NOISELESS CITY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 7

NOISELESS CITY.

* AIM OF SYDNEY COUNCIL. (fbosi oub own cobbbseohdbkt.) SYDJNiii, June 10. If the ideal Sydney, as the ardent municipal reformer and town planner sees. it, can be only an unsubstantial and visionary dream, an attempt is being made to bring' about the consummation of at least one phase of a perfect city, and a perfect citizenship The aim is to make it as far as possible a noiseless, city, or to be more correct, a less noisy city than it now is. It is going to be a punishable offence, for instance, to ruD a. motor vehicle through the city unless it is fitted with an effective device sufficient to minimise the noiße of the exhaust. If that is effectively applied to motorcycles, and the reform is extended throughout the metropolis of Sidney, the community will be delighted., Furthermore, an internal combustion engine stationed on any premises in the city will not be permitted to be run between .the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. unless the exhaust has been properly silenced. That also will cut out quite a volume of noise. Again, owners of birds within tt>e city which cause a nuisance by screecuing or crowing—this is a .veiled reference, of course, to roosters—will either have to adopt a device for "cutting their cackle" or extracting from their throats whatever it iB that ..nem crow, or get rid of them Barking and bowling dogs within the city are also to be summarily dealt with. Under new by-laws it will be the duty of the ( Town Clerk and his officers to "Ice the city reasonably quiet between the hours of 9 a.m and 6 p.m. They are going to have quite a busy time.