South Australia - Banking and Finance

Banking

General Banking

For a history of banking and bank unionism in South Australia see
G.H. & H.R. Manning, Worth Fighting For
Also see Adelaide - Buildings - Bank Buildings

A history of banking in South Australia is in the Advertiser,
24 January 1934, page 27 and
1 September 1936 (special edition), page 59.

The democracy of today is in an emphatic sense "modified by the banks". With regard to some of our most vital interests a familiar aphorism might be so altered as to read, "Government of the people by the banks, for the shareholders". At present [the banking industry] is suffering a strong, disturbing and injurious reaction. Excess of caution, not only prudence but timidity and apprehension almost amounting to panic, are among its prominent characteristics.
(Advertiser,
22 February, 1894, page 4e; also see
26 March 1894, page 6e.)

"Banks' Aid in Developing South Australia" is in The News,
13 September 1933, page 11,
"Banks' Valuable Service and Great Growth in Century" in The Mail,
26 December 1936, page 21.

"SA Banks Have Grown from Small Beginning" is in The News,
10 September 1936, page 22c.

"Banking in Australia" is in the Register,
27 March 1841, page 3a.

A proposed Tradesmen's Bank is discussed in the Southern Australian,
24 and 31 August 1841, pages 2c and 2e.

"Our Colonial Banking and Landed Interests" is in the Register,
1 and 8 June 1844, pages 2d and 3b and
the Southern Australian,
4 June 1844, page 2d.

The "Bank Influence" question is discussed in the Observer,
26 April 1845, page 4a.

"Colonial Banking" is discussed in the South Australian,
22 May 1846, page 3b.

"Banking in South Australia" is in the SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
11 and 25 December 1847, pages 2b and 2e,
8 January 1848, page 2e,
14 April 1849,
9 June 1849, page 2d.

"New Bank in Adelaide" is in the Adelaide Times,
2 April 1849, page 3b:

The moral we would labour to impress upon the manager... is the necessity of taking a high stance, altogether independent of any other establishment, and thus purging themselves from the outset of the suspicion, alike of truckling to either of the other banks, or of partiality in the distribution of their accommodation.
(Also see Adelaide Times, 28 May 1849, page 2g.)

"Banking in South Australia" is in the Adelaide Times on
9, 16 and 30 April 1849, pages 3c, 3b and 2g,
11 and 18 June 1849, pages 2d and 2e,
20 August 1849, page 3b.

The subject of bank directors is the cause for editorial comment in the Register,
11 January 1850, page 2c:

We object to local Bank directors, principally because we think that they are but feeble instruments in working good, and very powerful ones in framing evil. They cannot open the eyes of the public, but they can throw an infinity of dust in them; they are unresponsible to the community and, what is worse, they make the manager's situation an irresponsible one also.

"Credit Banks for Real Property" is in the Register,
8, 15 and 23 September 1851, pages 3c, 3c and 2d.

"The Banks and the Public" is in the Register,
19, 21, 26 and 30 July 1858, pages 2c, 2e, 2c and 2f.

A proposal for a land bank is discussed in the Observer,
14 August 1858, page 2a (supp.).

"New Banks at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
17 March 1859, page 3f.

"South Australian Banking" is in the Chronicle,
21 May 1859, page 4f,
"Banks and Banking" is in the Advertiser,
30 July 1861, page 3a,
"Banks and Depositors" on
28 and 29 September 1865, pages 2g and 2g.

An article on savings banks is in the Observer,
31 August 1861, page 5c.

"Banking Companies Bill" is in the Observer,
26 September 1863, page 1b (supp.).

"Banks and Depositors" is in the Chronicle,
30 September 1865, pages 2c-5a,
"Banks and Depositors" in the Express,
28 September 1865, page 2d.

"The Banks and Public Credit" is in the Chronicle,
18 August 1866, page 2a.

"The Banks and Equitable Mortgages" is in the Observer,
14 March 1868, page 12d.

An editorial on banking in South Australia is in the Advertiser,
17 March 1868, page 2b.

"Bank-Note Circulation" is in the Register,
19 August 1865, page 2e.
Imitation one pound notes are discussed in the Register,
24 and 29 October 1881, pages 5a and 5a,
12 and 14 December 1881, pages 5a and 4f,
Observer,
29 October 1881, page 34a,
5 November 1881, page 36a.

"Issue of Deceptive Notes" is in the Express,
24 October 1881, page 3c.
Forged Bank of Adelaide notes are reported upon in the Register,
5 November 1891, page 4h,
Observer,
7 November 1891, page 31c.

"The Banknote Tax" is in the Observer,
23 August 1902, page 34a; also see
11 October 1902, page 33e.
"The Eventful History of Bank Notes" is in The Mail,
5 August 1933, page 17.

"Bank Charges" is in the Observer,
6 and 13 April 1872, pages 6f and 9f.

