Science Congress
j NEXT MEETING IN JAPAN. Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, September 3. The Science Congress accepted J Professor Sakurw's invitation for the next congress to meet at Tokio in 1926. In accepting the greatest sympathy was expressed "with Japan over the earthquake disaster. It was decided that tho National Council in each of the following countries should be asked to appoint a member of the organisation committee for the next con Tess :—Australia, Now Zealand, Canada., Chile, Franco, Britain, Japan, Netherlands, Philippines, and United States. Congress recommended the establishment of a permanent orgaiftsation lor research in the scientific problems in tho Pacific regions; also that plant diseasesi and insect pest Surveys generally should be undertaken in all countries bordering tinPacific. Congress passed a resolution recommending the establishment of seismographs of high sensitivity in tho Pac'fic, and the establishment of a seismolo.-ical and volcanic observatory in New Zealand. Congress concluded with comprehensive votes of thanks to forty-four individuals, and bodies ranged under dght heads.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 2, 4 September 1923, Page 7
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