["Hedland-Marble Bar Railway", The Hedland Advocate (Port Hedland, WA), Saturday 22 July 1911]
Hedland-Marble Bar Railway
Opened by the Minister for Works
Saturday last will occupy a prominent place in the Pilbarra history of memorable events, marking the ultimate triumph of the people's aspirations over the last 20 years. To the people of Pilbarra there could be few things more interesting than the formal opening of the Hedland-Marble Bar railway.
The opening banquet was held in the Institute Hall, Marble Bar, on Saturday evening, and there was much to account for the tumult of rejoicing which marked the proceedings, to do justice in reporting which we would need an issue twice the size of our 10 pages. Many a time had the walls of that building given back the cheers of those gathered there to celebrate the progress of the movement for a railway, which would bring freedom and prosperity to the inland, but not even in the days of "monster meetings and popular demonstrations" had a warmer glow of satisfaction flushed the faces of Pilbarrites than on this memorable occasion.
