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 Our fourth sample is the High Velocity walker. This specimen is generally husky, lusty and male and can speed from, say, Katoomba to Kanangra River non-stop crushing everything before it with tank-like certainty. However, he never stops walking until night when he is completely exhatsted and is, therefore, unfortunately "not dangerous". Our fourth sample is the High Velocity walker. This specimen is generally husky, lusty and male and can speed from, say, Katoomba to Kanangra River non-stop crushing everything before it with tank-like certainty. However, he never stops walking until night when he is completely exhatsted and is, therefore, unfortunately "not dangerous".
  
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-11+===== Conservation===== 
-. . CONSERVATION + 
-CII) How Bush Fires Destroy our Timber Resources. +=== (II) How Bush Fires Destroy our Timber Resources. === 
 by Abores Australis. by Abores Australis.
-We all know that bushfires destroy tour forests because we have always been told that they do. But have we ever bothered to stop and ask why? After all, gurd trees are remarkably like the cat with nine Tives'Then they have had every single green leaf burned off them, they promptly start to reclothe themselvesi and in a few months they are green again, while two or three years after, only the experienced eye would know they had been through a fire. + 
-Yet from a timber point of view they might just as well not be th)re7hy+We all know that bushfires destroy our forests because we have always been told that they do. But have we ever bothered to stop and ask why? After all, gum trees are remarkably like the cat with nine livesWhen they have had every single green leaf burned off them, they promptly start to reclothe themselves, and in a few months they are green again, while two or three years after, only the experienced eye would know they had been through a fire. 
-The reason is pertly that the fire destroys the soundness of the timber. But more important is the fact that it encourages the growth of epicormic branches, and every branch means a knot, which destroys the value of the timber and renders it practically useless anyhow for all except the roughest + 
-work. The callitris or white pine is an exception to this rule that knots render a timber useless. But this is a soft wood. Most of our timbersare hard woods. But even a soft wood is more valuable without knots. Those lovely little tufts of young shoots, which spring out of the trunk of the tree after the bush fire has passed over, have sealed the doom of the tree from a timber point of view and it would be better not there. +Yet from a timber point of view they might just as well not be thereWhy? 
-It may be objected that pinus insignis, or common pines used for box making, grow with branches right from their feet. The answer is that the + 
-lower branches are carefully cut off by the forester as the tree grows upward. In the centre there is always the remains of the knot where the br nch for- +The reason is partly that the fire destroys the soundness of the timber. But more important is the fact that it encourages the growth of epicormic branches, and every branch means a knot, which destroys the value of the timber and renders it practically useless anyhow for all except the roughest work. The callitris or white pine is an exception to this rule that knots render a timber useless. But this is a soft wood. Most of our timbers are hard woods. But even a soft wood is more valuable without knots. Those lovely little tufts of young shoots, which spring out of the trunk of the tree after the bush fire has passed over, have sealed the doom of the tree from a timber point of view and it would be better not there. 
-merly grew, but the outside timber is fresh, clean and free from knots. Also + 
-this, too, is a soft wood.  +It may be objected that pinus insignis, or common pines used for box making, grow with branches right from their feet. The answer is that the lower branches are carefully cut off by the forester as the tree grows upward. In the centre there is always the remains of the knot where the branch formerly grew, but the outside timber is fresh, clean and free from knots. Also this, too, is a soft wood.  
-The cl.,.)etruction of the soundness of the timber, and the development of knots are the two things that make bush fires fatal to a forest. The development of a strong young crop of seedlings or "regrowth", is what makes a bush fire beneficial. Foresters often try burningoff to effect the same result, but somehow mancontrolled fires do not seem to have the same effect as the uncontrolled and far fiercer heat of the bush fire. Next time you plunge through a nasty thicket of young gumtrees, so close together your rucksack frame gets stuck in the stems, don't curse, just say "rhat a magnificent young regrowth; I wonder if it was caused by a bush fire." + 
-However, although the regrowth caused by a bushfire is welcome to the +The destruction of the soundness of the timber, and the development of knots are the two things that make bush fires fatal to a forest. The development of a strong young crop of seedlings or "regrowth", is what makes a bush fire beneficial. Foresters often try burning-off to effect the same result, but somehow man-controlled fires do not seem to have the same effect as the uncontrolled and far fiercer heat of the bush fire. Next time you plunge through a nasty thicket of young gum-trees, so close together your rucksack frame gets stuck in the stems, don't curse, just say "what a magnificent young regrowth; I wonder if it was caused by a bush fire." 
