Guide to the Papers of Harold M. Ford (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2995 - M3032
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Ford, Harold M.
- Title
- Papers of Harold M. Ford (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 1926 - 11 May 1939
- Collection Number
- M2995 - M3032
- Extent
- 44 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
Cutting books, letter-books and correspondence referring to his tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1928; representation of Glasgow firms in Australia and New Zealand; and marketing of Australian and New Zealand produce in Scotland.
Correspondents include S.M. Bruce, Sir James Parr, Lord Stonehaven and Sir Thomas Wilford.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Citation items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Material selectively filmed at the Strathclyde Regional Archives, Glasgow, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1993 (AJCP Reels: M2995-M3032). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
Glasgow City Archives. Formerly Strathclyde Regional Archives, Mitchell Library, North Street, Glasgow G3 7DN, Scotland.
Collection reference TD 320. For further information see Archive collections Glasgow City Archives (https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/city-archives/collections#clyde-navigation-trust-7) and Scottish Archive Network Online catalogue(http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/scancatalogue/welcome.aspx)
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn196307]. as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Related Materials
Other collections at Strathclyde Regional Archives: Aitken, Lilburn and Co Ltd [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn109614] and Miscellaneous Collections (M2983-M2994) [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn197555] have been listed and filmed separately.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
Australia; Baird, John L., 1st Viscount Stonehaven; Bruce, Stanley M., 1st Viscount; Businessmen; Clyde Navigation Trust; Food: import and export; Ford, Harold M.; Glasgow, Scotland; New Zealand; Parr, Sir James; Scotland; Trade: imperial; Wilford, Sir Thomas
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 173, p63
Biographical / Historical
The Clyde Navigation Trust was established by the 1858 Clyde Navigation Consolidation Act, replacing the River Improvement Trust. The Act specified that there should be 25 trustees, consisting of the Lord Provost and nine town councillors, two members of the Chamber of Commerce, two members of the Merchants House, two members of the Trades House (Trades Hall), and nine chosen by the shipowners and ratepayers. The responsibilities of the trustees included the deepening, widening and dredging of the Clyde River, the cleansing and opening of streams flowing into the river, the erection and maintenance of quays, jetties, banks, walls, wharves, warehouses and other works, and the erection and mooring of beacons and buoys.
The Navigation Trust Building in Robertson Street, Glasgow, designed by Sir James Burnet, was built in Italianate style in 1883-86. A baroque cornerpiece extension, with a concrete dome, was added in 1905-8.
In 1966 the Clyde Navigation Trust was replaced by the Clyde Port Authority. In 1992 port facilities on the River Clyde became the responsibility of Clydeport PLC.
Harold Ford, the secretary of the Trust, was sent to Australia and New Zealand in 1928-29 to encourage Australian primary producers, merchants and shipowners to send Australian goods directly to Glasgow.
Item Descriptions
Series 1. Press cutting book (264p.), 1926 - 1929
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2995
Cuttings from The Times Trade and Engineering Supplement, The Times, Journal of Commerce, Glasgow Herald, Daily Mail, Evening News, Evening Citizen re Empire Trade (File A)
Subjects include: sea freight; New Zealand Dairy Board; New Zealand freezing industry; Australian meat in Glasgow; Australian deputation to Glasgow docks; New Zealand exports; freight rates on Australian produce; Mr Bruce's visit to Glasgow; marketing problems in New South Wales; Marketing Director of Queensland produce; Sir George Buchanan's plans for Australian ports; Melbourne trade exhibition.
Cuttings from Australian and New Zealand newspapers re Harold M.Ford's mission to Australia and New Zealand, 1928 (File B)
Papers include: The Dominion, Southland Times, Otago Daily Times, Taranaki Daily News, Manawatu Daily Times, Taranaki Herald, Hawara Star, Hawkes Bay Herald, Lyttelton Times, The Argus, The Examiner, The Mercury, Castlemaine Mail, The Age, The Advertiser, Geelong Advertiser, Brisbane Courier, Sydney Morning Herald.
Series 3. Itinerary, 10 January 1929 - 12 January 1929
1 itemItinerary of H.M.Ford's visit to Burnie, Tasmania. (4p.)
