Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 26th February 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Proposed Land Transfer of Land from the Sunshine R.S.L. Rates, Sanitary ad Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Investments Dempster Park Transfer of Reserve to Council Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Building Regulations for Child Care Centres Y.M.C.A. Melbourne Outreach Project Sunshine North St. Albans Community Youth Support Scheme Unemployment Benefit Work Test Western Region Advancement Programme Corio Street Toy Library Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Weights & Measures Consumer Protection Petrol Pumps Disparities on Pump Computer Sample 226 (1979) Meat Pies W.E. Watters Offensive Trades Werribee Area Drybrook Nominees Pty Ltd Skin Shed Alteration Infant Welfare Service Proposed Noise By-Law Health Act 1958 Quarterly Return to 30th September 1979 Builders' Sanitary Service Health Act Registrations for 1980 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Parking Exemption Citizens' Advice Bureau 40 Dickson Street Sunshine Snake Eradication Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the City Library Christmas New Year Holiday Programme Melton Library Staff Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Factory Extensions Lot 13 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Internally Illuminated Pole Sign Railway Lot 24 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Lots 1, 2 & 86 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Noviciate Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Workshop & Warehouse Lots 36 & 38 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 172 Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 209 Gordon Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Storeroom Extension 121 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Nursing Home Corner Thomson Street & Jackson Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 17 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 40 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse / Factory and Caretaker's residence McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Temporary Office for Social Worker Andrea Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Subdivision and Erection of Detached Houses Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Eight Flats Lots 1 & 2 Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Library Extensions to Existing School South West Corner of The Esplanade and Bard Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 88 Rankin Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Access to 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour 97 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Used Car Sales Yard, Motor Repair Station and Junk Yard (Car Wrecking) 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Creation of Easement 40 Mernda Street Sunshine West Consolidation of Title Fourth Avenue and Western Avenue Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Station Road and Montasell Avenue South East Corner Station Road Deer Park Street Lighting Main Road East City of Sunshine and City of Keilor Closure of Laneway Abutting Lots 291 & 292 Sunshine West High School Wright Street Sunshine Creation of Sewer Easement M.M.B.W. Lot 119 Station Road Albanvale and Diamond Avenue Albanvale Main Outfall Sewer Temporary Repairs Works at Jones Road Brooklyn Traffic Control Items Safety and Accident Control Programme Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lot 421 Redditch Crescent Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 172 Yan Yean Place St. Albans Building Over Easement 23 Links Street Sunshine West Siting of Building Lot 104 Wendy Way Sunshine West Siting of Building 40 Benjamin Street Sunshine Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1980dickson street, sunshine north, sunshine r.s.l., sunshine, corio street toy library, corio street, drybrook nominees, mcintyre road, berkshire road, steers street, glengala road, sunshine west, cromer avenue, fairbairn road, gordon street, maribyrnong, rosamond road, maidstone, thomson street, jackson street, andrea street, dempster park, phoenix street, neale road, deer park, fraser street, the esplanade, bard street, rankin avenue, ballarat road, ardeer, mernda street, fourth avenue, western avenue, montasell avenue, station road, main road east, st. albans, sunshine west high school, wright street, diamond avenue, albanvale, jones road, brooklyn, redditch crescent, yan yean place, links street, wendy way, benjamin street

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 26th February 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Proposed Land Transfer of Land from the Sunshine R.S.L. Rates, Sanitary ad Interest Charges Adjustments / Abandonments Investments Dempster Park Transfer of Reserve to Council Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Building Regulations for Child Care Centres Y.M.C.A. Melbourne Outreach Project Sunshine North St. Albans Community Youth Support Scheme Unemployment Benefit Work Test Western Region Advancement Programme Corio Street Toy Library Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Weights & Measures Consumer Protection Petrol Pumps Disparities on Pump Computer Sample 226 (1979) Meat Pies W.E. Watters Offensive Trades Werribee Area Drybrook Nominees Pty Ltd Skin Shed Alteration Infant Welfare Service Proposed Noise By-Law Health Act 1958 Quarterly Return to 30th September 1979 Builders' Sanitary Service Health Act Registrations for 1980 Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Parking Exemption Citizens' Advice Bureau 40 Dickson Street Sunshine Snake Eradication Court Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Report of the City Library Christmas New Year Holiday Programme Melton Library Staff Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Factory Extensions Lot 13 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Internally Illuminated Pole Sign Railway Lot 24 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Extension Lots 1, 2 & 86 Berkshire Road North West Corner of Steers Street Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Noviciate Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Workshop & Warehouse Lots 36 & 38 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 172 Fairbairn Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lot 209 Gordon Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Storeroom Extension 121 Rosamond Road Maidstone Planning Permit Application Nursing Home Corner Thomson Street & Jackson Street Maidstone Planning Permit Application Warehouse Lot 17 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 40 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Warehouse / Factory and Caretaker's residence McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Temporary Office for Social Worker Andrea Street St. Albans Planning Permit Application Subdivision and Erection of Detached Houses