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Advance Australia
Fix this textYOL. 111., No. 3.
Fix this textMARCH 7, 1899.
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Fix this textJEFFERY
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Fix this text.WATER TANK
Fix this textJEFFERY’S PATENT
Fix this textTOWN A COUNTRY FILTER
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Fix this textSpecially recommended by
Fix this textDr. Gresswell, Chairman of
Fix this textBoard of Health, Dr.
Fix this textSpringthorpe, and
Fix this textC. R. Blackett, Esq,
Fix this textGovernment A nalyst
Fix this textSPRING ST.. Opposite Treasury. MELBOURNE.
Fix this textJ. JEFFERY,
Fix this textPatent FILTER Maker,
Fix this text89 SPRING ST., MELB.
Fix this textBy Special Appointment to his Excellency the
Fix this textEarl of Hopetoun.
Fix this textDR. GRESSWELL
Fix this textPresident of the Board of
Fix this textPublic Health,
Fix this textREPORTS that
Fix this textOUT and OUT the Best Filters
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Fix this textJEFFERVS
Fix this textOF SPRING STREET, MELBOURNE.
Fix this textT. CRAIN E
Fix this textCarriage & Buggy Hanufacturer,
Fix this textCITY RD., PRINCES BRIDCE,
Fix this textVehicles of every description. New or Second
Fix this textHand, Exchanges Made
Fix this textTelephone 1011. 1
Fix this textEstablished 1854
Fix this textLADIES’ RALLI CART.
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Fix this textPUBLISHED MONTHLY.
Fix this text133 BOURKE STREET, MELBOURNE.
Fix this textBusiness Manager— FRED. DAVISON.
Fix this textSubscription: —5s. per annum, in advance, post free to pri-
Fix this textvate address.
Fix this textFor Advertisement Rates, and all other information, apply to
Fix this textthe Business Manager : —Fred. Davison, 133 Bourke Street Mel-
Fix this textbourne.
Fix this textWe will be glad to receive items of news and reports of branch
Fix this textmeetings, especially from the Country Branches. Such reports will
Fix this texttend to keep our members more in touch with each other, and
Fix this textpromote friendly intercourse in a manner that must be beneficial to
Fix this textthe Association.
Fix this textContributions, on National or Association topics, sent to the
Fix this textEditor, care of our Business Manager, will receive careful attention,
Fix this textand will find a place in our columns, should the subject be deemed
Fix this textof sufficient importance.
Fix this text“ Fling out the flag, let her flap and rise
Fix this textWith the rush of the eager air,
Fix this textWith the ring of the wild swan’s wing
Fix this textAs she flies from the swamp and her reedy lair.
Fix this textFling out the flag, and let friend or foe
Fix this textBehold, for gain or loss,
Fix this textThe Sign of our Faith and fight we fight—
Fix this textThe Stars of the Southern Cross.”
Fix this textIf proof were needed rf the harm that the art union is
Fix this textdoing in the A.N.A., it could be found in the manner in
Fix this textwhich it has divided the members into two camps.
Fix this textEach party is saying hard things of the other, and the
Fix this textcohesion that is necessary for the welfare of the As-
Fix this textsociation is in danger of being lost.
Fix this textAnd all for what ?—For the continuance of a diluted
Fix this textgamble, out of which its supporters do not make a single
Fix this textshilling personally, by which the Association does not
Fix this textbenefit in the slightest degree, and to which many of
Fix this textour members are conscientiously opposed.
Fix this textThen why does the Metropolitan Committee year
Fix this textafter year tack the art union to their Demonstration ?
Fix this textIt may be argued that such action is induced by charit-
Fix this textable motives ; but it will be remembered that time was
Fix this textwas when it was run for other purposes than charity,
Fix this textand it was only when the law declared that the profits
Fix this textmust be devoted to that end that the hospitals of Vic-
Fix this texttoria began to benefit.
Fix this textUndoubtedly, the art union ensures the Metropolitan
Fix this textCommittee against lost in running the national holiday
Fix this textcelebration, and in that respect it is worthy of consider-
Fix this textation. But the question arises whether such a means
Fix this textof providing against failure is worthy of an Association
Fix this textthat professes as high an aim as does the A.N.A. Can
Fix this texta national holiday be worthy of the name that depends
Fix this textupon such backing for its continuance. National holi-
Fix this textdays are, like national songs, not made by enactment or
Fix this textof set purpose—they grow spontaneously.
Fix this textThe Association is making a big effort to spew out
Fix this textthis art union element of discord. Its presence (irre-
Fix this textspective entirely of its morality or otherwise) is dang
Fix this texterous to the general welfare—sundering, as it does, the
Fix this textmembers. It is something entirely outside the scope
Fix this textof the A.N.A., and certainly was not contemplated by
Fix this textour founders. It is setting member against member
Fix this textbranch against branch, and —greatest danger of all—
Fix this texttown against country ; and, there is nothing in the forir
Fix this textof a set-off against all this mischief by which the As
Fix this textsociation benefits. Is the game worth the candle ?
