December, 1952 THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST 
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The Chairman extends his sincere wishes to all Jffc 
members for a Happy Christmas. He hopes that the 
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prevailing goodwill and co-operation within the Section, ^ 
f&, which has produced such a momentous past year, will 
bring an even more successful New Year. 
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PROCEEDINGS 
SEPTEMBER MEETING 
The monthly meeting for Sep- 
tember was in the form of prize- 
giving when the Field Naturalists’ 
Natural History Award was given 
to Mr. R. White. Last year the 
Field Naturalists’ Section decided 
to award a £5/5/- prize annually 
to the most promising student 
studying one of the natural 
sciences at the University. 
The Chairman outlined the his- 
tory of the award and stated that 
he was delighted that Mr. White 
had been awarded the prize and 
offered the Section’s congratula- 
tions to him. Mr. White thanked 
the Section for the prize and gave 
an address entitled “Geology and 
Scenery.” This was very much 
appreciated by the large audience. 
Final details concerning the 
Wild Flower and Nature Show 
were announced and matters re- 
lating to the next number of the 
Naturalist were discussed. 
OCTOBER MEETING 
On 21st October members of the 
Section were addressed by Mr. 
Love, his subject being “Radio 
Active Minerals.” Mr. Love spoke 
very clearly and explained in de- 
tail, firstly, the types of radio-active 
minerals which were available in 
Australia and, secondly, on the 
various equipment which was 
necessary to succesfully locate 
them. Members not only saw but 
had the intricacies of the Geiger 
Counter explained to them, and 
were astounded as well as en- 
thralled with the brilliant, colour- 
ful effects of an ultra violet light 
when played on radio active rocks. 
Distribution, properties and meth- 
ods of mining such minerals as 
wolfram, scheelite and uranium 
bearing rocks were given. 
These and other radio active 
minerals brought from different 
localities in Australia seem to flu- 
oresce in a different colour for the 
similar mineral when subjected to 
