South Australia - Banking and Finance
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Banking
State Bank of South Australia
A State institution, above all others, should avoid any doubtful practices, and its management should be beyond the possibility of reproach.
(Advertiser, 9 December 1909, page 8d.)
The need for a State Bank is canvassed in the Advertiser,
24 July 1886, page 6d,
2, 3 and 17 August 1886, pages 3c, 7f and 6g,
2 and 12 October 1886, pages 6e and 6g,
10 November 1886, page 6g,
1 and 17 January 1887, pages 6e and 6d,
Express,
10 September 1886, page 2b,
The Lantern,
25 September 1886, page 14, page 14 (cartoon),
Register,
28 August 1886, page 7f,
18 and 23 September 1886, pages 6e and 5e and
2 October 1886, page 6f,
24 November 1886, page 7h.
Also see Register,
19 January 1887, page 7h,
10 February 1887, page 6h,
26 July 1888, page 4e,
2 November 1888, page 7h,
24 January 1889, page 6e,
29 March 1889, page 6h,
16 April 1889, page 7e,
Observer,
4 May 1889, page 34e,
Register,
29 June 1889, page 4e,
9, 11 and 16 July 1889, pages 6c, 5e and 6a,
30 July 1889, page, page 6a,
8 and 28 August 1889, pages 4g and 3f,
Observer,
4 February 1893, page 34e,
Advertiser,
20 May 1893, page 4e.
20 December 1886, page 5c.
Biographical details of J.B. Spence are in the Observer,
29 February 1896, page 16a,
of J. Angas Johnson on
7 March 1896, page 16d,
of George Inglis on
4 April 1896, page 16e,
of Samuel Stanton on
9 May 1896, page 16a
(obit. on 17 May 1902, page 34c).
"Mr Addison and the State Bank" is in the Observer,
30 October 1897, page 46d.
"The Secret State Bank" is in the Observer,
28 May 1898, page 25a.
Also see Register,
20 June 1893, page 6g,
21 July 1893, page 7b,
14 November 1894, page 6a,
12 July 1895, pages 4e-5h,
20 August 1895, page 6a,
3 June 1896, page 4f,
28 August 1886, page 4h,
31 December 1896, page 5h,
24 March 1897, page 6a,
28 June 1897, page 9f,
10 September 1897, page 4f,
27 October 1897, page 6a,
27 May 1898, page 4f,
2 June 1899, page 4e,
30 October 1899, page 7g,
15 and 20 August 1901, pages 4b and 4c,
Weekly Herald,
21 and 28 January 1899, pages 12a and 5c.
4 May 1907, page 38d,
of George Fuller on
26 August 1916, page 33c.
"State Bank Extension" is in the Register,
20 September 1909, page 4c,
"The State Bank Muddle" on
9 December 1909, page 6d.
Its first 21 years are discussed in the Register,
3 and 6 February 1917, pages 9c and 5e.
6 September 1913, page 51b,
8 May 1920, page 28d,
15 January 1927, page 30b,
of H.D. Gell and George Inglis on
7 March 1914, pages 39e and 41a,
of K.W. Duncan on
14 March 1914, page 33c.
"The History of the State Bank" is in the Advertiser,
2 February 1917, page 8g; also see
Observer,
10 February 1917, page 22c.
A photograph of staff members and dignitaries is in the Observer,
10 February 1917, page 27,
14 November 1925, page 33.
"State Bank Houses - Woes of the Builder" is in The Mail,
8 October 1921, page 2d,
"Builders' Grievances - State Bank Soldiers' Homes" in the Observer,
2 June 1923, page 24e,
"Housing the People" in The News,
17 April 1924, page 1a; also see
Observer,
11 and 25 April 1925, pages 38a and 62d.
"The Thousand Homes" is in the Observer,
5, 12 and 19 July 1924, pages 58d, 35c and 35e,
22 August 1925, page 37a.
The demolition of its premises in Pirie Street is reported upon in the Register,
3 November 1925, page 7d.
A photograph is in the Observer,
14 November 1925, page 33.
Industrial trouble with the construction of the new building is discussed in the Register,
21 and 27 April 1926, pages 8c-9b and 9f.
