COSMOPOLIS IN MINIATURE.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 200, 23 August 1919, Page 17

COSMOPOLIS IN MINIATURE.

DARWIN. A PORT OF BOSSEVG SOULS. MEHLKY fl MI~FIT> ■ \r. Y-:k HeraM" urns t:m<- of Tort Au?traJ i> .- a ro:inu\ where men Krn;f-> i\>i .-, mm- n :-i: jr.vit-. wror-i'.e with ; iir land :o: it- wraith "in.! with "be :*-.-• a for .:« trea-ure-. It lies :*.•- s.'lken i '.-.i: on in t.'if ■:-'■ c- an.] it- prim ■ 1 \ r ! .!lff;;IlP« 'OUt Kifk." Bll; .i IS ■„] 'in ■■ yn *:i(»-T W'hvTV lif- the IJIII*"1 ~: in,- r-rt oi M.« nz >oulk:,!.'« n, a :'"r li" tai ..f' the Xn rr \>vc: in.l A i-;ra'i;a - - oa-ifrn poriai. - a }-ifl h.,.! t:r ~,-.:ii- .■: \hr rind .. loti! [■o:a _ \ sjiTiMUßrv. i."'!!'].:; n from irif - i hv n.ffii! mm , |ia--r- <■!".--" !\t : :<■ i'n-J «.;ia«m.>.! . :-2 fl. a'- o>r 1 if ir '",'■- uatfrf .r: :hf lonp-ur o: l.io -1 iru:u--.- . r .«• mc i , . a]p< : of'. v hi:!mtii a. rir:nxr* J .n--:: .lnifn;. Thf main srrfr; pre s en-1* an iiprv.i:-, n.T s'.mw ri- postnopolitan us Pcvri S.ud. Ea.-h ~:i"lc is i : .ne.l by a i-tr.ng ofj ion" (iirrupalf 1 rhantio*. w.lh a r.irro-v .ni-rs-.-v; in;: rifl-*a<rp> here -and i.i»ro >aJ:ri:C lo a < .>njrf>T>rd arra V:,.:n] Hot* may rx- disiinjra.UhrJ <"iro-rk cafe.-. Chin**f : s. a Russian rarApe. , 84id !i m«.d>y p{ eho,p<> o! inc-o.mpvpiicn- , r:vf ' j A 1 rh* fr\A of thf nrrri a norrufffitrd j of s iir.-r.:]- n.ro arr *frrMi*a i'w ; bpnrfil r.f -i ;n'rran: puMio. Ti::- place i- ri'Ti by a European end « C ii : nf>rMa'isy. ' Purinp ihf we; «-a*on a. f.tamrvfjr usually ,p"is.-r ha.] way { iht pfrf-orraenrp ow:njr to a ir.:;n,i«7>:.irm break tap up thf aiKlifiKc. ] ;;> furl her aions" ~ts.ua- "be TrrmJiiw Hotel. <<r.r of the three Pui.t* •v-pn-trolled" ho:ci-. On a Saturday even-' ing thi? piare t invariably thf ?orpp of a t-trtt£rpl':nff ma =-. -oinp thrre ■-■r four d-erp. Boound the (xmntrr- clarnoiirins f'r liquor, wit.i hewn*a Im'bpd .n ppr?pira-| t:.-vri rnle.avciurinr to a-fv-uajrc tifir T\a.ntif. yUES WHO LIVE ">VIT T 1 THE BLACKS \ VT* look aroiiTii tne fare- and t:j? "■mi«rinp souls" arr here. Thrr? i« a. ju»t in after four or five yosr- id tJtt , wlom for "he inoc-t part hare Vrn aboriginal?— i p:»-f.hJy trip 'yp: , of tbe Wa.ci rare*—-a,n'd bi* hor?ec; . an 1 dop=. Here i= the ?k:ppf.r of a 'prr.ri.nr lupavr " ,; n" \v;;'n hi? treasure trove, divers, stock-, men. an old Tiran who proved' t-b-e "Wxck sheep" rf-i who. in con-?-, quenre. - fpendin? a l|fe"« eoiip: ■ >;re?k- by fhe ?vore. all =:nk:nfl what| ;nd;viduaiitT they n ipbt one-? have po:-, fcp-rd at the sbrine of thei pre-at leveller of men anj obHterator of undewnatw a'fmori*. fine lia- to be d:?:-rect at thi* hour.! ATe eme:cc into trip agrain and >!■?' tbroTiph an Chine**- rfwp where ! par.-binent-iike iac-e? peer t-brouph aj g'.oom punjrtn: ■- v ;!'.a a peculiar aroma —:t misriT be opium. Thence through a ina.-f of pa-i-agft=.' furtive ey»? are ever an the watch] for the poik-?. and bavln-g "pa-.-f.i th«i Kt'bicen." we enter a room sviiere the! pan-je of i3Ti-tan i» Jβ progress T<vo tar,]??, ere bfins n?ed «nd around these j Ftrarm paimWere of all type* —Chinese, Malay*, seamen, cierk?. station han<i- / anrl »tor«keepers. The air ie hot a-nd viriatc] with smokei from laaaps an-d tobacco, but this is un-notk-ed. All ey*» «re on the counters! as the Chinese backer, with Orjeata.l sravitr. 3itt ? the tap tha.t cover* them. he stcoore Tith Ji.e etripi of bamboo until the required residue isj Thru tip h-nk rlra.v.- and

;-n_i - * k:: from here we pa-s? a-cros* tie, Mreo; iura.n ay.A t'nronpn a i-hop where a £p» manpoe* uppi-ar '. .• he 101 in Tfif fr.av window, to the pa.k-a-po<>; "ioint." Htrp jitp liio same dajken*d| passage? and Damerou; -cxii*. The crowd .Tcrt , i~ sm-alicr. &">■? ma.rkrd : and The number? Ipi'i ;. r -ir. bo;ir or ~o bpfor* ■.>£•.::£ dr.a«n. Poli.v rau-U on uwsr platv* ere fre • o:ifm. but the ;amf i- v-;.a:i..-viit-J sarao nrw an.i :in-r:- .ruKV£*~~:ii]o rTH"»i 3 :>w nihi- k'er. And so nhr mpM near* on :n ih- p:jc<-. w.:u-rr mer.. whose >o;ii~ have become .jwtrise<d on l.ff'* Touirb iiT.r-t —pan i>: ihr flotsajnj of t:ip ■*.!.;.■ raffe. ;-.>rno vioi:Bn* of t-h*- i rtther.- .: the Jr:nk nJI ;rci;d iho.r ro-;.i-* i> ay until t.ho tie bet»f-fti I'.nly and soul ~.'.:.iii nt ln=t