Volume 36: Issued Thursday 29th April 2010
ST. IVES-ROAD:
SPECIAL LOAN OF £10,500.
The Sydney Morning Herald Monday 26 October 1925
The Kuring-gai Shire Council bas decided to apply to the Government for permission to raise a special loan of £10,500 for reconstructing portion of the PIttwater-road.
The shire council proposes to borrow the amount of the loan at a rate not exceeding 6½ per cent., and to repay the principal and interest in half-yearly payments, extending over six years. The principal and interest will be repaid out of the general fund, and no special rate will be imposed.
ADVERTISEMENT
CLEMENT-BAYARD MOTOR CARS.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 8 October 1910
DOCTORS,
Do you know that the 4-Cylinder 8-14 Clement-Bayard Motor Car, with double phaeton side-entrance body, with detachable back seat, will carry you 102 miles on 3s worth of motor spirit? That it simply romps up Pymble Hill on the 2nd gear! That it will stand up against hard wear surprisingly? That, although one of the most costly small cars in Europe, our price in Sydney Is only £275?
All Powers of Clement-Bayard Cars are in Stock, fitted ready for the rood. No vexatious delays, our bodies being built.
OFFICE: Fairfax and Roberts, the Oldest Jewellery House in Sydney, Sole Agents, 23 Hunter-street,
GARAGE: Stanton Cook, Ltd., 6, 8, and 23 Underwood-street, off 37 Pitt-street, Sydney.
A Clement Bayard automobile can be seen here:
http://members.chello.nl/j.baartse/carpics/clement-bayard.jpg
CARDINAL MORAN AT PYMBLE.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 22nd October 1908
Cardinal Moran opened a bazaar yesterday at Pymble in aid of the funds of the new local presbytery. The Pymble Hill, in which the sale of work was held, was well filled, the various stalls presenting many attractions.
Father Brody (parish priest), in welcoming the Cardinal, stated that the existing debt amounted to £1293 11s l0d. During the past three years £940 had been collected and the past support given encouraged him to hope that the existing liability would be shortly liquidated. Another work in the parish nearing completion is the new church at Waitara which, it was hoped, would he ready for opening next month.
Cardinal Moran congratulated the Roman Catholics of the neighbourhood on the possession of so suitable a church and presbytery. The district was rich in Catholic institutions, and the parochial house lately erected was another addition to their store. Unfortunately those additions were not erected without incurring debt and as the payment of interest on borrowed money was always objectionable, they should go to work, and liquidate the debt.
A vote of thanks was accorded Cardinal Moran, on the motion of Mr J. Foley, seconded by Mr. T. Purcell.
ROAD PATROLS.
ROYAL AUTOMOBILE CLUB'S MOVE.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 20th December 1928
The Royal Automobile Club of Australia has for some time past been engaged in the organisation of a road patrol service, which is now well established, and is, in fact, already well-known to motorists on the main roads. The club has appointed a number of men who are directed from the roads and tours branch, and provided with a small car and a number of sidecar outfits, all painted In a tasteful but striking colour, while the men, all of whom were carefully selected for their positions, wear a dark blue uniform.
Headquarters for the patrols have been established at half a dozen different points around Sydney, where they may be communicated with by calling the following telephone numbers:-
Southern-road: Cross Roads Garage, near Liverpool,
Liverpool 268.
Northern-road: Groves' Tea Gardens, Windsor road, Mulgrave, Windsor 45.
The Spit-Palm Beach: King's Garage, Pittwater-road, Mona Vale, Mona Vale 181.
South Coast: Watson's, Tom Ugly's Point.
LW3271.
Western-road: The Log House, Penrith
Penrith 180.
North Shore: Best's Garage, Pymble Hill.
JX1277.
From Monday to Friday also, calls may be put through to the club-house itself, in Macquarie-street, the telephone number being B7656. The patrols will not be available on Christmas Day.
Further comments: The only garage that I know of that was on Pymble Hill was at the corner of Telegraph Rd and the Pacific hwy; the structure is still there but it is now a cane furniture shop. This may have been “Best’s Garage” referred to above. It was still operating as a service station in the 1970’s.