The opening of the new building is reported on
2 July 1926, page 10d.
"A New Departure" is reported in the Register,
29 June 1926, page 9e.
An obituary of Mr M.F. McNamara is in the Observer,
15 November 1924, page 26c;
that of Mr G.S. Wright, the first Inspector-General of the bank, is in the Advertiser,
3 January 1935, page 6h.
17 April 1926, page 42c.
"State Bank has Been Boon for Farmers" is in The News,
2 July 1936, page 11d.
Banking
Trading Banks
Also see Adelaide - Buildings - Bank BuildingsAn announcement concerning the establishment of a branch of the Bank of Australasia in Adelaide is in the Register, 25 August 1838, page 3c:
The mismanagement of the SA Company's Bank, indeed - its conversion to a mere sordid money-screwing machine, and its more recent degradation to an engine of political oppression - in which, by the way, its failure has been most ludicrous - demands the serious attention of the directors in England...
The opening of the Bank of Australasia is reported in the Register,
19 January 1839, page 3c; also see
The Critic,
13 May 1908, page 4.
A sketch of the Bank of Australasia is in the Mercury & SA Sporting Chronicle,
15 March 1851.
A strike at the Bank of Australasia building site is reported in the Advertiser,
21 and 26 June 1886, pages 6a-f and 4d-7b.
The establishment of a "local" trading bank is mooted in the Register,
21 August 1841, page 2f.
"Captain Grey and the Banks" is in the Register,
25 February 1843, page 2d,
1 March 1843, page 2e.
13 September 1851, page 1d (supp.).
"Banking in Other Days", the reminiscences of C.J. Penny, is in the Register,
13 December 1915, page 5a.
"Proposed New Bank" is in the Register, 1 November 1855, page 2f.
"The New Union Bank" is in the Observer,
15 August 1857, page 1h (supp.); also see
The Critic,
20 May 1908, page 4.
A history is in The Mail,
4 September 1937, page 4g.
The need for a "local bank" is traversed in the Register,
1 and 5 July 1862, pages 3b and 3a.
Architectural details of the National Bank are in the Advertiser,
19 January 1864, page 2e-3c and
of the Bank of Adelaide on
9 March 1878, page 7g;
for The Federal Bank see Chronicle,
5 November 1887, page 5e.
Information on the National Bank is in the Observer,
28 January 1865, page 7h,
the Bank of Adelaide is in the Chronicle,
24 June 1865, page 3g,
Express,
3 July 1886, pages 2c-3d,
The Critic,
3 June 1908, page 4.
A photograph of a cricket team is in The Critic,
1 January 1913, page 15.
"Bank Directors and Land Reformers" is in the Observer,
25 June 1870, page 12g.
An editorial on the National Bank is in the Express,
2 November 1870, page 2b.
An obituary of a former manager, J.G. Addison is in the Observer,
18 May 1912, page 41a,
biographical details of T.B. Harrington on
17 March 1923, page 43e.
An obituary of J.F. Moore is in the Observer,
10 December 1927, page 66a.
"The Adelaide Banks and Their Customers" is in the Observer,
30 March 1872, page 3d,
6 April 1872, page 6f.
"The Government and the Banks" is in the Observer,
2 August 1879, page 13c.
2 August 1879, page 13c.
A poem titled "Bank Managers" is in The Lantern,
23 March 1889, page 21.
A new building for the Commercial Bank of Australia is discussed in the Advertiser,
21 November 1889, page 5g.
A photograph of a cricket team is in The Critic,
1 January 1913, page 15.
"The Associated Banks" is in the Register,
15 March 1893, page 4f:
No institution - not even the State itself - can be expected to prop up a company which is irretrievably insolvent and has lost its capital either through force of circumstances, fraud or gross mismanagement.
