Sydney.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 287, 4 August 1888, Page 6

Sydney.

A younu; Aucklandei, x\bo has recently gone to Sydney, willing his impressions, says : — "The wooden cottages of New Zealand are missed a good deal at first. The aichibecbure i.s not remarkably good. Tei races aie the feafcme ol the buildings here off the m.un fchoioughfares, but the rents that ate recehed are fubuious compared to what is paid in your colony. A six-roomed dwelling, with the conveniences that are procurable in a similar sized house in Auckland, ranges from £3 in tie city to 25s and 30s in the suburbs : then the allotment is small, with no ground except a box of backyard and perhaps a foot- or two garden in front. Living is perhaps a trifle dearer here. Milk is of poor quality, and' sixpence per quart. Meat is also" poor,, very uninviting in appearance, and lacks, the flavour of New Zealand beef, and the price is higher, in some instances, as much as 2d per pound more. Groceries are about the same, while clothing is cheaper but not of such good quality as the New Zealand v*o\en goods. Boots, etc., are cheaper and better finished than the Auckland-made article. The daily papers teem with "wanteds" every morning, with a large \ariety of work requiring to be tilled. On the other hand, if you take a stroll through Hyde Park during the morning or afternoon you will see hundreds of the unemployed sitting about of a similar class to those that mostly frequent the; leading-ioom of the Auckland Free Library.. Speaking of the Public Library here, th«e Auckland building is far ahead of that ian Bent street here, but the contents make up for any deficiency in the housing, of the literary treasures, and a large 1 addition is in course of erection. There) have been a good many anti-Chinese meetings here lately, and the papers elsewhere* stated that there werethou&andsof the class of unemployed willing to work if they coulck obtain it ; bub as far as I could see at night), that being the time the meeting's were generally held, I failed to .see so many present, and/ al&o thought that it was a good deal exaggerated. 1 see by a late return that theie are no less than 800 inmates in the Old Men's Refuge at Liverpool, about 25 miles from town on the southern line. That number only represents the city, there being other homes in various parts of the colony. If a young man -comes over here he should have at least £20 in his pocket with a good outfib and piepared to go to Victoria or Queensland if he does not succeed here. Thereare so many ways of spending money here,, and it is so easy to do so when out of employmenb that you want to be on your guard all the time. Lodgings in the boarding houses here are very indifferent, andl cannot compare to Melbourne, where th« terms are much lower and the accommodation and bill ot fare much botter. There, are a good many Auckland ers going about, the town — are, in fact, inspectors of public; buildings."