Information Regarding P. Orr & Sons of Madras and Rangoon

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P. Orr & Sons - Madras - 1875


P. Orr & Sons - Madras - 1875


P. Orr & Sons - Madras - 1875

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Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Robert Gordon Orr and Frederick William Emery, carrying on business as Jewellers, Gold and Silver Smiths, Watchmakers, Engineers, &c., at Mount-road, Madras, East Indies, and Moorgate Station-chambers, London, under the style or firm of P. Orr and Sons, has been dissolved by mutual consent as and from the 30th day of June, 1898. All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Frederick William Emery, who will continue to carry on the business of Jewellers, Gold and Silver smiths, Watchmakers &c., under the style or firm of P. Orr and Sons as heretofore. Notice is further given that the firm's responsibility in the Engineering Branch ceases as from this date, and the said Engineering business will in future be carried on under the style or firm of Mansfield and Sons of Madras. Dated this 6th day of April, 1899.
ROBT. G. ORR,
FRED. W. EMERY.

Source: The London Gazette - 14th April 1899

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IAN CORMACK



Mr. H. I. Cormack, M.L.A.

Director of P. Orr & Sons, Ltd., Madras; has been in this country for 21 years; has been a Councillor of the Corporation of Madras for two terms; Elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly from the Madras Chamber of Commerce and Madras Trades Association; Address: c/o P. Orr & Sons, Ltd., Madras.

Source: Directory of the Madras Legislature - 1950

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras and Ootacamund - c.1941

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras - 1932

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A 1956 advertisement from the Rolex Watch Company noting that P. Orr & Sons were their sole distributor in South India:


P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras - 1956

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras, Ootacamund and Rangoon - 1947

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New Delhi, the 18th April 1955

S.R.O. 876.—Whereas immediately before the Employees' Provident Funds Act, 1952 (XIX of 1952), became applicable to the establishment of the firm of Messrs. P. Orr and Sons Limited. Madras, there was in existence a provident fund common to the employees employed in the establishment of the said firm to which the said Act applies, and the employees in their branch office at Ootacamund:

Now, therefore, In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Employees' Provident Funds Act, 1952 (XIX of 1952), the Central Government hereby directs that the provisions of the said Act shall apply to the establishment of the branch office of the said firm situated at Ootacamund.

[No. PF.57(l)/53.]

TEJA SINGH SAHNI. Under Secy.

Source: The Gazette of India - 23rd April 1955

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras and Ootacamund - 1946

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PATENTS

The 14th September 1892

NOTIFICATIONS

No. 236 of 1892 - Robert Gordon Orr and Frederick William Emery, both of Mount Road, Madras, in the Presidency of Madras, in the Empire of India, and there carrying on business together in co-partnership as Watch-makers, Diamond Merchants, Jewellers and Silversmiths under the style or firm of P. Orr and Sons, for "A jointless bar link."

Source: The Gazette of India - 17th September 1892

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras, Ootacamund, and Rangoon - 1947

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras, Ootacamund, Rangoon, and London - 1946

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras - 1944

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An image of the Rangoon branch of P. Orr & Sons:



This image was published in 1902.

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras and Ootacamund - 1948

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P. Orr & Sons - Madras and Ootacamund - 1902

42, Sule Pagoda Road, Rangoon and Madras, Colombo and London.

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras, Ootacamund, and Rangoon - 1947

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ORR P & SONS Ld. Mount rd - Bchs—Rangoon and Ootacamund manfctg jewellers goldsmiths silversmiths diamond merchts and mounters pearl merchts and dealers in precious stones watch clock and chronometer makers gilders electroplaters die sinkers and engravers ophthalmic opticians cutlers gunsmith and dealers in arms and ammn manfctrs and importers of scientific and mathml instruments ecclesiastical and art metal workers—Mang dirs R J C Robertson and J M Smith Dir F A Heath Showroom mangr L A Woodward Assts A G Cheverton and B Power scientific instruments and engrg dept and works Supdt T A Wood Workshops Asst C W Ricks Office and ad tg mangr J R Connor Ootacam ind mangr G I Bartley London correspdts— P Orr & Sons Ld 34 Ely place Holborn LC 1 Codes uscd —~Bentleys Premier and ABC 5th Ldn Tel ad— Orr Phone No 2223 PO Box No 31

Source: Thacker's Indian Directory - 1937-38

Names noted:

R. J. C. Robertson and J. M. Smith (Managing Directors)
F.A. Heath (Director)
L.A. Woodward (Showroom Manager)
A.G. Cheverton (Assistant)
B.(?) Power (Assistant)
T.A. Wood (Works Superintendent)
C.W. Ricks (Workshops Assistant)
J.R. Connor (Office and Advertising Manager)
G.I. Bartley (Manger Ootacamund Branch)

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras and Ootacamund - 1945

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P. Orr & Sons Ltd. - Madras, Ootacamund, and Rangoon - 1947

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