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appeared to start with the hope that Aldermen andres idents wou ld be ab le to work together in anamicab le f ash ion . Bu t t he mee t i ng on 15 thNovember showed that the facade is crumbl ing.

T h e fi r s t i n c i d e n t w a s t h a t o f a r a t e p a y e r i nanother Ward who was objecting to a developmento n t h e l a n d n e x t t o h i s r e s i d e n c e w h e r e a s u bs t a n t i a l h o u s e h a d b e e n d e m o l i s h e d a n d p e r m i ss ion to use the land as an open park ing areawas being sought. However, the developer wantedt o e r e c t a 2 0 f t . w a l l o n t h e s t r e e t f r o n t a g e

)and an 8 ft. wall at the rea: which, with a landifeise of 9 ft. would have meait a 17 Vratepayer's legal spokesman politely requestedjpermission to speak against the building of thesewalls and the Mayor told him he should have made ana ppointmeitto speak at Council meetings and Aid.Casey then moved that the question be put andthe Labor majority voted for the development toproceed.The second inc ident concerned the long-s tand ingcomplaints of noisy industry by residents of St.A n d r e w ' s S t r e e t . A i d . O r i g l a s s s t a t e d t h a t apetition had been sent by the residents (and a^receipt held) to Council 6 weeks before butp^here was no mention of the petition on thefSusiness paper. At first it was denied that apetition had been received " and then it was admitted that "a letter with some signatures" had^een received and had been handed to the Counci l 'ss o l i c i t o r s a n d t h e r e t h e m a t t e r r e s t e d . I tj^ppears that Council received another solicitor'siietter accusing the residents of paranoid[ ehaviou and harrassing tactics against Mr.-^literis, "a manufacturer of switchboard com-^ponents". These seem to consist of large steelcabinets and girders and the use of V steel.T h e C o u n c i l ' s a t t i t u d e i s t h a t t h e r e s i d e n t s a r every naughty and cou ld get themselves in tot r o u b l e . W h e n t h e r e s i d e n t s s i g n e d a r e p l y t ot h i s s o l i c i t o r ' s l e t t e r , d o c u m e n t i n g t h e m a n ya b u s e s o f t h e N o i s e P o l l u t i o n A c t b y S l i t e r i s ,their reply was handed to the Council'ss o l i c i t o r s ! W h o d o e s C o u n c i l r e p r e s e n t ? W h a tlegal action do they plan to take and againstwhom?

G e n e r a l l y, C o u n c i l ' s d e c i s i o n s w e r e q u i t e i n c o ns i s ten t . A man in Young S t ree t was re fused pe rmiss ion fo r a deve lopment fo r the very reasonsw h i c h t h e . S t . A n d r e w ' s S t . r e s i d e n t s a r e c o mplaining—noise, lack of onsite parking, etc.The Counci l asked the Publ ic Transport Commiss i o n t h a t c o n s i d e r a t i o n b e g i v e n t o t h e e x t e ns i o n o n a f u l l - t i m e b a s i s o f f e r r y s e r v i c e s t oThames Street and Yeend Street, Balmain,wha rves . The Commiss ion rep l i ed t ha t i t doesn o t h a v e t h e r e s o u r c e s t o s e r v i c e t h e w h a r v e s .H o w e v e r , t h e p r o p o s a l w i l l r e c e i v e c o n s i d e r a t i o ni n a c u r r e n t r e v i e w o f t h e i n n e r H a r b o u r f e r r ys e r v i c e s . C o u n c i l w i l l m a k e a f r e s h a p p r o a c h t ot he Commiss i on , seek i ng p rov i s i on o f f e r r ys e r v i c e s t o b o t h t h e s e w h a r v e s .

B e l o w i s t h e t e x t o f t h e l e t t e rf r o m M r L a n d a , S t a t e M i n i s t e r f o rP l a n n i n g a n d E n v i r o n m e n t i n r e p l yt o o u r l e t t e r s r e g a r d i n g t h ed e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e B a l m a i n G r e e nH o u s e .

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A s y o u a r e a w a r e , I w a s a l s o m o s tc o n c e r n e d a t t h e C o u n c i l ' s d e v e l o p m e n tp r o p o s a l s f o r t h i s a r e a a n d a c c o r d i n g l yh e l d d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h t h e M a y o r A l d e r m a nL . R o d w e l l a n d o t h e r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e sf r o m L e i c h h a r d t C o u n c i l a b o u t t h e e f f e c to f t h e p l a n n e d d e v e l o p m e n t p r o p o s a l s o nt h i s h i s t o r i c p r e c i n c t .

