Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-29

30 forth daily among the inhabitants to
distribute tracts and bear testimonies to
the people concerning the truths Of
heaven. Five Dock Is near the Para.
malta river. and about six miles from
the town hall in Sydney. On our re-
turn from Five Dock on Sunday. May
5rd, we visited the suburbs Of Bilmain,
where the loscphiies have an organiza.
ton. Here We met Mr.. Richard Ellis,
an old apostaie, who pfesides over the
Joscphitc branch. and ! had quite a
lengthy conversation with him, as he
poses rs one OF the best informed local
preachers Of his denomination. found
him downright dishonest and absolute.
ly inconsistent in argument When |
confronted HIM with historical facts. he
replied with an efusion OF words that
might be termed b1mbaslic, meaning
less attempt at ofatoy, while the per.
spifation literally bathed his exlraordin-
arily cofpulcut frame In a most thorough
manner. found II necessary to rcbukc
him and dcnounce that part OF his
speech to which a meaning could be as.
oribed as utterly false from beginning to
end. But just as I was warming up to
the situation and was preparing TO con.
front him with some OF my best historic
cal arguments. he was pulled on" to
commence his afternoon meeting; and
as he gave Elder Con and myself no
Invitation. We retired from the battle.
ground In first class lighting condi.
ton" Mr.. Ellis presided over the
Sydney branch when the Utah Elders
returned In 1857. and, according to his
own words, he allowed the branch 10
wilhcr and die on his hands. lie is
supposed to be In possession Of some Of
the old branch records, which, however,
he denied; but as his other statements
were so foreign to the truth, l can hot
attach any importance to his denial
Fortunately Tor as, We arc not depend
ing on the local records OF the sydney
branch Tor the history Of the Australian
mission.
The colony Of New South Wales con.
tains an area OF 5o9i5S square miles,
being nearly three times the size OF
Great Britain and Ireland OF about the
size Of france and Great Britain COM
bined. Il Is larger than Sweden, Nor.
way and Switzerland, and larger than
any single state In Europe, except Rus
sia. Il IS enclosed within the parallel
OF "a, TO- and 81 2Y south latitude
and muridians iS5' 81 and I4t' east
longitude. In the corresponding zone
oil north latitude arc the southern part
Of Spain. Italy and Greece. rs great.
est length Is 900 miles, but averaging
only 500, the greatest breadth Is ABOUT
$50 miles. The surface OF the colony
Is diversified with alternate hills, valleys
and plains. The highest mountain peak
IS Mount Seavicw, about 6,ooo feet high.
The western interior oil the colony con-
sisis OF immense level tracts OF country.
The Liverpool plains, embracing an
area OF about iIooo square miles, are
the most extensive; Il Is Tor the most
part sparsely waiered. and Tor this rea-
son unsuitable Tor the purposes oi I'LL.
age. Lakes and rivers abound certain
parts OF New South Wales; the great
bulk OF the population live on and near
the coast; the whole interior OF Austria.
la being very thinkly settled, and large
tracts yet unexplorcd. New South
Wales contains i77 boroughs or mum.
cipal districts. varying greatly Ia regard
TO size and population. The population
OF the colony according to The ccnsns
OF 1891 was i,i32,254, Of which 7ggoIs
were native born SS,iS4 were born IN
other Asirdlian colunlcsi 18o were
abofigines; 400. ioI hailed from Great
Britain aud ireland; 1850 rom other
British possessions, aud 3g,76J were OF
foreign birth. The religious returns
Ncre Church OF England, sos, go, Ro.
man Catholics, 2S6,giI; tPrcsbytefian,
iCg 500, Wesleyan Methodist S7,st6:
olncr McthOdists, 22,Sg6. CongTega-
ZIONIST sI,iig. Baptist, a. ma: Luther.
an, 1850, Unitarian, 1870; salvation
ArmO, 1880; other protcstan,s. a..
ol6r Jews, S 3S4, Greek Catholics, asa.
Buddhist Couiucian, Mahomedan, etc,
i69,gSo.
sydney, situated In So 81 south laii.
iude, Is the capital anu seat OF govern
ment OF the colony VI New South
Wales, and Is also the parent city OF
Australia II Is situated ON the south.
ern shore OF Port Jackson, thus named
after Sir George Jackson, who once was
secretary to the Lords OF the British
admiralty. sydney itself was named
alter Nheount sydney, who first sug.
gestcd the idea Of estab ishIng a colony
IN New South Wales, aud who was sec.
Rotary OF the state Tor the British colon.
les when the letrliory was taken nos.
session Of Tor Great Britain. The CIV
was founded on the 76lh January. 1855
by Captain a. Phillip, who came here
with fleet OF store and transport ships
for the purpose OF founding convict
establishment. lie mad SIX days pre.
yiously landed at lotdny bay, but ind.
ing it unsuitable for settlement aban.
doned u ioT the site OF Sydney. The
locality chosen Tor the future city was a
delightful spot at the head OF what was
subsequently named Sydney Cove and
IS now known as Circular Quay. The
city proper Is situated AZ d distance of
iOur miles from the mouth OF the har
Dor, The entrance 10 Port Jackson
from the Pacific ocean Is upwafds of q
mile In breadth Vessels drawing as
much as twenty.seyen feet can enter al
low water The haTbor, which IS con.
sldered one OF the best la the world. Is
not an uniform eXpanse OF water, but is
broken up IN all directions into clpac,
ious open moughed bays by the numer.
Gus promonloncs juttng out into Ii
Several OF these bays are hafbors IN
themselves and navigable Tor several
miles. There are several features Of
the city OF sydney which bear a striking
resemblance to those OF an Englisn
town. Some OF the streets are narrow.
torluous and without any pIetensions 10