Victorian Chronicles of Droll Figures and Notable Quips
A curio-filled reminiscence recounts Victorian era personalities such as Major C E Jones and L L Smith with nicknames Hell Hell Smith and adventures from Parliament to Melbourne. The writer notes corrections from Mr Thomas Batty Simpson and digresses into historical anecdotes about railway rides, medical show exhibitions, and a beacon on estate value contrasts like Harriman’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Batty Simpson
L. L. Smith
C. E. Jones
Victoria
California
E. Jones
Jones
Parliament House
L.L
Hell Hell Smith
Harriman
Fiction taste and a cryptic railway cemetery tale
A Kogarah School of Arts meeting may discuss preference for fiction in libraries. The letter-writer favors reading fiction for knowledge and cites Dumas. A correspondent shares a story about guardlocked cemetery accommodations and a telegraph aided murder arrest. A Municipal Record notes praise for the council clerk’s early financial statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kogarah School of Arts
Dumas Pere
Rockdale Council Debates Hopeful Recreation Site
Hopetoun Ward residents push for a recreation reserve with two site options, Gillard's paddock and Gornish's land. The Lands Department favors Gornish's ten acres at £1000, with the council to fund half and a ministerial price check required. A public vote and circulars are discussed, while council quarrels erupt over ward interference and process. A separate appeal grants a Chinese builder permission to reuse secondhand materials for a cottage outbuilding with bath exemptions based on presumed usage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockdale
Hopetoun Ward
Lands Department
Gornish
Spring Street
Ald. Broe
W. A. Beehag
Ali
Thorp
Goddard
Cornuish
Ald
Hopetoun
Ald. Beehag
Ald. Thorp
Arncliffe
Beehag
Bay Street
J. Beehag
Storm fixes and repairs in Sutherland council
Sutherland Council set minor road repairs and several coastal work projects at its Monday meeting. Plans include repairing the Cronulla beach chair storage room the Bundeena wharf washed away approach and steps and minor washouts at Gunnamatta Bay Shire Wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland Council
Cronulla
Bundeena
Shire
Gunnamatta Bay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Astridge Bros
Tee Beers Fon
Date Store
USA
Sable
H. 8. Sprod
Kogarah
Fred Selmon
Sanpmnenaa
E. W. Potter
Fathwates
Brucest
West Kogarah
Joe
A. E
French Street
Hughes’ Motor
George's River
Gg. J. Hughes
Tel
Dimension Stone
Metal
E. Blake
Chronicle Small Beer
B. J. Robinson
London
Kahn
the Polytechnic
Bourke-street
Melbourne
J. Medcalf, Undertaker, Redfern
Redfern St
Pitt St. Redfern
Sutherland
Railway Department
Woronora
Sydney
Whro
Ocean
Public Works Department
Ald. Halstead
R. H. Truman
Settle & Diment
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