PROGRESS?

Perth, 1 November, 1913.

STATE STEAMERS.

- Cool Storage Cargo.

How Butter and Bunnies Reached

Broome.

"When the ill-fated-Koombana was on

this coast, the people were well treated

in regard to the storage of vegetables,

fruit etc., the only trouble being that 

enough storage space could not be 

obtained. This is of such vital importance

to everyone in the Nor'West, that a howl

of delight went up when the State

Government announced that the 

Western Australia (steamer) would have

capacity for 100 tons, cool storage - eh

what! It has never realised a tenth of the

hopes, and this week most of the 'cool

storage cargo' for Broome had to be

destroyed, being unfit for human 

consumption. Many butter cases were

half empty, giving the impression they

were stored on the boilers and not near

the ice chamber door. The ship landed

a deal of her own stores for storage in

Broome; maggoty rabbits, etc. which

to avoid prosecution by the Health

Authority, had to be incinerated in the

local boiler furnace. It is feared, in some

quarters, that the ship has a fair chance

of returning from Darwin with fever on

board. 

The Nor'West Echo...

A funny, yet sad, footnote to the loss of magnificent Koombana and her attributes. Progress had taken a firm step backwards. 

courtesy Trove