme, wool sales - price averaging plan, wool sales - private treaty, wool sales - auction system -
National Wool Museum
Archive - Prize Certificate, Highest Wool Price, Elders Limited, 10/9/1991
... Wool Auction...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Wool Auction Catalogue Wool Bales Sale Wool ...Single sided blue, red, black and white card with printed and hand written text, with decorative border. HIGHEST PRICE WOOL / Elders PASTORAL / J. F. & H Norris / SALE Geelong / DATE 10-9-91 / BRAND JFN/ROMANI / PRICE 1050c / DESCRIPTION SupAAAFM / BALES 6 / 17.4 MICRONS / 71.1% Yield / The above wool recorded the highest price / in the superfine section of the Elders Pastoral / catalogue offered in this series / [signature ? G Blood]wool auction, catalogue, wool bales, sale, wool growing, agriculture, industry, geelong, elders, woolbrokers, prizes -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 11 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction on Tuesday, 23rd April, 1929
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Tuesday 23 April 1929.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Tuesday 23 April 1929.W.M. Bell 14/17 Beauford 3 baleswool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 7 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction onThursday, 12th February, 1931
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 12 February 1931.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 12 February 1931.W.M. Bellwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 3 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction on Thursday, 17 November, 1932
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 17 November 1932.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 17 November 1932.W M Bellwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, Catalogue No.6 Season 1933-34 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by public auction
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Wednesday 20 December 1933.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Wednesday 20 December 1933.W M Bellwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 8 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction on Thursday, 13th March, 1930
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 13 March 1930.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 13 March 1930.W M Bellwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 7 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction on Thursday, 9 February 1933
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 9 February 1933.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 9 February 1933.W M Bellwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 1 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction on Wednesday, 16 October 1929
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Wednesday 16 October 1929.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Wednesday 16 October 1929.W M Bell Esqwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, No. 10 Dennys, Lascelles Limited will offer by auction on Thursday, 23rd March, 1933
... Wool Sales - Auction System...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles...-and-the-bellarine-peninsula Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys ...Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 23 March 1933.Auction catalogue of wool bales held by Dennys, Lascelles Limited, on Thursday 23 March 1933.W M Bell Esqwool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, bell, mr w. m. -
National Wool Museum
Licence
... Wool Sales - Auction System...National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool Street Geelong geelong ...Licences to act as auctioneer or sub-agent.Licences to act as auctioneer or sub-agent.wool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited -
National Wool Museum
Agreement
... Wool Sales - Auction System...National Wool Museum 26 Moorabool Street Geelong geelong ...Agreement between HE Smith of Eligamite North and Dennys Lascelles Limited, dated 7 March 1949.Agreement between HE Smith of Eligamite North and Dennys Lascelles Limited, dated 7 March 1949.wool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, smith, h e - elingamite north -
National Wool Museum
Letter
... Wool Sales - Auction System... of Cobden to act as his sub-agent. Wool Sales - Auction System ...Authority from Rupert Vance Moon, licenced Real Estate Agent of Dennys Lascelles, for Norman George Cooper of Cobden to act as his sub-agent.Authority from Rupert Vance Moon, licenced Real Estate Agent of Dennys Lascelles, for Norman George Cooper of Cobden to act as his sub-agent.wool sales - auction system, dennys, lascelles limited, moon, mr rupert vance - dennys lascelles limited wilson, mr norman george -
National Wool Museum
Catalogue, Sale No. 10 Farmers Grazcos
... Wool Sales - Auction System... held on 2 December 1980. Wool Sales - Auction System Grazcos Co ...catalogue for Farmers Grazcos for Sale No. 10 held on 2 December 1980.wool sales - auction system, grazcos co-operative limited -
National Wool Museum
Booklet - Elders Centenary Catalogue, Elders Smith & Co. Ltd, 1978
