Meetings of the British Association used to be ponderous affairs as British. scientists dieussed abstruse subjects with an aloofness which defied general comprehension. "In recent " years, however, there has been a greater tendency to generalize and investigate subjects of a more familiar nature to the man in the street, and the results have been far more interesting. The Fecent meeting at Blackpool produced, discussions on a variety of subjects ranging from work for the middle-aged to more technical topics such as "Palaeontology and Humanity." But} even the latter subject, baMing as it may seem, produced some flashes of wit from' Dr. H, L, Hawkins who) coined the following epigrams:
Man can safely claim to be unique, for he ts the only irrational creature inthe work "rhe limpet' was ancient before the! first vertebrate appeared. Its humility has Deen ite salvation.
Simplicity is a characteristic of! nature, and complexity a reflex of human ignorance.
all types were irrevocably fixed in character, the meek would long, ago have inherited the earth The mating of most creatures, particularly of marine invertebrates, Bchleves a degree of promiscuity unattained even in Hollywood.
F.C, Love has resigned from the Blue Cross Hospital.
The off fees of the French Municipal Council have been transferred, to 395 Avenue Joffre, Mr. Melville Pearce, AR.SI, (late of the P.HD., SAC.) has joined the British General Service Ca, The partnership between Dr. A. Renner and Dr. A. P. Lusztig has been dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr. A. 0, Fisher has resigned his position' in the Canlérome, but Telains his seat on the board of directors, The twenty-fifth annual generat meeting of shareholders of the Culty Dairy Ca, Ltd, will be held on October 14.
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