["The North-West", The Western Mail (Perth, WA), Saturday 18 June 1910, page 43]
THE NORTH-WEST.
VISIT OF COLONIAL SECRETARY.
THE MARBLE BAR RAILWAY.
Port Hedland, June 12.
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At Point Samson the Koombana landed a large number of passengers, including several big squatters, wno are making the regular winter migration northwards. The cranes dropped ashore also a diminutive locomotive, which is to be the pioneer of steam traction on the tramline to Roebourne. Certainly it seemed a possible improvement on the horsedrawn express, which overloaded with baggage and passengers clattered down the jetty into the midnight darkness of Thursday night on the 2½ hours' jog trot to Roebourne.
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