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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 22, 1912
Page
4
The piece reports Professor Schafer of Edinburgh University addressing the British Association on the origin of life. It notes reactions from the Spectator and Nation, discussing the possibility of creating life in a laboratory and the shift from vitalism to chemical basis of life.
The article reports a discussion led by Professor Schafer and peers on the origins of life and the limits of science. It cites Kant’s reaction to cosmic and moral wonders and notes debates whether life arose on land or at sea, with references to philosophical and religious positions and the role of chemical processes in forming living substance.
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The article surveys living and nonliving matter debates, noting orthodox science clings to vita vivum. It quotes Professor Schafer on life changes by ordinary chemistry and physics while recognizing peculiarity of life from existing life. It also reports on colonial settlement prospects, Army involvement with the poor, and plans for the Indarra steamer with 15 knot speed and 25 percent boiler reserve, including officials seen in Australia.
In a London interview Bramwell Booth stresses the Salvation Army will keep General Booths social work but emphasizes a spiritual core. He foresees changes to aid neglected groups such as the child and the widow, arguing the State increasingly fails to protect the vulnerable.
The Brisbane Telegraph notes the Australian United Steam Navigation Company will introduce the steamer Indarra in mid December as the largest and most luxuriously appointed liner in the Australian coastal trade. The ship, named for a West Australian place, carries 900 gross register tons with extensive passenger accommodation and a 6190-ton deadweight capacity, featuring first class to third class berths and modern facilities including electric lighting and a swimming pool.
From Pretoria, Mee Co. Rankine describes a December Edinburgh Seersman piece about a Caledonian Society banquet on St Andrew's night. Strange northern visitors discuss heritage, revelry erupts with beast-shaped music, and odd omens appear as attendees depart in a mist of memory and drink.
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