The following photo shows RAC road patrol drivers beside their BSA motorcycles circa 1930.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/images/pd101/101505PD.jpg
Near and Far
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 6th September 1928
The Killara-North Shore Music, Literary, and Arts Society held an at home at the residence of Mrs. Arthur James, Telegraph road, Pymble, on Wednesday afternoon, when a play reading and a musical programme were enjoyed by the guests. The secretary, Miss Beth McMahon-Tennent, and the treasurer, Miss Nancy Aiken, and members of the Kuring- gai branch of the Country Women's Association, which will benefit by the proceeds of the party, were present.
Funerals
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 11th April 1904
BERNARD -The Friends of the deceased Mr. EDWARD THOMAS BERNARD are respectfully invited to attend his funeral, to leave his late residence, Thelma, Telegraph road, Pymble, THIS MORNING, at 8 o'clock for St. John's Church of England Cemetery, Gordon.
COFFIL and COMPANY, Funeral Directors
Property Sales
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 1st April 1912
Mr Ernest C. T. Broughton reports having held a sale on Saturday last at Pymble, the whole of Station street frontages, excepting one lot, was sold, at prices ranging from 9s 6d to 20s 6d per foot. The residence in Telegraph- road, was passed in at £1900.
BEAUTIFYING LINDFIELD STATION.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 11th August 1924
Residents of the Kuring-gai Shire have many examples of the community spirit to their credit, and the latest is a movement on the part of residents of Lindfield to beautify the railway station. Trees and shrubs, grass and flower plots, and flowering creepers are to be planted on and around the station. The cost will be borne largely by the residents, and the effort is being supported by the Shire President (Councillor J. G. Lockley) and the council, with the
co-operation of the Railway Commissioners.
NORTH SHORE PEOPLE BUY THEIR OWN BUS
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 8th January 1953
Two hundred and fifty residents in the Killara Gordon district have bought themselves a 31-seater bus to provide a service between Killara and Gordon stations.
The purchase was announced yesterday by Mr. L. Williams, chairman of directors of the newly formed Killara Co-operative Bus Ltd.
Mr. Williams said the residents were shareholders in the
co-operative.
A private bus service which ran between Killara station and Gordon station ceased last March because of poor patronage, he said.
The co-operative had hired the bus to Mr William Hoines, of Pymble, to operate.
Mr. Hoines would begin the new service on January 19, running Monday to Saturday.
Mr Williams said the rent from the bus would be put into a sinking fund.
When there was enough money the co-operative would buy
another bus.
"Nobody has more than £10 worth of shares in the co-operative," he said "We have already raised more than £1,500".
Mr. Williams said efforts would be made to make the service popular.
The venture demonstrated what people could do for themselves
instead of relying on authorities, he added.
Cars Lined Up For Full Tanks
The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 8th January 1953
Mr. A. V. Barker, a Killara service station proprietor, yesterday sold a full tank of petrol to his customers to give them a good start for rationing.
Mr. Barker said yesterday oil companies had delivered more petrol to him this month than he needed for a working stock under rationing.
"1 believe that big stocks for rationing are bad business," he said.
"I only want 2,000 gallons as a stock.
"If I kept any more I would have a lot of idle capital”.
"We traded from 8 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., and during that time there was a continuous line of cars, about 200 yards long, outside my station. I still have enough petrol to open on Monday."
WIRELESS.
IN TOUCH WITH PARIS.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 19th June 1925
Mr. Norman J. Hurll, amateur experimenter, of Station 2B.C, Killara, states he was in touch with Station 8Q.Q., of Paris, France, on the afternoon of June 15. At 3.30 p.m. on that day Station 8Q.Q. answered a general call from 2B.C, and greetings were exchanged, and good signals received for about half an hour, arrangements being made to again communicate. Mr. Hurll was working on a wavelength of 35 meters, with a power of 120 watts.
PINK MIDDAY FLOWERS.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 24th October 1933
At Waverton, on a rocky ledge above the railway lines, there is a big patch of silvery pink blossoms, which are always at their best towards the end of October.
In thousands of places around the suburbs, these midday flowers, known as mesembryanthemums, are as gay as warmth and worth can make them. Splendid displays are to be seen on a pathside at Highlands-avenue, Gordon where Mrs A. J. S. Westbrook has helped to paint a living picture that is famous for miles around; at Mosman, near the ferry wharf beauties bask in the full day sunshine, and at McMahon's Point, on the rocks around the home built by the late Mr B. P. Simpson. At Killara, in the railway station garden, many thousands of the glistening-pink flowers take a peep at the world.
Here is an image of these blooms – aka Livingstone Daisies
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martha-ann/2872095041/
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