Volume 45:
GORDON PUBL1C SCHOOL.
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 14th December 1894
The annual distribution of prizes took place at the Gordon Public school yesterday in tho presence of a large gathering of friends and relatives of the pupils. Mr. P. F. Richardson, J.P., chairman of the local school board, presided. The prizes were distributed by Mr. J. F. Cullen, who afterwards delivered a short address, in which he complimented Mr. H. L. Fry and his assistant teachers on the greatly improved status of the school. The chairman and the Rev. Raymond King, M. A., also delivered speeches.
Man Jammed Against Rail Platform
The Sunday Herald Sunday 5th November 1950
Norman Whitfield, 54, of Gilroy Road, Turramurra, was critically injured late last night when he fell while trying to board a moving train at Killara station.
Whitfield slipped and fell between the carriage and the platform.
The guard, who saw him fall, applied the emergency brake immediately.
Whitfield, however, was jammed and the train rolled him along the side of the platform for several yards.
Central District Ambulance took him to the Royal North Shore Hospital.
COLONEL NORMAN WHITFIELD
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 6th November 1950
Colonel Norman Harold Whitfield, of Gilroy Road, Turramurra, died in the Royal North Shore Hospital yesterday, aged 54.
Colonel Whitfield was critically injured on Saturday night when he fell between a moving train and the platform at Killara station.
During the first World War he received his commission in the field at the age of 19 and later won the M.C. and Bar.
Early in the second World War he served in Malaya, and in 1941 he became Director-General of Recruiting.
In 1942 Colonel Whitfield became senior liaison officer of the American and Australian forces.
He unsuccessfully contested the Watson electorate as a U.A.P. candidate against Mr. Max Falstein in the 1943 elections.
He was a foundation member of the Lakes Golf Club and for three years was club captain. He was the immediate past president of the club.
Further notes: Norman Harold Whitfield was a distinguished soldier and citizen. For more about him see
http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/late-anzac-day-thoughts/
IMPUDENT THEFT.
THIEVES ENTER POUCE STATION.
The Brisbane Courier Thursday 6th January 1927
The depredations of thieves at North Sydney culminated in the impudent and audacious entry of a police station at Killara on Tuesday night. The thieves entered tho police station by a back door, and stole a pair of trousers belonging to a constable. Robberies have been reported from widely separated localities in North Sydney, and goods valued at over £200 have been stolen. The robberies were mostly household crimes, entry being effected by forcing doors or windows, or breaking the front door leadlights sufficiently to allow of the door being unlatched from the outside.
HELD BY WIRE.
Car Suspended over Cutting.
OCCUPANTS ESCAPE.
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 1st March 1935
Three men escaped with slight Injuries last night when a motor car plunged through a fence at an overhead bridge near Pymble railway station and hung suspended over a cutting by a wire, which had caught round the windscreen.
Nick Hadzi, of Crown-street, Darlinghurst, who Jumped from the moving car when he saw it heading for the fence, had his left thigh injured, Jerry Coras, of Brougham-street, Darlinghurst, suffered abrasions to his chest, while the driver and owner of the car, Leo Lynch, of Campbell-street, city, was not injured, although a post crashed through the wind- screen and struck the steering wheel.
The bridge has been the scene of several accidents. Pacific Highway, a wide road descending a hill from Hornsby, becomes narrower as it turns to pass over the bridge. On one occasion a fire engine crashed through the fence, and other vehicles have also struck it.
Constable Evans, of the Chatswood police, was informed that Lynch was driving down the hill. When he was about to take the turn, he applied the brakes, and the car skidded. It headed for the fence.
Hadzi leapt to the road and fell heavily. The car shattered four panels of the fence. A post crashed through the windscreen and struck the steeling wheel, but Lynch's fingers were not caught.
About half the car was over the edge of the drop, when a wire, which had become caught between the windscreen and the bonnet, took the strain and held the car.
Column 8
The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 21st March 1951
At Pymble Station free parking space is provided by the Kuring-gai Council. At the nearby stations of Gordon and Turramurra the railways charge 1/.
Pymble's parking space is always crowded, but it's rare to see a car in the Turramurra area and there are generally no more than a couple at Gordon. Pymble motorists are now growling about people further up the line coming down to pinch their free space.
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