PAN-PACIFIC- CONFERENCE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 August 1923, Page 7

PAN-PACIFIC- CONFERENCE

MELBOURNE,- Aug. 14. . The pan-Pacific Conference has open-! cd. Sir David Masson, in his presi- j dential address, • said, 'the- delegates' ' immediate task was to discuss scientific problems, which were of special interest j in the Pacific area, and lay down plans for future research.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabto Assn. ' y i Speeches at the opening session of the Science Congress urged the importance of scientific co-operation in solving the problems of the Pacific and adding to the world's scientific knowledge and resources; also as a method of se-'uring a better understanding between the nations, thus making- for in- .' ternational peace and goodwill. Professor David urged the importance of the congress as representative of a population of 400,000,000 people around the shores of the Pacific, bringing them closer together through the joint study of the same problems it would • help towards making the Pacific in. truth the pacific. The French, American, Japanese, the Netherlands, and the British delegates expressed similar . sentiments. j I > I '