Fourteen years ago when I was in Australia the Federal
Government had announced its intention of building its national capital at Canberra and it was hoped that the new city would have been ready in a few years. Now at long last Canberra does indeed appear to be nearing completion and it is hoped that it will be formally opened some time next year by a member of the Royal family. My Australian friends tell me that the Government officials and their families who will have to migrate and leave the fleshpots of Melbourne for the crudities of Canberra are not overjoyed at the prospect. Still every- thing has to have a beginning and with the examples of Washington and Ottawa before us, the citizens of Canberra can feel that they are engaged on the great task of creating a model seat of Government in a very attractive part of New South Wales. They have got a clear field; and prb- vided they give the town planners a free hand there is no reason why Canberra should not be one of the most
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