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'Cocky's Store' was remembered by both of my informants, although
unfortunately they could only remember that he sold 'lollies'. Nel Barlow,
the older of my informants advised that Cocky was a 'fairly old Chinaman',
and that he was 'a fairly fat sort of a Chinaman'. She had no idea where his
nickname originated, but suggested he alone operated the store.. .'he
seemed to be always asleep. You'd go to the shop and you'd have to ring
this bell and make a terrible noise before he'd come out. ..We used to go
there for lollies and he'd come sauntering out - boiled lollies and
peppermints and that. ..' (Nel Barlow, personal communication, 1988). Nel
Barlow stated that the store was built of corrugated iron.
There is no record of when 'Cocky' ceased to trade. The records of the
Commonwealth Postmaster General (NSWP02) indicate that one of the
two stores in Milparinka was operated by a chinaman in October 1912, and
for 'Cocky' to be remembered by both Nel Baker and Nel Barlow his
business must have continued until the younger was at least three or four
years old - around 1913 or the commencement of World War 1. However,
the arrangement under which he conducted his business appears to have
altered in 1895, when the name of Loong, Loy & Co. replaced that of Tom
Gox at the head of the newspaper advertisements (Sturt Recorder,
November 1,1895:1).
The corrugated iron structure which was W. C. Palmer's, and then Cocky's
Store was removed to Mokerley Tank during the 1920s to become the
Blore's family home (personal communications Kuerschner, 1989; Blore
1986).
5.1.5 C.F.H. Heuzenroder
Carl Ferdinand Hugo Heuzenroder was also a general storekeeper in
Milparinka, probably from 1881 (NAB1). Photograph 3, taken of his
premises in the mid-1880s suggests the nature of goods sold at the time
by Heuzenroder, and bears the names of some of the people who posed
outside the store.
In early December 1890 'two men... were injured by an explosion of
gunpowder in Mr. Heuzenroder's store' (Tibooburra Telegraph, 2
December, 1890:3) but 'progressed rapidly under Mr. Given's care'. Harry
Given was a pharmacist, who is discussed later.
In 1883 Heuzenroder's store was probably located on Section 7,
Allotments 1 and 2, registered in Heuzenroder's name on 9 May 1884.
However, he may have moved into new premises on Section 2, Allotments
1 and 2 some time before 1890. Section 2 Allotment 2 had been registered
in Carl Heuzenroder's name on 19 December 1884, while his brother,
Selmar, was the registered first owner of Section 2 Lot 1, on 23 March
1885. The latter allotment was transferred to Carl in June 1886.