Clark & Robinson

**Clark & Robinson** kamfani ne na masu sayar da kayayyaki na Australiya, wanda shugabannin su ne William Clark da Lionel George Robinson . Sun sami wadatarsu a hakar ma'adinai sannan suka tafi London, inda suka ci gaba da aiki, suna rayuwa cikin babban salon. Ana tunawa da su saboda nasarorin da suka samu a tseren doki, wanda ya hada da Kofin Melbourne guda biyu.

## Tarihi
Robinson da Clark sun shiga haɗin gwiwa a cikin 1890 kuma sun haɓaka babban kasuwanci mai fa'ida wanda ke ma'amala da hannun jari na hakar ma'adinai a lokacin haɓakar hakar ma-adinai na Broken Hill da Kalgoorlie.

A cikin 1895 Clark & Robinson sun koma ofishinsu zuwa Adelaide, da farko a 27 Grenfell Street daga Afrilu 1896 zuwa Oktoba 1897, sannan Cowra Chambers, 23 Grenfell Street, sannan daga Maris 1899 Brookman Building, 35 Grenfell Street. Robinson ya yi saka hannun jari mai yawa a cikin Kamfanin Hainault Goldmiming, wanda ya tabbatar da riba sosai.

Robinson ya fara hulɗa da Kalgoorlie da "Golden Mile" lokacin da Babban Mai mallakar Boulder ya buɗe matakin 200 ft, kuma a ƙarshen '90s ya zama mataimakin Sydney J. Yeo don buɗe ofishin Kalgoorlia na kamfanin.&nbsp;

An haɓaka babban kasuwanci mai fa'ida tare da London, kuma Robinson ya koma can don gudanar da wannan kasuwancin da kansa. Dokokin Kasuwancin Kasuwancin London ba wai kawai ya bukaci ya bar membobinsa na Kasuwancin Australiya ba kafin ya shiga, amma ba zai iya kasancewa cikin haɗin gwiwar kasashen waje ba,  don haka tare da Clark an rushe shi a watan Mayu 1899 ta hanyar yarjejeniyar juna. 

Shekaru biyu Robinson da Clark sun gudanar da ofisoshin su da kansu, sannan suka yanke shawarar sake haduwa a London. Clark da mai lissafinsa Guy Stanton sun tafi Ingila a watan Mayu 1902. Clark, wanda ya yi murabus daga kasancewa memba na Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na Melbourne da Adelaide, an zabe shi memba na Kasuwar Kasuwancin London daga 1 ga Janairu 1905, kuma a wannan rana Clark ya shiga Robinson a matsayin abokin tarayya na kamfanin Lionel Robinson da Co., wanda aka sake masa suna Lionel Robinson, Clark & Co., tare da ofisoshi a 24 Throgmorton Street, London.  A cikin shekaru biyu ita ce babbar gidan kudi da ke hulɗa da hannun jarin hakar ma'adinai na Australiya a London. Kasuwanci yana da kyau kuma kamfanin ya bunƙasa fiye da yadda yake a Ostiraliya, kuma kowannensu ya zama mai arziki sosai.

Arthur J. Walkley, wanda a baya ma'aikaci ne, ya karɓi ofishin Adelaide, kuma ya zama ƙaramin abokin tarayya na sabon kamfanin; ya mutu a ranar 1 ga Maris 1942 bayan da jirgin ya buge shi. Sauran ma'aikatan da daga baya suka zama abokan tarayya sune Andrew D. Young,  Sydney E. Knights (daga baya memba na London Stock Exchange), da C. B. Jessop . Robinson ya kasance a kan neman damar kasuwanci a Ostiraliya: a cikin 1905 lokacin da ma'adanai na Broken Hill ke gwagwarmaya da matsaloli da yawa ya shirya wani karusa mai zaman kansa a kan jirgin "Barrier" don ƙungiyar masana'antu da masu saka hannun jari da aka gayyata, waɗanda suka saka dubban fam na babban birnin Burtaniya a cikin ma'adinai na Arewa da Kudu, Zinc Corporation, da Kamfanin Zinc Amalgamated. Robinson da Clark sun kafa kamfanin Broken Hill Syndicate Limited tare da W.L., EL da W. Baillieu da sauransu.

A cikin 1919 kamfanin sayar da kayayyaki na Knights, Jessop & Stanton ya shiga cikin karɓar Lionel Robinson, Clark & Co . 

