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  2. GOLD NUGGETS FROM NEW GUINEA.

    Professor Liversidge, F.R.S.. described some gold nuggets from New Guinea which had been sliced through, and the surfaces polished and etched. These nuggets were ...

    Article : 125 words
  3. MELBOURNE HOSPITAL.

    A great rebuilding scheme has been formulated by the subcommittee of the Melbourne Hospital premises. If carried out, it is to effect the transformation of much ...

    Article : 135 words
  4. THE SCIENCE CONGRESS.

    The Science Congress was continued at the University of Adelaide on Thursday, and the sectional committees had morning and afternoon sessions. The most ...

    Article : 51 words
  5. FIRE BRIGADE EXPENDITURE.

    At the meeting of the Port Adelaide City, Council on Thursday evening the following letter from the secretary of the Fire Brigades Board was read:—"The following is ...

    Article : 488 words
  6. PRESERVATIVES AS APPLIED TO CERTAIN FOOD ADJUNCTS.

    Mr. P. C. Mitchell, in discussing this subject, said the preparations of food as articles of commerce and domestically (that was for consumption at home) were not in ...

    Article : 343 words
  7. RURAL INDUSTRIES.

    A correspondent writes to us from Magin, Western Australia, enclosing a clipping from a local paper dealing with land taxation and the condition of agriculturists. The ...

    Article : 125 words
  8. SECOND COUNCIL MEETING.

    The second meeting of the council was held on Thursday afternoon, when the President (Dr. A. W. Howitt, C.M.G.) occupied the chair. ...

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  9. WATERWORKS CONNECTION FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES.

    Mr. T. W. Fowler, M.I.C.E.. in an exhaustive paper, maintained that in many cases Australian reticulators were arranged with utterly insufficient provision for ...

    Article : 246 words
  10. THE FLASH POINT OF KEROSINE.

    The paper, delivered by Messrs. W. A. Hargreaves and W. T. Rowe, included the results or a large number of flash tests of kerosine, which showed that the Abel ...

    Article : 145 words
  11. MELVILLE AND BATHURST ISLANDS.

    Mr. L. C. E. Gee contributed notes before the Geographical Section on a cruise around Melville and Bathurst Islands, touching on points which have already been ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. THE RENMARK SHOW.

    RENMARK, January 7.—The committee of the Renmark Horticultural Society met on Friday evening to consider the advisableness of holding a show this year. It ...

    Article : 581 words
  13. A MIXING OF CAPITALS.

    While on duty in George street last night the attention of Constable Williams was attracted by the strange actions of a man who seemed to be wandering about with ...

    Article : 183 words
  14. ARTESIAN BORING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. S. Smeaton, B.A., A.M.I.C.E., read an interesting paper on this subject. He emphasized the importance of a constant supply of water for stock purposes in the ...

    Article : 327 words
  15. ANALYSIS OF MALT EXTRACT.

    Mr. F. S. Richards, B.Sc., said that the manufacture of concentrated extract of malt had largely increased in recent years. It was now widely used, not only as a ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. OUR WINTER STORMS.

    Mr. W. E. Cooke, M.A., read an interesting paper on "Our winter storms; whence do they come? The writer endeavoured to establish the following points:—1. That the ...

    Article : 189 words
  17. EXTRA-GLACIAL SEDIMENTATION.

    In the Ecological section Mr. D. Mawson, B.E., B.Sc. read a paper on "Extra-Glacial Sedimentation—its Characteristics and Importance." He said the ...

    Article : 222 words
  18. ACIDITY IN MILK.

    Dr. H. G. Chapman, B.S., in dealing with "The acidity in milk," said the capacity of combining with alkali had been estimated for a number of milks obtained ...

    Article : 196 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    A temporary water service has been established at Garden Gully, where the bursting of the main has stopped a number of mines, and from this the inhabitants are ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. OTHER PAPERS.

    Papers on the following subjects were also submitted:—"The geometry of an axis of homology:" "Steiner's quartic surface," and "On a form of Green's theorem," by ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. FISH AND FUEL

    Householders in Adelaide and suburbs are complaining of the present high price of firewood, and are also bemoaning the fact that the familiar fiction. "Fish ...

    Article : 623 words
  22. QUEENSLAND LANTERN SLIDES.

    The Hon. A. Norton, M.L.C., of Queensland, exhibited some lantern slides of the natural history of Queensland. An admirable series was shown, and Mr. Norton ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. DROWNED WHILE INTOXICATED.

    At Euroa P. Donnelly, an old man, occupied as a drover, was found dead in a street channel. He left an hotel at a late hour last night under the influence of drink, and ...

    Article : 120 words
  24. DESIGN OF COUNTRY WATERWORKS.

    Before the engineering section Mr. J. W. H. Hullett read a paper on "The design of country waterworks, &c., suitable for the use of farmers and country towns ...

    Article : 626 words
  25. PRECIPITIN REACTIONS.

    Professor Welsh and Dr. Chapman contributed a paper on precipitin reactions in relation to State medicine and the public health. A precipitin reaction consisted ...

    Article : 438 words
  26. SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION.

    The Rev. T. Blackburn read a paper on "The principles of scientific description" in which, after referring to the difficulty that is experienced in many cases by ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. COPPER SMELTING.

    Mr. Robert C. Sticht, M.C.E., B.Sc., in his presidential address in the metallurgical section, briefly traced the slow growth of metallurgical chemistry. Professor ...

