J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing MN 2256 Acc.6067A ROBINSON & COX, Solicitors The company was originally registered as Haynes & Robinson and commenced business in the town of Albany. This firm of solicitors has become one the oldest legal firms in Australia in terms of continuity. The original partner, Samuel Johnson Haynes, was born during the industrial revolution in 1852 in Leek, Staffordshire, England. The family migrated to Victoria where Samuel studied law and in 1886 was admitted to practice in Western Australia. Robert Thomson Robinson was the first partner taken on by Samuel Johnson Haynes this being in March 1889. This company of solicitors throughout its long history has traded under the following names : Haynes & Robinson Haynes, Robinson & Cox Haynes, Robinson Sholl & Foulkes Robinson & Cox Robinson, Cox & Wheatley Robinson ,Cox, Jackson & Wheatley. The senior partners of the company were: Robert Thomson Robinson, Charles Baxter Cox, Samuel Johnson Haynes, Richard S. Haynes, Edward Sholl and Herbert Holland Wheatley. The Papers The papers were donated to the Battye Library by Heather Fitzgerald on 22 August 2003 (Acc 6067A) Holdings = 1.60m Access The J S Battye Library provides access to original material. In some situations, this may not be possible and alternative formats such as microfilm, microfiche, typescripts or photocopies are supplied for researchers’ use. Where alternative formats are available, these must be used. Copyright Restrictions The Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968 regulates copying of unpublished material. It is the user’s legal obligation to determine and satisfy copyright. MN 2256 1 Copyright SLWA 2003 J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing Summary of Classes ADOPTIONS GUARANTEES AFFIDAVITS INDEMNITY AGREEMENTS INDENTURE APPOINTMENTS INSURANCE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INVOICES BANK BOOKS LEASES BANKRUPTCY LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION BILLS OF EXCHANGE LETTERS OF ASSIGNMENT BILLS OF SALE LICENSES BONDS MEMORANDUM CAVEATS MORTGAGES CERTIFICATES ORDER CHARGES NOTES CONTRACTS NOTEBOOKS COPYRIGHT PARTNERSHIPS CORRESPONDENCE PATENTS COVENANTS PHOTOGRAPHS DECLARATIONS POWERS OF ATTORNEY DECREES PROBATE DEEDS OF APPRENTICESHIP PROMISSORY NOTES DEEDS OF ARRANGEMENT PUBLICATIONS DEEDS OF CONVEYANCE RESIGNATIONS DEEDS OF DEFEASANCE RULES DEEDS OF GIFT SETTLEMENTS DEEDS OF GRANT SHARES DEEDS OF RELEASE STATEMENTOF ACCOUNTS DEEDS OF SEPARATION TAX DEEDS [LAND] TRADEMARKS ESTATE TRANSFERS FORMS WILLS ADOPTIONS 6067A/1 7 April 1920 RESTRICTED Relating to the adoption of a child AFFIDAVITS 6067A/2 17 February 1897 Affidavit in the matter of the Estate of Henry Bowley Taylor late of Mallina AGREEMENTS 6067A/3 9 October 1906 RESTRICTED Agreement to adopt a child 26 May 1894 6067A/4 Agreement to Transfer the Mount Prophecy Mining lease MN 2256 2 Copyright SLWA 2003 J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing by Thomas Gilbert Pearce to Robert Frederick Sholl, William Edward Sholl , William Edward Marmion , William Silas Pearse, David Symon and William Clarke 6067A/5 27 February 1904 Agreement to transfer No. 562 Hay Street Perth by John Macmeikan to Frank Edwin Oldmeadow 6067A/6 1 November 1908 Agreement to transfer the Canning Bridge Hotel from John Lewis to William Isaac Hooper 6067A/7 18 April 1902 Agreement to extend a Mortgage between John Moir and John Clarke 6067A/8 6 May 1904 Mortgage Agreement between Harry Goodie and J.A. Bolton 6067A/9 14 March 1906 Mortgage Agreement between John Laurance and Charles Sommers 6067A/10 8 March 1907 Mortgage Agreement between Mrs. E, A. Simpson and John Walter Thompson 6067A/11 26 January 1909 Supplementary Mortgage Agreement between Mrs M.M. Dempster and others with the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited 6067A/12 11 August 1916 Mortgage Agreement between S.B. Alexander and L.H.S. Stein. 6067A/13 13 May 1910 Option Agreement between D.N. McLeod and J.K. Weir 6067A/14 16 June 1928 Option Agreement between Esor Masel and H.P. Williams 6067A/15 15 March 1860 Agreement for purchase of land at Wonnerup by auction, Thomas and Henry Carter and Mary Heppingstone 6067A/16 5 September 1905 Agreement and Acknowledgement of terms of Purchase of Swan Bottling Works between Albert Muddock and Swallow Brewery Ltd 6067A/17 27 September 1907 Agreement between Charles Henry Iffla and Alfred Henry Bartlett, Newspaper Proprietor for sale of "Hearth and Home" newspaper 6067A/18 20 January 1909 Agreement for sale of Swallow Brewery between Samuel William Copley and Allan Counsell , Walter Smedley Thomson 6067A19 3 April 1924 Hire Purchase Agreement between Thomas Higinbotham Hope and Algernon Theodore Wardell-Johnson for Dodge car MN 2256 3 Copyright SLWA 2003 J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing 6067A/20 Hire Purchase Agreement between Claude Morlet and Percy Birchley for Dodge Car 6067A/21 Agreement to purchase land between