A GOOD WORD

Hokitika Guardian, 2 March 1931, Page 2

A GOOD WORD

FROM FORMER GOVERNOR. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) LONDON, February 27. Lord Beaucliaiup. (ex-Goveruor of New South Wales) has many interesting observations to make in regard to Australia in an article he contributes to the “Empire Review” on “Australia Revisited,” from which the following are extracts: —He says that he “fell in love with Sydney over again.”

He continues: “There are more and finer houses, and more and finer streets there now. A skyline has been created. The great harbour bridge enhances the appearance of the city and the harbour by night, and it will remain one of the most beautiful sights known, Not another city in the- world has such an unspoiled paradise a.s tbe Middle Harbour, which is within six miles of the business point of Sydney, Fortunate are those who live and w°rk within the echo of these incomparable beauties,” He adds; ‘‘The women are beautiful They walk well, being conscious of their fine figures, The. men are splendid athletes, like old Greek statues, with their skins tanned by the sun and wind, It is doubtful if there any-

where can be louiid finer specimens of manhood than the Sydney live savers,” “There has been a wonderful advance of art. The great hall of Syd. ney University is hardly surpassed by that of any University in the world. The tradition of sound learning is well maintained, and the standard of journalism ig a decided improvement on that of last century. The establishment of the Commonwealth has enlarged its statesmanship. Yet every man and woman feels that it has not accomplished all that was expected of it, either politically or in the business world, “The cities of Sydney and Melbourne still go their different ways. The Sydney newspapers have little, if anything, more about the rest of Australia than they had in the old days. It is difficult to discuss the political situation, but the confidence and the resources of the people are undiminished.”

Lord Beauchamp jg confident that if the position is met with determination, prosperity will soon return. He disagrees with the critics that the Australian Governor-General office had greatly changed since the (abandonment of official residence in Sydney and Melbourne, and that much of the interest attaching to the position had disappeared. Canberra was the most beautiful garden city in the world, but at present it is more a garden than a city.