-forester, it is small consolation to have lost thousands of trees which have grown for anything up to a hundred years and get in retc rn young seedlings which have a hundred years leeway to make up. So bush fires remain the nightmare of the forester and kee-o him chained to his post during the suyIner months. + 
-(Next month "How the danger of Forest Fares is lessened"). +However, although the regrowth caused by a bushfire is welcome to the forester, it is small consolation to have lost thousands of trees which have grown for anything up to a hundred years and get in retern young seedlings which have a hundred years leeway to make up. So bush fires remain the nightmare of the forester and keep him chained to his post during the summer months. 
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- FEDERATION NOTES  +(Next month "How the danger of Forest Fires is lessened"). 
-At the Federation's June meeting a delegate reported that he had learned from a member of the N.S.U. Rod Fisherman'sAssociation that there are certain noxious birds and animals in the Kosciusko Alpine Reserve. Each year cormorants + 
-eat many thousands of:trout from the streams of this sanctuary and the local +---- 
-residents have an annual cormorantshooting weekend, at which about a thousand of these birds are destroyed. Foxes and dingoes also cause much damage in the district. + 
-This fisherman said that his -Association is very keen on conservationlbut +=====Federation Notes===== 
-believes that if all shooting in the Kosciusko Alpine Reserve were prohibited + 
-the cormorants, foxes and dingoes would breed there and prey upon the sheep and wild life of the surrounding :treas. However, the fishermen and the bushwalkers are in agreement that tourists should be pr,-)hibited from carrying guns in the sanctuary.. +At the Federation's June meeting a delegate reported that he had learned from a member of the N.S.W. Rod Fisherman's Association that there are certain noxious birds and animals in the Kosciusko Alpine Reserve. Each year cormorants eat many thousands of trout from the streams of this sanctuary and the local residents have an annual cormorant-shooting weekend, at which about a thousand of these birds are destroyed. Foxes and dingoes also cause much damage in the district. 
-Federation decided that a recommendation should be made to the authorities + 
-for permits to shoot foxes, dingoes and cormorants to be issued only to local residents whoare favourably known to the police, to cattlemen and to people under the control of cattlemen. +This fisherman said that his Association is very keen on conservation, but believes that if all shooting in the Kosciusko Alpine Reserve were prohibited the cormorants, foxes and dingoes would breed there and prey upon the sheep and wild life of the surrounding areas. However, the fishermen and the bushwalkers are in agreement that tourists should be prohibited from carrying guns in the sanctuary. 
-  OOO OO  + 
-The report of the Tracks and Blazes Committee haS been held over from +Federation decided that a recommendation should be made to the authorities for permits to shoot foxes, dingoes and cormorants to be issued only to local residents who are favourably known to the police, to cattlemen and to people under the control of cattlemen. 
-publication in this issue as the C.M.W's reaction to it proved to be unfavour- + 
-able. Arrangements have been made for further information to be received by that Club so its members can consider the matter further. +---- 
-At the 7orki4g Bee last May the hut at Maitland Bay was thoroughly cleaned as it had become available for use by the Trustees of Bouddi Natural Park and the public. We understand the permissive occupancy of the land on which this hit was built has now lapsed and the area has been added-to the Park. + 
-V a'  V V lr  I 0 +The report of the Tracks and Blazes Committee has been held over from publication in this issue as the C.M.W's reaction to it proved to be unfavourable. Arrangements have been made for further information to be received by that Club so its members can consider the matter further. 
-A letter was received-from the Under Secretaryfor Lands advising that, + 
-owing to shortage of staff, it is impossible at present to do any field sur- +---- 
-veying of the boundaries of those areas in the Blue Mountains, etc., which Federation regusted should be reserved as Primitive Areas and Parks. ,Therefore no formal dedication can be made yet, but while the luatter is in abeyance the Department will see that these areaE rotected frrm selection, eta, Large sections of the Blue Labyrinth, the iHay Highlands, and 7ondabYne Peninsula should, therefore, be safe for the time being. + 
--.:-.-...:..fi--:;. ::::-:, :_,. i- ,j_:-._. '. ....',1-: ;.,1.-,...,.., _ - ;...i?,  ..  +At the Working Bee last May the hut at Maitland Bay was thoroughly cleaned as it had become available for use by the Trustees of Bouddi Natural Park and the public. We understand the permissive occupancy of the land on which this hut was built has now lapsed and the area has been added to the Park. 
