AMERICANISING SYDNEY,

Hokitika Guardian, 11 August 1923, Page 4

AMERICANISING SYDNEY,

— SYDNEY. Aug. i. The A:n u icy nis.nl ion of Sydney is a gradual but sure growth. It is a (level :| mein, characteristic cf Sydney, taking the whole ol the Stale*, for the lea-en perhaps that it is the terminal pci I of the American boats. One ,~ec* lids eharaeterist ie in all directions - - In tlie iulcit-c life cf tdv city, in the kaicido-copic whirl Irallic, i.i the riot oi no.se aml life, in the me! -Ira ai.t of mean streets. One ore- it too, in tlie lowering, narrow nan building-, which cannot climb into tin- sky any high r only because of the building regain! ion.-, limiting new buildings Lo 1.Y.1 fc.-i in height, i: 1 the gabby trouser- an-d other sartorial ccveui ricil ies ol tin- ."-nth who Iroquc-ii- King Street ami t- neighbourhood o; the vaudeville .-hows, in a nervous facial disfigurement which looks like St. Vitus’* dance oi the iav. until you find yoitrs. if obsessed with the sane- line,, lll reliable i-a.hif ~l ch.-wing gam. am! in the custom of addies*ing one another in • hroi her,’’ and of using other American colloquialisms. The latest sign of this development is the re; a-iineoda-tion le.- tlie Finance ( euuiiiuee of t tie City G-oineil to change the name of the town hall to city ball, and the name ( ■. the town clerk to city clerk, and so on with oilier officers. The town clerk, who by the way has achieved fame for the se-quipcdaliati sentences which adorn bis long-winded reports probably re-- nl s tin- reform, for I-' is-mimls the community that the proft-sio.i of town clerk dates back at leas!.: to tbe tint of Full" -US beaded a protest to Si. I’-inl ep behalf of Diana of the Ephesian-. \ml that is a long while ee-H