COOLGARDIE WATER SUPPLY.
OPENING OK SB MONT. FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION. BeceWed 26, 1.10 a.m. Co lgardie, Jaiuary 25. Tbe greit scheme for supplying the goldfi-lds wi h wat r is now an accomplished fact, Saturday was a red letter day. Oa the previom day two ppecial trains conveyed Sir John Forrest, Sir \V. J. Lyoe, Mr R-id, and other' Federal members, tigeth°r with a large number of visitors f om Perth. The L flux was so great that many had to sleep ia the trains and tents. Tie town was gaily d-corated, and the -e wag much enthu iasm. Sir Jo'nn and Lady Fjrrfgt's carriage was drawn by twenty-four schoolboys, headed by an imp-sing proces-, sien. The ceremonies of turning on the water fop the various centres were p rformed by Lady Forres* 1 , and the Mayon sses of C solgatdie, Kalgoorlie, and Bould r City, and into the great dim by Sir John F Treat. Water is now everywhere abundant in the townships at 9d per hundred gal'ons, irstead of as previously 3 i 6d and upwards per hundred for condensed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1903, Page 3
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182COOLGARDIE WATER SUPPLY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1903, Page 3
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