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To the Editor ofJkWt Life in Victoria.
8:e, — Th: daflr increaan; inter.»!onial marine c.ra
jnuaication, and tJie decided preference given to rr.ridiir
of transit, direct attention to the das* of veasdi hitherto
built in the colonies for thai pnrpos;. Speed being now
of primary importance, aad cot posssji-jj ths osnifold
svlvMitagea of reference to the nambe:i:s3 isodeli pos
»a»-d by those ia the other lieaiuphere, it be':oro« cs to
eadearaur to render it uaneceseiry 1 1 send ts Ssgiiad
&-r an Alarm, or to the Units! States for sn America :
an lurtheranco of which, it is propo-el to cstabli-h a da*
for experimentalising in models of rnsrine an&iteiiuro.
A. similar coiiety wa; some time sbceis active opirrvtiin
at Birkeabeal, which numbered 200 membera aid eVjvo
100 models, no doabt largely contributisg to resent i.n
IirOTctasnta.
W-j already possess a yacht clab, bat no vaAis ; and
the fact of a Gravesead waterman's boat hiving for £i
?veral years won every prize contested, although s:vcral
likely looking craft have been bnilt expressly to beat
tor, plainly {Tistrs the necessity of a society of Sue kin i
hfire contemplated.
Now, S x, -sTill you kindly dirett the attention of ami
ii'xri to tlii3 subject, aud that far farther information
llif.y are referred to Mr. White, of Wil'iaTnAjva. or
3tr. 'lhoEpsm, opposite Free Church, I'jnt road,
Jrahran.
It i» intended to hold an initiatory model rc^iita in sll
Repiaxbar next, upwards of a dozen inodcU bti^2 ready
for the contest.
I am, iSir, yours trnl7.
E'XPEP.IMEXT.
fJWe 'quite agree with our eyrrespondent, that the
tstatdishineat of such a club wouldbe mc-st advantage jus
to the colony.— Ed. litlCt Life.}
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