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UNIVERSITY VACANCIES THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES Inivtes applications for appoint* ment to the position of PROFESSIONAL OFFICER SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING A COMMENCING salary of up to £AI9S9 per annum will be paid, depending on qualifications and experience. Initial appointment is for one year. Candidates should have a degree or diploma in electrical engineering with a sound knowledge of solid state electronics and working knowledge of machines. The successful applicant will work on variable speed motor projects which make use of thyristors and triacs as the control components. Some experience with triggering circuits for thyristors would be advantageous. The work will entail the design and testing of solid state control equipment and the application of this equipment to the machines. This original work is under the direction of Mr C. st. J. Lamb, from whom further information may be obtained. An application form may be obtained from the Appointments Branch, P.O. Box 1. Kensington, N.S.W. The closing date for applications is February 14, 1966. E. H. DAVIS. Acting Bursar. 2343 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA DEPUTY LIBRARIAN Applications are invited for appointment to the abovenamed position (rendered vacant by the appointment of the previous occupant to the post of Librarian at the University of Queensland) as from January, 1967. The salary range for the position is £A3BOO/100/4300 p.a. with superannuation similar to F.S.S.U. Candidates must be university graduates with good academic records and should preferably have had considerable experience in academic libraries. Consideration will be given to applicants with long service in universities who have not previously worked in a library but can demonstrate a high degree of competence and interest in bibliography and information science. The Library contains 275,000 volumes and is growing at the rate of over 15,000 volumes a year. The central library is housed in a new air-conditioned building. New branch libraries, together with an extension to the central library, are planned. The staff totals 70 at present. Intending applicants are requested to obtain details of the procedure to be followed in applying for the position and a copy of the conditions of appointment before submitting their applications. This information is available from the undersigned with whom applications close on April 30, 1966. A. J. WILLIAMS, Registrar. 2647 UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY LABORATORY TECHNICIAN APPLICATIONS are invited for the position of Laboratory Technician in the Material Laboratory of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Canterbury. Salary attached to the position is £lO3O to £llO5 per annum: commencing salary in accordance with qualifications and experience with opportunities for advancement. The successful applicant will be engaged in the work of the materials and metallurgical laboratories of the Department, chiefly in connexion with undergraduate laboratory classes and commercial testing of materials. ALTERNATIVELY, applications from youths who have just left school and wish to enter this field will be considered. Applicants must have a good general education with mathematics at least to School Certificate level and be prepared to study for the New Zealand Certificate of Science or Engineering. The salary attached to the position is £405 to £725 per annum according to qualifications. Further particulars and conditions of appointment may be obtained from the undersigned or from the Registrars of all other universities in New Zealand. Applications giving age. marital status, education, training and experience should reach the undersigned not later than January 31, 1966. G. G. TURBOTT, Registrar. Private Bag, CHRISTCHURCH.

UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AND PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS OR PROBABILITY 1. QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants for these Chairs in the Department of Mathematics should have had experience of teaching at University level and have made significant original contributions in their respective fields, as indicated below. (i) Chair of Mathematics: Some branch of Pure Mathematics. It would be an advantage to have special interests in algebra, analysis or some field of and abstract structural character. (ii) Chair of Statistics or Probability: Mathematical statistics or probability theory, including stochastic processes. 2. DUTIES: Successful applicants will share in the organisation of the work of the Department and will be encouraged to foster research activity in their fields. They will be responsible to the Head of the Department. 3. GENERAL: The Department at nresent has two Professors, C. S. Davis (Head of Department) and A. F. Pillow (Applied Mathematics) and four Readers. Active research is in progress In several fields in Pure and Applied Mathematics, notably number theory, nonlinear differential equations, functional analysis applied to control problems, fluid dynamics, heat convection, singular perturbations, theoretical electrochemistry, mathematical geophysics. Steps are currently being taken to expand materially the level of research activity. ... t 4. SALARY: The salary will be at the rate of £A5200 per annum The University provides Superannuation similar to F.S.S.U., Housing Assistance, Study Leave and Travel Grants. Additional information and application forms will be supplied upon request to the understigned with whom applications close on UTH MARCH. C. J. CONNELL. Registrar. 2568 UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY RESEARCH ASSISTANT. ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT Applications are invited for the position of Research Assistant to the head of the department of zoology. The salary will be within the range £BO5 to £llO5 per annum, commencing salary in accordance with qualifications and experience. Applicants should have a university training in zoology and should preferably have a B. degree with stage 111 zoology. Further particulars and conditions of appointment may be obtained from the undersigned or from registrars of all other universities in New Zealand. Applications close on February 15. 1966. G. G. TLRBOTT. Registrar, ! Private Bag. ■Christchurch. , 2006