NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE.
WELLINGTON, January 29. At the annual mooting of the New Zealand Institute the president's address was devoted mainly to emphasising the great importanco of scientific research, and urging greater encouragement by the Government. The Hector Memorial Committee unanimously recommended T. F. Cheeseman as recipient of the Hector medal and the prize for research in botany. Di* Cookaync was elected president. The Hon. G. W. Russell said ho was surErised to 'find that the annual grant of £SOO ad not been increased since 1858, and he would placo before Cabinet the proposal to increase the grant substantially on clearly-defined lines. His own idea was that Parliament should be asked each year to vote a special sum to be used in providing equipment for the four university laboratories, and also the Dominion Laboratory. The time had come for Now Zealand to face seriously tho question of utilising byproducts and creating secondary industries.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19180206.2.134
Bibliographic details
Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 53
Word Count
153NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE. Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 53
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.