Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-27

chanics' institute, many Of them might
schools, In order that the working men
may attain them. In Melbourne theirs
is workingman's college which has
buildings and an equipment worth
about $3.50 900, and which has at present
In the neighborhood OF 1000 students
The chief classes are In the evening,
when there are lectures and Rotations
upon scientific art. engineering, mining.
commercial and other technical SUBJ
Jects, as we'll as on the leading trades.
The technical schools OF Victoria are
under the direction of the educational
department There are eighteen OF
them teaching almost every branch OF
science, trade and art. Among the
trade subjects taught are photography
wood-turning and pattern making. me-
tai working, plumbing and gas fitting,
carpentry, coach building, wool sorting,
painting and sign writing. tailor cut
ting. bootmaking. cooking. dressmak.
ing and needle work. All sorts Of man
ual training are taught and everything
In the way OF engineering.
The technical schools OF New South
Wales have quite as broad ourricu-
lum, the branches OF wool sorting and
wool chasing architecture and agrlcul-
ture being especially good
AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS.
The newspapers show that there is no
lack Of intelligence among the Austria
lians. About a thousand are published
on the continent and In New Zealand,
including the magazines and trade jour
nals. In Melbourne and suburbs alone
1850 magazines and newspapers are
published, and fully as many. | should
say, in sydney. The Melbourne Agu
has about 100000 circulation, and the
Argus Is a good second. The sydney
lierald is taken in all parts Of Austria
liza, and one sees the sydney Mail
everywhere. Brisbane, adelaide ana
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 so
ciety papers are the sydney Bulletin
and the Melbourne Punch, Table Talk,
Critic and the sun. The leading dallies
have big Saturday editions OF many
pages, which sell at u cents copy, go
ing out by mail TO all parts Of the col
ones.
There are all sorts Of agricultural
journals, sheep journals and financial
journals. The Review OF Reviews has
an Australian edition, and there are To-
cal editions OF the illustrated London
News and Sketch.
The Australian dallies, as n rule. are
less sensational than the American
newspapers, and are more lively thai
the English newspapers. Nearly all
have good advertising patronage. the
shipping advertisements alone supply
ing from three 10 five columns daily.
and the auction sales In many cases
covering a page,
SOMETHING ABOUT THE COL
LEGEs.
I went out the other day to visit the
sydney University. II has about 900
students NJ both sexes. Ii gives degrees
OF art, science, law and medicine. and
ITS studies embrace an branches except
theology and divinity. Its graduates are
received at oxford and Cambridge on
on equal footing with those Of the Eng
fish schools. II is the same with the
Melbourne University. an Institution
which has already conferred about 1900
stiles In Queensland and South Austria
liza. as well as numerous colleges sup
ported 10y the various religious denOm-
nations.
A SHIP REFORM SCHOOL.
Here IN Sydney the government has
nautical school ship which Il uses As
q reform school Upon Il some $50 boys
are put through a regular course Of ed.
ucation and training. They have the
studies OF the common schools. and al
the same time are drilled so that they
are M 10 be efficient sailors when they
leave. The ship is called the Sobraon
and II is az well equipped as school
training ships anywhere. The boys also
have land quarters on one OF the Islands
OF the bay and altogether they are well
treated and az a rule are made into
goou men by their training They have
On 'ir cricket grounds. their swimminL
pools and an sorts OF games They are
taught Go swim and are put through "A
d0ily course NJ gymnastic exercises.
They wash their own clothes. keen the
shin in order. but do no contract work
OF an Industrial character. After leay-
Ing they are apprenticcd 10 farmers or
business men in different parts Of New
South Wales and the reports from
these Gre that ,hey Do exceedingly wcll.
So Tar ms ! can learn the school Is n
success ana has been 20 ever since Il
was organized, now about thirty-nve
years ago.
DAIRY SCHOOLS.
] like the way these Australians or