Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04
orsphis Dessfiptien - scenes aud rtpsfi.
sncs. IN the southern Latitude.


sydney. Jan. .. 100.
To the Editor
4 desire has been expressed that
communicate some facts and expert.
oncca frntn this far on land beneath the
southern cross.
The Auatrniaainn mission covers
large nrra. ne extensive. No fact. aH TIE
United stater. excepting Alaska. n b.
embraced In six different colonies uf
English speaking people Queensland.
New South wales. Victoria. south AUS
trulla West Australia and Tasmania.
In West Australia We have a few scat
tered members only The principal
thproughfmcH N travel are upon The
trackicHn ocean, principally aionE the
coasts An idea may b, gained u the
extent ~ ones travels In visiting diner
emit branches and fcidn ~ labor when
! say that during the past three months
I have trayerrci a distance ~ about
100 miles from north o. south. mostly
BY water. and without visiting any part
uf either West uf South Australia IN
q few months have taken nine coast
Noyugpl averaging about go miles
each water transportation a. cumpaTa-
lively cheap. and when one. a. myself.
u hlcsFHd with immunity from HchHick-
ness. n u often pleasant However. IN
a voyage last May. between brisbane
and Sydney. ! had the unpleasant cx-
ffNNfNff OF lNlNh AMHHNA ny a NNnfm
such ne has not been known before FOR
thirty years. n seemed ~ " all the
forbes ~ sea ana mir rnuHpifed a. over
turn ana drmullHh tho little steamer
which bore ~ DER Tho angry hlilnWa
iiut ~ arrived nt our destination IN
safety, though the vessel had been
greatly damaged ana an but wrecked.
During tho fnFlngH ~ that hurricane
amidst the thunder and vivid lightning.
and thr roar and crash n waves that
AN hut rurulfed ~. I admit I FELT dee
cldcdly uncomfortable. but neither fcar-
ful nor alarmed.
My last iriu from headquarters was
60 the city ~ Melbourne, ana thence
over the island ~ Tasmania. covering
period 0f something over i've weeks.
Leaving sydney on Tho 18th ~ pcccm-
Der hy tho steamer Arawntta. We
steamed nuf % the beautiful Sydney
harh1r at . O'Clock ln the evening. iin-
INK the season ~ long days IN This
hemisphere, daylight continued until
late in the evening. ana gave ne n nns
View M The grand PERCEPTIONS heights 10
The sydney heads. reaching hundreds
NJ feet above the surface of the sea, aud
~ the rock bound coast between Port
jackson uud lintany bay, along which
lay IN fuli view the wreck ~ the Here
ward. one 81 the Fix ocean steamer lost
In the storm above described. Holug
inc portion NJ the New South Wales
coast. with o. lettyiug bays hnd river
lnIrtH. d. beautiful unhn island capped
hy o. magnificent lighthouse 10 guide
the mariner on hlH way. IT, white rHud-
hlll bluffs and barren SLOPES and beach
cH, with but "a glimpse NJ timber and
better country lu ihn distance, I made
myself content below with books ana
company. until sleep NaH near md I
wac rocked gently uf ln thH cradle ~
the dcru. Doc the early murn.ur. VILE
sons prnmuuiurN. tho fuuthprnmust
pnint NJ thH continent of Australia. hove
la sight Thence $50 passed into niss
straight, separating Australia proper
from Tasmania ana smaller Islands
Much q tho distance thIH strait iH
too wide tn sec across, hut rs $500 sHll
west % uarrows down until we p4ss Doe
tween group % numerous HWHf
islands. some ~ thom merely great
masses OF rock apprar.nr above the
surface ana o. steep. rocky r11Ht tuWrr-
lnr nearly four hundred feet above uH
ll tha narrowed place thr plssHcs is
but % couple 1f hundred feet lu width
To The early afternoon. Wr passed
ulrihWurd thrnuEh narrow lcuif into
I1hsuu'H huN beautiful irregular
body of Nairr almost completely
D. mmed IN from the 500, AMI ryieui-
Ing about thfty.nyc miles iu a uprth-
'N NNNNN NN'HNN N"'NNNNNA NNN' NN|# 'N NN'|H
bourne ana forty-dyc miles eust and
west Thence we sailed about six miles
100 u narrow, artificial channel through
which now flows the river NHrra. ami
We wero ln tho great city NJ Melbourne.
Melbourne has holFtCi ~ half l million
lnhHuItnuts. ~ hls now. iu i8ct about
10000 ~ "a % beautiful city nicely hil
uui NIfh Wide and uniform streets rune
Ming ut riFht angles ana with many
LARGE and beautiful buildings M.I- ]
bourne Dr. one NJ the great cities of one .
world and strike. the traveller HH boiug
ulst American nj ali in Australia
My stay iu Melbourne. durlng This
tru occupied hut o. few Gays. During
ihlf tIme { mot with the Saints Iu q
branch capacity released Elders Vs. s.
Flus'tt ana Alexander H. Hamilton, ]
Who Wern Ah1rIng IN Port Melbourne. /
in nHiuu, hlmo, and mot ana assigned ]
uHIHr Hl labor tu Elders Robert Ssh
Ind Lfra Petersen, who had just arr
rived from Zion. Eldcr Nish. after
spending "a Few days In the metropolis
went n} train 400 miles up tu iillHrut,
in labor with Elder Charles w. Fox.
Elder Petersen was assigned 90 labor
10 Melbourne where he has relatives
on the evening of Dee q. boarded
the steamer coogee Tor iaunceston.