bruce rockwell had only recently arrived from sydney where he was an active holder of an experimental licence. he had prepared himself for the meeting and gave an interesting exposition of the progress of the institute in new south wales, also reading the rules and regulations adopted by the wia. for those not already versed in the science, he also gave a brief description of wireless telegraphy, and of the apparatus devised by himself, which apparatus was to be used, for experimental purposes in connection with the wiq. rockwell was connected with the military and flagged that permission was already being sought from the commandant of the queensland military forces, to erect suitable aerials on vacant ground, the property of the defence force.