Historical information
Articles from the annual report include: a decrease in sales due to loss of a retail shop during renovation and extension of that same area and the increased competition from machine-made brooms, an unexpected donation from the late Mary Jane Pattison via her husband L.M. Pattinson, inability to meet the target of 20,000 pounds during the Special Appeal - with almost 6700 pounds raised after expenses were taken out, the introduction of the 'Glow Worm Session' by Goodie Reeve on 2GB, the success of the Pink and Black Ball, the Council donating money for an organised event so that blind members could celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sydney, the addition of a new Home Teacher W.A. Davis and the arrangement of a Railway Pass and Tramway and Bus pass free of charge for Home Teachers, Annual Picnic, Blind Workers Cricket Club, acknowledgement of W.H, Tuckwell who has reached 80 years of age, and that a series of moving pictures were taken to showcase the work of the Institution and promote it's worth as a charitable cause.
Physical description
1 printed booklet with illustrations in bound
