Identity area
Reference code
AU NBAC 35-42
Title
Vend agreement of the Victorian Coal Carriers Association and papers relating to shipping
Date(s)
- 1890 - 1895 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
(1854 - c. 1948)
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes 1890 vend agreement between W Howard Smith and Sons Ltd, Huddart Parker and Co Ltd, James Paterson and Co, John McIlwraith, Melbourne Coal Shipping and Engineering Co Ltd and WF Walker and Company; copies of minutes of 1894 meetings between Australasian United Steam Navigation Co Ltd, W Howard Smith and Sons Ltd, Huddart Parker and Co Ltd, McIlwraith, McEacharn and Co Ltd and Adelaide Steamship Company Ltd re coastal shipping; copy of Board minutes re Fiji copra contract, purchase of Whittenoom business at Geraldton, prospecting in New Guinea etc; and papers relating to tender to supply coal to Broken Hill Proprietary (BHP) Company.