Volume 21: Issued Saturday 30th January 2010
FIRE AT PYMBLE.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 4th June 1910
Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out from a cause unknown, in Hamilton’s grocery store at Pymble. The building, which was a weatherboard structure of nine rooms, was almost completely destroyed. The fire brigade was notified but as no guarantee of expenses was forthcoming, it did not attend, the location of the fire not being within the fire brigade area.
PICTURE THEATRE ORGAN.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 18th October 1929
A new Christie Unit organ has been installed at the Gordon Picture Theatre, and was formally opened this week with a recital by Mr. Idwal Jenkins. His solos included "The Lost Chord," played with dignity and richness of tone, and an effective contrast was furnished in "The Wedding of the Painted Doll" and "Love's Old Sweet Song." Mr. Leslie McCallum sang, with organ accompaniment, "The Lord Is My Life." The picture, "King of Kings" on the screen gave the organist plenty of scope for demonstrating the vivid and colourful effects to be obtained from the organ.
The installation of this organ by Mr. W. F. Wollaston, Australian agent for Wm. Hill and Son, and Norman and Beard, Ltd, was supervised by Mr. Percy Caines.
GORDON'S GAYEST GUM.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 10th December 1930
It transpires that the axemen and sawyers will not be given opportunity of destroying Gordon's gayest gum. The beautiful tree will remain where it is. The rounding off of the corner of Greengate-road and Werona - avenue is to be so carried out that the tree will be retained four feet within the railway property. "If anything had been done to injure that lovely tree I should have felt like moving to another suburb," said the Assistant Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Brain), who lives in Greengate-road, yesterday. The question now is whether the contemplated clearance is adequate. It seems to provide for the flowering branches being much too near the footway for their safety.
TRAINS COLLIDE.
FORTY PERSONS INJURED. FLYING SPARKS CAUSE PANIC.
Woman Who Carried First-aid Kit.
Sydney – The Argus, Saturday 25th April 1931
Forty persons were injured when two trains collided at Killara railway station shortly before 12 o'clock to-day. Most of the injuries were slight, but two men and a girl were admitted to hospital.
When the driver of an incoming train applied the brakes to avoid a collision with a train which was stationary, the wheels skidded on the wet rails, and the trains met with a terrific crash. Passengers were flung from their seats. Jagged sheets of glass torn from the windows inflicted injuries on some of the passengers. There was panic for a few moments when the pantograph emitted showers of sparks and began a fire which, however, did not spread because of the rain and the steel structure of the carriages.
The injured persons were treated on the station platform, and later some had attention in hospital. One young woman, whose knee was fractured, supplied her own first aid material, as she was on her way to a Red Cross Society instruction class when the collision occurred.
Those admitted to hospital were:
HEAGNEY, ALBERT, aged 35 years, Bondi load, Bondi -Concussion and severe shock.
SPACKMAN, RITA, Gardener's avenue, Marrickville-Fractured knee and shock.
HALL, A., guard, Head Injuries. Condition critical.
Of others who received treatment the most seriously injured were:
ALLEN", A., guard, broken collar-bone.
MCDONNELL. Miss, West Hyde, Injuries to elbow and knee.
DURR ANT, Mrs. J., shock.
JASPER, Mrs., Stewart street, Normanhurst, slight injuries.
JASPER, Mr., Stewart street, Normanhurst, slight Injuries.
CROMIE, Miss, Eaton avenue, Normanhurst, throat injuries.
W1LS0N, Miss, Falburn Street, Crows Nest, severe shock.
PULLEN, Mrs., Young street, Wahroonga, abrasions.
MARTIN, Mrs. J., and Miss L., Mcintosh street, Gordon, injuries to back and shock.
KING, Mr., injuries to leg.
TONKIN. Mrs., Stanhope street, Killara, lip and finger lacerated.
ANDERSON, Miss G., scalp wounds.
PRUNING DEMONSTRATION AT ST. IVES.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 19th July 1916.
Mr. J. G. R. Bryant, assistant fruit expert, will give a demonstration in the winter pruning of fruit trees at Mr. Pierce's orchard, St. Ives, on Saturday afternoon, the 22nd inst. Mr. Pierce's orchard is reached by road from Pymble railway station.
