CIVIC RECEPTION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 12 January 1937, Page 9

CIVIC RECEPTION

SCIENCE CONGRESS DELEGATES BIG GATHERING AT AUCKLAND (By Telegraph—Press Association) AUCKLAND, This Day. One of the most notable civic receptions held in Auckland was that at noon to-day when the Mayor Mr Davis, welcomed the Australian delegation, some 200 scientists, attending the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, the official sessions of which open to-morrow. The speakers were the Mayor, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Sir Carrick Robertson (chairman of the New Zealand committee), Mr K. F. W He.lde Mayor of Devonport, on behalf of local bodies, the Hon. A. J. McLachlan, Commonwealth Minister in Change of Research, Sir 'X >ug ] as Mawson, retiring President of the Association, and Sir David Rivett, pre"if accepted in the. scicntittc world that social change is one result of the impact of science on society,” said the Mayor “and by studying Ihis feature mankind may be equipped S withstand in the least disturbing manner the shocks of social c^ange. Mr Davis expressed the confidence of the citizens of Auckland that .he Congress would be in every way sucCe Thc l Hon, D. Sullivan expressed the hone for closer co-operation between the Commonwealth and Dominion on the common problem of scientific research, and also in industry and commerce. which co-operation would insult in closer relationships generally between the two peoples. Sir Carrick Robertson stressed the fact that science was now attaining a human value. Describing himself as the baggage carrier in the brains trust” the Hon. A. J. McLachlan happily acknowledged the welcome. Sir Douglas Mawson promised a •hapDV future for New Zealand, which, he said, would become in twenty or thirty years one of the choice spots of the world as a habitation for the white peoples. He emphasised the abundance of water power and said if 'vas the duty of scientists to discuss the'relative problems and try to bring about this desideratum. . Sir David Rivett also briefly acknowledged the great welcome All the speakers were heartily applauded by the gathering, which overflowed the council chambei.