Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1920 — “Beating the Bounds” by Air. [ARTICLE]

“Beating the Bounds” by Air.

Port Melbourne has improved on the ancient British custom of “beating the bounds" of a municipality. Instead of a solemn peregrination, the mayor. Councilor Page, and a colleague flew over Port Melbourne in an airplane and then visited South Melbourne. Whether this airy way of performing * solemn duty will be the cause of civic revolution has yet to be determined and the fact that the Inspection was made on a Sunday may bring down more wrath. There is of course a distinct advantage in viewing rutty roads from the air, but Port Melbourne has no reason to fear a more minute inspection of her highway* and byways.