South Australia - Miscellany

Commercial Travellers

A complaint in respect of roads traversed by commercial travellers near Gawler is in the Register,
5 January 1860, page 3e.

A fatal accident to a commercial traveller is reported in the Register,
10 and 12 February 1866, pages 2e and 2f; also see
13 February 1866, page 2e.

A meeting called to form a Commercial Travellers' Association is reported in the Register,
3 April 1866, page 3d.
Newspaper cuttings are in Personal Record Group 573 in the Mortlock Library of South Australiana.
The reminiscences of "A Veteran Secretary" are in the Register,
14 December 1909, page 8g.
A history of the association is in the Register,
24 April 1919, page 4f.

"The Commercial Traveller and the Publicans" is in the Register,
14 June 1869, page 3c, 1 July 1869, page 2g.
Also see Adelaide - Hotels and Lodging Houses

Historical information on the Commercial Travellers' Association is in the Observer,
26 April 1924, page 46a.

"The Commercial Traveller [Smuggling] Case" is in the Register,
4 June 1872, page 7c.

A presentation to H.L. Galbraith, Inspector of Public Houses, by members of the CTA is reported in the Register,
21 October 1872, page 5d.

The first meeting of the CTA is reported in the Register,
26 October 1874, page 5c; also see
29 May 1878, page 5a,
29 June 1880, page 5b,
21 September 1880, page 5a,
31 December 1880, page 5b,
11 July 1881, page 5c,
31 December 1881, page 5c,
6 March 1882, page 5b,
26 December 1882, page 5a,
26 May 1884, page 5a,
27 and 31 December 1884, pages 7a and 7f,
25 May 1885, page 5b,
11 and 24 May 1886, pages 5d and 5d,
6 September 1886, page 7c,
29 and 31 December 1886, page 7e and 6f,
6 September 1887, page 5c,
31 December 1887, page 6d,
1 May 1888, page 5b,
4 September 1888, page 4h,
28 December 1888, page 6h,
28 December 1889, page 7c,
4 April 1890, page 6f,
26 May 1890, page 5c,
7 July 1890, page 5b,
3 and 10 November 1890, pages 5c and 5f,
27 and 30 March 1891, pages 6e and 4h,
2 June 1891, page 5c,
7 July 1891, page 5c,
2 August 1892, page 5d,
27 December 1892, page 1g (supp.),
27 February 1894, page 5b,
5 August 1895, page 5b,
24 December 1895, page 6d,
31 December 1896, page 7f,
24 December 1897, page 4g,
24 December 1898, page 5i,
23 December 1901, page 6h.

An annual dinner of the CTA is reported in the Register,
28 December 1878, page 5d.
A CTA dinner, with pertinent comments from a guest, are reported in the Register,
12 September 1904, page 3e,
Observer,
15 July 1905, page 24e.

Information on a CTA scholarship is in the Register,
26 February 1880, page 5b,
22 April 1881, page 5b,
2 February 1906, page 4f,
23 April 1907, page 4f,
Register,
23 August 1915, page 6e,
Observer,
28 August 1915, page 49a.

A CTA concert is reported in the Register,
31 December 1880, page 5c.

An obituary of Alexander Donaldson is in the Register,
20 March 1883, page 5c,
of James Hooley on
30 January 1888, page 5c,
of W.A. Crowder on
27 August 1891, page 5b.

"The Bishop of Melbourne and the Commercial Travellers" is in the Register,
16 November 1885, page 3f; also see
30 and 31 December 1885, pages 7c and 6d.

A poem titled "The Commercial Traveller" is in The Lantern,
19 February 1887, page 19; also see
25 February 1888, page 9.

Information on the association is in the Register,
31 August 1891, page 4h.