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- ';:t1..L.:7,-..1:1t.T--..,-:7:7:-.7, -.),..:j t.,:.,-0,7;:: T._.::i':.'".'..- c,T..1 ..?,7.,57:Iui_:_',.i .7:,7,-',7: .J.f7.1::.:7-,--,:':  + 
- .:c..,,i 7 ..,:.-., ..:...,Li-.j.: ..7 2.-1 , .-.;7.7:....(' i ..i',22 .. ifIC: .r-, ....,..!--.1.7..- ::::- .;',..,..._,:;.' j...7; ' :',... 7 1 1. : : 1,', E 'T c: ::.  +A letter was received from the Under Secretary for Lands advising that, owing to shortage of staff, it is impossible at present to do any field surveying of the boundaries of those areas in the Blue Mountains, etc., which Federation regusted should be reserved as Primitive Areas and Parks. Therefore no formal dedication can be made yet, but while the matter is in abeyance the Department will see that these areas are protected frpm selection, etc. Large sections of the Blue Labyrinth, the Mt. Hay Highlands, and Wondabyne Peninsula should, therefore, be safe for the time being. 
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-0 SCORPIO + 
-by Canous. +===== Scorpio===== 
-If, in the early evening you follow the Milky ITay down towards the Eastern horizon for about two-thirds of the distance betwe,the Cross and the hor3zon you will find the constellation Scorpio. The most + 
-brilliant star in the oon stellatioil is the ruby-red Antares. Antares lies near the northern end of the constellation in a position which might be described as Scorpion's neck (if ,scor:?ions can be sq id,t,o 11.a.N-e nc k.$).To +by Canopus
-thd of Arttai4e ret chi:13.g right"; ac-rosithe Millw -"Tay; is large loo o15iiglit stexs, the end of the loop -01--,-.ning -,-dovrnwards towar_ds the herizon. To theleft of Antares are thr ee. -.;1--,ars. about equidistant from each other and at right angles to the "neck" -portionof th,-1 constu-lIation. These form the scorpion'-hecid+ 
-'Antares -i-s th larcst star knovin, its diamet,c..:r, ;beingnearly +If, in the early evening you follow the Milky Way down towards the Eastern horizon for about two-thirds of the distance between the Cross and the horizon you will find the constellation Scorpio. The most brilliant star in the constellation is the ruby-red Antares. Antares lies near the northern end of the constellation in a position which might be described as Scorpion's neck (if scorpions can be said to have necks). To the right of Antares, stretching right across the Milky Way, is large loop of bright stars, the end of the loop curving downwards towards the horizon. To the left of Antares are three stars about equidistant from each other and at right angles to the "neck" portion of the constelation. These form the scorpion'head
-500 -itimes that of ih suri.was callc d ntar..s by t he.. Greeks be c:a us-d' + 
-it rrvals the reC'praziot:' Mr2r-s' which they eallOci.'-11-$.'res +Antares is the largest star known, its diameter being nearly 500 times that of the sunIt was called Antares by the Greeks because it rivals the red planet Mars, which they called Ares
-;tO - The + 
-Gre...ks believed that pt  +The likeness of the constellation to a scorpion is obviousThe Greeks believed that it represented the horrible scorpion that frightened the horses and brought disaster to Pheton when driving the Sun Chariot of his fatherPhoebus Apollo
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-- ,. the hori'pl scorn that rihtned +"Canopus
-+ 
-the harS'eSi- '-pLrid brought eti-stis- 6r;-*9,.. Pheton:W. I. P1-1-.. +__Acknowledgment__: "Canopus" wishes to acknowledge the following sources of information:- 
-his crathe:i4.-i'-'ThOe:hus="21:i1.1i:F.'- -. , ; +
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-Acknowledgment "Canopus" wishes to acknowledge the following sources cif information:-+
 "An Easy Guide to Southern Stars," by M.A. Orr. "An Easy Guide to Southern Stars," by M.A. Orr.
-"Stars of the Southern Heavens," by James Nanglo0.B.E F.R.A.S. "The Stars in Their Courso s, by..-.Sir James Jeans. + 
-7K,E.-51-logtsr,sz&IfEJT: OiMr967-4,Pc1 1,Li Ei.L ;F6-.0 +"Stars of the Southern Heavens," by James NangleO.B.E., F.R.A.S. 
-TI4At R14 Ci't, C1 0 uo nThvkE, + 
-0 v ci-.A,.7,1" G-0 1 'N. - Wt i ,--'.----  +"The Stars in Their Courses,by Sir James Jeans. 
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