The Coolidge examiner., 1936-12-24

doing service.
One commissioner from England,
however, complained that the 75-
cents-a-day architect was making
"too great a sacrifice of time and
labour to the purpose of ornament
and effect!"
In 1851 came a gold strike in New
South Wales. A rush was on. From
all over the world arrived seekers
after fortunes, as in the California
rush of '49. AS in our West, many
Of the diggers later became settlers.
More men, more wealth, and more
trade doomed Australia. So, too,
did Sydney grow.
A City in Transition
Today old buildings are being de-
molished to make way for new; riv-
eters beat a tattoo on gaunt steel
skeletons of tomorrow's new shops
and offices; a pathway is being
moved through two blocks to ex-
tend another thoroughfare.
1t is a city in transition. Sleek
modern buildings of concrete and
polished stone surround but do not
engulf a Renaissance town hall,
a Byzantine market, fine Gothic
churches, a Tudor castle govern
ment house, and an Ionic art gal
lery. The forid Victorian appear
ance, however, is rapidly disappear
ing.
Neon lights proclaim night clubs,
theaters, and motion-picture pal
aces" Last year Sydney played
to crowded houses its first all-Aus-
tralian musical comedy. Libretto,
lyrics, and lines were from Austria
liam pens; beaches and the Blue
mountains were its locale.
American institutions have
touched the city. Milk bars, or soda
fountains, fruit-juice stalls, and
light-lunch restaurants have be-
come popular. But a drug store is
still chemist shop" where only
drugs are dispensed, and one buys
cigarettes from a tobacconist.
One large department store has
devoted extensive floor space to a
restaurant, where more than 5000
luncheons are served every busi-
ness day, besides providing special
cafeterias and dining rooms for its
1000 employees. Throughout the sub
urban districts, gasoline stations
(petrol pumps) have sprung up.
One even rejoices in the name of
"Ye Auto Drive Inn"
Sydney's streets in the down town
business section are becoming pain
fully cramped for the heavy traf-
fic that surges through them.
Great Wool Sales
The Royal Exchange is the larg-
est wool selling center in the world,
having displaced London, which
held that position for many years.
More than a million bales of the
golden fleece are auctioned off ev-
cry year. In addition, there are
salesrooms for tallow, hides, sheep
skins, and other pastoral products.
A wool sale is a fascinating thing
to watch. Foreign buyers, Austria
liam milling groups, and local wool
scourers fill the amphitheater on
each sale day. Catalogues are pro-
vided, in which are numbered and
classified the different lots to be
sold. The wool is previously put on
display for inspection at local brok-
ers' show stores, SO that the selling
is done only by number.
At the auctioneer's call for bids
two dozen men may jump to their
feet, barking figures and signaling
with their hands.
On Saturday afternoons the har-
Dor and Sydney's flying squadron
attract doctor, lawyer, business ex-
ecutive, bus driver, dock hand, and
shop clerk.
Some devotees are in sweaters
and shorts, hauling at sails; others
are in flannels, watching from the
decks of trim motor craft; hundreds
line the rails of special ferries that
follow the race; the mid-harbor is
lands and foreshores along the
course are vantage points for still
others.
Like a flock of white winging
gulls, the competing craft tack and
skim over the water. With all cam
vas piled on in fresh nor'easter,
it is a beautiful sight.
During the long summer season
thousands Of the city's sun worship
ers resort to the beaches and swim
ming pools. Nature has provided
Australia with II 900 miles of coast.
line, along which are innumerable
golden-sanded beaches. Around the
harbor and along Pacifc-laveG
coast in the immediate vicinity OF
Sydney there are twenty beaches to
choose from.
At two of these beaches, Bondi
and Bronte, 100000 annually -
counting repeaters-go to "shoot
the breakers" and frolic on the
dazzling sands. A hardy, bronzed
lot they are, these brilliantly suited
chi1drnn of tho GIN