Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-03
Special Correspondence.

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+. ~ Y1oNEY# Sept. Those of your
A readers who are fresh from their
K ancient history may remember
whether or not 1t was Pompey
who said, IN the memorable words,
I came. saw. | conquerored. /" ii hut
t m privilege to use the words as best
b expressing the triumph of the fleets
entry INTO, and Its staS,i in the famous
4 harbor of Sydney, / venture to say
that nothing heretofore, not even
+ commonwealth day, has so stirred up
y the masses to such q pitch of cnthusI
astn. u was royal reception worthy
IN every sense Of the naval represen-
tatiHess of the government of the land
which Is choice above eli other
lands Its heartiness. no less Than
lt1e Gisplay In connection \ tn it,
makes 1t second to none In the minds
"I those of the fleet with whom we
eonNersed. Ii the boys-for most of then,
are boys IN years have captured the
hearts Of the people OF sydney Nv ~.
+ remarkable absence from row1visn,
and their ways" it is not less true
mat many of them have been captur
~ ~ pS the hospitality of the Austria
IDEAL WEATHER.
~ ne weather during almost the an
e .lIe tinle OF the fleets stay. was i,1eal
5luch resembling the best of orr Ma.
Gays, and 1t added greatly to the free
taaii which n everyone gave to holiday
t ,rahils. Tens of thousands Of coun-
-, ny people joined in the merry making
: .ioGtlS WofG at mr. i,,t,, ~
ina'oss or meals went up from Is 10
e ~ per cent III tho restaurants
~ tlines. however, in this life
G;o.ne 70 an end, and the fleets visit
STOW only at memory, though an en-
tnemelN Pleasant one. ttncle1 sam ha..
been hpaored. and the people f fit
satlSi'eu rs the huge vessels steamed,
oni OF tho Heads today IN their wav
10 Melbourne. whore the sydney re-
ceDtion will be duplicated in heart
lness and good Will, though, the
Z SilslnseapliitN OF the weather and the
! absence Of beautiful harbor, may
lessen its success from d spactaculn,.
point OF View.
THE ARRIVAL.
" sydney. on the night Of August
me l9til, the fever OF expectation was
hlRl the city was thronged with vast
crowds of people. and II is probably
no eXaggeration to say that the ma
1orit-. OF them retired with the de-
termination to catch the first boat
Or train" 70 the Heads to witness
the entrance into sydney harbor Of
the great white fleet.
OBJECTIVE POINTS,
sydney it must be remembered
lies about Z miles west of the emit
rance from the ocean. Two High ROCKY
hcadlands form the North and South
Heads, and they are situated about
q mile apart. 1t was these heights
That were the principal objective
points, Tor the crowds who began to
move with a common impulse at
65o,clock on the morning of Aug 20
some indeed, there We're. who stayed
at the South Head all night. There
was an element of uncertainty about
the time. for although it was arranged
With the admiral by cable to New
leland that the fleet should enter at
l1.3o, it was bruitetl that Admiral
Sncrrv might enter the heads two
hours earlier. This rumor, vague as it
was, gave aest to the movement or
the35mnsseS. amongst whom We're L Z
They, or some of them. were astir
Very early, determined. if possible, to
come early and avoid the rush. TN
fortunately, 1t appeared as if all Aus
4trana had come to sydney and that
they were all working that morn
ngs4ei9-theirisamc plan. Tho trans
( street ca rs Were. all crowded to the
nHnosf FROM the start The most ell
ap9rate preparations had been made
bNithc railway department. (thc trains
ana trans are run by the government
hsfcl for handling the throngs Of
pc5ple that climbed aboard Ell route
to- the metropolis They succeeded