Miscellaneous business papers and correspondence.

Reference:GB 254 MS 66/2/10/37
Dates of Creation:1859-1910
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Scope and Content
Includes: (1)-(14) Camperdown Pressing Company Ltd., Calcutta: Memorandum and articles of association 1882; statements of shares and dividends, power of attorney, notice and minute of Extraordinary General Meeting with draft agreement appointing Cox Brothers as managing agents (1910), 1894-1910. (15)-(17) Letter, 1 June 1903, William J. Cox, Minto, New South Wales, Australia, to W.T. Scroggie, secretary of Cox Brothers Ltd. Describes his treatment on board ship for blood poisoning, and financial difficulties; letters (2) from Andrew Hendry & Sons, solicitors to Cox, concerning voluntary payments made to him, 1909 and undated. (18)-(23) Correspondence and notes relating to feu duties. n.d. and 1904-1909. (24)-(39) Correspondence particularly with the British Linen Bank, Dundee and the Bank of Australia with related papers, c.1907-1909. Concerns securities held by Cox Brothers Ltd. (40) Quarry and house property balance sheets, 1859-1861. (41) Plan of Harefield Road area, Lochee, n.d. [c.1910]. [22 x 47.5 cm]. (43)-(44) Letter, 22 September 1909, Wheatley Kirk, Price & Co., valuers, London, enclosing list of valuations carried out by them. (48)-(49) Copy deeds transferring stock to new trustees of the Lochee Young Women's Christian Association. n.d. c.1910.
Administrative / Biographical History
Jute Industries Ltd was formed as a result of the amalgamation of many of the Dundee jute companies including Cox Brothers (Camperdown Works), Gilroy and Sons (Tay Works) and J and A D Grimond (Bowbridge Works), and was registered as a limited company in England in 1920.
It changed its name to Sidlaw Industries Ltd in 1971 and to Sidlaw Group plc in 1981. Over the years the company moved away from jute into other interests. As of 2020 the company is still registered as active and is based in Bristol.
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Note
Jute Industries Ltd was formed as a result of the amalgamation of many of the Dundee jute companies including Cox Brothers (Camperdown Works), Gilroy and Sons (Tay Works) and J and A D Grimond (Bowbridge Works), and was registered as a limited company in England in 1920.
It changed its name to Sidlaw Industries Ltd in 1971 and to Sidlaw Group plc in 1981. Over the years the company moved away from jute into other interests. As of 2020 the company is still registered as active and is based in Bristol.
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Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone, Assistant Archivist, January 2010
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