IN AND AROUND I for the Utah Independent by Muriel M. eh we round the bend in the river 6 On this point to built a lm of is also a steam ferry ut this section Almost directly opposite to this point is the heart of the The of both the coasting and pleasure are built here at a place called Petrie's The main street of the called Queen starts at this where also is built the custom Leaving the we will board an up-town car at the custom house and commence an inspection of the Riding up Queen street we pass many large some pretty and some After a short ride we come to the Victoria This bridge is made wholly of and was built in In that year there was a disastrous and the former bridge was washed as were houses and and everything that came in the track of the This bridge is built very and though there have been floods since that have done much the bridge remains and I think it will continue It is over one-quarter of a mile in and is wide enough to allow cars to pass each way on also two or three wagons each and then there is another place each divided from the main for pedestrians to Once across the bridge and we are out of the heart of the into what is known as South There are a number of private hospitals built up around here and also stores of all so that one living here does not need to go right into town for After a ride of about fifteen minutes we come to the town hall ana also the technical which are very pretty as well as useful I want to say here that the streets in Brisbane are not laid out in as they are but are and one could very easily get lost in the They are not named by east or but right in the city they are named after kings and The king streets run east and west and the queen streets run north and Out of the heart of the city the streets have various some after great others after After another short ride we come to the place called At this place five roads cross each and it is called the Taking the car out on one of the roads called near the end of the we come Road Going east from called Bogga to the in East and here also is the we are a little the bridge and entering again down to the part where I believe will go into the we It is called the and most of the trade is carried city passes through There the in I th every car what is carried on m some part o the trade but s not a street cars are run on a far different city of of The they principle here t vh eare Tt per that taking and it is one penny t get You Innot transfer from one car to another on one When you pay your fare you are given a which you keep till you leave the and then you are supposed to destroy These tickets are white and blue the red one the white and the blue and the distance you are allowed to travel on them is punched so there can be no Also the conductors do not register the but they can tell how fares have been taken by the number of tickets given though this is not as easy as to register as they do There are a number of public and also many private There is a normal high schools and colleges so that the educational system is The sporting practices there are sailing and camping out at the sea also cricket and football aro leading Many people who don't know us believe us to be and I have often been asked to The aboriginals were but they are almost Their only language was Now the inhabitants of Australia are emigrants from all over the and I believe that every nation is represented The language spoken there is We acknowledge the king of England as our king and though we are his subjects we are not subject to We make our own laws and practically as free as the U. S. A. I read an account in a Salt Lake dated about giving a description of It was to this have hair instead of the leaves of the trees grow straight up and give no and the trees shed bark and not the The last though is nevertheless but the two former ones are utterly There are as grand shade trees there as can be found and anyone in their right mind might know that all birds have Maybe these things were true at the time they were but if then things have sure taken a turn for the better since that The scenery both along the coast and inland is remarkably and it would take a more skilled pen than mine to begin to describe its So I will close this advising those who are further interested to take a trip there and learn for themselves things that I am unable to I have only written what I and there are larger cities than and all over Australia is scenery as nature alone can have my heart's deep emotion when I think of thee Sitting proudly out there on the The Sovereign of the Southern and show the world thy Answer that thou art born Love thy Peace thy Independent thou Home Hail to