Neale Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Eight Flats Lots 1 & 2 Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Library Extensions to Existing School South West Corner of The Esplanade and Bard Street Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Factory Lot 88 Rankin Avenue Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Access to 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Planning Permit Application Amusement Parlour 97 Glengala Road Sunshine West Planning Permit Application Used Car Sales Yard, Motor Repair Station and Junk Yard (Car Wrecking) 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Creation of Easement 40 Mernda Street Sunshine West Consolidation of Title Fourth Avenue and Western Avenue Sunshine Plan of Subdivision Station Road and Montasell Avenue South East Corner Station Road Deer Park Street Lighting Main Road East City of Sunshine and City of Keilor Closure of Laneway Abutting Lots 291 & 292 Sunshine West High School Wright Street Sunshine Creation of Sewer Easement M.M.B.W. Lot 119 Station Road Albanvale and Diamond Avenue Albanvale Main Outfall Sewer Temporary Repairs Works at Jones Road Brooklyn Traffic Control Items Safety and Accident Control Programme Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement Lot 421 Redditch Crescent Deer Park Building Over Easement Lot 172 Yan Yean Place St. Albans Building Over Easement 23 Links Street Sunshine West Siting of Building Lot 104 Wendy Way Sunshine West Siting of Building 40 Benjamin Street Sunshine Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Orders of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 15th February 1980 Extraordinary Business Report of the City Engineer & Planner Planning Permit Application Office Sun Crescent Report of the Director of Parks & recreation Albion Tennis Club Selwyn Parksunshine rsl, dickson street, sunshinie, dempster park, phoenix street, sunshine north, sunshine r.s.l., drybrook nominees, mcintyre road, berkshire road, steers street, glengala road, sunshine west, cromer avenue, fairbairn road, gordon street, maribyrnong, rosamond road, maidstone, thomson street, jackson street, andrea street, st. albans, neale road, deer park, fraser street, the esplanade, bard street, rankin avenue, ballarat road, ardeer, mernda street, fourth avenue, western avenue, montasell avenue, station road, main road east, sunshine west high school, wright street, albanvale, diamond avenue, jones road, brooklyn, redditch crescent, yan yean place, links street, wendy way, benjamin street, sun crescent, albion tennis club, selwyn park, selwyn street

A Brief History Of Mabie Todd Ltd The company originated in America from the beginnings during the 1860s when a Mr. Todd and a Mr. Mabie began making pencil cases and pen holders in New York. Later they were joined by the Bard Brothers who made Gold nibs and by 1873 the company of Mabie Todd and Bard were established in New York. By 1878 the first patent was filed for the design and manufacture of a fountain pen, achieved under the design leadership of one William Washington Stewart. The first Swan fountain pen followed just 6 years later in 1884 with an over-under feed with ink delivery assisted by a twisted silver wire. This same year an office had been established in the UK with a showroom in Cheapside, London. The UK was being supplied with a steadily increasing supply of pens from New York and by 1905 new, larger showrooms were established in High Holborn. By this time the Swan pen had become synonymous with fountain pens at large. In 1906 the name of Bard was dropped in the US and the UK company subsequently adopted the title Mabie Todd & Co. New York. In 1907 British production began, using imported nibs from New York and whilst the company in the UK flourished, the business in the US started to diminish under stiff competition from new manufacturers.. By 1915 manufacturing was doing well in England from a factory in Weston Street, London and the New York company agreed to sell the rights to all European and Colonial business to Mabie Todd & Company Ltd of England. From then onwards, the development of the range mostly followed, rather than led the interests of the markets they were supplying. Even during the First World War the business continued to flourish. with factories in both London and Liverpool. At the end of 1919 a new expansion plan saw the establishment of a new Headquarters in Oxford Street, London. Throughout this period, some components were continuing to be imported from America, but gradually these diminished and during the 20s and 30s manufacturing facilities were expanded and by the end of the 1930s Mabie Todd were in full production, manufacturing pens in its London factory, gold nibs in Birmingham and ink in Liverpool. Another new headquarters grew out of this period of abundance and market domination. when in 1936 they moved into Sunderland House in Mayfair, London, a highly prized mansion building. Disaster struck early in the Second World War. Its prestigious Sunderland House headquarters was destroyed during the blitz, followed by destruction of its main factory in Harlesden, North London. Some machinery was saved and able to be used at another factory premises in the City, but like many other 'non essential' manufacturing, the main production was centred on wartime components such as rocket fuses and ammunition. After The War, in 1945 they moved out of their City premises to Park Royal and eventually in 1946 proper fountain pen production was resumed. In 1948 the company decided to go public. But at the time they had no plans to enter into the market for the now growing interest in ballpoint pens, the result was the beginning of their slide into obscurity and subsequent demise. They became Biro Swan in 1952 following a large share purchase by Biro Pens. Even though at this time they had just launched their new high profile Calligraph range to join the competition for the new market associated with a craze for italic writing, fountain pen manufacture under the new company was to suffer a lack of real support. The restyled ranges of 1956 failed to ignite market interest and with diminishing quality, the end of the Mabie Todd story was inevitable. After 80 years of Swan pens, the book was closed.This bottle of ink would have been supplied to schools. After a child was deemed old enough to progress from just using slate and board, he/she would have been supplied with a pen shaft made of wood and with a very basic metal nib. The ink bottle would be used to fill up the individual inkwells. This operation would have been conducted by the teacher him/herself, or by an older pupil under the close eye of the teacher.Ink bottle clear glass with 'Swan Ink' paper label. Has rusted screw on top & black ink inside.Label has 'Mabel Todd' manufacturer's logo at top,; 'Swan Ink' name clearly shown; 'Made in England' printed clearly; and 'Mable Todd & Co Ltd, London & Liverpool' printed at base of label.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, ink, bottle, mabie todd ltd