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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2287, 4 March 1912, Page 6

There are better countries in the world thau Australia, and hotter cities than Sydney, in the opinion of Mr W. S. Keigwin, who, after nn absence of seven years abroad, has just returner! to his native city of S}dney. " The old world is a bit in advance of this place," he says, " and I intend to go back to it. Its good enough for me. Yes, I used to like Sydney very well but there aro hotter places. Take Paris, for instance. A man doesn't know what life is until he has lived there. It is a gay life and no mistake Perhaps it is the Frenchman's infinite capacity for enjoyment that makes everything so pleasant in Paris. Now, Spain is very different. There is not so much gaiety, as the Parisian understands tho expression, to be found in Madrid, or anv of the other big cities just now When I vva-i in Spain last summer I visited San Sebastian. A strike broke out While 1 was there, and threatened lo become general. They don't deal with industrial trouble tlier.: with the consideration and forbearance which distinguish similar upheavals in Australia. Before the men could say " Jack Robinson " the troops were called out. That soon settled the matter. There was a good deal of fuss tor a while, but tho crowds were orderly, and did not yet cut of hand,"