Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . proper, which is approximately a mile in length by half-a-mi!ewide, has been built upon the lines originally surveyed, and its splendidsymmetry is an enduring testimony to the foresight of those entrustedwith the task. The streets, which run at right angles to each other,dividing the city into rectangular blocks, are-wide, the roadways of themost important being wood-blocked, and all have broad, well-pavedfootpaths. The four principal thoroughfares are Collins and Bourke Streets,lying parallel to each other and r
Isles of the East : an illustrated guide : Australia, New Guinea, Java, Sumatra . proper, which is approximately a mile in length by half-a-mi!ewide, has been built upon the lines originally surveyed, and its splendidsymmetry is an enduring testimony to the foresight of those entrustedwith the task. The streets, which run at right angles to each other,dividing the city into rectangular blocks, are-wide, the roadways of themost important being wood-blocked, and all have broad, well-pavedfootpaths. The four principal thoroughfares are Collins and Bourke Streets,lying parallel to each other and running east and west, and intersectingthem at right angles are Swanston and Elizabeth Streets. At the head ofBourke Street stand the Houses of Parliament, and, travelling westward,thriving retail businesses line the thoroughfare ; and the busy EasternMarket, at the corner of Exhibition Street, and running through to LittleCollins Street, is well worth a visit. The extreme end of Bourke Streetleads into Spencer Street and its railway station. Swanston and Eliza- 39 ^ rjSs^^agg. 40 beth Streets are important business thoroughfares, and are the two mainarteries through which flow the inward and outward traffic of pedestriansto and from the trains at the Central Railway Station. \isitors cannot fail to be struck with the splendid architecture dis-played in the erection of public buildings, business premises, andecclesiastical edifices, in the main streets, and many of the principaltheatres are imposing and handsome structures, whilst the various hos-pitals are designed to afford the maximum of eomfort to their inmates. Cable-car services are maintained through the main streets and tothe distant suburbs, and afford comfortable transport, while a networkof suburban railways link all the principal suburbs with the metropolis,and specially cheap fares are charged within the suburban radius of thecity. During the twelve months ending Junie 30th, 1911, the colossaltotal of over 86^- mill
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