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NORTHERN NEWS. 



The Naturalist costs, roughly, 30/- a page. We have much valuable 

 matter waiting to he printed, and should like to give extra pages each 

 month in order to cope with the arrears. 



The Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture for April contains Part II. 

 of Dr. Russell's paper on the ' Improvement of Peaty Soils,' ' Common 

 Scab of Potatoes,' by W. A. Millard ; ' Research in Animal Breeding,' 

 by R. C. Punnett, and ' Isle of Wight Disease of Bees.' 



The Beverley Corporation has issued a pamphlet on ' Lectures to 

 Young People on the History and Antiquities in the Beverley Municipal 

 Museum,' by Lockwood Huntley, Librarian. (39 pages, 6d.) It 

 includes a, chatty account of the collections. The articles originally 

 appeared in one of the Beverley newspapers. 



The British Museum (Natural Histroy) as Economic Series No. 12, 

 has issued : — ' The Cockroach : Its Life-history and how to deal with it,' 

 by Frederick Laing (18 pages, 6d.) The pamphlet contains a fund of 

 valuable information on the life-history of Cockroaches, and on traps, 

 powders, and other niethods of keeping down their numbers. 



The South-West Yorkshire Entomological Society continues to thrive, 

 and is a valuable auxiliary to the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. The 

 members consist of enthusiastic entomologists, and they have recently 

 issued a list of members, excursions, etc. This year the President is 

 Mr. Ben Morley, and the Secretary, Mr. J. Hooper, Grosvenor Terrace, 

 Middlestown, near Wakefield. 



We learn from the Yorkshire Evening Post of April 12th that ' In a 

 street in the outer suburbs one boy was punishing another so heavily 

 that a passer-by felt compelled to intervene. " But, sir," explained 

 the assailant, "I'm a Scout, and I found him taking all the eggs out of a 

 nest." The intervener apologised for interrupting a Scout in the fulfil- 

 ment of daily " good turn " and passed on.' 



As an example of ' style,' we quote the following from an article 

 on ' Early Trout,' written by an official at a public museum, who seems 

 capable of writing upon any subject under the sun, or above it : — ' If one 

 has only moderate or no luck during the day, one may, if one returns 

 again at twilight, experience very good sport. Indeed then one may 

 fish on until it is too dark to see, and catch as many trout as one likes.' 

 Ah, but what if there are two ! 



The Council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society has appointed 

 Dr. Walter E. CoUinge, M.Sc, curator of the Museum, in succession to 

 Mr. Oxlcy Grabham, resigned. Dr. Collinge is a native of Huddersficld, 

 was educated at the Technical College in that town, the Yorkshire College, 

 Leeds, and the University of St. Andrews. He was formerly a lecturer 

 on economic zoology at the University of Birmingham, is a well-known 

 authority on economic biology, and has contributed largely to the 

 scientific press on this and kindred subjects. 



The thirty -second annual meeting of the Hull Geological Society was 

 held at the Royal Institution, Albion Street, recently. The Secretary's 

 report showed that the fieldwork during the past year had been satisfactory 

 although the continued lack of pre-war railway facilities prevented the 

 carrying out of geological investigations in the more remote parts of 

 the East Yorkshire area. The indoor meetings during the winter months 

 had also been well attended, and the membership of the society had 

 largely increased. The officers and council elected for the coming year 

 were : — President, Prof. P. F. Kendall ; past president, C. B. Newton, 

 vice-presidents. Dr. A. Harker, G. W. Lamplugh and F. F. Walton ; 

 secretaries, W. H. Crofts, J. W. Stather, and W. C. Ennis ; treasurer, 

 Jas. H. Wilson ; editor, Thos. Sheppard ; recorder, Chas. Thompson. 



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