SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
An important move lias, heen mado in sphere of private international action iby an agreement between the Carnegie Foundation and t'ho Union of International' Associations, wtak'h. has i'ts headquarters in Brussels. The Carnegie .Pbunclatian has pledged itself to give financial support to. this ..union aim its .efforts to concentrate nearly every fern: .of human endeavour iin the direction ol scientific and social -progress. ' TJi e importance of this • step may b<> judged tby tihe results already secured by .t-'hiis recently insfitut-ed .union and those it proposes to attain. I«or instance, it .lias gathered no fewer than 351 railway companies, all -working In ncefc.rth to--wards the unification of their gauges and general organisation, so that guods and .passenger traffic may be Km-p lifted and accelerated 'by uniformity thronghtout the world. It 'has furthered the creat:on of an International Library, organised ,in Brussels, already disposing of 75,000 volumes, all bearing on the development of international connections; and also a. wonderful reference office /Bibliographical Institute), 'wifh a systs.ni of classification which, will enable any student to find out at- a glance vvery .one of the existing sources of enlightenment 011 any given subject.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 13 March 1912, Page 7
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