The township itself would present a novel appearance to an English eye, but is without exception the vilest place I ever saw.
The habitations are principally wood or iron, and a good number reside under canvas.
In the evening we were entertained with splendid banquet such as one would expect in a city and not in an outlandish place as this.
We turned our backs on Broken Hill about midnight and commenced the homeward journey, during which we were as hospitably treated as on the outward.
I should dread spending a night in Broken Hill for, of course, the rough element strongly predominates, and was told as the night wore on it was pandemonium.
They make plenty of money, the miners, and spent it in living.
I arrived home on the Friday afternoon very tired and sleepy, but the trip was enjoyable, interesting, and novel to me.
Our entertainment must have cost the company several hundred pounds, for no expense was spared and we were royally treated.
Since writing about those shares they have risen from about 320 pounds to 380 pounds.
Edmund,
(Edmund M. Harral)
Commenting on Mr Harral's visit, Lord Baillieu Director of the Consolidated Zinc Corporation Limited, says: "He was there in those rip roaring days in the establishment of a very new mining field which since then has made a rare contribution, in its production of silver, lead and zinc, to the wealth of Australia, and as I judge it , still has a considerable life to run.
The scene of course, has vastly changed...but the picture he paints is a graphic one. It's personal quality makes it, historically, of considerable interest."
We present day inhabitants may feel very grateful for the conditions we now enjoy.
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