OF THE AUSTRALIAN MEETING, 697 
Australian public men and private citizens did not allow ‘ the grave 
pre-occupation of the moment’ to interfere in any perceptible measure 
with their interest in the proceedings of the Meeting, and the hospitality 
and community of sentiment which were everywhere encountered by 
the visitors were possibly enhanced, certainly undiminished, by the 
stress of these external circumstances. 
The position of some of the foreign guests among the Overseas 
Party gave rise to anxious consideration, but it may be recorded here 
that all were enabled to participate in the Meeting. 
Saturday, August 8.—In the afternoon (in addition to the meeting 
mentioned above) a graduation ceremony was held in the Town Hall, 
when honorary degrees were conferred upon the following Overseas 
Members :—Prof. T. Hudson Beare, Prof. E. W. Brown, Prof. A. P. 
Coleman, Mr, A. D. Hall, Prof. G. W. O. Howe, Prof. H. Jungersen, 
Dr. C. F. Juritz, Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Charles P. Lucas, Prof. 
F. von Luschan, Prof. A. Penck, Prof. Elliot Smith, Prof. W. J. 
Sollas. A degree was also conferred upon Prof. T. W. Edgeworth 
David (Sydney). Prof. E. C. Stirling welcomed the visitors, and Sir 
Oliver Lodge, in replying, read the telegram from the Governor-General 
quoted above. 
Motor-cars, generously provided by the Local Executive and private 
residents, conveyed many Members (on this and the following days) 
for drives through the city, into the hills (Mount Lofty, &c.), and 
to other points of interest in the locality. In the afternoon a party 
of geologists and chemists left for a visit to Port Pirie and Broken 
Hill, which occupied most of them till the following Tuesday. 
At 8.30 p.m. a Reception was held in the Town Hall by the 
Government of South Australia. Speeches of welcome were delivered 
by His Excellency the State Governor, Sir H. Galway, K.C.M.G., 
and by the Hon. A. H. Peake, State Premier; and Sir Oliver Lodge, 
F.R.S., President of the Association, replied. 
Sunday, August 9.—No official engagements were arranged. A 
special afternoon service took place in St. Peter’s Cathedral. 
The Adelaide Municipal Tramways Trust despatched special cars, 
and, as already indicated, private motor-cars were also available for 
the purpose of informal excursions in the neighbourhood of the city. 
At 8.15 p.m. Professor E. C. K. Gonner delivered a Citizens’ 
Lecture in the Town Hall on ‘ Saving and Spending,’ under the 
auspices of the South Australian branch of the Workers’ Educa- 
tional Association. The lecture dealt with the processes involved in 
saving and spending, and their ultimate effects upon the community, 
with particular reference to the ways in which and the objects for 
which people save. The chair was taken by Mr. T. Ryan, President 
of the Branch, and the lecture was followed by speeches from Sir 
Oliver Lodge and Professor W. Bateson. 
Monday, August 10, was devoted to excursions. It may be stated 
in regard to excursions generally, not only from Adelaide but elsewhere, 
that they were arranged primarily with an eye to the scientific interests 2 
7 The excursions are briefly summarised in the following diary: a dis- 
cussion of the special scientific interests of some of them will be found in 
later pages. 