    Article : 605 words
  28. AIR INFECTION.

    New Zealand's chief health officer (Mr. Mason) does not agree with Mr. Greig Smith (President of the science section) in his remarks at Adelaide that the ...

    Article : 358 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A cable message, received by Scott, Fell, and Co., Limited states that the large tramp steamer Netherton, which took fire in North Sumatra while leading 50,000 cases ...

    Article : 62 words
  30. THE ANATOMY OF SOME AUSTRALIAN FROGS.

    The lecturer, Miss Georgian Sweet, D.S.C. (Melbourne), said a keen discussion had centred since 1875 around the "ciliated funnels" or [?] said be ...

    Article : 84 words
  31. A POLITICAL MOVE.

    It is stated that pressure is being brought to bear upon Sir William McMillan to reenter State politics, and to become a prominent leader of the Liberal and Reform ...

    Article : 79 words
  32. A VISIT TO ADELAIDE.

    A visitor to Adelaide writes:—"Nothing ca[?] delight me more than the expectations of paying the capital of South Australia a visit. You board the Melbourne express ...

    Article : 841 words
  33. REDEMPTION OF LOANS.

    Mr. Carruthers, speaking on the subject of loans, expressed the opinion that future loans ought to be confined to what is required for redeeming existing loans as they ...

    Article : 52 words
  34. A THORACOPAGOUS LAMB MONSTER

    Dr. R. J. A. Berry. Professor of Human Anatomy in the University of Melbourne, read a paper on the above. He referred to the rarity of these interesting ...

    Article : 155 words
  35. THE BOMB OUTRAGE.

    William Bingham, described as a gardener, has, before the North Sydney Police Court, been charged with having maliciously placed under the house of E. G. A. Rich. ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    Elizabeth BEatrice Jackson, a resident at Balmain, died on january 3, and was buried the following day. Owing to the suspicious circumstances in connection with ...

    Article : 55 words
  37. A FINANCIAL PAPER.

    Mr. Donahl Mackinnon, M.L.A., of Victoria, submitted to the Social and Statistical Science Section a paper on the "Financial relations of the Australian ...

    Article : 380 words
  38. NEGLECTED BEETLES.

    Mr. A. M. Lea, Government Entomologist at Hobart, contributed a paper entitled "Revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Malacodermidae." It dealt with a ...

    Article : 87 words
  39. BANISHING THE BRITISH BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

    Dear Sir—Every Protestant in the Church of England, and most outside, will appreciate the very able article on "Banishing the British Book of Common Prayer," which appeared in The ...

    Article : 791 words
  40. THE ANALYST AND THE COMMERCE ACT.

    The lecturer was Mr. W. A. Hargreaves. Legislation dealing with food and drugs had—the lecturer said—so far been aimed chiefly at protecting the health of the ...

    Article : 162 words
  41. CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.

    Stanley Greenwood aged four years, died at New castle Hospital from burning injuries. He was put in a cot with another child. Shortly afterward his mother heard screams ...

    Article : 50 words
  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RATS AND PLAGUE.

    An address on the "Natural history and diseases of the rats of Perth and Fremantle was given by Dr. J. B. Cleland. He said that when it became obvious that ...

    Article : 608 words
  43. BROKEN HILL, January 10.

    During 1906 230,000 more passengers were carried over the Government street trams than during 1905. An enquiry has been held into the fire ...

    Article : 378 words
  44. DISTRICT COUNCILS.

    BURNSIDE, January 7.—Present—All. Clark Brothers wrote re supplying hand broken metal, offering to supply in its peace unbroken metal [?] same price as at Eastwood. If any [?] ...

    Article : 312 words
  45. MACADAMIZED ROADS AND THE PREVENTION OF DUST.

    The City Surveyor (Mr. J. Vicars, M.E.) chose "The making and maintenance of macadamized roads with a view to the prevention of dust" as his subject. It stated ...

    Article : 462 words
  46. TUMOURS IN ANIMALS.

    Veterinary Surgeon Desmond read a paper, illustrated with photographs and photo-micrographs, on tumours of animals. In this paper several tumours now to science ...

    Article : 86 words
  47. IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.

    There was a large gathering in the geographical section on Wednesday, when the Rev. G. Brown, D.D., read a paper on a visit to the large atolls of Lua Nina ...

    Article : 332 words
  48. THE MURRAY TURTLE.

    Dr. Angas Johnson, who is absent in Sydney representing the State in the experiments for the destruction of rabbits by the Dantsz. metood, submitted two short ...

    Article : 113 words
  49. GLACIAL RESEARCH REPORTS.

    Six reports were submitted to the geological section by the following:—Professor Devil F. G. S., Professor P. Marshall, D.Sc., Messrs. R. [?] A. E. [?] ...

    Article : 657 words
  50. COPPER SMELTING AND REFINING.

    Before the Chemistry, Metallurgy, and Mineralogy Section. Mr. G. C. McMurtry read a paper on the behaviour of certain impurities which occurred with copper and ...

    Article : 217 words
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  52. PENGUINS AND SEALS.

    Mr. J. R. McGlymont, M.A. (Tasmania), contributed a paper on "Allusions to penguins and seals in a roteiro of the first voyage of Vaeco da Gama to India." The ...

    Article : 264 words
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