... their celebration of a century of wool sales in 1978. The first wool auction... Australian wool auctioning company Elders, Smith & Co. Ltd ...This catalogue was produced by the South Australian wool auctioning company Elders, Smith & Co. Ltd. It accompanied their celebration of a century of wool sales in 1978. The first wool auction in South Australia took place at Elders a century earlier, on the 15th of October 1878. It was covered in detail by The South Australian Register. At the sale, 1976 bales of wool were offered in what was the beginning of the wool storage and brokerage system in South Australia. Elders, Smith & Co. was established in 1839 by Alexander Lang Elder. Born in 1815 in Scotland, he moved to Australia at age 24 and set up Elders in Port Adelaide. Interestingly, the company’s original site is now the South Australian Maritime Museum. Elders’ business partner was Robert Barr Smith. Also born in Scotland, he moved to Australia in 1854 at the age of 30. Smith was an important part of the Company’s first wool sale. Smith made statements at the auction for South Australia to have a proper wool industry; with a purpose-built wool store, auction house and for the state to be able to supply its own products. This was met with a “Hear, hear” from the crowd at the auction. This statement is reflected upon within the catalogue. The catalogue itself also contains images of the company’s first wool auction, an outside image of Elder’s Wool Warehouse in Port Adelaide as well as an image of the Show Floor inside of this Port Adelaide warehouse. The catalogue also contains a quote from Elders’ Wool Manager for Victoria and Riverina, Murray Jewster. He discusses how the company is proud of its history and looking forward to its future in assisting both wool buyers and sellers. The quote also highlights Elders shift from being an Adelaide focused business, growing to span the width of Australia. 4 page booklet. Yellow paper with black and red print.south australian wool auctioning, elders smith & co. ltd., south australian wool producing, alexander lang elder, robert barr smith -
National Wool Museum
Cloth Sample
... of wool at the first wool auctions in Geelong in 1858. The wool... the first bale of wool at the first wool auctions in Geelong in 1858 ...Made from wool sold atThe Geelong Wool Exchange which had just returned to the National Wool Centre (currently the home of the National Wool Museum, formely Dennys Lascells) on Tuesday 13th of October 1987. Lempriere (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. was the buyer of the first bale of wool who also previously brought the first bale of wool at the first wool auctions in Geelong in 1858. The wool was turned into fabric by CSRIO and Foster Valley.Black cardboard backing with Navy Blue cloth sample glued ontop. Wool sample is stapled to the Navy cloth and black cardboard. Contains Nationa Wool Museum logo on lefthand side 1.5 meter navy blue length of cloth same as the sampled glued to the cardboard is included.NATIONAL/ WOO/ MUSEUM Left hand side of display card -
National Wool Museum
Program, Dennys Lascelles Limited: Staff Reunion at the National Wool Centre 1988
... the wool auctions, when the Firm would be visited..., and good friends. The busy times were the wool auctions, when ...A copy of both the ‘Dennys Lascelles Limited 1857-1957: Annual Wool Report & Centenary Review’ & ‘Staff Reunion Souvenir Programme, 1988’ was donated to the museum in 2021. These were duplicate items so only their story was retained in addition to the image of Rita located in Multimedia. “Enclose two items which may be of interest to add to your collection. They belonged to my mother, Rita Sedgwick (nee Glenn), who died earlier this year in April. She worked for Dennys Lascelles in two separate periods. First as a young girl, who had finished her schooling, at Morongo Presbyterian ladies College, having been sent as boarder there by her parents from their farm at Mathoura (just north of Echuca). This period was from 1942 — 1947. It was her second job out of school having worked first at the then Geelong Telephone Exchange. She would commute daily to work on a bicycle from where she was then living in Drumcondra. She had the front office role of receptionist and telephonist driving an old manual switchboard. The old front desk was her domain. She departed in 1947, shortly after she was married in late 1946. She spoke fondly of her times at the company as a young girl in her late teens and early twenties. Her second stint was much later, but again as the front-desk telephonist and receptionist commencing in 1972, ending 11 years later in 1983. This was a period when Sir Henry Bolte was on the Board, Don Urqhuart was MD, Ray Hobson was General Manger, Cliff Bone the company Secretary, Peter Keys the CFO and Jim Hay was also on the Executive team. While there were some 25 years between her periods of service, she welcomed the chance to re-join the company. Again, it was a time of hard work, and good friends. The busy times were the wool auctions, when the Firm would be visited by representatives of the big Japanese trading houses such as Mitsui, and Kanematsu. The Chief Auctioneer, Mr. Reeves (I can't recall his first name), would hold court at the now demolished Geelong Wool Exchange — I saw him in action once — what a sight. The huge show floors in the Denny's building would be full of open bales and samples for the buyers to inspect, and for mum days would start at 0800, and finish at 1800 or later. In quieter times over summer, it was reported that the empty show floor would provide an excellent arena for the more enthusiastic cricketers to get in a bit of practise with a tennis ball at lunch and after closing time! Dennys was a full-service firm for wool growers, with branches all over the Western Districts as far afield as Mt Gambier, but through Timboon, Warrnambool, and the like, as I am sure you are aware. She also saw the merger of Dennys and Strachan to create DSM, and later the amalgamation with AML&F to create Dennys AML (I think). She saw the change from the old manual switch board to the then latest