NEW OBSERVATORY AT WELLINGTON
■ ■■ ♦ REPORTED AGREEMENT ON CARTER BEQUEST BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT TO COST £6OOO (PBEB3 ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, May 27. After long negotiations between th« ; . Government and the interested parties settlement is apparently likely to &• reached in the Carter bequest, an* Wellington will be the site of a new astronomical observatory. This was one of the chief items before the annual meeting of the Council of the Royal Society of New Zealand to-day. The proposal provides for the absorption of about hall the £12,000 now available in buildings and equipment, to meet which the City Council will provide a site and a nine-inch telescope. The Gov- . ernment and city together will be responsible for maintenance. The balance of the fund will be held available for further development Discussion on the recommendation » being taken in committee.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22104, 28 May 1937, Page 12
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