Volume 34: Issued Wednesday 14th April 2010
SYDNEY TELEPHONE NUMBERS
In the early 1900’s Sydney telephone numbers were a sequence of three or four numbers, sometimes accompanied by letters and exchange identifiers, as with these 1915 examples;
P Kirby and Sons, Funeral Directors
7 Elizabeth St. City
Telephone City 6975 or 2077
Ernest A. Wood, Funeral Director
623 Darling St. Rozelle
Telephone W 1573
Spring and Cooper, Real Estate Agents
Belmore Road Randwick
Telephone 455
Jas. Chambers, Architect
Anderson’s Buildings
Parkes Street Ryde
Telephone 39 Ryde
Later, up until the late 1950’s, telephone numbers across Sydney were prefixed by two letters, followed by a number sequence.
The Ku-ring-gai area was prefixed with the letter “J”, and other areas had their own letters. Some examples of 1950’s telephone numbers are given here:
Enfield: UJ5096
Bondi: FM3758
Clovelly: FX4019
Mosman: XM2211
Newport: XW9042
Pymble: JJ1165
Northbridge: XL1635
Sutherland: LB2537
Rose Bay: FU5698
Double Bay: FM4634
Turramurra: JX2201
Chatswood: JA1444
Crows Nest: LA2777
Wahroonga: JW1725
St. Ives: JJ2631
Lindfield JM4778
Gordon: JX3052
Killara: JX3558
TELEPHONE SERVICE.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE HERALD.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 1st July 1939
Sir-Complaints are being made about over-charges, but I am suffering from the impossibility of getting calls through at particular hours of the day. I have a telephone at my home at Roseville, but under no circumstances can we call up a "JA" or a "JX" number between the hours of 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
The moment one dials "J" the engaged signal comes on. "J00" Is equally inaccessible, and I found the only way of getting these "J" numbers was to ring "B00," and I was almost immediately connected with the subscriber required.
The explanation given, is that there are not enough lines, but numbers of other subscribers in that network have very little complaint about this aspect of non-service. Seeing the big charge made for telephones, one certainly expects better attention than this, and, as the matter has continued In spite of frequent verbal and written protests, I think it only right that the public should know how they may avoid being blocked, by ringing "B00," If they want a doctor or the police.
Yours faithfully,
Sydney, June 20.
H. E. MCINTOSH.
NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 1st December 1951
The new metropolitan telephone directory comes into force after 11 o'clock, tonight.
The Director of Posts and Telegraphs, Mr. S. F. Kellock, said yesterday that the new directory had been delivered to most telephone subscribers. Those still without them would receive copies within a few days.
New exchanges listed in the directory were at Willoughby, Silverwater, Narrabeen and Peakhurst, and the directory contained adjustments to some existing exchanges, he said.
An important change was the alteration of the J00 complaint number to JA00. This affected subscribers with the phone prefixes JA, JB, JF, JJ, JM, JU, JW and JX.
COLUMN 8
Sydney Morning Herald Friday 8th February 1952
CAN you remember the dear dead days of 1921 when Sir Joseph Cook was P.M.G.?
Well, Mr. L. F. Wyatt, President of St. Ives Progress Association, tells me that as far back as that they were agitating for a bigger and better postal service.
But they haven't got very far - one public phone for the whole area and few and far between private ones.
ADVERTISING
Sydney Morning Herald Sunday 27th August 1950
GAMBLES
THE NORTH SHORE NURSERY
2 Pittwater Road, Pymble
(Just off Pacific Highway)
JXI0I2 (9-5). MAIL ORDER SPECIALISTS. JXI0I2 (9-5)
CAMELLIAS
AZALEAS
MAGNOLIAS
Gamble's specialise in growing Shrubs and Trees of Quality.
Included in our stock of more than 200,000 plants are:
CAMELLIAS
More than 150 varieties in small, medium and advanced stages. Prices range from 3/- each in pots and from 15/ for advanced plants. We have every worthwhile Camellia.
AZALEAS
Thousands of-lovely healthy plants in all the best varieties. Prices vary according to the size of the plant and variety, but range from 3/- each in pots.
MAGNOLIAS
Imported from Holland last year these plants are well acclimatised and now ready to plant out. Our range includes six of the best varieties. Advanced plants only 25/- each.
OPEN ALL DAY EVERY DAY
Visit, 'phone or write
CAMELLIA GROVE NURSERY
Pittwater Road, St. Ives
Just past St. Ives Village.
Bus from Pymble, stops at Gate.
CAMELLIAS and AZALEAS
SEE OUR LOVELY DISPLAY OF CUT BLOOMS AND SPECIMEN TREES OF CHOICEST VARIETIES NOW IN FLOWER.
Catalogues on Application.
Tele. JX3238
ADVERTISING
Sydney Morning Herald Sunday 7th June 1953
KILLARA NURSERY
(Late Anderson's Seeds Ltd.)
645 PACIFIC HIGHWA, KILLARA.
Phone JX3558
FRUITING OLIVES
Advanced 3-year-old Trees in following varieties:
LUCCA, MISSION, NEVADILLO and LARGE FRUITED.
22'6 each
Freight and Packing Extra.
Write, Phone or Call
GARBAGE DESTRUCTION.
Kuring-gai Incinerator.
Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 14th June 1930
A municipal incinerator, erected by Kuring gai Council, will be opened at Gordon this afternoon, and in both method of refuse
destruction and type of building the suburb will have something that is new and distinctive.
Objections raised in the past against the erection of destructors in residential areas have been because they were large, ugly buildings, with tall chimneys belching forth smoke and smell. The building at Gordon, however, is church-like in appearance, and as there is neither smoke nor smell there is no need for a chimney. It’s place is taken by a tower.
The plant requires no boiler, but uses pre-heated, forced air, and pre-heated crude oil fuel, the oil acting as an auxiliary fuel both for starting the fire and assisting the combustion of heavy or damp garbage, the gas and smoke are returned and burned in a furnace chamber before discharge as a thin film of vapour.
The cost of burning by this method is about 1/3d a cubic yard, which is about two thirds of the cost of burying garbage in tips.
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