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FRANCE LOOKS AT CANRKIMIA. «l 'A RIS, .Inly 17. The publicity tluit Australia receives in |<'ranoe ran yes from the performances of racing cyclists to such matter as the following, from “L’Ami du PeupJe,” a widely-circulated journal owned by the scent manufacturer, M. Coty. “Canberra, the capital of Australia, a city constructed in the desert, was inaugurated with great pomp. It- is the seat of the Federal Government, but, apart from several thousand functionaries who are obliged to live there, it has not r,u inhabitant. The Government has decided' not to put into execution projects for the aggrandisement and embellishment of the capital. Works have been abandoned and the public gardens are not kept up. The only visitors are multitudes of ~njmals of all kinds which have ioiiml an agreeable refuge. “The explanation of this abandonment is very simple to tho e knowing the manners and tastes oi Australians, who love either the intense noise of Alelbonrre and Sydney or the absolute calm and solitude of a rarch. Canberra will remain a. deserted capital uut'l great changes, which are impos sible to prophesy, occur in Australia.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1931, Page 7
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188DESERTED CAPITAL Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1931, Page 7
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