MELBOURNE STREETS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 544, 26 June 1909, Page 3

MELBOURNE STREETS.

.-.Sir,—A.latter.dealing with the above subject, and signed by one "H.8.G.," appeared in. your columns to-day, in,which he vainly tnes.,to, defend the untidy.-.streets of, the great .Victorian metropolis, ,' "H.8.G." quotes as an example Collins ''■ Street with such a flourish of trumpets that; ono 'almost' pictures the good, folk of Melbourne carefully wiping their feet before setting. foot on that highway of .unsullied purity; .With a .truly political instinct,, ho omits to mention "such; thoroughfares as Flinders Street,• Little Bourke Street, and scores more in the heart of the' city,- where the brush of a sweepor-is as'raro as a day without wind in this Empiro City of' ours. "H.B.G;" challenges New Zealanders to visit Melbourne before speaking on this' question. Well, sir, I-am a New. Zealandor, and have' lived in Melbourne) but will be more than pleased to return on a tour of street inspection, provided "H.8.G." will remit me; care your office, one return saloon steamer Lticket,. plus, expenses; on ,tho • voyage. = Meantime,' .—I ain, etc M ■, ",': TED. • June 21.