ROSEVILLE THEATRE.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 9th June 1936
A picture theatre, of the small, modern familiar type, has been erected at Roseville, in which the seating accommodation will be about 600.
The latest ideas in theatre construction have been exploited by the architects to get the best results. The acoustics have received special attention. The walls have been treated with sound absorbing plaster and wallboard. A talkie machine, one of the Raycophone extended frequency range type, has been installed, designed to reproduce the lowest and the highest pitch. Lighting is receiving special attention. It will be supplied by concealed Neon strips and incandescent installations. Ventilation provision is of the approved type.
Additional comments: The Raycophone system was an Australian product that synchronised sound with movie pictures. It was invented by the Sydney radio engineer Raymond Cottam Allsop from which the name RAY CO derived.
More information can be seen here:
http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130045b.htm
HOTELS AND SOBRIETY.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 6th November 1913
Speaking at a No-License rally at the Masonic Hall, North Sydney, last night, Mr. James Marion, general secretary of the New South Wales Alliance, stated that on the North Shore, in the Gordon electorate, at St. Ives, Killara, Lindfield, Roseville, Gore Hill, and Longueville there were no bars, and in these six places there had only been one arrest for drunkenness last year. As against this, in the places where the bars were open, there had been no less than 43 arrests, Chatswood being the highest with 30.
On the question of employment, Mr. Marion said no doubt there would be a slight dislocation with the incoming of no-license, but conditions would soon be righted, and employment would naturally be more plentiful, and wages higher, when the money spent in liquor was available to buy the necessities and comforts of life.
BANK MANAGER MURDERED.
ATTACKED IN TRAIN. RAID ON BANK FAILS.
The Argus, Monday 10th July 1922
In a carriage of a North Shore train on Saturday night Mr Frank C Kemmis, manager of the Hornsby branch of the Government Savings Bank, was battered into insensibility and robbed of the bank keys. So savagely was he beaten about the head with some heavy weapon that he died in the hospital last night.
Less than 15 minutes after the attack on Mr Kemmis the bank was entered, but the robbers plans failed owing to the fact that the key which opened the strongroom was not among those taken from Mr Kemmis. In the safe was £1,000.
Mystery surrounds the murder, which has caused a sensation in Sydney, following as it does on a series of brutal assaults in various suburbs. Business is brisk at the Hornsby branch of the bank on Friday nights and Mr. Kemmis worked late. He walked to the Hornsby railway station with Mr. Robert Armstrong, assistant manager who carried the second key necessary to open the strongroom.
Mr Kemmis lived at Wahroonga and caught the 10.17 pm train. He entered a first-class car of the new type, in which a person can walk from end to end. There were no passengers in his car or the next car.
It is believed by detectives that he was followed to the station and on to the train. From this point until the train reached Wahroonga the affair is shrouded in mystery. Two passengers, Miss Craig and Mr T. S. Saywell, entered the compartment at Wahroonga.
Mr Kemmis sat huddled in the comer of a seat. Just as the train was about to move out of the station he rose unsteadily to his feet and lurched toward the door holding his hand to his head. A blood stained hat rolled off the seat, and Mr Saywell went along the carriage to investigate. Mr Kemmis had fallen bock on to the seat, and blood was streaming from frightful gashes across his head. He tried to speak, but could not. The conductor was called, but the train had gone on through Warrawee before it was possible to get the injured man off.
At Turramurra Mr Kemmis was carried to the stationmaster’s room. With a great effort he managed to murmur “I was attacked in the train near Hornsby, and the bank keys were stolen.” They were his last words as he lost consciousness. He never rallied and died in the North Shore Hospital on Saturday evening. A party of police was immediately rushed in a motor car to the Hornsby bank. They found that the back door had been opened, but the strongroom was intact. Six detectives are looking for Mr. Kemmis’s assailant.
Near Hornsby on Saturday night, night the detectives found a blacksmith’s hammer, weighing 7 lb. It was wrapped in brown paper and they believe that it was used by the murderer. The detectives consider that Mr Kemmis was attacked from behind and was beaten insensible before his hat fell off. This would account, they say for the absence of blood on the hammer. It is thought that the attack was the work of a gang, and had been planned for some weeks.