"Our Banks - Origin and Development" is in the Register,
11 April 1893, page 6b (Bank of Adelaide),
12 April 1893, page 6d (Bank of A/asia),
14 April 1893, page 6d (National),
19 April 1893, page 6d (NSW).
"Bank Suspensions and Christian Principles" is in the Advertiser,
20 April 1893, page 3f,
"Why the Banks Suspend" on
8 May 1893, page 6e.
4 May 1894, page 5a.
An obituary of William Gray, bank manager, is in the Register,
8 January 1896, page 5d,
of W.J. Crawford, bank manager, on
21 January 1896, page 5a.
Photographs and other information on the Bank of NSW are in The Critic,
29 April 1908, page 18;
of a cricket team on
1 January 1913, page 15.
A complaint about the "Smoke Nuisance" in banking chambers is made in the Register,
8 June 1905, page 7c.
An obituary of C.B. Winter, manager of the Bank of Australasia, is in the Observer,
21 July 1906, page 38c,
of T.D. Smeaton on
22 February 1908, page 40d,
of W.S. Douglas on
8 August 1908, page 40d,
of Benjamin Kidner on
19 November 1908, page 42b,
of H. D'Arcy Sutherland on
25 October 1913, page 41b,
of R.G. Wilkinson on
30 October 1915, page 46a.
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.
The opening of an Adelaide branch of the Commonwealth Bank is reported in the Advertiser,
21 January 1913, page 9c and
of the Australian Bank of Commerce in the Register,
2 December 1920, page 10c.
A photograph of the staff of the former is in the Chronicle,
21 August 1915, page 29.
18 December 1915, page 44b.
A jubilee of the Bank of Adelaide is reported in the Register,
11 and 13 December 1915, pages 9a and 5a,
Observer,
18 December 1915, page 44a.
The retirement of Mr John Shiels from the Bank of Adealide is reported in the Observer,
17 July 1920, page 43e;
an obituary is in the Express,
2 August 1920, page 1e.
An obituary of S.W. Bayly is in the Register,
9 December 1925, page 8i.
The reminiscences of R. Scott Young are in the Observer,
13 August 1927, page 17a.
The opening of a new building for the Bank of Victoria is reported in The News,
29 April 1925, page 11e.
"Bank Buildings in Adelaide" is in the Register - ES&A on
3 May 1928, page 7d,
Australasia on
10, 16 and 18 May 1928, pages 5d, 15f and 15b,
Union on
17 May 1928, page 5c.
"Bank Managers" is in The News,
28 November 1928, page 17e (W.J. Mason, Adelaide),
5 December 1928, page 17e (T.W. Horn, (Australasia),
12 December 1928, page 17e (J.G. Hancorne, (National),
19 December 1928, page 17e (W.D. Young, Commercial),
26 December 1928, page 11c (P.F.D. Mills, ES&A),
2 January 1929, page 15g (F.A. Wood, Union),
16 January 1929, page 17e (R.T. Moodie, Aust. Bank of Commerce),
23 January 1929, page 15f (K.M. McMichael, (Prim. Producers').
The reminiscences of O.L. Isaachsen are in the Advertiser,
26 May 1933, page 22g.
"The Eventful History of Bank Notes" is in The Mail,
5 August 1933, page 17.
A history of the "Priceless City Acre", on which the Commonwealth Bank stands, is discussed in the Chronicle,
21 January 1935, page 47.
Photographs of the bank are in the Chronicle,
21 and 28 March 1935, pages 33 and 32.
"What is a Bank" is in the Advertiser,
3 August 1934, page 24d,
"Treasure Vaults of City Banks" on
1 June 1935, page 9g.
16 March 1935, page 12.
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Banking
Town and Country Bank
A general meeting of the Town and Country Bank is reported in the Register,
4 May 1883, page 6a and
its amalgamation with the Commercial Bank of Australia on
12 October 1886, pages 4g-6e; also see
25 November 1886, pages 4h-6e,
28 and 31 May 1887, pages 4g-6e and 5f-h,
Advertiser,
3 June 1887, page 7f.
Also see Register,
10 June 1887, page 7h,
23 December 1887, pages 4f-6f,
6 and 7 March 1888, pages 4f-6c and 6e,
3 November 1888, page 6d,
21 and 25 December 1888, pages 5a-6c and 7g,
20 February 1890, pages 4h-6a,
21 and 22 February 1890, pages 7g and 6a,
7 June 1890, page 7c,
Advertiser, 23 July 1890, page 6e,
7 August 1890, page 7b,
Register,
31 January 1891, pages 4h-6e,
3 February 1891, page 7f.
