| Show LETTER A SALT LAKER NOW IN TUE ANTIPODES A Roundy Formerly Form of u this to City Now n a Ib Man Mani Glass Firm In Sydney N NS c i ngor agor for lor n 1 Dig Big S W In a to Gov I H 11 M Wells I and 5 Topics In Australia ut Largo j r t A Bound formerly II a well known member n na of II ill bC ill firm t hero here writes v rl teH In Inn entertaining vein to Gov leber leberN n a verY N M wills Wells free New South Wales Tales Mr is III tiger for the tho of ct tho United Slates company of Pittsburg In Inthe Inthe the and In capacity does considerable by sea en and laid south of the equator In his hili letter to 00 Gov Wells he gives elvell his In III Inthe the of giant ferns and the laughing jacl ass and Incidentally tall tally Includes soniC Boma from the standpoint of nn an American Tho rho letter Is III subjoined I Sydney N S 8 W R Aug I I havo thought for some limo that when tho I right ammo to 10 me I i n II letter to 10 you regarding I Its people climate etc I been hero here now over 38 18 months month havo traveled In that over by b l and oud sea through and ond Au Tasmania aid New ealand It I IA II a big contract to try Iry and go 10 Into It II nil all In one letter but hul wll make I n start with Sydney and see sea how we 0 come on I The most thing about Sydney ls Is Its Ita harbor to 10 ho the tho best beH In the tho world I 1 dd not blame the tho for being belnA proud ol of It It As AM you this country by you YOl make n a bee line for what appears IL a mass of rock hut but upon getting nearer nil an opening la lending nit Mr to the Ih left lell upon through this channel you ou enter the tho proper It ItIs Is II almost completely land locked It In II Inthe the shape of a 1 hand with n a dozen Ul or more fingers leading oft off In every ovely tl dl All little coves covell or ai In In Ite have deep water right up to the shore to so that the largest Ocean going steamers cnn can go III up to limo tho almost I have been told there are 1110 over oler tulles miles of shore line Ino the tho heads rho fhe numerals bays bas Is very hilly null rocky some of the rocks the nize ol of 1 n house Scrub null big eucalyptus trees gross groll everywhere they cnn can het 1 a as s foothold The are aro mostly CO cow erect ered with Ith red the roofs presenting II a wonderfully pretty sight night as you steam leam t Into the harbol harba VIEW The location micro the tho harbor Is III eon can 1 rather the tho nicest part for rest resl dental purposes I Ferry elry boats ply buck back forth ot at convenient hours houra and In III Inthe the amid evening hours It Is in I n right to aee ee then them Wt Wo IIvo across the tho hay Ia I leave Hove rented fait talf o of ill n a the tho owner occupy occupyIng Ing the other othel halt The Tho part wo we rook look wan partially furnished but we had to buy buya a fe tow timings like American making chairs refrigerator etc ele just jUat enough to make mak us comfortable wo We to ho he sort fori or of ramping out but enjoy It very mUch I con can walk Ilk to the ferry from either side eldo In 10 minutes It II then Ihen tal takes C 20 minutes It to cross To 10 one In Inthe Inthe the Interior It It 1 n great Hrent aught the Mr har harbor bar bor Is always full of and 1 war a from nil parts of the tho ts 1111 1 ns as they are constantly going unit coot coni coniIng Ing there Is new to 10 lee Fee every everyday day here WO We live Is In on a II hill hll over the harbor with a I lovel lovely view especially at al night the tho city ant nil the boats boat are oro lighted Owing to the tho thelong long IonA drouth lx years which country lien Id through nil kinds or of foOdstuffs or are very high We S e find It almost to 10 I keep meat meal overnight over overnight night especially III hl the Slimmer It Is 19 ritually alive In the morning Our back blek backyard yard ard has hind several funerals of din carded meat I 1 pass now hu buy 1 n few chop or 1 a on the way any homo which we cook cock and anI eat before It Roes goes hall bad Ice Ico Is a 1 rare rat here one olle occa seen see A on an Ice Ico wagon It usually Is II a fancy little thing about what whal am Levy Ic would deliver cigars with ot of San Ham reminds rne me ot of 1 n sign on George litre street here It says Your old friend flam Levy Iov in IA back again I took look Mra Irl Hound Roundy over to see aee It It reminded us ol of home ICE ICI AT A To go AO back to the Iho Ice n a piece about the tho alze of 1 n Snit Lake o coslA 12 cents I dont ono faun lIy ihy out of a hundred ever buys a piece of Ice end and tile the s seen em to prefer worm to cold colli water The fhe water gets very as al the pipes are on top lop or of the ground as an asIt anIt It never neer freezes here hem there thero is III no need neNI for them to bo be burled the sun lun gets gels n good goor Imel tit pt them It never forgets to I shine here We keep keell no all an anthy thy Ih would only he be In the way 1 n woman wo man comes comell In now and then to do the Worst ot of the tho cleaning We AVe cook our hit hittie It tie meals Ent on en the porch In Ill the tho lichen or parlors ns as wo we feel and I will tell lell you privately they taste guild I would rather have n 0 piece of oC bacon and anda a 0 potato at home than limo tho best heet meal mal tat ho be bought ut a rent Au A I 1 