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Newspaper
Tambellup Times
Location
Tambellup, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 24, 1914
Page
5
A London correspondent describes Emile Bachelet’s 20 year effort to create a wheelless, railless train running on a magnetic system. Demonstrations in London show a 300 mph potential, with mail and passenger services envisioned and costs projected per mile.
An exuberant note extols a climbing vegetable marrow as easy to grow over wide areas, outperforming the Guada Bean, with vines reaching up to 10 feet and fruiting in months. It highlights tender rind, green turning yellow, small space needs, and suitability for town plots, then abruptly shifts to a wartime slogan about fighting disease with Woods’ Mapparmiot Cure.
Under-Secretary Water Supply proposes a 20,000,000 gallon reservoir three miles NW of Katanning at 80 feet elevation to provide town pressure. A 6 inch main would feed the town with 4 inch and 1 inch mains on principal streets and smaller lines outskirts. Estimated cost £13,600 with 6 percent interest. annual maintenance £400. water rates and railway sales to fund the project are discussed. Government financing and departmental operation are indicated. future correspondence to the Water Supply Department is requested.
Department advice warns against early over clearing timber and urges leaving clumps and shade trees. Shade improves stock welfare, shelter reduces losses, and well placed timber boosts farm appeal for buyers. Emphasis on strategic, broader landscape design over bare paddocks in new settlements.
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