THE NEGLECTED RANGES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15518, 28 January 1914, Page 11

THE NEGLECTED RANGES.

I _ •Sir,— your leader to-day under this - beading there is a statement which, though true to the letter, is nevertheless mislead- ; | ing. Yon say,,"' The, Blue 'Mountains of ! Auckland' possess the incalculable ad van* tage over the 'Blue Mountains of NeWT South Wales in being within easy driv-»: ing distance of • the port;" - The" fact is the! ; latter are now, and, for a dim and distant! future, will be far mora accessible to the* great majority of wearied citizens. ■■ For-* tunately tor New South Wales the Great! Western Railway is constructed on the top of the mountain range,' and every spot ofi • interest is passed and 'visible from the car-» riage windows. Glenbrook, '6Goft -above seal l«vel, can be reached > in less than two hours' from, Sydney -by ordinary trains three" times a day, a ■ second-class return; ticket costing .but, 4s * 6d. Besides this, during the rammer months •excursion tick* fits at a single fare for a double journey,; are issued almost daily, Railway travelling ; I is also more comfortable than with us here.. The gauge is broader, and, second-class acn cofinnodation decidedly better. The North* em Railway here lies at the' foot of tins range,; and gives little help -to sightseers. , The ; owners of motor-cars may . lift theia eyes with joy to these hills, , but thogreatj majority, ,the : motorless, .must seek theiff paradise elsewhere, unless with prophetic? vision , they "view them studied with 'sanitary villages; capable "'of demanding a'lighfc • railway' or tramway through their -centre* , • v : - : ■-■ ■•'J. L. Keait. . .. ~ Pamell -; January . 26, 1914.: r r