EFFECT OF BUS TRAFFIC
ON ROADS.
The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 20th February 1941
Complaints of the wear and tear of roads caused by heavy bus traffic was made at the last meeting of the Kuring-gai Council. Special reference was made to the bus running to East Lindfield.
It was decided to seek the co-operation of the Willoughby Council in representations to the Main Roads Department to have Eastern Valley Way and the roads completing the bus route to East Lind- field proclaimed a main road, or a secondary road, thereby relieving the councils concerned of the heavy cost of maintenance.
SEPTIC TANKS
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 14th January 1913
Complaints have been made from time to time respecting the condition of several of the septic tank systems attached to railway stations on the North Shore Hornsby line.
The council of Kuring-gai wrote to the Commissioner for Railways in regard to the matter. A reply has been received to the effect that the tanks in question were now working satisfactorily.
They had been cleaned, and it was not anticipated that there would be any further cause for complaint.
The council resented the tone of the letter, and adopted the following motion -"That the Commissioner be thanked for his letter, first for saying that there was nothing wrong; secondly that there was something wrong; and, thirdly, that it would be put right. "
Not long ago the council wrote to the Board of Health, but it is complained without successful result.
FIRST-CLASS RAILWAY CARRIAGES.
The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 18th October 1939
Aldermen of the Kuring-gai Council decided last night to complain to the Railway Commissioner of the treatment of passengers on the North Shore line.
Alderman Mcintosh said that the Commissioner was deserving of the severest censure for the way he was conducting the service on this line. “Apparently the Commissioner Is developing a technique of irritation tactics which appears to be deliberate”, he said.
Reference was made to a number of occasions when it was alleged filthy carriages were put on for both first and second class passengers. Complaint was also made of the labelling of former first class carriages which had the centre marked “second class” and the “dog boxes” at the ends marked “first class”.
Alderman McIntosh said that as long us passengers were charged first class fares they should be given comfortable accommodation.
“We are getting worse treatment than passengers on any other line,”
said Alderman Rutledge.
APPEAL DISMISSED
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 29th April 1930
His Honour dismissed with costs an appeal by Toohey’s Ltd against the decision of the Kuring gai Council refusing approval of plans for the erection of a hotel in Grandview street Pymble.
Mr Pitt (instructed by Messrs Frehill and Hollingdale) appeared for the appellant company and Mr Hammond K C, with him Mr Fuller (instructed by Messrs Dowling Tayler Macdonald and Pratt) for the respondent.
TWO MEN BEATEN UP
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 8th September 1952
Two men were beaten up by four others in Mona Vale Road, St. Ives, last night.
The attacked men told the police that they had been out driving and had just arrived home when a 1935 model Chevrolet utility pulled up behind them.
Four men got out and one said:
"You cut me off on the highway near Hornsby. We've been following you ever since."
They then attacked the two men. Hornsby police are looking for the car and the men.
ST. IVES-MONA VALE-ROAD.
The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 1st June 1933
The RACA directs attention to the bad condition of long stretches of the French's Forest route from St Ives to Mona Vale. The road is excellent for some distance past St Ives, and further on short sections have been resurfaced, but a great proportion is in a badly corrugated condition and has deteriorated to such an extent that the effects of traffic and rain are aggravated and will before long, probably make some parts of the load almost untrafficable.
The route is the main link between the upper North Shore line suburbs and the coast and gives access to a number of Sydney s most popular beaches, but its present general condition, combined with the fact that in dry weather each passing car stirs up a cloud of dust, deters many motorists from making what is one of the prettiest journeys in the neighbourhood of Sydney.
NOT AT ST. IVES SHOWGROUND
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 13th December 1941
The gymkhana in aid of King George's Fund for Sailors that was to have been held at St. Ives Showground this afternoon will now be held at the Old Turramurra Riding School, corner of Bannockburn Road and Pentecost Highway, Turramurra, as St. Ives Showground is needed for other purposes.
AUTUMNAL FIRES IN SUBURBS
By WARATAH
The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 4th May 1950
Liquidambars are filling the highways and byways of North Shore line suburbs with lambent lights. Cooler, brittle nights and days of sunshine have brought out lagging colours splendidly.
There are still some very big trees which have been late in colouring, but even these are now showing great splashes of ruby red and purple-maroon in patches.
It is a fall-pageant, unfolding later than usual. Earlier it seemed we
would be denied this pleasure, owing to the wet season.
Along Stanhope Road, Killara, three brilliant trees looked like liquid fire against the weekend sunlight. Telegraph Road and Pentecost Highway, Pymble, are showing several specimens in ruby red, ochre, and yellow. Living torches these.
Along the Pacific Highway many more are ablaze. One big tree in Dr. Madden's grounds at Killara seems to bring a breath of colder land autumn glory to our suburbs.
And in Mrs. Stibbard's lovely garden at the corner of Tryon Road and Archbold Road, Lindfield, is one of the richest foliage trees I know.
It is just now turning.
Miss Baxter has perhaps the largest liquidambar around Sydney in her Stanhope Road and Garland Street grounds. Coming into colour slowly. But here there is a beacon in as splendid a sapium tree as the line knows. Both the tree and the ground below it are ruby red.
