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- | REPORT ON FEDERATION MEETING HELD 18.9.62. | + | ===== Report On Federation Meeting Held 18.9.62. |
- | Business | + | |
- | Correspondence. | + | === Business |
- | ,Reports | + | |
- | Possible changes to the constitution of S R section to get sales tax exemption, will be considered by the S R committee, but were not viewed with favour by Federation meeting. | + | The vacancy for an auditor will be left open until the member clubs have had time to deliberate on the matter. |
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+ | === Correspondence. | ||
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+ | Mr. Webb of Glen Davis has been troubled by unauthorised | ||
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+ | === Reports. === | ||
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+ | S. & R. A search was organised, during August for a solo walker who was 3 days overdue, but was called off at the last moment when the missing person rang S & R __from | ||
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+ | Possible changes to the constitution of S & R section to get sales tax exemption, will be considered by the S & R committee, but were not viewed with favour by Federation meeting. | ||
Paddy Pallin has made a gift of 200 ft. of rope to S & R. | Paddy Pallin has made a gift of 200 ft. of rope to S & R. | ||
- | Treasurer' | + | |
- | Social | + | === Treasurer' |
- | Tracks and Access. Messrs Melville, Dunphy and Hider are on the Lands Department committee deciding on place names for thy new Burragorang, | + | |
- | General Business. It was resolved that the Secretary should write to the " | + | The credit balance stands at £981.12.0 less about £200 liabilies. |
- | .V., | + | |
+ | === Social | ||
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+ | The annual ball was not only a great social success, but also turned in a financial profit. The final profit figure will be known next month. | ||
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+ | === Tracks and Access. | ||
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+ | Messrs Melville, Dunphy and Hilder | ||
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+ | === General Business. | ||
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+ | It was resolved that the Secretary should write to the " | ||
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At last! Lady Luck has smiled on a bushwalker. Malcolm McGregor (or was it Bobby) has won an aluminium topped speedboat complete with motor attachment and trailer on which to tow it to and from the water, for simple writing a simple slogan. | At last! Lady Luck has smiled on a bushwalker. Malcolm McGregor (or was it Bobby) has won an aluminium topped speedboat complete with motor attachment and trailer on which to tow it to and from the water, for simple writing a simple slogan. | ||
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May we expect some photographic studies on marine life, Malc? | May we expect some photographic studies on marine life, Malc? | ||
- | November 1962 The Sydney Bushwalker .17. | + | |
- | SCIENCE NATURALLY. | + | ---- |
- | Hurricanes. | + | |
- | Water occurs naturally in three states :- solid (ice), liquid (water) and gas (water vapour). Water vapour is invisible and is always present in the air. " | + | ===== Science Naturally ===== |
- | . The three different | + | |
- | So to change from one form to 'another, a Change | + | === Hurricanes. |
- | supply additional energy to the water molecules and the form Changes | + | |
- | solid to liquid. Conversely, when water changes into ice, energy is given off, and the air around is warmed up somewhat. | + | Water occurs naturally in three states:- solid (ice), liquid (water) and gas (water vapour). Water vapour is invisible and is always present in the air. " |
- | Menthe | + | |
- | When the water vapour eventually turns back into water (i e. rain) this extra energy in the water vapour is released and the air around is warmed up. "What the hell" I can hear you saying "has all this drivel got to do with hurricanes?" | + | The three different |
- | Well, if you will be patient a while longer, all, we trust, will be revealed. | + | |
- | In the doldrums just north or south of the qquator, the water vapour process | + | When the sun shines on the ocean, it warms the water and some water changes into water vapour which mixes with the air and makes it what we call humid. When the water vapour eventually turns back into water (i.e. rain) this extra energy in the water vapour is released and the air around is warmed up. "What the hell" I can hear you saying "has all this drivel got to do with hurricanes?" |
- | we just mentioned goes on at a vast rate and on' | + | |
- | the oily ocean and enormous volumes of heated air, saturated with water vapour, | + | In the doldrums just north or south of the equator, the water vapour process we just mentioned goes on at a vast rate and on a large scale. Heat waves roll over the oily ocean and enormous volumes of heated air, saturated with water vapour, rise and spiral slowly |
- | rise and spiral slowly | + | |
- | the side. -The motion'is moderate-bft on a vast scale. The earth' | + | Before long we have a column of air, perhaps 500 miles across and several miles high, spinning rough like a vast top, sucking up moist hot air, cooling it, condensing the vapour, and getting back vast quantities of heat to speed the motion up further. A hurricane has been born. The rotation of the earth causes this rapidly spinning mass to move slowly sideways along a curved path which is anticlockwise in the Northern hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern hempisphere. Thus the Atlantic hurricanes in the north first move generally in a northwest direction swing slowly around to the north east progressing at a steady speed of about 10 mph - something like a couple doing an old-time waltz. A hurricane may live as long as three or four weeks though the average life is 9 days. |
