SCIENCE CONGRESS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 12, 15 January 1913, Page 7

SCIENCE CONGRESS

CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS OF ABORIGINES. PRONUNCIATION OF ENGLISH. By Telegraph.— Press A«ociation.— Copyright. MELBOURNE, 14th January. The Science Congress has ended. The President, Professor David, claimed that in the importance of the papers read and the value of the work done the Congre«s was not Surpassed by any of the previous gatherings. The Congress adopted a recommendation that in view, of the J*apid v decrease^ in the numbers of the"" Australian aborigines ifc wm important in the interest* of science to secure further records illustrative of their beliefs and customs. The strict enforcement of the law against the indiscriminate export of scientific specimens was al6o supported. A committee was appointed to consider the best mean* of securing the efficient teaching of Engli»h pronunciation in Australian Universities, colleges, and schools. Dr. Love, in a paper dealing with the North Mount Lyell mining disaster, stated that a large number of the victims lay peacefully with their heads pillowed on their arm* and their bodies composed ae^for sleep. Others were standing by the air-boxes, with the air playing on their heads and faces. Their eyes were bright, and their cheeks rosy, with the lips as cherry red as those of healthy infants. Dr. Purdy, Chief Health . Officer of Tasmania, stated that a probable result of the disaster would be the recommendation that the Transvaal mining regulations should be adopted throughout Australasia. These regulations include the provision of one oxygen knapsack and pump, and an air-mask, and oxygen breathing apparatus of an approved type for each miner.