MUSEUM LECTURES.—The third series of free popular lectures on science and
art, under the auspices of the committee of the West Australian Museum and
Art Gallery will be delivered at 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Friday of
the winter months of 1907. The lectures will be illustrated by diagrams
and lantern slides. The accommodation being limited, admission will be by
tickets only, these being obtainable by personal application at the Museum
or by writing to the director.
The dates, subjects, and the names of the lectures are as follow :—
April 12, “Evolution,” Dr. Blackburne ;
April 26, “Canterbury, the City and Cathedral,” Mr. Hillson Beasley, chief architect
May 10, “Illuminants from the Earliest Days,” Mr. W. J. Hancock, Government electrician ;
May 24, “The Parthenon,” Mr. G. T. Poole ;
June14, “The Colors of Flowers,” Mr. Cecil Andrews ;
June 28. “The Art Gallery of the Louvre,” Mr. G. Pitt Morrison [sic];
July 12, “Some Food Problems,” Mr. E. A. Mann ;
July 26, “The Nervous System,” Dr. H. T. Kelsall ;
August 9, “Some Curiosities in Medicine,” Dr. J. B. Cleland ;
August 23, “Adaptations of Plants to Their Environment,” Dr. Morrison ;
September 6, “Corals,” Mr. C. P. Conigrave ;
September 20, “The Volcanic History of Western Australia,” Mr. A. Gibb Maitland, Government geologist.
At dates to be fixed later :—“Snakes,” Mr. E. A. Le Souef, director of Zoological Gardens ; “Pottery,” Mr. Bernard H. Woodward, director of Museum.
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