Ocean Street Power House

21st February 1902
Page 58 - Vol. 9 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House, Ruschcutter’s Bay, on Wednesday evening, the 29th January. Mr, S. Corner in the Chair. The members present were A. Johnson, O.J. Hickey, H. Haydon, G. Sutton, H. Webster, M. Cummins and W.J. Myers. The competitions for December (Rivers and Creeks); January (Interiors) were both well contested, bringing in twenty-nine prints with the following results:

RIVERS AND CREEKS:			INTERIORS:
FIRST W.J. MYERS	SECOND W.J. MYERS	THIRD A. JOHNSON	FIRST S. CORNER	SECOND H. PERFECT	THIRD W.J. MYERS

Judged by Messrs. Perier and Stening.

Mr. D. Fraser was to have given a demonstration on Bromide Toning, but owing to unforseen circumstances was unable to attend. The evening was well spent in discussing the different prints in the competitions. The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

left to right A.J. PERIER; J.S. STENING

21st March 1902
Page 86 - Vol. 9 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House on Wednesday, February 26; Mr. Thomas Marsh in the chair. Present: Messrs. A.J. Perier, A. Johnson, H. Perfect, W. Myers, H. Haydon, S. Anderson, and others.

The competition for the month (Waterfalls) resulted as follows: W.J. Myers 1st, A. Johnson 2nd, H. Perfect 3rd.

The Hon.Secretary announced the result of the last quarterly competition; W.J. Myers 9 points, H. Perfect 3 points, A. Johnson 3 points, S. Corner 3 points.

After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting closed.

21st April 1902
Page 116 - Vol. 9 No. 4 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House on Wednesday, March 26th; Mr. H. Perfect in the chair. Members present: Messrs. Johnson, Hickey, Sutton, Fowler, Myers, Woods, Cummins; Mr. Small (visitor).

MARCH COMPETITION:
Flower studies brought together 17 prints, the judging for which resulted as follows;

FLOWER STUDIES:
FIRST W.J. MYERS	SECOND G. SUTTON	THIRD H. PERFECT

CLUB OUTING:
On the motion of O. Hickey, it was decided to hold an outing to Bulli on Wednesday, 9th April.

Meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

On Wednesday, April 9th, the Club held an outing to Bulli, the following members attending, Messrs. Johnson, Perfect, Reay, Smith, Webster, McCarthy, Hickey, Sutton, and Myers. Catching the 8.30am train to Thirroul, arriving there at 10.30am, the day was spent traveling the Bulli Pass, several pictures being taken en route.

Mr. H. Perfect caused keen competition among the younger members of the Club by offering a prize for the best print of the outing taken by those members. Arriving at the "look-out" at about 3.30pm, the party rested, and began the return journey through Bulli, catching the “milk train” home. It was decided to make the train journey as pleasant as possible, and to this end a mock trial was held, and several songs rendered by the party, arriving in town at 11.30pm, after a most enjoyable outing.

21st May 1902
Page 147 - Vol. 9 No. 5 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House on Wednesday, April 30th. Mr. T. Marsh presided. Those present were Messrs. J. Stening, A. Perier, Small, Coote, Johnson, Sutton, Smith, Reay, Perfect, Webster, Hickey, and Myers.

The Competition for the month brought in twenty-one prints, and the following results announced:

FLOWER STUDIES:
FIRST A. JOHNSON	SECOND W.J. MYERS	THIRD A. JOHNSON

The prize given for the best print, taken at the Bulli outing, was won by Mr. H. Webster.

After the formal business being disposed of, Mr. Marsh gave a very interesting demonstration on the carbon process, which was greatly admired by those present. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Marsh, and the meeting closed.

21st July 1902
Page 208 - Vol. 9 No. 7 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House, Rushcutter’s Bay, on Wednesday, June 25th, Mr. A.J. Perier in the chair. Present: Messrs. Stening, Smith, Eary, Perfect, Johnson, Myers, Sutton, Cummins, Hickey, Couelher, Jelfs, and others. It was decided to hold a Club outing on July 4th.

A letter was read from the Hon.Secretary of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Camera Club, asking the members to consider the question of the amalgamation of the two Clubs, and asking that we select members to attend a conference to discuss the matter. After a lengthy discussion it was decided that owing to the uncertain conditions under which our members are employed it is not advisable for our Club to amalgamate.

Monthly Competition:

PORTRAITURE:
FIRST W. MYERS	SECOND H. PERFECT	THIRD A. JOHNSON

After the general business Mr. Stening gave a very interesting lecture on “Field Work and Printing Processes”. Mr. J. Stening exhibited some very fine specimens of Platinotype Meeting closed with a vote of thanks to Mr. Stening.

J.S. STENING

22nd November 1902
Page 329 - Vol. 9 No. 11 The Australasian Photographic Review

FORMATION: In September, 1901, a meeting was called of those members of the Ocean Street Staff, who were interested in photography. The result of that meeting was the formation of this, the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club. At that meeting it was decided to form a club in connection with the Power House. Officers were elected for the year, and a Committee formed to arrange a Syllabus, and the club was launched under very favorable conditions.

OBJECTS OF THE CLUB: The objects of the Club are the promotion of the photographic art, by the holding of exhibitions and competitions, the delivery of lectures, and reading of papers, excursions, lantern exhibitions and entertainments, the formation and maintenance of a library, and generally the promotion of closer acquaintances among photographers and the interchange of photographs, suggestions, ideas and experiences.

CLUB MEETINGS: Meetings of the Club have been held on the last Wednesday of each month at the Ocean Street Power House. Although the Club could not boast of having a room to hold their meeting, they can at least lay claim to the novelty of holding them in an Electric Car. The meetings have always been fairly well attended, and they have proved to be very interesting, mainly through the members being desirous of having some little discussions, and the kindness of several friends who have given demonstrations.

COMPETITIONS: The following list of competitions have taken place each month, as arranged by the Committee. These competitions have proved to be of great benefit to the members from an educational point, and how the members have gained may be estimated from the fact that the judges have several times complimented them on their work, and the great headway they were making.

The Committee desire to thank the following gentlemen who have acted at different times as judges for the competitions: Messrs. Stening, Marsh, Perier and Cummins.

J.S. STENING

SYLLABUS

DATE

SUBJECT

PRINTS
EXHIBITED

DATE

SUBJECT

PRINTS
EXHIBITED

DATE

SUBJECT

PRINTS
EXHIBITED

DATE

SUBJECT

PRINTS
EXHIBITED

DATE

SUBJECT

PRINTS
EXHIBITED

November

Shipping

December

Rivers and Creeks

January

Interiors

February

Waterfalls and
Street Scenes

March

Flowers and
Street Scenes

April

Landscapes

May

Enlargements

June

Portraiture

July

Lantern Slides

August

Architecture

It will be seen that the Club has been fairly busy with competitions, showing a total of 154 prints exhibited at the ten competitions held. To make them interesting the Committee decided to give prizes, and with this end in view they gave prizes for two quarterly competitions, one valued at 15s., and another at 17s. 6d.

Another competition was decided upon for a trophy presented by Messrs. Baker and Rouse; this was a half-yearly competition, which was started in March and concluded in August.

The Committee desire to thank Messrs. Baker and Rouse for their kindness in providing the trophy for this competition; also Messrs, Perfect, Johnson and Myers for providing the prizes for the second quarterly competition, and Mr Perfect, again, for providing a prize competed for by the members using Premo Dee Cameras at the Bulli Outing.

DEMONSTRATION: The Committee tender their sincere thanks to Messrs. Ferris, Marsh, Stening and Perfect for giving demonstrations at different times. The following list of lectures were those given by the gentlemen named: Bromide Printing, Negative Making, Carbon Work, Coralite Printing, Field Work, and Platinotype Printing.

At the July meeting a very successful lantern night was held, A number of beautiful slides, lent by the Photographic Society of N.S.W. and Mr. Cummins, were thrown on the sheet; also the competition slides of the members. Mr. A. Beckinsale provided several items with his phonograph, and altogether a nice evening was spent. Mr. Cummins lent the lantern, and Messrs. Baker and Rouse the sheet.

CLUB OUTINGS: The Club has held two very successful outings, one in April to Bulli, and another in July to George’s River, each being well attended.

MEMBERSHIP: The Club opened with a membership list of twenty-one names, but the Committee have to say that there has been a slight decrease in the membership owing mainly to the members leaving for other depots.

In conclusion, the Committee desire to thank those friends who have so kindly assisted the members in their work from time to time.

Monday 24th November 1902
Page 9 - The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
Members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club spent an enjoyable evening on Friday, on the occasion of their first annual exhibition and musical evening, held at St. Mark's School-hall, Woollahra. Amongst the exhibit were picture shown by Messrs. J.S. Stening, H. Perfect, S. Corner, A.J. Perrier, A.J. Myers, A. Johnston, W.C. Fischer, and others. During the musical program the chair was occupied by Mr. J.W. Tyrer. Mr. Perrier gave several selections on the pianola, while song were rendered by Messrs. A. Wellington, Slavin, Perfect, and others. Messrs. Baker and Rouse exhibited a number of sample prints.

Tuesday 25th November 1902
Page 5 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW)
Wednesday 26th November 1902
Page 1364 - The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The first annual exhibition of photographs, held in connection with the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club, took place at St Mark's School Hall, on Friday evening. In the absence of Mr J. Kneeshaw (president of the club), Mr J.W. Tyrer presided. There was an excellent collection of photographs, the work of the members on view in addition to which Messrs. Baker and Rouse Limited exhibited sample prints of Austral pearl paper. A number of attractive pictures, lent for the occasion by Messrs. J.S. Stening, W.C. Fischer, A.J. Perrier, W.J. Myers, H. Perfect, J. Corner, A. Johnstone and others, were also exhibited. During the evening, Mr. A.J. Perrier gave a number of lantern views, and also contributed selections on the pianola. A program of songs, recitations, was rendered, those who assisted including Messrs. A. Wellington, Slavin, H. Perfect, and the "Banjo" trio. Mr. H. Perfect acted as accompanist. A vote of thanks to the chairman and closed a pleasant evening.

24th January 1903
Page 33 - Vol. 10 No. 1 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The usual monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Tuesday, December the 30th, at the Power House, Rushcutters Bay. Mr. Haydon in the chair. Several members were present. Usual business disposed of. Two new members were elected.

Hon.Secretary reported that the Club had recently held two successful outings, also their first annual exhibition, which had been a decided success.

The half-yearly competition for Messrs. Baker and Rouse’s trophy had been won by W.J. Myers, who had received trophy from donors.

The December competition for a trophy presented by Mr. Corner, value £1 1s., for the best set of six pictures illustrating the Electric Tramway System, was judged by Messrs. Perier and Corner, who awarded the prize to W.J. Myers, whose work reflected great credit upon him.

The next quarter’s competition will be for a trophy donated by Mr. Tyrer.

Officers were elected for ensuing year, and syllabus for the year arranged.

21st February 1903
Page 71 - Vol. 10 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Recreation Rooms, Power House, Rushculter’s Bay, on Wednesday, January the 28th.

Mr. James Stening in the chair.

There was an exceedingly good attendance of members. The usual club business having been dealt with, 3 new members were elected.

Mr. Myers acknowledged the receipt of Mr. Corne’s prize won by Mr. Myers in previous month’s competition.

Arrangements were made to hold outings during February. The month’s competition being landscapes, and Mr. Stening having kindly consented to judge the exhibits, the result was declared as follows:

LANDSCAPES:
FIRST Mr. Koesters	SECOND H. PERFECT	THIRD Mr. Sutton

There were 24 prints sent in for competition amongst which was exceedingly good work. Mr. Stening then gave the members some valuable hints on development. General discussion followed and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to Mr. Stening for his help in making the meeting such a pleasant and instructive one.

J.S. STENING

Monday 13th April 1903
Page 6 - The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
"Animal Studies" were the subject of last month's competition among the members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club. Mr. E. Koesters was again given pride of place by the judges, and therefore won the prize offered by Mr. J.W. Tyrer for the most successful exhibitor in the January, February, and March competitions. Messrs. H. Perfect and A. Johnson were second and third respectively. As it is only four months since Mr. Koesters began devoting himself to photography his success may be considered exceptionally meritorious. This club now has a numerous membership, and is making great headway. Three of the members, Messrs. W. Myers, H. Perfect, and G. Sutton lately returned from a photographic tour of Tasmania, during which some good work was done.

21st April 1903
Page 146 - Vol. 10 No. 4 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting for March of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at Power House, Rushcutter’s Bay, on March the 25th, Mr. Stening, Vice-President in the chair.

A sub-committee was appointed to draw up a revised set of Rules, to be submitted to the members at the April meeting.

It was decided to form a Library and a number of books were promised, which will be of the greatest value to the members, Mr. E. Koesters, to be Hon. Librarian.