away from home two thirds of the tho time slopping ul at hotels Anti restaurants J I reel feel that I 1 1111 n a good Judge IS AIm ABE Al of hotels will say IllY tilOt as aA a arule rule they lire are very ery good 1111 when or of food CoOt Is vCr Very cheap The charge per day doy is 19 or bout about nw no With II a rebuts or of 10 per cent to lien One never locks doors al hotels here neither do you see a 1 bath attached Iho bath rOom Is III usually off olt the corridor which nu 11 gut get Into as 08 yon on can the Australian Is in great nn Ids his morning shower shaver and 01 are house If the Is nut rhe The house t Into your our roan in n the early morning bringing n cup of ten teo aid the tho morning paper Iho first than limp limo Iho maid up ul In my n om o p If I ow felt s but but like soon e on g got tisa m I could tinder SU say h lIo Jenny or her name Wan With Ih the h best at of them In addition to cOrd cold them Is II lIet In tho the smoking room roan at n 1 no In the goes very this nice with 1 bottlo are f very nice I Inee l the tho door dear upon ulon rp retiring tI rill to 0 giver I ven oVer to the tho tender mercies ol of the hoots boots who known an much shout shining then them oa 05 a hog hor does elL en On friend lilY to bu but rn a a friend from New York York got One e shoo buck In ht the tho morning tails I swore there ero were but one there thero When Ih h Ire he gathered them up said hI he hIt thought 1 n one occupied the t room o fly Iy friend never neer la the other he h but tried to 10 make mallo the hotel imy for lor then thein had n no luck cIl L AP FRUIT 10 we r are nrc raw III n the middle ot of winter lovely nice nl Yn cool O heather front but Just just and crispy cr This in 18 the sensor Strawberries n all Iro owing Growing but Ir W I are arc In market marker Pine apples f 1 very rr I bought three of r neo of Speaking es rem I mo of ono one wo Of Over r home I brought Q It down from U QuA se the tho other tiny till It mens green Breen around n l weighs 11 g S lop n 20 As It 18 le yet ct We are for Cor It to got get ripe As 11 Ills 1 n s special order paid u II bib Price Is 2 n I cents All n Il rule CUIe though fruit in IH ilea numb to q the old reasons tile the drought and duty duly I Isome some limes think If the fruit cult Vendo a did mot those two to gran hlo about they would feel like shutting up While un on this drought ques cilles question lion tion I will SO say It tins been heln n terror Rome Horne hl have VO not seen n II drop or of calm for fOl raven years till year I told that whet It did come the whole population In the bank back districts stood out 1111 got II a good 1001 soaking they were PO en thankful rho ha rivers dried lip nail trees died stock by the tho per Ishell thousands of It that were well elf orr 1 n few rew years ago are the poor poorest est cat or of poor now When I 1 nent up north northa a year ego Igo the whole was as the tho color of II a roadway the contrast he be betwee twee tween then and now In III wonderful I came camo through there again last week no note everything Is in of the green greenest est cst green nod what stock I 1 fat fot hut but It will take n 1 Ion long time to tore re the country OF 01 FLOWERS Tills This Is a paradise for flowers the tho roses grow In the tho open nil air are a 1 we weed d palms palmI ferns erns are the tho size Ire of oC trees then are quantities or of lowers flowers entirely new to 10 lIe On lilY my way WIY to my lace tilLS morning I Immense greut grent trees tree II a thick shiny leaf lull full of perfect perfectly t ly Iy white the lire size or of 1 n dinner plate I Was told lohl before leaving hOllo that tho birds hal no song or the low Ilow lowers ers ems any odor Ecru os as to 10 flowers the will wild ones oneil any have beer heen what was nR meant but the ones I 1 son ace are most fragrant r J dont know of an any birds helo 1014 that hove n tee ong nong the most or of them have n screech like tine tho cockatoos anI parrots ED STREETS ETS This ell city or of Sydney hUI n a population of oC halt a 1 million 1101 covers n a great t ox ex panne or of country rho lire 1110 very crooked reminding one of Hon Bos Honton Boston ton that Nearly oil all the ve e seen lleen are uro of oC the two 1110 wheeled kind 1111 the Ih ones used for hauling brick and other heo heavy loads It If more than ono borne Is needed the extra one olle is III hitched on In front tandem style There are thousands ot of hansoms which are aro very er convenient cheap A fifteen rIde costs costA one aile and the is III supposed to 10 at n a rote rate ot of six miles nn an hour The fare In III supposed to In he be regulated by cabby usual ly Iy one out of a little extra especially If he thinks the tho passenger 1 a little green An Any number of rigs are seen lIeen with pontes the size or of sheep they are 1110 very en Cute anti carry find go nt at nta ata a pace that Is truly STREET CAnS CABS All vehicles trams turn lurn to the left of to the right all at al The street car cor III very good ool and fare IH IA paid hy by the sec lIec time which Is 18 a 0 tile or mile 11 and nil a 11 half costing penny 2 cents Per seethe Upon tipon paying the tho fore fare the conductor hands hantla you n ticket whIch you ou are to hang on nn to all as on an etor bolas hohs up Ull ot at most