The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-23

New South Wales evidently appreciates
the opinion of the American visitor to
Sydney. The following is a leaflet is
sued by the bureau Percy Hunter dis
tributed a few of these in Honolulu dur
ling his recent visit:
oh. the enehantment of a first view
of a big busting Australian ethyl To
be dropped off the ferry into the very
center of the maelstrom of Sydney life,
where every mortal is bent upon his
own task: where streams and counter
streams of humanity hurry in and out
| and round about, and all seem at first
glance like the chaos of life. After the
enforced idIeness of an ocean voyage,
| the wide serenity of the enchanting
| hill-encireled harbor, to grapple with
the noise and stir of the city!
| At the foot of the Quay the Customs
! House, a Georgian structure Of grey
stone, commands the entrance to the
city. To the right and left stretches
| the big waterfront street, where
wharves and jetties are lined with ship
ping and ferries. Heavy freight vans
rattle and bang over the wood blocks.
Bells are changing on electric cars;
newsboys are piping the sensation Of
the hour; there is an undertone of many
voices, a scuffiing of hundreds of feet
| on the cement walks, hurrying of the
crowd for first place on the cars.
Nearly everyone seems bound up
George-street. either afoot or on the
cars; so why not follow the crowd7
Cars are swinging around the loop, one
after another, and the man in the house
of glass-who, I trust, never throws
lstOnes-is giving them the cue for start
ing up town. Laden TO the f0otboards,
they swoop along the Quay. Bells are
tangled at the imperturbable crowd, and
in some mysterious way people manage
to escape being run over.
Jumping on one of the first cars to
start, my Australian companion and I
find an outside seat in front. The bell
rings, the driver turns his lever, ham
mers away at his foot-goRg, and off we
roll. There is a rush of wind down the
street, whirl and confusion of traffic.
Wholesale houses and Office buildings
line the way, with fine modern stone
structures that show that the city is
alive and growing. There is no time
but for a glance down the streets that
shoot off George-street. Bridge and
Hunter streets, with their palatial gov
eminent of1Iees, are passed IN triee,
and the stately quadrangle known as
Martin place is reached. Here the Gen
eral Post Office. a magnificent and com
modious building of Renaissance arehi-
lecture, occupying a whole block on the
quadrangle, and with a frontage TO
three streets, commands the view; and
its graceful clock tower rises above the
commotion of the city highways.
Old Glory floats over two of the finest |
buildings in the city. Facing the Cen |
eral Post Office, in Martin-pIace, are |
the New York Life Offices, many-stor |
led and imposing in their architectural |
beauty; while Just around the corner, in /
George-street, is the Equitable build |
ing, which ranks among the very finest /
of Australian edifces. Challis House, |
the fine eight-storied building erected |
by the Sydney University, is squeezed |
in between the Bank of Australasia /
Life Offices No visitor TO the city
from abroad can fail to be impressed /
by the magnificent museum of the eoun-
Department on the ground
floor of Challis House. Here the travel
ar is greeted by courteous officials. who
map itineraries Of travel for him TO the
various tourist resorts, arrange for his
accommodation at country hotels. fill
sis arms with attractive literature
bout the State and its resources, and
iend him on his way rejoicing.
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hadow Of the great clock tower. is q
fright and attractive featuEe Of the
itv streets-the fower-selIAs< They
re ranged IN a long row on the curb
1en and boys. standing beside their J
,askets and holding out bouquets to
empt the wayfarers. A busy stream
f humanity sweeps by with futterirg !
kirts and laughing voices. Electro
ars elang up and down the streets at :
ither end; automobiles. glistening ear :
lagos with jingling harness. and rub 7
er-tired hansoms roll over the wood. :
locked th0r0ughfare. II Is demo :
ratio professionally laborer with his q
ipe. the traveller with dress-su1t case, :
he military officer. the Cabinet NJ n, q
,ter. and. above all. Sydnev's women. g
yer whom poets and authors Of many :
lines have INDUCED in rhapsodIes. :
lid all the din Of the eiry. the flower O
sllers are at their post. and the per 9
lme Of the violet. the ionquil. and the /
sweet scented boronia.' or whatever I
av be the flower Of the season. steals q
pom the senses. while the brilliant ar Z
" of bloom makes an oasis in the Il
asert Of stone. ID
Passing another block, the core Of .
vdney is reached II is the corner Of 81
ing and George streets. where the 81
ain electric tramwav crosses the line 7