NOISELESS CITY.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 4992, 25 June 1926, Page 4

NOISELESS CITY.

AIM OF SYDNEY COUNCIL. POWERS OF OFFICIALS'. If the hlea.l 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 phage 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 corre.ct, a less noisy city than it now is. It is going to be a punishable offence, for instance, to run a motor vehicle through the city unless it is fitted with. an effective device sufficient to minimise, the noise of the exhaust. If incidentally that; is effectively applied to motor cycles, and the. reform is extended throughout the metropolis of Sydney, the. community will be. delighted. Furthermore, a.n 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 in the city which cause a nuisance by screeching 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 is that makes Hiem crow, or get rid of them. Barkihg or howling dogs within the city are also to be summarily dealt with. Under new by law's it will be the duty of the town clerk and his

officers to make the town reasonably quiet between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 pan. They are going ‘o have unite a busy time.