Show VAN laa L N described by a graduate of the Brig brigham harn young yong college V BUSINESS IS DULL everywhere the journal has hag correspondents in every section of the world they write good letters Let tars we rn EDITOR JOURNAL hobart is is situated on oil a very uneven and hilly surface at the foot of mt ait AA wellington ei lington afew of tile the streets run t in in a very irregular or zag g zag manner which gives the appearance of leavin having a been made first in the most meet convenient places and the houses built after however in the center of the city the majority of the streets run a at t right angles allies they chev are are well paved or even in the remo I 1 test est parts in the busi business r ness portion to rt ion they are swept carefully every morning mornin i the oldest houses in general are built right up to the street in many instances the side walks of the A buildings are built with tile the direction of the compass while the front faces the street making the corners appear at any angle but square wherever r there is a few fe of ground however small email in front ot ol the houses house you you will generally be ner see beautiful flowers flo aers growing seasons of the apar do not affect thein materia materially liy therefore they grow row all the year vear round the waterworks water works system is first rate being supplied hom I 1 mt wellington lington and reserved in two large 0 re er ire located on oil tile the highest elevation west of town the water is about tile the best beet on oil the island in some of the island district the only water obtainable is rain caught M from the roofs of the houses reserved in large galvanized galvani sed tanks tile the sanitary gani ani tary tany arrangement is underground for the most part the other part ii i 3 conducted by small shallow dit ditches clies laid with stone stolle on each side of the street into which the refuse water runs from the houses through M h small pipes at intervals along tho the ditches are sinkholes sink holes collecting collection tile the water from the main drains drain 8 through 0 ii which it is carried to the river derwent the ditches ar are 0 cleaned anil and swept about twice it a week the educational system is good ran ranging in from the tasmanian university to the ragged school but the tuition is high the hobirt hospital is a large concern under excellent management competent physicians and able nurses it II is free to those who are unable to pay for attention received there however if can possibly pay it is required on account of the dwelling houses being bein so close to the streets tile the children necessarily nece hae hac to use them as a play ground and to see the great number for tasmania seems to have its share reminds you of best crop croll this is exemplified right after school better than adiv any other timo tim the condition of the people of hobartig Ho bartin icard ic ard to their temporal necessities as 03 well as spiritual are at pre present it it a v very cry low ebb and of cours elike all other parts of the world a great number of unemployed at any rate they have not reached the wild tate late of the Coxe vites efforts have been aud are arc being made to relieve the distressed through the appointment of relief committee who are going from house to house ail and d making collections front from those who can call afford to lend any assistance asis tile the amount collected up ull till til now is Is in the neighborhood of the money is to be spent on oil public improvement pro proy ement thus employing a I 1 great number two large C concerts have also been given riven recently which were a pronounced aronou oed success financially the proceeds are to le be buted for the same pur purpose poco in ili going round among the people in our missionary ct capacity lacity wo e see and hear more or less has of the deplorable plo rable condition in many or of the people are situated alid a lid a few feir tire are not back backward waid in stating their condition which is not to I 1 be e envied Busi business riess seems it a standstill leavin leaving 0 hundreds in direful distress many no not t knowing where the next crust is coming from small children are seen out on oil the streets very ragged and scantily dressed till late in the evening ac coming every one that coules cohues along I plea leale e give me 1 a I penny mr mr a penny one little boy bov said 1 I dai dare e not 0 go 0 home tillI till I 1 got et six pence or mum will beat n me C so in many instances n they are forced to beg bec r by their parents slid in not ilot a 11 few cases they take the pennies from them and use it towards katis sati ething ing n their insatiable cravin craving for drink of which there is nu an abundance used there theres is to be a grand lottery drawing heie sometime lic in th alie e near future labo the date to lie be determined by bal ballot loLl of the hie bank of van dielens n land limited which is in liquidation the lottery is sanctioned by special acton act of parliament the prizes consist of property properly on oil which tile the bank held mortgages and were foreclosed when it went I 1 insolvent tile total value of prizes is J divided into zip so many man shares of xa 1 each there are prizes ranging filin first prize of one of the largest buil buildings din in the city with drum drug store etc 2nd and a large hotel j 3rd ard etc to tile the sm smallest allet valued at the reason given for fOT parliament sanctioning the lottery is to raise the money to pay day those who had I 1 deposits in tle the bank and lost it t through hroch 0 it its failure tasmania is making preparations actions for a great international exhibition to be held at hobart obart II and opened about nov next large spacious buildings ggs have been erected on oil the queens domain they expect exhibits front from all the colonies viz new south wales queensland victoria south australia 1 west cst australia and new Z zealand ealand england united states and probably many other na nations tiong quite a number of exhibits from froin the midwinter mid winter minter fair at san francisco will be brought here which will ill ITO probably bably oce occupy fret feet to feet of space the leading features of the tasmanian exhibits v N ill LK be trophies of lier her mineral resources tile main main bail liall of the central buil building dinc will be devoted to it the exhibition will be open for at least six months L G C POND july |