Mr. Kemmis, who was aged 49 years, leaves a widow, and a daughter aged 15 years. He was a son of the late Mr. Arthur Kemmis, grazier, of Mackay, (Q), and a nephew of the late Canon Kemmis, rector of St. Marks, Darling Point, Sydney.
MR. W. PYMBLE DEAD
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 28th December 1948
Mr. William Pymble, a veteran member of the pioneer family that gave the North Shore suburb of Pymble its name, died in Hornsby District Hospital on Sunday, aged 78.
Mr. Pymble, a retired builder, lived in Merrivale Road, Pymble.
He is survived by Mrs. Pymble and five sons and a daughter; 17 grandchildren, and three great- grandchildren.
A son, Mr. F. H. Pymble, said Pymble was named after his father's great-grandfather, Robert Pymble, who came from England
Robert Pymble, a special constable, was given a Crown grant of hundreds of acres on the North Shore. His original homestead stood on the site of Pymble railway station.
BETWEEN PLATFORM AND TRAIN.
MAN KILLED AT PYMBLE.
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 13th April 1909
A railway fatality occurred at about 8.15 last night at Pymble railway station. A man named Peter Smart, 50, employed by Mr. Quigley, of Turramurra, as a coachman, attempted to alight from a train in motion at Pymble station, when he appears to have slipped and fallen. He fell between the platform and the moving train, and struck his bead violently against tho edge of the platform.
When lifted out he was found to be dead. The body was crushed, but the wheels had not passed over it. It is thought that death was due to the skull being fractured. The police removed the body to the morgue.
TOWN PLANNING.
Activities in Country.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 19th August 1933
Mr. T. W. Seaver suggested that the association should ask the Government to improve the Pymble-Mona Vale highway, and to conduct a bus service from the Pymble railway station to the coast.
At present, he said, residents of northern suburbs had no means of getting to the beaches above Narrabeen, unless they possessed motor cars. There were only two bad parts of the road-Tumbledown Dick and Foley's hills.
The matter was referred to the traffic committee.
FOR WOMEN
GALA NIGHT For Girl Guides.
DANCE AT KILLARA.
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 23rd September 1935
Two long rows of cars, stretching all the way from Killara railway station to the Killara Hall, indicated a gala night for Girl Guide supporters of the northern suburbs on Saturday. Inside the hall, figures in blue Girl Guide uniforms mingled with dancers in evening dress, at the ball held by the Kuring-gai division of the Girl Guides' Association, in celebration of Scout Week.
Before the dance, Lady Hore-Ruthven, who was guest of honour, and several other guests, were entertained at, dinner at the Queen's Club by Brigadier-General A. T. Anderson, who was assisted by his daughter, Mrs. Alan Foott. Lady Hore-Ruthven was attended by Captain Ponsonby and accompanied by Miss Ivie Price, and other guests at the dinner were the Misses Betty Chisholm, Margaret Vernon, Joyce Burns Glen. Gwen and Jean Ramsay, Meryl Featherstone, Heather Meynich, and Messrs. Phil. Vernon, John Riddle, Bertram Wright, Jack Needham, David and Fred McNicoll, and Evan Jenkins.
The entire party later went on to Killara to attend the dance, where Lady Hore-Ruthven was welcomed by Lady David (State Commissioner of the Girl Guides). Lady Hore-Ruthven's frock of midnight-blue satin was worn with a short ermine cape, and Miss Ivie Price was in apricot chiffon.
Other members of the official party were the Lady Mayoress (Lady Parker), wearing Burgundy lace, and accompanied by Mrs. Ralph Parker, in Burgundy velvet; Sir Philip and Lady Goldfinch, the, latter in black chiffon; Miss Olive King, who chose wine-coloured satin and an ermine cape; Miss Elise Budge, in primrose satin; Mrs. George Christie, wearing floral taffeta in shades of dark blue and vieux rose; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Adams, the latter in electric-blue satin threaded with silver; Admiral and Mrs. Stevenson, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Rofe. Mrs. R. Newsom, and Miss Thurles Thomas.
Mrs. Alan Foott's frock was of ice-blue satin. Miss Betty Chisholm chose bottle-green velvet. Miss Gwen Ramsay's frock of harebell blue corded silk had touches of pink at the neck. Miss Jean Ramsay danced in black satin-spot taffeta. Miss Margaret Vernon wore midnight blue crepe, and Miss Joyce Burns Glen was in gold lame.