The competition for the month being Animal Studies, resulted as follows:

ANIMAL STUDIES:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD A. Johnson

This being the final competition for quarter, the trophy being given by Mr. Tyrer, our late depot master ; and the points scored each month brought out the following results, Mr. Koesters 9 points, 1st; Mr. Perfert 6 points, 2nd ; Mr. Johnson 2 points, 3rd ; Mr. Sutton 1 point. It reflects great credit on Mr. Koesters, as he is one of the youngest members of the Club, and quite a new beginner in the photographic art, and his success should be of

Wednesday 22nd April 1903
Page 6 - Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tasmania)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The platinotype printing process was explained to the members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club in a lecture, delivered by Mr J.S. Stening at the last meeting of that body. Having dwelt upon the simplicity and permanence of the process, and also the beauty of the tone graduations. Mr. Stening proceeded to give the working instructions. He explained that in the first case the paper should be guarded as much as possible from damp, and that before use the negatives should be dried over a spirit or other flame. The partially printed out image produced was of a steely-grey color, on a primrose ground, and developed in a few seconds on being immersed in a simple solution of oxalate of potassium. The print then required only clearing in three baths of pure hydrochloric acid (one part) and water (89 parts), and washing for a few minutes in running water, which gave an absolutely permanent print in pure metallic platinum black. Platinum, it was pointed out, was absolutely unaffected under any atmospheric conditions, and was unalterable by any acid or alkali. The process was amenable to many modifications. Mr. Stening showed how to restrain development by the use of the glycerine brush method. Having placed a print upon a sheet of glass and brushed it over with a coating of glycerine he proceeded to develop with modified solutions, restraining or accentuating those parts that required such treatment. Toning or altering the color of the image was not recommended, all methods to effect this being considered of doubtful permanency, though some samples of beautifully-toned prints were passed around, showing the uses of uranium and silver in this application. A new method of combined developing with oxalate of potassium and mercury which was demonstrated resulted in a pleasing sepia tone being obtained. A number of beautiful prints by this process were shown, and the meeting closed with a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Stening.

21st May 1903
Page 193 - Vol. 10 No. 5 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting for April of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House on Wednesday, April 29, Mr. James Stening in the chair.

After the usual routine business was disposed of, arrangements were made with the view of holding an Outing before the weather becomes too unseasonable; it was also decided to hold a social evening in June, to mark our half-year. Among the correspondence, a letter was read from the President, Mr. T. Marsh, tendering his resignation as president to continued illness. The Hon.Secretary was instructed to write and ask Mr. Marsh to retain office till the end of year, in the hope that by that time he may be restored to health and able to take an active part in Photographic work again. The special business of the evening was then dealt with, viz., the alteration of the rules. After discussion by the members, and many valuable suggestions from the Chairman, the new code of rules was adopted.

It was decided, in order to encourage younger members to compete in club competitions, a class to be known as “B Class” will be formed.

The prizes for last quarter’s competition were handed over to the successful competitors.

The monthly competition subject, “Yachting”, resulted as follows:

YACHTING:
FIRST A. Johnson	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD Mr. Myers

A new member was enrolled, and the meeting closed with thanks to the chairman.

Sunday 31st May 1903
Page 8 - The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club, at their last meeting, were instructed by Mr. J. Herron in the art of making lantern slides. The demonstration was a very successful one. The Baker and Rouse Proprietary, Limited, kindly supplied the lantern for the evening's work. In this month's competition among the members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club, the subject for which was landscapes, the awards:

LANDSCAPES: CLASS "A"			LANDSCAPES: CLASS "B"
FIRST A. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD Mr. Johnson	FIRST Mr. Sutton

22nd June 1903
Page 227 - Vol. 10 No. 6 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
If a stranger unaware of the business in hand had suddenly found himself at the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club meeting on Wednesday evening, May 27th he might have thought he was transported back to the dark ages when witches and wizards abounded, when he saw a circle of eager faces peering out of the darkness into a small vessel in which charming little pictures presented themselves from time to time, the circle of faces and the objects in which they seemed so interested being illuminated by a dull red glow whilst outside the charmed circle all was darkness, but after all it was nothing mysterious, simply Mr. Jas. Heron, of the New South Wales Photographic Society treating the members to a demonstration of lantern slide making. The routine business having been quickly disposed of, a lantern kindly lent by Messrs. Baker & Rouse was brought into use and several of Mr. Heron’s slides were thrown on to the sheet and the different results obtained were pointed out in the demonstration that followed. The demonstration was highly successful and an interesting one, and only a cool experienced hand like Mr. Heron could carry on the work of development, and reply to a quick firing battery of eager questions. Six beautiful slides were made and handed over to the Hon.Secretary as club’s property, and when shown at future lantern evenings will serve to remind us of a very pleasant and instructive demonstration. Some of the members brought slides in order to find out where they had made mistakes, and what they learned during the evening will prevent them falling into the same errors in future, A very hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Heron, and that gentleman in reply stated that he would only be too pleased to help the club in any May he possibly could.

The B class competition for April, being groups, resulted in:

GROUPS:
FIRST T. Corbett	SECOND T. Corbett	THIRD G. Sutton

The work for May, being rivers and creeks, brought together 18 prints, results being:

RIVERS AND CREEKS: A CLASS:			RIVERS AND CREEKS: B CLASS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND Mr. Perfect	THIRD A. Johnson	FIRST George Sutton	SECOND T. Golden	THIRD George Sutton

Mr. James Stening as usual very ably filled the chair.

Sunday 28th June 1903
Page 8 - The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club had a very pleasant lantern evening on Wednesday last. Mr. Albert Perier put the slides through with his accustomed skill, many of those thrown on the screen representing the work of the members themselves.

21st July 1903
Page 269 - Vol. 10 No. 7 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
In order to mark the close of the half-year’s work, the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club held a very enjoyable social evening on Wednesday the 24th June. Ordinary business being quickly disposed of, the real business of the evening, viz., a musical and lantern entertainment was opened by the Patron of the Club, Mr. J.W. Tyrer, making one of his characteristic speeches. A lantern kindly lent by Messrs. Baker & Rouse served to show several slides kindly lent by Messrs. Heron, Stening, Cummins and other members of the Photographic Society of New South Wales. The subject for the month’s work was statuary, and the results being:

STATUARY: A CLASS:			STATUARY: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Perfect	SECOND Mr. Perfect	THIRD Mr. Myers	FIRST George Sutton	SECOND George Sutton	THIRD Mr. Corbett

During the month the library has been placed at the disposal of members, and will be a great convenience and benefit to the members of the Club, it being placed in a position (namely, in the Recreation Room) where the members can readily obtain a book for hasty reference.

J.S. STENING

Sunday 9th August 1903
Page 8 - The Sunday Sun (Sydney, NSW)
21st August 1903
Page 311 - Vol. 10 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The July meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, July the 29th.

Mr. Marsh, president of the club, occupied the chair. Mr. Marsh received the hearty congratulations on his return to health after his recent trying illness. The first outing for the coming season was discussed, and it was decided to hold it at Wentworth Falls, about the middle of August.

The demonstration set down for the evening was Trimming and Mounting, by A.J. Perier, Esq., who was most particular in pointing out to the members the importance of the two finishing operations of trimming and mounting. We have seen many a good picture beaten in competition simply because the exhibitor had made a bad “fist” of the trimming. How much or how little should be trimmed from a picture in order to get the best effect, might be a difficult question among judges; but there can be no difficulty in deciding about a print that has not been neatly mounted and squarely trimmed. All this was pointed out by the demonstrator. Then the mounting, “the beginner’s bugbear”, came next, and Mr. Perier showed the members how prints can be easily and neatly mounted, and his method of doing his work showed them how they can do the finishing work to their pictures with out making a mess of themselves and their pictures, as I saw a certain amateur who was mounting some prints; starch paste was his mountant, and he had it everywhere on the face of his picture, on the margin of his mounts, in his own hair, down the sides of his trousers, and he finished up by upsetting the paste into a basket of fancy silks in use by his wife at the time. Then he used well, “pyrogallic language”, and decided to use “slip in” mounts in future, till he saw the demonstration. Mr. Perier was heartily thanked for his valuable lesson, and the meeting closed.

The subject for the month’s competition was “Shipping”, Mr. Johnston had two excellent little pictures in carbon, and the results as follows:

SHIPPING: A CLASS:			SHIPPING: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Johnston	SECOND Mr. Johnston	THIRD Mr. Perfect	FIRST Mr. Golden	SECOND Mr. Golden	THIRD Mr. Corbett

A.J. PERIER

21st September 1903
Page 349 - Vol. 10 No. 9 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The usual monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club took place on Wednesday, August 26th, at the Recreation Room, Power House, Rush cutter’s Bay. There was a good muster of members and visitors. A very kind offer was received from Messrs. Fairfax & Sons, “Sydney Morning Herald”, by a prize of 2 guineas for the best set of three pictures illustrating a tramway employee's work and occupations. This will no doubt cause some keen competition among the members.

During the month an outing had been held to obtain pictures for this month’s competitions, viz., Waterfalls. A party of 9 journeyed to Wentworth Falls. Fine weather favored the excursion, and a most enjoyable day was spent. Both Wentworth Falls and Valley of Waters were explored, and a great many plates were exposed.

A new departure has been undertaken in regard to this month’s competition, and that was a ballot for the best picture in “A” class by the members of the depot staff. A great interest is taken in the work of the club, and it was decided to allow the staff to judge and vote by ballot for which they considered to be the best picture. Ballot slips were issued among the staff and the pictures were exhibited at the depot. The result of this ballot was made known at the meeting:

WATERFALLS
FIRST Mr. Myers with 13 votes	SECOND Mr. Myers with 10 votes	THIRD EQUAL Mr. Johnson with 5 votes Mr. Perfect with 5 votes

It is very pleasing to remark that the pictures on being shown to gentlemen well posted in the photographic art fully endorsed the staff’s decision.

The club’s roll was strengthened by three new members. A demonstration on bromide work, by W.E. Gates, Esq., was set down for the evening, and a very instructive hour was spent with that gentleman, whose motto seems to be, “select your paper, study it, and stick to it”. Mr. Gates also recommended our own colonial-made bromide papers, being always fresh and quality equal if not better than the imported article. Several negatives of varying density were shown, and the methods of exposure in order to get the desired results were shown them in the dark-room. He developed four very nice prints, using amidol as a developer, and pointing out to those present a few peculiarities associated with that developer. After that, by means of a copper toning bath, he toned a print; this, with the others developed, were placed at the club’s disposal, and when framed and hung on the walls of the Recreation Room will serve as a pleasant souvenir of a very instructive evening. Mr. Gates was heartily thanked for his kindness and in reply stated he would be pleased to meet the members on some future evening with another instructive lesson.

Wednesday 21st October 1903
Page 1052 - The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A Page offered by the Proprietors of the "Sydney Mail" to Ocean Street Power House Camera Club for the best set of three photographs, illustrating the tramway employee's life and occupation, brought to hand several pictures, of which the images below were adjudged the best.

left to right FARES; A ROUGH NIGHT; IN THE SIGNAL BOX; THIS SET GAIND SECOND PLACE FOR Mr. H.E. PERFECT

left to right PREPARING FOR THE ROAD; FARES, PLEASE; LUNCH; THIS SET GAIND THE "SYDNEY MAIL" PRIZE FOR Mr. ANDREW JOHNSON

left to right INSTRUCTION CLASS; PAYING IN; LEISURE MOMENTS; THIS SET GAIND THIRD PLACE FOR Mr. T. SUTTON

21st October 1903
Page 389 - Vol. 10 No. 10 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
On Wednesday evening, September 30th, the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club held its monthly meeting, a good number of members were present, and the president (T. Marsh, Esq.) filled the chair. The Hon.Secretary was very pleased to be able to inform the meeting that one of our vice-presidents, A.J. Perier, was making satisfactory progress after his recent painful illness.

A very handsome and useful book, entitled “Picturesque Places in New South Wales”, had been presented to the club by Mr. Kneeshaw, Tramway Superintendent. The book is splendidly illustrated, and contains a great deal of information how to reach the pleasure resorts in the State. The book will be of great value to members when arranging “club outings”. The Hon.Secretary was instructed to write and thank Mr. Kneeshaw for his kindness.

The business of the evening was a lantern slide competition. A lantern had been kindly lent by Mr. Cummings, and manipulated by Mr. Myers, and by its means the slides were shown on the screen and judged by Messrs. Heron and Peterson. As each slide was shown faults were pointed out to the members, and how to avoid those faults was explained and many useful hints were given. The judges gave the following awards:

LANTERN SLIDES: A CLASS:			LANTERN SLIDES: B CLASS:
FIRST W.J. Myers	SECOND A. Johnston	THIRD G. Lutton	FIRST T. Golden	SECOND T. Golden	THIRD T. Corbett

After the competition several slides were shown, among them were several belonging to Mr Peterson, of the New South Wales Railway and Tramway Camera Club, the slides being taken from negatives obtained by him on a recent trip through Europe.

A vote of thanks to the judges, and other gentlemen who with their slides had contributed towards a very pleasant evening, closed the proceedings.

