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

| and steamers, the slender masts and
maze OF rigging foresting the shore
| with ropes and spars A small fleet of
cruisers lends impressivaness to the
scene. Comfortable ferry boats slip in
and out on their journeys to and from
the suburbs on the opposite shores.
These ferry boats at night present a
charming sight. As they leave the
Quay, a multitude of bright lights
sparkle at many jetties, throwing
splashes OF soft color in the water.
Half a million people dwell within a
radius Of few miles of Port jackson.
L am told that great changes have
taken place of late years; but we of
today are only on the threshold of the
civilization destined to flourish here.
This peerless bay-accessible, deep
safe, convenient, in climate free from
winter snow and summer heat. the mort
Of one of the most productive coun-
tries known. where Nature is lavish
alike of her crops and precious metals
who dare set a limit upon its re-
sources? The eyes of the world are
upon the Pacific now and upon Austria
liza. Port Jackson is the great point
of departure for Australia into the Pa
cltic. and as such is destined to be one
Of the great world harbors of the wears
to come.
For a bird 's-eye view of the city. no
point of view is more commanding than
the clock tower of the General Post
office What view is spread about
Elthin the wide sweep of horizon-of
life with all its varied activities-eom-
meree, shipping, and manufacturers 1t
is like sitting down with whole me-
tropoiis wriggling under the micro
scope. To the east the broad waters
of the harbor, with its hundred little
bays and inlets, its docks, its wharves.
where lie at anchor the shipping of
the four corners of the world. On the
eastern horizon the blue Pacific. whose
pillows, after troubled crossing of
thousands Of miles of ocean, crash and
disappear on many a foam-fIeeked
shore. Far awsy to the west lie the
indigo hills of the Blue Mountains.
those silent ramparts which guard
closely their treasures of valley and
waterfall and limestone cavern But
the city! Oh, the city, How it crowds
around with its wilderness Of gray
walls and windows, cleft here ana
there by lines of parallel streets, along
which cars may be seen moving at reg
ular intervals. How it is spread out
there on the slopes with IT'S lofty tower
buildings and a line of pale hills fad
ing beyond into purple behind smoky
haze. The clang and din filters up
from the busy streets in subdued tones,
with the voices Of happy children
caught by a veering gust of wind.
Stately ferry steamers pursue their
course to the rising towns on river and
harbor Overland trains speed away /
into the great interior to fetch the I
priceless minerals which have been |
drawn from the earth 5 bosom.
Developed by Australian energy into 1
the Queen City of the Pacific littoral, ,
Sydney has before il a more brilliant !
future than the most sanguine of its
founders dared anticipate May that
Iargeness Of public spirit. that breadth .
Of view, and that readiness to CO.
operate in all that is good. which dom
mate its earnest and virile citizens,
grow and develop until the world is
made TO appreciate and pay tribute to
The genius and enterprise Of this new
Commonwealth In the south. where
exists today the highest development
If democracy and liberty ever known
10 the sons Of men.