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2995
Series 7. Letterbooks, 14 May 1928 - 30 September 1936
27 itemsCarbon copies of Ford's letters to High Commissioners, Agents General and others on the promotion of trade between Scotland and Australia and New Zealand. All files contain similar material.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M2995-M3029
Letterbooks (330p., indexed), 14 May 1928 -10 August 1928; 31 May - 2 July 1929 (File 7/1)
Correspondents include: R.S.Forsyth (New Zealand Meat Producers Board); J.H.King (Australia Dairy Produce Board); W.C.Angwin (W.A. Agent General); Sir James Parr; A.C.Barnett (Wellington Harbour Board); E.Eccles Snowden (Tasmania Agent General); Rev.C.T.Forscutt (Aust. Scottish Delegation); D.A.Walsh (Melbourne); A.H.Wright (Acting Victoria Agent General); L.R.Beale (NZ House); T.Hemsworth (Mornington Peninsula Development League); Sir George Fuller (NSW Agent General); J.Huxham (Queensland Agent General); Arthur Manning (Sydney); Miss Wylie (Wellington); The Mayor (Grafton); Geoffrey Burgoyne (Perth); W.P.Caro (Australian Dried Fruit Board).
Subjects include: storage charges for cold stores; introductory letters to politicians and firms in Australia and New Zealand; plans for his mission to Australia and New Zealand, August 1928 - May 1929; publicity for mission in Australian and New Zealand papers; charges on meat and apples; delay at cold stores; market in Glasgow for Tasmanian apples; Glasgow representation in Melbourne; letters of thanks for information and hospitality; prices of Australian and NZ fruit; sale of fruit from Telemon; visit of W.Mount Gray of Perth to investigate marketing of Australian primary products, June 1929.
Letterbooks (288p., indexed), 3 July 1929 - 20 November 1929 (File 7/2)
Correspondents include: W.R.Peel (Launceston); Sir James Parr (London); Major Russell King (Australian Dairy Produce Board, London); Captain W.J.Wade (Sydney); Secretary, Tauranga Dairy Association; A.E.Hyland (Australian Trade Publicity, London); J.R.Fife (NZ Produce Association, Glasgow); Thomas Hemsworth (Mornington Peninsula Development League); G.J.Evatt (NSW House); A.H.Aitken (Bluff Harbour Board); H.E.Davies (NZ Dairy Produce Board); Sir Henry Barwell (Agent General, South Australia); J.M.Smith (Perth); Messrs Avern and Co (New Plymouth).
Subjects include: activities of Launceston Fifty Thousand League; meeting High Commissioners and Agents General to discuss Australian and New Zealand trade with Glasgow; Otago Provincial Fruitgrowers; imports of New Zealand butter; visit to Britain of C.E.Walker from Australia; improvements in packing of Australian apples; market for Australian eggs; dangers of centralising Australia's trade in London; his mission to Australia and New Zealand; visit of George Barr of Sydney to Scotland, representing IFM Fruit Company of Melbourne; movement of Clan Line ships between Australia and Glasgow; tonnage of goods by ship from Australia and New Zealand in 1928; list of steamers discharging cargo at Glasgow from New Zealand and Australia, January-August 1929; importance of Empire trade; Sir Henry Barwell's visit to Glasgow, September 1929; distribution of the report on his tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Letterbooks (296p., indexed), 20 November 1929 - 21 May 1930 (File 7/3)
Correspondents include: Agents General, Sir James Parr; officials at Australia House.
Letterbooks (272p., indexed), 22 May 1930 - 20 June 1930 (File 7/4)
Correspondents include: Agents General, Sir James Parr; officials at Australia House; W.S.Ferguson; Lord Stonehaven, T.M.Wilford (New Zealand House).
Letterbooks (228p., indexed), 23 June 1930 - 2 August 1930 (File 7/5)
Correspondents include: Agents General, Sir James Parr; officials at Australia House; W.S.Ferguson; Lord Stonehaven, T.M.Wilford (New Zealand House); S.M.Bruce; NSW Egg marketing Board; Queensland Egg Board.
Letterbooks (253p., indexed), 22 September 1930 - 8 December 1930 (File 7/7)
Correspondents include: Agents General, Sir James Parr; officials at Australia House; W.S.Ferguson; Lord Stonehaven, T.M.Wilford (New Zealand House); S.M.Bruce; NSW Egg marketing Board; Queensland Egg Board; Sir Granville Ryrie, Auckland Chamber of Commerce; Brisbane Chamber of Commerce; New Zealand Dairy Board; G.W.Forbes, Townsville Harbour Board.
