WESTPORT WATERWORKS.
WHILE GISBORNE SLEEPS. ’(Per Press Association.) Westport, last night. The Westport waterworks, which have cost about £IO,OOO, were officially opened to-day. Free trains to the station adjacent to Poverty Terrace, where the ceremony took place, were provided by the Council, and several hundreds of the townspeople availed themselves of the opportunity to witness the ceremony. Miss Scanlon, sister of the Mayor, turned on the water. In the course of his speech the Mayor congratulated Mr Schadicb, engineer of the waterworks, on the success of his efforts, and added that he intended to invite the local agents of the Fire Insurance Companies to a public trial of the fire extinguishing appliances, and hoped it would result in the reduction of the insurance rates by one half.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 807, 23 January 1903, Page 2
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