A.J. PERIER

21st November 1903
Page 431 - Vol. 10 No. 11 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, October 28th, the chair being occupied by Mr. Lambert. A new member was elected, and a letter was read from Mr. Perier, Vice-president, thanking the Club for its enquiries and good wishes expressed to him during his illness, from which he has now almost recovered. A letter from Messrs. Fairfax and Sons, of the Sydney Mail, regarding their competition for the best set of three pictures illustrating a tramway employee’s life and occupation, contained the award, the prize being secured by A. Johnson. Esq. The second and third places were filled by Messrs. Perfect and Sutton. The Hon.Secretary reported that an attempt had been made during the month to hold an outing, but owing to the notice being short the members were not able to take part. Three of them journeyed as far as Hornsby, then took coach to Galston Bridges. A pleasant day was spent, but the place itself did not offer a great scope for picture making. During the month pictures had been sent to Gulgong Exhibition, and Mr. Perfect had been successful in securing a first prize for a set of four prints. Pictures were also to be sent to the Bathurst Art Society’s Exhibition.

The Photographic Society of New South Wales Exhibition was brought under the notice of the members, and they were asked to look up their best negatives, with a view of exhibiting some of their work in the open competition.

The Club’s competition for the month was Interiors or Enlargements, and awards:

ENLARGEMENTS: A CLASS:			INTERIORS:			ENLARGEMENTS: B CLASS:
FIRST A. Johnston	SECOND Mr. Perfect	THIRD Mr. Perfect	FIRST Mr. Golden	SECOND Mr. Myers	THIRD Mr. Koesters	FIRST Mr Piggott	SECOND Mr. Smith	THIRD Mr. Smith

The success of Mr. Golden in A Class will make some of the older members look to their laurels, as he, Mr. Golden, is the latest member of B Class who has qualified for A Class.

A discussion followed on photographic matters in general, and no doubt many a lesson was learnt during the evening. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.

The quarterly competition ending September 30th had resulted as follows Messrs. Johnson and Myers having secured an equal number of points, have decided to divide first and second prizes in Class A. Mr. Golden has won the B Class competition, also special prize for Lantern Slides for that class. He now qualifies for A Class.

21st December 1903
Page 470 - Vol. 10 No. 12 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, November 25th. The chair was occupied by Mr. W. Lambert. It was decided to hold an outing during next month to Canley Vale. A proposed exhibition of the Club’s work to be held during the coming year was talked over, and referred to the committee for further consideration. Flower studies had been the subject dealt with during the month, and the competition brought together a number of very fine pictures.

FLOWER STUDIES: A CLASS:			FLOWER STUDIES: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. W.J. Myers	SECOND Mr. W.J. Myers	THIRD Mr. Golden	FIRST Mr. Corbett

The Hon.Secretary drew the attention of the members to the forth coming exhibition to be held by the Photographic Society of New South Wales, at which they would see pictures by the prominent men in the photographic world.

The demonstration for the evening was carbon work, by Mr. W.J. Myers, one of the senior members of the club, who kindly came forward to give the younger members the benefit of his experience, and in doing so, took them through the various processes employed in making pictures in carbon. The demonstrator touched lightly on the theory of carbon, but gave his hearers sufficient insight by his remarks to understand his subsequent practical work. The sensitizing of the tissue, manipulation of the temporary support, and finally the development, were all gone through. “But what do you develop with ?” asked one member. “Hot water”, replied the demonstrator. “Water ! why this is an homeopathic method”, said a listener. At the conclusion of his valuable demonstration, Mr. Myers was accorded a vote of thanks, which was carried by acclamation.

The next meeting will be the Annual Meeting, and the close of the second year of the Club’s work.

21st January 1904
Page 32 - Vol. 11 No. 1 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
On Wednesday, December 30, the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club closed its second year by holding the Annual Meeting. There was a good attendance of members, and Mr. A. Johnson occupied the chair. Three new members were elected, and when the ordinary routine business was disposed of the Hon.Secretary read his annual report, in which he was happy to state that the club had made steady progress, not only in numerical strength, but also in acquiring knowledge in the art of photography. During the year 12 general meetings were held. These meetings had been principally devoted to demonstrations very kindly given by gentlemen who were very expert in the different branches of photographic processes demonstrated by them, and these proved of utmost value to the members. A very enjoy able musical and lantern evening had been held in June to mark the close of the half-year.

Competitions had been held each month for quarterly prizes. “A” class had held 13 and “B” class 8. Mr. Myers was top scorer with 18 points, Mr. Perfect 2nd with 17, and Messrs. Johnson and Koesters scored 15 points each. In “B” class Mr. Golden had scored 15 points, Mr. Johnson had won the Sydney Mail prize, and Mr. Tyrer’s prize had been won by E. Koesters.

During the year a very pleasant outing to Wentworth Falls had been held.

And in conclusion of the report the Hon.Secretary wishes to accord the club’s sincere thanks to the various gentlemen who had so kindly helped the club on different occasions by demonstrations, etc., and he also hoped that the coming year would see a series of interesting evenings similar to those in the year just closing.

In moving the adoption of the Hon.Secretary’s report several members expressed their appreciation of the Hon.Secretary’s efforts in the past year to make the club a success; and in reply the Hon.Secretary said it was gratifying to him to hear that his work had given satisfaction, and reminded the members that nothing gave a heart in his work as live, working members. So long as there was no lack of interest, and the members strained a point to attend the meetings and send in the full number of prints for each competition, then the Hon.Secretary would not find his work in vain. The club was a small one, but a live one, and although they had not produced a member to carry off the gold medal at the Photographic Society of New South Wales Exhibition, still the club had competed in other exhibitions and not without success.

The Treasurer then read his report, in which he stated that, although the club had not a large banking account, still they had ended their year with a balance on the credit side of the ledger, and as their funds had been mostly disposed of in prizes, the funds had gone in encouraging the members who worked to win those prizes. The report was adopted, and the Treasurer thanked for his work in the past year.

The election of officers for the ensuing year then took place, and resulted as follows:

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 1904
PATRON J.W. Tyrer, Esq.	PRESIDENT Thomas Marsh, Esq.	VICE-PRESIDENT A.J. Perier	VICE-PRESIDENT J.S. Stening	VICE-PRESIDENT J.J. Rouse	VICE-PRESIDENT J. Brinckley	VICE-PRESIDENT W. Ecclestone	HON.SECRETARY H.E. Perfect	HON. TREASURER G.T. Sutton	HON. LIBRARIAN T. Corbett	COMMITTEE A. Johnson	COMMITTEE W. Myers

The Syllabus of Competitions and other Club matters were discussed, and the meeting closed.

left to right A.J. PERIER; J.S. STENING

22nd February 1904
Page 73 - Vol. 11 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, January 27. Mr. Myers occupied the chair. There was a very good attendance of members, and three new members were enrolled. The Hon.Secretary reported that to obtain pictures for this month’s competition, the subject of which is “Yachting”, the club had held several Saturday afternoon outings, at which several good negatives had been obtained; and in order to allow the members to secure pictures at the Anniversary Regatta the competition would be open till February 7th.

The month has been a very busy one all through, for in addition to the “yachting” outings, an excursion had been taken to Canly Vale on January 27th, that place having been recommended for landscape work; so 12 members took the 9.30am train to Canly Vale, at which station they were met by Mr. F. Blackstone, who escorted them to his residence, where a very pleasant hour was spent, and after a picture of our host and hostess and their guests had been taken, the members marched off under Mr. Osborne, who undertook to guide the party to a locality where plenty of scope could be found for picture making, and on arriving at that place the party split up into twos and threes, and were soon hard at work on the little bit that took their fancy, and in justice to our guide, there was no lack of material to work on.

A return to the camp was made at dinner time, when a severe and well-sustained attack was made on the luncheon baskets; after that another ramble in search of pictures, and then the party returned to Sydney about 6pm. About 30 plates had been exposed, and a very enjoyable day had been spent.

On the evening of the 25th the members were treated to a visit to the Sydney Observatory, and by kindness of the Acting Astronomer were enabled to spend a very pleasant and instructive evening. On arrival at the Observatory they were first conducted to the tower, and by means of the telescope, which was focused on several planets and the moon, the party were able to do a little “star gazing”. While they were doing so Mr. Lenehan, the Astronomer, gave his audience a very lucid explanation of what they were looking at. Of course all that was shown could not be seen from one position, so as the huge telescope was swung round from one planet to another, so the party had to manoeuvre into different positions also; sometimes up step-ladders, other times reclining on a low couch, and to get on to this and under the telescope the members had to go through some “anatomical contortions” in their “astronomical researches”. But this all contributed to the fun, and the next item on the program was a display of lantern slides that had been made from negatives taken at the Observatory from time to time, and the Astronomer explained that it was more difficult to make some of the larger exposures now, owing to the incandescent lights that are so largely in use in the city fogging the plates; so in order to do any photographic work where a prolonged exposure was necessary, the astronomers had to go some distance into the country. After several slides of the moon and stars had been shown, and the exposures explained, which varied from “minutes” to “hours”, two interesting slides were shown of a thunderstorm, the vivid flashes were shown lighting up the harbour and shipping and opposite shores Some very fine enlargements were shown, and after thanking Mr. Lenehan for a very pleasant evening, the company withdrew.

The club intend to hold an exhibition in June, and a committee was appointed to arrange the details and submit their plans to the next meeting. In addition to the quarterly prizes, the club decided to give a medal to the member who scores the highest number of points in quarterly competitions and the exhibition during the current year. The club will hold a picnic at an early date, the Hon.Secretary to make the necessary arrangements.

A very instructive and interesting demonstration on retouching and improving negatives was given to the members by Mr. Aitkin, who, in the course of his remarks gave the members a few useful hints how to remedy faults in their negatives, and offered to supplement his demonstrations by helping the members at any time to overcome their difficulties. A vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Aitken and the chairman.

Since the meeting, the judges award in the yachting competition has come to hand. In “A” Class 21 pictures were sent in, and in “B” Class 8 pictures were sent in and the work displayed was favorably commented on by the judges, who awarded:

YACHTING: A CLASS:			YACHTING: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Perfect	SECOND Mr. Sutton	THIRD Mr. Sutton	FIRST Mr. Coalcher	SECOND Mr. Reay	THIRD Mr. Reay

21st March 1904
Page 113 - Vol. 11 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
Notwithstanding the unpleasant weather there was a fair attendance of members at the February meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club. The chair was occupied by the president, Thomas Marsh, Esq. The principal business of the evening was to discuss the proposals of the sub-committee elected to draw up a scheme for the exhibition to be held in July, and after a few alterations had been suggested, the report was adopted. The exhibition, as far as competitive work is concerned, will be confined to the members of the Club, and will be divided into two classes, viz., “A” and “B". A varied and interesting list of subjects will be submitted for competition, and a prize given for the best picture in the exhibition.

Owing to the illness of the Hon.Secretary, who was to have introduced the subject of stereo photography to the members, the demonstration was postponed, but by the means of sets of stereo slides sent by the Hon.Secretary, and an album and a set of London views kindly lent by A. Corner, Esq., a pleasant evening was spent. Mr. Piggott also contributed to the evening’s amusement with some new phonograph records.

The competition for the month was landscape work, and brought together a total of 29 pictures.

LANDSCAPE: A CLASS:			LANDSCAPE: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Golden	SECOND Mr. Perfect	THIRD Mr. Perfect	FIRST Mr. Conleher	SECOND Mr. Conleher	THIRD Mr. Corbett	HIGHLY COMMENDED Mr. Piggott

A vote of thanks to the chairman and the gentlemen who helped to make the meeting a pleasant one closed the proceedings.

21st April 1904
Page 149 - Vol. 11 No. 4 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The Ocean Street Power House Camera Club, favored by the best of weather, held a picnic to Long Bay, on Tuesday, March the 22nd. This outing was graced by the presence of the fair sex for the first time. The party numbered 25, and included our Patron, J.W. Tyrer, Esq. The majority left town by the 10am tram, and on arrival a cricket match was arranged, and was the cause of much amusement, as the majority of the players were out of form, to say the least of it. The hitting was good and the scoring was fast, and it was soon a case of “bellows to mend” for both the “batsmen” and the “field”. A program of sports was carried out, which included contests “amusing if not athletic.” Obstacle races, and a search for the North Pole, in which the competitors were blindfolded and had to run a distance and find a flag at the finish. Also “an early morning brush”, in which the contestants had to run to a lady who helped them into their coats and vests, and fastened their collars and ties. All these afforded great amusement to the onlookers, and some of the members got in some good work “snap-shotting” the contestants. After spending a very pleasant day, the city was reached about 8pm.