Letterbooks (226p., indexed), 9 December 1930 - 5 February 1931 (File 7/8)
Correspondents includes: Agents General, Sir James Parr; officials at Australia House; W.S.Ferguson; Lord Stonehaven, T.M.Wilford (New Zealand House); S.M.Bruce; NSW Egg marketing Board; Queensland Egg Board; Sir Granville Ryrie, Auckland Chamber of Commerce; Brisbane Chamber of Commerce; New Zealand Dairy Board; G.W.Forbes, Townsville Harbour Board; D'Arcy Addison; Cecil J.Berry (Melbourne); Canterbury Chamber of Commerce; Empire Marketing Board; Walter Leitch; Sir Cecil Leys (Auckland).
Letterbooks (238p., indexed), 6 February 1931 - 19 March 1931 (File 7/9)
Correspondents include: Agents General, Sir James Parr; officials at Australia House; W.S.Ferguson; Lord Stonehaven, T.M.Wilford (New Zealand House); S.M.Bruce; NSW Egg marketing Board; Queensland Egg Board; Sir Granville Ryrie, Auckland Chamber of Commerce; Brisbane Chamber of Commerce; New Zealand Dairy Board; G.W.Forbes, Townsville Harbour Board; D'Arcy Addison; Cecil J.Berry (Melbourne); Canterbury Chamber of Commerce; Empire Marketing Board; Walter Leitch; Sir Cecil Leys (Auckland); Walter Lyon (Milngavie); C.S.Lintott and Co (Auckland); H.Mitchell (Dunedin); Mackerras and Hazlett Ltd (Dunedin); J.Rattray and Son Ltd (Invercargill); Australian Press Cuttings (Melbourne).
Letterbooks (267p., indexed), 31 March 1931 - 27 June 1931 (File 7/10)
Correspondents includes: Brisbane Chamber of Commerce; New Zealand Dairy Board; G.W.Forbes, Townsville Harbour Board; D'Arcy Addison; Cecil J.Berry (Melbourne); Canterbury Chamber of Commerce; Empire Marketing Board; Walter Leitch; Sir Cecil Leys (Auckland); Walter Lyon (Milngavie); C.S.Lintott and Co (Auckland); H.Mitchell (Dunedin); Mackerras and Hazlett Ltd (Dunedin); J.Rattray and Son Ltd (Invercargill); Australian Press Cuttings (Melbourne); Auckland Weekly News; Dunedin Chamber of Commerce; J.S.Dick (Invercargill); W.Lewisham (Auckland); A.E.Moore (Brisbane); Captain Wade (Sydney); Sir Thomas Wilford.
Letterbooks (263p., indexed), 30 June 1931 - 29 September 1931 (File 7/11)
Correspondents includes: Cecil J.Berry (Melbourne); Canterbury Chamber of Commerce; Empire Marketing Board; Walter Leitch; Sir Cecil Leys (Auckland); Walter Lyon (Milngavie); C.S.Lintott and Co (Auckland); H.Mitchell (Dunedin); Mackerras and Hazlett Ltd (Dunedin); J.Rattray and Son Ltd (Invercargill); Australian Press Cuttings (Melbourne); Auckland Weekly News; Dunedin Chamber of Commerce; J.S.Dick (Invercargill); W.Lewisham (Auckland); A.E.Moore (Brisbane); Captain Wade (Sydney); Sir Thomas Wilford; Avern and Co (Palmerston North); Henry Mitchell (Dunedin); John Miller (Invercargill); NZ Perpetual Forests Ltd; Rosella Preserve and Manufacturing Co (Melbourne).
Letterbooks (345p., indexed), 29 September 1931 - 20 December 1931 (File 7/12)
Correspondents include: Australian Press Cuttings (Melbourne); Auckland Weekly News; Dunedin Chamber of Commerce; J.S.Dick (Invercargill); W.Lewisham (Auckland); A.E.Moore (Brisbane); Captain Wade (Sydney); Sir Thomas Wilford; Avern and Co (Palmerston North); Henry Mitchell (Dunedin); John Miller (Invercargill); NZ Perpetual Forests Ltd; Rosella Preserve and Manufacturing Co (Melbourne) George Barr (Sydney), Federal Citrus Council of Australia, M.M.Martin and Co (Hobart); Lord Stonehaven.
