The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-22
THE SAILORS ASHORE
INTERESTING STORIES OF FLEET
 AT SYDNEY.
The Boys Made Good Impression, and the Ship Visitors Went
 Away With Silver
 Spoons.
(RY R. CAMEnnNA

Sydney, ". s. w, Nov. 21.-The Aus tFalian papers are full of interestins incidents insconnection with the recent visit of the American fleet The blue- Jackets made themselves popular ev- anywhere Sydney found them quiet and orderly, open handed and warm . hearted. with an infinite capacity for getting on the best of terms with ev- eryone they met. They carried babies about the streets and took tired tod dlers on their knees In trans. One lost youngster was taken charge of by two sailors, who bought him flags, chocolates and peanuts, and finally handed him over to the police, his pockets we'll stocked with sweets. When restored to his anxious father the boys first greeting was. Say. dad, I'm an American now" a
 Theatrical managers sent the fleet free passes, but the men showed their independence by tearing them up and insisting on paying their way. Money was spent like water. One incident is recorded which did not appeal to Aus tralians- A Japanese boarded a tram car and seated himself opposite three bluejackets. The latter conferred to- gether for a moment. then. as the SA6AA RAtACA AP dI GiO next EbInGT. one of the Americans said Say. Jap. this is where you get off" Nc" said the Jap, T not get off here" You do" rejoined the sailor, phatically. You get oh right here, see? Down you get" The Japanese deemed 1t well to comply. and left the car. Then the Americans were asked by some of the other passengers why they had turned him out. Their explanation was given
 
 your little brown brother, but he ain't ours White men don't travel in the same cars with scolored men in our country, and we ain't going to do 1t here"
 Securing MementOes,
 Apparently the festivities were some what nRrred by the eagerness of some of the inhabitants of Sydney to secure mementoes of the visit. Under the heading of ''The Fleets Spoons, A Melbourne paper publishes the follow ing: Sydney people grew very fond of the American fleet, and their fondness took curious form, Every4 battle ship has choice collection of silver generally presented to it by the State after which 1t is named Each spoon and fork Is stamped with the name af the ship. and to the Sydney mind keen Tor relics, these appeal as interesting souvenirs. That is the most charit. able interpretation that can be placed on the action of certain of the Sydnev people In appropriating the silver forles and spoons of the fleet.
 Australia is the latest continent to be crossed by motor. H. H. Dutton of the Automobile Club of South Ans tralla. accompanied by mechanic has successfully accomplished the journey over land, from Adelaide in the sout5 to Port Darwin in the north. a dIstsnca Of about 2.10O miles. Although hardly to be compari With certain othar trans-continental Journeys. this ner- | fnrmance is nevertheless A suf7c,crt ly remarkable achievement. A gree. part of the country traversed Is nrarfi- cally trackless waste For eoo mics. there are no roads, and the ob- staeles to be encountered include sand drifts, "washouts," thick sntan ~le- ments of scrub and rough boulder. strewn surfaces. The trfp estabIfshed record In Australian automobilisn, since the island continent has never before been traversed by motor from sea to sea. It has. however, heen crossed by the samc route by other methods. and in less time. The motor ISIS occupied forty-two dayS in actual traVeling, the average daily run being fifty miles. Ten years ago a teleEraph operator. named Mcdonald cycled from Port Darwin to Adelaide in twenty eight days, fifteen hours and thirty minutes. and David Lindsay. the ex- plorer, once went through on camel and horse in thirty-seven days MT. Out ton previously essayed the feat. but when 1900 miles had been covered he had 10 give up the attempt. owing to the boggy nature of the country, the result of the heavy tropical rainfall The car was abandoned. and the trav-