Established in 1906, Frank Moore soon became well known amongst discerning tradespeople for the quality & accuracy of his tools. The Company was acquired by John Shaw & Son in 1945 & James Neill & Co in 1970. Currently part of the Bower Meteorology UK Group, they still produce superb tools & measuring instruments in Sheffield. The subject item is made from high-grade carbon silver tool steel with the patented 'Firm Lock' joint, that identifies the maker as Moore & Wright.A tool used for external measurement of items made by a maker who patented the "firm lock" jointing system now used on many different types of tools in many different industries. These items are now collectible and quite rare as a result are sought by tool collectors in the USA and UK.‘Firm Joint’ external measuring calipers believed made by Moore & Wright. Impressed into the metal "L A J S" (Probably the owner and company that used the item nothing to do with manufacturing) flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, calipers, callipers, external calipers, outer caliper, pottery tools, masonry tools, glass making tools, external measurement

The Ballarat School of Mines had a 'Model Mine' that was used to teach students. Practical work was undertaken for a fee, supervised by laboratory superintendents. Copies of assays undertaken are compiled together in this book. Large green hard covered ledger with brown leather binding. An alphabetical listing of names of those who requested assays from the Ballarat School of Mines is found in the front. 713 of the 994 pages are used. The pages are transfer copies of original correspondence prepared by the Ballarat School of Mines.ballarat school of mines, assaying, mining, phoenix foundry, a.e. anderson, john andrew, greendale, john anderson, black horse quartz mining company, rivett henry bland, band and albion consols, john barbour, broadbent brothers, dalton blakely, union bank, w.j. butcher, john m. bickett, j.p. brophy, j. barnett, j.j. blundell, george bailey, w.r. bechervaise, bateman and co., captain baker, j. chew, g.j. carroll, r. coad, c. collyer, w. corbould, david, david cameron, c. crisp, bacchus marsh, c. clark, james cotter, h. cherry, john ditchburn, james donaldson, george davey, c.e. dudley, geirge davidson, a. doepel, john holmes, w. hayden, g. hatfield, s. horsley, j. howard, dr holthouse, a.e. hawson, thomas james, e. jordon, j.h. jago, james johns, john kelsall, charles klug, c. eagle, d.e. kingr.h. cock, lal lal iron co., john letcher, rev. j. love, c.w. langtree, william moss, j. mcgrath, p. marquand, south clunes mine, david merton, fred masters, e. morey, william mercer, b. mason, freemantle, spring leads co, smeaton, diamond drill co, ballarat east, star of the east, h.g. neill, william nicholls, new kohrinor co, charles ogilvy, james oddie, james orr, james ord, stawell, frank parrington, port phillip gold mining company, clunes, w. patrick, phoneix foundry, john quayle, e. rowlands, rowlands and lewis, charles reeves, stanley copper mines, charles sargeant, sergeant's freehold, scotchman's united company, stawell, i. sharpe, james selby, william spargo, w.h. shaw, try again comany, r. timms, d.c. urquhart, w.p. white, white horse range, e. wissel, w.c. wilson, george wyatt, mining laboratory

15 x receipts dated between 6 May 1889 and 11 Dec 1889 with green 1 penny duty stamp attached. Names on receipts: Messrs Le--can and Davies, Messrs Connelly & Tatchell, Mrs Hocking, J W Rymer, Duncan, McPherson, James Armstrong, Delbridge Osborne &Co, McCullock, Welbridge,Grylls, Luxton, Crawford, Jas McCarthy,H Veill, Burton, Samuel Lazarus, D B Lazarus, Delaney, P E Arnfield, J Clark, Holliday, Merron, Weller, Wise, Neill, John Tamlyn, McIvor, Wm Moylan, W H Curnow,Molloy, Stephenson, Richardson, V Hogan, Brown, Building Society, Eadie, Crabbe, Cohen, Kirby. Receipts have decorative edge along the left side, shading where the amount is written in figures and decoration around Received.business, legal, connelly & tatchell, connelly & tatchell collection: returned letters

Share Register with a black patterned cover and red cloth tape spine. Entries from 1933 to 1950. Label on the front has Hanro (Aust) Knitting Mills Pty Ltd, Share Register (printed) and Ordinary Shares (handwritten). Index at the front of book. name, address and occupation are listed at the top of the double page. Columns for date, particulars, No of Transfer, Distinctive Nos - From and To, DR, Cr, Balance of Shares Held, Distinctive Nos Held - From and To, Dr - Date and Amount, and Cr - Date and Amount. Book only partly used. Each double page is numbered.hanro, clothing, share register, hanro collection - share register 1933 - 1950, mary anderson, eugen bloch, john raeburn balmer, katie bloch, estate sydney raeburn balmer, consortium hanro, william crowley, william r cook, favoloro's investment co pty ltd, fiduciaire generale sa, alexander lewis goldie, mabel gittins, albert vivian gray, chas handschin (dec'd), alice handschin, catherine hunter, william dill hunter, annie chambers hunter, mary elizabeth hunter, frank harris, wiliam roy hiscock, herbert keck, harry francis longstaff, george victor lansell, edith lansell, audrey e lansell, marie g lansell, patrica h lansell, jane t lyons, lillie goudie mcgregor, philip henry mckean, alan t miller, william bowman hanna neill, evelyn adrienne neill, elizabeth neill, edith fortuna victoria norbury, r a rankin, w h russell, w j stephens, j smalley balmer cook, john jepson stanistreet, kenneth smalley, johnathon smalley, royal james v stilwell, william oliver stephens, william wright

Typed notes mentioning the history of the Hepburn Family and Margaret Cotton McLachlan coming by sailing ship to Australia to marry her fiance who was a miner in Sandhurst and extracts from the diary of William Thompson.document, names of bendigo pioneers, bendigo historical society, settlers under sail, alexander hepburn stone, loch ard centenary commemoration committee, professor j. j. auchmuty, mr don charlwood, andrew hepburn, james hepburn, mary queen of scots, black bothwell, captain hepburn, the 'hope', george b crow, george baker, the 'marlbro', archives department of the latrobe library, mr loman, the 'david clarke', captain hepburn of the royal scots, sir john hepburn, mr howard hepburn, victoria reef lease no 60, ebenezer neill, becker, stirton, margaret cotton mclachlan, ina hepburn, the 'donald mckay', black ball line, james baines and company of liverpool, onedin line, passenger contract ticket, james mclauchlan, christian ferguson, robert miller, william thompson, mr stanwin, the 'shomberg', itchell and son, the 'dunbar', margaret stirton, canon horace stirton, dr james nish, p pentreath, jane pentreath, st andrew's presbyterian church sandhurst, james hepburn, corporate high school, bendigo high school, iron bark school of john rae, rae's hill school, mr john rae, rae anderson, bendigo branch of the royal historical society of victoria, victoria reef mine, 'gourdie farm', mr howard hepburn, john fortey, margaret cotton hepburn