THE AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACY. 
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The many friends of Mr. John Holdsworth, of Sandhurst, will he glad to 
hear of his safe arrival in London. A correspondent, writing under date of 4th 
June, states that he met our genial friend, who was in excellent health, and, if 
anything, a trifle stouter than when he last saw him in Melbourne. Mr. Holds- 
worth was to leave London on the 5th June on a visit to his native town, where 
we may be assured he will meet with a hearty welcome. 
It must be exceedingly gratifying to Victorian pharmacists to hear of the 
very cordial reception accorded to our friends who are at present in London, and 
the more than friendly relations that exist between the representatives of the 
Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia and the parent society in Great Britain. 
The princely manner in which they have been entertained will greatly enhance 
that kindly feeling which has always existed between the two bodies. 
The second term of the session 1886 at the College of Pharmacy commenced 
on the 29th ult., under the directorship of Mr. A. H. Jackson, B.Sc., F.C.S. 
The whole of the classes at the college are now under the direction of this 
gentleman, and the hours of attendance of students have been altered, the lectures 
commencing at 9.30 a.m. for pharmaceutical students ; at 11 a.m. on Wednesdays 
and Saturdays for medical students. In the chemical section pupils can now 
join at any time and for any period for practical work, while the laboratories 
are open every day except Saturdays. 
Me. William Bowen, the president of the Pharmaceutical Society of 
Australasia, and a member of the Pharmacy Board of Victoria, arrived in 
London via America on the 1st June. We learn that the day after his arrival 
Mr. Bowen paid a visit, in company with Mr. H. Rocke, to Bloomsbury- square, 
where he was received with great kindness. In the afternoon he visited the 
meet of the four-in-hand club at Hyde Park, and in the evening was entertained 
at the Cafe Royal, Regent-street, where the President of the Pharmaceutical 
Society of Great Britain made him the guest of the evening. In response to the 
toast of his health Mr. Bowen made a lengthy speech. It is somewhat amusing 
to read a notice of Mr. Bowen’s arrival in London in an English trade journal, 
where he is described as president of the pharmaceutical society of his colony , 
the word “ Australasia ” evidently sticking in our contemporary’s gizzard. 
Mr. Bowen was to be present at the examination to be held at Blooms- 
bury-square early in June, with a view of comparing the examinations in 
England with those in operation in Victoria, and as he is one of the 
examiners under the Pharmacy Act of Victoria, he will naturally take a great 
interest in this subject. We shall, no doubt, have more to say of Mr. Bowen’s 
opinions in our next issue, and in the meantime he is fairly into the gaieties and 
hospitalities at present showered on colonial visitors. 
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The annual meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of this colony, held last 
month in the room in Phillip- street, will long be remembered by those who 
attended this gathering. The room was crowded to excess, and many persons 
had to be content with standing room in the passage. Either such a large 
meeting was not expected by the Council, or they are to be blamed for not having 
provided a larger hall for the holding of the same, and we hope, for the honour 
of the society, that some attempt will be made before the next annual meeting to 
provide additional accommodation, such, for instance, as is to be found in connec- 
tion with the Royal Society and similar institutions in our city. 