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PUBL IC ITY - -AT HOME AND AWAY.

Shirley Stackhouse in Woman's Day (21/11/77) gavethe Assoc ia t ion 's Garden Walk great coverage wi th ,a 2-page spread of photographs of the gardensopened for inspection. She also mentioned ourpublication "HALF A THOUSAND ACRES" and severalo r d e r s h a v e r e s u l t e d f r o m t h i s m e n t i o n .

Members a re rem inded tha t t h i s ve i l p roducedb o o k i s a v a i l a b l e a t t h e d i s c o u n t p r i c e o f $ 8 . 9 5 .Why not give several as Christmas gifts ???A l s o a v a i l a b l e a r e c a r d s a n d e n v e l o p e s i n s e t s o f4 pictures of Balmain buildings taken in 1900.Cos t $1 .00 a se t and ava i l ab le f rom the Assoc ia t i onat P.O. Box 57, Balmain. 2041.

THE BOURBONS; these are probably theb e s t - l i k e d b y t h e m o d e r n s , a s a r er e - c u r r e n t fl o w e r i n g f r o m S r p i n g t oA u t u m n . T h e y r e s u l t e d f r o m a na c c i d e n t a l h y b r i d b e t w e e n a n o l dR o m a n d a m a s k a n d a n o l d C h i n a r o s e ,o n t h e i s l a n d o f B o u r b o n i n 1 8 1 7 . T h es e e d l i n g w a s s e n t t o F r a n c e a n d m a n ym o r e d e v e l o p e d . S o m e g o o d v a r i e t i e sa r e s o u v e n i r d e l a M a l m a i s o n ( g e t t h ec l i m b i n g t y p e , i f p o s s i b l e ) , Va r i g a t ad i B o l o n g n a , w i t h s t r i p e s o f w h i t e a n dp u r p l e g r o w s 8 f e e t a n d g o o d f o r f e n c e so r t r i p o d s . L a H e i n e V i c t o r i a i s p i n ka n d g l o b u l a r i n f o r m . A g o o d c l i m b e ri s Z e p h y r i n D r o n h i n ( 1 8 6 8 ) g r o w s 1 5 f e e tno thorns deep pink and floweringc o n t i n u o u s l y .

B A LW A I N T H E AT R E G R D U P t N E X T P R O D U C T I O NAs you can see f rom the enc losed leafle t ,Ba lma inThea r t re Group i s sho r t l y p resen t i ng t h ree onea c t p l a y s a s t h e i r n e x t a t t r a c t i o n .

A l t h o u g h t h e t h r e e a r e c o m e d i e s t h e s i m i l a r i t yends there as each p lay has i ts oumi flavour.

" T H E VA C A N C Y " b y P h i l l i p U i t t s , i s t h e fi r s tperformance of a neuplay by the Group's oun up-a n d - c o m i n g p l a y i j r i g h t . . . . . a h u m o r o u s l o o k a t o u re m p l o y m e n t p r o b l e m . . . . ."DOCK BRIEF" by 3ohn Mort imer, is a classic one-actor be ing per formed by two of the Group's moste x p e r i e n c e d a c t o r s . . . . . a g e n t l y f u n n y p l a y a b o u tan unsuccess fu l c r im ina l and the equa l l y uns u c c e s s f u l l a u y e r d e f e n d i n g h i m . . . . ."THE ROY MURPHY SHOW" by Alex Buzo,uiell knownA u s t r a l i a n a u t h o r, i s a r i o t o u s s e n d - u p o f y o u rf a v o u r i t e T. V. s p o r t s s h o w.

