W. H. Glen and Company
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W.H. Glen and Company Pty. Ltd., were established in Victoria, circa 1853. They were considered as one of the leading music houses in Australia in the 1900s. They sold musical instruments from their Collins Street location in Melbourne, but also had branch warehouses such as in Ballarat.[1] This included acting as agents for piano and organ brands.
The Company also published a series of 'Federal music books', with the words and scores for old songs.[2]In February 1930, musician Auguste Prosper Fraillon stole 425 (or 352[3] or 452[4]) mouth organs from the Collins Street store-room, and was charged by police in March.[5] Fraillon collapsed on the dock during the court session, and his sentence was suspended.[6] Reginald Rigby Browne, a tobacconist was charged with receiving the mouth organs, with the knowledge that they were stolen.[7]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "New music warehouse". The Ballarat Star. 21 October 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Current topics". Launceston Examiner. 19 July 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Musical thief: stole 352 mouth organs". Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette. 18 March 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "452 mouth-organs stolen". The Argus. 8 March 1930. p. 29. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Thief's musical taste". Daily Examiner. 13 March 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Musical thief: weakness for mouth organs". Tweed Daily. 21 March 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ↑ "Tobacconist charged with receiving". The Herald. 8 April 1930. p. 16. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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