of PABX technologies and was part of the team the relocated from the original offices to the new address on the south side of Brougham Street. Along with the shift from the large show floor-based sales of the past. She retired from fulltime work in mid-1983, again with fond memories and friendships that lasted a lifetime. I found these two items among her things recently, and felt that given her connection to the industry, and the place in which the Museum now resides you may like to add them to the collection. I hope you can find a home for them, and that they might add a little to the story that the wool museum now houses and curates.” Program 12pp: soft pale grey cover, contians brief history of the company , the buildings and at the last page is a list of acceptances for the reunion, 2nd October, 1988Judith Lagingdennys, lascelles limited -
National Wool Museum
Journal, Dennys, Lascelles Limited 1857-1957 Annual Wool Report and Centenary Review, 1957
... , and good friends. The busy times were the wool auctions, when... the wool auctions, when the Firm would be visited ..."Dennys, Lascelles Limited 1857-1957 Annual Wool Report and Centenary Review". Apart from the annual report, this booklet also contains a brief history of Dennys, Lascelles Limited from its founding in 1857 up to 1957. A copy of both the ‘Dennys Lascelles Limited 1857-1957: Annual Wool Report & Centenary Review’ & ‘Staff Reunion Souvenir Programme, 1988’ was donated to the museum in 2021. These were duplicate items so only their story was retained in addition to the image of Rita located in Multimedia. “Enclose two items which may be of interest to add to your collection. They belonged to my mother, Rita Sedgwick (nee Glenn), who died earlier this year in April. She worked for Dennys Lascelles in two separate periods. First as a young girl, who had finished her schooling, at Morongo Presbyterian ladies College, having been sent as boarder there by her parents from their farm at Mathoura (just north of Echuca). This period was from 1942 — 1947. It was her second job out of school having worked first at the then Geelong Telephone Exchange. She would commute daily to work on a bicycle from where she was then living in Drumcondra. She had the front office role of receptionist and telephonist driving an old manual switchboard. The old front desk was her domain. She departed in 1947, shortly after she was married in late 1946. She spoke fondly of her times at the company as a young girl in her late teens and early twenties. Her second stint was much later, but again as the front-desk telephonist and receptionist commencing in 1972, ending 11 years later in 1983. This was a period when Sir Henry Bolte was on the Board, Don Urqhuart was MD, Ray Hobson was General Manger, Cliff Bone the company Secretary, Peter Keys the CFO and Jim Hay was also on the Executive team. While there were some 25 years between her periods of service, she welcomed the chance to re-join the company. Again, it was a time of hard work, and good friends. The busy times were the wool auctions, when the Firm would be visited by representatives of the big Japanese trading houses such as Mitsui, and Kanematsu. The Chief Auctioneer, Mr. Reeves (I can't recall his first name), would hold court at the now demolished Geelong Wool Exchange — I saw him in action once — what a sight. The huge show floors in the Denny's building would be full of open bales and samples for the buyers to inspect, and for mum days would start at 0800, and finish at 1800 or later. In quieter times over summer, it was reported that the empty show floor would provide an excellent arena for the more enthusiastic cricketers to get in a bit of practise with a tennis ball at lunch and after closing time! Dennys was a full-service firm for wool growers, with branches all over the Western Districts as far afield as Mt Gambier, but through Timboon, Warrnambool, and the like, as I am sure you are aware. She also saw the merger of Dennys and Strachan to create DSM, and later the amalgamation with AML&F to create Dennys AML (I think). She saw the change from the old manual switch board to the then latest of PABX technologies and was part of the team the relocated from the original offices to the new address on the south side of Brougham Street. Along with the shift from the large show floor-based sales of the past. She retired from fulltime work in mid-1983, again with fond memories and friendships that lasted a lifetime. I found these two items among her things recently, and felt that given her connection to the industry, and the place in which the Museum now resides you may like to add them to the collection. I hope you can find a home for them, and that they might add a little to the story that the wool museum now houses and curates.” "Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report and Centenary Review, August 1957". Apart from the annual report, this booklet also contains a brief history of Dennys, Lascelles Limited from its founding in 1857 up to 1957.Dennys, Lascelles Limited Annual Wool Report and Centenary Review, August 1957wool brokering, wool growing, dennys, lascelles limited -
National Wool Museum
Letter - Letter of reference for Margaret Burn, 03/11/1939
