VoL. i. No. 4. 
THE CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST OF AUSTRALASIA. 
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IJcrsomtMes. 
“PZZ note you in my hook of memory.'^ — Shaeespeare. 
We understand that Mr. William Bowen, pharmaceutical 
chemist and town councillor, has received nine months’ leave 
leave of absence from the Prahran Town Council, to allow 
him to take his projected tour to the States and England. 
We have been notified that Mr. H. W. Potts, formerly of 
Brisbane and Chiltern, before his departure from the last- 
named place, was the recipient of a banquet from his fellow- 
townsmen, who also presented him with an illuminated 
address, which can now be seen in the window of his new 
Melbourne Pharmacy (see another page) by those who are 
curious in such matters. 
Bishop Moorhouse sailed by the “ Bengal” on March 11th 
for England. His books and furniture have been shipped by 
the “Miltiades” (one of G-eo. Thomson & Co.’s ships). It is 
to be hoped that his valuable library will not meet the fate 
that Bishop Barry’s encountered on the way out — all his books 
and manuscripts having gone to the bottom of the sea. 
It is announced that the Hon. James MacBain, M.L.C., is 
shortly te have the honour of knighthood conferred upon him 
for his services as President of the Legislative Council of 
Victoria., 
The Hon. Graham Berry, the new agent-general for Vic- 
toria, has sailed for London. 
The Hon. Edmund Barton, Speaker of the Legislative 
Assembly of New South Wales, is to be knighted. 
Sir Samuel Davenport, the executive commissioner for 
South Australia, has arrived in England. 
Sir Murray Smith, late agent-general for Victoria, embarks 
for Melbourne on the 22nd of the current month. 
Sir George Bowen, formerly a Governor of Victoria, is, we 
understand, about to receive a pension of £1000 per year. 
Mr. J. W. Coville, Secretary to the Central Board of Health’ 
has been appointed Secretary to the Medical Board of Victoria’ 
vice P. S. Fearon, resigned. 
The Hon. Charles Kinniard Mackellar, M.B., C.M., M.L.C., 
has been appointed a Director of the Prince Alfred Hospital, 
Sydney, in the room of Mr. William Gilmour Murray, who is 
absent from the colony. 
A number of colonists, together with the members of the St, 
George’s Club and the various Chambers of Commerce, are 
arranging to give a united banquet to Mr. E. Murray Smith, 
in Cambridge, on April 7th, under the presidency of Earl 
Granville. 
It ^ is reported that Sir Andrew Clarke having signified his 
readiness to act as temporary Agent-General during the month 
that elapses between the departure of the Hon. Murray Smith, 
and the arrival of the Hon. Graham Berry, he has been ap- 
pohitedto undertake the duties during the interim. 
Sir James M‘Culloch was entertained to a banquet on Mon- 
day, the 22nd ult., and a social meeting at St. George’s, East 
Kilda, on the following evening he received an address from 
the members of the congregation. Lady M‘Culloch was pre- 
sented with a handsome dressing case. 
The Hon. Graham Berry received in the ToAvn-hall, Mel- 
bourne, on Wednesday night, 24th March, an illuminated 
address, and a magnificent testimonial, costing L400, consist, 
ing of a silver dinner dessert service, epergne, and tea service 
of colonial manufactoe. He afterwards was presented on 
behalf of the manufacturers of Victoria with a handsome gold 
albert chain. On the same day he received a address and 
some native presents from the aborigines of Victoria. He was 
also banquetted at Adelaide last Saturday in the Parliament 
House. He has left our shores with every sentiment of 
esteem and confidence in his services in his new and honora- 
ble capacity. 
_ Mr. Charles Todd, C.M.G., Postmaster-General and Super- 
intendent of Telegraphs of South Australia, who recently 
read a paper before the Royal Colonial Institute on “The 
Overland Telegraph,” had the honorary degree of Master of 
Arts conferred upon him by the University of Cambridge on 
the 11th of last month. 
