WATER FOR COBDEN
t(>M)i i io\s i)H-ti;im:i) as 1)1 IM OUAIIF.K / \i i :hk ri:r..-s.'' ( i i i MOI Til, December fi. \ ihr e outlining the requirei u ,t b i lclicul ition in the suburb Col den with 1 water supply, the itcl! L \ huh his been intensiiied i 11 pi ml phenomenal dry i 11 \ i | 1 e tl before the Grcyi um 1 uoLuh C"uneil by its cnpt i i nil II airmaid, this evenih, , t i r itimatcel at £BOOO nd ih 11 \ ill include the proelnu i ii -d l *- incll P'Pe ,r( " n in ( u nei Hi i s;or\«(ur main. Mll n e i i n, a rt-solut ion was p d i i tht residents of Cnbtu i \ hie b >i o under the control If (ie nn i h Hoieiiigh Council, t ( i ] irk i n( i inning the loan pro- ], 1 md pil the weirk into effect. ( ( i dit K n i i Cobdcn were cleuibcd is dfphiable. It was said tint tie Mien tbair.ago was likely lo be eh M imtnt il to the health ot mim there under the pre- \ pin ei itukon-. The Imrough ie lined ekfifletl to iiave a watef-cart n U Coukn did/ to supply water lot hou e h ikl u e for the residents fi oin i e i nk d point in the townhin
t-i<RH'> or Itl.lSH FIRES 4> i ! ir ( IS Ol DRUI'CUT f>N' \\ | i ('O \NT i.TiM Mfdiril. Deccmbor 6. hu h iu< hi e been prevalent hi u li n tut \\ e:l Coast during the r i tm pell of dry weather. To da/ it Locielyfovvn a fire swept through i Pact of bush in the b itk countiv md this, with several other fires raging in the. hills about the district, created a haze over Grcyniouth aeiding fo the already intense heal. A gorse fire .started this morning in Cobdeik sweeping tovvjtrds Kells's Hotel. The fire was apparently caused by a .spark from the Harbour Board epj.mry engine and the quarry men (piiekly quelled Ihe outbreak.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21341, 7 December 1934, Page 14
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347WATER FOR COBDEN Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21341, 7 December 1934, Page 14
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