RAILWAY BRIDGE AT PYMBLE.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 6th August 1895.
Four tenders were received yesterday by the Railway Commissioners for the erection of a bridge over the railway line near the Pymble railway station. The lowest tender is that of Messrs. Durham and Son for £178.
KILLARA ANGLICAN CHURCH.
The Sydney Morning Herald... Monday 13 February 1911
On Friday evening the Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Wright) journeyed to Killara for the purpose of dedicating St. Martin's Church of England. The dedicatory service was followed by an appropriate sermon, in which Dr. Wright related the history of St. Martin, the famous Bishop of Tours, and patron saint of the church. The music was under the direction of tho pastor of St. Andrew's Cathedral (Rev. E. N. Wilson).
Amongst the clergy present were the Revs. Raymond King (rector), J. H. McLean (Rural Dean), H. Begbie, S. E. Langford, Smith, R. G. Cameron, J. McKeown, E. S. Lumsdaine, L. Charlton, and L. J. McDonald. Only portion of the completed plan has been yet undertaken, but accommodation has been provided for 170 persons. Built of stone, with slate roof, the church has involved an expenditure of £1000.
MUNICIPAL WORK.
Review of the Year.
KU-RING-GAI COUNCIL.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 7th January 1931
Over two years have passed since Ku-ring-gai, a shire, was raised to the dignity of a municipality, and in those two years It has forged steadily ahead. In area it has the distinction of being the largest municipality in the State, and in that respect retains probably the only vestige of its shire days.
Excluding the famous Chase, it has an area of 32 square miles. That its finances are in a healthy condition may be inferred from the fact that to the State's unemployment relief grant of £15,500, the council added £2000, giving a total of £17,500.
This sum was nearly all spent on the construction of
Ku-ring-gai’s section of the Eastern Valley arterial roadway, which will offer an alternative route to the existing route (Lane Cove road) between the Harbour Bridge and Hornsby.
Nearly £34,000 was spent on the widening of Lane Cove-road, along which have been constructed footpaths, kerbing and guttering.
Ku-ring-gai's expenditure last year was £215,000, most of which was accounted for by road maintenance and construction.
Another important work was the improvement of Babbage-road, from Boundary-street to Roseville bridge at Middle Harbour.
Within the municipality are 235 acres of parks and recreation grounds, the upkeep of which accounted for £3700. The acreage includes additions to the Davidson Park area at St. Ives, and to Lindfield's public spaces. New buildings erected during the year numbered 290, their value being estimated at £377,554.
NEW ARTERIAL ROAD.
Killara-St. Ives Section.
Sydney – The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 5th September 1930
At Killara, beginning at the northern end of Broadwood-avenue, which until recently finished in scrub lands, 200 odd men from the ranks of the unemployed are now working on a new road, which, when completed, will form another link in the arterial road recently planned by the north-side municipal councils to connect North Sydney with St. Ives.
To carry on this work the Unemployment Council granted the Ku-ring-gai Council £15,000 towards the building of the road, which has been estimated to cost £20,000. Most of the money will be spent on labour in formation and ballasting the roadway, which will be 27 feet wide, with a minimum motor road of l8 feet. Only on one short section will the new highway have a rise of one in ten. All the balance has been planned for a "top-gear road."
Early yesterday morning the Mayor of Ku-ring-gai (Alderman C. O'Reilly), with the assistant engineer (Mr. Mcintosh) made an inspection of the work In hand, traversing almost the whole section.
A second section of the new highway crossing Shot Machine Creek between Killara south and Lindfield Is likely soon to be put in hand. Steps are also being taken to open out another northern arterial road, taking in all the lower Lane Cove suburbs from Burns Bay-road, Longueville, to Bradfield, and on to Hornsby.
Editors note: Prior to the completion of Arterial Road, when driving westwards down Archbold road towards St. Ives, the roadway finished at Tryon Road. Similarly, there was only bushland between Koola Avenue and Eucalyptus Street.
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