NEW ZEALAND SCIENTIST.
(Fboix Otts Own Corbespondeht.)
CHRISTCHURCH, December 2.
A pleasant interlude marked the proceedings of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury this evening. It was introduced by*Dr Fan*, who referred to the latest distinction which had been gained by Professor Rutherford, an old Canterbury College student. The speaker said that the professor would be recognised as one of the greatest scientific experimentalists that had ever lived. He had a splendid scientific imagination, which seemed to guide him in his experiments, and the results he clothed in a language which was simplicity itself. Dr Farr suggested that wnile the institute might convey its congratulations to Professor Rutherford in lengthy and dignified terms, he would propose a departure from that course in this instance. He moved that the institute cable its congratulations to Profeosor Rutherford, and aiso lelegraph a message to the professor's parents, the cost to be subscribed iv the room. The idea was taken up heartily, and a '' tarpaulin umstei " produced the coin necessary for the cable
message*.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2856, 9 December 1908, Page 30
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