Unexpected times It If you cannot produce the tho faro haH to ho paid litter ono one hall Ens paid over n a couple thaw ho he lelIA lea inn to hold oh to 10 his hlA ticket Ono One Point Is IA rather against tills nr III for rOl 1 a stranger M as he Ilont dont where n 11 section ends b by walking 1 a teal one cnn can save 1 a penny 1111 the natives know nil all about It th they know kno just how to 10 net netWOOD WOOD PAVING The Thc streets are paved with a hard wooden blocks about the size alze of an adobe perhaps II a rile Wilder a foundation ot of concrete in 18 nice and even een then which the tho are nrc placed after having n tar This makes maileR II a and comparatively s hint has ono one elm drawback ns liS It vcr very slippery In wet stet weather welther me much so en that said Ii Is a during stormy T I suppose ose the cont continual Inual freezing and would prevent present tills of heln being used at 01 home It 1 is IA better than anything we e have OR as far tor IlK an contort comfort Is III tf limo fhe other rubbish Iro aro gathered tip b by ho boys s using regular dust POOH and who throw them into Inlo receptacles el the cm h b gather them Some ot of the signs ore are amusing to In rueh Fuch its Aa h by ps to 10 Ills hili honor Sir harry Ono I seen after this Ide idea Every I er man and most of the hOt hoyH on 1111 nil all occasions thc they dont seem to think It alight bo be to 10 their neighbors This Is n great country for tints of the tho Ao 1 hotels will thre or nor bars baril pol potted c mound In ill nil ally oM old room men neatly n always presided over Oer by h n 0 The Tho did lIll not mall n 0 hit Irit wills tun hOe seal n th ot of them sane Ir nice look In hilt but nM as 1 n rule rull their t slop alon a 11 clock Is III to 10 have hlo her own friends to 10 buy from her they generally aro to th their lr popularity I will only add to 10 thin subject that to too 1110 It seems n most pernicious system BASY Tile Tho stores are not rend ready to fOl business till 9 In the morning and close ot at 6 0 In intile tile with always boil holl day In each week tin Iho retail stares close lot lit I 1 on Wednesdays and the at the 1111 hour on days Sonic Some of the wholesale stores lock up tight n the hour ono one anti two nail and nil 11 hands go to 10 lunch They Tho ore are great for holidays here It If the tho Prince ol of or an any of the royal family has hOIl n 1 it Is sure 1 n tight holl holiday ln A week lit Christmas Christians mind the tho same at Ester t lIeler Is thin Iho right thing for holidays according to the tho Australian Idea leleo If there Is n a porno race or cricket match everybody goes LAW WORK Tile rhe law says a 0 shall not work over 43 19 hours hourI II a week weel Inspectors lira are continually on the tho lookout It If any anyone ono one Is in found trans this laws law suffers Should Should 1 bookkeeper I Ita back evenings to up on Ills his work It is III found out ant lilt tho man ho he works for Is arrested although he may have hae bell been ignorant ot of the whole busl Rees nen The government IR In the tho hands or of the lure laboring man luau who is III working It for all 1111 there Is In It II ages are arc fixed by la law thorn bl be nay lIay half n II dux doz dozen en teen on 1 n job Joh some l lother others other not the they all get gel tine same 1110 wage Nearly till 1111 government jobs are lone done by tiny labor It IR In well known that Iha t b by the contract they tile could he 1 a 0 don o cheaper butt bul that Buhr nn n Ice Ico Mr lA Ia boring Man the tho job to last an lonG all possible OWNED OWN IW The Tho streetcars postal potI and telegraph and telephone systems MO are all run b by the tho government and I will say lay cheap IR in tilt only thing that high It he heIlIg lug IlIg about twice nil as high nil as at homo home Each state has its own stYle of stamps A person posting i a letter from New Routh Wales to any other state has to put on 1 n Now New South stamp al 01 although though he may have plenty of Victoria or Queensland stumps in hits pocket locket There ur are Ile express here nil all carrying of oC that kind VI n done hy by the tho post authorities Should nu want to send say lIay IL a bicycle to Melbourne you take It to tn the attach the right anoint ot of stumps when the tho gOY gov government undertakes its delivery money system I Is rather to In toa a 11 stranger Notes Nules Issued l by y a 1 hank banle hankIn In III one state statu are ure not good In In any other stale although the hunk bank that Issued them probably lilt 1115 II a In III the oth other or er slate tnt I do not mean that they ate 1110 worthless as they will hill bo be cashed but butone one une has to II pay for fOl the thu accommodation When Oil on a trip I taku gold lold or n letter or of crept In him traveling by lund I find between the Iho principal cities emirs rallI patterned lifter after our 1 hut bu t mulch uit In InIs fellur porter Is IA 1 a white while that will wIIl take takeno nu no sass laRS neither will he shine your our shoes Except on long trips the I Eng ng lI lisp h style ol of cars callI are tro used with tulip seats running crosswise e of the thu doors nil all along both hoth sides Hides I lied them thell very Cr comfortable and nl wild when three or tour are arc traveling together OH |
