b'Sir James Forrest and Sir Colin Syme.In 1947 Wesley Ince of Arthur Robinson & Co travelled to London for the Zinc Corporation in a converted bomber managed by Qantas. The bomb bay of the aircraft had been fitted with six passenger seats, which converted into makeshift beds. Meals were passed from passenger to passenger and the crew slept on the floor. The deafening noise required passengers to wear earplugs at all times.After the Second World War Hedderwick Fookes & Alston became a more commercial and corporate practice with clients including Chartres (an agent for Remington typewriters), Shepparton Preserving Company (now SPC)and Herbert Adams Cakes. Its work for the shipping, liquor and hotel industries also grew.TC Alston had been content to focus on personal estate matters. The ambitious Colin Syme (later Sir Colin) and the intellectual James Forrest (later Sir James) who followed him were more interested in company law and trusts. From the 1940s to the 1960s, under the leadership of Syme and Forrest, the estate work was replaced by commercial mattersA Qantas-converted ex-bomber usedfor corporate clients, including Michelin Tyres, Australianfor postwar services.Glass Manufacturers, Drug Houses of Australia and Shell.127'