In 2018, most Victorian supermarkets ceased using single use shopping bags and made more substantial multi-use bags available for purchase by customers. Word document with history of the use of plastic bags (from Wikipedia) and comment on cessation of plastic bags in Greensborough.Single use grey plastic supermarket shopping bags (2); reusable green and white supermarket shopping bag, with cardboard tag printed in green. Word document with history of the use of plastic bags.Green and white bag has Bar code, Woolworths logo and slogan " The fresh food people". Tag reads " Got your green bags?" with explanation on obverse.shopping bags

This item was bought by Lynda Tieman for the Port Fairy Historical Society. It represents a time in in Port Fairy when there were several butchers in the town and competition for customers was fierce. Norman Collins butchers was situated in Sackville Street where a dress shop now occupies the site.An advertising piece that places Norman Collins as butcher in 47 Sackville Street and a rare example of this type of advertising.Bamboo, advertising,give away calendar with green ribbon hanger for Port Fairy butcher (calendar removed). Printed with rural scene of ducks and hunting dogs. Bamboo slats are joined by thread and the ribbon is attached to the top of the calendar for hanging. Calendar itself has been removed.With Compliments from Norman Collins Your Quality Butcher 47 Sackville Street, Port Fairy, Phone 56 For Friendly Service and Free Deliverybutcher, advertising, business, collins, sackville street, norman collins, calendar

Initially listed as T J Connelly's Tin shop, this premises on the corner of High and Forest Street, expanded to include all items of ironmongery. By 1878 they were advertising gas stoves for sale and installation.The item is account ledger of T.J. Connolly, Ironmongers, Sandhurst. There is an alphabetical index at the front of the book, listing the customer name and order number/s. On the left-hand side of each handwritten ledger page the customer name, goods supplied and price of goods is recorded. On the right-hand side of each handwritten page is the date of payment and amounts paid. Each ledger page has the page number in the top corner. There are 358 pages ledger pages plus the alphabetical index pages. The cover is thick hard green cardboard, with the spine and corners finished in brown leather. The pages are bound together with string. The book includes the date range of May 1926 to January 1929. All pages have been used. This item is part of the Margaret Roberts Collection.margaret roberts collection, ironmongers, forest street, bendigo businesses

This honey tank supplied honey to Beechworth residents for between 40 and 50 years. The beekeeper (William Robinson) would warm some honey, and pour it into this tank. This tank was then used to dispense the honey in other jars/ containers for customers. His wife, Amy, typically sold the honey.Creamish-coloured metal tank with lid. Pouring handle on front. Inside shows evidence of considerable use. Front handle is metal.Embossed on front handle; "Pender made in Maitland N.S.W"tank, pender, honey tank, beechworth honey

Explanatory notes for a display of photographs of the Bendigo Butter Factory. Date given on the reverse of the title photograph is 1950-1955. In another photograph there is a calendar with the date March 1957. These notes, mounted on cardboard relate to the photograph 11011.5. The notes as written - Wise Choice Satisfied customer buying Bendigo Butter. It contains all necessary vitamins. It spreads better and keeps longer.bendigo, industry, bendigo butter factory.

Fiur Pittock family photographs: 1. Early photo of "R. Rowe Blacksmith & Wheelwright". Ten staff and customers, one child, one dog, buggy and horse. 2. Pittock family, Annie & Albert Pittock with sons Albert Jnr and Clarence Roy. 3. Undetailed elderly couple 4. Coloured photograph of garden and front brick and iron fence.

"The collection of ephemera builds on the Chalet's holding of archival material with a range of interesting, original items. Dinner menus., stationery., luggage labels, tickets, dockets and plans help to interpret the structured routine and social conventions of the Chalet that held sway for so many years." (pg 127 MBCC) Probably printed by Rayner QuickprintListed in Draft inventory of significant collection items. Appendix A.3. Ephemera. (pg 169). The tickets are made of yellow paper; on the front page it says "Mt. Buffalo Ski School Class Lesson"; there are 3 empty squares in order to say if it is for an adult, child or other; the information on the right side of the ticket is for the customer, the left part of the ticket is for the seller with just the information adult, child or other; on the right side there is a ticket number, there are 449 tickets in this book;On the reverse of the ticket there is a "disclaimer of liability"; signed by Mt. Buffalo Ski School, Cresta, Mt. Buffalo

