SYDNEY’S GROWTH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 1073, 23 November 1911, Page 2

SYDNEY’S GROWTH.

Discussing the growth of Sydney with a reporter, Mr K. R. Waite, curator of the Canterbury Museum, who recently returned to Christchurch from a visit to Australia, said he had noted remarkable activity in the building trade in the New South Wales capital. Whilst in Sydney Mr Waite was informed that during the past four years ,£20,000,000 worth of buildings had been erected there and during the past 12 mouths houses had been erected at the rate ot one a day in North Sydney. Traffic on the tramway and on the ferry boats had increased enormously, and the boring or tunnels beneath the harbour was stilL being discussed as an alternative to erecting a bridge. The traffic on the lerry boats was so enormous that the boat-boys continually called out “ Hurry on, please ! ” purely irom iu co ul habit. No one hturieu. verandah posls are being dispensed with in order to give more room for pedestrians. Tramway poles and telephone poles were also disappearing, the telephone wires being placed underground. The prosperity of Sydney and New South Wales was ascribed to various causes. It was claimed by some that the Rabour Government were responsible, and by others that purely natural causes produced it.