The March meeting was held on the 30th, and to a good attendance. The Chairman, W.E. Gates, Esq., delivered a very interesting paper on “Toning Bromide Prints”. A little while ago the lecturer gave a demonstration on bromide printing, which he supplemented with by toning a print by means of a copper toning bath, and he remarked that he had come to the conclusion that the results were not permanent, and were subject to markings and stains. The hypo-alum process was then explained, though a demonstration could not be given on account of the tardy nature of the process, and the lecturer pointed out that although it might seem to some of his hearers that the process was a tedious one still it did not involve constant attention, the prints being left entirely to their own devices when they were in the toning bath. Note books were called into requisition, and some useful hints were given. Then the lecturer went on to deal with the silver sulphate process, and proceeded to warn the members to be careful where they used one of chemicals, viz., “sodium sulphide” in this process, otherwise they may destroy the domestic felicity of their homes, or their landlady request them to find another boarding establishment; and when in the subsequent demonstration Mr. Gates did open up the sodium sulphide, the meeting fully agreed with all he had said about it, and one member remarked “that it fairly hummed”. But the demonstration showed the members how to convert the black and white bromide picture into a pleasing sepia, which picture will find its way among the collection that adorn the walls of the recreation room in which the club hold their meetings. At the conclusion of the demonstration, which was followed all through with great interest by those present, a vote of thanks was moved by W. Myers, Esq., and seconded by Thomas Golden, Esq., in which they voiced the meeting in expressing their gratification in witnessing a very interesting demonstration. Mr. Gates replied, congratulating the club on its work and enthusiasm.

During the evening the judge’s awards in the snapshot competition were made known. Twenty-four pictures were sent in, making a very interesting collection. Mr. Osborne had a pretty picture entitled the “Paddlers”.

SNAPSHOT: A CLASS:			SNAPSHOT: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Osborne	SECOND Mr. Golden	THIRD Mr. Golden	FIRST Mr. E. George	SECOND Mr. Corbett	THIRD Mr. E. George

Saturday 21st May 1904
Page 4 - The Australian Star (Sydney, NSW)

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The last meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was an unusually interesting and profitable one for the members. Mr. F. Empson discoursed on "Pictorial Photography," and imparted to those present much valuable advice on the art of picture-making. He exhibited some striking specimens of his own work, and presented the club with four of his pictures, already mounted and framed. Mr. Albert Perier followed with a practical demonstration of post-card work, in which he showed how the cards were both printed and developed. Both gentlemen were cordially thanked for the instruction they had imparted.

For their next meeting the members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club are promised an interesting lecture by Mr. R.H.B. Brangwin. on the subject of photographic lenses.

21st May 1904
Page 192 - Vol. 11 No. 5 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
The Ocean Street Power House Camera Club held its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 26th, and although the weather was most unpleasant, the members turned out in fair numbers, and those who braved the elements were amply repaid for their trouble, for the principal business of the evening was a demonstration of the Carbon Process, by Philip H. Caro Esq. This gentleman took his listeners all through the sensitizing of the tissue and the printing, giving some valuable hints on the use of a simple actino meter that he produced for the inspection of the members, then placing the tissue on the support, and while leaving it under pressure, he explained his method of dealing with old or stale tissue. He regretted that owing to the wet weather and bad light, he had only one print exposed, as he had intended to have a picture on tissue four years old to demonstrate to the members that it could be used even though it had suffered through age. The developing was next taken in hand, and the result was a picture 18 x 22. The manipulation of such big work was watched with great interest, it being the first time the members had seen such big pictures turned out by any process; the resulting picture was taken charge of by the Hon.Secretary, to be hung on the wall of our Meeting Room. The demonstration was a great success, and Mr. Caro received the hearty thanks of the members, and in reply stated he hoped on a future occasion to again meet the members

During the evening a new member was added to the roll. It was arranged during the evening to hold a Fishing Excursion to mark the close of the Outing Season.

The Competition for the month consisted of two subjects, Portraiture and Interiors. In “B” Class it must be said to their credit that they turned out a better lot of pictures, both in regard to quantity and quality, and the awards are as follows.

PORTRAITURE: A CLASS:			INTERIORS: A CLASS:		PORTRAITURE: B CLASS:			INTERIORS: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Perfect	SECOND Mr. Perfect	THIRD Mr. Sutton	FIRST Mr. Koesters	SECOND Mr. Osborne	FIRST Mr. F. George	SECOND Mr. F. George	THIRD Mr. T. Corbett	FIRST Mr. George	SECOND Mr. Corbett	THIRD Mr. George

The Hon.Secretary had much pleasure in announcing that during May, Mr. Fred Empton had kindly offered to give the members an evening on Picturesque Photography and Post-card making; also at the next monthly meeting, Mr. Brangwin would favor the members with a paper entitled, “A simple talk on lenses, and hints to beginners”.

The evening was well advanced before a very interesting meeting closed.

21st June 1904
Page 233 - Vol. 11 No. 6 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
On Monday 16th May, the members of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club spent a very pleasant evening with Mr. F. Empon, who treated the members to an evening on “Simple Pictorial Photography”. Lack of time to devote to picture-making had forced him to adopt the simplest methods; and he proceeded to show, by means of specimen pictures, the results he had obtained by self-toning papers; how he obtained the results shown was explained; and at the conclusion of his remarks he handed a framed set of four pictures to the club as a memento of a visit that had given him no small pleasure, as he hoped it had given his listeners. Mr. Empon received the cordial thanks of the members for his kindness. Then Mr. Perier, who was heartily congratulated on his appearance in the club’s room after his recent illness, gave the members a practical illustration of bromide post-card making. So in the one evening the members (of which there was a good attendance) received a valuable lesson in simple picture making.

On Tuesday, 24th May, the members held their last outing for the season to the Hawkesbury River and Broken Bay. Fishing was the order of the day; good sport was obtained, some 60 fish being landed; and although owing to the heavy swell some of the members paid tribute to “Old Neptune”, still a very enjoyable day was spent. The party numbered 18.

On Wednesday, the 25th, Mr. Brangwin treated the members to a very instructive evening, the subject being “A Simple Talk on the Lens”. With the aid of diagrams and lenses the lecturer took his listeners through the building of a lens, the use of the different combinations, why concave and convex glasses were used and their separate properties, the use of stops, etc. The care of the lens, especially when making exposures under different conditions, was dwelt upon. Mr. Brangwin answered numerous questions, and was accorded a very hearty vote of thanks.

During the evening two members were added to the club roll. The competition for the month was animal studies, and the pictures were judged at the meeting by Mr. Brangwin, who made the following awards;

ANIMAL STUDIES: A CLASS:			ANIMAL STUDIES: B CLASS:
FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND E. Osborne	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST Mr. F. George	SECOND Mr. F. George	THIRD Mr. F. George

The meeting ended at a late hour after a very pleasant meeting.

21st July 1904
Page 274 - Vol. 11 No. 7 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
On Wednesday, June the 29th, a meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held at the Power House, Rushcutters Bay, and a very instructive and highly interesting evening was spent with the President, Thomas Marsh, Esq., who treated the members to a demonstration on photo-micrography and an exhibition of micro-photography. The demonstrator explained to the members, as it was a subject that was entirely new to them, that photo-micrography was the enlarging and the photographing small objects with the aid of a microscope and camera, while on the other hand micro photography was the reduction in the camera and viewing by means of the microscope pictures that had been reduced to such a small size that it was not able to discern what they really were, with the naked eye.

First, Mr. Marsh took the tongue of a blowfly and placed it behind the microscope and focused his ordinary Opiate camera upon it with the aid of a focusing eyepiece. The light was a small kerosene lamp, and the exposure made on Rapid Chromatic plate. Time of exposure, 1 1/2 minutes. The plate was then developed by the aid of the same light, but shaded so as no direct rays of light reached tho plate while in the developing disc; this was carried out successfully, no trace of fog being observed. The next exposure was made on a flea, and on being enlarged to the size of a mouse, caused one member to remark that the gentleman under observation could make a life of misery if he was as big as shown to them on the plate. Next, Mr. Marsh showed the members some specimens of micro-photography. Small indistinct spots and scratches when placed under the microscope appeared, to the astonishment of the audience, as 1/2-plate pictures of historical subjects, that had been copied and reduced in the camera. Several chemical crystals were also placed under the microscope and the beautiful formations that different crystals had shaped themselves into when allowed to dry on glass were exhibited. Mr. Marsh was thanked for an evening that had proved so novel and interesting, and hopes were expressed that another evening would be afforded the members on the same subject.

The Ocean Street Power House Camera Club held its 2nd exhibition on July the 4th in the Recreation Room, Power House, Rushcutters Bay. The exhibition was confined to club members, and was a competitive one. Messrs. Stening, Gates, and Perier had judged the exhibits, and although the club has no David Blounts or Harry Wanless among them, still the work was of sufficient merit to draw forth words of praise and kindly encouragement from the judges, also other gentlemen who visited the exhibition. It was noticeable that the majority of the members were using their cameras as a means to an end in pictorial photography and getting out of the rut of simply taking “photographs”. In A class, Mr. Myers was the most successful competitor, his landscape and seascape work being exceptionally good. He secured first and second in landscapes, also the special prize for best landscape or seascape. Messrs. Osborne, Koesters, Golden, Button and Perfect were also among those who secured awards; while in B class, Mr. F. George was the most successful exhibitor.

During the evening the exhibition was visited by Mr. Kneeshaw, who in the course of a short address congratulated the club on its successful show of work. The proceedings were enlivened by a musical program contributed to by the Federal Orchestra, assisted by Mesdames Morriss and Perfect, and Messrs. Leader, Croker, Hokin; while Mr. Les. Williams highly amused the company with his lightning sketches.

The whole of the proceedings went off smoothly, the work being in the hands of a hard-working committee, which of course spells success.

left to right A.J. PERIER; J.S. STENING

22nd August 1904
Page 317 - Vol. 11 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
On Wednesday, July the 27th, a meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held. W.J. Myers, Esq., occupied the chair. The principal business of the evening was settling the affairs of the exhibition held early in the month, with a view of giving members an opportunity of obtaining pictures of waterfalls, which will be the subject for competition in September. It was decided to hold an outing early in that month to the mountains.

The Lantern Slide Competition which could not be judged at the exhibition but had been sent to an expert to be judge, had resulted as follows:

The subject for the month’s work was enlargements, and though “B” Class had not sent in any entries, still the competition had brought together nine excellent pictures in “A” Class, and the places of honor were filled as follows:

The quarterly competitions ending in July had been won by the following members and 1st in B Class H. George now qualifies for “A” Class

LANTERN SLIDE:			ENLARGEMENTS: A CLASS:			QUARTERLY COMPETITION: A CLASS:		QUARTERLY COMPETITION: B CLASS:
FIRST W.J. Myers	SECOND E. Osborne	THIRD W.J. Myers	FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD W.J. Myers	FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND E. Osborne	FIRST H. George

During the evening the subject of “Enlarging by Artificial Light" was introduced, and as the Club had been presented with a small condenser by P.H. Caro, Esq., steps will be taken to fit it up so that members who have not the conveniences for enlarging at their own homes can do so at the Club’s Room at night.

Stereo-photography was also discussed; that interesting branch of photography has not yet been touched by the majority of the members, but at an early an evening will be devoted to stereo work. Special attention will be paid to the means of producing stereo pictures with an ordinary camera.

The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman.

21st September 1904
Page 356 - Vol. 11 No. 9 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A monthly meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, September 14th. The President, Mr. Thomas Marsh, occupied the chair. The prizes won at recent exhibition were handed over to the successful exhibitors, and a new member was added to the roll.

The evening was then devoted to demonstrations of stereoscopic photography, and the subject was taken in hand by the Hon.Secretary, who said he did not pose before them as an expert, but simply as a worker, and wished to give the other members the benefit of what he had learnt, in order to introduce that fascinating branch of photography which had not been taken up by the majority of the members. He then explained why we get the effect of relief, or solidity, when viewing stereoscopic pictures, and then showed how to obtain stereo pictures with an ordinary camera, by using a simple apparatus that enabled the camera to be moved about three inches, and two exposures to be made on the subject, which of course must remain still during the time between the exposures; also carriers were shown to be used when the dark slides are larger than the plate used, viz., 1/4 plate; and although three inches is about the regular distance for the separation of the lenses, still he showed pictures taken with the lenses separated by 5 1/4 inches; this where used when objects were at some distance from the camera. How to mount and trim the prints properly, so that the pictures taken by the right hand lens should be on the right-hand side of the finished slide, and the effect of improperly mounted prints were shown by examples. The remarks of the demonstrator were supplemented by the President, who gave the members many useful hints, and then exhibited a number of stereoscopic slides, and so admired were they, that several members are going to put into practice what they had learnt during the evening, at our next outing to Katoomba Falls on September the 14th.

The monthly competition was seascapes:

SEASCAPES: A CLASS:			SEASCAPES: B CLASS:
FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND G.T. Lutton	THIRD W.J. Myers	FIRST Mr. Piggott	SECOND Mr. Piggott	THIRD Mr. Piggott

21st October 1904
Page 398 - Vol. 11 No. 10 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, September the 28th. The night being very unpleasant, told against a good attendance of members. The chair was taken by Mr. A. Coulcher, and after the routine business had been disposed of, during which a flying visit to Jenolan Caves was planned to take place later in the year, the Hon.Secretary reported that a very enjoyable outing had been held on September the 14th, Katoomba Falls, Federal Pass, and Leura Falls being visited. During the day several stereo pictures were taken, this branch of photography having been introduced at a previous meeting.