Pamphlet - DL three fold, full colour on gloss paper, titled "The Powers of Public Transport Authorised Officers", explaining what Authorised Officers can do, facts, customer feedback, more than checking tickets. The Transport Act gave the power to arrest people. Gives contact details for the Connex, Yarra Trams, Metlink. Published by Metlink.trams, tramways, metlink, tickets, ticket inspectors, transport regulations

Pamphlet - 4 fold DL - Yarra Trams - titled "Serving Melbourne, Serving you", message welcoming customers to Yarra trams, message from Hubert Guyot, with some details of Yarra and a questionnaire about your travel and views. Could win a Monthly Metcard, competition closing 30/5/2004. See Reg Item 5038, item 13 for link to a Newsletter.trams, tramways, yarra trams, passengers, metcard

Poster, full colour printed on gloss paper titled "Metropolitan Rail System", giving a diagrammatic Map of the rail system. Shows the sections of line in each Neighbourhood and they colour code At the base of the map has The Met logo and name, a customer service number which has been glued over the printed number. At the base of the poster is a location guide for each railway station.trams, tramways, the met, map, tickets, neighbourhood tickets, railways

Records names of local people and purchases bought from a local general store. When names in the register are indexed it may be possible to determine where the store was located. Historically significant. This shows who the families of the Kiewa Valley were and what type of things they purchased. This would be the only register for this store in 1906.It gives a good historical record of what families purchased during this period and how much they could spend. It also displays the importance of general stores to the community Leather spined cash book for general store, for period from 5th March 1906 to circa December 1906. Green cover with brown spine. Hand writtern entries record date, purchaser, account number and items purchased. 382 pages. "Commenced March 5th 06" on front page book, general store, customers, shop, store, cash book, ledger, 1906, groceries, accounts, kiewa valley, pioneers

Rolex and Bucherer Jewelers were retail partners. In the 1950's Keepsake or souvenir spoons were made as an advertising gimmick. To obtain one of these spoons a customer had to purchase a Rolex watch from a Bucherer store. They were not sold separately. This spoon features the Lucerne lion and is actually the most common of the Rolex spoons.Souvenir spoon. Logo impressed in bowl of spoon - Lion, and cross..ROLEX Bucherer. Indistinguishable? Bucherer of Switzerlandephemera, mementoes, souvenir spoon

Rolex and Bucherer Jewelers were retail partners. In the 1950's Keepsake or souvenir spoons were made as an advertising gimmick. To obtain one of these spoons a customer had to purchase a Rolex watch from a Bucherer store. They were not sold separately. This spoon features the Lucerne lion and is actually the most common of the Rolex spoons.Souvenir spoon. Rolex Bucherer. Lion and cross logo in bowl of spoon. Logo on handle.Bucherer of Switzerlandephemera, mementoes, souvenir spoon

This book contains prescriptions made up by the Warrnambool chemist, Michael Ryan. The prescriptions date from 1867 to 1872.. The entries include the name of the customer, the details of the prescription and the directions for use of the tablets or potions. Michael Ryan, born in Ireland, established his business in the Apothecaries Hall in Timor Street, Warrnambool in 1867 and sold it in 1877. This book is of great interest as an example of a Warrnambool chemist's business in the 19th century. It also is an important social record of one aspect of the health of the residents in the district at that time, detailing the medicines prescribed and taken.This is a ledger with a heavy cardboard cover. The spine is almost entirely missing and the cover is tattered. The pages contain handwritten entries in black ink. Apothecaries Hall Prescription Book M. J. Ryan Pharmaceutical Chemist Warrnamboolmichael ryan warrnambool chemist

Report - 36 pages, A4 card cover centre stapled titled "Accessible Public Transport in Victoria Action Plan 2013-2017 - PTV Implementation Plan", with a Forward by Mark Wild, CEO of PTV, detailing the structure, monitoring, reporting, customer service, engagement and access to facilities, including outcomes. Has a table of contents. See also Reg Item 5506 for 2006 to 2012 documentstrams, tramways, ptv, reports, transport, disability services, public transport

