20 Feb 1931
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Newspaper
Blackheath Beacon
Location
Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1931
Page
1
Public notice directs advertisements and correspondence to the Black heath Beacon Printing and Publishing Co located on Cascade Street in Katoomba.
An opinion piece highlights the Black Heath trackheath Volunteer Fire Brigade as essential to the town. Volunteers fight fires in worn clothes and without pay, bearing own insurance costs and gear. Unlike NSW boards, they receive no steady funding and seek help from residents and insurers to upgrade equipment and coverage.
H. S. McCLELLAND & Co promotes a summer cash sale with heavy markdowns across millinery dresses underwear and hosiery plus men’s and boys goods. Discounts include halves and large price cuts on fabrics hats shirts trousers and household items with many items at limited short-lengths and reduced yardage.
The piece lists several community items from Blackheath including specials from a local dealer, theatre usage for Arcadia Theatre on Friday 1th March, golf night winners at Blackheath Miniature Golf Course, a School of Arts billiards note, harvest festival success at the Methodist Church, and forthcoming show schedules for Sydney Show Penrith Yass Rydal Leura. It also notes street repairs in Wombat street, band practice, Governor’s visit hype, and secretary Mr. W Keralake’s leave to judge flower shows at Wentworth Falls Lithgow and Leura.
Fire crews raced to a Kanimbla Street cottage owned by Mr. Gallop in Sydney Sunday around five p.m. They found the structure almost burnt to the ground and water area inaccessible. The untented dwelling was unoccupied at the time and no injuries were reported.
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