["Busy Port", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 18 December 1909, page 6]
On Saturday the Charon brought 110 tons of general cargo to Hedland, and on Sunday the Koombana brought 250 tons of general cargo (the largest shipment ever landed here by one vessel) and 400 tons of railway material. The Paroo, from Singapore, also arrived on Sunday with general cargo.
