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THE twenty-sixth annual meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science was held at Kimberley on June 29–July 4, 1928, under the presidency of Sir J. Carruthers Beattie. The meeting was well attended, and eighty-six papers were read. Joint meetings of several sections were held. The South Africa medal and grant were presented to Dr. H. H. Green at the conclusion of the presidential address. A popular, illustrated lecture was given by Prof. P. Kirby on “Primitive and Exotic Music.” There was a reception by the Mayor and city councillors in the City Hall, and visits to various places of scientific interest in Kimberley and the neighbourhood.
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F., H. The Kimberley Meeting of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science. Nature 122, 860–862 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122860a0
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