Letterbooks (367p., indexed), 28 December 1931 - 29 April 1932 (File 7/13)
Correspondents includes: Captain Wade (Sydney); Sir Thomas Wilford; Avern and Co (Palmerston North); Henry Mitchell (Dunedin); John Miller (Invercargill); NZ Perpetual Forests Ltd; Rosella Preserve and Manufacturing Co (Melbourne) George Barr (Sydney), Federal Citrus Council of Australia, M.M.Martin and Co (Hobart); Lord Stonehaven; Adelaide Milling Co Ltd; Dalgety and Co (Adelaide); F.Meredith (Dunedin); New Zealand Produce Association (Glasgow); Queensland Arrowroot Board.
Letterbooks (424p., indexed), 3 May 1932 - 20 August 1932 (File 7/14)
Correspondents include: S.Coad (Auckland); U.R.Ellis (Canberra); Hawke's Bay Tribune; Meat and Wool Ltd (Wellington); New Zealand Dairy Produce Exporter (Wellington); Te Awamutu Dairy Co.
Letterbooks (302p., indexed), 22 August 1932 - 9 November 1932 (File 7/15)
Correspondents includes: Rosella Preserve and Manufacturing Co (Melbourne) George Barr (Sydney), Federal Citrus Council of Australia, M.M.Martin and Co (Hobart); Lord Stonehaven; Adelaide Milling Co Ltd; Dalgety and Co (Adelaide); F.Meredith (Dunedin); New Zealand Produce Association (Glasgow); Queensland Arrowroot Board; Australian Export Journal, M.H.Ellis (Sydney); Arthur Paape (Dunedin); A.B.Struthers (Christchurch); Victoria District Flour Milling Co.
Letterbooks (296p., indexed), 9 November 1932 - 6 January 1933 (File 7/16)
Correspondents includes: Lord Stonehaven; Adelaide Milling Co Ltd; Dalgety and Co (Adelaide); F.Meredith (Dunedin); New Zealand Produce Association (Glasgow); Queensland Arrowroot Board; Australian Export Journal, M.H.Ellis (Sydney); Arthur Paape (Dunedin); A.B.Struthers (Christchurch); Victoria District Flour Milling Co.; J.W.Comrie (Brisbane); Leonard L.Jones (Christchurch); A.G.Manning (Sydney); New South Wales Flour Association; Sir Edward Macartney (Brisbane); H.W.Spooner (Brisbane).
Letterbooks (335p., indexed, damaged), 6 January 1933 - 29 April 1933 (File 7/17)
Correspondents include: Australian Export Journal, M.H.Ellis (Sydney); Arthur Paape (Dunedin); A.B.Struthers (Christchurch); Victoria District Flour Milling Co.; J.W.Comrie (Brisbane); Leonard L.Jones (Christchurch); A.G.Manning (Sydney); New South Wales Flour Association; Sir Edward Macartney (Brisbane); H.W.Spooner (Brisbane); Australasian Jam Co (South Yarra); H.G.Colombie (Melbourne); W.J.Orr (Melbourne); Lord Stonehaven; N.V.Wade (Sydney).
Letterbooks (544p., indexed), 1 May 1932 - 30 September 1932 (File 7/18)
Correspondents include: A.G.Manning (Sydney); New South Wales Flour Association; Sir Edward Macartney (Brisbane); H.W.Spooner (Brisbane); Australasian Jam Co (South Yarra); H.G.Colombie (Melbourne); W.J.Orr (Melbourne); Lord Stonehaven; N.V.Wade (Sydney); G.J.Abicai (Melbourne); Brisbane Rotary Club; W.Goodfellow (Auckland); F.H.Kellie (Brisbane); Russell Brothers (Wanganui).
Letterbooks (617p., indexed, damaged), 2 October 1933 - 24 February 1934 (File 7/19)
Correspondents include: Australasian Jam Co (South Yarra); H.G.Colombie (Melbourne); W.J.Orr (Melbourne); Lord Stonehaven; N.V.Wade (Sydney); G.J.Abicai (Melbourne); Brisbane Rotary Club; W.Goodfellow (Auckland); F.H.Kellie (Brisbane); Russell Brothers (Wanganui); Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, Wellington Chamber of Commerce; David Jones (Wellington); New Zealand Farmers Union; Scottish Australian Dried Fruit Importers Association.