Document or book - 41 pages, clear plastic cover, black card cover, black comb binding, titled "Tram Attendants Unit - General Operational Manual and Procedures 2041"", providing training information to Customer Service Employees, or Tram Attendants or CSE's on duties, reporting, instructions, police assistance, behaviour, tickets, conduct. Includes a detailed table of contents which has been scanned.trams, tramways, yarra trams, training, customer service employees, cse, tram attendants, passengers, tram stops

Alexander Black was a painter and decorator who operated a business in Timor St below Swinton’s. Some of the customers in this book are town council baths, Mr Fritz Landmann, St John’s Church, Thomas Redford, Thomas Robinson, Public Works Department, J W Crawley, Jas McLeod, W J Jackman among many more.Listing many local people and being associated with a local business, it has social and historical significance.Large rectangular hard card cover. Maroon, blue and cream patterned card cover with dark green spine binding. Hand written entries listing details of work completed at front and tenders for work at the back of the book. Paper label pasted to front cover “Working account book from 5th December 1899 to August 1918 Tenders at back of book 1900.” Purple oval stamp Alexr Black Painter Importer of paper hangings Warrnambool. Handwritten inside front cover: Mr Alex Black Timor Street Warrnambool. warrnambool, alexander black, alex black painter, black painterwarrnambool,

This letter was sent by a customer D. Menzies at Skipton to the Mortlake Mill, detailing an unusual payment method for the processing of his wheat into flour. David Menzies was a Scots farmer who lived in Skipton c. 1860's on a bend in the Mount Emu Creek. He helped establish the local school and a lane in the township bears his name. The letter illustrates the nature of commerce and the difficulties of communication and life generally in the country at the time. The bluestone Mortlake Mill built in 1856, has been a prominent landmark in Mortlake for over 150 years. It played a significant role in the commercial life of the town and was initially a wind-mill to process district grain for sale. The goldrush at Ararat 100 km. away led to a temporarily increased population and demand for foodstuffs. In 1857 the Mill was sold to Aikman, Hamilton and Geddes who converted it to steampower and later built the prominent chimney, which is on the Heritage Register as part of the National Estate. D. Menzies at Skipton lived at least 85 km away - his wheat which urgently needed milling, faced a slow and arduous journey by bullock dray. After the demise of the Ararat goldfields and the decline in population (as well as the district soils proving unsuitable for sustained wheat cultivation), the operation of the Mill declined too and the proprietors increased their involvement in other activities - supply of building materials, timber felling and sawmills. Despite the apparent difficulties of conducting business in the 1850's, it is notable that commerce thrived at that time in country districts, as an examination of Mill accounts and records show.Handwritten letter dated 1864 (water-stained)Skipton March 7 1864 [to] Messrs. Hamilton & Co. Mortlake. Dear Gentlemen, I was in hope of hearing from you before now that you had commenced working the Mill, & that I could have sent you the enclosed money [for a] load of wheat for Gristing. Please receive the enclosed 2 halves of 2 [two] 5 [pound sign] notes forwarded to your account. the other halves will be sent on receipt of your stating you having received those notes sent. As I am out of flour be so good as say how soon I may send a load of wheat. In haste I am Gentlemen Yours truly D. Menziesmortlake mill grain wheat hamilton geddes aikman laang dixie menzies skipton

To assist with blind and visually impaired people signing documents, a signature guide creates a rectangular block of space that fits most signature areas on paper. This example was produced by ANZ Bank to fit over cheque books provided to customers. It has space for the date, whom the cheque was for, the written amount and the amount in symbols, and the cheque stub, as well as the signature.1 plastic plate with rectangle holeANZ Guidanz cardassistive devices, anz bank

