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COOBOWIE.
OPENING OF COOBOWIE JETTY.
At. 3 o'clock on Friday, August 7,
1925, thu new jetty at Coobowie
wa« officially opened by Mr E. A.
Fatqiih,.r (Chairman of the Harbors
Bo:ir ). Mr. E. H. Giles, J.P , Cbaivmpii
of the Melville District Council,
and al.-o Chairman of the Coobowie
Jetty Commii tee, in introducing Mr
Faiqnliar, said it was for all present
an interesting occasion They had
1 oked for this event for some 20
years He referred to the period
when jetty tolls had been collected at
Coobowie, although at that time they
were without shipping facilites in the
way of a jetty or wharf. After a deal
of agitation the charges were removed.
The people were at that
time, as now, quite prepared to pay
jetty dues if they had jetty facilities
He was pleased to say the Harbors
J3o&rd had now'provided them widi a
jetty that tvill meet their requirements
for some time to come. He
had pleasure in asking Mr. Farquhar
to declare the j-'-tty open.
The Chairman of the Harbors Board
said it gave him great pleasure to bt
present that afternoon. Coobowie
was probably the oldest port on the
Peninsula, and was the last to be
provided with harbor facilities. The
jetty had cost a great deal, and he
hoped it would be used by the residents
and farmers. The Board's
motto was "No service without charge
and no charge without Bervice." Thv
old Hath e Board by-law of jetty tqlls
being levied at all shipping places
within three miles of a-jetty was
brought into force because in several
places lesidents had asked for a j<tt.tv
and after it bad been erected they had
shipped alongside of it instead of
ns'ng the equipment provid d. The
speaker mentioned that, the M nihr>rs
for the District (M<ss-s. Al'eii ami
Tossell) had worked hai'd for the
jetty, and had been chain pi ns f> r
Coobowie. He had very great, pleasure
in declaring the jetty officially opened
There was a large crowd of residents
and visitors present. After the
opening ceremony an adjournment
was made to the Institute Hall,
where light refresNriicji s were partoken
and several toasts honored.
Sir. E H. Giles pr- s di d, and among
thofre present were the following
gentlemen : —Messrs E. A. Farquhar
(Chairman of Harbors Board), it de
N. Lucas (Harbors Engineer), W J
P. Taylor {Secretary Harbors Board),
Messrs H. G. Tossell and P. AIM,
M's P., H. Bartram, T. Croser (CoO
bow'e Harbor Master), Capt. Patterson
(Edithburgh Haibor Master), J.
W. Bartram (Pas'master, Coobowie),
B. Kinnnte, Cr. B. H. Farrow \Yorke
town Corporation), L G. B.-irtrav,-
W. Diprose, and R. Wilkinson.
After the loyal toast had been
honored
Mr. R. Kinnane proposed " The
Parliament of South Australia." In
dtrng so he said he fe!t sure that if it
had not been for thi efforts of Messrs
Allen and Tossell there wonl I have
beeifno j U.y at t'oobowic that day.
Both gentlemen bad been most persiatent,
and it w.is mainly duo to
their effort that the jetty had been
erected. He referred to the splendid
work done by both Members in connec:io:s
with the Yorketown School
and Hospitiil and the Edithburgh
Road
Messrs. Allen andTosrell res(>ondej,
and bath expreFsed pleasnre at bt-ing
present at such a fine ga'hering, and
at ti e interest taken in the jetty.
Mr. Tossell, in proposing " The
Haibors Boirl," snid thoy weie
indebted to that Department for illjetty.
As tho Board was at presvnt
(Mnstituteil it g nt-rally took a wiMe
view of requests fiom outports fi,r
harbor facilities.
Mr. Farquhar acknowledged tin
toast, and said he had bet n anketl
why the Bleamer that brought th^m
over tho Gulf had gone to E ithbuigh
aud not to Coobowie. As the boat,
drew 11 feet he had been wondering
which %vould be cheaper to bring
the beat to the jetty or take the j"ttv
to the bjttt. He again wished them
success, and hoped the jolty would
meet their rtquiremeut*.
Mr. B H Farrow proposed "Tl-e
Pore of Coobowie," and in doing so
congratulated the J» tly Committee
cn the way they had worked to get
the.structura erected
Mr. Henry Bertram, who lived for
50 years at Coobowie, was p'eaeid to
be pi-esent. He felt like coming back
to the old fcpolt. He wished them
good luck, end hoped the fir nre
would repay them for all the gosd
work th<^ had done.
Mr. E H Giles responded on behalf
of the Committee. He said
Coobowie was the oldest port in the
immediate neighborhood. He could
remember being told of an incident
that occurred about 1840, when a
sailor was found by the late Charles
Patrington attempting to make a
rude raft to ship himself firm Salt
Creek (the pit sent Coobowie) to Port
Adelaide. From rhoee dt-js until the
present Coobowie had been ai>ii>ppiug
port. He was sorty that Mr. A. N.
Byrar, oiii* of she original movers f,«r
t he ei t.ct.ion of a jetty, had be< n un ble
tu he present. Alt', (iilt.s canoludcd a
very in:erecting hp ech hj* hoping
that before pext grain season the
husiu would be deepened on the sea
end of the jetty, and thus allow the
larger ci aft to load.
At the iiibtanca of Mr Peter Allen
the health of the .letty Committee,
Chairman, and Ladies was heartily
diuulf
A public tea meeting followed, and
was well patronised
In th<; evening the Coobowie
Cricket Club si ciai aud d ince took
place.
Attention is called to advt. re conveyance
of ni3i'.s. Tenders close at 2 p,ui.
on Wednesday, August 26.
At the recent Minlaton Competitions j
Miss Sylvia Butlerwurth scored 76 points !
iji the Open Pianoforte Solo Class, not 56 i
as printed in last issue.
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