The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-08-18

SYDNEY, Australia. Aug. 1S.- American visitors to the Euchaf!s- tic Congress. to be held here from September six to nine, will see a beautiful modern city which has been developed from pioneer tra- ditions not unlike those of their own great metropolitan centers.
 Sydney, the mother city of Aus tralia, was founded 150 years ago It now has population of 1,200,- 900 and is spread over an area of 550 square miles. from Broken bay, the Hawkesbury river and Pittwater on the north, to Botany bay on the south. Botany bay is the birthplace of modern Aus tralia. for at this point Captain Cook landed April '2S, TITO, and hoisted the frs. British flag on Australian soil.
 The natural beauty of the city is considered incompatible by many From it's northern boundaries il |
 stretches across elevated plateaus in some places rising to height of TOO feet to Botany bay, its southern boundary. This area is broken almost centrally by Syd- ney harbor, often called the most
 beautiful harbor in the world
 Headland after headland, of ma room. brown and gold colored sand stone, clad with luxuriant gray green vegetation, pierce the blue | waters of the Pacific, which break into foam upon a series of golden sand beaches far below
 As the traveier approaches Syd- ney by way of the heads of Port Jackson, he sees why Captain Cook at first sailed by the har- Dor. The heads rise perpendicu- lar from the sea to height of more than 150 feet, and it is only after passing through break in the outer cliffs. that an inner passage is disclosed, unfolding in to a wonderful vista of bays, is- land, beaches and headlands. The shore line of this magnificent har- bor is 1S3 miles lond.
 Eight pictnresqr2 1mall islands lie on the harbor, the most inter-. esting of which is Fort Denison, where quaint little fort. erected in 1854 to offer resistance to a threatened Russian invasion dur
 ing the Crimean war, still stands. It's primitive cannon fires daily welcome to incoming vessels.
 The harbor is spanned from Dawes point to Wilson's Point by m arch bridge ,3,77O feet long, which is still under construction.
 The city itself Is thoroughly up- to-date. It's spacious. we'll laid out streets. set off to advantage the many fine public buildings, of which the Town Hall. with It's ss5.OOO grand organ, the general post office. the national art gal, lery, the Mitchell, library. the Aus 'rallan museum. the treasury and the government savings bank are outstanding examples. There arc. a number of first class hotels ih Sydney. and many highly capital ized banks and business organi-. cations. The city is. served by five daily newspapers, housed in modern structures There are also number of weeklies and a gool provincial press.
 The Australian climate is partic- ularly suited to outdoor snort. and the Australians are keen sportsmen. Randwick race course and the Sydney cricket ground are popular meeting places. lnterna- tionai test cricket and football tennis. golf. bowls. and other athletics offer sports events of wide interest to the visitor.
 Private wealth in New South Wales. of which Sydney is tha capital. is officially. placed at $2.25O for each unit of population a rating only exceeded by the Unit ed States. It is estimated that more than 70 per cent Of the adult males are possessed of es-