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  2. WHEAT AND WOOL.

    Professor L. F. Giblin, Acting Commonwealth Statistician, presented figures which indicated that the wool and wheat industries had developed their efficiency of production since ...

    Article : 708 words
  3. TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

    Afternoon: Garden party given by the Governor and Lady Game at Government House. Section, Astronomy, Mathematics, and ...

    Article : 1,174 words
  4. ECONOMICS SECTION.

    The presidential address of Mr. E. C. Dyason, of Melbourne, in the section of Economics, Statistics, and Social Science, was an interesting dissection of the three phases, or experiments in government—Bolshevism, Fascism, and Democracy—in respect to which Mr. Dyason is still at work in Europe. ...

    Article : 61 words
  5. NEW STATES.

    Strong criticism of sectional movements for the creation of new States was made by Dr. Frederick Watson, of the Federal Capital Territory, in an address before the geographic ...

    Article : 1,049 words
  6. PROCEEDINGS AT THE SCIENCE CONGRESS.

    "In view of the increasing importance which tropical and sub-tropical products assume in modern industrial and commercial life, it is not surprising to find all the great trading ...

    Article : 608 words
  7. ANTHROPOLOGY.

    "Contact with Europeans tends to destroy native culture and to break up institutions fundamental to the interests of the people." said Mr. E. W. P. Chinnery, Government ...

    Article : 574 words
  8. HANDLING OF FOOD.

    Dr. E. Sydney Morris, Senior Medical Officer of Health in the New South Wales Department of Public Health, read a paper on "Modern Improvements in the Preparation, ...

    Article : 322 words
  9. THREE EXPERIMENTS.

    Mr. Dyason, in his paper, stated that Bolshevism claimed to be the only scientific system, and upon it the [?]hevists developed a method conceived as being demonstrably ...

    Article : 1,485 words
  10. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Mr. J. B. Brigden, Director of the Queensland Bureau of Economics, addressing the economics section, expressed the view that an immediate reduction of a halfpenny a ...

    Article : 1,279 words
  11. HEADACHE POWDERS.

    The pharmaceutical science section of the congress yesterday expressed the opinion that a standard should be adopted and enforced for varieties of powders containing aspirin, ...

    Article : 482 words
  12. SNAKE VENOMS.

    Dr. C. H. Kellaway, director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, in discussing "Snake Venoms as Muscular Poisons," which formed the subject on his presidential ...

    Article : 307 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES.

    Dr. A. P. Elkin, in an address on the secret life of the Australian aborigines, said that a knowledge of the languages and customs was not sufficient. Their secret life must also be ...

    Article : 565 words
  14. LEPROSY.

    Dr. E. H. Molesworth read a paper on "The Influence of Natural Selection on the Inci[?]ence of Leprosy (and Other Infectious Diseases)." Leprosy, he said, was used as an ...

    Article : 722 words
  15. REFRIGERATION.

    Delivering a paper on "Technical Aspects of Refrigeration and Food Handling," Mr William Sinclair said that the Food Investigation Board in England had built a ...

    Article : 223 words
  16. BOTANY SECTION.

    Some astonishing revelations in the intricate life histories of certain species of orchids were discussed by Dr. R. S. Rogers (Adelaide), who emphasised in his presidential address to ...

    Article : 442 words
  17. EDUCATION.

    Mr. G. Ross Thomas, Director of Education, presided at the meeting of the section dealing with education, psychology, and philosophy. ...

    Article : 384 words
  18. VARIABLE STARS.

    The Government Astronomer (Mr. James Nangle) and others, in a discussion on variable stars in the astronomy, mathematics, and physics section, made an appeal to the people ...

    Article : 393 words
  19. SWIMMING POOLS.

    Three papers were read on swimming pools. Dealing with the "Public Aspects of Swimming Pools," Dr. E. S. Stokes said that many pools were obsolete, and should be abolished. ...

    Article : 193 words
  20. ARCHITECTURE.

    Mr. J. R. Kemp, in his presidential address to the architectural and engineering section, reviewed the evolution of building with the object of showing the age-old relationship ...

    Article : 270 words
  21. EXPORT PRICES.

    In a paper dealing with the influence of export prices on the internal price level, Mr. L. T. Watson added the sub-title "The Surplus, or the Tail that Wags the Dog." He ...

    Article : 233 words
  22. MALOCCLUSION.

    Dr. A. Thornton Taylor read a paper on "The significance of malocclusion and irregularity of the teeth in relation to public health." He said there were three main problems before ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. CHEMISTRY SECTION.

    When delivering the presidential address in the Chemistry section, Professor L. S. Bagster, of the University of Queensland, said that the time was approaching when the chemist would ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY.

    A highly technical address was delivered by Professor C. E. Weatherburn, of Perth University, as president of the astronomy, mathematics, and physics section, on the subject, ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION.

    It is announced that Professor Weatherburn, president of the section of mathematics and physics, who is a graduate of Sydney and Cambridge Universities, will deliver an address ...

    Article : 56 words
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