SYDNEY AS IT IS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4829, 19 September 1894, Page 2

SYDNEY AS IT IS.

[BY W-wS ■'"■■'■■iLiiKS.i''dp:"l:{ .... : vtfe ■-'-" ! ' ; •'(Continued!)'^ ~^¥s s Now come,wjth ,me,.to.SydrioyJs.; ;: - Kfiti Domain 1 ;;; It; is • Sunday jfaf between 2 aiid ; 4 "'. o'clock/ 1 A- f JtM|M moments after leaviiig Hyde PflflKfl ybu enter the gates of the You see before you what in AmcraHßl is' designated a common,' or: toallßpß plainer, a large, grassy plofcf|sffljM ground, s t'u dded liere^ftTid, tho ro trees. .Hererind there beneath these ■Norton-Bay fig .trees. ybu ; !pbsorve\ : >i|l|i dusters of human beihgsV Tou post along, and ! oil your'right ybn see, '-;s|| arid hear the niombersof the Salva.'-; £ss tion .Army. „ You, do not stop, but V': :f|f keep straight on for a few stops, suddenly diye off tothe letfc and find: yourself on the outside of .a ring,in . whicha phonograph is being sively patronised. No\r you will hear, '! Anybody :&$ to hear this—wake up McCoMok;?: ■".-; \'% He told me to SVnk¥'iip'otf '2M- '-.■; :$ There is only one that can wake liim ■;,• up, and that is his' wifeftftAnybody !; ■■■■:'-yio : else lib to hear tie conversation f'• Your attention.is >ery ■ soon at- r ■:;¥:,' tractedtoaquarterifronijwhence is ' i'v.S borne shouts of applause and lwra .;,:'« of laughter, and in thecourseblihalf '.' vlf a minute you find yourself on the - outside of alarge gathering!' in ; th*e % } i§ eeutre-a,well-dressed gentleman-is • 'lj discoursing on the subject' of -Tern- ■ '<£ perancb and .tlie behefit^;tb:be ■ vir rived therefrom. Immediately'Jiehind him, in the the same\rjng,ovei>, :s->! shaded by a giant tree,, stands a''; ;::W; second "gent" loudly affirming' liis : yjM opinioflsv.on 'moderate"drinking;;:'.' ":®Z Long after ybu4iave*leTf this? Bpbir you can hear each, of these speakers endeavouring, to soar one above'! the' : other and the continual unlimited ;>J applause aud mirth of thbsejinlhe; near vicinity., ~: ; ; , ;; .\.,,•■,.;:.; ;\|''. > : : ; From, here you';wandern past j several, smaller rings, 'suchas'We's". "^ ; leyans' and mission preachers,;! ; ' ' f throng encircling a large ;tree,where' youwiilfind a Mr.-fir!— explaining; ...-S to an audience tho whys andthe wherefores of his defeat at the last '' . election....,:He isiullyarniedwith J)i>: documentary evidence,- and he -'impresses • many -of ' his h'earers ; ~ 'J':C: with ,the conviction .that he ( has .<&: m been unfortunate in"receiving a Vast 1 ~ •■ : ; y amount of unfair treatment. ■S: Atthis junoturoyoubecomeaware :,£ of a commotion in an assembly near, at hand, and by taking soine thirty ■■■ ■ or forty leaps you arejußt in time;tb' hear a preacher deliver himself thus:' -" Now; gentloinou, before I depart! 2 from the 'centre ; of the.audience, I,' * should like to toll you a little,story; ■ In almost any of; the suburbs" of London, as is well-known, it is im-.\ :. possible to iindfarms', Now, to ob- 4 tain a rich harvest one must sow abundantly,' But-unfortuhatelyin many instances,, the Mack' crows' come along, and before the seed has had sufficient time to sprout, these^, pests of birds are, the means .of thin* T'' :.'.; ning'the ranks of the cbiu Now,' ;■ :'; whatlwishtopointoutisthis. As . soon asl leave thocdntro of tho na- ' .', sembly.my place will be taken.by a dusky individual that holds opposite" views, and lie will in all likelihood, undo all thftgood, ithat; I may have done." 'True enough, he is scarcely out of sightwben a nigger steps into the ring, and while de-', liyering himself o» atheist principles/ ]'v a broad grin is observed forest upqh ; , "'>! his features, in recollection of,tho'; thrust given him by the previous 1 speaker,! .... . . ';; '■■ In the meantimo several planks i are being erected fifty yards away, • y which eventually become a high platform. Around this fully 1000' people very soon.congrcgate, aud in ;? a very short time you learn from the > speakerathat they are dwellingupon the benefits to be derived; in a shareholder of Ik Post, wluobjflß ' is hoped by many Will soonWT v launched forth. ■ -;; ■< ; . .-'■ -- ; How well I remember the Sunday afternoon. I was last standing by this gathering, A young reporter accompanied me. Harrow my attention to a very dilapidated looking individual, that had.just left the ontsido of tho throng, The porson ■ j:' in question lyas, about the : average -■ '■. height, very fair, and at tho moment had his hands, driven deeply into, his trousers- '. pockets, i Ho • walked l ' ' along very quietly, having a very '■' sarcastic smile lighting y\ his 'fea; : ' turos. In a word, this »nt" as'r he is called, is'nouo-olll' than, " Gcraiau Charloy," the atheist, He walked quietly up to a seat, , and instcadof sitting down ns I fully <_•£'" oxpectsd him to do, ho stopped upon tlio top, gazed about him, and then, commonced. Ho reckons thispaper will give you work,"'jerking' his thumb in the direction; of tho ,'■ assembly surrounding tho speaker' dwelling on the working man's' - paper. « Ho can't do it,' ' Now (laughter) the Bird is the' : - " only reb'gious paper I've reai- - 1. and vile I'yo got a penny, I'll pup' ■;:.: it!" At this point a piece of paper' ' was : pinned to his coat-tail, and in ■ ,'>v the coiu'so of a.few seconds a small" blaze' was 'creeping' (Jharloy's' ' J " -5• back. The samo sarcastic, smile yet played over his features while he; : . ■ went on all unconscious of the fact which sb tickled the feelings of those" ; '' ; about him, " Now, —is not such 1 } : •-. a bad place after —"■ the flame v . ; & hadbythistimei'eachedthe speaker's -1' :v; neck; and there were many that did not quite believe his asse^* 1 ' vK tion as they.observed tLe. 'vanishing. ' ~}s£ smile and momentary terror 'in ; his ;-£'<■:; eyes. t«o, Chailey was again standing on, }tss the seat, stntun/that "ho knew i&lS boj s 'v, ould Way somo funny dings, v fs and dat vas vy he left his gootroatat >-«! home ii r <r , WM In conclusion, I B hould like to vj?§ montion' another fact which proves -vsf in itself the deplorable destitution -M to be found in tho ranks of tae 4- ?S$ employed Any night go ?pl into Hyde Paik, and thence th Wh ' the Domain, and you will see thou. $%% j -1 pi

I' sands of UMd&unafemen stretched £ upon the awai>3,' 'endeavoring to I' snatch a littlerfprgotfuluoss of tho b hard fate which looms before them £ morning, noon nnd night, and then I' tiy to solve the labour-problem.