Jennie Sundercombe and Thomas Basil Duncombe Mann 6067A/22 Agreement to Purchase Foxburn Farm, Bowgada by William John Campbell from James Campbell 6067A/23 12 August 1895 Agreement to Lease land for Market Garden between Arthur Albert Fuller and Ah You , Yong Sing at Guildford 6067A/24 22 July 1896 Agreement to lease premises 'Great Eastern Restaurant' between Alfred Felton , Frederick Sheppard Grimwade and Charles Baldry 6067A/25 2 September 1896 Agreement to let Shop corner Hutt and James Streets by George Throssell to Duncan Walker 6067A/26 12 April 1897 Agreement to lease land at Victoria Park by James Harry Osborne to John Symonds and Chin Jong 6067A/27 28 January 1896 Agreement to let premises by William Traylen to Alfred Ames William Arthur Cook 6067A/28 18 February 1898 Agreement to Lease property by William T. Foulkes to Arther I Tijou 6067A/29 20 January 1898 Agreement to lease premises by Mr A. F. James from Mrs I. G. Foulkes and Mr a. J. Foulkes 6067A/30 7 April 1899 Agreement to lease the Balagundi Hotel between Mrs Margaret Hughes and Messrs F. A. McMullen, Henry Avery 6067A/31 15 October 1900 Agreement to let premises in Kalgoorlie between Sir John Forrest and George Saunders , Roy Saunders & Harry C. Nathan 6067A/32 5 September 1901 Agreement to lease Canningford Refreshment rooms between Mrs Ellen Ryan and Otto Leuke 6067A/33 22 January 1902 Agreement to lease land between Ellen Ryan and T.F. Legon 6067A/34 29 August 1902 Agreement to lease land near Midland Railway Company, Irwin River between Mr S. Phillips and the Irwin River Coal Prospecting Syndicate 6067A/35 23 April 1904 Agreement to lease premises in Central Chambers Perth between Mrs A. M. Marmion and William C. Crawford 6067A/36 15 November 1904 Agreement to lease property at Preston Agricultural Area MN 2256 4 Copyright SLWA 2003 J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing between Mrs A. T. Salt and Mr James Cotterill 6067A/37 16 November 1904 Agreement to lease premises in King Street Perth between I. I. Green and Messrs Harper & Kurtz 6067A/38 20 December 1904 Agreement to lease Moora Hotel between S. W. Copley and Mr J Williams 6067A/39 28 January 1905 Agreement to lease house at Lot 63 Burtville between C. B. Cox and W. D. Johnson 6067A/40 4 April 1906 Agreement to lease the Commercial Hotel at Collie between the Swallow Brewery and Mr F. Butler 6067A/41 14 August 1906 Agreement to lease land to erect a hotel at Moora between Mr Nazeera Saleeba and Mr H. W. Fowler 6067A/42 15 November 1907 Agreement of extension of lease of Canning Bridge Hotel between Mrs E. Matheson and Mrs M. E. Maher 6067A/43 5 April 1916 Agreement to lease land for market garden between John Cookson and George Pejkovich 6067A/44 28 March 1922 Agreement to lease two shops and land between Emily Thompson and Florence Day 6067A/45 28 February 1923 Agreement to lease 30 Bulwer street between Jessie Jane Marshall Noble and Eleanor Harvey 6067A/46 7 August 1928 Agreement to lease Trotting horse named "Tazeena" between William Foy and Ernest Albert Pearson 6067A/47 1896 Agreement to lease land at Cannington between George Leake and John Berkley Goodman 6067A/48 23 August 1897 Agreement to lease shop at Midland Junction between Charles Mitchenson Straker and Edwin Bartholomew 6067A/49 22 December 1897 Agreement of tenancy of offices in St Georges Terrace Perth occupied by Alexander Forrest and Co between Samuel Hordern and W.J. Williams 6067A/50 24 March 1897 Agreement to lease property occupied by The London and Colonial Mining and Property Investment Agency between Charles Nunn Kidman and George Stubbs 6067A/51 10 February 1897 Agreement to lease premises upstairs on the corner of Barrack and Wellington Streets 6067A/52 9 January 1899 Agreement to lease land between Ralf Thomas Dewar and James Vigors Jones MN 2256 5 Copyright SLWA 2003 J S Battye Library of West Australian History Private Archives – Collection Listing 6067A/53 3 June 1899 Agreement to lease 18 acres in South Perth between Arabella Stiles and John Reany and Wife 6067A/54 17 April 1901 Tenancy Agreement of house named "Dunoon" between Elizabeth Neil and James Laing 6067A/55 8 April 1903 Agreement to lease land between Mr Benjamin Stubbs Mills and Elizabeth Anne Simpson 6067A/56 14 November 1905 Agreement to lease land at corner Beaufort and Walcott Streets Highgate Hill between Simon Bremnel Alexander and Henry Clifford 6067A/57 3 March 1908 Tenancy Agreement of the Ground floor of Sholl's Buildings Perth between W.A. Trustees and Stirling Brothers and Co 6067A/58 27 November 1918 Agreement of lease of the Esplanade Hotel Perth between Fannie Whitley Leake and Auguste Rousseau 6067A/59 22 July 1919 Tenancy Agreement between Soldiers welcome Committee and the Returned Soldiers Association of the Soldiers Institute in Government Gardens 6067A/60 11 December 1906 Tenancy Agreement of land in Brisbane street Perth between Alfred Beard and William Stack 6067A/61 1 November 1918 Tenancy Agreement of property between H.