New Britain herald., 1925-08-08
SYDNEY REALLY IS
 A WONDERFUL CITY
Australian Port Resembles San
 Francisco

] Washington, D. c, Aug. s- "of all the ports at which American
 blue jackets call in their tourney in the Pacific, Sydney, Australia, 1 probably seems least like a foreign city, says bulletin from the
 Washington, D. C., headquarters Of the National Geographic society.
 sydney Is big and busnlng," con. linucs the bulletin. It has business | buildings on the American plan;' wide awake newspapers (printed in English, of coursel: fine shops. theaters offering London and New York hits; and restaurants that serve roast beef and potatoes and
 'ham-and,' In word, able seamen , Tommy Taylor of St. Louis and Dick Martin of Atlanta - as well as Ole Andersen Of Minneap polls and Juan Gomez of Los Angeies-wili find pretty much the same atmo- sphere they are used to back home, Citizens of other Australian cities are constantly chiding sydnlans with having become 'Americanized.' In Many Ways Like San Francisco Specifically, Sydney Is most often compared with San Francisco. The similarity begins at the harbor mouth where the Sydney Heads stand in place Of the Golden Gate, marking the doorway to great land-locked bay with a huge clty climbing the hills from its shores. The streets of Sydney. however, are neither so broad nor so steep as those Of the Golden Gate city. An other point Of similarity between sydney and San Francisco Is the 1 existence of thriving suburban communities across the bay and the busy shutting of ferries back and 1 forth.
 Its excellent harbor has been ! one of the big factors in making { Sydney. with its population of about a million the great city which it is | today. The Heads stand about a { milo apart - great, pink sandstone cliffs, one c4o and the other 37t feet hiph. From the Heads the har- hor winds inland for Is miles, vary ing in width from quarter to two | miles. Its importance is greatly en. hanced by the existence of innum- erable arms and bays and coyes. nearly all with deep water to the shore, making them admirable for the handling Of shipping. The, har- hor has been compared to huge fern leaf with its many convolu- tions. Nearly 900 miles of water front is available in Sydney harbor. The people of Sydney insist that theirs ia the best harbor in the world; and certainly it is among the 1 finest.
 i Circular Quay City's Center Most of the peninsulas and points are wooded and stand high l above the water and have been used
 s sites for handsome villas and ] more modest bungalows.
 The city had It's birth on Sydney cove four miles inside the Heads i on the southern shore of the har- | hor. There Governor Phillip. the i father of Australia, landed in Jan nary l7SN, and about this cove thr city, small and great, has ever sincs centcred. Along the shore of th@ cove is the well known Circular Quay on which passengers from the great ocean liners land. and to and from which most of the ferries ply.
 "On the land side, the chief streets lead from the Circular Quay. The street of streets is Pitt. On it and George, Elizabeth and Castle reagh streets nearby are shops that bear comparison with the best in London or New York, the principal thcatcrs, banking houses and insur. ancc offices. The older buildings in sydney are of British architecture, but the newer business buildings are built with the steel frame con struction so popular in America, and arc, in fact, modest 'skyscrapers.' Since early days the height of buildings has been limited to lso feet and the limit is strictly ad- hered 10,
 An Outdoor City r.
 Sydney is approximately In the latitude of Valparaiso and Buenos Aires, a comparable latitude to Santa Barbara. California The eh- mate Is delightful and Sydnians are enthusiastic outdoor advoeatee Most of the residences are provided with sleeping porches used the year around. The provisions for sports and rccreations are abundant. Three fine beaches open to the ocean are in easy reach, and almost in the city is a race track. The larger parks are provided with golf links, football fields, cricket pitches and tennis courts, while small parks in inc heart of the city make avail able bowling greens covered bowl ing alleys, and croquet grounds.
 Sydney Is growing faster than most Of the large cities of the world. Within the past year 1t Is believed 10 have passed the million mark. Already one-siXth of the population of the huge Australian continent Is concentrated in Sydney and its growth goes rapidly on" .....