The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-05

IN proportion Ms cities Of like size in the
United states. There are forty big banks,
banks everywhere, There are only about
100000 people ON the continent, but 1000
tN of them have money In the savings
banks their deposits aggrcgating more
tbnp Sl1O.0OOOoO There are as Inc build
incs here ia Melbourne rs In any American
town Of 10000 people sydney Is mag
nlhceUt city, ana Adelaide and Brisbane
are well laid out and beautifully built
One Thousand Newspapers.
The new commonwealth IS an intelligent
commonwealth. Australia has more than
1000 newspapers 1t has magazines and
periodicals In every city and town. In
Melbourne alone there are $50 newspapers,
magazines and journals. one of these, the
Melbourne Age. prints more than 100000
pers have big Saturday editions, great
blanket sheets of twenty -four pages, which
are mailed throughout the states and which
sell for T. cents copy.
All the big cities have public libraries
There are churches Of all kinds, aud the
people are 50 plous on sundays that they
wont allow the street cars to run during
church time
As 10 schools 1 will have to take a spc-
clal letter TO describe the new tangled Ideas
Of instruction. There are night schools and
dry schools. Industrial schools and tech
nlCal colleges, and m Ausr0Aslan institu'
ton known as Schools Of Art.
Steamships and Trade.
The big steamers YOU sec here show that
Europe appreciates the size of Australia
and the value of Australian trade, There
are dozen big companies which have lines
of steamships from Australia to Europe,
/ The North German Lloyd has four steam
ers of 1900 tons each which sail from
| Bremen aud SOUTHAMPTON via the Medltcr.
/ rnhean aud Suc2 canul to Melbourne and
sydney. The 7. and @. sends big ships
every two wesSs from London to sydney,
and the McsSGeerles, the great steamship
company of France, has a similar service.
'rhen there Is the Orlcut line, the British
India line the White Star, the Shaw and
Seville and other large companies. There
are ships which come around the Cape OF
Good Hope sailing from Capctowu TO Mel
bourne. a distance of 6i00 mites. and thence
ON Ia Nrw Zealand, and thence to Lon
don via the Strait Of Magellan. There is u
line nf new steamers from sydney to San
/ Francisco, and another. the Canadian Ia
cihc, which connects the continent with
Vancouver calling at Honolulu on the way.
EmGcisco is 500, and j. London about
As to travel over the country there are
railroads connecting the principal cities Of
/ Eastern Australia, aud In time | suppose
| Adelaide and Perth will be ioided, nlthoug,
/ the distance Ia SO great ana the country
Al present there are about $4,000 miles Of
! railroad In the various colonies. Each col
ony has built Its own roads. and each has
I MS own gauge. So that there Is a transfer
| ot cars on going from one 10 the other
/ Part Of the business Of the new confedcra-
| tion viii be 10 standardize these railroads
4 and 10 reorganIxe them Into one harmonious
! system.
The Parliament Buildings.
/ IL you will make an Imaginary visit with
me to the Victorian parliament we shall
get some idea of how the commonwealth
| parliament will look when 1t has its Arst
! sitting. Each of the Australian colonies
( mas It's own parliament which until now
I has made laws OF ali kinds and regulated
\ everything, These parlamentS viii 10 con.
Timed q state legislatures, aul 'Ae fom.
] m0nWealth p9tl'c~ 'vf Will devote Ii NJ.
/ 10 lntcrcolonla Affairs. Just now thor. il
some tdik of allowing the commonwealth
I parliament to use temporarily the Vie
I torian parliament houses. hut eventually
Aagh.hcent buildings win be erected al the
! yet te be chosen "
IN, order 10 visit parliament we get
\ card from our consul general. take street
ear AZ ,he hotel, aud within a uce min
nles, rue are N 'front.' " 4 magnificent
! structure % Hight gray stone on a mn IN
the business heart OF Melbourne The nar
lament buildings look somewhat Ike eur