NOTES BY THE WAY.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 899, 8 April 1891, Page 2

NOTES BY THE WAY.

The deplorable accident by which Is***' men met their death m Sydney Harbour the other day, and eleven more were seriously wounded, points a moral. The men, members of the Defence Corps, were firing,' submarine minesj their, operations being watched by the U-oter-,nor.and a Urge crowd of . tJbio fa&hipnable world of Sydney. There was no earthly reason w.hfy. the 'mines should be ( ficed, save to afford entertainment to the onlookers. The process is a costly oney resulting m the destruction of a quantity of guncotton, and 6f Kthe material fonm> ing the torpedoes, : Why this risk and this expense . should incurred f or > jag i good end, passes understanding. Therb is another moral ~too. The mines are suppose 1 * t ! 6 J 'tie for < the L defence* o! th^ '"• harbour. Unfortunately , they seem prone to injure the defenders. Should ntiy alien ifoe threaten colonial shor^a, the datyn of ; firing the mines ■ .. will nee o the' fletotion ; : 6f » Otirtins or of k HoratiuS. ■:.:•.: /.•'■' -,":>n!i ••' .■)-,. -)J-i-,.; j There is one branoh of the agricuHßFaf industry which, despite it^ being of teni brought before, them,: the tanning pbpßr lation do not seem to embrace with, ardour. the; cultivation o|£ scent-bearing flowers- l.'be industrjr is specially .Suited to sraallYhbldings^ It requires, but ; a. yery trifling * outlay, thb return is almost immediate , the profits are high. Givei; a-'~'<j»&stfl -.lit supply of odour-giving floweis y . tbei :e is. a good market for the perfr/ma m akers, and as the process of m'anr if actun.) is simple, and inexpensive, and* the domrand perennial \ the industry should flourish exceedinglyApart from . ti^e CfomnierciiU value qf tjhe flower garden, the sea' theiicf value. should not be undereatiittated 1 * iThe added charm of a few neat flower plots 1 round the' hopaestead is alone Jwei,^ V Wipfrth" the trifling outlay, and the Jabo. ?£ required ;can be easily given, by the ,c "hUdren of the family. ' " \\ ; One peoulinrjity of, ,S.QUtb.brldfc Toi which cannot fail to strike the visitor^' '. W ; r >s*6 Uack of enterprise shown by the inhabitants m matters outside; the str *ct Uu< vt business. Why^should^the^ejj '^. no Volunteer Corps hjre, no Rifle i siub? 'For less active relaxation, wHere" is '•: the iChessand D'ratf^hta "(jiubT^Sbciotiieß, benefit and othws, flourish 1 i»ad : w*s strong, but their sole, idga. pf jpmv, y&ing amusement seems to end m the c< >bcert knd dance; thmgs ;in ' their] jiray, no doubt, but a change wou'ld'n'bt be unpopular. Y W^ feel ' sure tl iat . the jdea t bncexmooted, «,: capital. , stifle Club might baforined, and thatthe c'iioss anci draughts, th^ .district only Want to b?- s^ipredl u$ for a strong qlub to^stariM^T. •' ■••■-•■ ■ :i " i V- ■ • '; ■;,» i,ij.-;. -.I.'- ... . i ' ' i^*-'-'= :•'-■ >':•■ ■■