Opening Westport Waterworks
[per press association. ) s Westpobt Jan 22. c The Westport waterworks, which have cost about L 20,000, were offi- J . cially opeued today. Free trains to . the station adjacent to Poverty Terrace, wkere tbe ceremony took place, were provided by the Council, \ and several hundreds of the townspeople availed themselves of tho oppor--6 tunity to witness the cert- mony. Miss Scanlan, sister of th© Mayor, turned r> on the water. In the course •£ hiss \ speech the Mayor congratulated Mr
Schadich, engine r of the waterworks, on the success of his efforts, and added that he intended to invite the local a*en s of the Fire Insurance companies t" a public tiial of the fire extinguishi ing appliances, and hoped that^ it ! would result in the i'< duction of ;nI biirance rate by on^ half.
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Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 23 January 1903, Page 3
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137Opening Westport Waterworks Grey River Argus, Volume 57, Issue 10520, 23 January 1903, Page 3
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