Tailors’ Buttons
Cormack & Lewis, Cessnock
John Groat Sinclair (a.k.a George Jack, a.k.a. John George) Cormack and William Aubrey Lewis started advertising in 1921.
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW), 11th February 1921 page 5.
In 1928 they suffered a shop fire.
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The Newcastle Sun (NSW), 24th December 1928 page 6.
During WW2 they ran afoul of the restrictions applied by the government and were fined.
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW), 9th April 1943 page 3. I think the authorities took a “serious view” of themselves, as well!
In December 1945 the partnership was ceased, with both Cormack and Lewis continuing alone. In 1947 Cormack was fined for attempting to bribe a Commonwealth officer. Mr Cormack was born in Scotland in 1889 and died in Cessnock in 1953 after a long illness.
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Dun’s Gazette for NSW, 25th January 1946.
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW), 25th January 1946 page 4.
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The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder (NSW), 26th March 1946 page 5.
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William Aubrey Lewis 1898-1963.