Letterbooks (543p., indexed), 28 February 1934 - 23 June 1934 (File 7/20)
Correspondents include: G.J.Abicai (Melbourne); Brisbane Rotary Club; W.Goodfellow (Auckland); F.H.Kellie (Brisbane); Russell Brothers (Wanganui); Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, Wellington Chamber of Commerce; David Jones (Wellington); New Zealand Farmers Union; Scottish Australian Dried Fruit Importers Association; G.E.Baker (Wellington); Currabubula Freezing Works (Sydney); G.W.Forbes (Wellington); W.Forgan Smith (Brisbane); T.B.Murdoch (Hobart); H.M.Russell (Brisbane).
Letterbooks (560p., indexed, damaged), 25 June 1934 - 17 November 1934 (File 7/21)
Correspondents include: Russell Brothers (Wanganui); Dunedin Chamber of Commerce, Wellington Chamber of Commerce; David Jones (Wellington); New Zealand Farmers Union; Scottish Australian Dried Fruit Importers Association; G.E.Baker (Wellington); Currabubula Freezing Works (Sydney); G.W.Forbes (Wellington); W.Forgan Smith (Brisbane); T.B.Murdoch (Hobart); H.M.Russell (Brisbane); Malcolm Brodie (Melbourne); S.M.Bruce (London); Rolfe and Co (Melbourne); South Australian Fruit Growers Co-op Society; W.A.Young (Toowoomba).
Letterbooks (578p, indexed), 19 November 1934 - 24 April 1935 (File 7/22)
Correspondents include: New Zealand Farmers Union; Scottish Australian Dried Fruit Importers Association; G.E.Baker (Wellington); Currabubula Freezing Works (Sydney); G.W.Forbes (Wellington); W.Forgan Smith (Brisbane); T.B.Murdoch (Hobart); H.M.Russell (Brisbane); Malcolm Brodie (Melbourne); S.M.Bruce (London); Rolfe and Co (Melbourne); South Australian Fruit Growers Co-op Society; W.A.Young (Toowoomba); Sir Stanley Argyle (Melbourne); C.H.Broch (Melbourne); M.H.Ellis (Sydney); A.H.Miles (Wellington).
Letterbooks (595p., indexed), 25 April 1935 - 28 September 1935 (File 7/23)
Correspondents include: Currabubula Freezing Works (Sydney); G.W.Forbes (Wellington); W.Forgan Smith (Brisbane); T.B.Murdoch (Hobart); H.M.Russell (Brisbane); Malcolm Brodie (Melbourne); S.M.Bruce (London); Rolfe and Co (Melbourne); South Australian Fruit Growers Co-op Society; W.A.Young (Toowoomba); Sir Stanley Argyle (Melbourne); C.H.Broch (Melbourne); M.H.Ellis (Sydney); A.H.Miles (Wellington); David J.Bain (Williamstown); H.Mitchell, (Dunedin); James Roger (Gisborne).
Letterbooks (597p., indexed), 1 October 1935 - 17 February 1936 (File 7/24)
Correspondents include: Malcolm Brodie (Melbourne); S.M.Bruce (London); Rolfe and Co (Melbourne); South Australian Fruit Growers Co-op Society; W.A.Young (Toowoomba); Sir Stanley Argyle (Melbourne); C.H.Broch (Melbourne); M.H.Ellis (Sydney); A.H.Miles (Wellington); David J.Bain (Williamstown); H.Mitchell, (Dunedin); James Roger (Gisborne); Hector Argyle (Mystic Park); S.W.R.Blow (Wellington); Egg Marketing Board of NSW; Queensland Cheese Board; Harcourt Fruit Supply Society Ltd.
Letterbooks (606p., indexed), 18 February 1936 - 25 April 1936 (File 7/25)
Correspondents include: C.H.Broch (Melbourne); M.H.Ellis (Sydney); A.H.Miles (Wellington); David J.Bain (Williamstown); H.Mitchell, (Dunedin); James Roger (Gisborne); Hector Argyle (Mystic Park); S.W.R.Blow (Wellington); Egg Marketing Board of NSW; Queensland Cheese Board; Harcourt Fruit Supply Society Ltd. Norman Bird and Co (Sydney); Claude James (Tasmania); J.H.Rhodes (Christchurch); W.R.Winspear (Launceston); Earl Page (London); Scottish-Australian Dried Fruit Importer Distributors Association.