Fix this textThe Metropolitan Committee is a a body of delegates
Fix this textwhose intentions and work are worthy of all praise
Fix this textAt the present moment they are organising a movemen
Fix this textthat will lead to the development of musical and his
Fix this texttrionic talent that is latent in our branches, and theii
Fix this textwork in other directions is too well known to need re-
Fix this texthearsing here. They are progressive and enterprising
Fix this textand much good work remains to which they could put
Fix this texttheir hands. Does not the time spent in the run-
Fix this textning of the art union prevent other and better ends
Fix this textbeing accomplished, as, according to a statement in the
Fix this textpublic press, made by the secretary of the committee
Fix this textsix months of the year are taken up by it—a statemenl
Fix this textwell within the mark : in fact, there has not been for
Fix this textthe past twelve months a single meeting of that body
Fix this textat which much of the time was not taken up by fete and
Fix this textart union business.
Fix this textStrong efforts will be made at the approaching Con-
Fix this textference to induce delegates to vote for or against Board
Fix this textmembers according to their attitude towai'ds this ques-
Fix this texttion. No greater crime against the welfare of the As-
Fix this textsociation could be committed than yielding to such
Fix this textpressure—for it might result in the election of nonen-
Fix this texttities, and the rejection of capable men. We believe
Fix this textthat delegates will use their commonsense, and answer
Fix this textall touters of that kidney in a fitting manner.
Fix this textAgain we emphasise that no question has arisen
Fix this textthat has caused such a split and engendered so much
Fix this textill-feeling, and it will be well for our Association when
Fix this texta finality is arrived at, and the cause of the trouble re-
Fix this textmoved.
Fix this textAnd the ridiculousness of the situation is that neither
Fix this textthe Metropolitan Committee nor the Association can
Fix this textunder the present Act—whatever they may have done
Fix this textin the past—benefit to the extent of a halfpenny.
Fix this textWhat are the supporters of the art union fighting for ?
Fix this textThe whole business savors very much of misdirected
Fix this textenergy and wasted effort.
Fix this textTECHNICAL EDUCATION.
Fix this textSearch the pages of Australian history, and it is ques-
Fix this texttionable if there can be cited any previous question
Fix this textwhich has developed from the germ of academic
Fix this textthought and entered the fuller life of practical discus-
Fix this textsion more rapidly than that of technical education. The
Fix this textpeople of Victoria have become amazingly reflective
Fix this textsince the Boom., The environment was favorable.
Fix this textThe ocean requires the breeze to produce the ripple
Fix this textand the wave, and the one or two early earnest advo-
Fix this textcates had no difficulty in producing favorable impres-
Fix this textsions. They had the facts and figures, most of which,
Fix this textfrom the technical standpoint, were unanswerable.
Fix this textOne of the healthiest signs in the movement was the
Fix this textmanner in which many of the branches dealt with the
Fix this textquestion. The Board of Directors was urged to act.
Fix this textTo them was offered the suggestion by this paper to
Fix this textadopt it as an article of the Association's faith. They
Fix this textawait the instructions of the Port Fairy Conference.
Fix this textIn the meantime, an association for the promotion of
Fix this texttechnical education has been formed, having for its
Fix this textpresident Sir John Madden, and for its vice-presidents
Fix this textsome of the most respected and ablest of our citizens,
Fix this textincluding Professor Kernct, David Syme, L. MacKinnon,
Fix this textand our Carty Salmon. Amongst its council and mem-
Fix this textbers are University professors, journalists, clergymen,
Fix this textmedical practitioners, architects, engineers, builders,
Fix this textmodellers, carvers, representatives of every guild, asso
Fix this textciation, trade, and of technical colleges and other edu-
Fix this textcational concerns.
Fix this textBriefly, technical education is acknowledged by
Fix this textnearly all as an absolute necessity.
Fix this textThe Ministry of the day is fully alive to its import-
Fix this textance. Within the Cabinet is a technical education
Fix this textcommittee, in which the deparfments of Agriculture,
Fix this textMines, and Education are represented. Beyond the
Fix this textCabinet is a sub-committee of departmental experts,
Fix this textall actively engaged upon enquiry and collating evi-
Fix this textdence.
Fix this textProfessor Lyle has undertaken the onerous duties of
Fix this textcollecting data in the United States and in Europe.
Fix this textMr. Peacock is journeying to Sydney and Brisbane to
Fix this textsee what they can do there. The permanent Secre-
Fix this texttary of Education, some two months ago, visited Syd-
Fix this textney and reported confidentially into the then system.
Fix this textIndeed, the air is full of technical education, and it is
Fix this texthighly satisfactory that so important a subject is re-
Fix this textceiving so much popular attention.
Fix this textEducation is a means to an end ; broadly, it deals
Fix this textwith the intellectual and physical as well as the moral
Fix this textand spiritual development of mankind. Technical edu-
Fix this textcation is but a branch of the educational requirements
Fix this textof the time, but it—let us repeat —has been shamefully
Fix this textneglected in Australia. There can be no doubt of its
Fix this textbeing a national question, and as little doubt of its na-
Fix this texttional importance. We commend it most heartily to
Fix this textthe favorable consideration of the Conference.
Fix this textPIANOS AND ■ ORGANS
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Fix this textBY . .
Fix this textALL THE
Fix this textLEADING MAKERS,
Fix this textINCLUDING
Fix this textLipp & Sohn, Ronisch,
Fix this textTHE CELEBRATED
Fix this textGors & Kullman and
Fix this textArion Pianos.
Fix this textSpecial Reduction in
Fix this textPrices.
Fix this textCASH OR EXTENDED TERMS.
Fix this textBrasch & Co.,
Fix this textioB . .
Fix this textELIZABETH ST.
Fix this textOpposite McEwan’s.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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