... the aftermath of the actual wool auction. The building teemed... the aftermath of the actual wool auction. The building teemed ...Letter of Reference for Miss Margaret Burn detailing her work as a bookkeeper, machine operator, typist, and stenographer over seven years at Dennys Lascelles Limited. The letter details her leaving the company as she married in 1939. In the same year, Ms Burn returned to the office owing to the shortage of staff caused by various employees being called away for Military Training. Included in the staff called away for military training was her newlywed husband, Mr Jack Ganly. A fellow employee of Dennys, the Ganly name was well known within the company, with three generations of the Ganly family working at Dennys. Margaret worked at Dennys for 7 years during the 1930s. The Letter of Reference is accompanied with a story written by Margaret about her time working at the company. WORKING CONDITIONS & OFFICE WORK DUTIES. Written by Margaret Burn in 2021. Worked at Dennys Lascelles in the 1930s. In the 1930s coming out of the Depression, jobs were hard to come by and had to be clung to by efficiency and subserviency. There was no union to protect workers – bosses could be tough and rough. Dennys Lascelles revolved around fortnightly wool sales in the “season” – September to May. Sale day was always a day of suppressed excitement. Preparation from a clerical point of view was complete and we now awaited the aftermath of the actual wool auction. The building teemed with people. There were country people down to see their wool sold, buyers of many nationalities, or from the big cities, who were coming in and out of the building all day. Their role was to inspect the acres of wool bales displayed on the show floors; however, caterers were present to feed clients, and there was plenty of social interactions on top of business. The office staff did not go home but waited until the first figures came back from the wool sales and the machines went in to action, both human and mechanical, preparing the invoices for the buyers’ firms. This comprised of lists of lot numbers, weights, prices per lb., and the total prices paid. A lot of this was done by old-school typewriters, making this work a big, heavy, tiring job. Before the finished lists could be dispatched, they were collated on an “abstract”. The lists had to balance with the catalogue from which the invoices had been prepared. This never happened automatically. All the paperwork had to be split up amongst pairs of workers and checked until discrepancies were found. This would happen until midnight but occasionally went until 2 or 3 am. Once complete, the invoices could then be rushed off to the buyers’ firms usually in Melbourne, and hire cars took the staff home. It was back on the job the next morning, usually around 8.30. The office hours varied according to the size of the sale and work involved. Some days started as early as 8 and could finish around 5.30. The second phase of work began with the account sales to be prepared for the sellers of the wool. These detailed all the weights, descriptions of wool, brands, and prices. One Sales account could have multitudes of lot numbers, all needing to be individually described. Various charges needed to be deducted such as finance for woolpacks, extra stock, or farmers who were given a loan to live on during the season. Details of how payment was to be made was also noted, whether the seller was to be paid by cheque, to a bank, or credited to their account with the company (which often left the seller still in debt). For a couple of months in the winter, things were quieter when staff took holidays and were sometimes given afternoons off. But there were still weekly skin sales and stock sales around the state. The annual end of June figures to be prepared for a big company like Dennys with branches all around the state also kept the staff busy. In good years there was sometimes a bonus. On sale days there was a bar open for the clients and wool buyers. This added to the excitement for the young girls, who were strictly barred from using it, but somehow managed to sneak a gin and tonic. This is how I had my first ever, before the evening meal. There was also the romantic notion in some minds, with all the influx of males, that some of us might end up on a wealthy station, or be noticed by an exotic buyer. To my knowledge, this never happened at Dennys Lascelles Limited. Group staff photo at Dennys Lascelles Limited. Margaret Burn. Age 18 or 19. Jack Ganly (Margaret’s future husband). 22. Sheet of paper shorter in length than A4 size, creamed with age. Paper has a header for Dennys, Lascelles Limited’s Head Office at 32 Moorabool Street, Geelong. Body of paper is made up of 3 paragraphs in a typewritten message of black ink with subheadings highlighted with a red underline. The text is finished with a signature at the bottom of the paper. Paper is accompanied by its original envelope. Envelope has typewritten text in black ink with a red underline located at the centre. It also has return to sender instructions to Dennys, Lascelles Limited in the lower left-hand corner.Typewritten text, black and red ink. Multiple. See multimediadennys lascelles ltd, worker conditions 1930s, letter of reference -
National Wool Museum
Functional object - Typewriter, Remington Typewriter Company, c.1925
