The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28

lectures and recitations upon scientific art
engineering, mining, commercial and nthe
technical subjects, as well as on the lead
ing trades.
The technical schools of Victoria are un
der the direction Of the education depart
u Ont. There are eighteen of them teaching
almost every branch OF science, trade auC
art. Among the trade subjects taught ar,
photography. wood turning and pattern
lnaking metal working plumbing and ga,
lifting, carpentry, coach building, WOO
| sorting. painting and sign writing tailor
cutting. hootmaking cooking. dressmakine
aud needle work. AL. sorts of manual
| way Of engineering
The technical schools Of New South
Mes haye quite as broad cUrjculnm
clf ssing, architecture and agriculture being
e. recially good.
Australian Newspapers.
The newspapers show that there Is no
lack of intelligence among the Australians.
About a thousand are published on the
continent and in New Zealand, including
the magazines and trade journals. In Mel
fhourne and suburbs alone $50 magazines
and newspapers are published. and fully
| as many, | should say, in Sydney. The
Melbourne Age mas about 100000 circuIa.
tion. and the Argus is a good second. The
sydney Herald is taken in all parts of
Australia, aud one sees theN SYDNEY Mail
everywhere Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth
have both morning and afternoon dailies,
and, in fact, there is scarcely a town on
the continent which has not four or more
papers The leading society papers are
the sydney Bulletin and the Melbourne
The leading dailies have big Saturday Ell
lions OF many pages, which sell at II
cents a copy, going out by mail 10 all
parts Of the colonies.
n
mails, sheep journals and financial journals
The Review Of Reviews has an Australian
illustrated London News and sketch
The Australian dsilies, as rule, are less
sensational than the American newspa-
peTs, and are more lively than the Eng
Yertising patronage, the shipping advertise
ments alone supplying from three 10 I'VE
columns daily. and the auction sales In
many cases covering n page.
Something About the Colleges.
went out the other day to visit the
Sydney university. It has about 1000 stu.
dents of both sexes. 1t gives degrees Of
art, science, law and medicine, and its
studies embrace all branches except theol
c csyed ana IL di GhfnIyd R gradSqatSss are
eqpal footing. with those of the English |
SCHOOLS. IL is the same with the Mel. |
otouII.e university. an institution which has |
addition there are universities In Queens |
land and South Australia. as well as mn |
merous colleges supported by the various
rehglous denominations.
A Ship Reform School.
Here In Sydney the government has
nautical school ship which it uses as re
form school. Upon IL some $50 boys are
put through a regular course of education
and training They have the studies OF
he common schools, and at the same time
~, IRE drilled so that they are Mt to be efa. /
5 called the "Sarbaon," and 1t Is as Wei
equipped as school training ships anv
,na re- -, me boys have land quarters on
hey are well treated and as a ruie ire
nade INFO good men by their train mr.
Ihey have their cricket grounds, their
They are taught to swim and are pnt
hrongh daily course Of gymnastlc 81.
rclses They wash their own clothes.
eel the ship In order, but do no contract
YORK OF an Industrial character. Afrer
eavlng they are apprenticed to farmers or
nsiness men In different parts OF NV
re that they do exceedingly well. So
ar RS | can learn the school is a sucoess.
no mas been 50 ever since II was or
ahlzeu' now about tnirty-hve years ago.
Dairy Schools.
like the way those Australians orgnn's
ew schools when they have any speciality
hey wish TO develop. Within the past few
ears instruction has heen given In dairy
IL and cheese making and the govern
tents have been doing all they can TO
mild up this business. The result is that
lere are now number OF large butter aud
.eese factories in every state and the ex
Drts Of these articles are rapidly increas
e. Victoria Is now making something
ke 30.O00UO0 pounds Of butter and 2,OOl,
II hounds OF cheese annually. New South
'ales made last year over 10000 o
funds OF butter and 100000 pounds OF
ieese. There are now more than 100000
lIry covs In New South Wales which
cid annually something Ike lOo,oVO,0Op
lllons of milk. The surplus Of butter
,out IS per cent and the most NJ tbls
res TO the English markets. although
me 10 now being exported 10 the Philip
mes The Australian butter brings {
CHER price in London than thu Danish 6