- | readhea | + | |
- | re-warming the air. This causes the air to move faster, to..spiral,quicker and the -whole process gathers momentum. | + | The winds on the outside of the hurricand are light and gusty, but increase towards the centre where they may reach a speed of 250 mph. Right in the centre of the spinning air mass is the " |
- | Before long we have a column of air; perhaps 500 miles across and several | + | |
- | miles high, spinning rough like a vast top, sucking up moist hot air, cooling it, | + | A hurricane is thus like a huge turbine. Water vapour is its fuel. It turns water vapour into water and gains a huge power bonus as a result. Liquid water in great lumps is a by-product, an unfortunate by-product - as this torrential rain dropped by the hurricane causes more damage than the actual winds. |
- | condensing the vapour, and getting back vast quantities of heat to speed the | + | |
- | motion up further. A hurricane has been born. The rotation of the earth causes | + | In one hurricane in the Phillipines in 1911, 46 inches of rain fell in 24 hours, and a total of 88 inches in 4 days. Brother, that's really rain! |
- | this rapidly spinning mass to mbvb slowly sideways along a curved path which is anticlockwise in the Northern hemisphere, clockwise in the Southern hempisphere. Thus the Atlantic hurricanes in the north first move generally in a northwest direction swing slowly around to the north east progressing at a steady speed of about 10 mph - something like a couple doing an old-time waltz. A hurricane | + | |
- | may live as long as three or four weeks though the average life is 9 days. | + | |
- | The winds on the outside of the hurricand are light and gusty, but increase towards the centre where they may reach a speed of 250 mph. Right in the centre of the spinning air m5ss'is the " | + | |
- | 18 The Sydney Bushwalker November 1962 | + | |
- | vepy low pressure and almost still air about 14 miles across. While the hurricane remains over the ocean it continues to pick up water vapour, and thus energy to keep it going, but over land, it gradually dies away, though this may take days due to its huge momentum. | + | |
- | A hurricanPis | + | |
- | Liquid water in great lumps is a by-product, an unfortunate by-product- as | + | |
- | this torrential rain dropped by the hurricane causes more damage than the actual winds. | + | |
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Hurricanes are also known in various localities as typhoons and cyclones. A tornado is something quite different however. | Hurricanes are also known in various localities as typhoons and cyclones. A tornado is something quite different however. | ||
- | Letter to the Editor of a rival Publication (Comes out every morning | + | |
- | Pollution of the Elouera Reserve. | + | ---- |
- | Sir, C.E. Tackrah says that effluent from the new Mona Vale Hospital | + | |
- | is to be run into Warriewood Beach (" | + | ===== Letter to the Editor of a rival Publication (Comes out every morning). ===== |
- | Effluent from a Government institution which will house a large number (perhaps | + | |
- | Is a reserve, set aside for the recreation of the people, available by | + | === Pollution of the Elouera Reserve. |
- | a decision of two or three Government | + | |
- | even if, in the final process, it is said to be purified? Does such use come within the framework of the original purpose - public recreation - for which the reserve was set aside? | + | Sir, |
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+ | C.E. Tackrah says that effluent from the new Mona Vale Hospital is to be run into Warriewood Beach (" | ||
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+ | Effluent from a Government institution which will house a large number (perhaps | ||
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+ | Is a reserve, set aside for the recreation of the people, available by a decision of two or three Government | ||
R.C. Dickens, | R.C. Dickens, | ||
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Hon.Sec. Asquith-Hornsby Fauna and Flora Protection Society. | Hon.Sec. Asquith-Hornsby Fauna and Flora Protection Society. | ||
- | Of all cliches trust this the least | + | |
- | "The squeaking wheel is soonest greased." | + | ---- |
- | squeaked, all right, but what a waste: I wasn't greased, I was replaced. | + | |
- | November 1962 The Sydney Bushwalker 19 THE AGONISTIC STRUGGLE. | + | Of all cliches trust this the least -\\ |
+ | "The squeaking wheel is soonest greased." | ||
+ | I squeaked, all right, but what a waste!\\ | ||
+ | I wasn't greased, I was replaced. | ||
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+ | THE AGONISTIC STRUGGLE. | ||
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The Greek games p1ayers4 the agonistals, were men selected to show their ability in games, the nature of which was such that the loser had a fair chance of not hearing another play by Aristophanes.- The gaizs were in fact little wars, The increasing status of games, at all levels of participation and exertion, in the last several centuries is derived from the Greek games.. Most games are,still little wars but the avoidance of death has been replaced by the avoidance of defeat to the increased longevity of sportsmen. In certain games, essentially the "body contact" | The Greek games p1ayers4 the agonistals, were men selected to show their ability in games, the nature of which was such that the loser had a fair chance of not hearing another play by Aristophanes.- The gaizs were in fact little wars, The increasing status of games, at all levels of participation and exertion, in the last several centuries is derived from the Greek games.. Most games are,still little wars but the avoidance of death has been replaced by the avoidance of defeat to the increased longevity of sportsmen. In certain games, essentially the "body contact" |
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