SCIENCE CONGRESS

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1024, 13 January 1911, Page 7

SCIENCE CONGRESS

NEXT MEETING PLACE. HIGH PRICES AND GOLD SUPPLY YESTERDAY'S PAPERS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Rec. January 13, 1.5 a.m.) Sydney, January 12. The Grand Council of the Scienco Congress to-day chose Professor David, of Sydney University, as president for the next meeting, which will be hold in Melbourne in January, 1012. Hobart was selected. for tho meeting ,'in 1013, the invitation: from Wellington being. withdrawn, as Tasmania had a prior claim. Wellington will endeavour to secure the 1017 meeting: On tho motion of Mr. Hedley, tho council decided' that investigation of the' Continental shelf round New Zealand, and the islands south of New Zealand, is a work of pressing necessity, both for scientific and economic reasons, and it was" resolved 'to urge upon the Nejv Zealand. Government the desirability of taking advantage of the facilities afforded by'.the stay of the Antarctic exploring' ship' Terra Nova to complete a survey,of ..tho surrounding seas by soundings and dredgings as far as possible. . . . . The Cost of Living. Mr. A. Duckworth, in a paper on the increased cost of living, said the increased prices were partly, if not mainly, attributable to •' the increased production of gold: In Australia therewere certain other special features to take into consideration.. • Tho wages fund at tho disposal of the 1 working classes had been largely augmented by tho' adoption of wages boards and the levelling up of' industrial conditions, tariff adjustments,.. great gold exports, and other factors. Taxation had reduced tho purchasing power of. the individual, and tho greater State expenditure did not recoup him.: Should tho increased production of gold continue at the present rate, ho estimated that"' tho annual: ' production by ' 1920 would be £200,000. If so, .prices must go up, as tho exchange .'value of money declined. An era of political and economic changes appeared imminent, the probablo effect of which could not bo forecasted. . . , ' Mr. Matthew. -Macfie (Melbourne) read a paper on the Federal Note Issue, and declared that-the Commonwealth Government had departed from sound economic principles,- and . threatened the' commercial and financial stabilities of tho country. He predicted that the wheels of industry would., become seriously clogged, bringing irretrievable disaster alike on rich and poor. Tuberculosis In Milk.

Professor Stewart (Sydney),, in . a paper on "The Repression of Tuberculosis in Dairy Herds," said the momentary exposure of milk to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit was not pasteurisation,- but merely a commercial practice to keep it sound for a longer time. Exposure, at 160 degrees for 15 minutes was necessary to destroy tubercle bacilli. Untreated separated mixed milk received from public creameries'was one of the most prolifio sources' for the dissemination .of tuberculosis. It was ■- very Unwise'- to •''•feedpigs and calves on'-such'.milk; a's" ; 'ih'ey" might thereby widely spread ■ disease. Ho.urged the pasteurisation of separated milk. Dealing'with the methods of.keeping herds from contamination, Professor. Stewart declared that" veterinarians were inclined to/regard' infected pasturage as an important source of dissemination. He advocated the occasional cultivation of grazing lands for sanitary reasons. Professor Benham. ■ Professor W-." B. .Benham : (Professor of Biology at the, Otago University) contributed an interesting . paper—(a) ;"Notes on the Result's of'a Zoological fepedition to the Sub-Antarctic Islands of Now: Zealand." .(b) ..'"The Affinities of the Invertebrate Fauna of the Kermadecs."- The expedition to the islands took place in 1007J The professor, thei first'part of whose paper dealt chiefly with ; the Auckland .and Campbell Islands, pointed out- the .strong resemblance of the fauna and flora on the islands to New Zealand's. ; This was explained by the supposition that they had once been connected. -Professor Farr, of Canterbury, College, read -a paper on. ' 'Some Effects of the Gases Dissolved'in Artesian Waters in Trout, iheir Eggs, and' Fry," ." MORE RIOTING IN WALES. -*- " | STRIKE-BREAKERS STONED, By Telegraph—Press AsEociation-Copyrient., (Rec. January 12, 1J..15 p.m.) London, January, 12. On. the eve of- the departure..of the London police from the, disturbed districts of."Wales, a mass meeting of ■miners at Gilfachgoch (Glamorganshire) resolved to resume- demonstrations. . The crowd, proceeded'to the local colliery pit, and forced the engine-man to leave. ' -.v. ;:, ..They.then, fired,volleys of stones at strike-breakers within the colliery premises, doing much damage.