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THE twentyfirst meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science is to be held in Sydney, during the week commencing Aug. 17. The president is Mr. E. C. Andrews, Government Geologist, Sydney, and the president-elect Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant-Governor of Papua. According to the preliminary programme, the following presidents of sections have been appointed: Section A (Astronomy, Mathematics, and Physics), Prof. 0. E. Weatherburn, University, Perth; Section B (Chemistry), Prof. L. S. Bagster, University, Brisbane; Section C (Geology), Prof. H. St. J. Summers, University, Melbourne; Section D (Zoology), Prof. G. E. Nicholls, University, Perth; Section F (Anthropology), Mr. E. W. P. Chinnery, Government Anthropologist, Rabaul, Mandated Territory of New Guinea; Section G (Economics, Statistics, and Social Science), Mr. E. C. Dyason, 92 Queen Street, Melbourne; Section H (Engineering and Architecture), Mr. J. R. Kemp, Main Roads Commission, Brisbane; Section I (Medical Science and National Health), Dr. R. W. Cilento, Director of Tropical Hygiene, Brisbane; Section K (Agriculture and Forestry), Prof. J. W. Paterson, University, Perth; Section L (Veterinary Science), Dr. W. A. Robertson, Director of the Division of Veterinary Hygiene, Department of Health, Canberra, F.C.T.; Section M (Botany), Dr. R. S. Rogers, 118 Hutt Street, Adelaide; Section N (Physiology and Experimental Biology), Dr. C. H. Kellaway, Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne; Section P (Geography and Oceanography), Dr. P. Marshall, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington, New Zealand. The honorary general secretary of the Association is Dr. A. B. Walkom, Science House, Sydney.
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Advancement of Science in Australasia. Nature 129, 610 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129610c0
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