The teaching of Mathematics and Physics at Trinity 
College, Melbourne, has been entrusted to Mr. A. Newham, 
B.A., Scholar of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and sixteenth 
wrangler, 1883. 
It is rumoured that Sir Wm. Robinson will succeed Sir 
Wm. Jervois as Governor of New Zealand. 
Sir Charles Dilke, accompanied by his wife, contemplates 
visiting Australia. 
It is reported that the Hon. James Service will leave for 
Europe on April 22 j 
Dr. A, J. Brady, of Lyons-terrace, Sydney, has been ap- 
pointed Honorary Surgeon to the Ear and Throat Dpartment, 
at the Sydney Hospital. 
Dr. James C.Figg, a native of Victoria, has commenced prac- 
tice at Nelson-parade, Williamstown. 
Dr. G. Duncan, of Emu Plains, has been appointed a Mem- 
ber of the Royal Commission to act on behalf of New South 
Wales^ in England, in respect to the Colonial and Indian 
Exhibition to be held in London during the current year. 
Dr. Thomas Dixon, Lecturer on Materia Medica at the 
Sydney University, has returned to the colony per M.M. s.s. 
Yarra, after two years’ absence, and resumed practice at 263 
Elizabeth-street, Hyde Park. 
The Rev. Mr. Gray, M.A., of Bromsgrove Grammar School, 
has been appointed head master of King’s School, Paramatta, 
vice the Rev. G. F. Macarthur, resigned. 
Mr. C. 0. Richardson, of the Albion^ Brisbane, has lately 
left for England. 
Mr. Stuart Cumberland, the famous mind reader, is coming 
out to Australia for a visit. He has abandoned thought- 
reading as a source of gain, and now intends to turn his 
attention to political questions. 
Mr. Sale, of Bowen, Queensland, has left the colony for a 
year’s holiday, he will spend the greater part of it in the old 
country; and has been granted the same privilege from the 
Pharmacy Board of Victoria, notwithstanning his visit to 
Europe, Mr. Bowen was unanimously re-elected President of 
the Pharmaceutical Society, at the last ordinary meeting of 
that body. 
Sir John Fowler, the celebrated engineer, arrived in Ade- 
laide, on Marcn 27. 
Mr. John Howard was recently appointed chief dispenser 
at the Sydney Hospital ; Mr. Swaine now fills the post of as- 
sistant dispenser, previously occupied by Mr. Howard. 
Me. Martin of Queen Street, Brisbane, has been appointed 
Pharmacist to Sir Antony Musgrave, governor of Queensland. 
Dr. Belcher, the new rector of the Dunedin High School, 
arrived by the s.s. Te Anau, on March 20. 
_Mr. Bosisto has arrived in London and is well pleased 
with the progress made in connection with the Victorian court 
at the exhibition. 
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Facts (tve cJiiels that wiiina ding, and dar^7ia be disputed.’^ — Burns. 
Preparations are being actively made for the International 
Agricultural Exhibition, to be opened in the Palermo-park at 
Buenos Ayres, on the 25th April, under the auspices of the 
Argentine Agricultural Society, whose president bears the 
German name of Sundblad. The preliminary works, build- 
ings, &c., are estimated to cost 160,000 Argentine dollars. 
The opening of the cases of exhibits for the Indo-Colonial 
Exhibition has commenced. 
A proposal is made to lay a duplicate cable between Eng- 
land and Australia via the Cape. 
The inaugural meeting of the National Health Society was 
held in London on the 29th Jan., under the presidency of Sir 
Andrew Clark, Bart, 
The Borough Council of Kew, Melbourne, have appointed a 
new Health Officer for the district at the magni ficent salary of 
£10 per annum ! Such extravagant generosity is likely to be 
conducive to the prompt eradication of epidemics of enteric 
fever and cholera. 
