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Glacier Ice. The first meeting, held 20th January, 1912, was 

 in conjunction with the Geographical Section, 

 and is referred to in its report. The Lecturer, Mr. Gerald H. 

 Sulivan, B.Sc, gave an account of the physical properties of ice, 

 and the Chairman drew the attention of the meeting to the new 

 and remarkable forms of ice that have been discovered by 

 Tammann. 



The On March 2nd, Mr. Baldwin Wiseman, M.Sc, 



Conservation of Hartley University College, gave a lecture 

 Movement. on " The Conservation Movement at Home and 



Abroad." Mr. Wiseman is one of a band 

 of enthusiasts who are keenly alive to the way in which natural 

 resources (coal, timber, etc.) are being squandered, and who are 

 desirous of arresting, by the forces of public opinion and legisla- 

 tive enactment, an extravagance which, they think, threatens to 

 bring our modern civilization to the verge of bankruptcy. 



The Solar On March 14th, Mr. C. J. Parmiter read a paper 



System. on " The History of the Solar System," 



illustrated by a number of lantern pictures. An 

 able sketch was given of a large and difficult subject. 



Wireless On April nth, Mr. Percival J. Parmiter lectured 



Telegraphy. on " Practical Radio-Telegraphy." The lecture 

 was a sequel to one given in the previous Session 

 on " The Principles of Radio-Telegraphy." The Marconi Wire- 

 less Telegraph Co., Limited, kindly lent a number of lantern slides. 

 Mr. Parmiter is a keen student of this subject, and had taken 

 much pains to acquaint himself with its latest developments. 



Excursion to On May nth about 30 members of the Section 

 Burley. drove to Burley, in the New Forest, on the 



invitation of Lady Baker, who received her 

 guests with great cordiality. After inspecting an interesting old 

 cottage and the modern house, known as Forest Garden, the 

 visitors examined an interesting collection of the products of the 

 new terra-cotta industry which Lady Baker has established, and 

 listened to a graphic account of the experiments which, after many 

 failures, led at length to success. Within the house were examples 

 of the excellent effects of the new ceramic products, " Dorset 

 Marble " and " Oxidine," as applied to the decoration of stair- 

 cases, walls, fireplaces, etc. Besides beautifully tinted tiles, such 

 articles as vases, pots, bowls, etc., are produced at the works, which 

 are at Keysworth, near Wareham. After the inspection tea was 

 served in the hall and other rooms of the house. A vote of thanks 

 to Lady Baker was proposed by the Chairman of the Section, 



