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WADDINGTON
in York

1834

"An important arrest was made on Sunday on board the A new publication, “Our Celebrities," will shortly be issued Guion Royal Mail steamship Nevada, which had arrived in by Messrs. Swan, Sonnenschein & Co.

It is intended to pubQueenstown harbour to embark passengers before proceeding lish every month three large portraits, with biographical notices, to New York. A young musician nained Charles Rowe, who from the pen of Dr. Louis Engel.

The celebrities are not, as had assumed another name, was discovered among the saloon might be supposed, exclusively or chiefly of the musical kind, passengers, with a young wife to whom he had been married although it may be hoped that the worshippers of the divine only one week.

Sergeant Harland, a Leeds detective, took art will receive their due share of attention him into custody on the charge of having fraudulently disposed of a number of valuable pianos which he had hired out, Mr. McGuckin returned to town on Saturday, having on the instalment system, from Mr. W. H. Waddington, piano crossed the “pond” in the Umbria.

He looks as well and warehouse, Leeds, to the amount of £400.. Mr. Waddington cheerful as ever, and is full of his American experiences not had accompanied the detective for identification.

The charge all of them very pleasant, but all of them very interesting. Of having been made known to the accused man, a painful scene the splendour with which such operas as Lohengrin," ensued. The young wife sobbed and cried as her husband Rubinstein's “Nero," and Goldmark's “Queen of Sheba,” was being taken away by the detective officers to the steam are got up on the other side, we have, he says, no notion in tender in waiting alongside the ship, and she watched her this country. husband being taken ashore to stand his trial for fraud while she was being conveyed to sea on board the liner for New York." The Musical World, 15/05/1888, p. 365

1909

  1909 - "WADDINGTON & Sons (Lim.). This company was registered on March 26th, with a capital of £ 60.000, to acquire the business of piano dealers, &c., carried on at York under the style of Waddington & Sons; also other businesses.

The signatories are W. H. Waddington, W. Waddington, C. Waddington, R. M. Waddington, H. J. Dacre, E. Waddington and S. G. Ward; the first three mentioned to be the directors, who shall hold office so long as they each hold shares to the nominal value of at least £ 500." Musical Opinion and Music Trade Review, Volume 33, 1909, p. 592

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