Letterbooks (591 p., indexed), 27 April 1936 - 24 June 1936 (File 7/26)
Correspondents include: Egg Marketing Board of NSW; Queensland Cheese Board; Harcourt Fruit Supply Society Ltd. Norman Bird and Co (Sydney); Claude James (Tasmania); J.H.Rhodes (Christchurch); W.R.Winspear (Launceston); Earl Page (London); Scottish-Australian Dried Fruit Importer Distributors Association; Patrick Bull (Taranaki); M.H.Ellis (Sydney); Mark Fagan (Wellington); Edmund Jones (Tuahar); Sir Walter Leitch (Brighton); Pio Pio Cooperative Dairy Co Ltd; S.B.Stevens (London); J.A.Lyons (Canberra)
Subjects include: arrangements for meetings with High Commissioners and Agents General; representation of Glasgow firms in Australia and New Zealand; supply of carpets and linoleum for Australia; problems of glutting London with New Zealand produce; marketing of NZ dairy products; arrangements for visits to Scotland for Australian and NZ officials; Australian oranges; imports of fruit from New Zealand, 1929-1935; frozen eggs from Australia; visit of S.B.Stevens to Glasgow; 'We continue to make progress here with Australia I am glad to say, but it is very difficult and sometimes I wonder whether our difficulties are more increased by some of our too voluble friends rather than by our opponents', 29 May 1936 to Sir Walter Leitch; delays in discharge of Australian butter; import of dried fruit from Australia, 1927-1935; visit by W.Forgan Smith to Glasgow - poor press coverage; return of Richard Linton (A.G. for Victoria) to Australia; 'I am not sure that he has not done more harm than good'.
Letterbooks (610p., indexed), 24 June 1936 - 30 September 1936 (File 7/27)
Correspondents include: Egg Marketing Board of NSW; Queensland Cheese Board; Harcourt Fruit Supply Society Ltd. Norman Bird and Co (Sydney); Claude James (Tasmania); J.H.Rhodes (Christchurch); W.R.Winspear (Launceston); Earl Page (London); Scottish-Australian Dried Fruit Importer Distributors Association; David H.Drummond (London) G.W.Forbes (Wellington); J.G.Coates (Wellington); Messrs Aucher Ltd (Sydney); S.B.Stevens (Sydney); New Zealand Meat Producers' Board; R.Cosgrove (Hobart); Messrs Neill and Co Ltd (Dunedin); A.Hicks (Perth); W.Nash (Wellington); Queensland Egg Board; W.Forgan Smith (Brisbane); Australian Association of British Manufacturers (Melbourne); Roy Miller (Nelson); Tonkin Brothers (Otago).
Subjects include: first shipment of NSW eggs on Taranaki; distribution of NZ meat; representation of Scottish firms in Australia and New Zealand; memorandum on Stevens trip to Glasgow; arrangements for meetings; marketing of Australian meat; export of Pork from Tasmania; visit from Geoff Burkett re marketing W.A. fruit; list of refrigerated boats which could carry Queensland eggs; marketing of New Zealand comb honey; R.D.Simpson's trip to New Zealand to represent Scottish business interests; welcome to W.J.Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner; articles in NZ press re trade with Glasgow; 'I have made a close study of the situation for years and am actively engaged in opening up trade with our various Dominions and Scotland' 3 July 1936 to Walter Nash.
Series 8. Files, 1926 - 11 May 1939
13 itemsFilmed selectively.
Archival History
Originally filmed on AJCP Reel M3030-M3032
Civic Week, c.1931-1935 (File 8/7)
1 itemPress cuttings from Australian, New Zealand and Glasgow papers re trade. (c.37 cuttings)
Tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1928 - 1929 (File 8/19/1-2)
12 items14 files of press cuttings, correspondence and related papers.
New Zealand Tour, September 1928 - December 1928 (Item 8/19/1/1)
c.35 press cuttings re H.M.Ford's visit to New Zealand, 1928.
Papers include: Dominion, Lyttelton Times, The Budget and Taranaki Weekly Herald.
New Zealand Dairy Produce Inquiry Committee, c.1934 (Item 8/19/1/2)
H.M.Ford's replies to questions on trade between New Zealand and Glasgow set by New Zealand Dairy Produce Inquiry Committee, (30p., pagination erratic)
Includes:
Sir James Parr (London) to Ford (26/05/1934): Re establishment of committee
Tables of statistics on New Zealand trade, 1927 - 1933.
