NEWS FROM HOME AND OVERSEAS

THE Sixth Annual General Meeting of the British Association of Urological Surgeons, Home and Overseas, was held in the Medical School, University of Manchester, on Friday, 30th June and Saturday, 1st July 1950. Present.-Mr W. W. Galbraith (President) in the Chair and approximately 123 members. Minutes of the Fifth Annual General Meeting, held on 30th June 1949, were read and signed as correct. Election of Members.-The following were elected members on the recommendation of the Council : Guy Harrison Baines, F.R.C.S., Birmingham ; John Walter Broughton, M.B., Ch.M., Newcastle, Australia ; James Ferguson Brunton, M.D., F.A.C.S., Hamilton, Ontario ; James Malcolm Campbell, M.D., Saskatoon, Canada ; Charles Agnew Morley Cawker, M.D., F.R.C.S.(C.), Vancouver, Canada ; William Edgar Collins, M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S., Ottawa, Canada ; Clarence Lloyd Gosse, F.A.C.S., Halifax, Canada; James Charles Jordaan, M.B., Ch.B., M.Ch., Pretoria, South Africa ; Norman John Logie, F.R.C.S., Aberdeen ; Francis William Rennick Lukin, M.B., Ch.M., Brisbane, Australia ; Charles Lennox Ogilvy Macalister, F.R.C.S.E., Bradford ; Samuel Arthur MacDonald, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S.(C.), Montreal, Canada; Errold Grant Maloney, M.B., B.S., Sydney, Australia ; William Laird Milne, F.R.F.P.S.G., Glasgow ; David Rymal Mitchell, F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.(C.), Toronto, Canada; Herbert Hilary Pearson, M.B.E., F.R.C.S.E., Sydney, Australia ; George Clifford Thomson, M.B., Ch.B., F.A.C.S., Johannesburg, South Africa. Report of the Council for 1949-50, which had been circulated, was received and approved. Report of the Honorary Treasurer and Balance-Sheet to 31st December 1949.-The audited accounts for the year 1949, which showed a credit balance on the year's working of 233. 4s. 3d., were presented by the Honorary Treasurer and approved. It was agreed that the December number of the British Journal of Urology should include sixteen additional pages to cover the papers read at the Annual Meeting. It was suggested that a donation of f50 should be made by the Council for this purpose. Election of Officers for 1950-51.-The following were elected Officers for 1950-51 : President, Mr W. W. Galbraith ; Vice-president, Mr E. W. Riches, M.C. ; Honorary Secretary, Mr R. H. 0. B. Robinson ; Honorary Treasurer, Mr R. Ogier Ward, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C. ; Honorary Editorial Secretary, Mr David Band. Election of Members of Council.-The following were elected members of Council in place of those retiring under Rule 14: Mr J. G. Yates Bell, Mr W. H. Graham. Election of Auditors-Messrs Howard Howes & Co. were reelected auditors for the ensuing year. Report of the Urology Working Party, which had been circulated, was discussed and approved. 1951 Annual Meeting.-It was reported that the 1951 Annual Meeting would be held in Glasgow and Edinburgh on 28th. 29th. and 30th June. For Sunday, 1st July, a trip has been arranged by steamer from Glasgow to the Isle of Arran. A provisional programme was submitted and approved, and members were asked to send in the titles of short papers they wished to read at this meeting by December 1950. The main subject for discussion will be tumours of the kidney and ureter.