Harbour waters lively: with shut. ting ferries, the coming and going of liners and freighters to the ports. of the world, red roofs half-hidden foliage above the twists and tums of the sparkling waters, and, high. above, the colossal steel arch of the bridge that links the suburban North Shore to the elly of towering build-Inge—such is the first glimpse of Sydney, Australia's oldest, gayest, and greatest elly, and the second largest tinder the British Crown.
It was at Sydney Cove that Cap-Phillip established In 1768 the rst permanent white settlement in Australia and it is to celebrate the attaining of Australia's frst 150 years of settlement that a special "gala programme.of carnival and sporting events has been planned for 1938. Commencing on January 20 and continuing until April 25, the celebrations will be centred largely in Sydney, although special arrangements are being made for agricultural shows, race meetings, and other festivities in country. districts throughout New South Wales.
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