2020: DAY 19
REBUILDING A PORTION OF SYDNEY (p3)
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Sir,- Should the Premier carry forward his reported proposal for rebuilding a portion of Darling Harbour section of the city, that act would no doubt be recorded in the history of the city as a grand achievement. Why not go one better by following my lead and making a ' bull's eye shot " at being recorded in history as ' W .John Lyne the Hausmann of Sydney N.S.W.?" The way to make certain of such distinction is clearly set out on a map of the city which I have especially prepared for the purpose.
I am, &c,
J. HORBURY HUNT. Studio, Cranbrook Cottage, Double Bay, April 6.
THE GREATER SYDNEY MOVEMENT (p4)
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
CITY RAILWAY EXTENSION (not proposed to take it to Darling Harbour) -
Letter from Mayor of Woollahra pointing out that he's boss and that the sanitary committee is not empowered to do anything. - only abt 40 residences with sanitary defects, 10 of them Chinese gardeners.
BUBONIC PLAGUE (p5)
FALLING OFF IN CASES REPORTED
DEATHS YESTERDAY
PROGRESS OF CLEANSING WORK - employment of residents in Belmore Park area. At first, men bought from outside and residents locked out. Then given work, following their protests.
- Letter to ed claiming that in the country a storekeeper has a sign saying "No Sydney goods received here"
Batson’s Lane, Sydney, 1900 - Source: State Library of NSW