PART FOUR - BONNAR & ATKINSON - The Connection

In this part I attempt to answer the first question I set myself in PART ONE:

[1] What was the nature of the relationship between Bonnar and Atkinson?

This is the most difficult question of them all - but so important to the pre-history of the great
Scott Bonnar Company. It would appear that the two companies - one large; one small - entered into
a business arrangement, whereby Atkinson acquired (at some point) the business conducted by Scott
Bonnar at Bloor Court.

I believe the relationship came about because of a known fact: Scott Bonnar re-enlisted in the A.I.F.
(Australian Infantry Force) in mid-1918. The uncertainty of that action required Scott's consideration
and planning as to the running of the business he had built up since 1916.

Part of that arrangement - I speculate - involved Scott Bonnar continuing to trade under his name
(and involving him) right up to the very end of 1919.

Spot the difference(s) in these two advertisements:-

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In 1920, perhaps ownership of the business was transferred to Atkinson. In the early 1920 advertisement
below, note the attribution to the 'Late S. Bonnar,' an indication of the good will and reputation of
the previous owner:-

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TO BE CONTINUED ...