Another sapium in Brisbane Avenue, Lindfield, shows the value of this small tree to gardeners. Golden Ashes have not been so vivid this year.
SOME COMING EVENTS
The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 7th December 1939
In aid of the children's section of the Royal North Shore Hospital, a picnic gymkhana will be held in the old riding school paddock, corner of Pentecost Highway and Bannockburn Road, Turramurra, at 1 p.m. on December 9.
For particulars telephone Mrs. W. R. Slack, JX2201.
MEMORIAL
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 26th November 1948
Kuring-gai Council has built a garden as a memorial to the late Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield on the corner of Park Avenue and Rosedale Road, Gordon, opposite Dr. Bradfield's old home. The Mayor of Kuring-gai, Aid. J. H. Brown, will unveil a plaque to-morrow at 3 o'clock.
GORDON'S PICTURESQUE GULLY
TO THE EDITOR OP THE HERALD.
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 20th August 1926
Sir,- As a resident and ratepayer of twenty years, standing may I be permitted, through your columns, to add my support to the Shire Council in its endeavour to give the residents of East Gordon direct traffic access to Gordon.
I would like to point out that during the building of the old causeway it collapsed on several occasions, and on one occasion at least during the time it was used as a road It was partly washed away by storm waters; it was also found necessary to strengthen the pipes underneath with iron hands to prevent a cave-in.
Mr. Taylor In his letter of 16th inst, seems to have overlooked these facts. Should an attempt be made to build a road across the old causeway, the present pipes would have to be taken up and new ones provided, which would mean considerable extra expense. I am strongly In favour of the direct route across the gully at Rosedale-road.
I am, etc.
JAMES JOHNSTONE,
Rosedale-road, Gordon, Aug. I8.
GORDON SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
PLEA FOR NORTH SHORE LINK.
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 23rd June 1919
The Governor, Sir Walter Davidson, on Saturday, in the presence of a largo gathering, officially opened the Gordon Suspension Bridge,
on the Rosedale-road, Gordon. The bridge is 220ft long, including a suspension span of 220ft In length, and spans Stony Creek, about a mile from Gordon railway station, and provides pedestrian communication between the northern and southern portions of Gordon.
The spot is exceptionally picturesque, the gorge, the bed of which Is 100ft below the deck of the bridge, containing a wealth of wild flora with a streamlet winding through the centre. The bridge was constructed by the Ku-ring-gai Shire Council.
Tho president of tho shire, Councillor W. R. Fitzsimons, explained to the gathering that the bridge had been provided on the principle that those who reaped tho benefit should pay for it. The people who would be specially benefited without hesitation undertook to pay an extra penny in the pound rate on the unimproved capital value for 15 years, and on that agreement the council had raised a special loan. The cost was £2300. The president urged that if the principle of a betterment tax applied to this bridge was likewise applied to the city and the northern suburbs, the North Shore harbour bridge could, on a rate of .d, be built in ten years. The people, moreover, would be prepared to pay such a tax. Alderman F. C. Petrie, Mayor of Willoughby, also said the people were quite willing to pay a special levy to secure such communication across the harbour.
The Governor, in declaring the bridge open, said he could aver from his own experience as a bridge builder that it was an excellent construction, and, set in such picturesque surroundings, could not fail to add to the attractiveness of Gordon.
Mr. T. R. Bavin, M.L.A., and Senator Pratten also congratulated the council on the work.
LINDFIELD BALL.
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 17th August 1928
For the benefit of the Limbless Soldiers appeal residents of Lindfield held a successful ball in the local picture theatre last night. Dame Mary Hughes was president of the committee, of which Mesdames A. Fox, S. Hope, K. Fraser, W. H. Mills were the vice presidents; Mrs. E. Levy and Miss Beryl Brown the hon. treasurer and hon. secretary respectively; and other members were Mesdames F. Mattas ,G. C. Cannon, S. F. Newlands, A. R. Bowell, the Misses I. Jay, McGinley, P. Brown, Whatmore, J. Falrhall, N. Fleming and R. Cullen Ward.
During the evening Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., was presented with the certificate and medal for his candidature in the recent ugly men's competition. Several novelty dances were arranged, for which theatre seats were awarded as prizes. The Limbless Soldiers' Association was represented by Messrs. D. Crawcour and Roy Clark, and the executive of the appeal by Messrs. O. Beyers (hon. secretary), A. Newlands, E. L. Sutton, G. M. Farrow, and J. T. Easterbrook.
Dame Mary Hughes wore a gown of pink georgette trimmed with fringe; Mrs. S. Hope, black satin; Mrs. W. H. Mills, apricot georgette; Mrs. E. Levy, black beaded georgette over peacock blue; Miss Beryl Brown, pervenche blue-georgette embroidered with diamante; Miss Florence Aikman, black satin with diamante trimming.
Among others present were Mr. and Mrs. McGinley, the Misses M. Grist, N. Boyce, S. Mills, J. Bray, H. Hughes, I. Brown, E. Fairhall D. Whatmore, 0. Levy J.Fairhall, 0. Morris, L. Waite, N. Fleming, A. Pettit, B. Lawson, M. McGinley, Myrene Collins, Messrs. J. Barker, J. Fairhall, T. Cooper, W. Brown, L. Whatmore, Commery, Lawson, Gore Jones, and D. Board.
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