VI. 



PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. 



List of Members — (Continued) 



Riddell, R. M. 

 tRoe, R. H., M.A. 

 Ryan, J. P., M.D. 

 Sankey, J. R. 

 Saunders, G. I., BE. 

 Schild, S. D., A.S.A.S.M. 



(Adelaide) 

 fSchneider, H., M.A. 

 Shirley, John, D.Sc. 

 Smith, F., B.Sc, A.I.C. 

 Spark, E. J., M.D. 

 Spenceley, T. 

 fSteele, T., F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 Steele, B. D., D.S'?. 



fStevens, Hon. E. J., M.L.C. 



Sutton, A., M.D. 



fSutton, J. W. 



Swanwick, K. ff., B.A., L.L.B. 



Taylor, Hon. W.F., M.D., M.L.C. 



Thynne, Hon. A. J. M.L.C. 



Turner, A. .Jefferis, M.D., F.E.S. 



Watkins, Geo. 



fWeedon, Warren 



Weston, P. L., B.Sc, B.E. 



White, C. T. 



White, Jean, D.Sc. 



Willcocks, G. C. 



Associate Member, 



-Gillies, D. C. 



Miss Freda Bage, M.Sc, and A. B. Walkon were pro- 

 posed as new members, by Messrs. Henderson and Richards, 

 respectively. Mr. J. W. Watkins, proposed by J. Shirley, 

 D'.Sc, was unanimously admitted as a member. 



The President then delivered his retiring address. 



The Internal Combustion Engine as a Factor in 

 National Progress. 



The subject which 1 have chosen for my address is 

 perhaps of too technical a nature to prove of general in- 

 terest on such an occasion, but, as it rarely falls to the 

 lot of an engineer to have the honour of presiding over 

 this society, the choice of an engineering subject might 

 be excused just for once. In vain did I search for some 

 subject of a more suitable and catholic a nature, such as 

 the question of national waste Avhich produced such an 

 interesting and instructive address from our preceding 

 ■president, Mr. Henderson. My subject to-night is in one 

 particular direction a sequel to ]\Ir. Henderson's address, 

 inasmuch as it deals with means for minimising the na- 

 tional W'aste in one important direction — viz., fuel con- 

 sumption. 



My theme deals with the influence of the internal 

 combustion engine on national progress and develop- 

 ment. It is perhaps hardly necessary to point out that 



I Life Members. 