The competition set down for the month was “Waterfalls", and the places of honor were awarded as follows:

WATERFALLS: A CLASS:			WATERFALLS: B CLASS:
FIRST G. Sutton	SECOND W.J. Myers	THIRD F. George	FIRST T. Corbett	SECOND T. Corbett	THIRD T. Corbett

The principal business of the evening was a demonstration on simple methods in photography, dealing with stand development, self-toning, papers, and gaslight papers. The object of the demonstration was to make clear to beginners that there were no great difficulties in photography. The speaker proceeded to explain how to develop a batch of holiday snapshots, instead of developing one at a time, which became tiresome when a number had to be done and meant a long time in the dark room. He used a tank to hold a number of plates, and, using glycerine as a developer, diluted down according to what he thought fit. He had obtained very satisfactory results by working in this manner. Care had to be taken that no airbells clung to the plates, which should be examined now and again, and, when development was complete, the plates rinsed and the fixing bath poured on and then fixed. The plates were washed so that they never left the tank till they were ready to dry. Though he used the method described for that class of work, still, when he had a plate he expected great things from and was preparing it for exhibition purposes, he watched over that plate during development as a mother would her baby, and left nothing to chance. Self-toning papers were then dealt with, and the results obtained were excellent and the tones pleasing, yet the long process of toning in the ordinary way was dispensed with. Then gaslight papers were used, and the demonstrator pointed out that while the stand developer enabled you to spend your evenings in the family circle, the gaslight papers enabled you to make your prints in comfort in an ordinary sitting room with the full gaslight instead of working in the dark room. Not that he believed in any lazy man’s style of working, but what he had shown them was to impress on beginners that they could take up photography using these simple methods, and after a while they would become enthusiasts, and like himself would not mind standing on their heads if working in that acrobatic but uncomfortable position they could turn out good pictures.

21st November 1904
Page 438 - Vol. 11 No. 11 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, October the 26th. The chair was taken by Mr. W.J. Myers. Messrs. A. Jones and G. Bilton were elected members, and in order to make the club more widely known among tramway men, it was decided to bring before the members the advisability of changing the name of the club to "The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club”, the matter to be discussed at our next meeting. The Hon.Secretary reported that Messrs. Myers, Piggott, and Perfect had competed at the Mudgee Exhibition.

The quarterly competitions ending with the month of September had resulted:

A CLASS:		B CLASS:
FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND G. Lutton	FIRST T. Corbett

The subjects for competition in October were Flower Studies and Shipping;

FLOWER STUDIES: A CLASS:			SHIPPING: A CLASS:			FLOWER STUDIES: B CLASS:			SHIPPING: B CLASS:
FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD W. Myers	FIRST W. Myers	SECOND A. Perfect	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST W. Reay	SECOND T. Corbett	THIRD T. Corbett	FIRST T. Corbett	SECOND A. Jones	THIRD A. Jones

During the evening two new members were elected. Mr. Myers then gave the members a few hints on “Post-card making”, and showed some specimens of his work, and explained how he obtained the excellent results that he placed before them. Two short chapters, on “Hints to Beginners”, were read, and as the papers were by Horsley Hinton the

21st December 1904
Page 477 - Vol. 11 No. 12 The Australasian Photographic Review

OCEAN STREET POWER HOUSE CAMERA CLUB
A well-attended meeting of the Ocean Street Power House Camera Club was held on Wednesday, November 30th. The members had the pleasure of company of several visitors, among whom were his Honor Judge Docker, President of the Photographic Society of New South Wales, Dr. Dick, F. Manning, Esq., and several other gentlemen. The chair was taken by J.S. Stening, Esq.

The pictures sent in for the monthly competition were handed round for inspection. The subject was “Pictures taken in the Parks and Gardens of New South Wales”, and the awards were as follows:

PICTURES TAKEN IN THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF NEW SOUTH WALES: A CLASS:
FIRST E. Osborne	SECOND E. Osborne	THIRD F. George

Mr. Osborne's pictures were two prints in carbon, and were very creditable, and as this gentleman learnt the carbon process at one of the club meetings at which a demonstration was given by P.H. Caro, Esq., it is of some encouragement to gentlemen who kindly come forward to give the members the benefit of their knowledge.

PICTURES TAKEN IN THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF NEW SOUTH WALES: B CLASS:
FIRST A. Jones	SECOND W. Reilly	THIRD A. Jones

During the evening the advisability of changing the name of the club from its present title to The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was brought under the notice of the members and discussed, and it was finally agreed that as the membership roll now included members from almost every tramway depot, it was advisable to adopt a more distinctive name than the one that the club is now known under, and from the beginning of the New Year the club will adopt the name of The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club.

The principal business of the evening was then gone on with. His Honor Judge Docker favored the members with hints on stereoscopic work, and exhibited a number of stereo slides taken on a recent tour, among which were some beautiful transparencies. Mr. Perier then gave the members a demonstration, and touched on several matters of interest, among these the reduction of over dense negatives. This concluded a very pleasant and instructive evening.

CHANGED THE NAME ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30th TO

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB

21st January 1905
Page 32 - Vol. 12 No. 1 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The Annual Meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held at the Rushcutter’s Bay Power House, on December 28th, Mr. W.J Myers in the chair. After the usual business the Hon.Secretary read his annual report, and showed that the past year had been an enjoyable as well as a profitable one. Fourteen monthly competitions had been held, and as many as thirty-two prints being entered in some of them.

The following gentlemen of the Photographic Society of New South Wales were specially thanked for the demonstrations given by them during the year: "Stereoscopic Photography”, His Honor Judge Docker; “Hints on Bromide Work”, A.J. Perier, Esq.; “Post Card Work”, Fred. Empson, Esq.; “Toning Bromides” W. Gates, Esq; “Photo- Micrography,” Thomas Marsh, Esq.; “A Talk about Lenses”, R.H.B.B. Brangwin, Esq.; “Carbon work”, P.H. Caro, Esq.; “Improving Negatives”, J. Aitkin, Esq.;

The report also drew attention to the change of its present title to that of New South Wales Tramway Camera Club, and this change will help the club to become better known amongst the staff generally. The gold medal for the highest number of points gained during the year was won by Mr. Frank George with forty-nine, Mr. H.E. Perfect with forty-three points second, Mr. W.J. Myers with thirty-three points third. The treasurer’s report was then read with satisfactory results.

These reports being adopted, the election of officers for the ensuing year was then proceeded with. A vote being taken, the following gentlemen were elected:

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 1905
PATRON J.W. Tyrer, Esq.	PRESIDENT Thomas Marsh, Esq.	VICE-PRESIDENT A.J. Perier	VICE-PRESIDENT J.S. Stening	VICE-PRESIDENT J.J. Rouse	VICE-PRESIDENT J. Brinckley	VICE-PRESIDENT W. Ecclestone	HON.SECRETARY H.E. Perfect	HON. TREASURER E. Koesters	HON. LIBRARIAN Thomas Corbett	AUDITOR S. Corner	AUDITOR S. Woods

A very hearty vote of thanks was then accorded to the retiring officers. The Syllabus for the ensuing year was then drawn up. The meeting then closed, with a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman.

21st February 1905
Page 70 - Vol. 12 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Wednesday, January the 25th, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held its monthly meeting in the recreation room at the Rushcutters Bay depot. The president, Thomas Marks, Esq., occupied the chair.

The evening was occupied in arranging the syllabus for the year 1905, also the details of exhibition of work to be held about the middle of the year.

The competition for the month had been Snapshots;

SNAPSHOTS: A CLASS:			SNAPSHOTS: B CLASS:
FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD F. George	FIRST W. Reilly	SECOND W. Reilly	THIRD W. Reilly

The president consented to repeat his demonstration of Micro-Photography at the next meeting of the club. The recent sailing carnival tempted several of the members out in an endeavor to obtain yachting pictures for competition purposes.

21st March 1905
Page 108 - Vol. 12 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On February 22nd the members of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club met to see a demonstration on Micro-Photography and Photo-Micrography by the president, Thomas Marsh, Esq. This interesting demonstration had been given last year, and a special request had been made to the president to repeat it for the benefit of those members who had not been able to attend, owing to their duties. So on Wednesday 22nd, the demonstration was greeted with a big roll up of members and friends, who for over two hours, were kept interested by the demonstration operations. He first made an exposure on a common object on the sea shore, a specimen of sea-weed resembling coral, but of vegetable nature; the second exposure was made on the leg of a blowfly. The negatives were then developed, pyro-soda being the developing agent.

25th April 1905
Page 153 - Vol. 12 No. 4 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Wednesday, 29th March. A demonstration of photo coloring was given by F. George, Esq., and that gentleman showed that by the aid of a few well chosen colors a picture that had proved disappointing owing to the lack of colors that had presented themselves to the photographer at the time he had secured his picture on the focusing screen, could be made to convey an idea of the beauty of the picture in the hands of any one gifted with a little taste. Mr. George colored two pictures submitted to him at the meeting, and made his demonstration thoroughly practical and interesting.

The monthly competitions comprised two subjects portraiture and architecture, and the places of honor were filled as follows:

PORTRAITURE: A CLASS:			ARCHITECTURE: A CLASS:			PORTRAITURE: B CLASS:			ARCHITECTURE: B CLASS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND E. Osborne	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD A. Jones	FIRST W. Reilly	SECOND W. Reilly	THIRD W. Travena	FIRST Mr. Meakers	SECOND Mr. Meakers

The competition brought together a fair number of prints from both classes in each subject. A vote of thanks to Mr. George for his interesting demonstration closed the proceedings.

22nd May 1905
Page 189 - Vol. 12 No. 5 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held in the Recreation Room, Rushcutters Bay Depot, on Wednesday, April the 26th. A very interesting paper was submitted to the members on the subject of using bromide paper in making enlarged negatives, recognizing that the cost of glass plates would perhaps deter many from making enlarged negatives. The Hon.Secretary read a very interesting article, written by W. Easton, in the periodical "Photography"; he dealt with his subject very exhaustively, and in a following issue several questions had been asked and answered, and this had brought out other workers experiences, and the result was that a lot of information was gained by the readers of that journal, and it is to be hoped that our own members will experiment in the matter, and lay their experiences before the club at an early date.

Yachting had been the competitive subject for the month, and although the pictures were not numerous, still they showed considerable merit;

YACHTING: A CLASS:			YACHTING: B CLASS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD A. Jones	FIRST Mr. G. Meakers

On Monday 8th May, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club entertained their friends at a musical evening in St. Mark’s School Hall, New South Head Road, and during the evening Mr. Kneeshaw, the Superintendent of Tramways, presented the club’s medal to Mr. Frank George, who was the winner of that trophy for 1904. Mr. Kneeshaw congratulated the winner on his success in winning the medal, which is given to the member who scores the highest number of points during the year. Mr. George suitably responded, and Mr. Tyrer (Patron of the Club and late Depot Master at Rushcutters Bay Tramway Depot) also made some kindly remarks to the members.

A capital program was gone through, consisting of selections by the Federal Orchestra, after which a series of Cinematographe films were thrown on the screen, and several ladies and gentlemen contributed vocal and instrumental numbers for the enjoyment of the audience, and the evening’s entertainment was concluded with a Comiedette entitled “A Little Credit”.

21st June 1905
Page 223 - Vol. 12 No. 6 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Wednesday evening, May the 31st, The chair was occupied by the President, Thomas Marsh, Esq. A fair number of members were present, and they were busy till a late hour arranging details of the Club’s Annual Exhibition, and it was deemed advisable to postpone the Exhibition till the latter end of August, and to hold it in the Railway Institute, that hall having special facilities for a display of pictures.

The competition for the Monday was Landscapes, and brought together 23 pictures with the following results;

LANDSCAPES: A CLASS:			LANDSCAPES: B CLASS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND E. Osborne	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST J. Meaker	SECOND W. Piggott	THIRD W. Piggott

The pictures had been judged by J.S. Stening, Esq., who had attached a short note with a few criticisms, which will be valuable to the members in future work. On account of the amount of general business to be dealt with, no demonstration was arranged, but a demonstration on Lantern Slide Making, by James Heron, Esq, was announced to be held a week later.

21st July 1905
Page 262 - Vol. 12 No. 7 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Thursday 8th June, the members of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club were treated to a demonstration of Lantern Slide-making by Mr Heron, and as the competition for the month was Lantern Slides, the members were there in good numbers to obtain all the hints they could on the subject, and the demonstrator, after explaining his method of exposing, proceeded to develop the slides, and while this was in progress, he was kept busy answering numerous questions by his audience. The result of the evening’s operations was several nice slides, which were handed to the club as a memento of a very successful demonstration. The developer used being Amidol on this occasion, the members had the opportunity of judging the results with some Pyro-soda developed slides of a former demonstration. A vote of thanks to Mr. Heron brought the evening’s work to a close.