... the aftermath of the actual wool auction. The building teemed.... Dennys Lascelles revolved around fortnightly wool sales ...This Remington No.12 typewriter is of the typebar, front-strike class. It was made by the Remington Typewriter Company of Ilion, New York, U.S.A. in about 1925. The Model No. 12 was introduced in 1922 and was one of the first 'visible writer' machines, in which the typed characters were visible to the operator. Previous models were of the upstrike class in which the characters were typed on the underside of the platen. To see what had been typed the operator had to raise the platen, meaning the typist was typing blind much of the time. This machine was used by Margaret Ganly née Burn in the 1930s. It was purchased for her by one of the sons of William Pride, a famous saddle maker in Geelong, William was Margaret’s grandfather. The typewriter was donated with original sales receipt and servicing tools. Margaret worked at Dennys for 7 years during the 1930s. The typewriter is accompanied with a story written by Margaret about her time working at the company. Margret married Jack Ganly, a fellow employee of Dennys. The Ganly name was well known within Dennys, with three generations of the Ganly family working at the company. WORKING CONDITIONS & OFFICE WORK DUTIES. Written by Margaret Burn in 2021. Worked at Dennys Lascelles in the 1930s. In the 1930s coming out of the Depression, jobs were hard to come by and had to be clung to by efficiency and subserviency. There was no union to protect workers – bosses could be tough and rough. Dennys Lascelles revolved around fortnightly wool sales in the “season” – September to May. Sale day was always a day of suppressed excitement. Preparation from a clerical point of view was complete and we now awaited the aftermath of the actual wool auction. The building teemed with people. There were country people down to see their wool sold, buyers of many nationalities, or from the big cities, who were coming in and out of the building all day. Their role was to inspect the acres of wool bales displayed on the show floors; however, caterers were present to feed clients, and there was plenty of social interactions on top of business. The office staff did not go home but waited until the first figures came back from the wool sales and the machines went in to action, both human and mechanical, preparing the invoices for the buyers’ firms. This comprised of lists of lot numbers, weights, prices per lb., and the total prices paid. A lot of this was done by old-school typewriters, making this work a big, heavy, tiring job. Before the finished lists could be dispatched, they were collated on an “abstract”. The lists had to balance with the catalogue from which the invoices had been prepared. This never happened automatically. All the paperwork had to be split up amongst pairs of workers and checked until discrepancies were found. This would happen until midnight but occasionally went until 2 or 3 am. Once complete, the invoices could then be rushed off to the buyers’ firms usually in Melbourne, and hire cars took the staff home. It was back on the job the next morning, usually around 8.30. The office hours varied according to the size of the sale and work involved. Some days started as early as 8 and could finish around 5.30. The second phase of work began with the account sales to be prepared for the sellers of the wool. These detailed all the weights, descriptions of wool, brands, and prices. One Sales account could have multitudes of lot numbers, all needing to be individually described. Various charges needed to be deducted such as finance for woolpacks, extra stock, or farmers who were given a loan to live on during the season. Details of how payment was to be made was also noted, whether the seller was to be paid by cheque, to a bank, or credited to their account with the company (which often left the seller still in debt). For a couple of months in the winter, things were quieter when staff took holidays and were sometimes given afternoons off. But there were still weekly skin sales and stock sales around the state. The annual end of June figures to be prepared for a big company like Dennys with branches all around the state also kept the staff busy. In good years there was sometimes a bonus. On sale days there was a bar open for the clients and wool buyers. This added to the excitement for the young girls, who were strictly barred from using it, but somehow managed to sneak a gin and tonic. This is how I had my first ever, before the evening meal. There was also the romantic notion in some minds, with all the influx of males, that some of us might end up on a wealthy station, or be noticed by an exotic buyer. To my knowledge, this never happened at Dennys Lascelles Limited. Group staff photo at Dennys Lascelles Limited. Margaret Burn. Age 18 or 19. Jack Ganly (Margaret’s future husband). 22.The typewriter has a black painted metal frame. The top section of the typewriter consists of a cylindrical platen on a carriage featuring plated metal fittings. A curved folding paper guide sits behind the platen and moves on the horizontal axis when the user types on the keyboard. A horizontal semicircular type basket with typebar links the top section to the lower keyboard. The ink ribbon is carried between two spools on a horizontal axis, one on each side of the type-basket. At the rear, a paper tray features gold lettering which reads ‘Remington’. At the front, a four-row QWERTY keyboard is found with 42-character keys total. 'SHIFT LOCK' and 'SHIFT KEY' are to the left of the keyboard, 'BACK SPACER' and 'SHIFT KEY' to the right. All keys are circular, white with black lettering. At the top of the keyboard are five circular red keys with the numbers 1-5 displayed behind their respective keys. A Spacebar is found along the front of the keyboard. The typewriter is accompanied by a cardboard box. This box contains the original sales receipt, on blue paper with grey lead handwriting. It also contains spare parts, a spare ribbon stretched between two spools, and cleaning tools such as brushes of differing sizes. Serial Number. Engraved. "LX45395" Gold lettering. Paper tray. “Remington” Gold Lettering. Behind keyboard. “Made in Ilion, New York, U.S.A. Gold Lettering. Mirrored both sides of type-basket. “12”remington, dennys lascelles ltd, worker conditions 1930s