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BARRIER SCIENTIFIC
►SOCIETY.
BROKEN HILL. November «.
The first annual dinner of the grfeatife
Sooety wu held at the JfreeniMOM1 HoU
on Tuesday night. Mr. K. J. Horwooi
(President) wm in the chair, and over »
saimng in»n*KiTs. mine omaals, and repro
sentatives of various branches of science
were present. Mr, A. J. HiU proposa
The Scientific Society,' and saM^e
mininc problems of Broken Hill could well
be left in the bands of members of tbt
society. Their President (Mr. Horwood
micnt well be called the Edison of Broken
UiD.
Air. Horwood. in reply, said he hope
members would act up to tbe itandan
wt bv Mr. HsJL
* Mr. \V. Dove. S.M.. in proposing *Th«
rriniiuz induitry.' regardaa nuning u the
most important industry in AvtraBa. um
nne having the greatest influence in iu
development, not even excepting wool a*
wheat.
Messrs, J. Ucbbard (Sulphide Corpora*
tinn) and \V. E. Wainwright (South
Mine) responded. Mr. Wainwrigbt spoke
--f the JUrrirr u a wonderful training
ground for young men. Men who hu
gained their knowledge in Broken Ilil
were now nianasers all over Austraha, ud
were even in rrsponKiblc positions in Eng
land and elsewhere.
Mr. T. H. Palmer (Junction North) pro
posed 'Kindred societies,' and Mr. F. J.
Dnnaldton responded. '
Mr. J. A. Krskine proposal 'Ths dtjr
of Broken Hill.' and AM. Dr. Booth re
plied. Mr. U. W. Gepp (De Bavay Com
pany) gave 'Trw President,' coupled
with the uarncn of the Secretarr (Mr.
Rose) and the Trcamnr (Mr. HillJ.^all
of whom m'hfd.
Mr. Hot-wood delivered his preaidentta
address, in which he praised the work -pf
the scicirty for tbe your. He specially
mentioned the crological and mining sub
rommittcri*. A proposal wan beingi.fon
sidcred tlmt the society should fuse with
the Australian Institute of Mining En
?nnpors. but it was yet to be dseWfd that
thr Micirty would gsin by sacrificing its in
dividuality. He regarded Broke* Bill
Mill hs a matt prosperous phice and one
with a ereat future.' The societv now had
a membership ot IIS, and a credit balance
of £2S.
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