IMPRESSIONS OF SYDNEY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1517, 13 August 1912, Page 5

IMPRESSIONS OF SYDNEY.

BY THE MAYOR OF AUCKLAND.

(By Telerrnplt.—Sncclal Correspondent.) n i ... Auckland, August 12. S.vdnoy and Auckland are tho two cities ill Australasia lvliioh are maliinr most progress, said tlio Mayor of Aucfc land (Mr. C. J. Parr), when interviewed yesterday by a Hta-ald',' wpresontative on his roturn from a holiday trip to Australia, In the course of his remarks ■Mr. rar r laid/special emphasis 011 tho congestion of Sydney in many departments, and the danger fc.t was imminent of similar congestion in Auckland. Jirery year, 'ho said, "I 710Iij'co a ironderlul expansion in tho urowtli of tdw S-rreit Australian city. In tho last 12 months Hourly 8000 now jiousos wore erected in the metropolitan area. As repaws Auckland, it is of coun?e only about one-six(.h of the size and population of oyoMr. rot proportionately it is jpwin* oven foster. Sydney's trado ixmlrv i« enormous, as it is the pert for the wMo of \ew South Wales, and holds fifth plrjop on the list of the .seaports of the British Empire. It is ra«ilv <Win<Hl | to become th,* 'London of the Pacific' Tho population .is now Cwl.SOfl. Tho cily preper has_ only a population of 118,001). | tlio ram dining half-miilion 'being cateiwt I for "by no fewer than 40 suburban boroughs—a most extravagant and inefficient iorm of municipal tjovominent." >air tli f'lio congestion that was apparent in Sydney. "On tho trams ot crush hours." he. sn.id, "ono >ces dozens of iron hanjrhijr 011 lo (ho footboard, nnd ns Mie ears open fiom the Mde tJio conductor lins a. much vow™ time colled ins bis fares than his' Auckland brother. Uio congestion of {.li-s foiries is woven still. No mmlations for pedestrian fi-.-iffic appear to lie in force. as th« pedesWan (lie footpath at his or generally h<\r swrrt will. Tim streets are very dirty. p-tv'tinulm-V after rain, and tho city scavonsin? mielit bo greatly improved.

"The debt of Sydney o.itv;" said Mr. Pan-, "is and' its a w<+s -Oi.Slfl.nnn. vAJIo th« ennital rMtie of'Mi,, oily and suburbs j« JffS million*. Procirtv vsilik*! ar« ftKwuitwt n'ol remarkably. Tlii' ott:"V d.r.v the Onrcrnwont .irfin.iwl f.liiw aom of land r.t T'niimo." n Sr-Juoy suburb. fcr a tiv.'unVii! school and had to nor .fiil.ffln for it. a preitv stiff -priop ( nr a technical ? : -to. Tliero was a Court caw over it. and it o,mv out that t!>» som» land only n.tinnt 12 years ii<ro we? returned for 'probiite piirpoins at ,t!)(!00."