The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
THE ARCHIVES
100 years ago
The Samnuggur and Titaghur jute factory companies and the Victoria jute company are fairly going strong. The shareholders are having 30% dividends. The results are in excess of all previous years and prospects are bright. The companies have supplied large quantities of both cloth and sandbags to the Government. The year under review opened with a demand for all class of goods and orders continued plentiful. Prospects for this year are promising, the order book being in a strong position.
50 years ago
Tayport firemen were called to a fire in a disused joiner’s shop and shed at No 10 Boat Road, Newport, last night. The alarm was raised by Tommy Hart, of the Tay Ferries staff. He heard crackling noises and on going out to Boat Road he saw flames shooting through the roof of the building. Motor traffic waiting for the 5pm Fifie had to be moved to make way for the fire engine. Firemen soon had the blaze under control, but had a narrow escape when the corrugated roof fell in.
25 years ago
Holiday plans for nearly 500,000 people were thrown into doubt as a cash crisis hit Britain’s second biggest tour operator. Travellers were stranded at airports both in the UK and abroad after administrators were appointed to try to save International Leisure Group. Up to 400,000 people who have booked for later in the year with ILG now face an agonising wait to see whether their holiday plans survive. The group’s airline arm, Air Europe, suspended all flights causing chaos at UK airports.
One year ago
A study has been launched by the RNLI to see whether a state-of-theart lifeboat could be accommodated in Arbroath. Montrose is to be the first Scottish station to have the new Shannon class lifeboat and Arbroath could be the next in line. It features twin water jets instead of conventional propellers, allowing it to operate in shallow water, and is highly manoeuvrable. Montrose will receive its own Shannon class boat later this year at its new lifeboat station on Wharf Street, replacing its current Tyne boat.