Congratulations to Florence and Patrick Schaeffer on the birth of their daughter Louise on 21st August 1998 at 18.05 hours. (Vital Statistics - 3.2Kg, 50 cm long, with blue-grey eyes).

Congratulations to George Vuckovic and Fiona Christensen who were married on Saturday 10 October. We look forward to more details in the next edition.

Congratulations also go to Tony Elliott, Ian Flanigan and Graeme Lindsell on the submission of their Thesis.

A welcome is extended to the following who have come to the School since our last issue:

Miss Rachael Haines previously of Independent Real Estate who has the Business Manager's Group (Room 59, Extn. 4573).

Mr Sam Hamdan who has taken up a PhD scholarship in Dr Dixon's research group (Room E205, Extn. 4181).

Dr Jian-Wei Liu, from CSIRO Plant Industry, who has joined Dr Ollis' research group as a Technical Officer (Room 210, Extn. 3733).

Mr Matthew McLachlan, from Auckland and a former Summer Scholar, who has taken up a PhD scholarship in Professor Mander's research group (Room 233, Extn. 3645).

Mr Dirk Reith, a Visiting Student from Germany, who has joined Dr Torda's research group (Room E216, Extn. 8017).

Mr Karl Schaffarczyk who has joined the RSC's Computing Unit (Room E101, Extn. 3496).

Dr Liam Waldron who has taken up the position of School Engineer (Room 29, Extn. 0631).

Farewell and best wishes to the following who have left the School since our last issue:

Dr's Mark Bown and Sherry Mayo who have departed for Melbourne. Mark has taken up a position with CSIRO Molecular Science.

Ms Rochelle Hayes who has left the RSC on her worldwide trip.