ENGINEERING STANDARDIZATION. 
&c., were present at the meeting. Resolutions were passed affirming 
points (a) to (d) above, and, in addition, the following was passed 
unanimously :— 
(e) It is desirable that such a movement be linked up as a branch of 
the British Engineering Standards Association. 
In Queensland, three members of the Advisory Council and nine 
other representatives were present at the meeting. The points referred 
to in paragraphs (a) to (d) were unanimously affirmed. In addition, 
the following resolutions were unanimously passed :— 
(e) That it is the opinion of this meeting that Queensland should be 
represented on the local Committee in Australia, which will be 
in direct communication with the British Engineering Committee 
in London. 
(f) That this meeting considers that each State should be separately 
represented on such sectional Sub-committees as may be formed. 
At the South Australian Conference, in addition to Professor 
Rennie, who was in the chair, eight representatives of engineering 
organizations, &c., were present. Resolutions affirming points (a) to 
(d) were passed unanimously. In addition, the following resolution 
was passed with one dissentient :— j 
(e) It is desirable that such a movement be affiliated with the British 
Engineering Standards Association. . 
In Western Australia, in addition to members of the Advisory 
Council, thirteen engineering and technical organizations and depart- 
ments ‘were represented. The following resolutions were passed :— 
(a) That this meeting cordially supports the principle of standardiza- 
tion, and the Commonwealth, being part of the British Empire, 
the meeting is of the opinion that the British standards should 
be, as far as possible, adopted in Australia, in preference to 
setting up separate standards. 
(b) That the President and Council of the Western Australian Institute 
of Engineers, together with Professor Ross, of the University of 
Western Australia, and Mr. Montgomery, of the Western Austra- 
lian Committee of the Council of Science and Industry, be appointed 
a Committee to keep in touch with the Advisory Council in Mel- 
bourne in matters affecting standardization in Australia. 
The opinion was also expressed and agreed to by those present that 
a well-equipped branch of the Physical Testing Laboratory should be 
established in Perth, possibly in conjunction with the Forest Products 
Laboratory, as, owing to the distance of Western Australia from Mel- 
bourne, it is desirable that it should be possible to check instruments 
and standards in Perth. 
At the Tasmanian Conference, three members of the Advisory 
Council and five representatives of engineering organizations, &c., were 
present. The three following resolutions were passed unanimously :— 
(a) That the meeting heartily indorses the suggestion for the estab- 
lishment of an Engineering Standardization Committee of Aus- 
tralia, and urges prompt action in connexion therewith. It 
further recommends that the Committee should be, in the first 
instance, formed by appointments on the recommendation of the 
engineering societies of Australia,» such appointments to include 
manufacturers’ representatives, and also by appointments repre- 
senting Government Departments and Public Utilities. 
(b) That the meeting affirms the principle that British standards should 
be adopted as far as possible. 
(c) That the representatives present at this meeting undertake to urge 
upon the bodies they represent to support the principle of standardi- 
zation, and to prepare the ground for the Australian Engineering 
SHE EA by adopting British standards forthwith wherever 
pcssible. 
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