The opening of the Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's clubrooms in Grenfell Street is reported in the Register,
1 September 1891, page 5b-6g.
The opening of new club rooms is reported in the Register,
16 August 1897, page 5h.
A proposed building on North Terrace is discussed in the Register,
4 September 1903, page 4g,
24 December 1903, page 4g,
28 March 1904, page 4e.
The laying of the foundation stone of the Commercial Travellers and Warehouse-Men's Association building on North Terrace is reported in the Chronicle,
30 April 1904, page 32b,
Register,
30 May 1904, page 9d (includes a sketch & history of association),
For its opening see
23 January 1905, page 6c. Also see
Register,
"The Building Trade - New Buildings and Additions in 1904" is in the Advertiser,
11 and 19 January 1905, pages 7g and 7f.
A photograph of the committee is in the Chronicle,
4 June 1904, page 41.
Advertiser,
30 May 1904, page 10a - it includes a history of the association; The Critic,
1 June 1904, pages 19 and 24,
Register,
22 December 1904, page 4h,
The Critic,
1 February 1905, page 26.
also see Regisrer, 17 July 1924, page 6a.

Photographs are in the Observer,
4 June 1904, pages 24-34b.
For its opening see Observer,
21 January 1905, page 23,
Register,
23 January 1905, page 6c.
A photograph of the committee is in the Chronicle,
4 June 1904, page 41.
Its jubilee is reported in The News,
27 October 1934, page 4d.

"The Cause of Education" is in the Register,
6 January 1893, page 5b.

A cricket match against the Victorian CTA is reported in the Register,
3 April 1893, page 7g.

The formation of a cricket club is reported in the Register,
12 October 1901, page 10g.
An interstate cricket match is reported in the Register,
13 April 1903, page 3e.
Register,
20 April 1908, page 6i.
A cricket match versus Victoria is reported in the Observer,
2 April 1910, page 16a.
Information on CTA cricket matches is in the Observer,
15 March 1924, page 46b.
A photograph of a cricket team is in the Register,
9 April 1928, page 8.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany

A commercial travellers' picnic is reported in the Register,
26 March 1894, page 3g,
15 April 1895, page 3g,
Chronicle,
20 April 1895, page 8f,
Register,
11 November 1905, page 6f.

A complimentary social is reported in the Register,
16 July 1894, page 6g.

"A Children's Social" is in the Register,
12 November 1894, page 5c.

A social at "The Acacias" is reported in the Register,
6 May 1895, page 7e; also see
16 April 1900, page 2i.
Also see The Acacias

Biographical details of the association's secretary, Archibald Mackie, are in the Register,
27 January 1896, page 6f,
8 September 1910, page 6h.
A controversy over the appointment of his successor is traversed in the Register,
25 and 27 August 1913, pages 7c and 12h.

Biographical details of presidents of the Commercial Travellers' Association, F. Kilsby and A. Mackie, are in the Observer,
12 August 1899, pages 16a and 16d (also see
Register,
28 July 1902, page 5b (in respect of Mr Kilsby),
of M.R. Belton on
15 September 1900, page 16d,
an obituary of a former president, John McWhirter, on
5 October 1912, page 41b.

An editorial on the association is in the Register,
21 April 1897, page 4g.

A visit to Seppeltsfield is reported in the Register,
12 April 1898, page 7f.
Also see Seppeltsfield

Information on the CTA Rifle Club is in the Register,
17 November 1898, page 7i,
25 January 1900, page 3h.
Register,
25 February 1908, page 8h.
Also see South Australia - Sport - Rifle Shooting

Information on a proposed mortuary benefit fund is in the Register,
12 September 1898, page 7d.

A farewell to a president, F. Kilsby, is reported in the Register,
1 January 1900, page 2h.
A sketch of the secretary is in The Critic,
20 January 1900, page 8.

An annual banquet is reported upon in the Register,
11 August 1900, page 4f.

"South Australian Commercial Traveller and Warehousemen's Association Inc" is in the Observer,
18 August 1900 (supplement).

"The Commercial Carnival" is in the Express,
19 November 1900, page 4b,
Observer,
24 November 1900, page 30e.
Register,
20 and 23 November 1900, pages 4f and 6f.