Otago Fruit Growers Council, 15 November 1928 - August 1929 (Item 8/19/1/3)
Correspondence between Ford and Messrs Simons and Co Ltd enclosing copies of Simons' correspondence with Otago Provincial Fruitgrowers' Council Ltd re market for New Zealand fruit. (14p.)
New Zealand Trade with Glasgow, 7 July 1930 - 11 May 1939 (Item 8/19/1/4)
Press cuttings, correspondence, sketches, miscellaneous papers. (c.220p.)
Includes: Press cuttings from Australian, New Zealand and Scottish newspapers on trade
Cuttings of articles by H.M.Ford on trade between Scotland and New Zealand (1931-1938)
Correspondence between H.Ford (Glasgow) and James Hutton (Queensland Egg Board (Brisbane),(07/07/1930-01/10/1936): re development of markets for Australian produce and appointment of agents at Glasgow for QEB
Ford to Sir Stanley Argyle (Premier Melbourne), (17/04/1934): re market in Glasgow for Australian primary produce. (Carbon)
W.Forgan Smith (London) to Ford (11/05/1939): Thanking him for work on trade promotion. (Copy)
Menu for Gala dinner on Ionic (n.d.).
Australian introductions, June 1928 - July 1928 (Item 8/19/1/5)
Copies of letters of introduction for H.M.Ford on his visit to Australia. (57p.)
Correspondents include: Sir George Fuller; W.C.Angwin; Sir James Parr; Col.R.Eccles Snowden; L.E.Beale; J.Huxham; Major J.B.King.
Australian Tour, January 1929 - April 1929 (Item 8/19/1/6)
c.100 Press cuttings from Australian newspapers re Ford's trip.
Newspapers include: Argus, Bendigo Advertiser, Daily News, The Advocate, Age, Brisbane Courier, West Australian.
English Letters, 24 July 1928 - 13 March 1929 (Item 8/19/1/7)
Letters to Ford from England while in Australia and New Zealand and copies of Ford's letters to England from Wellington, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, 24 July 1928 - 13 March 1929. (138p.)
Correspondents include: James MacFarlane (Clyde Navigation Co); L.Lambert (Bridge of Weir); W.Davidson (Glasgow); Alex Jackson (Wellington); H.G.Colombie (Melbourne).
Subjects include: support he is receiving 'from Commonwealth Minister of Markets downwards'; successful tour to Queensland; pleasant stay with Lord and Lady Stonehaven; visits to Test matches; Australian dried fruit; sale of Australian produce in Glasgow; potential for increased New Zealand trade; 'very satisfied with New Zealand tour'; 'New Zealand is a wonderful country…the hospitality is perfectly wonderful and it really requires a constitution of iron to stand up to it'; New Zealand election; luncheon at Invercargill; talks with Prime Minister and other officials in Wellington.
Australian Tour, November 1927 - 13 September 1929 (Item 8/19/2/1)
Correspondence, press cuttings, publications, c1927-1930. (134p.)
Includes: Correspondence between Ford and Major J.Russell King (Australian Dairy Produce Board, London) (17/06/1929 - 10/07/1929): re statements alleged to have been made by Ford during Australian tour
M.H.Ellis (Sydney) correspondence with various people, Correspondents include: Ford; A.E.Moore (Brisbane); E.R.Isaacs (Brisbane); Gordon Edgell and Sons (Bathurst); J.B.Cramsie (Sydney). (13/09/1928- 04/04/1929): making arrangements for Ford's tour
Memorandum on Australian trade with Glasgow and Northern Britain by Harold M.Ford (11/1927)
Port of Glasgow. A Few Economic Facts as to the Marketing of Dominion Products in Northern Britain (n.d.)
Corporation of Glasgow. Glasgow's Markets for Dominion Primary Products (n.d.)
Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. The Bond of Trade; Place Your Orders Here (n.d.)
Australian Visitors: Prime Ministers, 2 March 1928 - 6 January 1938 (Item 8/19/2/2)
Correspondence, press cuttings, papers. (c113p.)
