["The Nor'-West Ports", The West Australian, 10 June 1910, page 5]
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If one has travelled on this long and unpicturesque coast before, he gets his first inkling of the progress of the North-West from the vastly improved steamer service. What an advance upon the old style of boats which plied along the coast only a few years ago are the Royal mail steamer Koombana, in which the Colonial Secretary travelled recently, and the Minderoo and the Gorgon. And then again, how business has increased! The ship carries a full complement of passengers, and her holds are full. At every port she has tons of cargo to discharge, and one ignorant of the vast hinterland behind some of the insignificant little towns on the coast wonders whither such piles of stores can be going.
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