On Wednesday 28th June, a meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held, the principal business being the Lantern Slide Competition. Messrs. Heron, Stening and Cummings were the judges, and as the competitors work was thrown on the screen they were fully criticized, and much information was gained by the members.

The competition brought together 20 slides, and resulted in Mr. Myers “sweeping the board”;

LANTERN SLIDE: A CLASS:			LANTERN SLIDE: B CLASS:
FIRST Mr. W.J. Myers	SECOND Mr. W.J. Myers	THIRD Mr. W.J. Myers	FIRST Mr. G. Meakers

A loan collection of slides was then shown, the slides being loaned by Messrs. Cummings, Perier and Heron. The time passed so quickly admiring these excellent slides that the meeting adjourned at a late hour, the ordinary business being postponed.

21st August 1905
Page 309 - Vol. 12 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Thursday, July 13th, the members and friends, of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club, numbering about 250, were treated to a lecture by His Honor Judge Docker, who took for his subject “A Holiday in the Blue Mountains with a Camera”. The lecture was illustrated by about 100 excellent slides, the lantern being in the hands of A.E. Dykes, Esq., of the Railway Institute, in the large hall of which building the lecture was held. Starting from the Nepean River, and visiting all the pleasure resorts on the Mountains, including Wentworth Falls, Leura, Katoomba, Blackheath, over the Great Zig-Zag, and as far west as Tarana, the lecturer took his audience, and as each slide was shown he gave a short description of the various places of interest and beauty to be seen at such a short distance from Sydney. Some of the slides brought great expressions of approval from the audience, and at the conclusion of his lecture His Honor was greeted with a hearty outburst of applause, which was renewed when the president, Thomas Marsh, Esq., moved a vote of thanks for the very pleasant evening the lecturer had afforded them.

On Wednesday, the 26th of July, the usual monthly meeting was held, and the evening was taken up in arranging details for the club’s 3rd annual exhibition, to be held in the Railway Institute on the 30th of August. The monthly competition was Genre Studies, and it brought together 13 pictures that gained the approval of the judges, who stated that it was the best month’s work that had yet been done by the club, and resulted as follows:

GENRE STUDIES
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND W.J. Myers	THIRD W.J. Myers

21st September 1905
Page 344 - Vol. 12 No. 9 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held its 3rd Annual Exhibition in the Railway Institute on August the 30th. The pictures, which numbered 140, were shown to advantage in this spacious building, the whole of one side of which was utilized to display the pictures. The exhibition was open during the afternoon and evening, and although the weather conditions were anything but favorable, still the exhibition was well attended. The competitions, which consisted of twelve subjects, were all contested very keenly, and brought out some good work. The results were as follows:

LANDSCAPES			SEASCAPES			SHIPPING			ANIMALS
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST W.J. Myers	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD E. Koesters
PORTRAITS			GENRE			SNAPSHOTS			ENLARGEMENTS
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD G. Meaker	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND W.J. Myers	THIRD E. Osborne	FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST E. Osborne	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD E. Osborne
STILL LIFE			YACHTING			POST CARDS			CLOUD EFFECTS
FIRST G. Sutton	SECOND W.J. Myers	THIRD W.J. Myers	FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST G. Merkers	SECOND A. Jones	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD H. Perfect

As will be seen by the foregoing list Mr. Koesters was the most successful competitor, he having gained 27 points. His first in landscapes, entitled “Evening Shadows”, also gained a special prize for the best picture in carbon, and his first, “Genre Studies”, entitled “The Billiard Player”, also secured a special prize. A special prize for the subject “Still Life”, was gained by Mr. Sutton, and the prize for the best picture in the exhibition was awarded to H. Perfect’s first in Cloud Effects, entitled “A Southerly”. Though in the opinion of the judges the work shown was not up to the standard of the 1904 exhibition, still the club had made a creditable show.

During the evening a program of vocal and instrumental items were rendered. The Federal Orchestra were heard to advantage in several selections, and Mr. Linegar, with a very novel instrument, gave an excellent imitation of bell ringing, and a trombone solo by Mr. Glarse was well received, Vocal items by Messrs. Lambert and Spyre, and a duet, “I Heard a Voice”, by Misses Ashmore and Chalmers, found great favor with the audience, who were also amused and puzzled by the clever exposition of conjuring and coin manipulation by Mr. Harry Paterson. Mr. Les. Williams also kept his listeners in a good humor with his humorous items, and later on he gave an exhibition of his skill as a lightning sketch artist, and when he portrayed some well-known features amongst the audience, there was an eagerness displayed to obtain his examples of caricature. Mr. Solomons contributed the recitation “Kissing Cup’s Race” in good style, and Mr. Hoskings created a furore of enthusiasm by his delivery of Lord Byron’s poem, “The Eve of Waterloo”, the incidental music of which was supplied by the Federal Orchestra. The item had been well rehearsed, and the audience were not lacking in applause for both elocutionist and musicians. The entertainment was brought to a close by a comedy in one act entitled “A Little Credit”, capitally enacted by Misses Glencross and Marsh and Mr. Harry Perfect, which sent the audience, which numbered about 300, home in good humor.

21st October 1905
Page 385 - Vol. 12 No. 10 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held in the room, Rushcutter’s Bay Depot on Wednesday. September 28th The president, Mr. Thomas Marsh, occupied the chair. The principal business was the settling up of the affairs of the recent exhibition, and the Hon.Secretary reported that it had been a success in every way, details of which have already been published.

The president handed over the prizes to the successful competitors. An invitation had been received from the Photographic Society of New South Wales to attend a lantern lecture by His Honor Judge Docker on his recent New Zealand tour. The club had been represented at the Railway Jubilee Exhibition, and the president had been successful. The Hon.Secretary brought under notice several country exhibitions, and it was decided to send exhibits for competition. As Wednesday evening was unsuitable for a number of our members, the desirability of altering the meeting night was discussed, and it was decided that the Hon.Secretary make further inquiries among the members, and report again.

The competition for the month had been post-cards and seascapes. Owing to a misunderstanding, it was decided to hold over the post-card competition till a later date.

SEASCAPE:
FIRST H. Perfect	SECOND H. Perfect

A general discussion followed, no demonstration having been arranged owing to the amount of ordinary business to be transacted.

21st November 1905
Page 427 - Vol. 12 No. 11 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held a meeting in the Recreation Room on Tuesday, October 31st, Mr. W.J. Myers in the chair. The business for the evening was a demonstration by Messrs. Spyer and Bates. The former gentleman having attended a recent demonstration on stereoscopic photography, given at one of the club’s meetings, and being charmed with that branch of photography, went into the subject to some length, and in the course of his research paid particular attention to producing stereo pictures with an ordinary camera; and the means to obtain them that the demonstrators placed before the meeting was by the aid of reflecting glasses, and, while not claiming any originality, still they had gone to some trouble in working out improvements in the apparatus. which was of a very simple nature. The results were very pleasing and the device by which they were obtained was so simple that any member with a little mechanical skill could make one for himself, and was so com pact that it would not add much to an ordinary camera outfit, and would enable a stereo picture to be taken with one lens, and one exposure, and claimed that the advantage of such an accessory to a photographer’s outfit would be appreciated when on an outing, and he came across a subject of which only a stereoscopic picture could render the proper effect. Messrs. Spyer and Bates received a hearty vote of thanks at the conclusion of their demonstration.

The competition for the month had been two subjects, shipping and cloud effects, and resulted in;

SHIPPING:			CLOUD EFFECTS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H. Perfect	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND G. Meaker	THIRD E. Koesters

On Thursday 2nd November, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held a very enjoyable outing to Kuring-gai Chase. The train was taken from Milson’s Point to Turramurra, and from there the party drove to the Chase, where a boat was obtained, and a trip down the river was taken. A landing was made for lunch, for which by this time all hands were prepared. After lunch the members amused themselves by fishing, swimming, and, needless to say, camera work. Many plates were exposed, and it is to be hoped some interesting souvenirs of a very enjoyable day obtained. On the road to the Chase a halt was made to view the very curious aboriginal rock carvings, and it is to be regretted that no member exposed a plate on these interesting specimens of early Australian art. The return home was made in the moonlight, and the party, which numbered nine, arrived in Sydney at 9.30pm, all agreeing that a most enjoyable day had been spent.

22nd January 1906
Page 29 - Vol. 13 No. 1 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The annual meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Wednesday, December 27th, in the Recreation Room, Rushcutter’s Bay Tramway Depot. In the absence of the President (Mr. Marsh) the chair was taken by Mr. E. Osborne. There was a good muster of members, and during the evening three new members were elected. The annual report was read by the Hon.Secretary, who was pleased to state that the Club had again concluded a very active and successful year, a year that had shown a marked improvement in the work of the members and the gentlemen who had judged the pictures sent in for competition had at various times complimented the members on their work. These gentlemen were sincere in their praise, for they had not hesitated to blame when the work fell short of the standard.

The Club roll showed the membership to be still on the increase, and during the year the meeting had been well attended. Twelve monthly meetings had been held, including a very successful exhibition and a musical evening; also a lantern lecture by His Honor Judge Docker. Three outings had been held, a picnic to Bantry Bay, Middle Harbour; another to Kuring-gai Chase and a trip to the Wellington Caves. During the year fourteen competitions had been held, and in some competitions as many as twenty-four prints had been sent in, but the average throughout the year was twelve prints per competition, the most successful competitor being Mr. E. Koesters, who secures the gold medal given annually to the member who scores the highest number of points during the year. Mr. Perfect takes second place, and Mr. Meaker third. The contest for the medal was keen throughout, and was in doubt till the final competition in December.

The last competition for the year was for the best pictures taken at any of the Club outings held during the year, and Mr. Meaker secured first with a picture on Kuring-gai Chase, while Mr. Everlees secured second and third with pictures taken at Kuring-gai and on the road to Wellington Caves.

BEST PICTURES TAKEN AT ANY OF THE CLUB OUTINGS:
FIRST Mr. Meaker	SECOND Mr. Everlees	THIRD Mr. Everlees

The Treasurer submitted his balance-sheet and was pleased to state that the year had closed with a small balance on the credit side.

The election of officers then took place, and the majority of retiring officers were re-elected unopposed. A syllabus of competitions for 1906 was drafted out. Owing to Wednesdays becoming unsuitable it was decided to alter the meeting date to the last Tuesday in each month.

The prizes won during the last quarter were handed over to the successful competitors.

It was decided to inaugurate Beginners Classes in connection with the Club.

21st February 1906
Page 70 - Vol. 13 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Tuesday evening, January 30th, the members of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club assembled to hear a lecture by Mr. A. Hill Griffiths. The title of the lecture was “A Rambling Chat on Pictorial Photography” and needless to say, in such good hands, the lecture proved most interesting and instructive. For an hour and three-quarters the lecturer kept his listeners entertained, and with the aid of several pictures, with which he illustrated his remarks. One of the most valuable examples was that of “trimming” and he-showed how sometimes it was necessary to sacrifice the size of the print to gain the best result in the picture. Another important item viz., “Composition”, was dealt with very fully, and many hints and suggestions how to deal with objects “that were included in the negative” that the finished print would be the better to be without were given. At the conclusion, the chairman, Mr. S. Comer, moved a hearty vote of thanks to the lecturer, and Mr. Sutton also spoke of the great pleasure and instruction that had been afforded the members who had been fortunate enough to be present.

The subject for competition was “Snapshots other than Yachting and Shipping”. Using a focal plane shutter Mr. Meakers secured some excellent studies of children at play. Results were as follows:

SNAPSHOTS OTHER THAN YACHTING AND SHIPPING: "A" CLASS:			SNAPSHOTS OTHER THAN YACHTING AND SHIPPING: "B" CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Meakers	SECOND Mr. Meakers	THIRD Mr. Meakers	FIRST Mr. Elliott	SECOND Mr. Elliott	THIRD Mr. Anderson

21st March 1906
Page 109 - Vol. 13 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Thursday, February 22, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held an outing, and the rendezvous was the Nepean River. The party numbered 18, and left Sydney by the 7.30am train to Penrith, where they were met by a vehicle which conveyed them to the river banks. Here a motor launch was in waiting. No time was lost in embarking, and the party was soon under way on a twelve mile trip up the river. The first three miles was between meadow banks, sloping down to the water’s edge, sometimes fringed with graceful willows, and at others, fields of waving corn, etc., ended to the river. Here an old-fashioned residence or an old deserted red brick mill lent variety to the scene, till the boat ran between the mountains, and the rest of the journey was continued between bold mountain bluffs.

