AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE
TO OPEN TO-DAY. There will bo twenty-six agricultural societies represented at the conference which is to open at the Museum Buildings at 10 o’clock this morning.
The chair will ho taken by Mr P. Pattullo, of Otago, who will report on the business of the last conference, hold at Dunedin two years ago, and a chairman for the conference will then bo elected.
Tho Hon T. Y. Duncan, Minister of Agriculture, the So Cretan’ to the department, and heads of divisions will all ho present, as well as a number of outside gentlemen who are recognised as experts in rural affairs, and members of Parliament- Members of the University Senate, tho Education Department, tho Education Committee of tho House, and o thers interested have been invited to attend. Mr Edwin Hall, of Auckland, is secretary for the conference. His Excellency the Governor is expected to attend the lecture by Dr Truby King this evening on " Agricultural Education in Japan.” The address will be followed by a discussion on the same subject as applied to Now Zealand.
The order-paper and list of delegates were published in our issue of the 10th inst.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19050718.2.25
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5643, 18 July 1905, Page 5
Word Count
193AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5643, 18 July 1905, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in