Kodayake ya sami wadata ta hanyar hannun jari na hakar ma'adinai, Robinson yana da sha'awar masana'antu: ya kasance babban darektan masu hannun jari na Kamfanin London Motor Omnibus, da London Underground Railways. A matsayinsa na darektan kamfanin omnibus ya damu da sunan da 'buses ke da shi saboda rashin amintacce, kuma ya nace kan sake fasalin yau da kullun na kowane bas, ko yana ba da matsaloli ko a'a, tare da sakamako mai fa'ida nan take. Robinson da Clark sun saka hannun jari sosai wajen kafa masana'antun ulu da masana'antun da ke da alaƙa a Victoria.

Bayan mutuwar Robinson, Yeo a Adelaide ya ce: - *Lionel Robinson aboki ne mai aminci kuma mutum ne mai son kai, kuma zan yi aiki da fata daga ƙasusuwana a gare shi. "A sanar da mutuwar Robinson ga membobin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci na Adelaide, Shugaban (W. B. Carr) ya ce kodayake wasu shekaru ne tun lokacin da aka haɗa shi da Kasuwancin Adelaide, Robinson sananne ne ga dukkan membobin yau, waɗanda za su yi nadama sosai ga mutuwarsa. Nasarar da suka samu a Adelaide sun biyo baya a London, inda suka sami babban suna a cikin manyan bangarorin kudi. A matsayinsa na mutum Lionel Robinson duk abokan hulɗarsa ne ke son shi a musayar. Yana da hali mai kyau, kuma halin farin ciki ya sanya shi abokai da yawa waɗanda har yanzu suna riƙe da kyakkyawar tunawa da kwanakin da ya yi tare da su.Babu wani wuri mafi kyau a Norfolk fiye da 'Buckenham Hall' na Mista Lionel Robinson. A lokacin ziyarar ƙungiyar A.I.F. zuwa gidansa Mista Robinson yana da abin da aka fi so ga Derby na Ingila, kuma ya gaya mana mu sami kadan a ciki, saboda an fi so shi sosai. Abin takaici ya 'yi kuskure,' kuma bai fara ba. Mista Robinson kuma yana da matukar sha'awar kudi a cikin shawarwarin hakar ma'adinai da yawa a wannan ƙasar, kuma kusan koyaushe yana jin daɗin 'yan Australia a gidansa yayin ziyarar da suka yi a Tsohon Ƙasar. Ƙasa kanta tana da kusan rabin mil daga gidan a cikin kyakkyawan mahalli. Masu halarta koyaushe suna da ƙanƙanta, saboda maƙwabcin da manoma ke zaune. Koyaya, rashin masu kallo ba ya rage sha'awar 'yan wasan ta kowace hanya. Mambobin kungiyoyin biyu suna zaune a gidan Mista Robinson, **ban da masu sana'a**, kuma ana jin daɗinsu cikin hanya mai ban mamaki. Ana iya ɗauka cewa Mista Robinson ya tabbatar da wani adadin ga 'yan Australia don wannan wasan. Bugu da kari yana biyan duk kudaden da aka kashe a bangarensa, kuma, bayan ya yi la'akari da cewa babu wani caji don shiga ƙasa, ana iya fahimtarsa cewa wasan yana da tsada sosai, har ma da shi.A shekara ta 1921 ya buga wa tawagar Warwick Armstrong ta Australia XI a Old Buckenham Hall, wanda ya ja hankalin masu kallo da yawa.

Lionel Robinson ya mutu a can daga ciwon daji a ranar 27 ga Yuli 1922, bayan da bai shiga cikin harkokin kudi ba bayan yakin. Ya bar dukiya mai daraja a kusan £ 240,000. A kusa da 1937 Old Buckenham Hall ya zama sabon shafin makarantar yara maza, wanda Misses Ellen da Margaret Ringer suka kafa a 1862 a Lowestoft, Suffolk. Dukansu Lionel da Mary Robinson an binne su a cikin cocin a kan dukiyar.

An yi hayar Windlesham Moor ga Gimbiya Elizabeth da Philip Mountbatten a matsayin mafaka na ƙasa kai tsaye bayan aurensu a watan Nuwamba 1947 kuma yayin da ake sake gina Sunninghill Park, wanda wuta ta lalata shi sosai.

A cikin 1950 Mrs. Bryant ta sanya shi a kasuwa, kuma mai sayar da keke da mota na Melbourne William L. Buckland ya sayi shi a cikin 1953.

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