Every change of our course opened up charming vistas till the head of navigation was reached, and before further exploring, which had to be done by rowing boat and on foot, lunch was disposed of. Then the party went on to the junction of the Warragamba and Nepean Rivers, and afterwards to the basin, an immense deep pool, at the top end of which a charming cascade was seen, but the water had a seductive charm after the hot walk, and it was not long before the party was disporting themselves in the river. A return was made at 4.30pm, and the journey down the river was marked by one of the party dropping his camera overboard, but it was luckily secured before it sank, not much the worse for the accident. The trip down the river in the evening was even more pleasant than the morning, and several members registered a vow to visit the banks of the Nepean in the vicinity of Penrith in search of future landscape work. The party reached Sydney about 8pm. The monthly meeting was postponed for a fortnight, but the competitions, the subject of which was Animal Studies, resulted;

ANIMAL STUDIES: "A" CLASS:	ANIMAL STUDIES: "B" CLASS:
FIRST G. Meaker	FIRST Mr. I. Elliott

23rd April 1906
Page 153 - Vol. 13 No. 4 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Tuesday, 13th March, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club met in the Recreation Room, Rushcutters Bay Depot. The business of the evening was a demonstration of Kodak photography. The demonstrator, Mr. Perier, prefaced the practical work by a few remarks in which he explained that he knew a great many people would take up photography as a pastime if they were not laboring under the disadvantage of not having any means of making a dark room, and some were forced to use the bedroom in order to carry on their photographic work. In most cases they were living in a boarding establishment, and the landlady had to be reckoned with when accounting for various pyro stains on linen and bedroom floor. All this could be avoided, the demonstrator showed, by the use of a Kodak developing machine. Two spools of film had been exposed by a member who had no previous experience in handling films, and were brought to the meeting to be developed. The spools were placed in position in a light, tight box and wound off the spool into a ruby jacket of celluloid, which by an ingenious arrangement allowed the developer, a weak solution of Pyro-soda, to act on the film, and at the same time excluded all light, the film enclosed in the ruby jacket was immersed in a circular developing tank for twenty minutes, during which time Mr. Perier showed how simple gaslight printing was. When the time was up, the film was removed from the tank,fixed and washed, and the result was twelve good negatives. The exposures varied from instantaneous to thirty seconds, and one of considerably over a minute these were all developed together in the same solution. In order to show the difference, Mr. Perier developed a spool of films by the ordinary method, using a ruby lamp. This was, of course, a familiar scene to the older workers, but the beginners were delighted with the simplicity of the developing machine. The fact that the camera could be loaded, films developed, and prints made without entering a dark room, removed a lot of the difficulties that prevented many from taking up the fascinating pastime of photography.

21st June 1906
Page 229 - Vol. 13 No. 6 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The date set down for the April meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club found a great many of the members away on holiday tours, while some of them were searching for future competition pictures on the South Coast. Others went out in the Western District. As the club for the time being was in a rather scattered condition, the meeting was held over till the members returned.

The competitions for the month consisted of two subjects, Cloud Effects and Shipping.

CLOUD EFFECTS: "A" CLASS:			SHIPPING: "A" CLASS:			"B" CLASS:
FIRST Mr. Osborne	SECOND Mr. Osborne	THIRD Mr. Osborne	FIRST Mr. Meaker	SECOND Mr. Meaker	THIRD Mr. Osborne	FIRST Mr. Anderson

Several other events clashing, and unforeseen circumstances prevented the members meeting as usual in May, so that the competitions, etc., will stand over till a later date.

The members are looking forward to an enjoyable evening in the shape of a lantern lecture by His Honor Judge Docker, entitled “What I Saw in New Zealand”. The lecture will be given in the Railway Institute on Friday, July the 13th at 8pm. The members extend a hearty invitation to kindred societies and friends of members to be present.

21st August 1906
Page 313 - Vol. 13 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Friday, July 13th, the members and friends of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club were treated to a splendid evening’s entertainment in the shape of a lecture by His Honor Judge Docker, entitled “What I saw in New Zealand”. Although the club was not favored by the elements, as it rained very heavily during the evening, still the audience numbered about 150. The chair was taken by Mr. Taylor, of the House Committee, of the Railway Institute, the large hall of which was used for the lecture. After the chairman had introduced the lecturer, Judge Docker, who was in his best form, with the aid of many slides made from negatives secured by him during a five weeks tour, took his audience through the wonderland of New Zealand. The slides showing the Hot Springs were of special interest, and brought a round of applause from the audience. A vote of thanks to the lecturer brought a splendid evening to a close, but it was regretted that the wet weather had kept so many away.

At an early date the Club intends to pay a visit to the Cataract Dam, and later on, about the end of September, the club will hold its annual entertainment and present the medal given to the member who scores the highest number of points during the year.

22nd October 1906
Page 393 - Vol. 13 No. 10 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On the 5th October, an outing of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was arranged to Cataract Dam, via Bulli Pass. The party left by the 8.30am train for Bulli, and being favored by fine weather the coast scenery during the journey down was seen at its best. On arrival at Bulli, one of Bennett’s drags, with four horses, was in waiting to convey the party the rest of the trip, which took them up the famous Bulli Pass. Some of the members had never been in this part of the country before, and they fully appreciated the magnificent sight that was afforded them from the “Look-Out” on Bulli Mountain.

The coach then took the party via the Campbelltown Road to Cataract Dam. When the party came in sight of “Cataract City” they were surprised at the orderly manner in which the temporary township was laid out; and although the houses were of the roughest materials they were a picture of neatness and order. The town boasts of a Public School, Hospital, several Boarding Houses, but no Hotels. After lunch the party went to view the work in progress to provide Sydney with a huge water supply by damming across a rocky gorge to hold back water for miles and miles. When the Dam is completed and full a vast lake will be formed. The mechanical appliances for handling great blocks of concrete and freestone, and placing them in position, are driven by electricity supplied from a power station further up the valley.

All the freestone and blue metal is obtained from quarries close at hand and brought to the work by means of a narrow gauge railway, some miles in length, all fuel used being wood obtained from the timber cleared. On the journey home the party was taken through the valley which, in time to come, will be covered in water, and were given some idea of the extent of the reservoir when completed. Bulli was reached about 6.30pm, and some railway workmen, who were camped near the station, invited the party to share their camp fire. The “billy” was boiled and tea was discussed, after which some of the members who were gifted with musical ability entertained their hosts. By their efforts the three hours wait for the train was passed very pleasantly, and the party arrived in Sydney at 11.23pm, after having spent a most enjoyable and instructive day.

left to right CATARACT CITY 1905; CATARACT CITY MAIN STREET 1905

21st February 1907
Page 72 - Vol. 14 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
There was a good attendance of members at the annual meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club, held in the Recreation Room, Rushcutters Bay Tram Depot, on Friday, December 28th, 1906. The President, Thomas Marsh, occupied the chair.

The Hon.Secretary, in submitting his annual report, regretted that it was not as favorable as the previous year’s resume of work had been. This was due to a large extent to the way the Club had suffered by the loss of so many active members, through their leaving the Department and embarking in other spheres of life, which in some cases had taken them out of the State or far into the country. The Competitions had not been so keen as hitherto, owing to the foregoing circumstance. He was glad to state he had received promises of support from other members for the New Year, and new members were forthcoming, so the outlook was brighter.

Members had sent in pictures to the Exhibition held by the Photographic Society of New South Wales, and, though no awards were obtained, still the fact of seeing their work on the walls and comparing it with that of other exponents of photography, was an education, and lessons were learnt that will not be lost sight of.

Several members had competed at the Exhibition organized by the Tourist Bureau and Railway Institute, and Messrs. Koesters and Perfect were successful.

The Treasurer submitted his balance-sheet, which showed a satisfactory state in the financial department.

The election of officers resulted as per the following:

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 1905

PATRON
J.W. Tyrer, Esq.

PRESIDENT
Thomas Marsh, Esq.

VICE-PRESIDENT
A.J. Perier

VICE-PRESIDENT
J.S. Stening

VICE-PRESIDENT
J.J. Rouse

VICE-PRESIDENT
J. Brinckley

VICE-PRESIDENT
W. Ecclestone

HON.SECRETARY
H.E. Perfect

HON. TREASURER
E. Koesters

HON. LIBRARIAN
I. Elliott

LANTERNIST
W.J. Myers

COMMITTEE
J. Meaker

COMMITTEE
W. Reilly

AUDITOR
W.J. Myers

AUDITOR
T. Smith

Three new members were enrolled. At an early date an outing will be held to the Woniora River: also another visit to the Cataract Dam is being planned for the benefit of those members who could not attend the last trip.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club commenced the year’s work for 1907 by arranging two beginners nights. The first was held on Tuesday, January 29th, in the Recreation Room, Rushcutters Bay Depot. The business of the evening was undertaken by Mr. George Meaker, who demonstrated the Factorial or Time System of Development. After reading a short paper, in which the factor or numeral governing different developers was given, he proceeded to a practical illustration of the method. The developer used was Pyro-Soda. the developing factor for which is 6. On the developer being poured on the plate, time was carefully noted of the first appearance of the image, and in this case it was 45 seconds; multiplied by 6 gives 270 seconds, or 4 1/2 minutes. The plate was covered up and rocked till time was up, and the result was a very satisfactory negative. Several others were developed with equal success.

On Tuesday, February 5th, Mr. Meaker repeated his demonstration, and on this occasion he was assisted by Mr. Koesters, who gave a demonstration of Bromide Printing. Taking several negatives of different density, he made several prints, using Amidol as his developer, showing how prints can be improved by dodging and masking.

During the evening an impromptu exposure was made by the way of experiment. As there were no exposed plates provided for Mr. Meaker’s demonstration, a camera was found, and an exposure was made by artificial light, one of the members volunteering as an artist’s model. He was posed at the billiard table, and the shutter was opened, and a three minute exposure was made, and, although the plate was considerably under-exposed, it served as a lesson in exposure; also as negative for the demonstration. The method of taking a rough print from a wet negative when one is required in haste was shown. A very interesting evening terminated at 10.45pm.

As several members of the Club were unable to participate in the last outing to the Cataract Dam, another visit will be made, via Bulli Pass, at an early date.

21st March 1907
Page 112 - Vol. 14 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Friday, March the 8th, several members of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club journeyed out to the residence of the President Mr. Thomas Marsh, at Carey Street, Marrickville on the occasion of his birthday: the visit was quite a surprise, and resulted in a very pleasant evening.

The Competition for January was snapshots;

SNAPSHOTS: "A" CLASS:			SNAPSHOTS: "B" CLASS:			GENRE STUDIES:
FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD H.E. Perfect	FIRST C. Bamford	SECOND C. Bamford	THIRD W. Dawes	FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD E. Koesters

Mr. Comer very kindly officiated as Judge.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st May 1907
Page 192 - Vol. 14 No. 5 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Tuesday, April the 30th, in the Club’s Room, Rushcutters Bay Depot. Mr. Corner occupied the chair. There was a fair attendance of members, and social matter appertaining to the future welfare of the Club was discussed, the competition pictures were received from the judges, and the following are the results:

ANIMAL STUDIES: "A" CLASS:			ANIMAL STUDIES: "B" CLASS:			SEASCAPES: “A” CLASS:
FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD W.J. Myers	FIRST T. Anderson	SECOND T. Anderson	THIRD W. Dawes	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H.E. Perfect

A paper was then read on Faults and Defects in Negatives and Prints, by W.J. Myers and in the discussion that followed, a great deal of useful information was gained by those present.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st June 1907
Page 231 - Vol. 14 No. 6 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Monday, May the 27th, in the Recreation Room, Rushcutter’s Bay Tram Depot. A demonstration of lantern slide making by contact and reduction. The demonstration was in the hands of Mr. J. Myers, who handled his subject in a thoroughly practical manner. He had gone to some considerable trouble in bringing the apparatus used by him in reducing slides from half-plate negatives. The outfit was very simple and inexpensive, and, being made by himself, he pointed out that no great difficulty stood in the way of members who wished to make lantern slides from these half-plate negatives, but found that the contact process confined them to a small portion of their negative. After a thorough explanation had been given a plate was exposed, magnesium ribbon being used as the illuminant, and by burning about 12 inches, a satisfactory slide was made. The developer used was Metol-hydro-quinone. Masking and binding then followed, Mr. Myers making his own"masks and binding strips, and resulted in a very neatly finished slide. The whole demonstration was dealt with in a very thorough manner and was greatly appreciated. The competition prints for the month, the subject of which was landscapes, were handed round for inspection prior to being sent to the judges. At the next meeting a lantern evening will be given.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st August 1907
Page 312 - Vol. 14 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Tuesday, the 25th July, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held a lantern evening in the Recreation Room, Rushcutter’s Bay. A collection of slides kindly lent by the Technical College were shown, and the club’s lantern slide competition held. Messrs. Marsh and Andrews were the judges. Some very good slides were sent in by the competitors, and resulted as follows:

LANTERN SLIDE: "A" CLASS:			LANTERN SLIDE: "B" CLASS:
FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND W.S. Corner	THIRD W.S. Corner	FIRST Mr. Bamford

On Tuesday, July the 9th, a party of the members were escorted through the Ultimo Power House by Mr. S. Cornier, who spared no effort to make the visit a very interesting one. Two hours were occupied amongst the mammoth machinery, and the members were surprised that even there photography had its part to play in the testing room.

Tuesday, July 30th, a beginners night was held in the Recreation Room. Developing and printing was the subject in hand, and a very useful evening’s work was got through. The competition for the month was "Genre Studies".

