"That on the application of the owners Messrs R. & J. McConnell of 37 Royal Avenue a new street on their property situate off Springfield Road be named Kashmir Road". (11th August 1897).
"That on the application of the owners, Messrs. R. J. McConnell & Co., a new street on their property situate off Kashmir Road be named Leoville Street". (10th January 1900).
"That on the application of Mr. Felix Kane, the Council be recommended to change the name of street on his property, situate off Kashmir Road, from Aboo Street to Kane Street". (29th October 1907). Aboo Street was probably also a reference to India, named after Mount Abu (or Aboo), a hill station in Rajasthan, dotted with numerous Jain and Hindu temples. See also Aboo Court and Mount Aboo Park.