THE SCIENCE CONGRESS
Illy TVlt'gnii.h.—Press AssucimliiiiCopyright). jIKLIiOUItXE, January 11. The Silence Congress resolved that, a® lite i;riil:-h Science Congress will ho held in A nstralio. in August, ISIS, time ilie* ni-xl Australasian Congress he .held at lioban in ISI6, and In Wellington subsequently. Dr Sniitli, of Adelaide, read a paper in the anthropological section. He dealt with in-breeding. marriage, and military’ training in relation to tho Australian race. Evidence existed that changes duo to altered environment had already oo* curred among the white people of Aub* tralla. Karly unions were de-sirablo* especially among professional people. This implied fair salaries, and a State pension for widowed mothers. The Mueller memorial medal has beefli awarded at the Science Congress to Pro* fessor Howchin, of Adelaide, for geolo* gical research. Professor Spencer wu elected president.
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Southland Times, Issue 17242, 13 January 1913, Page 5
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