Biographical details of W.M. Shakespeare, President, are in the Register,
24 December 1900, page 5b.
Information on W.M. Shakespeare is in the Observer,
5 October 1901, page 33d,
Register,
24 December 1904, page 7a,
of William S. Lang in the Observer,
16 May 1903, page 34d,
of Charles Warren, "a pioneer traveller", on
12 September 1903, page 34e,
of Alfred Smart on
30 March 1907, page 37b,
of Alfred Brock on
26 October 1907, page 38e,
of Samuel G. Ranford on
2 November 1907, page 38b,
of F.D. Harrison on
4 December 1909, page 38a.

"Commercial Travellers" is in the Register,
5 April 1901, page 4e-g.

An obituary of Josep(h) Hawkes is in the Register,
31 May 1901, page 5a,
Observer,
1 June 1901, page 28e,
of J.W. Jones on
25 October 1902, page 37b.

A CTA banquet is reported in the Register,
14 September 1901, page 8d,
18 September 1905, page 7d,
Observer,
6 September 1902, page 34c,
16 August 1913, pages 29 (photo.)-34e.

"Commercial Travellers and Federation" is in the Register,
2 September 1902, page 4d.

"Knights of the Road" is in the Register,
9 March 1903, page 6h.

The arrival of Victorian commercial travellers is reported in the Observer,
18 April 1903, page 19c.

An obituary of Charles Warren is in the Register,
9 September 1903, page 7a.

A photograph of "Mr Isaacs in Yorke Peninsula" is in The Critic,
1 August 1903, page 26,
of Mr Shakespeare and A. Mackie on
23 August 1905, page 6.

An interstate conference is reported in the Observer,
23 April 1904, page 40d,
21 April 1906, page 42a.

An obituary of George E. Ellery, "one of the founders", is in the Register,
10 August 1904, page 5b,
Observer,
13 August 1904, page 34c,
of C.B. Allen on
23 May 1914, page 39a,
of L.R. Waterhouse on
23 May 1914, page 39a,
of George Williams, "one of the founders", on
16 March 1918, page 33d.

Photographs of members of the association are in the Observer,
19 November 1904, page 26,
8 September 1906, page 28,
of its cricket team on
8 December 1906, page 28,
The Critic,
2 January 1904, page 6,
of a carnival on
21 October 1911, pages 30-31,
of a cricket team on
8 January 1927, page 18.

"Ladies at a Club" is in the Register,
6 February 1905, page 4e,
Observer,
11 February 1905, page 24b.

"Bagmen at Dinner" is in the Register,
3 July 1905, pages 4h-5c.

A smoke social is reported in the Observer,
8 April 1905, page 43a,
a banquet, with photographs on
23 September 1905, page 31a.

A letter from Zion City in the USA from a former commercial traveller, George Bright, is in the Observer,
29 April 1905, page 40e.

A national conference of commercial travellers is reported in the Register,
8 May 1905, page 3e.

A meeting of the association is reported in the Observer,
26 August 1905, page 38e.
The 31st annual general meeting is reported in the Observer,
30 December 1905, page 41d; also see
1 January 1910, page 49e,
30 December 1911, page 44c,
29 December 1917, page 21b.
Comments on the annual report of the association is in the Observer,
28 December 1912, page 32d.

"A Week With the Commercials" is in the Register,
6 October 1905, page 7f.

A named photograph of several travellers taken at Maitland is in the Observer,
4 November 1905.

"Commerce and Commercial Travellers" is in the Register,
14 April 1906, page 6e.

"Alleged Libel - Commercial Traveller and Oil Engines" is in the Register,
2 May 1906, page 7b.

Commercial Travellers and Their Enterprise" is in the Register,
18 August 1906, page 7a; also see
29 June 1907, page 8g.

Photographs of approximately 300 members, together with a list of names, are in the Observer,
8 September 1906, page 37d.

A CTA dinner is reported upon in the Register,
19 August 1907, pages 5d-6b.

Photographs of a "Foolery Group" are in The Critic,
23 October 1907, pages 12 and 22.

