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Mr. David J. Gordon, one of the
selected candidates of the Liberal parties
for the next Senate elections, has delivered
his illustrated lecture on "Trie
Nile of Australia: Nature's Gateway to
the Interior," and "rue Northern Territory
and Transcontinental Railways" at
various country centres. He has met
with a cordial reception, and has received
a hearty response to his plea lor
a greater use to be made of Australia's
island waterways and the linking-u.p of
north and south, east and west, by
railways. By the last American mail
Mr. Gordon received some valuable official
information from Washington which
confirms his reply published by THE
CBITIC to the Victorian Water Supply
Commission to the effect that the
United States Government was devoting
increased attention to transportation on
inland waterways. Speaking at Mount
Gambier last week, Mr. Gordon urged
the early locking of the Murray in South
Australia, the construction of a 3anal
between GoO-lwa and Victor Harbor, and
appealed to Australians to develop faith
in their great country—to extend their
visions and widen their horizons.
Mr. S. J. Aslier is back from the East,
thoroughly restored to health, which lie
was ordered away to seek. As sole selector
of the Adelaide Oval BoAvling Club
he will have to straightway rack his
brains to find the way to recover the
laurels the team so unexpectedly lost at
St. Peters on Saturday.
There passed away at Kent Town recently
a fine old character in Mr. George
Cockburn, who one time wore her
Majesty's naval uniform, and for 48
years had been in the printing department
of "The Register." The veteran
served in the China war on H.M.S. Calcutta,
on which Sir Day Hort Bosanquet
was a dashing middy, and one of the
brightest spots in the closing days of his
strenuous life was a visit the Governor
recently paid to his home. Mr. Rodney
Cockburn, one of the best journalists
in Australia, is a son of the deceased
sailor-printer. Quite characteristic of
him, he declined the naval funeral which
was offered in honor of the old man-o'-
warsman.
Senator Trenwith, who was the storm
centre in the Senate last Friday when
the Financial Agreement Bill was in t.ie
balance, has for years been a strong
man among Victorian Liberals. It is
characteristic of him that when the pinch
came he withstood all pressure and voted
as lie had intended.
In October, 1908, the Remington
Agency, Limited, feeling the necessity of
being able to recommend to their patrons
shorthand typists who had been trained
under their supervision, started a training
department as a branch of their
business. Success attended their efforts
to such an extent that they have to-day
the Remington Training College, occupying
large premises at Currie Chambers,
41, Currie-street. This college differs
from the ordinary commercial school in
so far as the management do not attempt
to enter the field covered by the
curriculum of the elementary and secondary
schools, but specialise in the subjects
necessary to a candidate for a position
as stenographer or booiateepei. The
college is a branch of the largest and
most successful business college in Australasia—the
Sydney college of the
Remington Agency—and is under the
direction of Mr. A. W. Nicol, F.I.P.S.
(Hons.), F.I.S.S.T., L.S.W. (Vic.), and
Miss Leworthy as the local principal
The Adelaide college has the advantage
of being able to use the methods of
instruction and copyright systems ot
the parent college. A distinctive feature
is the system of strictly individual
instruction in practical work imparted
by experts. The student is taken
through a course of shorthand, typewriting,
bookkeeping, and office practice, and
attains a standard of practical efficiency
in the shortest time consistent with
thoroughness. Graduates have the further
advantage of the agency's influential
assistance in obtaining a position
when proficient. The company's extensive
connection with the business houses of
the city and Miss Leworthy's experience
as head of the employment bureau enabled
every student who during the past
year reached the Remington proficiency
standard to obtain a position. Anyone
intending to qualify for a situation as
shorthand typist or bookkeeper cannot
do better than enrol a, a student of the
Remington Training College, which reopens
on January 10, 1910.
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