TOBACCO RESEARCH

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 10 June 1939, Page 8

TOBACCO RESEARCH

f MEETING OF COMMITTEE | j | [ A meeting of the Tobacco Research | j Committee was held at Motueka on the f I 7th instant, to consider the reports pre--1! sented by the Tobacco Research Officer I; and the Cawthron Institute covering I ’ work done during the past year. The | reports were adopted by the commit- | [ tee and approved for publication. |j Estimates for the present financial | j year were discussed, and recommendsI I tions made to the Hon. Minister of | j Scientific and Industrial Research con- | cerning moneys required for both main- \ tenance and capital expenditure at the I Research Station, Umukuri, and for the j associated activities at the Cawthron [ Institute. • Appreciation was expressed of the ofI fer of Messrs W. D. and H. O. Wills, to | grant facilities to the Tobacco Research [ Officer for the study of the use of difi ferent types of tobacco in manufacture. [ It was decided to make arrangements ; for the visit of Mr J. M. Allan to Wei- \ lington for this purpose, i The Tobacco Research Officer brought I to the notice of the committee the genI erous action of Messrs Vale and Co. in | loaning and installing three automatic I stokers in the curing kilns at the Sta--1 tion. It was decided to convey the 1 hearty thanks of the committee lo I Messrs Vale and Co. for the assistance | which has been rendered.