he was an able writer, and shortly after arriving in adelaide received an offer for employment with the melbourne "argus", which he accepted and made his way to the sister colony of victoria. he soon decided to return to adelaide however, and went into business as a corn merchant, in 1873 joining forces with sir william morgan and charles hawkes todd connor as morgan, connor, and glyde at 43 king william street. his brother samuel joined the company and later became a partner; connor left in 1880. in 1882 they joined a consortium, the adelaide milling company, with john hart & co., w. duffield & co., james cowan & co., and harrold brothers.