UHEhIISTRY AND INDU8TRY
21 but thew do not comc within t,hc purvicw of far north ininernl developments, as tlicy arc in n coinparntivcly tcmpcrntc zone.
811 this csplorntory invcstigntion of thc iiiiiieral rcsourccs of tlic grcnt iiorthcrn Irinterlnnd of Cnnndn, \vliich has bccii opencd 111) for csploitntion, could only be nccompiislicd through thc npplicntion of nvintion tmnsport. These far-flung csploriitio~is, uiidcr otlier circumstanccs, ivoulcl lie slow, luborious nut1 dangerous, if not impossible. IVliiit would occupy months cnn be pcrfornicd in d:iys. To illiistriitc the cxtciit of this nggrcssivc campaign it is only ncccssary to cite the casc of J~oniinion Esplorciu, Ltd., in tlic Nackcnxic Waterslicd. Il'liis coiiipnny lias cstablishcd gnsolinc bnscs nt Stony Rapids, on tltc cnst, end of l ~i k c Atltabiiskn, Port 1tcli:incc nnd Fort Ilnc on Grcnt Slnve T d c , Port Simpson at tlic mouth of Linrd Itivcr, Yort Norninn at t,lic moutli of Bciir ltiver, Port Good Ilope on lowcr Aliickcnzic llivcr, Fort 3IcPlicrson on l'ccl Jlircr, witli tlic cstnblislliiiciit of esplosivcs depots on Coppcriiiine Hivcr, n t Corotintion Gulf, ant1 Bnliurst Inlet. Jlnny of tltese arc wit,liiii tlic Arctic circle, nntl almost rcminiscent of Arctic cspcditions. 'Yhc otlicr grciit niining companies arc no lcss active \vith acroplnnc scrviccs all over nortlicrii Ciiniidn, and it is nnticipntcd that grcnt ruilwny dcvclopmcnts will result from tlic opcning up of sonic of tlic riclicst niincral rcsourccs of Cnnndir in tltc great norther11 Itintcrhnil.
NEWS FROM GERMANY
Tlic AcIiciiiii csliiLitiori i i t Briutkfort in 1930 will be greatly csteirtled, so tli:it csliihitors of clicinical : i p p mtus and in:icliincry sliould coniniuiiicatc :it once witli tlic mnnngcnicnt in Huiiiiovcr-Sclzc.
Tlic Ccntrirl Arcliiv f i r Politik und I'irtscltrift in 1\Iuiiicli 1 1 0 ~ coiit:iins spccinl iircliivcs for fuel and Iiciit. Tlic Dcutschc ICiiltc~crcin (thc Prcsidciit is Prof. JI. Lorcnz, of Dnnzig) discussed the new rcfrigcnithg unit " ciil. t. of rcfrigerntion," Cqlliil to 3OOO ciil. hrs.
A t n reccnt conicrcncc of lnrgc Aiiiericnti cliciniciil firins and nssociiitions in Puris niciins wcrc iliscusscd for increasing tho cqiort of clieiiiicnls to Europc.