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Thames Advertiser, Volume VIII, Issue 2141, 7 September 1875, Page 3

Of the value of technical training in connection with mining the' Qippslaml Times says:—"The chief lesson we could desiroto learn from the Rosalcs demonstration is tho immense importance of making the study of mineralogy a part of our publio education. The Ballarat School of Mineswas a step in tho right direction, but we fear that it has never beensuppoited by tho .Government or the public to tho extent its imporlanco demands. The Technological Commission have also strongly urged the importance of cultivating this branch of science, and tho study cinnofc bo too strongly urged in a country abounding in all kinds of minerals, and in a territory like Gippslaud, whose minora! surface has only been scratched by the prospectors who hare hurried to and fio in quest of wealth and fame. Believing that we are only at the threshold of successful mining enterpiise in this colony if' it ho conducted by well-trained scientific men, wo would urge tho the importance of attention to this branch of science in our public schools, iu order that a race of compeleut mining surveyors and man* a;crs may be trained to tako their part iu tho dcahy which surely awaits the colony."

It is stated Hint Kangaroo, for which the late Marquis ot Hastings gave several thousand guineas, is now a cab horse in a London hansom. "Lancashire Lad," and somo half-dozen others, are also humbly plying for hiro At sixpence a mile.