CAWTHRON INSTITUTE

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 225, 21 April 1933, Page 6

CAWTHRON INSTITUTE

LACK OF FUNDS

Press Assoeiation —Copyright

Wellington, April 20. The danger of the major work that is being carried out by the entomological department of the Cawthron Institute at Nelson coming to a standstill throrgh lack of funds was brought before the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union yesterday. Dr. D. Miller, head of the entomological department of the institute, detailed the research work which was being conducted, and said that unless the position could be stabilised there was a danger of much valuable work being lost on the eve of success. He was very loth to leave the Dominion, but if things were to be ruined for the sake of a little money there would be no alternative but to let the organisation disband.

In 1931, he said, the entomological department had had an income of £6400, but this year they had only' £9OO with which to carry on. It had taken fifteen years to build up the institution, and he hoped the Farmers' Union would be able to make a contribution to keep research work in the interests of the farmers goingl a J * * Dr. Miller was accorded a -vote of thanks.

The Farmers' Union executive to-day decided, after a thorough discussion of the possibilities of co-ordination of Government departments and the institute, that the president, Mr. W. J. Poison, should interview Mr. G. W. Forbes and urge the desirability of calling a conference of all the parties interested in scientific research with the idea of eliminating waste.