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Published by the Gordon Technical College and the 

 Allied Associations. 



VOL. II.— No. 3. APRIL, 1897. No. 7. 



All communications to be addressed to the Editor, Mr. II. 

 E. Hill, at the Gordon Technical College, Geelong, Victoria, 

 Australia. 



The Editor is not responsible for the statements in any paper. 



NOTES. 



The bonus offered by the Government for the destruction 

 of cormorants has been discontinued, owing to the amount 

 voted last year for this purpose having been exhausted. 



On Yorke's Peninsula — writes the Adelaide Observer — 

 those who have gardens and vineyards almost worship the 

 little plover, and woe betide the man who shoots one in the 

 vicinity of Stansbury. The " sportsman's enemy," as it 

 is called, from the alarmist cry it utters when it sees any 

 one creeping on game, is encouraged to visit the gardens on 

 Southern Yorke's Peninsula, and appreciating its position 

 of safety, the plover runs about in quest of insects. The birds 

 have been found exceedingly valuable in ridding the vines of 

 the grub which does such an amount of damage, especially to 

 young vineyards. The amount of grubs one plover can con- 

 sume is simply surprising. — Australasian. 



It is notified in a recent issue of the Government Gazette, 

 that it is intended to issue a proclamation on March 24th, to 

 change the close season for the emu, and to protect this bird, 

 along with the grey and the red kangaroos from January 1st to 

 December 31st. 



The longest commercial distance at which the telephone 

 is now operated is from Boston to St. Louis, a distance of 

 1,400 miles. The line is almost twice as long as any European 

 line. — Electrical Review (N.Y.) 