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B e f o r e y o u p l a n t a n o t h e r r a t h e r d u l ls h r u b c o n s i d e r a n o l d t y p e o f s h r u br o s e . T h e s e a r e a l w a y s p e r f u m e d , a n dm u c h m o r e d i s e a s e r e s i s t a n t t h a n m o d e r nhybr ids and need l i t t le spray ing anda l s o p r a c t i c a l l y n o p r u n i n g . I m e ts o m e o n e w h o g o t s o i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e s e ,t h a t h e d u g u p a n o l d t e n n i s c o u r t a n dp l a n t e d fi f t y !T h e s e a r e s o m e o f t h e a v a i l a b l e t y p e s : -THE GALLICAS; these are extremely ancientW e r e k n o w n t o t h e M e d e s a n d P e r s i a n s a r ea lmost thorn less , w i th arch ing canes.T h i s w a s t h e A p o l t h e c a r y • s r o s e . A ni n t e r e s t i n g v a r i e t y i s t h e s t r i p e d"Rosamundi" named for the FayreRosanund, g i r l f r iend of Henry theSeconj?, and who was poisoned, it wass a i d b y t h e o r d e r o f t h e Q u e e n .Another ancient one is "Tuscany" (a deepv e l v e t y - m a r o o n ) . S o m e o t h e r s a r e " B e l l ede Crecy", (cerise) Chas.de Mille (purple)and Camieux another striped one.THE ALBAS; an ancient group well knownin Roman t imes. Or ig inated f rom cross ingDamask roses with the wild Canina dogr o s e s . G o o d v a r i e t i e s i n c l u d e A l b a M a x i m aa w h i t e d o u b l e , a n d M a i d e n ' s B l u s h a n dCe les te a re two beaut i fu l p inks .T H E D A M A S K S ; o r i g i n a l l y f r o m A s i a M i n o ra n d k n o w n i n E u r o p e f o r s e v e r a l t h o u s a n dy e a r s . A n o r i g i n a l D a m a s k i s K a z a n l i k( 6 f t b y 5 f t ) s e m i - d o u b l e p i n k s t i l l

g r o w n a s t h e m a i n s o u r c e o f a l t a r o fr o s e s .

The best white is probably Mdme. Hardy(1832 ) a fla t doub le . A coup le o f goodpinks are Ispahan and Omar Khayyam. Thel a t t e r w a s g r o w n f r o m s e e d s t a k e n f r o m ar o s e o n h i s g r a v e i n 1 8 9 3 .All these types of old roses only floweri n S p r i n g .

THE ' RUGOSAS; o r ig ina l l y f rom Nor th Ch inaJ a p a n a n d K o r e a . A r e r e - c u r r e n tfl o w e r i n g , p e r f u m e d a n d s i n g l e a n d d o u b l e .Var ie t ies inc lude Par fum d ' la Hay, Roser ied e l a y H a y ( d o u b l e c r i m s o n ) a n d S c a b r o s a( s i n g l e m a u v e ) .

Of course there are many types of speciesroses and thei r hybr ids, most ly s ingles ancsu i tab le fo r d i f f e ren t pu rposes , such asgrowing on banks, or scrambling up trees.

The sources of obtaining these ant iquer o s e s a r e r a t h e r l i m i t e d . R i m s e y s a tDural have some in pots for plant ing out,m o s t o f t h e y e a r . T h e b e s t t i m e t o s e et h e m i n fl o w e r i s N o v e m b e r .

Hemphills at Dural also have some in potsa b o u t O c t o b e r a n d N o v e m b e r . T h e m a i ng r o w e r i n A u s t r a l i a i s M r . R o s s , S t u r tR o a d , B e d f o r d P a r k , i n S o u t h A u s t r a l i a .H e h a s a l a r g e r a n g e a n d s e n d s t h e m a l lo v e r A u s t r a l i a , a s b a r e r o o t p l a n t s i nM a y . H i s c a t a l o g u e i s p r o b a b l y a b o u t5 0 c e n t s n o w .

Sometimes cutt ings from old type rosesc a n b e o b t a i n e d f r o m o l d c e m e t e r i e s .W h e n a t A r m i d a l e , I w a s i n f o r m e d t h a tt h e G a l l i c a " A n a i s S e g a l e s " ( 1 8 3 7 ) w a sgrowing in an old cemetery at Wial la.I f o n e c a n g e t c u t t i n g s , M a r c h a n dA p r i l , a r e t h e b e s t m o n t h s . T a k ea n e n d p i e c e a b o u t 9 i n s . l o n g f r o ms t e m s t h a t h a v e fl o w e r e d , i f p o s s i b l e .C u t o f f o l d fl o w e r , a n d a l l l e a v e se x c e p t t h e t o p t w o , a n d p u t i n a t r e n c hi n a s h a d y s p o t a b o u t 8 i n s . d e e p , w i t h3 i n s . o f c o a r s e s a n d i n t h e b o t t o m o ft h e t r e n c h . D i p t h e b o t t o m e n d o f t h ec u t t i n g i n r o o t i n g p o w d e r , i f a v a i l a b l e .P l a n t fi r m l y, w i t h o n l y t h e t o p l e a v e sa b o v e s o i l . W a t e r w e l l a n d k e e p j u s t d a m p .I f i t d o e s t a k e d o n o t m o v e u n t i l t h e w i n t e io f t h e n e x t y e a r .