During the evening a performance of a play, "During Dinner," was given. Produced by Miss Madeline Alt, who took the leading part, the cast of the play included the Misses Jessica Noad and Violet Butler. An ankle-judging competition was another item on the evening's programme, Brigadier-General Anderson and Captain Ponsonby being the judges.
Among the dancers were Mr. and Mrs. Mac Shannon, the Misses Sybil Hinder, Margaret and Alice Adams, Molly David, Sheila Campbell, Barbara Bishop, Nancy Griffiths, Mary Hordern, Marjorie Mesmer, Joan Richardson, Barbara Giblin, Monica Clifford, and Messrs. Ryder Swinson, Burnett Mander-Jones, Robert Halliday, John Brain, and John Mansfield.
The proceeds of the dance will be given to the Glengarry camp.
Further comments: Lady Hore-Ruthven was the wife of the Governor of NSW, Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven. An image can be found here:
http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/05250/B5029.htm
LINDFIELD STATION.
Sydney Morning Herald Monday 12th June 1922
The remodelling of the Lindfield railway station on the North Shore line has been completed, and the remodelled station came into use from yesterday. The work of remodelling has taken many months, and has cost a large sum of money; but the improvements which have been carried out should have a most important effect upon the railway business handled at Lindfield.
The design, in addition to giving an extra platform reserved specially for the train terminating, possesses the feature of having the local platform between the main lines instead of on one side, as at some other stations.
The alterations are expected to result in an improvement in the timetable, as, under the old arrangements, it was impracticable to terminate trains at Lindfield during business crush hours, owing to the time required for shunting.
ILLEGAL USE OF WATER
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 11th February 1942
Eleven persons were fined at Hornsby Court, yesterday for illegally using water.
Rowland Hulme, of Lennox Street, Gordon, was fined £3, with 12/ costs, for having used a spray to fill a fishpond.
Fines, of £2 with costs, were, imposed in 10 other cases.
Steven Zrilla, of Warrimoo Street. St. Ives, was alleged to have used a fixed hose on a vegetable garden at 5.30 a.m.
Frank Wright, of Springdale Road, Hornsby, was using a can to water boxes of seedlings.
John Wells, Clissold Road, Wahroonga, was using a sprinkler on a garden for cut flowers at 8 a.m.
See Lee, of Rosedale Road, St. Ives, was using a hose on a vegetable garden at 7.30 p.m.
Charles Jones, Selwyn Street, Pymble, used a can in watering flower beds.
William Higgins, of Telegraph Road, Pymble, had two sprays in use on a garden.
Jean Forsini, Collins Road, St. Ives, was using three sprinklers on a vegetable garden at 12.45 p.m.
Giuseppe Clocchiati, of Collins Road, St. Ives, who was using a hose without a nozzle on a vegetable garden, said he did not have time to water in permitted hours.
Timothy Bowcock, of Galston Road, Hornsby, used a bucket when watering a flower garden.
Philip Lebas, of Cecil Street, Killara, who used a sprinkler for
watering a tomato garden, was alleged to have had this turned on all night. He said lie instructed his son to turn it off at 6 p.m.
ARTHUR MAILEY'S WIFE DEAD
The Argus, Tuesday 8th March 1938
Mrs. Arthur Mailey, wife of the well-known cricketer, died at her home in Edward street, Gordon, this morning, after a long illness.
Formerly Miss Maud Hinchcllffe, she was married to Mr. Mailey in 1912. She is survived by Mr. Mailey, three sons, and a daughter.
Further information: Arthur Mailey played twenty-one Tests for Australia taking 99 wickets at 33.9 runs apiece. He twice toured England where in all matches he captured 287 wickets for less than 20 runs each. In 1920-21 in Australia, bowling in only four Tests, he took 36 wickets at 26.27 runs, a record for an England-Australia series that stood for fifty-seven years. In all first-class and Sheffield Shield (1913-28) matches he took 779 and 180 wickets respectively at 24.1.
See http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100376b.htm
and
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/argus/gid/slv-pic-aaa32493/1/an017653
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