78 
THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
and clinical surgery. At 12 o'clock Prof. Chapman, M.D., lectures on institute 
of medicine and medical jurisprudence. At 1 o’clock, lecture on med. clinic. ; at 
4 o’clock, lecture by Prof. Paucoast, M.D., on general, descriptive, and surgical 
anatomy; and at 5 o’clock, lecture by Prof. Parvin, M.D., LL.D., on obstetrics 
and diseases of women and children, so you see that I have plenty of work cut 
out for me.” 
Me. Herbert Rocke leaves for England in the Coromandel , sailing on the 
25th February. 
The pharmacy of the late Mr. J. Lamb, at Newmarket, has been sold to 
Mr. F. P. Fitzgerald. 
Mr. E. Donaghy, formerly at the Ballarat Hospital, has opened a new 
pharmacy at Numurkah. 
Mr. W. P. Sinclair has purchased from Messrs. Harrison and Webb the 
Armadale branch of their business. 
The pharmacy of Mr. E. Thorby Noakes at Violet Town has changed 
hands, Mr. J. B. Barker being the purchaser. 
Mr. Alfred Reeve, of Ascot Vale, is erecting a new building at Essendon,. 
and intends opening a branch business there shortly. 
The death of Mr. John Lamb, of Newmarket, is announced. Mr. E. P. 
Plummer is now in charge of the business. 
We regret to record the death of Mr. Frederick Alex. Dunn, of Hawthorn. 
The deceased for some years carried on the business formerly owned by Mr. 
Bosisto, in Bridge-road, Richmond. 
We desire to correct an error in our January issue in reference to the paragraph 
announcing that Dr. J. Anderson was about opening a new pharmacy at Kensington. 
We learn such is not the case. 
Mr. W. H. Potts, late of Chiltern, has purchased, through Messrs. Felton* 
Grimwade and Co., the business lately carried on by Mr. E. G. Hooper, at tho 
corner of Queen and Bourke streets. Mr. Potts is spoken highly of as being 
an excellent business man. 
Herbert Du Rue, described as a chemist recently from Adelaide, was 
charged with stealing goods from Messrs. George and George’s, where he was 
employed. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four months’ 
imprisonment. The value of the goods stolen was between £20 and £30. 
We are pleased to learn that Mr. H. M. Martell, an apprentice with Mr. 
J. W. Scott, of Sturt-street, Ballarat, now in his third year, has been awarded 
the gold medal given by the Ballarat Chemists’ Association to the student at 
the School of Mines who has shown the best general proficency for the year 1885. 
The proprietors of the British and Colonial Druggist have, in connection 
with their publication, issued a diary for the year 1886, a copy of which has 
been sent to us. It is nicely got up, and contains a large amount of useful 
information, and we have heard a great many people express themselves as 
highly pleased with it. 
The Warrnambool Standard of the 5th inst. gives a lengthy description of 
the premises of Mr. R. T. Kennedy, in Lie beg- street, which is described as 
being one of the handsomest and most complete pharmacies in the colony. 
