Robert Philp

Sir Robert Philp married Mina, Edwin Munro's sister in 1898 after the death in 1890 of his first wife, Jessie Campbell, her (and Edwin Munro's) cousin

The business of Mr R Philp is about to be amalgamated with that of Mr James Burns, of Sydney, and formed into a limited liability company, to be styled Messrs Burns, Philp, and Co, Limited, which will embrace all the other places of business hitherto carried on by them in the North

Brisbane Courier 17 March 1883

Recent advertisements in the Courier and Queenslander announced that the firm of James Burns, of Queensland and Sydney, has amalga- mated with that of Robert Philp, of Towns- ville, etc., under the title of Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, having places of business at Townsville, Normanton, Burketown, Thursday Island, Cairns, Charters Towers, Sydney, London, and Brisbane. The capital of the company is £250,000, and the business of general merchants, shipping agents, &c., will be carried on at all the places named. The company will possess a fleet of fifteen sailing and six steam vessels, all of which will be em- ployed in the Queensland coasting and lighter- ing trade

Brisbane Courier 25 April 1883

PATENT DIVING PUMPS. THE undersigned have for sale HEINKE'S PATENT DIVING PUMPS, with all Messrs. Heinke's latest improvements, which make this the most perfect diving pump of the day. A large supply of Diving Gear always in stock. Price upon application. BURNS, PHILP & Co., Limited, Thursday Island.

BC 16 June 1883

Loss OF THE MARQUIS OF LORNE — A telegram received yesterday by the New Zea- land Insurance Company conveys the intel- ligence that on Saturday last the ketch Marquis of Lorne struck a rock about eighteen miles to the north-east of Dunk Island, which is about twenty miles north of Cardwell, and sank in fifteen minutes in seven fathoms of water. It is sup- posed that the captain and crew were saved. The Marquis of Lorne was the pro- perty of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., of Townsville, and was engaged in the beche- de-mer trade. She was built in Brisbane water (N.S.W.) in 1871, and was of 54 tons net re- gister. She was 69ft. long, 18ft. 4in. beam, and 6ft. 6in. depth of hold. The vessel was insured with the New Zealand Insurance Company for £1000.

BC 14 Aug 1883

MARRIAGE. PHILP-MUNRO. — On the 20th April, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. James M'Queen, Robert Philp, M.L.A., to Mina, daughter of John Munro, Wungunga, Teneriffe.

BC 29 April 1898