London, Sept. 14.
Addressing a meeting of the British Association at Liverpool this evening, Mr. Shaw, one of the inventors of the Milne-Shaw earthquake registering instrument, said that it was an interesting speculation whether the next great earthquake might not be in the Tonga group and. if so, whether the group was far enough removed from Australia to obviate the likelihood of Australia being affected.
Sir David Bruce was elected the next President of the Association.—Reuter.
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