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OEDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



November 27th, 1918. 



Professor H. G. Chapman, M.I)., B.8., President, in the Chair. 



Before proceeding with the formal business of the Meeting, 

 the President reminded Members of the supremely important 

 events that had transpired in the interval since the last Meeting 

 ^the signing of the Armistice presaging a victorious peace, and 

 the vindication of the strenuous efforts of the Allied Nations to 

 re-establish Right and Justice, as opposed to Might and Cunning, 

 as the basic principle of International relations. 



The President moved the following resolution, which was 

 carried by acclamation, the audience rising: — "That the Members 

 present at this Meeting desire to atiirm their loyalty to the King 

 — to record their thankfulness for the cessation of hostilities, as 

 the prelude to a triumphant peace : their gratitude for, and ap- 

 preciation of, the services rendered to the cause of humanity by 

 the Allied Armies and Navies (including those who have so 

 worthily represented the Commonwealth), and by those, both 

 women and men, who have co-operated with them: and their 

 sympathy with the bereaved." 



The National Anthem was sung, and cheers given for the King. 



A letter from Lieutenant G. Goldfinch (written from Havre, 

 18th September, 1918) returning thanks to Members for greet- 

 ings and a friendly message of sympathy when he was in hospital 

 in England, in the early part of the year, was communicated to 

 the Meeting. 



The list of the names of Members on the Honour Roll — only 

 three of whom had yet returned — was read by the Secretary, the 

 audience standing. Mr. F. Turner and Dr. C. Hall expressed 

 the hope that the Honour Roll would take a permanent form — 