"For Sweet Charity's Sake - Philanthropic Commercial Travellers" is in The Critic,
21 October 1908, page 15,
Observer,
24 October 1908, page 47a;
photographs and reports on a like event appear on
23 October 1909, pages 30-51a,
10 December 1910, page 41,
21 and 28 October 1911, pages 30-3-45a and 47b. Also see
The Critic,
26 October 1910, page 1,
18 October 1911, page 7,
12 November 1913, page 15,
Register,
21, 22, 24, 25 and 27 October 1910, pages 10d, 12g, 6g, 4e and 5h, 7,
14 and 16 October 1911, pages 14g, 12f and 6g-9a,
Chronicle,
29 October 1910, page 34,
Observer,
24 October 1914, pages 26-27,
Register,
18 October 1920, page 8g,
Observer,
12 November 1927, page 37.

"Travellers Fair Day" is in the Register,
6 December 1909, page 6g.

"The Commercial Traveller - Trials and Compensations" is in the Observer,
5 June 1909, page 52d,
the reminiscences of A. Mackie appear on
18 December 1909, page 34c,
(includes early history of association); also see
10 September 1910, page 34c -
his obituary is in the Observer,
17 and 24 May 1913, pages 41c-29 (photo.).

Photographs of a charity carnival are in the Chronicle,
29 October 1910, page 34,
Observer,
24 October 1914, pages 26-27,
12 November 1927, page 37.

The use of motor cycles on the West Coast by travellers is discussed in the Observer,
24 April 1909, page 24c,
1 May 1909, page 23d; also see
Register,
23 April 1909, page 6g.

"Commercial Travellers - Trials and Compensations" is in the Register,
22 May 1909, page 14c.

The "trials and compensations" of travellers is traversed in the Observer,
5 June 1909, page 52d.

"The All-Important Bagman" is in the Register,
23 August 1909, page 6e.

Reminiscences of the Commercial Travellers' Association are in the Register,
14 December 1909, page 8g.

The celebration of "Constitution Day" is reported in the Observer,
27 August 1910, page 43b-d,
26 August 1911, page 52c.

Biographical details of Walter R. Hubble, president, are in the Register,
24 December 1910, page 13a,
13 January 1928, page 11b (obit.),
of Norman H. Taylor, president, on
18 December 1916, page 4g.

"Aborigines Christmas Cheer" is in the Observer,
18 February 1911, page 47e.

An obituary of William Fallow is in the Observer,
10 June 1911, page 41a,
of T.J. Jessop on
17 February 1912, page 39c,
of W.P. Wicksteed, a former vice-president, on
4 October 1913, page 41a,
of Robert Wallace on
31 January 1914, page 41a,
of A.W. Sanderson on
23 January 1915, page 42b,
of William Stockwell on
18 October 1919, page 19a.

An obituary of H.C.S. Murch is in the Register,
1 November 1911, page 6g.

"Travellers' Cheques for Charity" is in the Register,
18 December 1911, page 6e.

An obituary of W.R. Miller is in the Register,
30 December 1912, page 4g.

A carnival held at Port Augusta is reported in the Observer,
15 June 1912, page 41e,
"Commercial Travellers at Terowie" on
20 July 1912, page 17d.

A photograph taken at a CTA ball is in the Observer,
10 August 1912, page 29.

"Fatal Fall - Commercial Traveller's End" is in the Observer,
21 December 1912, page 47a.

"Kindhearted Bagmen [at Quorn]" is in the Observer,
31 May 1913, page 17b.

"A Children's Party" is in the Register,
8 September 1913, page 6f.

A photograph of "up-to-date travelling" is in The Critic,
10 September 1913, page 43.

Biographical details of J.H. Thompson, president of the association, are in the Observer,
27 December 1913, page 34b,
of George Williams, "a founder of the association", in the Register,
22 May 1915, page 8h.

An obituary of Robert Wallace, "a pioneer commercial traveller", is in the Register,
26 January 1914, page 8b.

