CLAUDIUS ALBERT

-

Claudius Albert, watchmaker & jeweller, Gulgong
Source: SLNSW No: a2822115

Located next to John Lewis the Tailor and opposite the store of Sun Tong Lee.
Source: Information supplied by Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (Sept 2006)


NEWS ITEMS

1872 - APPREHENSIONS
William Rutland, charged with larceny as a bailee of a gold watch (recovered), the property of Claudius Albert, Gulgong, has been arrested by Senior-sergeant Baikie and Detective Lyons. Remanded to Gulgong.

1872 - A Horse in a Jeweller's Shop
On Friday morning about 10 o clock, the driver of a cart belonging to Mr Young of Queen street, Gulgong was delivering his goods; he had to call and make a delivery at Sun Tong Lee and Co's and backed the cart to the side door. In a few minutes afterwards (says the Gulgong Guardian) the horse, from some cause, darted out across the road. The young man sprang onto his head, and held powerfully, but being unable to hold the animal, it dashed furiously, head and shoulders, into the show window of Mr. C. Albert, watchmaker and jeweller, smashing the front completely in, also a large show-case of quarter-inch plate-glass, and full of valuable jewellery. When we visited the place it was in a very damaged state, and the loss cannot as yet be estimated. By eye-witnesses it is stated that the greatest efforts were used by the driver to prevent the occurrence, even at the risk of his own life. From the appearance of the flow of blood on the ground, the horse must have been seriously cut by the thick broken glass. Mrs Albert was at the time standing in the shop close to the window, and was struck on the wrist by the shaft of the cart, and on the face by the horse's head, cutting her lip.

Detail: Claudius Albert, watchmaker & jeweller, Gulgong
Source: SLNSW No: a2822115


Popular posts from this blog

KEAST BURKE

-
1950 - Sydney man's photo honor NEW YORK, Sat: The photographic Society of America announced in Baltimore today it had awarded an associateship to Keast Burke, of George Street, Sydney. The award was made "in recognition of outstanding ability and his contribution to photography". Only seven associateships out of 68 have been awarded outside the United States. The Photographic Society of America is the leading organisation of its type in the United States. Mr. Burke, who is 54, edits the magazine, Australasian Photo Review . He lives in Montah Avenue, Killara. As a hobby he specialises in pictorial interpretations of nature, such as landscapes. His work has appeared in overseas exhibitions of photographs. His father, Mr. Walter Burke, was one of the earliest fellows of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Source:  The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1931 - 1954)   Sun 22 Oct 1950   Page 14 1953 - Town's Old Days, and Identities Mr. A. J. Brigden, of Tallawa
Read more

McLAUGHLIN'S BAKERY, MAITLAND

-
Image
  McLaughlin's Bakery, Maitland Click here for zoomable image Reverse side of carte de visite Source: David Sciffer This carte-de-visite is of the first premises of McLaughlin’s Bakery in High Street, Maitland. (Handwritten note on reverse says “business near Town Hall, Maitland). William McLaughlin established a bakery in Maitland in 1864. He drowned on 21st March, 1870 while delivering bread by boat to South Maitland in one of a number of floods in that year. His wife Susannah took over the business and moved to the premises which were then being built at the corner of High and Victoria Streets (303 High Street) in March 1871. She ran the bakery successfully for a further 31 years. This dates the image to sometime between William’s death and the move to the new premises (1870-71) – her name is on the cart. When I was given access, in October of 2017, the carte-de-visite was owned by Harold Mayo, who was Managing Director of the bakery from 1964 until it closed. He thought it may
Read more