This ledger was started in 1901 when ledgers and other bookkeeping methods were hand written and with nib or fountain pen application. The various ink spots on the pages of this ledger suggests that when the office worker scribed they used the nib and the owner used the fountain pen. It was not until the mid 1950s that ball point pens were discovered and used in rural areas. The owner of this rural general store was more interested in recording transactions, be it in ink or pencil than the aesthetics of a neat and tidy document. Even though in this era, the principle of neat and tidiness was instilled in workers, this was overlooked and fell away through the economics of employing one staff member to do a variety of tasks for which they may not have had the proper training. It was in the early 1900s that the rural areas such as the Kiewa Valley "had to do" with local employees who had basic training but knew their customers very well and were very respectful of age and the mores of the trading public. The respect by shop owners and staff towards their customers was greater in small rural townships and villages within the Kiewa Valley than in the larger towns and cities. Their was no rushing to get the groceries or to spend the least amount of time within the shop. The social interactions where mixed with commercial activities at a very personalised level of one on one. This closeness gave the customer the confidence that those in the commercial transactions in the shop, where looking after them. This ledger is very significant to the Kiewa Valley as it lists the personal transactions of local businesses, farmers, graziers and miners. Larger accounts and other businesses had one or more pages set aside for their transactions. The words are in large freehand (Capitals 5 mm high) possibly to be read by those with poorer eyesight. The relative long distance to travel for reading glasses or specialised optometrist was overcome by writing in larger fonts. The time taken to register produce or other consumables was not critical during the period when this ledger was in use because the local population was not at the critical level where the demand was not as intense as later on when periods of tourist influx became more demanding. The lay back and relaxed attitude of the local population during this period (early 1900s) was not intense and impersonal as within the larger city shopping and commercial environment. The ability of the shop keepers to interact with their customers not only in the commercial sense but also in a social atmosphere permitted the long hand scribbling of purchases without causing any offence.This item is a cloth and suede leather covered ledger.The spine is suede leather with a red stamped "LEDGER" title. The cover is covered with a dark blue cloth and shows a faded unrecognisable pattern. Each page has light blue lines running horizontal and 90 mm apart. Each page has, from the second line going horizontal two fine 1 mm apart red line. Each page is divided horizontally by single vertical line (except for the two double lines in the centre of the page). The first division separates the month from the day.Next to these lines is an area for the description of the item being purchased. Within the central double lines are vertical lines separating the type of tender paid, i.e., pounds, shillings and pence. The last section of the page has various comments, as required by the scribe.Each page is approximately 160 g/ms. The ledger has 698 pages drawn up on both sides and page numbers of 5 mm in height. 'On spine " LEDGER"commerce, book keeping, shop ledger, local history

Broadbent's Guide "Melbourne's Mountains" no date, pp20-21: Eltham Motor Garage and Celina Cafe. Business card: Eltham Bookshop, Meera Govil. Invitation; An evening with Robert Dessaix, Eltrham Bookshop, 7 Dec 1998 Newspaper advertisement: Diamond Valley Leader, 3 November 2004, Miko. Miko Customer Loyalty Card Nov. 2004main road, eltham, property, shops, businesses, eltham motor garage, celina cafe, eltham bookshop, meera govil, miko beautiful child

Issued by Yarra Trams/MetroLink Victoria as part of the transition from Government to private operation. Dated 20/7/1999. Notes the offers for employment will be finalised by 23/7. Provides notes on "new customer-friendly tram stops" On the second sheet provides questions and answers about the transition and in particular the MetroLink management. This name did not continue in documentation for long.Yields information about the transition from Government to private operation and in particular the name MetroLink.A4 newsletter, double sided printed.yarra trams, metrolink, privatisation, staff, tram stops

Robert Lamb was connected with this company.Two receipt books relating to Lamb's Ballarat Knitting Co. Pty Ltd. The book has holes down the centre to enable a copy to be given to the customer. The 100 receipts in each book have been hand numbered. .1) One receipt used made out to the Ballarat Polo Crosse Club .2) All 24 used receipts in the book have been made out to Miss Oxlade, ballarat polo crosse club, lamb's knitting co, edwin rash, rash, robert lamb, lamb

Photocopy of an A4 sheet, State Electricity Commission Memorandum dated 23 December 1991, concerning the transfer of the remaining SEC assets to the Bendigo Trust. Proposed to transfer track, overhead, underground cables, electrolysis drain equipment and some poles. Gave a background to the original equipment and asset distribution when the Bendigo Trust was formed and subsequent events. From the Manager Northern Region to General Manger Customer Services.trams, tramways, bendigo, sec, bendigo trust