"A Thriving Institution" is in the Observer,
18 April 1914, page 35c.

"Patriotic Commercials" is in the Register,
17 and 31 August 1914, pages 10f and 11h; also see
25 October 1917, page 6f.

"Commercial Travellers' Carnival" is in the Register,
19 October 1914, page 6e,
The Critic,
21 October 1914, pages 16 and 21,
"Fun Day at Port Adelaide" in the Register, on
24 September 1915, page 6c.

"Knights of the Road in Wartime" is in the Observer,
10 June 1916, page 28d,
"The Commercial Travellers" on
18 August 1917, page 29a.

"Commercial Travellers' Progress" is in the Register,
14 August 1916, page 4e.

Photographs of a CTA Army Nurses Day are in the Observer,
3 November 1917, page 23

"The Gentleman of the Road", Henry Duxbery, is in The Mail,
17 February 1917, page 2d,
"Knights of the Road - Bagmen's Great National Service" on
4 September 1920, page 2d.

"Commercial Travellers and War Loan" is in the Observer,
23 March 1918, page 29c.

Biographical details of Edmund Berry are in the Register,
24 December 1917, page 4g,
Observer,
6 April 1918, page 28d,
of T.E. Medlyn on
3 April 1926, page 15e.

An obituary of William Stockwell is in the Register,
14 October 1919, page 6g.

An obituary of H.M. Miller is in the Observer,
17 July 1920, page 37d,
of A.C. Attiwill on
25 February 1922, page 21c,
of W.R. Hounslow on
2 December 1922, page 24c,
of R.D. Fox on
5 April 1924, page 45d,
of Charles E. Martin on
26 September 1925, page 39e,
of S.H.A. Bird on
15 May 1926, page 37b,
of E.E. Hughes on
22 January 1927, page 44c,
of John Willing on
24 December 1927, page 49a,
of W.R. Hubble on
21 January 1928, page 51d,
of R.T. Brady on
12 May 1928, page 49a.

Biographical details of Walter Turner are in The Critic,
31 May 1922, page 5,
of Norman G. Cleveland on
7 June 1922, page 5.

A farewell to the secretary, W.E.A. Brown, is reported in the Register,
18 January 1923, page 6g,
5 March 1923, page 7e,
Observer,
10 March 1923, page 9a;
information on his successor, E.C. Hartshorne, appears on
12 May 1923, page 32c,
Register,
28 July 1925, page 8h.

Biographical details of H.S. Beaney are in the Register,
13 August 1923, page 8g.

"Knights of the Road", the reminiscences of commercial travellers is in the Register,
22 October 1923, page 8g (W.H. Hunt),
29 October 1923, page 11d (R.J. White),
5 November 1923, page 3d (W.H. Ellis),
12 November 1923, page 11c (F. Forbes),
19 November 1923, page 9c (E.W. Langdon),
26 November 1923, page 10b (R.D. Fox),
3 December 1923, page 11d (D.W.W. Shakespeare).

Register,
10 December 1923, page 10g (J.E. Craigie),
17 December 1923, page 8e (Fred Day),
31 December 1923, page 7e (W.R. Hubble),
7 January 1924, page 6g (W.G. Auld),
14 January 1924, page 10e (M.H. Wright),
21 January 1924, page 6a, (J.W. Manfield),
28 January 1924, page 8g (James Hall),
4 February 1924, page 10f (T.E. Medlyn),
11 February 1924, page 8g (J.E. Presgrave).

Register,
18 February 1924, page 9a (D.G. Wilson),
25 February 1924, page 10d (W.J.A Begg),
3 March 1924, page 11a (T.P. Herring),
10 March 1924, (F.A. Chapman),
17 March 1924, page 10g (G.M. Hall),
24 March 1924, page 13e (H.V. Luff),
31 March 1924, page 10a (E.A. Dobbie),
7 April 1924, page 7a (W.E.A. Brown),
14 April 1924, page 11a (S.B. Hunt).

