Sydney Revisited.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 11

Sydney Revisited.

A WELLINGTONIAN'S IMPRES- . .. sions. Among the passengers •by tho s.B. Manuka, which arrived from Sydney , on Wednesday,' wero Mr.' W. Crichton (of the firm-of-Messrs.- Grichton and,." M'Kay, architects), and Miss Crichton, who havo just spent'an'cujoyablo holiday, csteriding over six weeks, in that city.'and its neighbourhood. - : , -Chatting. with a Dominion reporter. Mr..: Crichton-stated; that-no ram to speak of ; hati;heeii cxperiencod'.in Syd- ■ jn'ey ;for,'three months. VDuring thoir f ■visit, only.a.couple.of; light sho\vcr« fell, and • tho ; rea'diiigs ■ of' the. thornio-■. meter.varied from'SO.to>9l-degrees m . .the shnde.' . : :'He' took/his ■'4-cyUnder IG-. ' h'.p. ■ Minorva . moWr 'oar with ; him, and they .were; ableTto under-. take \a. mirnberof. pleasant /tours,.': in-. eluding,.' visits .-.t0,, the..Ulu'eV Mountains and caves, ;Bujler .and and * 'Newcastle.; .Vlnv all,; 1200' miles ;wero cbvbr'edi. .Generally speaking,;the roada >•-. were, in; "anything ;but :;first-cliiss''order ■ as a /result *. of -tho' ; continued;, dry weather.', : Thqro vwtis ."also, room': for". ■great improvement':in' the.-siirface of • th'e.-main' streets'-and.vpftvemcnts;'' the . deplorable'icohdition of-the former be- • ; irig', iriainly. due to divided'iadministra- ' tiye control. "The configuration of -the nihv;.ftnr]-its'nnvirons; is'.ofL'ii'.vnry hilly; nature; in : fact, itjis-difficult : to find ' half a milo-of flat road; within, a distanccot. ono hundred miles of- the metropolis.- ■ .■' .■ ■ -. . Popularity: of Motoring. ■ • As an instance of diow'popular motoring has become in>Sydney'he mentioned that therc woro-145'cars (estimated to bo .worth, m> the aggregate, £100,000) in; the National the otkor day, when ' several' hill-climbing ' competitions, ; • •

' . Since Ins. last'-visit, five .years ago, the, city, had,: Mr. Crichton said,' grown tremendously. ;Quito ,v number of very (X)st|y; vp^.blicr;.buildings : vhad-,; been • ercctedi 'Ecores-' of'.largb- uusiness establislmiimts ah(l.';suites ;of ;ofiices : had' bYon buirt'-Vand :■ thb for'"rciidentia! l 9ites;'lvadvbpen's f o''groat''that.'tlie;uumber ofvaciiit; allbt'rii'eii t-is UvTt hi n' 1 . a> conßidwablo; radiusbf; ithoTcity -' was; now' - very feW;'; ; :That;.tKp^ brisk': might be] judged; 'tliat tho ;close' oh' i; of; 1 wbfk' .in. ,hand'at';-preshnt:^'iThb;.nevr'ra^ building, of; It T'yas'.btiijt:;6n'\yery,;isUbst-K«tial ( J and';mod--,'6m- i littdsv : -'b^g''bott > eo^\)diotU''imd Public Buildings. , ' ; Anbthor ':very.'; fine I structure i was.. the' Fisher It' was a; stbnb' building in, tho. porpen-. 'ditialftr' Gothici' style.-;' A ; contract; had,. h(i mentioned, just boon .let for the :Si>lid cqdaV; open^roof,'which ,would he thoHh'ir.d;larges;t', : opbiv.Hamnicr,Beams - roof. , : in* the world;: Tho.' contract' price "teas : .'£i6;oo6.Other; '' costly -. public 'buildings. ..'inl'CputSe: of';,brt.itiou-in-'' eluded., the;.NatipiialiTiibrary,' .(one sec- . tio'n of which liad. bcoii finished) and • Quito ;i,i.ii,iihib{i'',',pf.; esta^ish".tfeiirßs Irpwcre'-.bbihg' built . and • ojinbrs wer.o' jectcdi . : V,Thb: ',newer, -''r'esiy l pnce's..i)"ei'o ..jnerp subi'tantial. a'.id;. mbrp v -.'.hpmoly. >lost of .3hein„W.oro ;ih(tho- modeniisod Anno style. _ , , 'iir-Mr.;. .Cribhton-.: was ;,sttuck>v with'; the Beem<4'. ,'to pfbviiil. in.'. Sydney..'2 Eeferring to the trhtiiivay,;'isyst6m'i ? v ;ihb,: : .said;. vthat,., at tihlesi' ■' tn"6ttiiffib' .Vas iSo\^reat: : tliat'jt, wa si"^ with/ In. order |fe:V.-rctnwK-C^j^rß:^.®^T®' a ?v-':?! !^ i hfancßes ■; ffteorty'-./.'So;-;;' said, proposed. ' Sincbtho-,parks;wore -handed', over, to tho;Couhei^':th'6y.V'' t }:' ) - ot!n^^ijlilih- better nari*fl for. And: nndesirablo characters rbfb llMv kept out., At; night the parks 'tfirb'-'iUdmiliatodi.'Aby v. means .-of; arc lamps.' ■Bv ;■ removing-. the ' iron, fences Around' somb of- tho-rcsci-yes- the general appaaranco ;had been -considerably ..enhanced