McCaw, Adamson and Company's produce store, 378-380 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Butler, Graeme1985
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McCaw, Adamson and Company's produce store, 378-380 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
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1985
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RESEARCH ADDED BY GRAEME BUTLER 2022:__________________________________________________Period: VictorianDATE: 1871;ASSOCIATIONS: McCaw, Adamson and Company; W. Adamson and Co.; James Walker, ironmongerDESIGNER: Mitchell, David ?;BUILDER: Mitchell, David.GRAEME BUTLER 1985 MELBOURNE CENTRAL ACTIVITIES DISTRICT CONSERVATION STUDYBUILDING IDENTIFICATION FORM__________________________________________________CONTEXT (WITH GJM HERITAGE) 2020, HODDLE GRID HERITAGE REVIEW378-380 Little Collins Street / 105958 Identified in a previous heritage review (Central Activities District Conservation Study, 1985) NominatedDate of construction: not confirmedExplanation for exclusion:Substantially altered.Low integrity__________________________________________________MAHLSTEDT FIRE INSURANCE PLAN SERIES STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIASeries 1, map 14188829 Little Collins Street West: 35'3" frontage, 2 storeys masonry, J Walker Ironmonger, one building (W Willis) east of McKillop St1910378-380 Little Collins Street, 2 storeys masonry, three roof lanterns; two windows east of entry door; J Walker Ironmonger, one building (W Willis) east of McKillop St__________________________________________________LEWIS, M- AUSTRALIAN ARCHITECTURE INDEX:Record 76797 McCaw & Adamson Melbourne VIC Warehouses Mitchell, David 1871 08 28 4529__________________________________________________NEWSPAPERS (TROVE)1871MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKET.Messrs M'Caw, Adamson, and Co. report : —To day we held our opening sales in the new rooms, 29 Little Collins-street west, when there was a very large attendance of the trade, and prices obtained showed an improvement on late rates. For a very fine parcel of Victorian two year-old wheat we obtained 5s. 10d. to 5s 10.1/2d., ordinary to good quality…. For a guaranteed parcel of Victorian flour, sold without declaring the brand, we obtained £12 10s., and subsequently placed some privately at an advance of 9s. on the auction rate; an Adelaide brand of flour, comparatively unknown in the market, bringing £12 2s 6d. Seconds flour and unguaranteed parcel, sold as per samples, realised £9 15s. to £11. The prospects as regards the new crop of wheat being, on the whole, good, we would strongly advise our country friends who are holders to forward same for sale without delay. Millers requiring supplies for present use will give full rates for any lots offering, but on the advent of the new crop prices are bound to recede. In feeding grains there has not been much improvement-. We observe an inclination on the part of the trade to lay in stocks of oats at ruling rates. Disposed oi about 1,000 bags to-day, at prices varying from 3s. lid. to 3s. 3d. Maize was disposed of to a small extent at 3s. 10.1/2d. Other feeding grains do not call for any particular remarks. Dairy Produce— We submitted several consignments of cheese from the very best dairies in Victoria and Tasmania, realising for ordinary quality 4.1/2d. to 6d. For a few small parcels of extra good (Victorian) 7d. to Sd. was obtained. Potted butter did not experience a rise, 4d. to 4.1/2d. being top prices realised for the very best quality; fresh, however, brought higher figures, a few of the best known dairies realising 6d. to 7d. We quitted several prime parcels of hams and bacon, obtaining up to 10 3/4d. for the former and 8d. for the latter.1880PRESERVATION OF BUTTER FOR EXPORT.At the invitation of Messrs W. Adamson and Co, a number of gentlemen and a few ladies assembled at their stores, 29 Little Collins-street west, last week, for the purpose of testing some fresh butter, which was made seven months ago, by Mr D. Wilson, of Mount Egerton, and preserved by a new process of his own. The butter was done up in 1lb. rolls, each being covered with a cloth, and when taken out of the pickle was found to be in a good state of preservation. There was a slight rancid taste about some of it, but this was accounted for from the fact of the cask having been opened a week ago. Mr H. C. Elderton, Messrs Adamson's manager. had several samples of fresh and potted butter, as sent in for sale, arranged for in spection. They had been classified by the storeman, Mr W. H. Blackham, as prime, good, middling, inferior, bad, rancid, etc. Several casks of potted butter were sam. pled. One that had been down seven months, and picked out of 400 casks, was pronounced the best potted butter in the market. These samples, as in the fresh butter, were exceedingly fine, and from comparing them with the inferior samples, the great fault seemed to be that the butter was not properly washed or sufficient care taken in potting down, and as a natural consequence it soon turns rancid. The question of preserving butter for export is certainly an important one, but it almost sinks into insignificance as compared with the still more important question of teaching dairy farmers how to make good butter. Even should the experiments tried by Mr Wilson of preserving fresh butter fail, and from the simples shown above we should say it was a great success, there are other ways of preserving the butter if the makers can only be got to send in a first-class article. The quantity of butter produced in this colony is enormous, and far and away beyond our requirements, and this quantity is bound to be increased as the country becomes more settled. It is necessary, therefore, to find some means of disposing of the surplus, and this can easily be done provided a first-class article is produced. At certain seasons the market is glutted, and prices, in consequence, recede very much, and should an export trade be established, no doubt persons would buy on speculation. The great question, however, is to educate the dairy farmer in the art of making butter, as we are informed by Messrs Adamson and Co., that they sell, on an average, from 15 to 20 tons of fresh and potted butter every week, and that seventy per cent. of it is from medium to inferior quality, and the majority of that percent age is generally quite rancid and unfit1901SUNDAY SHOPBREAKING.FOUR BOYS ARRESTED.HAD PLANNED AN EXCURSION`…The second charge is one of breaking into the shop of Mr James Walker, ironmonger, 398 Little Collins street, and stealing tomahawks and other articles…'1920LITTLE COLLINS STREET.John Buchan and Co. , offered Nos, 378 and 380 Little Collins street, east side, between Elizabeth street and Queen Streets, the brick building occupied by Mr James Walker, ironmonger, under lease expiring in August, 1926. The frontage is 35ft. 5.1/2 in., and the depth 75ft. 10.1/2 in.After good competition Mr Walker became the owner of the property
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