Includes: Correspondence between Ford (Glasgow) and J.Hutton (Queensland Egg Board, Brisbane), (09/09/1935 -08/09/1936): re marketing of Queensland eggs in Glasgow, includes table of statistics
Correspondence between Ford (Glasgow) and Cayzer Irvine and Co Ltd (London), (24/03/1934 -12/03/1935): re imports of citrus fruit from South Africa
Ford to S.M.Bruce (Australia House) (28/03/1935): re imports of Australian butter
S.M.Bruce (Canberra) to Ford (02/03/1928): re marketing of Australian products
Correspondence between Ford and Joe Lyons (07/06/1935 -06/01/1938): re Lyons' visit to Glasgow; market for Australian produce in Scotland
Itinerary for visit of J.A.Lyons to Glasgow (10/06/1935 -11/06/1935)
Memorandum on the visit of J.A.Lyons to Glasgow on 10-11 June 1935. (Typed carbon), (19/11/1935)
[Queensland Correspondence], 18 November 1933 - 28 September 1938 (Item 8/19/2/3)
Correspondence, press cutting, papers (43p.)
Richard Linton (Victoria Agent General, London) to Ford (Glasgow), (18/11/1933): thanking him for services to Australian primary producers; his visit to Glasgow. (Copy)
Clyde Navigation Trust. Abstract of imports of New Zealand and Australian produce into Glasgow, 1927-1933
Correspondence between Ford and Premier W.Forgan Smith of Queensland (05/07/1934 -11/05/1938): re his visits to Glasgow in 1934 and 1936. (Copies)
Memorandum of visit of W.Forgan Smith to Glasgow, 18-19 June 1934 (30/08/1934)
Itinerary of the visit of W.Forgan Smith to Glasgow (16/03/1936 -18/03/1936)
Copies of speeches from Hansard of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland received from W.Forgan Smith (n.d.): [re primary produce]
W.Goodfellow (Amalgamated Dairies Ltd, Auckland) to Ford (28/09/1938)
[Miscellaneous Australian Trade]: Lord Stonehaven (Westminster) to Captain Victor Cazalet (Dominions Office), 23 November 1931 (Item)
Re visit from Ford, trying to induce Stonehaven to promote a meeting of women's organisations in Edinburgh to stimulate purchase of Dominion products. (Copy, 1p.)
[Miscellaneous Australian Trade], 1926 - 1927 (Item)
Copies of letters to Ford from several Glasgow merchants re Australian trade, with tables of statistics (15p.)
[Miscellaneous Australian Correspondence], 6 December 1927 - 11 May 1938 (Item 8/19/2/5)
Letters to Ford from Australian correspondents and copies of Ford's replies. (183p.)
Includes:
Ford to Sir Stanley Argyle (Melbourne), (23/11/1934 -06/03/1937): re trade, Australian produce
William Raeburn (Glasgow) to S.M.Bruce (Canberra), (06/12/1927): re 'bottleneck' of Australian trade in London
Ford (Glasgow) to S.M.Bruce (London), (28/03/1935): re Australian trade, encloses copy of
Bruce (Canberra) to Ford (02/03/1928): re Australian primary products
W.Forgan Smith (Queensland House) to Ford (11/05/1938): thanking him for promotion of trade between Scotland and Queensland. (Copy)
Correspondence between Ford and Sir Walter Leitch (Brighton), (28/10/1935 -18/03/1938): re merits of Glasgow for Australian trade; Victoria's trade with Scotland; Ford's opinion of Sir Richard Linton; death of Brigadier Bourchier
Correspondence between Ford and Richard Linton, Victoria Agent General (03/11/1933 -14/03/1935): re Linton's visit to Glasgow; Victoria's trade with Scotland; fruit trade
Correspondence between Ford and Sir William MacPherson (Windermere, Edinburgh), (09/06/1930 -16/06/1930): re visit to Glasgow
Correspondence concerning Rowland Dudley Simpson's agency for Glasgow merchants in New Zealand. Includes; R.D.Simpson's C.V (21/02/1936); Correspondence between Ford and Simpson (London, and Auckland) concerning his establishment in Auckland, problems with Glasgow goods and firms, housing in Auckland;Letters of introduction from Ford to several New Zealand friends and associates; Correspondence between Ford and several Glasgow firms prominent in the dairy trade (21/02/1934 -05/03/1934): re trade in Australian butter; Copies of press cuttings and statements in Hansard (Australia), (07/1934 08/1934): re activities of Richard Linton and costs of the Agent General.