DOMINION TELEGRAMS
OAWTHRN INSTITUTE.
SCIENTISTS VISIT NELSON.
(Per Press Association.) NELSON. December 14. A commission of scientists is visiting Nelson at the invitation of the Cawthron trustees to advise on the establishment of the Cawthron Institute.
The commission consists of Sir James Wilson, Professors Benham and Marshall (Dunedin),. Eastcrfield (Wellington), Worley (Auckland), and Dr. Cockayne (Wellington).
In welcoming the visitors to-day Mr. T. A. Field, M.P., acting-chairman of the trustees' said it was the opinion of the ti'ustces that the Institute should be a research institute.
Sir James Wilson, in replying, congratulated Nelson on leading the Dominion in such an important direction.
The sittings of the commission will occupy some days.
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Grey River Argus, 15 December 1916, Page 3
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