GENRE STUDIES:
FIRST C. Bamford	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD C. Bamford

The next competition will be “Seascapes”.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st September 1907
Page 352 - Vol. 14 No. 9 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Tuesday, August 27th, the members of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club met at Miller’s Point tram terminus. The party, including friends and three ladies, numbered 21. Such a large party gathering at this rendezvous gave the residents of the locality an idea that amongst us was an aspirant for Parliamentary honors, and they were disappointed to find that we were only going star-gazing, for the party were meeting there in order to visit the Sydney Observatory. In the limited space in the Observatory tower 21 were a lot of people to handle, and, for the benefit of those who may read these lines, we tell you that the less there are of you the more you see. But, by the kindness of Mr. Raymond and his assistant, of the Observatory staff, a very pleasant evening was spent. The observing instruments were placed on various stars, and a lot of information concerning them was given. The ease in which the great instrument, and also the roof, was moved, excited some wonder.

Afterwards a number of enlarged photographs were shown. One of the moon was very fine: also a photograph of the comet “Daniel”, lately to be seen at early morn. The members left at 9.15pm, after a very pleasant evening. Owing to the visit to the Observatory, the August meeting was held in the following week, on Wednesday, September 4th. Arrangements for the Annual Exhibition, to be held in December, were put in hand.

An outing to the Woniora River on Tuesday, September 24th, was arranged.

New members to the number of five were elected.

The Competition prints for August, having been judged, were handed round for inspection. The awards were as follows (the subject being seascapes):

SEASCAPES:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD H.E. Perfect

The September Competition will be postcards.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st November 1907
Page 432 - Vol. 14 No. 11 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The members of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held an outing to Woniora River, under very pleasant conditions. The party numbered ten. The day being very hot, only a few plates were exposed, the time being chiefly spent in the river. In the evening the members met at the Club’s room, where a very instructive evening was spent with the President, Mr. Thomas Marsh, who gave a demonstration of pyro soda development, using dry pyro, which he claimed had many advantages over the pyro in solution.

On Wednesday, October 16, Mr. Stening gave a paper on “The Reduction and Intensification of Negatives”, and general hints. Unfortunately, the evening was robbed of its practical side, owing to a loose cork allowing some solution to escape the bottle and flowing over prints and negatives, which caused considerable damage. However, Mr. Stening was equal to the occasion, and made the best of a bad job, and was kept busy till a late hour answering questions.

On Tuesday 29th October, the members met to make final arrangements re holding the Club’s Annual Exhibition, which will be held on Wednesday 11th December, in the Railway Institute.

The Post-card Competition brought out a good number of post-cards and results as follows. The result of the Still-life Competition was as follows:

POST-CARD: "A" CLASS:			POST-CARD: "B" CLASS:			STILL-LIFE:
FIRST W.J. Myers	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD H. Perfect	FIRST G. Gondolf	SECOND G. Gondolf	THIRD E. Collins	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD H.E. Perfect

The November Competition will be Portraiture and Architecture.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st January 1908
Page 34 - Vol. 15 No. 1 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The fourth annual exhibition of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Wednesday, December 11th. in the Railway Institute. The exhibition was a competitive one, and confined to club members. The exhibits numbered 100, being the work of “A” class only. The awards were as follows:

FOURTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
LANDSCAPES:			ANIMAL STUDIES:			PORTRAITS:			FLOWERS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD H.E. Perfect	FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD H.E. Perfect	FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD G. Meaker	FIRST H.E. Perfect	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD G. Meaker
ARCHITECTURE:			SET OF PICTURES ILLUSTRATING TRAM TOURIST ROUTES:			SEASCAPES:			GENRE:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND W. Myers	THIRD W. Myers	FIRST W. Myers	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD E. Koesters
WATERCRAFT:			POST CARDS:			HAND CAMERA WORK:			STREET CHARACTERS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND G. Meaker	THIRD C. Bamford	FIRST G. Meaker	SECOND W. Myers	THIRD E. Koesters	FIRST G. Meaker	SECOND H.E. Perfect	THIRD G. Meaker	FIRST H.E. Perfect

21st March 1908
Page 114 - Vol. 15 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on 26th February, in the Recreation Room, Rushcutters Bay Depot.

The chair was occupied by the president (Thomas Marsh), who treated the members to a demonstration of bromide printing and developing. Negatives of varying density were printed from, and amidol was the developing agent. As the majority of the members present were beginners, the demonstration was of special value. The demonstrator supplied them with the formula he used, also the prints that were the result of the evening’s work were distributed among the members as examples of bromide work.

The portrait competition held in January resulted as follows:

PORTRAIT: "A" CLASS:			PORTRAIT: "B" CLASS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND T. Anderson	THIRD G. Gondolf	FIRST A. Lawrence	SECOND W. Dawes	THIRD W. Dawes

The February competition, the subject of which was “Animal Studies”, resulted;

ANIMAL STUDIES: "A" CLASS:			ANIMAL STUDIES: "B" CLASS:
FIRST T. Anderson	SECOND W. James	THIRD T. Anderson	FIRST J. Hoare	SECOND J. Flynn	THIRD W. Dawes

On Friday 6th March several members of the club paid a surprise visit to the president (Thomas Marsh) on the occasion of his birthday. Mr. Marsh displayed his photographic treasures, and the members present gained many a useful hint on mounting their prints when they saw the work of the president, which was neatness itself. His stereoscopic pictures were greatly admired. The members present were able to contribute to the evening’s enjoyment either by instrumental or vocal items, and later over refreshments, Mr. Reilly, in a brief and humorous speech, proposed the health of the president and family. Mr. Marsh responded, and after a few more musical items the company dispersed about 11pm, leaving another pleasant evening to be recorded by the club.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st May 1908
Page 195 - Vol. 15 No. 5 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Tuesday 31st March, at a meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club, before a good muster of the members and friends, Mr. Collins gave a demonstration of a printing process known as Ozobrome. Possessed of a happy manner of describing his subject and a vein of humor, he soon got in touch with his audience, and impressed them with the simplicity of a very beautiful process, which is really a carbon process, without any difficulties that carbon may be debited with. A bromide or any untoned silver print is placed in a dish of water; in another dish containing the sensitizing solution a piece of pigment plaster (or carbon tissue, if fresh) was left for two minutes; then both were brought into contact, squeegeed to remove any air bells, and left in contact for half an hour, then placed in a dish of hot water and stripped from one another, the print being placed in a dish of water face downwards to develop. By this the pigment was left on the original bromide print, which was changed to a warm sepia. If it was desired to transfer to any surface, the proceeding described was pursued, but the print and plaster were placed in a dish of cold water, and the bromide print stripped from the plaster, which was then brought into contact with a piece of transfer paper, again squeegeed, and left in contact as before, then stripped and developed. The process was a simple one, and, unlike any other process, did not depend upon light for printing; and in the last method the bromide print may be redeveloped and used over and over again.

The result of the evening’s work, two charming seaside figure studies, were left with the Hon.Secretary to be added to the Club’s collection. Mr. Collins also displayed a collection of pictures in Ozobrome. A vote of thanks to Mr. Collins for his kindness was carried. The process presents no difficulties, for a member who has only taken up the camera a few months has already produced some very creditable results by it.

The competition for the month was Shipping Pictures, and for such a subject, in which so much can be done, the pictures submitted were not up to the standard that the members can produce. The results were as follows:

SHIPPING: "A" CLASS:			SHIPPING: "B" CLASS:
FIRST E. Koesters	SECOND E. Koesters	THIRD C. Bamford	FIRST W. Dawes	SECOND D. Bard	THIRD J. Flynn

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

A meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held on Friday, May 1st, at Rushcutters Bay Depot, Mr. Dummer in the chair. The principal business was the arrangement to hold a concert, the proceeds to be devoted to the purchase of an enlarging apparatus.

The competition for the month was Landscapes, and resulted as follows:

LANDSCAPES: "A" CLASS:			LANDSCAPES: "B" CLASS:
FIRST T. Anderson	SECOND T. Anderson	THIRD G. Gondolf	FIRST W. Dawes	SECOND J. Hoare	THIRD W. Dawes

The Hon.Secretary Mr. Koesters, reported that an outing had been held to Blackheath on Tuesday, April 28th. A very early start was made in the paper train, leaving Sydney at 3am. About fifty plates were exposed during the trip.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

21st November 1908
Page 431 - Vol. 15 No. 11 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The recent visit of the American Fleet, and previous to that what the daily Press refers to us an “industrial upheaval” in the shape of the tramway strike, has interfered with the work of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club and now when the roll is called we find some of our best members numbered among the “slain", and their cameras have to lay aside for a little while, while their owners are making other arrangements to earn their living. The competitions have been kept going, and a marked improvement has been shown in the work of the juniors or "B" Class, both in the number of prints submitted and the quality of work. The members have settled down to work again, and the first item of interest was an outing to Wentworth Falls. The party, which numbered twenty, reached Sydney at about 9.30pm, after a long but very enjoyable excursion.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

22nd January 1909
Page 38 - Vol. 16 No. 1 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held its Annual Meeting on January 9th in the Recreation Room, Rushcutters Bay Depot.

The Hon.Secretary presented his annual report, and in it regretted that, owing to a series of unforeseen circumstances the year had not ended in the satisfactory manner that the first half promised. Still, the circumstances were beyond the committee’s control and they can take credit that the Club was kept together. He expressed a hope for a better record at the end of the present year.

During the year two very successful trips had been held to the Mountains. The competition had been fairly keen, and the gold medal for 1908 had been won by Mr. Koesters, with Mr. T. Anderson as runner-up.

In the final competition for the year (Yachting):

YACHTING:
FIRST Mr. Koesters	SECOND G. Gondolf	THIRD G. Gondolf

Mr. Gondolf also secured the quarterly prize. Arrangements for the annual picnic and musical evening will be made early in the year.

The following are the competitions for the first quarter.
January: Portraiture.
February: Street Scenes.
March: Animal Studies.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

22nd February 1909
Page 91 - Vol. 16 No. 2 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
The New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held a meeting on Tuesday, February 2, in the Rushcutter’s Bay Depot. The evening was devoted entirely to arranging details for the forthcoming musical evening and picnic. The former will take place on Thursday, February 18, in the Railway Institute, and during the evening the medals will be presented. The picnic will take place on March 5, and will take the form of a motor launch outing around the Harbour. Our members have the happy knack of combining fun and photography, and they are looking forward to a real good day. As it was late in January before the Syllabus was arranged, the January Competition “Portraits” will be held over till February 22. In order to bring the Club under notice of the members of the staff, with the view of adding to our membership roll, the Committee have combined with the program for their musical evening a pamphlet explaining the advantages of Club membership, and the fascinations of photography as a hobby. The title of this precious journalistic effort is “Snapshots”, and in its pages the Club’s record and its future intentions are told. By its means the Committee hope to find many new members.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

22nd March 1909
Page 154 - Vol. 16 No. 3 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Thursday, February 18th, the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club held a very successful musical evening in the Railway Institute, the large hall being comfortably filled with the guests of the club. A splendid program was submitted, and met with hearty appreciation from the audience. The items rendered by the Beale Musical Society, both solos and choruses, were specially bright. Some clever caricature sketches on lantern slides of well-known members of the Tramway Staff, by Mr. Les, Williams, created much amusement. Mr. Cummins had brought some of his very fine wave studies, but, the light in use not being powerful enough, the slides were not seen to advantage, which was disappointing to those who had not seen specimens of Mr. Cummins work before.

The club's gold medals for the years 1906 and 1907 were presented to the winner (Mr. Perfect) during the interval. The committee has arranged for three or four lantern lectures, for the coming season, and details will be published shortly.

H.E. PERFECT
HON.SECRETARY.

23rd August 1909
Page 434 - Vol. 16 No. 8 The Australasian Photographic Review

NEW SOUTH WALES TRAMWAY CAMERA CLUB
On Wednesday, the 28th of August, a well attended meeting of the New South Wales Tramway Camera Club was held at the Rushcutters Bay Depot.

The business for the evening was a lecture on “Pin-hole Photography”, by Mr. Brangwin, who showed by diagrams and blackboard illustrations how a simple apparatus could be made that would yield very artistic results. Apart from the pictorial aspect, it also had advantages where wide angle work was being dealt with, if the length of exposure was no object. While the lecturer did not say a good lens was unnecessary, still pin-hole work opened up a new field for interesting experiments. He showed some excellent results he had obtained, and left some diagrams and data to base exposures upon for members who will, no doubt, wander along this photographic side track which, as Mr. Brangwin showed, has so many artistic possibilities.

The July Competition was “Pictures of Old Sydney”, and it brought out some very good pictures of those portions of the city that are fast disappearing.

PICTURES OF OLD SYDNEY:
The competition was won by Mr. Gondolf.

The August Competition was “Shipping”, and this subject, in which there is so much scope for picture making, brought out a few good prints, and three awards were given:

SHIPPING:
FIRST G. Gondolf	SECOND G. Gondolf	THIRD D. Bard

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