Information on the association is in the Advertiser,
5 March 1923, page 12d.

The reminiscences of "Joe" Sharp are in the Observer,
4 October 1924, page 27a.

A jubilee dinner is reported upon in the Register,
15 December 1924, page 14g; also see
9 August 1926, page 11a.

"Commercial Travellers' Work" is in the Register,
2 March 1925, page 11c.

Biographical details of Captain T.E. Medlyn are in the Register,
27 March 1926, page 10d,
of C.A.M. West, secretary, on
25 March 1927, page 6h.

"Commercial Travellers' Congress" is in the Register,
31 March 1926, page 10f,
2 and 3 April 1926, pages 9a and 9h-11a (includes photo.).

The obituary of Harry Morgan is in the Register,
25 January 1927, page 10a,
6 December 1923, page 10c.

"The Charity Carnival" and photographs are in the Register,
15 August 1927, page 10a.

"Address by United President" is in the Observer,
28 January 1928, page 17e.

An "Annual Celebration" is reported in the Observer,
11 August 1928, pages 49e-54d.

The resignation of the association's secretary, C.A.M. West is reported in the Observer,
15 September 1928, page 16e; also see
13 October 1928, page 19c for his departure and information on his successor, L.A. Downie.

"Knights of the Road" is in The News,
30 August 1928, page 6e (G.A. Brinsley),
6 September 1928, page 6c (James Slater),
13 September 1928, page 6f (R.J. White),
20 September 1928, page 6d (R.G. Taylor),
27 September 1928, page 6d (J.E. Craigie).

4 October 1928, page 6c (Robert B. Norton),
11 October 1928 (J.E. Presgrave),
18 October 1928, page 6f (Thomas H. Martin),
25 October 1928 (Harry A. Begg),
1 November 1928 (C.G. Clarke),
8 November 1928, page 6c (F.G. Berk),
15 November 1928, page 8e (E.W.W. Norton),
22 November 1928, page 8d (W.H. Morton).

29 November 1928, page 8e (E.F.O. Biermann),
6 December 1928, page 8e (G.J. R. Walter),
13 December 1928, page 8e (C.G.W. South),
20 December 1928, page 8e (G. Tidemann),
27 December 1928, page 6e (Charles Wallace),
3 January 1929, page 6f (W. Sargent).

10 January 1929, page 6e (John Gowling),
17 January 1929, page 6d (A.J. Lyon),
24 January 1929, page 6e (J.P. Wedlock),
31 January 1929, page 6e (H.J. Cook),
14 February 1929, page 6f (Alexander Allan),
21 February 1929, page 6f (S.A. Davies),
28 February 1929, page 6e (T.D. Latter).

7 March 1929, page 6f (G. Cant),
14 March 1929, page 8e (P.F. Jervis),
21 March 1929, page 6e (A.G. Miller),
28 March 1929, page 6d (A.W. Whitwell),
4 April 1929, page 6d (C. Milson),
11 April 1929, page 6e (A.W. Pittman),
18 April 1929, page 6f (S. O'Brien),
25 April 1929, page 8f (S.H. Coombe).

2 May 1929, page 6e (E.B. Dunstone),
9 May 1929, page 6e (F.W. Smythe),
16 May 1929, page 8e (F.H. Hocking),
23 May 1929, page 8e (F.V. Frearson),
30 May 1929 and
1 June 1929, pages 6d and 4d (W.I. Matthews),
6 June 1929, page 6e (P. Paynter),
13 June 1929, page 6e (A.J. Malone),
20 June 1929, page 6e (A.G. Nottage).

27 June 1929, page 6e (W.H. Polglase),
4 July 1929, page 6e (A.M. Badger),
18 July 1929, page 6e (S.W.J. Perry),
25 July 1929, page 6e (E.H. Jackson),
1 August 1929, page 6d (G. Huston),
8 August 1929, page 8e (E.J. Warsfold).

The reminiscences of W.H. Morton are in the Advertiser,
30 May 1933, page 10h.

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