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Thu 13 Mar 1952 - The Blue Mountains Advertiser (Katoomba, NSW : 1940 - 1954)
Page 5 - BRICK WORKS FOR KATOOMBA
BRICKWORKS FOR
KATOOMBA
Production of a brick-
works, which will be opened
shortly at Katoomba at an
estimated cost of several
thousand pounds, is expected
to exceed 75,000 bricks a
week.
Spokesmen for Property
Construction and Finance
Ltd., which purchased the
works from Blue Mountains
Brick Company at an unmen-
tioned figure, said last week
it was proposed to commence
production at an early date.
Installation of modern
machinery, capable of un-
limited production, will be in-
stalled shortly at the works.
The Company later proposes
to manufacture agricultural
and concrete pipes at the
works. It is also intended to
commence production of
terra-cotta roofing tiles.
A director of the project,
Mr. E. B. Eagle, said the
Company hoped to encourage
establishment of secondary in-
dustries on the Blue Moun-
tains.
Mr. Eagle is a director of
Enfield Brickworks, and a
shareholder of Rupert Cook's
Brickworks, also of Enfield.
Other directors include Mr.
Harry Mason, chairman, who
is a director of co-operative
building societies in Sydney,
Mr. P. Renshaw, leading en-
gineer and bridge-builder,
Mr. A. G. Barnes, chief ac-
countant of Elliotts-Austra-
lian Drug Co., and Walter
Conn, sawmiller, of Stuart's
Point, North Coast.
Managing Director of Own
Homes Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Mr.
W. R. Watkins, is assisting the
project.
Mr. Watkins is also spon-
soring the Company's project
at Sunny Ocean Beach Es-
tate, near Kempsey, North
Coast, where 1,200 home sites
are being developed.
It is understood the Com-
pany later intends purchasing
an estate on the Blue Moun-
tains, where a large home
building scheme will be put
into operation.