"The Banks and Freehold Securities" is in the Register,
9 January 1869, page 2c,
"Bank Money Orders" in the Advertiser,
25 July 1874, page 2d.

"The Treasurer and the Banks" is in the Chronicle,
4 February 1871, page 5g.

"The Adelaide Banks and Their Customers" is in the Observer,
30 March 1872, page 3d,
6 April 1872, page 6f.

"The Treasurer and the Banks" is in the Chronicle,
4 February 1871, page 5g.

A cricket match, Bankers versus Merchants, is reported in the Chronicle,
13 February 1875, page 5b.

Information on The Bankers' Club is in the Observer,
26 October 1878, page 14a.

A controversy over bank holidays is reported in the Register
on 20 May 1879, page 7a.

"Banks and the Public" is in the Advertiser,
1 December 1880, page 1d (supp.).

The pros and cons of bank clerks lodging in public-houses are discussed in the Register,
29 May 1878, page 6a.
See under Industrial Relations for information on the pecuniary position of bank clerks.

Information on The Bankers' Club is in the Observer,
26 October 1878, page 14a,
2 November 1878, page 20b.

A controversy over bank holidays is reported in the Register
on 20 May 1879, page 7a.

"Banks and the Public" is in the Advertiser,
1 December 1880, page 1d (supp.).

"The Banks and Their Business" is in the Register,
12 May 1881, page 4e,
"Banking Statistics and Land Speculation" on
27 October 1882, page 5a.

"Business and the Banks" is in the Register,
3 February 1883, page 4e,
"Banks and the Money Market" on
28 April 1883, page 4f and
2 May 1883, page 7d,
"Money and the Banks" in the Observer,
9 February 1884, page 24d.

"Bank Holidays" is in the Register,
20 May 1879, page 7a.
A poem titled "Bank Holidays" is in the Observer,
5 January 1884, page 26b.

"The Government and the Banks" is in the Register,
4 August 1885, page 7h.

"The Banks and the Financial Situation" is in the Register,
19 April 1886, page 4g; also see
Advertiser,
17 and 22 July 1886, pages 4e and 4c.

An editorial on bank embezzlements is in the Register,
25 May 1886, page 5h; also see
28 and 29 May 1886, pages 7h and 7c,
1 June 1886, page 7h.

Complaints against banks are aired in the Register on
24 and 28 September 1888, pages 6f and 7c,
2 October 1888, pages 3e-7h.

"Our Banks" is in the Express, 22 July 1886, page 2c.

A letter from G.W. Cotton, MLC headed "Colonial Statistics and Banking" is in the Register,
7 December 1886, page 3h.

"The Banks and Stamp Duties" is in the Register,
7 December 1886, page 4h.

"The Banks and the Public" is in the Register,
1 August 1887, page 4f; also see
Advertiser,
9 May 1887, page 4d.

Under the heading of "Usury" a correspondent to the Register on
7 May 1887 at page 7c and signing as "Scotchman" tilts at the:

Register

"The Banks and the Public" is in the Register,
1 August 1887, page 4f; also see
Advertiser,
9 May 1887, page 4d.

Bank failures are discussed in the Register,
20 August 1891, page 4e.

"Banks and Banking" is in the Observer,
6 May 1893, page 24d,
"The Credit Foncier Scheme" in the Chronicle,
30 June 1894, page 4c,
Observer,
17 and 24 November 1894, pages 24c and 13e.

An obituary of Francis D. Hodge, banker, is in the Observer,
24 November 1894, page 16d,
of William J. Crawford on
25 January 1896, page 29b,
of J.B. Ridings, bank inspector, on
8 October 1910, page 43b,
of H.F. Cave on
14 January 1911, page 39a.

"An Eye on the Banks - The Lighter Side" is in the Register,
10 January 1903, page 8h,
"Money Lenders" on
26 August 1903, page 4c,
"The City's Banks" on
9 and 16 December 1911, pages 6b and 8c,
"Banking in Other Days", the reminiscences of C.J. Penny, on
13 December 1915, page 5a.

"Bankers as Society's Saviour - How They Control War" is in the Advertiser,
2 March 1912, page 6g.

Photographs of a banks' picnic are in the Chronicle,
29 November 1902, page 42,
of a Banks' football team on
2 September 1911, page 32.

A complaint about the "Smoke Nuisance" in banking chambers is made in the Register,
8 June 1905, page 7c.

"Bankers as Society's Saviour - How They Control War" is in the Advertiser,
2 March 1912, page 6g.

"Banking in Other Days" is in the Observer,
18 December 1915, page 44b.

"New Banking Device - Chute From Street to Vaults" is in The News,
8 June 1929, page 4g.

"Famous Bank Robberies Recalled" is in The Mail,
24 August 1929, page 3f.

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