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n e w m e m b e r sM r s . G . M a c G i l l y c u d d yM r & M r s . L . W i l s o nM r . R . D . Q u i d d i n g t o nM / s C . F r i e n dM / s E . R u s s e l lM r . G . D i i n i sM r . & M r s . J . B o o t hM r . A . B o r d e rM i s s J . A . K i t t oM r . M . A s h b yM r . W . J . C a r p e n t e rM r . I . C l e l a n dM / s K . C a r v i l l eM r . J . E v a n sD r . & M r s . J a n J e n n i n g sM r . & M r s . F . L e y sM r . & M r s . G . M a y o .M r . & M r s J . M u n r oM r . R . M o o r c r o f tM r . B . M o o r eM r s M . S a u n d e r sM r . J . S u l l i v a nM r . & M r s . S . J . L i o n eM r . & M r s . R . L l o y dM r . & M r s R L P a r k e rM / s P . S o u t h e r nM r . G . J . W i f f e n

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Unfor tunat ly theBal tna in Assoc ia t ion team was'done* ra the r bad l y by P la to ' s E leven l as t mon th ,however we have another social game being organisedfor the Sunday of the Austra l ia Day week-enda g a i n s t o u r o l d r i v a l s t h e G l e b e S o c i e t y i n w h i c hwe hope to show our t rue super ior i ty*Pract ice is held every Thursday evening f rom 5*30p*m«-7*30p*m* a t a cos t o f 500 each to cover h i re o f mat ts ,at Balmain High School netts,Terry Street,Balmain* i

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I t i s w i t h e x t r e m e r e g r e t t h a t w e r e p o r tt h e d e a t h o f o n e o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n * sm o s t a c t i v e m e m b e r s o f r e c e n t y e a r s ,N e i l G a t e s . N e i l s u f f e r e d s e v e r a l s e v e r eh e a r t a t t a c k s a n d d i e d i n S t . V i n c e n t sHosp i t a l on Wednesday November 16 . Hew a s 3 8 y e a r s o l d .

N e i l w i l l b e r e m e m b e r e d b y 1 9 6 8 - 1 9 7 4A s s o c i a t i o n m e m b e r s f o r t h e w o r k h e d i d ,t o g e t h e r w i t h h i s w i f e H e l e n , l a n d s c a p i n gt h e p a r k n e x t t o t h e W a t c h h o u s e . N e i la l s o o r g a n i s e d t h e A s s o c i a t i o n t r e ep l a n t i n g s ; C u r t i s R o a d , G o o d s i r S t r e e ta n d R o s e b e r r y S t r e e t , C O Ti e i m m e d i a t e l y

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A L a n d s c a p e a r c h i t e c t b y p r o f e s s i o n N e i lw a s a m a n w h o l o v e d t r e s s a n d n a t u r e ,a n d h i s p a s s i n g w i l l b e a l o s s , n o t o n l yt o B a l m a i n p e o p l e , b u t t o a l l t h o s et h r o u g h o u t N e w S o u t h W a l e s w h o s h a r et h e s e i n t e r e s t s . F o r N e i l ' s w o r ke n c o m p a s s e d t h e l a n d s c a p i n g o f m a n y s c h o o l sa n d g o v e r n m e n t b u i l d i n g s , h e h e l p e d i n t h er e v i t a l i s i n g o f Ta r o n g a P a r k Z o o a n d i n t h ee s t a b l i s h m e n t o f D u b b o Z o o a n d r e c e n t l y h ew o n t h e L i o n s D e s i g n A w a r d f o r t h e l a n ds c a p i n g o f t h e f o r e c o u r t t o t h e C e n t r a lC r i m i n a l C o u r t i n L i v e r p o o l S t r e e t .

N e i l w i l l b e r e m e m b e r e d a n d t h a n k e d f o rt h i s w o r k f o r m a n y y e a r s t o c o m e .

We w i s h t o p a s s t o H e l e n , a n d d a u g h t e rE m i l y , o u r d e e p e s t s y m p a t h y f o r t h e i rt r a g i c l o s s .

Christmas barbecueCome along to the Associat ion Christmas barbecueth i s yea r * B r ing your own food and g rog* Uood

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